EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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new designs in Table Decorations &c ; Silver Flora, Kelway and Son 

 for a collection of Pyrethrums (cut blooms) ; Silver Gilt Flora, 

 Foster and Pearson for span-roofed Greenhouse, Plant Pits, Patent 

 Valves, &c. ; Silver Banksian, T. Clarke for Patent Excelsior Lawn 

 Mower ; Silver Banksian, Meadow Foundry Company, Limited, for 

 new Throttle Valve ; Silver Flora, J. C. Fox for Rustic Summer 

 Houses. 



June 8th, 9th, 10th, and llth. 



GREAT SUMMER SHOW. 



Although the Show was held nearly a fortnight later than the 

 principal event of last year, and consequently the magnificent Roses 

 that constituted the chief feature of that Exhibition were absent, 

 yet a show of great extent, richness, and variety was arranged in the 

 great marquee, and the large tent 500 feet in length which led 

 to it. Besides the Roses, the season for which was too late (yet 

 Mr. George Paul exhibited well), one missed the telling masses of 

 Clematises and the superb collection of choice plants of Messrs. 

 Veitch, and some Azaleas, yet the "effect groups" were more 

 numerous than last year; the stove and greenhouse plants were 

 better; Orchids more largely represented and rich; Tuberous 

 Begonias finer — indeed magnificent ; Calceolarias better, and Ferns 

 were fully equal to those previously exhibited. Fruit was also 

 exhibited in much larger quantity and of superior quality, and 

 vegetables were excellent. Thus the Show on the whole was an 

 admirable one, and clearly proved that the "old Society w enjoys the 

 confidence of the leading cultivators ; and the Council may well have 

 been satisfied with the response to their efforts to produce a display 

 as large and varied as possible, and to make provision for the greatest 

 number of those interested in horticulture to visit it. The Exhi- 

 bition was well arranged, and reflected credit on all who shared in 



