EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS, 



Liliitm nitidum. — A plant was shown under this name, and 

 referied to Mr. Elwes for examination and report. 



Phylloxera. — Some conversation took place on this subject, in 

 the course of which Dr. Masters , alluded to the steps taken by the 

 Society, as well as by various foreign societies, to obtain some 

 modification of the needlessly oppressive regulations adopted by 

 the Berne Convention. 



June 22xd, 1880. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 

 Williax Hatjghtox, Esq., in the Chair. 



Elections. — Einlay Campbell, Miss Gunnis, Charles Cyril Hick, 

 M.D., George Moffat, Mrs. Thomas. 



The meeting held on the above date was not distinguised by a 

 great display, the entries being comparatively few. Collections 

 of new plants formed the principal feature, several being especially 

 attractive. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Dr. Dexxy in the Chair. 



Several collections of new and beautiful plants were staged, Pelar- 

 goniums being numerous. Messrs. Yeitch's group was very attrac- 

 tive, and in addition to the certificates which were awarded a 

 cultural commendation was adjudged for two good specimens of the 

 pretty Campanulaceous plant Platycodon grandiflora, flowering very 

 freely. Of the Pelargoniums those from Mr. G. Braid, Winchmore 

 Hill, and Mons. Y. Lemoine, 67, Rue de l'Etang, Nancy, were 

 particularly attractive. A collection of Zonals from Mr. P. Fry, 

 Addington, Maidstone, supposed to be hybrids between Geranium 

 pratense and several Zonal varieties, also received much attention. 

 They were stated to be perpetually flowering forms, but the 

 peculiar large distorted trusses produced rendered them more strange 



