CXii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICTJLTTJAL SOCIETY. 



Verdier, Souvenir de Madame Robert, John Fraser, Barthelemy 

 Joubert and Oxonian. Messrs. Curtis and Co. were third with 

 Penelope Mayo, Boieldieu, Cannes la Coquette, Mdlle. Marie Verdier, 

 Marie Louise Pernet, and Barthelemy Joubert. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. — Several groups and collections 

 were staged which attracted much attention. Among these the 

 herbaceous plants from Messrs. Barr and Sugden were especially 

 noteworthy, a silver-gilt medal being awarded. Mr. H. Hooper, 

 Bath, obtained a silver Banksian medal for a collection of Pansies 

 and Carnations. Messrs. Pearson of Chilwell contributed a fine 

 group of Pelargoniums, for which a silver Banksian medal was 

 awarded. Mr. Aldous, South Kensington, obtained a bronze Flora 

 medal for a group of plants ; Messrs. Carter and Co. a silver Flora 

 medal for a large group of annuals ; and Messrs. F. and A. Smith 

 for a collection of Pelargoniums. A group of Pelargoniums from 

 the Society's garden was also staged, and in the Council-room were 

 some new plants from Mr. Bull, Chelsea. In the grounds Messrs. 

 Foster and Pearson again exhibited examples of their frames. 



The only exhibitor in the class for nine Tuberous Begonias, in 

 which the prizes were offered by Messrs. Laing and Co., Forest Hill, 

 was J. S. Law, Esq., South Lodge, Southgate (gardener, Mr. Tong), 

 who was awarded the first prize. 



SPECIAL PRIZES FOR VEGETABLES. 



A fine lot of vegetables were staged in these classes, the competi- 

 tion with one exception being very keen. For the prizes offered by 

 the Messrs. James Carter and Co. for fifty pods each of Carters* 

 Stratagem, Culverwell's Telegraph, and Carters' Telephone Peas 

 brought together five collections of these exceptionally fine varieties. 

 The first prize was well won by Mr. J. Muir, gardener to C. R. M. 

 Talbot, Esq., M.P., Margam Park, Taibach, South Wales, with 

 magnificent pods, large and well filled ; the second prize was 

 awarded to Mr. J. Richardson, Boston, Lincolnshire; the third 

 prize to Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener to Lord Carington, "Wycombe 

 Abbey, Bucks ; the fourth to Mr. R. Phillips, gardener to Capt. 

 Jackson, The Deodars, Meopham, Kent ; and the fifth to Mr. W. 



