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ROTAL IIORTTCULTURA.L SOCTETT. 
ELOEAL COMMITTEE. 
May 4, 1870. 
Eirst-class Certificates were awarded to Carludovica rotancUfolia, 
Euterpe sylvestris^ Areca monostachya, Deckenia nohilis^ and Geo- 
noma pusilla, all from Messrs. Yeitch ; also to Adiantiim Veitchii 
and a new Azalea named Acme. The same award was made to 
Cochliostema Jacohiana and Tillandsia Lindeniana, both of which 
were much admired. Mr. Parsons obtained a First-class Certifi- 
cate for Reseda odorata eximia, remarkable for its large flowers, 
and said to be known as the French variety. Mr. K'oble sent 
several fine varieties of Clematis, one of which, shaded with blue 
and red, named Lord Londesborough, was selected for tlie same 
award ; Mr. Parker obtained the same for a new yellow bedding 
Pansy, called Viola lutea major, and Mr. Paul for a dwarf white- 
edged Pelargonium, with a profusion of white flowers, named Ava- 
lanche ; Mr. Ware for a beautiful Iris, one of the forms of Iris 
iberica, Hofl*m. ; and Messrs. Henderson for an exquisite Caladium, 
named Princess Alexandra, with a creamy-yellow ground with rose 
and green veins. 
FEUIT COMMITTEE. 
Mr. Carmichael, gardener to H.E.H. the Prince of Wales, Sand- 
ringham, sent a remarkably fine dish of President Strawberries ; 
Mr. Cadger, gardener to Shaw Leigh, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, a 
brace of seedling Cucumbers, measuring 32 inches long and 9 in 
circumference. Major Trevor Clarke brought a smooth seedling 
Cucumber, the result of a cross between the Sion House and Tele- 
graph. Mr. Barron brought from Chiswick blossoms of Currants, 
Grooseberries, and Apples entirely destroyed by the frost of the 
night of May 3, when 12° of frost were registered. 
GENEEAL MEETING. 
W. Wilson SArNDEES, Esq., F.E.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Berkeley stated that he had just been asked on what au- 
thority Triteleia uniflora passed, with his sanction, under the spe- 
