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FEUIT COxMMlTTEE. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Yictory-of-Bath Melon, 
from Mr. Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis of Exeter; to a seed- 
ling Strawberry, Eoyalty, a cross between Black Prince and Bri- 
tish Queen, from Mr. Trotman ; Special Certificates were given 
to Messrs. Minier, Nash and Co. for a fine sample of new Early 
Tripoli White Ouion ; and to Mr. Gilbert, for ten sorts of vege- 
tables. Messrs. Bell and Thorpe, amongst other potatoes, sent Beta, 
a red round variety, which was commended as a good early kind. 
GENEEAL MEETING. 
W. W. Saunders, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Berkeley stated, with respect to the Luffa exhibited at 
the last Meeting, that, though perhaps not positively poisonous 
in the young state, it was extremely acrid. 
Major Trevor Clark made some remarks on the Dioscorea ex- 
hibited at a former meeting, congratulating^ the Meeting that 
colour-worship seemed on the decline, while artistic elegance 
was duly appreciated. 
The Chairman, with reference to Tlyacinthus candicans, said 
that he had had it in cultivation for forty-five years, that it was 
a South-African plant and almost hardy, thriving well under the 
protection of a wall. 
EOSE SHOW. 
This was thought on the whole not to be so good as usual. 
The prizes were carried oW by Messrs. Paul, Mr. J. Cranston, 
Mr. E. E. Cant, and Mr. Keynes for the best seventy-two ; for 
the best forty-eight, Messrs. Paul, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. Eraser ; 
for twenty-four hybrid perpetuals, Mr. J. Cranston, Mr. Turner, 
and Mr. Cant ; for twenty-four, open to nurserymen only, Mr. 
Turner, Mr. Keynes, and Mr. Cranston. 
In the Amateurs' Class, for forty-eight, Eev. E. E. Pochin, 
Mr. W. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Eound, T. Laxton, Esq., and 
Mr. E. P. Portans ; for thirty-six, Mr. Pochin; for twenty -four, 
the Eev. G. Arkwriglit, Mr. P. Stoddart, gardener to J. G.. 
Eebow, Esq., and Mr. E. Mould, gardener to J. Stratton, Esq. 
The best twelve new roses were sent by Messrs. Paul, consist- 
ing of Eeine Blanche, Edward Morren, Julie Elouvais, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Marquise de Montmart, Devienne Laing, Eugene 
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