EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 
The Chairman alluded to the serious illness of Mr. Dix. 
The great secret in the culture of Nerines and Yallotas is to 
keep the plants in an ordinary greenhouse and never to suffer the 
soil to get quite dry. 
Stangeria paradoxa has been a puzzle to botanists'; but it is 
hoped that the ripe seeds may throw light on its afiBnities. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
September 21, 1870. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Livistonia altissima, from 
Messrs. Lee ; to Thymus citriodorus aureus, Alternanthera mag- 
nifica, and Cineraria aspleniifolia, from Messrs. Henderson; to 
Polystichym angulare congestum, Scolopendrium vulgare lacerato- 
cristatum, from Messrs. Ivery ; to Athyrium Filix-foemina BlaJcei, 
from Mr. Parsons, gardener to "W". J. Blake, Esq. ; to a robust 
bronze-foliage d Pelargonium Mrs. John Lee, from Messrs. Lee ; 
to a seedling Gladiolus John Standish,ofa pale blush with purple- 
lake feathers, from Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, 
Esq. ; to Dahlias Annie Hobbs (a white self) and Gem of the Season 
(deep rose, golden- tipped), from Mr. G. Harris ; Mary Keynes, of a 
creamy white deeply tipped with rose, from Mr. Keynes ; to Ver- 
benas Peter Williams, of an intense scarlet with bold white eye, 
from Mr. Eckford ; to Agave Besseriana Candida, from Mr. Green ; 
and to Dendrobium cJirysotis, from Messrs. Brooks. 
Second-class Certificates were awarded to Dahlias : — Victory (a 
deep purple self). Flossy Williams (a very large fancy), and James 
Cocker (a deep broad- petalled crimson), from Mr. Keynes ; Eobert 
Lambert, a large purple self, from Mr. Hobbs ; and George Pea- 
body, of a lighter shade, from Mr. Eawlings. 
Special Certificates were given to Messrs. Veitch for a fine col- 
lection of Orchids and other plants, the Nepenthes being in pecu- 
liarly fine condition, to Mr. B. S. Williams for a fine group of 
Orchids, to Messrs. Lee for some fiue-foliaged plants and a mag- 
nificent specimen of Dendrobium calceolare. 
