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Mr. Marshall stated that he had some male flowers o^ Nepenthes, 
which were at the service of any of the Members. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
October 5, 1870. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to Platycerium alcieorne 
majus, Adiantum Capillus Veneris maximum, and Coryplia Mar- 
tiana, from Messrs. Yeitch ; to Wigandia imperial'is, and tricolor 
Pelargonium Miss Groring, from Messrs. Henderson ; to Dahlia 
Monarch, of a rich deep velvety maroon, from Mr. E/awlings ; and 
Yellow Standard, from Mr. G. Parker ; and to Senecio argenteus, 
from Messrs. Backhouse. 
Second-class Certificates were given to Aster longifoUus, var. 
with pinky lilac flowers, from Messrs. Backhouse, to a golden- 
edged Ivy-leaved Pelargonium named Golden Queen, from Mr. 
J. Parker, and to Dahlia Prince Imperial, of a dull orange with 
rosy centre. 
Special awards were made : — to Mr. W. Paul for a fine group of 
Tea-roses, now blooming for the third time in this season ; to Messrs. 
Veitch for a miscellaneous group of plants, and also to Betinospora 
obtusa aurea nana, which the late Mr. John Yeitch noted as the 
best of all the varieties he had seen in Japan ; to Mr. Green for a 
group of Orchids in which Hestrepia antennifera and Trichoceras 
parviflorum were most interesting, a Special Award being given to 
Miltonia spectahilis Moreliana, an extremely handsome form ; to 
Mr. Moore, gardener to C. Leach, Esq., for a beautiful collection 
of Nervines ; to Messrs. Standish for a large group of Retino- 
sporce ; and to Lord Londesborough for a fine broad-leaved variety 
of Dendrobium clirysotis. 
FEQIT COMMITTEE. 
The thanks of the Committee were given to the Hev. G. Kemp 
for his liberal encouragement of the culture of open-air Grapes, 
of w^hich there was a splendid and very interesting show. The 
white Grapes in all cases proved the best. 
A Special Certificate was awarded to Mr. Wells for Grapes 
from Mr. Ball ; to Aucuha aureo-maculata, a dwarf, compact, boldly 
grown in Wells's patent ground-vineries ; to Messrs. Eivers for a 
collection of small Apple-trees on the Nonsuch Paradise stock ; 
to Mr. Colburn, gardener to J. Blyth, Esq., for a dish of exceed- 
ingly fine Salway Peaches ; to Mr. Scott, Crewkerue, for a collec- 
