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tion of one hundred and forty varieties of Pears, mostly new ; to 
Mr. C. Halse for Apples ; to Mr. Cornford, gardener to H. 
Streatfeild, Esq., for Walburton Admirable Peaches; and to 
Messrs. Carter for a collection of Beet &c. 
The collection of Eungi was not so good as in the previous year 
— partly, perhaps, from long-continued drought, and partly from 
collision with the Euugus raid at Hereford. Mr. English's col- 
lection was beautifully arranged. Mr. Worthington G. Smith 
had a good collection of esculent and poisonous fuiigi. Messrs. 
Hoyle and Austen brought many interesting specimens, amongst 
which was an undescribed Lijcojjodon. Messrs. Cripps sent a 
striking specimen of dry rot ; and Mr. Orchard, gardener to T. 
Harris, Esq., a lovely specimen of Hydnum coralloidcs. 
Mr. English and Mr. W. Gr. Smith were equal firsts, and Messrs. 
Hoyle and Austen second. 
GENEEAL MEETING. 
W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Berkeley called attention to Trichoceras parvifiorum as a 
good model for artificial flies. 
Mr. Stan dish's collection of Betinosporce was the more inter- 
esting because the species are peculiarly hardy. 
A polished specimen of" Coracula " wood from Panama, of great 
beauty for cabinet-work, was exhibited. 
Mr. Berkeley then commented on the Eungi brought before the 
Meeting, and Mr. Paul on the Tea-roses brought this day before 
the Meeting. They flowered first in May, then in July, and now 
in October ; and there are buds which may yet be developed. The 
plants have been kept constantly under glass, though this is not in- 
dispensable. They are kept in a cold greenhouse during winter, 
pruned in J anuary ; and after the first flowering the flower-spikes 
were cut ofi", as also after each successive flow^ering. A little heat 
is requisite occasionally, to mitigate the efi'ect of the super- 
abundant moisture of autumn and winter. 
ELOEAL COMMITTEE. 
November 2, 1870. 
Eirst-class Certificates were awarded to Draecena porpJiyro- 
phylla and Cattleya Dominiana lutea from Messrs. Veitch ; to 
Zalacca IVagneri, Curculigo recurvata striata^ and Licualia horrida 
