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EEUIT COMMITTEE. 
A First-class Certificate was awarded to a white seedliog 
G-rape, with large berries nearly 1| inch long, named Waltham 
Cross, from Mr. W. Paul ; and a Special to Mr. ChafF, gardener 
to A. Smee, Esq., for very fine collections of culinary and des- 
sert Apples, amongst which King of the Pippins was conspicu- 
ous ; to Messrs. Eutley and Silverlock for fine examples of Ban- 
bury improved white Spanish Onion ; to Messrs. Carter for a 
collection of vegetables ; to Mr. Hibberthwaite for a large col- 
lection of Apples grown near Middlesborough-on-Tees, the soil of 
which is said to be cold and damp ; to Mr. Hepper for Chau- 
montel Pears; to Mr. Bray, gardener to E. A. Sandford, Esq., 
for early forced Asparagus ; to G. E. Wilson, Esq., for Josephine- 
de-Maline Pears ; to Mr. Turner for Cornish Aromatic Apple ; to 
Mr. Maclean, gardener to W. P. Herrick, Esq., for a smooth- 
leaved Cayenne Pine, weighing eight pounds ; and to Mr. Gage, 
gardener to Earl Brownlow, for Grapes. Mr. Hepper, gardener 
to C. P. Millard, Esq., was first for an excellent lot of salad- 
materials, Mr. Gilbert being second. Mr. Brehaut sent a grand 
collection of varieties of Indian corn from Guernsey, to which a 
Special Certificate was most deservedly given. His remarks will 
appear in the Society's Journal. 
SCIENTIEIC COMMITTEE. 
A. MuRRAi, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary brought a walnut perfectly flat on one side 
from pressure of other walnuts in the same cluster ; in several 
instances fifteen individuals or more were closely packed in the 
same cluster. 
A bifid leaf of Chimonantlius prcBcocc was sent by Mr. Parsons. 
Leaves of a Vine, which produces black and white grapes in 
the same bunch, were sent by Mr. Squires, gardener to H. G. 
Ludlow, Esq., Heywood, which, like the bunches, were decidedly 
piebald. 
A letter from Mr. Anderson Henry, on Imperfect Hybridiza- 
tion, was read by Mr. A. Murray, which will appear in the So- 
ciety's Journal, as also a very interesting communication from 
the Chairman on Mimetic Analogy, which will also appear in 
the Journal. 
The Meeting then adjourned. 
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