EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 
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FEUIT COMMITTEE. 
A Eirst-class Certificate was awarded to a white seedling 
Grape, 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, gardener to 
C. P. Millard, Esq., for Chaumontel Pears ; to Mr. Bray, gardener 
to E. A. Sandford, Esq., for early forced Asparagus ; to Gr. 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 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 Certi- 
ficate was most deservedly given. His remarks will appear in 
the Society's Journal. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
A. MiJERAT, Esq., E.L.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 precox 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 Hybridization 
was read by Mr. A. Murray, which will appear in the Society's 
Journal, as also a very interesting communication from the Chair^ 
man on Mimetic Analogy, which will also appear in the Journal. 
The Meeting then adjourned. 
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