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BOTAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair. 
Mr. Wilson stated that the prizes offered by the Eev. G. Kemp 
for hardy grapes would be continued next year, but the competi- 
tion would take place in November instead of October. 
Mr. Berkeley said, in reference to a fine Mormodes from Mr. 
Wilson Saunders, that he found, on referring to the Plate of M, 
igneum in Paxton's ' Elower Garden,' vol. iii. tab. 93, that it 
was the var. /3 there described. 
With reference to some observations of Mr. Meehan on fas- 
ciation Gard. Chron.' 1870, p. 1606), Mr. Berkeley remarked 
that there had been some confusion between fasciation and poly- 
clady, in which an extraordinary number of branches are produced 
through the attacks of fungi and from other causes. 
M. Brehaut's paper on Maize was read, and Mr. Bateman an- 
nounced that his prize for cut blooms of Cattleya would be again 
offered at the next Meeting in January. 
ELOEAL COMMITTEE. 
January 18, 1871. 
A resolution was passed unanimously expressing sympathy with 
the Eev, J. Dix, and regret for his continued absence in conse- 
quence of severe illness. 
A Special Certificate was given to Mr. Denning for a magnifi- 
cent group of Orchids from Lord Londesborough. Lcdlia anceps 
and Sarheria Skinneri received special awards. Amongst other 
objects of interest were :■ — Phaius irroratus, a hybrid between P. 
grandifloriis and Calanthe vestita alba, a large white flower of good 
substance with rose-tinted petals ; Cypripedium vexillarum, a cross 
between C. Farrieanum and C. harhatum, which received a Eirst- 
class Certificate ; while Mormodes colossus, from Costa Eica, ob- 
tained a Second-class Award. 
Special awards were made to Mr. B. S. Williams for a fine group 
of Heaths, Solanums, Eerns, Palms, &c., to Mr. Wiggins gardener 
to W. Beck, Esq., for Cyclamens, to Messrs. Lucking for a group 
of decorative plants and bouquets, to Mr. T. S. Ware for succu- 
lent plants, to Mr. Stevens, of Ealing, for Cyclamens, to Messrs. 
Dobson for Primulas, to Messrs. Brooke and Co., Manchester, 
