EXTBACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 
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for a splendid cut spike of Odontoglossum, and to Mr. Turner 
for a group of Primulas of great merit. 
First-class Certificates were given to E. J. Lowe, Esq., for 
Adiantum capillus-veneris, var. admirabile, and Scolopendriuon vul- 
gare, var. consummatum. 
A Second-class Certificate was awarded to Messrs. A. Hender- 
son and Co. for Ficus lanceolata, which, if as hardy as F. elastica, 
will prove a great acquisition. 
Mr. Turner obtained the Eirst Prize for Ivies in pots. 
EEUIT COMMITTEE. 
A very interesting collection of fruits, vegetables, and garden- 
tools was exhibited by Mr. E-obinson from Salt-Lake City. Also 
specimens of preserved fruits of various kinds. 
Special Certificates were awarded to Mr. Meredith for Muscat 
of Alexandria Grrapes, to Domenico Piccirilio for Naples Giant 
Sweet Oranges and Naples Griant Sweet Chestnuts, to Mr. 
Scott, of Taunton, for 250 varieties of Apples, to Mr. Clarke, 
Koehampton Lodge, for Glou Morceau Pears, to Mr. W. Ewart 
Apethorpe for Easter Beurre Pears. Messrs. Backhouse sent a 
new culinary apple named Galloway Pippin. Mr. Turner took 
the First Prize for culinary apples, Mr. Parsons, gardener to E. 
Attenborough, Esq., being second. Mr. Turner sent also the 
three best dishes of culinary pears, Mr. Gardener, of Eatington 
Park, being second. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
A. Murray, Esq., in the Chair. 
A ripe female cone of Stangeria paradoxa, with perfect fruit 
(which has since germinated), was sent by Mr. W. W. Saunders. 
Female cones have been produced before at Kew ; but as no male 
cones were ready at the same time, they did not arrive at per- 
fection. 
Dr. Masters brought a section of a branch of a Moor- Park 
Apricot with a view to elicit an opinion as to the cause of the 
disease which is so common in that variety. It was clear that it 
did not arise from the root, which was quite healtliy. Mr. Rivers 
had stated that seedlings which have never been planted out suffer 
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