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ROYAL HOETICULTTJRAL SOCIETY. 
of Ophrys and other terrestrial Orchids was sent by the Comte de 
Paris, for which it was recommended to the Council that the 
Lindley Medal should be awarded. 
Special Certificates were given to Mr. B. S. Williams for 
Beseda odorata, var. grandiflora, and to Messrs. Standish for a 
grand box of cut specimens of Marcchal Niel Rose. An Extra 
Prize was given to Mr. Charles Noble for six fine baskets of 
Clematis. 
Mr. Lockie, gardener to F. W. Berger, Esq., was first for white- 
spined and black-spined Cucumber, Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to 
E. Whitbourne, Esq., being second. Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. 
P. Millard, Esq., was first for forced salading, Mr. Record, gar- 
dener to the Marquis of Salisbury, second. 
To most of the collections in the miscellaneous class extra prisnes 
were awarded. 
ELORAL COMMITTEE. 
April 19, 1871. 
Special awards were made to Mr. J. Chambers, gardener to J. 
Laurence, Esq., for grand trusses of Beaumontia grandiflora and 
Mhododendron Dalhousice, to Mr. B. S. Williams for a miscella- 
neous group of plants, and to Mr. Grreen for a choice collection 
of Sempervivums. 
Eirst-class Certificates were awarded to Mr. Turner for Tea- 
rose Belle Lyonnaise ; to Messrs. Veitch for Acer dissectum and 
A. japonicum, var. ornatum ; to Mr. Bull for the purple-flowered 
Azalea Marvel ; to Mr. G. Ward, gardener to A. D. Berrington, 
Esq., for Cypripediwn niveum ; to Mr. Denning for Odonto- 
glossvm odoratum ; to Mr. Turner for two beautiful Alpine Auri- 
culas ; to Mr. Eairbairn, gardener to J. T. Noakes, Esq., for white 
hybrid Rhododendron, Bride ; to M. Louis Van Houtte for his 
new Azaleas, Comtesse de Beaufort, rosy crimson with a deeper 
blotch. President de Ghellink de Walle, semidouble rosy crimson, 
Greorge Loddiges, salmon-red, with a deeper blotch, Alice, semi- 
double, bright rosy carmine, and Marquis of Lome, salmon-red, a 
first-rate variety. 
