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llOYAL KOETICULTUKAL SOCIETV. 
Adiantum asarifolium, closely allied to A. reniforme^ introduced 
by the Eev. Mr. Ellis ; to Mr. Smith, Hornsey Eoad, for a seed- 
ling mauve-coloured intermediate Stock (Mauve Queen), which, 
however, was scarcely a novelty ; to Mr. Turner for tricolor 
Pelargoniums Lady Burdett-Coutts and Mrs. Eousby, for Azalea 
Comptesse de Flandres, rosy pink, Paul Vernon Eose, a large 
cup-shaped flower of great substance, of a bright cherry-rose ; 
and to Mr. Denning for Cattleya ReinecJciana. 
A Second-class was awarded to M. Dalliere for Azalea La 
Eeine. 
Special Certificates were given to M. Dalliere for a noble spe- 
cimen of Anthurium ScJierzerianwn ; to Mr. Wilson, gardener to 
W. Marshall, Esq., for HcBmanthus tenuiflorus ; to Messrs. Veitch 
for cut Ehododendrons ; to Mr. Denning for Cattleyas and a fine 
Vcmda teres, var. Andersoni, to which the Council awarded the 
Lindley Medal ; and to Mr. B. S. Williams for Cochliostema 
Jacolicmum. 
EEUIT COMMITTEE. 
Mr. G. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, was first for eight 
dishes of forced fruit. 
Messrs. Carter off'ered prizes for their first-crop Pea; there 
was only one competitor, who obtained the first place in each class. 
He brought also Little Grem, sown on turf in November and 
planted out under a wall March 6. 
Special Certificates were given to Mr. A. Colbourn for fine spe- 
cimens of Loquat, and to Mr. W. Gardiner for Apples. 
Messrs. Standish sent specimens of their Early Ascot Erontignan 
Grape, which, in the same house with Black Hamburgh, was six' 
weeks earlier. It obtained a Eirst-class Certificate. 
The following communication came from Mr. Temple relative to 
his mode of keeping Lady Downe's Seedling, exhibited at the last 
Meeting : — 
" The Lady Downe's Grapes referred to were ripe in August, cut in No- 
vember. The temperature would average from 40° to 50°, but sometimes 
nearly down to the freezing-point. They were kept in the dark in a com- 
mon fruit-room, where apples, pears, seed potatoes, &c. were crammed. 
The water in the bottles was never changed entirely, but a little was added 
once or twice. A few pieces of charcoal were placed in many of the bottles, 
