EXTBACTS FEOM PEOOEEDINGS. 
XCV 
FEUIT COMMITTEE. 
Special Certificates were awarded to Mr. Tillery for Barrington 
Peaches, with a seedling Nectarine from Violette Hative, which 
becomes of a peculiar black colour when ripe ; to Mr. Thomas, 
gardener to T. Chamberlayne, Esq., for Queen Pines ; and to Mr. 
Douglas for Eoyal George and Bellegarde Peaches and "Washington 
Plums. Mr. Thornton, Heatherside Nursery, sent his Heather- 
side Eival Cucumber, which, if good for winter use, the Committee 
thought might be useful, and desired to see it again in January. 
Mr. Pearson sent several Seedling G-rapes ; but unfortunately all 
were unripe, so that their merits could not be ascertained. 
GENEEAL MEETING. 
W. Maeshall, Esq., in the Chair. 
Mr. Pearson returned the Certificate which was awarded to his 
Chilwell White Grape, which did not answer his expectation, as 
it proved a bad keeper ; and he had therefore destroyed the whole 
stock. 
The Trefoil exhibited by Messrs. Carter was the well-known 
Melilotus caerulea, with which the Schafzieger cheese is flavoured. 
It used frequently to be laid in wardrobes to keep away moths. 
Mr. Berkeley stated that his crop of Onions was almost de- 
stroyed by a fungus, Peronospora destructor, very closely allied to 
the mould which causes the Potato-disease. 
ELOEAL COMMITTEE. 
Septembee 6, 1871. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Messrs. Veitch for a new 
Masdevallia and Amaranthus salicifolius, which seems to promise 
well as a bedding- plant and ornament to the conservatory ; to 
Mr. Bull for Draccsna splendens ; to M. J. Yerschaffelt for Agave 
celsiana albida, A. Toleniana, A. Mescal nigrispinis, and A. dealhata 
compacta, A. dealhata angustifolia having a Second-class ; to Mr. 
Turner for Dahlias John Standish, Mr. Saunders, Souvenir d'Her- 
bert Turner, a fine white, and Kate Haslam, a delicate pink ; to 
