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fact a Bottle Gourd, a very dangerous esculent, if the intense 
bitterness would allow it to be eaten. 
He then commented upon the Fungi exhibited, and gave a lec- 
ture on the Potato-disease, calling especial attention to recent 
observations on the resting-spores of Feronospora. 
Major Clarke then pointed out a splendid scarlet-flowered 
hybrid which he had produced from Begonia Pearcei and B. cin- 
nabarina. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
November 1, 1871. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to Messrs. E. Gr. Hender- 
son and Son for Sedum acre elegans, to Mr. Grreen for Lomato- 
"gliyllwm Saundersii and Billlergia cJilorosticta. 
Special Certificates were awarded to Mr. Chaff, gardener to 
A. Smee, Esq., for Bteris scaler ula ; to Messrs. Standish and Co. 
for seedling Grladioli, the result of crossing with G. cruentus, one 
of which (Alice "Wilson) is wonderfully distinct in shape, the 
flowers resembling those of a Lily more than of a Grladiolus ; and 
to Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson and Son for Alpine plants, including 
many species and varieties of Saxifrage. The season was unfor- 
tunately too early for Chrysanthemums, in consequence of which 
few good flowers were staged. 
FEUIT COMMITTEE. 
A special Certificate was awarded to Messrs. Carter for a large 
collection ; to Mr. C. Lidgard for Knight's new White Grrove 
Celery ; to Mr. Ford, gardener to W. S. Hubbard, Esq., for a 
collection of fruit which included Binus Wehhiana, Cydonia japo- 
nica, Siberian Crabs, and the Tellow Wax Apple ; to Mr. J. Gravill 
Daventry for a splendid specimen of Gloria mundi, grown in 
California ; to Mr. Chaff" for Apples ; to Mr. Wells for Grrapes 
grown in ground vineries ; to Mr. Eose, Frogmore, for smooth- 
leaved Cayenne Pine; to Mr. Jacques, gardener to J. C. P. 
Cunlliff'e, Esq., for a fruit of Musa sapientum cut from a plant 
with sixty-two of similar size ; to Mr. Gr. Sage, gardener to Lord 
Brownlow, for a fruit of Musa Cavendishii, weighing 46 pounds ; 
and Mr. Johnston, gardener to Lord Strathmore, for Muscat of 
