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July 3, 1872.' 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
First-class Certificates were given to Mr. Bull for JEcheveria sca- 
2JhyUa, a hybrid between JS. agavoides and^. lingucefolia^ for Macro- 
zamia corallipes^ and Lilium Humholdtii ; to G. F. Wilson, Esq., 
for Lilium Martaqon dalmaticuniy with small dark-maroon flowers ; 
to Messrs. Stacey for Verbena, Lady of Lorne ; to Mr. G. Smith for 
Ivy-leaved Pelargonium, Argus ; to Messrs. Downie Laird and 
Laing for silver-edged Pelargonium, Mrs. Laing ; to Mr. R. Dean 
for pyramidal Stock, Mauve Beauty ; and to Mr. Kimberley for 
Tricolor Pelargoniums, Empress and Gem of Tricolors. Cultural 
Commendations were awarded to Mr. T. Burnett, gardener to W. 
Terry, Esq., for An(Bctochilm Lowii ; and to Mr. J. Lawrence for 
Maxillaria venusta. Mr. Wilson brought flowering plants of a Lily 
found by Mr. Robinson on the Rocky Mountains, with flowers 
nearly resembling those of L. imheridmi^ but quite distinct in the 
foliage, the beautiful Z. canademe flavum, and a fine variety of L. 
longiflorum. 
FRIJIT COMMITTEE. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Mr. Laxton for a seedling 
Strawberry named Traveller, a cross between Sir C. Napier and 
La Constante. A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Messrs. 
Osborn for fruit of the Gamboge {XantJiochymus pictoriufs) ; and 
to Mr. G. Johnson, gardener to W. C. C. Thornhill, Esq., for large 
and highly-coloured fruit of Dr. Hogg and Sir C. Napier Straw- 
berries. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
A. Murray, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Berkeley made some further allusions to the Black Spot, 
which is making such havoc in the Vines in Australia. Specimens 
of adventitious buds from the roots of Apples were also exhibited 
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