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stated that such fine pitchers as those which appeared at the 
last meeting in JTepenthes could only be obtained on young plants. 
He grows the plant in sifted fibrous peat, giving plenty of water 
and air. It must be kept as near to the glass as possible, and 
as regards temperature those who had a house in which Cucumbers 
were grown all the year round could grow the Pitcher plant in 
perfection. 
September 4, 1872. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
A First-class Certificate was given to Messrs. Veitch for Dip- 
ladenia insignis ; to Messrs. Henderson for Ceanothus, Gloire de 
Versailles, and Cineraria ceratophylla ; to Mr. Chambers, gardener 
.0 J. Lawrence, Esq., for Pteris serrulata jimbriata and Pteris 
^errulata cristata superha, a compact and neat-growing form of such 
excellence that every gardener would find it useful ; to Mr. Parsons, 
gardener to "W. J. Elake, Esq., for a new Achimenes, Firefly ; to 
Mr. C. J. Perry for Verbena, Reynolds Hole ; and to Mr. Eckford, 
gardener to the Earl of Radnor, for Verbena, Fanny Purchase, 
Verbena Star, and Dahlia, Crown Prince ; to Mr. Keynes for 
Dahlia, Ada Tifiin, Egyptian Prince, Matilda Mary Purchase, and 
Mr. Sinclair ; to Mr. Turner for Florence Pontin and Lord Hawkc ; 
and to Mr. Dean for Tagetes aurea floribunda. 
Mr. Keynes, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Scale obtained the Prizes for 
twenty-four cut blooms of Aster. In the Amateurs' Class for 
twelve Mr. C. J. Perry was first, Mr. Beach second, and Mr. 
Burfitt, gardener to C. Lambert, Esq., third. Mr. Rowe and Mr. 
S. Wheeler obtained other Prizes in the diff'erent classes. Mr. 
Perry was first for Verbenas. Mr. Paul took the Prize for Lilium 
speciosum^ and an extra Prize for seedlings grown in Holland. 
Messrs. Standish had a First-class Certificate for Juniperus japonica 
aurea. 
FRUIT COMMITTEE. 
Lady Charles Wellesley sent a fine cone of Araucaria imhricata 
from whose seeds young plants have been raised. Mr. Pearson 
