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sent, amongst other seedling Grapes, one remarkable for its strong 
barley-sugar flavour. Mr. G. F. Wilson brought examples of the 
Melon Apple, which ought to be in every orchard-house for its 
beauty and fine flavour. Mr. Dean brought jelly of Berheris Aqui- 
foltumy and Blackberry jam flavoured with the fruit of the Berheris. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
G. F. Wilson, F.E.S., in the Chair. 
The Bipladenia insignis was stated to be a great advance from a 
horticultural point of view ; but compared with coloured illustra- 
tions of D. crassinoda (properly Martiana)^ it could only be re- 
garded botanically as a variety of that species. 
September 18, 1872. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
First-class Certificates were given to Mr. Croucher for Agme 
Gilheyi and -4. striata Richa/rdsii ; to Messrs. Lee for Cornus mascula 
aurea elegantissima ; to Mr. Turner for Dahlia, Laura Haslam, Prince 
Arthur, Nelly, and Arbitrator ; to Messrs. Henderson for a new As- 
plenium, near to hulhiferum, var. incisum; to Mr. Stevens for Ver- 
bena, Prince of Wales ; and to Mr. Eckford for Yerbena, Mrs. Lew- 
ington, Star, and Dahlia, Walter Eeid, Queen's Messenger, and Cre- 
morne. Messrs. Standish exhibited a series of seedling Ehododendrons 
showing the efi'ect of the pollen-parent in hybridising. The speci- 
mens supported Dr. Denny's view that, cceteris parilus, the influence 
of the pollen-parent is predominant in the ofi'spring. Mr. M. 
Walker, gardener to H. J. Atkinson, Esq., and Mr. Farrow were 
first and second for fine-foliaged Begonias. A Cultural Commen- 
dation was awarded to Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., 
for Platycerium grande and P. Stemmaria^ with seedlings of both ; 
and to Mr. M. Walker for a good specimen of Eucha/ru amazonica. 
