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ROYAL nOUTTCULTUKAL SOCTETY. 
Palm from Brazil. First-class Certificates were also awarded to 
Mr. Wilson, pjardener to W. Marshall, Esq., for Thamnopteris Nidus 
ramosa; to Anehusa cajmisis from Chiswick ; and to Messrs. Hen- 
derson for Colchicum autumnale album j^^^^um ; to Mr. Parsons for 
Asplenium Adiantiun nigrum ^erpentini ; and to Mr. Dean for a 
dwarf French Mangold, with yellow- crimson flowers, and his new 
variety named aurea florihunda. Mr. Ingram sent from Belvoir a 
liybrid between Pachyphytum bracteatum and Echeveria secunda 
glauca^ a promising plant for bedding out. 
FRUIT COMMITTEE. 
Cultural Commendations were awarded to Messrs. Veitch for an 
excellent collection of Endive; to Mr. Jones for smooth-leaved 
Cayenne Pines ; to Mr. Wells for Black Hamburgh Grapes ; to 
Black Hamburgh and Madresfield Court, grown at Chiswick with- 
out artificial heat ; and to Mr. Fenn for a collection of Potatos. 
INIessrs. Carter's Prize for Potatos, including Carter's Ashtop 
Fluke, were taken by Mr. Fenn ; Mr. Miller, gardener to F. T. 
Friend, Esq., being second. Messrs. Lane were first for collections 
of black and white Grapes ; they were again first for a single 
bunch of Muscat of Alexandria, Mr. Cole being second. Mr. Jones 
sent specimens of Golden Queen Pear, raised at Frogmore. Mr. 
Dean sent specimens of Californian Mammoth White Radish, a 
variety similar to which is cultivated in Hungary. Mr. Fenn 
brought samples of wine from English-grown Grapes, which were 
thought very satisfactory : the best was made from Esperione in 
1870, and the next a mixture of Royal Muscadine and Esperione, a 
good dry wine. 
FUNGUS SHOW. 
Many novelties were produced, besides the more ordinary forms of 
edible and doubtful Fungi, which it is the great object of the Society 
to make familiar with its members. Amongst the rarer kinds were 
magnificent specimens of Lactarius controverms from Dr. Bull. Mr. 
English sent a Hydmm from Epping (where Mr. W. G. Smith found 
Radiilum fagineum), which is certainly new to great Britain, and which 
was believed to be H. cirrhatum. There were also fine specimens 
oiTJiGlephora muUizonata and T. Sowerheiy the former from Epping, 
