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most prominent sorts in this collection may be worth recording. 

 Among Green-edged kinds there were — Campbell's Admiral Napier, 

 Headley's Conductor, Dickson's Duke of "Wellington, Traill's 

 General Neill, Campbell's Lord Palmerston, Ashton's Prince of 

 "Wales, Smith's "Waterloo, and Leigh's Colonel Taylor. Of Grey- 

 edged sorts — "Waterhouse's Conqueror of Europe, Dickson's Duke 

 of Cambridge, Cheetham's Lancashire Hero,Read's Miss Giddings, 

 Lightbody's Richard Headley, Chapman's Sophia, Headley's 

 Stapleford Hero, and Maclean's Unique. Of White-edged — Lee's 

 Bright Venus, Summerscale's Catharina, Lightbody's Countess of 

 Dunmore and Pair Maid, Leigh's Earl Grosvenor, Low's Maggie 

 Lauder, Pletcher's Mary Ann, and Smith's Ne Plus Ultra. Con- 

 spicuous among Selfs were Spalding's Blackbird and Mary Gray, 

 Sims's Eliza, Smith's Pormosa (a fine kind), Gorton's Goldfinch, 

 Lightbody's Meteor Plag, Martin's Mrs. Sturrock, Headley's 

 Purple Eoyal and Yulcan. Of Alpines, Brilliant, Brutus, Con- 

 spicua, Dazzle, Defiance, and Victorious were attractive. To the 

 last two first-class certificates were awarded : Defiance is a yellow- 

 eyed deep-lavender-purple flower flushed with velvety crimson ; 

 Victorious has a yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety maroon. 



A very pretty white-flowered hybrid, between Rhododendron 

 ciliatum and B. JUdgworthii, named Princess Alice, was sent by 

 Messrs. Veitch. A very singular Ruhus, with prettily clouded 

 simple leaves, named B. Gircondiana, came from Chiswick. It 

 was received under this name from the Blumenstrasse at Berlin, 

 and seems quite new. Mr. Cox sent some interesting cut speci- 

 mens of Conifers from Eedleaf, with male and female flowers. 

 Two gourds marked with green and yellow, were exhibited by Mr. 

 Berkeley, which had been received from M. Naudin, Lagenaria 

 sphcerica and L. Monteiroi — the former from Nice, the latter from 

 Hyeres. They were extremely ornamental and perfectly sound, 

 though gathered in 1865 ; the former, L. sphcerica, is a native of 

 Natal, the latter, L. Monteiroi, of St. Paul de Loanda on the west 

 coast of Africa. Mr. W. G. Smith brought a wonderful Morel, 

 more than nine inches high, which he had received from Devon- 

 shire, where it was gathered at King's Kerswell. It is quite dis- 

 tinct from the common Morel, and proved to be Morchella cras- 

 sipes, Ventenat. It is a very interesting addition to our flora, 

 vying with Helvetia gig as, which was contributed by Mr. Currey. 

 Mr. Berkeley made some remarks on disease in Peach-trees, 

 reading the greater part of a Report, by Mr. P. Thompson, of 

 the condition of some at Chatsworth, which is published in this 



