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productive, and finer and "better than any other varieties he had 

 seen. 



Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Eoyal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, ex- 

 hibited the following Collection of Onions, as grown under their 

 respective names in their trial ground : — Danvers's Yellow, White 

 Globe, Strasburgh, James's Keeping, Brown Globe, Trebons, 

 Beading, White Nocera, White Spanish, White Lisbon, Nune- 

 ham Park, Silver-skin, Welsh. The specimens were very fine and 

 well grown ; and altogether the collection was very interesting, and 

 confirmed the conclusion which the Committee arrived at on their 

 examination of the collection at Chiswick. A Special Certificate 

 was awarded. 



Mr. John Conning, gardener, Royston, exhibited fruit of a 

 Seedling Plum called Black Prince, but the Committee did not 

 consider it worthy of recommendation, being not much better than 

 a common seedling muscle plum. 



Mr. C. Dixon exhibited a Melon called White Beeclnvood ; but 

 it was not considered equal to the true Beechwood, which is 

 green. 



September 18, 18G6. — Mr. Sif kin, Snaresbrook, exhibited a dish 

 of Seedling Peaches from a tree growing as an open standard. 

 The fruit bore considerable resemblance to the Rosanna; flesh 

 yellow, melting ; but the flavour not very rich. 



Messrs. Cutbush and Sons, of Highgate, exhibited beautiful 

 specimens of the JVuneJiam Park Onion, grown at various places, 

 and, for comparison with it, the White Spanish or Reading, as it 

 had been grown in the same gardens and under the same condi- 

 tions. The specimens of ISTuneham Park were very large and 

 fine, while those of the White Spanish were much smaller than 

 usual. 



Messrs. Wrench and Sons, London Bridge, exhibited specimens 

 of Dwarf York and Little Pixie Cabbages as grown on their trial 

 ground at Norwood. The Dwarf York had the dark green fleshy 

 foliage of the true Early York. The foliage of the Little Pixie 

 was of a paler green, with less parenchyma, and ribs somewhat 

 more prominent ; it is quite distinct from the Early York. There 

 were also from the same place specimens of Santa Anna and St. 

 George's Onions, early bulbing varieties, the produce of seed 

 from Madeira ; but they have proved not to keep well. They also 

 exhibited the Bed Italian and Bocco, both from seed saved in the 

 neighbourhood of Naples. 



October 2, I860.— Mr. Carr, gardener to P. L. Hinds, Esq., 



