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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cox's Orange, Curltail, Alfristori, Dutch Mignonne, Brabant 

 Bellefleur, and Betty Geeson. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford 

 (gardener, Mr. G. Wythes), for very fine fruits of Strawberries 

 President and Keen's Seedling. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. H.Lane & Son, The Nurseries, Great Berkhampstead, 

 sent examples of Apple Lane's Prince Albert. 



Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, E slier (gardener, Mr. Miller), 

 sent Mushrooms from an outdoor bed. 



Mr. W. B. Hartland, nurseryman, Cork, sent Broccoli April 

 Queen. Heads very large. The Committee expressed a desire to 

 have it tried at Chiswick. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



X>r. M. T. Masters in the Chair, and nine members present. 



Hybrid Narcissi. — Rev. G. H. Engleheart exhibited a col- 

 lection of hybrids, amongst which was one called George Engle- 

 heart, a cross between N. poeticus ornatus and Narcissus Tazetta 

 Bazelman major. This was quite new, and received a botanical 

 certificate. Another was between N. poeticus and a trumpet 

 Daffodil, Hudibras ; this had a remarkably large and flat crown. 

 A third, between P. poeticus ornatus and Mary Anderson, had 

 an orange-streaked cup, both parents having an orange-bordered 

 cup ; the colour had become intensified. Mr. Engleheart ob- 

 served that the anthers being situated half-way between the 

 points of the insertion of those of the two parents, was a cha- 

 racteristic feature of hybrids amongst Narcissi, and that no 

 appreciable difference occurs in the hybrids raised when the 

 parentage is reversed. He also remarked that Dean Herbert 

 thought that N. Tazetta Bazelman major was barren with 

 its pollen, as he could raise no plants from it. This was probably 

 due to a too chilly climate. Mr. Henslow remarked that N. 

 Tazetta is very abundant amongst the rocks in Malta, and has 

 two forms, one with a short stout stem and many flowers, an- 

 other with a long slender stem and fewer flowers. 



