EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



EOYAL HOKTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 Januaey 13, 1891. 

 Dr. Maxwell T. Mastees, F.R.S., &c, in the Chair. 

 Elections. 



Fellows, 20. — R. C. Appleton, J. J. Beale, Ashley Bird, 

 Oswald Bird, William Brass, Vice-Admiral R. B. Cator, Miss 

 Darbishire, Miss Dunlop, Fred. Frith, Edw. Hunt, C. C. 

 Hurst, W. J. James, Maurice Jewell, Frank Lees, Hugh Low, 

 Fred. S. Moseley, P. F. Portway, S. W. Seagrave, Lady Selby 

 Smythe. C. Penny (Associate). 



Society Affiliated. — Eastbourne Horticultural Society. 



Mr. W. Warren, F.R.H.S., read a paper on " Persian 

 Cyclamen " ; and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., read a paper on 

 " Hardy Cyclamen." (See pp. 153 and 156.) 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Award Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 

 To Begonia (hybrid) Winter Gem (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 



A most useful winter-flowering plant. Its corymbs of rich 

 scarlet-crimson are thrown up well above the foliage, and re- 

 main in perfect condition for some weeks. This new hybrid is 

 the result of a cross effected between the winter-blooming B. 

 socotrana and a crimson-scarlet summer-flowering tuberous 

 variety, the former being the seed-parent. 



