CXXXViil PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Melon ' Barkham's Scarlet ' (votes, 14 for), from Mr. J. 

 Barkham, Longford House, Ryde. A scarlet- flesh fruit, beauti- 

 fully netted, and of good flavour. 



To Pea 1 Boston Unrivalled ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Johnson, Boston. See page G7. 



To Melon ' Effingham Perfection' (votes, 11 for), from G. 

 Hatfield, Esq., Morden Hall, Surrey (gr. Mr. Alderman). A 

 hybrid from (Hero of Lockinge x Wm. Tillery) x Windsor 

 Castle. The Committee suggested that this Melon was worth 

 sending up to them again. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. G. Morris, Esq., Allerton Priory, sent Tomato ' Frogmore 

 Selected.' 



Mr. W. Carmichael, Edinburgh, sent four seedling Straw- 

 berries : (1) 'William Carmichael' ('Waterloo' x 'British 

 Queen ') ; (2) ' Prince of Wales ' (' Waterloo ' x ' British 

 Queen ') ; (8) 'Princess of Wales ' (' Latest of All ' x ' Frogmore 

 Late '), of very good flavour, greatly resembling ' Latest of All ' ; 

 (4) 'Queen of Denmark' ('Frogmore Late' x 'Waterloo'), a 

 smaller berry than the preceding, but of very good flavour. Mr. 

 Carmichael was invited to send plants to Chiswick, where it was 

 considered that greater justice might be done to the varieties 

 than is possible by growing them so far north as Edinburgh. 



The Marquis of Abergavenny, Eridge Castle (gr. Mr. Wilson), 

 sent a Melon ' Eridge Perfection,' a hybrid from ' Longleat 

 Perfection ' x ' Frogmore Seedling.' A white flesh fruit, 

 wonderfully juicy and refreshing, but slightly lacking in 

 flavour. 



R. Burrell, Esq., Westley Hall, Bury St. Edmunds (gr. Mr. 

 A. Bishop), sent a Tomato ' A 1 ' x ' Conference.' Also a very 

 sweet green flesh Melon. Also fruiting sprays of a small early 

 Plum laden with fruit. It was thought to be the true 

 Myrobalan Plum, and the Committee asked to see some of the 

 fruit when ripe. 



Earl Percy, Syon House, Brentford (gr. Mr. Wythes), sent 

 two hybrid Melons : (1) ' Syon Gem ' (' Syon House ' x ' Hero 

 of Isleworth ') ; (2) ' Syon Queen ' (' Hero of Isleworth ' x 

 ' Syon House '). 



