EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL IIORTICULTUBAL SOCIETY. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 Makch 12, 1889. 

 W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., F.R.S., in the Chair. 

 Elections. 



Fellows, 33. — W. Ainslie, H. P. Atkins, Mrs. S. Cecil Bignolcl, 

 Albert Brassey, Hon. Mrs. Albert Brassey, Henry Butt, William 

 Charles, Sidney R. Chesterton, Rev. A. E. Clementi- Smith, Rev. 

 P. Clementi- Smith, Mrs. C. R. Cock, John Cockburn, Mrs. 

 Collis, Henry Crocker, MJ)., Norman Davis, Heer S. A. de 

 Graaff, John Fraser, John Braithwaite Gill, Mrs. Robert Grant, 

 Mrs. Homfray, Mrs. W. Hudson, George Paice, John Philpot, 

 Henry D. Pochin, John W. Price, George C. Raphael, Jonathan 

 Rashleigh, Thomas Sheldon, Alnod E. Studd, Alfred Vince, Miss 

 Harriet \Yilson, Mrs. Henry Woodrow, Major-General Young, 

 E.E. 



The following papers were read : — (1) " Notes on Saxifrages," 

 by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S. (2) "The Cultivation of 

 Saxifrages," by Mr. George Paul, F.R.H.S. (3) " Cultural and 

 Descriptive Notes on Saxifrages," by Mr. G. Reuthe. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-five members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:- 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. W. Paul & Son, The Nurseries, Waltham Cross, 

 for a dozen boxes of Camellia blooms, containing some of the 

 best varieties in cultivation, especially noteworthy being the 



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