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the result of a cross between D. aureum and D. Findlayanum ; 

 the sepals and petals are tipped and shaded with rose-magenta. 



From the Society's Gardens, Chiswick, were sent some 

 plants in flower of the pretty Saxifraga Burseriana. 



Mr. R. Owen sent Genista Oweniana, producing freely spikes 

 of bright yellow flowers. Mr. Owen was requested to send three 

 blooms, and also a plant of an Ivy-leaved Pelargonium, exhibited 

 with a single bloom only. 



A single flower of a mauve-coloured Japanese Chrysanthe- 

 mum, named Mrs. J. N. Gerrard, was shown. 



F. Gledstanes, Esq., Manor House, Gunnersbury (gardener, 

 Mr. E. Manning), sent some examples of Primula sinensis 

 Manning's Seedling — of the Chiswick Red type. 



Mr. F. Foreman, Eskbank Nursery, Midlothian, sent 

 Skimmia macrophylla, which was referred to Dr. Masters for 

 examination. 



Mr. A. J. Mando, 139 Barry Road, East Dulwich, sent a 

 coloured drawing of the new American Chrysanthemum, Mrs. 

 Alpheus Hardy. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



R. D. Blackmore, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended: — 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. P. Blair, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, 

 Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, for fine well-grown Calville Blanche 

 apples, from trees grown in 11-inch pots, under glass — almost 

 equal to those from the South of France, where it is cultivated 

 largely, the fruit being sold in Paris at a high price. 



This apple, which is too tender for open-air cultivation in 

 this country, is well worth the extra trouble of pot culture. As 

 a dessert fruit, its rich tender flesh is unequalled. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. W. Divers, Wierton House Gardens, Maidstone, sent 

 14 varieties of apples, fairly well kept — Ribston Pippin, Winter 

 Hawthornden, Stone Pippin, and Pile's Russet being the most 

 meritorious. 



