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from the Asturias by Mr. Maw, flowering a fortnight or more 

 earlier than those in ordinary cultivation. Kyllingia raono- 

 cephala, Symplocarpus fcetidus, &c. The preceding were brought 

 by Mr. Lynch from the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, to whom a 

 vote of thanks was given. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 April 9, 1S89. 

 Rev. W. Wiles, M.A. (Secretary R.H.S.), in the Chair. 

 Elections. 



Fellows, 30.— Mrs. Aitkin, William Laurence Baker, S. Lee 

 Bapty, Arthur Baxter, Mrs. L. W. F. Behrens, T. B. Bolitho, 

 M.P.. Herbert Edward Curtis, John Robert Featherby, Miss C. 

 S. Flint, Mrs. Garth, Mrs. Grout, Thomas Hall, George 

 Hammond. John Hingston, Miss Hutton, Sumner Jones, Dr. 

 C. Mordaunt Matthew,. Albert Molineux, Harold G. Moms, 

 T. B. Morton. Henry R. Rainger, Mrs. Francis Ricardo, Samuel 

 Ryder, junr.. Christer P. Sandberg, C.E., Henry Sibray, James 

 Benjamin Slade, Hon. Mrs. Alex. Stewart, John G. Treseder, 

 William Charles Wigley, Bernard G. Wilson. 



The following papers were read : — (1) " The Narcissus," by 

 Mr. F. W. Burbidge, M.A., F.L.S., M.R.I.A. (2) "'Seedling 

 Daffodils," by the Rev. G. H. Engleheart, M.A., F.R.H.S. (3) 

 " Observations on Portuguese Narcissi," by Mr. Alfred W. Tait, 

 F.L.S. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:-- 



Gold Medal. 



To Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gardener, Mr. H. 

 Ballantinei, for a magnificent group of Orchids — the most note- 

 worthy examples being Dendrobium Jamesianum ; D. nobile 

 nobilius, the most richly coloured of the several forms of this 

 fine old species ; D. nobile elegans, very beautiful ; D. nobile 

 album, a pale form of great beauty ; D. euosmum leucopterum, 



