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Silver Gilt Banksian Medal to Messrs. F. Sander & Co. ; Silver 

 Medal to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. (gardener, Mr. 

 Bickerstaffe) ; Silver Medal to F. G. Tautz, Esq. (gardener, 

 Mr. Cowley). 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Dendrobium euosmum leucopterum X (Baron Schroder). 

 To Miltonia vexillaria purpurea (F. G. Tautz, Esq.). 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Lycaste Schilleriana (Sir Trevor Lawrence) ; Catasetum 

 barbatum proboscideum (Sir Trevor Lawrence) ; Restrepia elegans 

 (Sir Trevor Lawrence). 



Award of Merit. 

 To Oncidium bifolium majus (F. Sander & Co.). 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



B. D. Blackmore, Esq., in the Chair, and seventeen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 

 To Cucumber Covent Garden Favourite, from Mr. W. 

 Unwin, The Piazzas, Covent Garden Market (votes, unanimous); 

 a uniform, handsome-shaped fruit, stated to be a variety much 

 appreciated for market purposes. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. T. Harris, Great Lodge, Tonbridge, for Strawberry 

 Harris's Al Early Forcing. Fourteen plants bearing fruit were 

 shown. The fruit is large, cockscombed, somewhat flat, and of a 

 pale-red colour. 



The Committee expressed a desire to have the variety sent to 

 Chiswick for trial. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, sent examples of 

 Potato Dean's Early Sunrise, a very early variety. 



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

 heads of an " Improved Purple Sprouting Broccoli," which was 

 referred to Chiswick for trial. 



