CXXV1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. AY. Carmickael, Edinburgh, sent Strawberry 1 Britannia.' 

 As sent it was a very ugly fruit owing to the extraordinary 

 abundance and prominence of the dingy yellow seeds; the 

 flavour was good, but the berries small. The Committee again 

 expressed an opinion that Mr. Carmichael's seedling Straw- 

 berries must be grown in the South of England before they can 

 possibly receive full justice, the climate of Edinburgh being 

 unsuitable for their full development. 



From the Society's Garden at Chiswick came five varieties 

 of French Beans. 



Mr. Amies, Ashford, Kent, sent Scarlet Runner Beans. 



Messrs. Kelway, Langport, sent under name 1 The Straw- 

 berry-Raspberry ' a species of Rubus believed to be indigenous 

 to Japan: it is very pretty, like an Arbutus berry; juicy, but 

 with no flavour. It is not a hybrid, as the English name 

 suggests, but a true species, Bubus palmatus. 



Messrs. J. Veitch. Chelsea, sent a hybrid Raspberry-Black- 

 berry i Raspberry ; Belle de Fontenay * x Blackberry ordinary 

 variety *. An award of merit was proposed for it but not carried. 

 In appearance it is like a very large red-violet Blackberry, and 

 the foliage is almost exactly midway between the two parents. 

 The flavour is that of a very juicy and very sour raspberry. It 

 would probably cook splendidly ; and ripening after Raspberries 

 and before Blackberries will probably be itself useful or prove 

 the forerunner of other similar hybrids of greater merit. Unlike 

 either parent the fruit adheres firmly to its base, and it will 

 therefore prove a very difficult subject to gather. 



Messrs. Harrison, of Leicester, sent a most interesting 

 collection of twenty varieties of Broad Beans. 



AY. H. Evans, Esq. (gr. Mr. Crook), Forde Abbey, sent a 

 new Melon 'Forde Abbey Seedling.' 



Mr. Roupell, Roupell Park, sent Apples 1 Mr. Gladstone ' and 

 • Irish Peach,' shoeing that the former was ten days earlier 

 than the latter. 



Lord Onslow (gr. Air. Blake) sent Red Currant ' La A"er< 

 saillaise 1 to show its identity with ' The Comet.' 



Mr. A. Dean sent Turnip 1 Snowball ' to show its great 

 similarity to 'New Model.' 



Sir AYeeman Pearson, Bart. (gr. Mr. Capp), sent a Melon 



