XXXVi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. J. P. Kitchen, Hampton, sent a fasciated growth of 

 Asparagus. 



Mr. F. Buss, Brook Croft, Walthamstow, exhibited his 

 expanding Strawberry protector. 



Seedling Melons were exhibited by Lord Howard of Glossop, 

 Derbyshire (gr. Mr. B. Ashton) ; the Duke of Northumberland, 

 Syon House (gr. Mr. Wythes) ; R. Burrell, Esq., Westley Hall, 

 Bury St. Edmunds (gr. Mr. A. Bishop), very promising variety ; 

 Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher (gr. Mr. Miller) ; and Col. 

 Archer Houblon, Welford Park, Newbury (gr. Mr. C. Ross). 



Fruit Committee, June 26, 1894. 



P. Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 



To Lord Llangattock, The Hendre, Monmouth (gr. Mr. 

 Coomber), for twelve remarkably fine and well-grown Queen 

 Pineapples. 



To the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford 

 (gr. Mr. Wythes), for a large and very complete collection of 

 thirty-six varieties of vegetables, of good quality, along with 

 several Melons and Nectarines. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To C. E. Keyser, Esq., Warren House, Stanmore (gr. Mr. 

 Gleeson), for six well-grown Queen Pineapples. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To James Thorpe, Esq., Coddington Hall, Newark (gr. 

 Mr. Cranford), for fifteen dishes of fruits and vegetables, many 

 being of considerable merit. 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Strawberry May Queen, from Mr. J. Collis, Bollo Lane, 

 Chiswick. Fruit large and obovoid, deep red, somewhat 



