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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, consisting of 170 dishes of 

 Apples and 150 dishes of Pears. Specially fine amongst the 

 Apples were Peasgood's Nonesuch, Sandringham, Stirling Castle, 

 Blenheim Orange, King of the Pippins, Duchess' Favourite, Colonel 

 Vaughan, Worcester Pearmain, Hollandbury, Dumelow's Seed- 

 ling, Potts' Seedling, Alexander, Cox's Pomona, Washington, 

 Winter Hawthornden, Lord Derby, Tower of Glamis, Lord 

 Grosvenor, Bramley's Seedling, and Ecklinville. The Pears 

 included Brockworth Park, Marguerite Marillat, Dr. Hogg, 

 Gansell's Bergamot, Seckle, Doyenne Boussoch, Fertility, Mag- 

 nate, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre Baltet pere, Triomphe de 

 Vienne, Grosse Calabasse, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre Superfm, Marechal de la 

 Cour, Souvenir du Congres, Beurre Hardy, and Flemish Beauty. 

 A few of the later varieties of Plums, Damsons, Raspberry Super- 

 lative, and the two Blackberries Wilson Junior and Laciniatus 

 were also shown. 



Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, sent a splendid collection 

 of 250 dishes of Apples and Pears. Amongst the Apples we may 

 mention Lord Suffield, Cellini Pippin, Stirling Castle, Peasgood's 

 Nonesuch, Potts' Seedling, Bismarck, Hollandbury, Scarlet Pear- 

 main, Mere de Menage, New Hawthornden, Red Beitigheimer, 

 and two little known varieties, Nouvelle France and Takapuna 

 Russet. And amongst the Pears were Louise Bonne of Jersey, 

 Marguerite Marillat, Beurre Clairgeau, Pitmaston Duchess, 

 Marie Louise d'Uccle, Marechal de la Cour, Beurre Bosc, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, and the little known varieties, Le Lectier, Presi- 

 dent Drouard, Madame Chaudy, and La France. 



Archibald Weir, Esq., of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, sent a 

 most interesting exhibit of cases, some packed and some empty, 

 illustrating his improved system of packing choice fruits. 



Messrs. Charles Lee & Son, Hammersmith, sent a good col- 

 lection of Pears, including Brockworth Park, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Souvenir du Congres, Vicar of Winkfield, Beurre Superfin, 

 Marechal de la Cour, Beurre Hardy, and Doyenne du Cornice. 



Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow, sent an interesting 

 collection of Plums, Apples, and Pears. Of Apples, Stirling 

 Castle, Colonel Vaughan, Royal Russet, Councillor, Lord Sumeld, 

 Golden Spire, Bismarck, Grenadier, Hollandbury, Duchess' 

 Favourite, Warner's King, Potts' Seedling, Ecklinville, and 



