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Columbia, &c, it is unknown. The extent to which this fruit is grown in summer of our 

 States would appear almost incredible. A great many orchardists in Maryland and Delaware 

 contain from 30,000 to 40,000 trees, and the proprietors employ steamers during the season 

 to carry their produce to the markets of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c. After a 

 day's feasting on Peaches with my friend, I returned by same route in the evening to 

 the federal city. 



Washington City, B.C. , If. 8. A. John Saul, Nursery and Seedsman. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE AWARDS, &C. 

 {Continued from page 74.) 



Acer polymorfhum var. rubro-variegatum. — Mr. Standish, Bagshot: Silver Knightian 

 Medal, July 2. — A very elegant Japanese tree. The leaves are palmate, with lance-shaped 

 serrated segments, green, prettily variegated with bronzy red. 



Acer, sp. — Mr. Standish : Silver Banksian Medal, July 2. — A Japanese tree, apparently 

 a broad-leaved form of the foregoing, having the leaves purple variegated with rosy red. 



Acer, sp.- — Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea : Bronze Medal, July 2. — A 

 Japanese tree of elegant aspect with green dissected leaves, and evidently the green-leaved 

 form of the following variegated-leaved variety. It is probably Acer dissectum. 



Acer, sp. — Mr. Standish: Silver Banksian Medal, July 2.— A very elegant Japanese tree, 

 with the leaves tripinnatifidly dissected into narrow segments, and variegated with several 

 shades of pink. 



Adiantum chilense. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: First-class Certificate, May 6. A fine 



hardy, bold-looking, greenhouse Chilian Fern, with tripinnate fronds of triangular outline, 

 and of a glaucous green colour ; the pinnules rather large roundish trapeziform. It seemed 

 to be of free habit. 



Adiantum scabrum. — Messrs. Veitch tic Son : First-class Certificate, May 6. — A Silver 

 Maidenhair Fern, in which the fronds are bipinnate with roundish pinnules, dusted over 

 thinly- on both surfaces with white farinose powder. It is from Chili. 



Adiantum sulphureum. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: First-class Certificate, May 6. A 



Golden Maidenhair Fern from Chili, dwarfish, and remarkably neat and elegant in habit. 

 The fronds triangular, tripinnate, with small pinnules of a roundish form, conspicuously 

 scolloped out at the edge whore fructified, and clothed on the under surface with yellow 

 farinose powder. 



Adiantum tinctum. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : Bronze Medal, July 2. — A slender elegant 

 bi-pinnate Fern, with broadish pinnules, introduced from Peru, the younger fronds of which 

 are strongly tinged with rosy red, which gives the plants a very pretty appearance. 



Aerides hybridum. — Messrs Veitch & Son: First-class Certificate, June 11. — Across 

 between A. Fieldingii and A. affine ruh-iim, producing deep rosy- tinted flowers in the way of 

 roseum. 



Alocasia zebrina. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Silver Knightian Medal, June 11. — A very 

 fine stove Arad from the Philippine Islands, introduced by Mr. J. G-. Veitch. It is of stout 

 bold habit, and has broadly sagittate, green, erect leaves on stout erect stalks, which are 

 mottled and banded with dark green on a pale ground, so as to become snake-like in marking. 

 It is both curious and handsome. 



Amaryllis Unique. — Mr. Williams, Holloway: First-class Certificate, March 19. A 



seedling from A. AcJcermanni pideherrima, with handsome flowers of extra fine form, the 

 perianth segments being remarkably broad, deep brilliant scarlet, with a dark shaded centre 

 and white markings. 



t Anthurium Scherzerianum. — Mr. Wendland, Hanover : Bronze Medal, July 2.— A 

 curious little pothoid stove plant of rather striking character, having stalked leaves with a 

 lanceolate-oblong blade, and a scape of 6 or 8 inches supporting the inflorescence, which 

 consists of a plane ovate scarlet spathe turned downwards against the scape, and a small curved 

 spadix of the same colour. 



(To be continued.') 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



Conservatory. 

 Give an abundance of air night and day as long as 

 the weather permits ; and as the plants will now re- 

 quire all the sun they can get to mature their growth, 



discontinue shading. Water when necessary. About 

 the middle of the month make preparations for hous- 

 ing the plants, but if the weather be line they are 

 best out of doors. Before the plants are taken in, 



