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qualities of those well-known grapes, ' Black Hambro' ' and * Muscat 

 of Alexandria.' The other is the ' Grizzly Frontignan,' a very old 

 variety, but of the finest flavour and one that forces well. Of grapes 

 that are better known the following were staged, viz. : * Bowood Mus- 

 cat,' 'Foster's Seedling,' ' Buckland Sweetwater,' 'White Tokay,' 

 'Trebbiano,' and 'White Syrian.' Of black grapes the well-known 

 'Black Hambro',' 'Muscat Hambro',' * Madresfield Court,' * Appley 

 Towers,' 'Alnwick Seedling,' and ' Gros Maroc,' with the compara- 

 tively new grape, * Directeur Tisserand. ' 



A large gold medal was deservedly awarded to this magnificent 

 exhibit, and Mr. Wright is to be specially congratulated, not only for 

 the success of this exhibit, but also for the grand lesson in cultivation 

 which may always be learnt in the grape-houses at Wisley. 



GENEEAL MEETING. 

 August 27, 1912. 

 Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (9). — E. Menpes Aitken, Sir George Alexander, 

 Sir Fielding Clarke, Miss A. J. Dickinson, Mrs. H. F. Dupuis, W. E. 

 Griffiths, J. G. C. Huntley, A. Irving, J. Laidler. 



Fellows resident abroad (2). — H. Sherman Adams (U.S.A.), Henry 

 G. Cooper (Canada). 



A lecture on ' ' Present-Day Water Lilies ' ' was given by Mr. James 

 Hudson, Y.M.H. (see p. 249). 



