lvi PROCESDISSS OP ILLE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
east wall in a garden in Devonshire. The tree is an old one, and 
for the last three or four years had not flowered so well as formerly, 
hut no disease had been observed previously to this year. He was 
anxious to know what treatment should be observed to prevent 
extension of the malady. The Chairman did not think that there 
was any effectual remedy except by burning the parts affected. 
Petroleum and soft soap might be tried. Hr. Moore stated that he 
had observed a similar, if not identical, coccus on a plant of Ribes 
Menziesii in the Chelsea garden, and that these had been named 
Coceiis Oxyacanthcc by Mr. "Westwood. He was not aware, how¬ 
ever, that it had ever before been seen on a ltose. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Medals awarded. —Small gold Ranksian to Mr. J. "Wills, for 
group of plants. 1 . Silver-gilt Banksian to Messrs. W. Rollisson and 
Sons, for group of plants. Bronze Flora to Mr. J. Aldous, for 
group of plants. First-class Certificates were awarded to Messrs. 
J". Yeitch and Sons, for Hcemantlius Kalbreyeri\ to Mr. B. S. 
"Williams, for Adiantum Neoguineense, Ptychosperma rupicola , Cycas 
media, Sadleria cyathioides, and Alsophila plumosa ; to Mons. Duval, 
for Gloxinias “ Mont Blanc” and u Boule de Feu ” ; to Mons. Y. 
Lemoine, for ivy-leaved double Pelargonium 11 A. F. Barron 
to Messrs. J. Laing and Co., for Begonia “President Burelli ” ; to 
Gr. F. Wilson, Esq., F.L.S., for Lilium tenuifolium. Botanical 
Commendation to Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, for Liparis 
elegantissima. Yotes of Thanks were passed to H. J. Buchan, Esq., 
for Cymbidium tigrinum ; to Mr. H. Cannell, for Pelargoniums, 
cut blooms; to Mr. J. Douglas (gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq.), 
for cut blooms of Aqidlegia hybrida ccerulea ; and to J. J. Wheble, 
Esq., for cut blooms of Azaleas. 
FRUIT COMMITTEE. 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Shirley Hibberd, 
Esq., for four pans of Erfurt Sweet Cress ; and a Yote of Thanks was 
passed to Mr. W. Divers (gardener to W. Moore, Esq.) for seven 
dishes of Apples. 
