CX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
trials. Peas, 110 varieties. Lettuces, 115 varieties. Endives, 
30 varieties. Beet, 60 varieties. Strawberries in pots, 150 
varieties. Of these, the trial of Peas owing to the peculiar 
season was not satisfactory, they will therefore he tried again. 
A second trial of Lettuces, Radishes and Leeks will also he 
made. 
Full Reports by the Superintendent on Cabbages, Endives 
and Beet will be published in early numbers of the Journal. 
Trials by the Floral Committee have been carried out of— 
Gloxinias, 80 varieties; Abutilons, 38 varieties; Bouvardias, 19 
varieties; Cannas, 150 varieties; Tuberous Begonias, 72 varieties. 
Several charming new varieties of these last have been raised 
in the Garden, which, when propagated, will he distributed. 
Trials have also been made of double ivy-leaved Pelargoniums 
and double-flowered zonal Pelargoniums in pots; and as 
bedding plants, of Verbenas, Tropceolums, and many varieties 
of Annuals, conspicuous among which may he named the 
varieties of the Chinese Pink. On all these subjects full reports 
will he published in the Journal. 
The thanks of the Society are due to the numerous donors of 
plants and seeds, a full list of which is appended ; and especially 
to the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew; to H. J. Elwes, 
Esq., and W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., Col. R. Trevor Clarke, 
Baron von Mueller, of Melbourne, and Professor Sergeant, of 
the Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A. 
The Council have great pleasure in announcing the encou¬ 
raging fact that during the past year the distribution of plants, 
cuttings, and seeds, has been considerably in excess of that of any 
former year; many valuable plants, &c., some of which are new 
to cultivation, have been distributed Rom Chiswick to almost 
every part of the United Kingdom. 
The following is a summary of the distributions of 1878, as 
-compared with those of 1877 :— 
Distributed Distributed 
in 1878. in 1877. 
Plants . 5,250 1,695 
Cuttings of Plants, Fruit, &c. 2,054 bundles. 715 bundles. 
Strawberry Runners ... 2,500 
Packets of Seed . 22,500 15,850 
