EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
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CUT FLOWERS. 
Messrs. William Paul and Son, Wal¬ 
tham Cross, N., for Roses, Eight 
Boxes, Cut Blooms, Silver Bank- 
sian Medal. 
Mr. A. Parmley, Park Side, S.W., for 
Bridal and Ball Bouquets, Silver 
Banksian Medal. 
Mr. J. Aldous, Gloucester Road, S.W., 
for Dinner-table Decorations, Sil¬ 
ver Banksian Medal. 
Horticultural Structures, Impli 
Messrs. J. H. Critchley and Co., 
Grosvenor Works, Cheltenham, 
for Patent Heat Regulators, 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
Messrs. John Crowley and Co., Shef¬ 
field, for Invincible Mowing Ma¬ 
chines (Edwards’s Patent), Com¬ 
mended. 
Messrs. Foster and Pearson, Horticul¬ 
tural Builders, Beeston, Notts, 
for Samples of Patent Slot 
Throttle Yalve, a Silver Bank¬ 
sian Medal awarded, and Com¬ 
mended for simplicity. 
Mr. J. Matthews, Royal Pottery, 
Weston - super - Mare, for Terra 
FRUIT, &c. 
Lord Ebury, Rickmansworth (J. C. 
Mundell, Gr.), for 18 varieties of 
Apples, Bronze Knightian. 
Mrs. K. B. Cussons, Southport, for 
Collection of Skeletonised Leaves, 
Silver Flora. 
Mrs. M. Hodgkins, 85, Hyde Grove, 
Manchester, for Collection of 
Skeletonised Leaves, Silver Flora. 
Rents, Garden Appliances, &c. 
Cotta Vases and Flower Pots, 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
Messrs. J. J. Thomas and Co., Edg- 
ware Road, W., for Wirework 
and Garden Furniture, a Silver 
Banksian Medal. 
Messrs. W. Richardson and Co., Dar¬ 
lington, for Greenhouse, Ventila¬ 
tors, &c., Silver Banksian Medal. 
Messrs. Doulton and Co., Lambeth, 
for Vases and Flower Pots, Silver 
Banksian Medal. 
Messrs. Joseph, Davis and Co., New¬ 
ington Butts, Collection of Baro¬ 
meters, &c., Silver Banksian 
Medal. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Sir J. D. Hooker, C.B., E.R.S., in the Chair. 
Monstrous Primroses. —Dr. Masters commented briefly on 
several Primroses which had been referred to him at the pre¬ 
vious meeting, and which admitted of being grouped under the 
following heads :—1. Simple calycanthemy or petaloid condition 
of the calyx : short-styled or thrum-eyed ; a common condition 
and very suitable for the herbaceous border. 2. Calyx normal. 
Corolla partially or completely separated into its component 
petals ; petals bright yellow on the upper surface, and with two 
purple spots on either side the medium line ; rich chestnut- 
brown on the under surface, short-styled—a remarkable form, 
not so common as the foregoing. 3. Calyx normal. Corolla 
normal; lobes reddish brown on the under surface ; edges in¬ 
volute or rolled on to the upper surface so as to show the 
oolour ; long-styled or pin-eyed. The distribution of the colour 
is here very remarkable. The specimens were received from 
Mr. Webb. 4. Fusion of three flowers. Calyx petaloid, of 
eighteen sepals free for about half their length, forming a 
