486 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Silver Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, for Apples and Pears in pots. 
To Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, for Apples. 
To Messrs. Sutton & Sons, for Tomatos. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. R. C. Notcutt, for Apples and Pears. 
To Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, for Apples and Pears. 
To the Horticultural College, Swanley, for Bottled Fruits. 
To the Dowager Lady Williams-Wynn, for Apples and 
Pears. 
To Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, for Apples. 
To Lord Aldenham, for eighteen varieties of Ricinus. 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. W. Horne, for Fruit. 
To Mr. W. Tayler, for Apples. 
Very Highly Commended. 
To Mr. J. Pinches, for Labels and Name-plates. 
Amongst the interesting things shown, not for competition, 
probably the most interesting was the group of Castor-oil Plants 
in fruit, shown by Mr. Edmund Becket, gardener to Lord 
Aldenham, at Elstree. The following is a list of the varieties 
shown:— 
1. Ricinus communis minor: leaves olive green, veined 
with pink ; fruit seakale green, touched with yellow. 
2. R. corboriensis arboreus: leaves metallic green, veined 
with red; fruit rosy pink. 
8. R. viridis : leaves shining green ; fruit very grass-green. 
4. R. atropurpureus: leaves deep bronze-red; fruit very 
dark red with red veins. 
5. R. corboriensis: leaves green, tinged with pink in the 
veins; fruit grass-green. 
6. R. sanguineus: leaves metallic green with red veins; 
fruit glowing rosy red. 
7. R. sanguineus tricolor: leaves dull green with red 
veins ; fruit dark green, tinted with metallic red. 
8. R. Africanus: leaves slightly glaucous; fruit blue 
seakale green. 
