CXXV1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. W. Carmichael, Edinburgh, sent Strawberry ‘ Britannia.’ 
As sent it was a very ugly fruit owing to the extraordinary 
abundance and prominence of the dingy yellow seeds; the 
flavour was good, but the berries small. The Committee again 
expressed an opinion that Mr. Carmichael’s seedling Straw¬ 
berries must be grown in the South of England before they can 
possibly receive full justice, the climate of Edinburgh being 
unsuitable for their full development. 
From the Society’s Garden at Chiswick came five varieties 
of French Beans. 
Mr. Amies, Ashford, Kent, sent Scarlet Runner Beans. 
Messrs. Kelway, Langport, sent under name ‘ The Straw¬ 
berry-Raspberry ’ a species of Rubus believed to be indigenous 
to Japan; it is very pretty, like an Arbutus berry; juicy, but 
with no flavour. It is not a hybrid, as the English name 
suggests, but a true species, Rubus palmatus. 
Messrs. J. Yeitch, Chelsea, sent a hybrid Raspberry-Black¬ 
berry (Raspberry ‘ Belle de Fontenay ’ x Blackberry ordinary 
variety). An award of merit was proposed for it but not carried. 
In appearance it is like a very large red-violet Blackberry, and 
the foliage is almost exactly midway between the two parents. 
The flavour is that of a very juicy and very sour raspberry. It 
would probably cook splendidly ; and ripening after Raspberries 
and before Blackberries will probably be itself useful or prove 
the forerunner of other similar hybrids of greater merit. Unlike 
either parent the fruit adheres firmly to its base, and it will 
therefore prove a very difficult subject to gather. 
Messrs. Harrison, of Leicester, sent a most interesting 
collection of twenty varieties of Broad Beans. 
W. H. Evans, Esq. (gr. Mr. Crook), Forde Abbey, sent a 
new Melon ‘ Forde Abbey Seedling.’ 
Mr. Roupell, Roupell Park, sent Apples ‘ Mr. Gladstone ’ and 
‘ Irish Peach,’ showing that the former was ten days earlier 
than the latter. 
Lord Onslow (gr. Mr. Blake) sent Red Currant ‘ La Yer- 
saillaise ’ to show its identity with ‘ The Comet.’ 
Mr. A. Dean sent Turnip ‘ Snowball ’ to show its great 
similarity to ‘New Model.’ 
Sir Weeman Pearson, Bart. (gr. Mr. Capp), sent a Melon 
