CXKvlii PROCEEDINGS OE THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
To Messrs. Harrison, of Leicester, for very fine fruiting sprays 
of Bubus palmatus (the so-called Strawberry-Raspberry). This, 
too, is an ornamental fruited plant, but the fruit (like a large 
Arbutus berry) is of no value whatever save for decoration. It 
is a true species of Rubus, and not, as at first suggested, a hybrid 
between the Strawberry and the Raspberry. 
Other Exhibits. 
A. Pipon, Esq., Farningham, sent Tomato ‘ Beauty of Sark.’ 
Messrs. Bunyard sent Pear ‘ Rivers’s Beacon ; ’ Nut ‘ Prolific 
or Frizzled Filbert ; ’ Strawberry ‘ St. Joseph ; ’ Apple ‘ Emperor 
Napoleon,’ a very highly coloured but ugly rough ribbed fruit; 
and Peaches ‘ Dymond ’ and ‘ Goshawk.’ 
Mr. J. C. Prowse sent an Apple (somewhat resembling the 
‘ Strawberry Apple ’) which he had raised from a pip of an 
American fruit. 
Alex. Henderson, Esq., M.P., Buscot Park (gr. Mr. Bastin), 
sent a seedling Melon. 
C. Springham, Esq., Big Snap, sent Apple ‘ Gladstone.’ 
Messrs. Laxton, of Bedford, sent Strawberry ‘ St. Joseph ’ 
(see p. 322) and ‘ Laxton’s Perpetual; ’ the latter is a seedling 
from ‘James Veitch’ x ‘Dr. Hogg,’ and was the only plant 
amongst a large number raised which developed the peculiar 
character of fruiting in late summer and autumn on the runners 
of the current year; each runner throwing up a truss of blossom 
even before it begins to root. Messrs. Laxton also sent small 
plants of Bubus jpalmatus. 
Messrs. Cannell, of Swanley, sent growing plants of Straw¬ 
berries ‘ St. Joseph ’ and ‘ Louis Gautier,’ the latter having the 
same peculiarity of bearing on the runners described under 
‘ Laxton’s Perpetual.’ 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hudson), Gunnersbury, 
sent fine boxes of Alpine Strawberries ‘ Rouge ameliore ’ and 
‘ Belle de Meaux ’ (see p. 817, Fig. 71). 
Mrs. Abbott (gr. Mr. Keif), Regent’s Park, sent some fine 
fruits of Peach ‘ Sea Eagle.’ 
The Duke of Sutherland (gr. Mr. Blair) sent a very curious 
silver variegated leafed spray of a Nectarine, with a fruit showing 
distinct whitened patches on the skin. 
Mr. Wm. Culverwell sent a specimen of his hybrid between 
