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Two Marks. 
Carnations. —Rosy Morn (Douglas) pink. 
.L R. Allinson (Ware) rose self. 
Teureball (Benary) deep scarlet self. 
Horace (Dau) scarlet self. 
Beatrix (Fisher, Son, & Sibray) buff self. 
Terra Cotta (Turner) streaked. 
A an Dyck (Benary) s'ate and crimson flaked. 
Three Marks. 
Godetia Duchess of Fife (Daniels Bros.) blush with large carmine 
blotches. 
Chrysanthemum (annual) Sibthorpi (Dean) bright yellow, very free 
flowering. 
Chrysanthemum (annua 1 ) multicaule aureum (Dean) yellow, dwarf. 
\ iola The Mearns (Dobbie k. Co.) lower petals dark purple, top pale 
lilac. 
^ iola Croft House (Dobbie & Co.) white, fine habit. 
Pansies for strain (Dobbie & Co.). 
Pansies for strain (Hooper). 
Two Marks. 
\ iola virginalis (Dobbie & Co.).—Large pure white. 
Three Marks. 
Sweet Peas. —Mrs. Sankey (Eckford).—Pure white, fine. 
Mrs. Gladstone.—Delicate pink standards, wings blush, edged with 
pink. 
Captain of the Blues.—Standards bright purple blue, wings pale 
blue. 
Princess of Wales.—Shaded and striped mauve, on white ground. 
Isa Eckford.—Creamy white, suffused with rosy pink. 
Senator.—Shaded and striped chocolate on creamy ground, fine. 
Countess of Radnor.—Pale mauve standards, wings pale lilac. 
Monarch.—Bronzy crimson standards, rich deep blue wings, fine. 
Fuchsias —Single white corolla, Floe on de Neige (Cannell). 
Double White.—Berlines Kind, Gustave Dore (Cannell). 
Single Red.—First of the Day, Adolphe Legour (Cannell). 
Salmon.—Earl of Beaconsfield, Aurora superba (Cannell). 
Fancy.—President Grevy (Lemoine). 
Pentstemon La Foudre (Lemoine) tine scarlet. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
A meeting was held at Chiswick on this date. Present: P. Crowley, 
Esq., in the chair; Dr. Hogg, Messrs. Lee, Rivers, Warren, Dean, 
Bates, Balderson, Willard, Cliffe, Denning, Reynolds, Hudson, and 
W y thes. 
The Committee inspected the collections of Runner and Dwarf 
French Beans, &c., growing in the gardens, and made the following 
awards :— 
Three Marks. 
Dwarf French Beans.— Mohawk, Smyth’s Speckled Hybrid, 
Fulmer’s Forciag, Sion House, Ne Ilus Ultra, Dark Dun, Ne Plus Ultra 
fWeitch). 
Ne Plus Ultra (Harrison). 
Wax Mont d’Or, yellow-podded Butter Bean, found to be of excellent 
-quality (Vilmorin). 
Pea. —Sequel (Laxton), dwarf, deep green Marrow. 
August 11th. 
Carnations and Picotees were again the chief features at the Drill 
Hall on Tuesday, and many expressions of approval were heard respect¬ 
ing the unconventional mode of arrangement adopted. Groups of 
Caladiums, hardy flowers, Crotons, Bouvardias, and Ferns also occupied 
considerable space, together with the exhibits before the Fruit Com¬ 
mittee. 
Fruit Committee. —Present : P. Crowley, Esq , in the chair, with 
Rev. W. Wilks, Dr. Hogg, and Messrs. John Lee, R. D. Blackmore, 
James H. Veitch, J. Cheal, G. Bunyard, A. H. Pearson, J. T. Salt- 
marsh, G. Wythes, A. Dean, C. Ross, G. Norman, H. Balderson, 
G. Reynolds, G. W. Cummins, J. Hudson, F. Q. Lane, and J. Wright. 
Mr. E. Chadwick, gardener to E. M. Nelson, Esq., Hanger Hill House, 
Ealing, sent a dish of Rivers’ Prolific Plums, from a wall tree; they 
were large, quite ripe, and very fine. AI 30 a dish of splendid Humboldt 
Nectarines, as well as a number of dishes of Gooseberries. A cultural 
commendation was adjudged for the Nectarine, and a bronze medal 
recommended for the collection. 
Mr. R. Nicholas, The Gardens, Castle Hill, South Molton, sent a dish 
of a very fine Cherry, a seedling. It resembled the St. Margaret 
(Tradescant’s Heart), and more information was desired about the 
parentage and culture. Mr. R. Mayer, Yattenden Court, Newbury, 
sent a seedling Grape from the Sweetwater and Alicante. The berries 
were reddish, rather small, sweet, but had suffered in transit. No 
award was made. 
Mr. S. Mortimer Rowledge, Farnham, sent fluffs of his Cucumber 
Matchless, the result of a cross between Express and Lockie’s Perfection. 
They were extremely uniform, smaller, and smoother than Express, and 
a first-class certificate was awarded. 
A new Melon was placed on the table from Mr. C. Ross, Welford 
Park. The fruit very large, roundish, well netted, scarlet flesh, very 
sweet. Award of merit. Mr. G. Wythes sent three new Melons, which 
■were passed. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons also sent new Melons, but 
much over-ripe, and no opinion could be formed of their merits. 
Mr. R. D. Blackmore sent from Teddington a dish of dark coloured 
Peaches, grown from a standard tree, not against a wall. Trees were 
obtained from America of Amsden, Alexander, and Waterloo, but Mr. 
Blackmore finds them similar, if not identieal. An unanimous vote of 
thanks was awarded. St. Etienne Plum, a small early yellow cooking 
Plum, was sent from Chiswick, and awarded an award of merit. A few 
dishes of new Peas were placed on the table, and one from Mr. H. Balder¬ 
son, resembling a very fine form of Ne Plus Ultra, was recommended 
to be tried at Chiswick, 
.Mr. T. Burton, Bexley Heath, sent eight boxes of Peaches and Nec¬ 
tarines. the fruits of Alexandra Noblesse having been gathered from 
a standard tree from under glass, bearing fifty dozen of similar fruits. 
They were very good, as were the others in the collection, and a silver 
medal was recommended. Messrs. James Veitch & Sons exhibited 
seventy-five dishes of Gooseberries, twenty-five of Apples, four of Pears, 
four of Cherries, two of Plums, and seven of Cui rants—a valuable 
and imposing collection, for which a vote of thanks was unanimously 
accorded, a silver medal having been granted for their fine collections 
at the last meeting. The finest culinary Apples were Dutch Codlin, 
Potts’s Seedling, Grenadier, Lord Grosvenor, and Frogmore Prolific. 
Dessert.—Eirly Red Margaret, Mr. Gladstone, Irish Peach, Red Astra- 
chan, and Devonshire Quarrenden. 
Fruit for Cottagers. —A number of forms had been sent out by 
the Secretary with a request that the recipients fill in the names of the 
most suitable varieties of fruit for growing by cottagers and farmers. 
A number of varieties were named and put to the vote, with the follow¬ 
ing result :— 
Dessert Apples. —Cox’s Orange Pippin, King of the Pippins, Wor¬ 
cester Peirmain, Devonshire Quarrenden, Sturmer Pippin, Irish Peach, 
Duchess of Oldenburg, and Braddick’s Nonpareil. 
Culinary Apples. —Warner’s King, Ecklinville, Stirling Castle, 
Lane’s Prince Albert, New ITawthornden, Keswick Codlin, Lord Suffield, 
Lord Grosvenor, Blenheim Pippin, Bramley’s Seedling, Potts’s Seedling, 
and New Northern Greening. 
Plums for Cooking. —Rivers’ Prolific, Victoria, Czar, Gisborne’s 
Cox’s Emperor, and Monarch. The names of the dessert Plums were 
not obtaiued. A list of Pears was not produced because, the Secretary 
said, of the inability of several persons to fill in the form indicating the 
period of use of the varieties. The Strawberries chosen were Sir Joseph 
Paxton, President, and Vicomtesse HM’icart de Thury. Of other fruits 
returns were not presented. Some very careful revision is needed by 
competent men to render the lists in the highest degree satisfactory for 
the purpose intended. Four or five experts, such as Messrs. Bunyard 
and Paul (on the Council), and Messrs. Rivers, A. H. Pearson, and Barron, 
would produce a more use ul list than could be evolved by a large body 
of advisers. 
Floral Committee. —Present : W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair, 
and Messrs. W. Goldring, H. Herbst, R. Dean, F. Ross, G. Phippen, 
G. Paul, H. Turner, C. Noole, T. W. Girdlestone, T. Baines, H. Cannell, 
J. Fraser, J. Laing, B. Wynne, G. Gordon, and Dr. M. T. Masters. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a beautiful group of 
plants suitable for table and decorative purposes generally, Palms, 
Ferns, Crotons, Dracaenas, and many others being represented similar 
to those of which a 1 st was given last year. The Committee signified 
their appreciation of the exhibit by awarding a silver-gilt Banksian 
medal. Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, had collections of Cactus 
Dahlias in many bright varieties, also of double Tuberous Begonias, 
excellent alike in form and colour. Mr. H. Rawlings, Old Church, 
Romford, showed a box of new Dahlias, some unnamed, and three 
others—Mrs. McIntosh, orange buff ; Geo ge Hurst, deep scarlet; and 
Mrs. Ocock, yellow-tipped pink. Me srs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, 
sent a large double variety of Achillea ptarmica, named The Pearl, the 
flowtr heads pure white and slightly fringed. 
Caladiums were excellently shown by Mr. C. F. Bause, Morland 
Nursery, South Norwood. Tne plants of moderate size, the leaves large, 
and the colours moff varied and rich (silver-^ilt Banksian medal). 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, had a collection of hardy flowers and 
Roses; amongst the latter T. B. Haywood, Paul’s Cheshunt, Scarlet, 
and Kaiserin Friedrich being especially noteworthy. 
From the Society’s Gardens, Chiswick, a collection of Carnations 
was sent representing many varieties. Six boxes of Gloxinia flowers 
from Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, formed an 
important exhibit, the strain being an excellent one (vote of thanks). 
Mess’s. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditcb, showed a collection of double 
annual Chrysanthemums curiously varied in tints (vote of thanks). 
A beautiful group of Campanulas was shown by Mr. G. Wythes, 
chiefly blue and white varieties of C. pyramidalis, which are well 
adapted for arranging in this way (silver Banksian medal). Mr. G. 
Wythes also showed flowers of the Giant Cereus hexagonus, and Mr. 
J. Hudson, Gunnersbury House Gardens, had a collection of stove 
plants in several pots. Messrs. Stuart & Co., Covent Garden, sent 
flowers of Pompon and other Z nnias. Messrs. James & Son, larnham 
Royal, had 9 ome fine Pentstemons. Mr. C. Leeson, Melton Road, 
Wrawby, showed some seedling Begonias; and Mr. Cheksfield, Ten- 
terden, sent a seedling decorative Dahlia. D. Larnach, Esq , East 
Grinstead (gardener, Mr. Glen), showed Lobelias Emperor William and 
Duchess of Fife, the latter bright blue with a white eye. Messrs. Dobbie 
and Co., Rothesay, contributed interesting collections of French and 
African Marigolds and Pansies (silver Banksian meial). Mr. II. B. May, 
Upper Edmonton, had extensive groups of Crotons, terns, Bouvardias, 
healthy plants in the usual market style (silver-gilt Flora medal). 
