JULY. 
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Mrs. H. H. Hunnewell, Stella, Mrs. John 
Clutton, Charles Dickens, Lady Clermont, 
and H. "W. Sergent. 
The most remarkable object before the 
Fruit Committee was the Castle Kennedy 
Fig, of which an account is given in another 
page. From Mr. Ingram, came Frogmore 
Early Crown Cherry, a seedling producing 
small red fruit of rich flavour and ripening 
ten days earlier than the May Duke, hut, as 
Dr. Hogg remarked, not so early as Belle 
d’Orleans. At the subsequent scientific meet¬ 
ing, Mr. W. Wilson Saunders stated that he 
had found when the spathe of Sauromatum 
guttatum first opens, that it rises in tem¬ 
perature 4 P or 5°, and he had observed this 
not once but repeatedly. Mr. Bateman then 
delivered an interesting commentary on the 
Orchids, in which he took occasion to allude 
to tailed Orchids, and among others to an 
Angraecum of which dried specimens had 
been sent home by Captains Speke and 
Grant, and which had caudal appendages 
of extraordinary length. To this he gave 
the name of Angraecum Grantii in compli¬ 
ment to Captain Grant, who, being in the 
room, stated that it had been found by him¬ 
self and his lamented fellow traveller three 
degrees from the equator. Mr. Bateman also 
gave the history of the Cuitlauzina pendula, 
of Lcxarza, which was identified by the 
younger Reichenbach as being the same as 
Odontoglossum citrosmum, and Mr. Bateman 
suggested that the latter name should be 
changed to O. pendulum, the original specific 
name of Lexarza, more especially as the 
plant is the only one of the genus in which 
the flower-stems are strictly pendulous. 
The Pelargonium show was held on the 
3rd of June, and there was a bank of these 
flowers about 140 feet long. Mr. Fraser, of 
Lea Bridge Road, was the only nurseryman 
who exhibited, but his plants both of show 
and fancy kinds were large and in excellent 
bloom, especially single specimens of Des- 
demona and Delicatum. Among amateurs, 
the best specimens were those from Mr. Ward, 
gardener to H. Wilkins, Esq., and Mr. 
Donald, gardener to J. Barclay, Esq., Knotts 
Green. A very beautiful seedling called 
Charmer, was shown by Mr. Bull, scarlet 
with a white eye, having a violet tinge at 
the junction with the scarlet, the upper petal 
with a dark blotch and broad painted crimson 
edge. Groups of Palm-g Ferns, and other plants 
were shown by Mr. Bull, stove and greenhouse 
plants by Messrs. Lee, and several fine boxes 
of cut Roses by Mr. W. Paul andMessrs. Lee. 
The first principal show took place on the 
10th, but was not well supported by ex¬ 
hibitors ; and the objects brought partook of 
a miscellaneous character, and in several 
cases were far from remarkable for their 
excellence. Among other stove and green¬ 
house plants a wonderfully fine Phcenocoma 
prolifera was shown by Mr. Fraser, who 
also contributed very good Pelargoniums, 
but as much cannot be said of some of the 
others. New plants were in great force, and 
upwards of sixty certificates were awarded to 
them, but for the most part they had made 
their appearance before at the meetings of 
the Floral Committee. Messrs. E. G. Hen¬ 
derson had a new Ivy-leaved Geranium 
called peltatum elegans, which may be re¬ 
garded as an acquisition ; the leaves are 
bright green, and the rosy lilac flowers are 
produced in good compact trusses instead of 
in loose ones. Primula Parryi, with deep 
rosy purple flowers, and Pentstemon grandi- 
florum, with very large pale lilac flowers, 
both from Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich, re¬ 
ceived first-class certificates. Mr. Veitch and 
Mr. Bull, each exhibited numerous collections, 
that from the latter including several fine 
varieties of Aucuba. There was a small 
display of fruit, mostly of good quality, but 
nothing very remarkable. Altogether, the 
experiment of holding a principal show on a 
Saturday was not very encouraging, and it 
had been, indeed, previously decided at a 
meeting of the Council and Fruit and Floral 
Committees, that in 1866 special and great 
shows are to be held on some other day. 
The subjects submitted to the committees are 
likewise to remain on the meeting-days till 
5 o’clock, which will give the public a better 
opportunity of seeing them, for at present, as 
soon as the scientific meeting is over the 
plants, &c., are removed. On the 13th of 
June, Mr. Bateman again delivered an in¬ 
teresting lecture, the subject being the beau¬ 
tiful genus Dendrobium. 
Royal Botanic Society. —The second 
great show took [dace on the 14th, and there 
was again a fine exhibition and very numer¬ 
ously attended, both by exhibitors and visi¬ 
tors. The specimen plants were in fine 
condition and of the usual character ; the 
Orchids good, though some of the collections 
were somewhat marred by the introduction 
of small specimens to make up the number. 
Azaleas were past their best; the only ones 
really good were those from Mr. Veitch. 
Mr. Bailey, of Shardeloes, again received a 
mark of distinction in the shape of a large 
silver gilt medal for Pelargoniums ; this time 
for Fancies. Of Roses the stands of cut 
blooms were very numerous ; the most strik¬ 
ing for excellence were those from Mr. Turner 
and Mr. May, gardener to C. M. Worthington, 
Esq., Caversham Park, Reading. Boule 
d’Or from the latter was magnificent. Of 
seedling Pelargoniums, Charmer and Sparkle 
from Mr. Bull; Nero, Atalanta, Alabama, 
and Gladiateur, from Mr. Nye, gardener to 
E. Foster, Esq., had first-class certificates; 
and of the Zonate division, Pillar of Beauty, 
Amy Hogg, and others of Beaton’s seedlings 
received a similar award, as well as Ex¬ 
hibitor, Sir R. Peel, Pink of Perfection, 
Great Eastern, and Gladiateur (there were 
