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THE FLORIST. 
Boses — continued. 
1 row Gem (Battersby), fine feathered 
1 ,, Heroine, feathered, fine 
1 ,, King of Saxony (Groom), fine 
flamed 
2 ,, Lady Stanley, fine 
2 ,, Miss Eliza Seymour (Groom), 
extra fine 
3 row Lady Grey (Groom), fine 
2 „ Princess Mary of Cambridge 
(Groom), extra fine 
2 „ Bose Celestial (Barlow) 
1 „ Rosy Morn (Turner),feathered 
3 ,, Triumph Royal 
4 „ Victor Emanuel (Hunt), fine 
3 „ Vicar of Radford, good 
FRUIT COMMITTEE OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Fruit, or, as some say, the Pomological Committee of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society, held its first meeting, July 5, at 21, Regent-street. 
There was a good attendance of gentlemen who had been nominated 
for the committee, which included a number of well-known gardeners 
and nurserymen interested in fruit cultivation. Mr. Rivers, of Saw- 
bridgeworth, was called upon to take the chair. The principal subjects 
sent for examination were a batch of seedling Strawberries, from Mr. 
Myatt, some of which, although good-looking fruit, were not considered 
superior to kinds already in cultivation, and a few were inferior. The 
meeting was of opinion that they could not recommend any of them 
for cultivation on their merits as exhibited. Mr. Ingram sent a seedling 
Strawberry from the Royal Gardens, Frogmore. Mr. Ingram, who was 
present, stated that he had preserved it on account of its peculiar 
flavour, which was that of the Hautbois and Pine Apple combined ; the 
meeting, however, considered it not superior to others grown, and that it 
possessed nearly the same properties. Mr. Cuthill sent fruit of his 
Black Piince Strawberry, and an unnamed seedling from it, closely 
resembling the parent. Mr. Cuthill also exhibited a dish of his 
Prince of Wales, a fine-looking Strawberry, with more acidity than is 
generally liked ; we should, however, consider this a good variety for dry 
gravelly soils, where the excess of acidity, which prevails when grown in 
a rich soil, would be subdued ; and we think, judging from what we 
know of it, it would prove a useful hardy variety for such situations. 
Mr. Bradley, of Elton Manor, Notts, sent fruit of a seedling Strawberry 
called Oscar. Judging from its appearance and general character, we 
should say it has been derived from Keens’ Seedling or Sir Harry. 
The fruit is very large, roundish, furrowed on the sides, occasionally 
cockscomb shaped; the colour is a very dark red, nearly black when 
quite ripe; flesh deep red, very firm and juicy, with an agreeable, 
sweet, and somewhat Keens’ Seedling flavour; altogether it appeared 
to the meeting to be a fruit of great excellence, and was recommended. 
A seedling Peach, called the Stirling Castle, was forwarded by Mr. 
Carmichael, from Dunmore Castle, N.B. This is a large high-coloured 
Peach, but the flavour is not first-rate, although it was suggested it 
might possess properties as to hardiness and productiveness which might 
make it a useful kind for walls. 
Two varieties of Grape, the Muscat ottonel and Muscat noir, were 
shown from the Society’s garden. Both are small Grapes, with nothing 
about them to recommend them to further notice. 
