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which the late Mr. Yeitch, of Exeter, gave me, and it was one that his col¬ 
lector sent home previous to our seeing or knowing what like the plant was. 
This season, however, we have cones of the natural size, and containing 
perfect seeds. Why is this ? Because we have had, and shall have again, male 
catkins on those trees, and such catkins were not observed in previous years. 
It will certainly be interesting to know what others have observed in these 
matters. 
Bicton. James Barnes. 
NOTES MADE AT THE ELORAL AND ERUIT COMMITTEES. 
At the meeting of February 20th, an extremely interesting show of Apples 
was an object of considerable interest. Though the season has been gene¬ 
rally admitted to be one adverse to the keeping of Apples, it would not have 
been supposed to be true by any one who could have seen the splendid fruit 
shown. The fruits were large, plump, and fresh-looking, and seem as if they 
had been well and carefully preserved. 
A first-class certificate was awarded to Messrs. Rivers & Son, of Sawbridge- 
worth, for a collection of American Apples, grown and ripened out of doors on 
Paradise stocks, and shown to evidence how very favourable to their proper 
development was the season just past. The varieties were large and nicely 
coloured. They were Boston Russet, Allen’s Everlasting, .iEsopus Spit- 
zemberg, Baldwin, Calville St. Sauveur, Rhode Island Greening, Lady’s 
Sweeting, Lodgemore Nonpareil, Newtown Pippin, Melon Apple, Rome 
Beauty, Calville Blanche, and Stunner Pippin. The same award was made to 
Mr. S. Ford, gardener to W. E. Hubbard, Esq., Horsham, for a collection of 
Apples, Pears, Oranges, and Limes. Of the former there were excellent 
examples of Scarlet Nonpareil, Court-Pendu-Plat, very highly coloured; 
Adams’ Pearmain, Blenheim Orange, remarkably good; Dutch Mignonne, 
Royal Pearmain, Elstead Pippin, Black Jack, Shepherd’s Seedling, King of 
Pippins, Scarlet Pearmain, Norfolk Beefing, Holland Pippin; of Pears, 
Knight’s Monarch, Easter Beurrc, Uvedale’s St. Germain, March Bergamot, 
Josephine de Malines, and Bequene Musque. Also sweet Oranges, which were 
said to be used at table ; and some fruit of the prolific Lime. The same award 
was also given to Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, Hedsor, for a collection 
of Apples, comprising Scarlet Nonpareil, excellent Cockle Pippin, Wellington, 
French Crab, so yellow in colour, and large in size, as to create some discussion 
as to whether it had been correctly named; Scarlet Russet, Cox’s Orange 
Pijjpin, Small’s Nonpareil, fine Court-Pendu-Plat, Lemon Pippin, Herefordshire 
Pearmain, Sturmer Pippin, Bess Pool, Golden Russet, Lewis’s Incomparable, 
and a very fine yellow sort, name unknown. Mr. Lynn also sent some Black 
Hamburgh Grapes, which had been hanging since September, to show its 
valuable keeping properties ; and a trio of Hedsor Prolific Winter Cucumber, a 
medium-sized fruit of the Sion House strain, very prolific, and invaluable for 
house work. 
From Mr. W. Hill, the Gardens, Keele Hall, Staffordshire, came very fine 
fruit of Citrons, to which a first-class certificate was awarded ; and from the 
same exhibitor came a bunch of Lady Downe’s Grape, also a bunch of Golden 
Lady Downe’s, a medium-sized berry ; no report was made as to its qualities. 
To the department of the Floral Committee came from Mr. F. J. Graham, 
of Cranford, several large plants of the new Russian Violet Czar. The flowers 
are very large, of a purplish violet colour, and beautifully fragrant. A 
smaller variety, named Dagmar, was also produced, but was considered to be 
a good deal inferior to the foregoing. 
