The following prizes were offered by the Society, all in open classes.

Class 1

6 Camellias in pots.

Class 2

12 Camellias cut blooms. Mr W. Howard, gardener to J. Brand, Esq., Bedford Hill, Balham, was placed first with, a stand containing 36 blooms, some of which were very fine, particularly Mazeppa, Alba plena, Jubilee, La Reine, Valtevaredo, Fimbriata, and Imbricata. Mr E. Baxter, gardener to C. Reiser, Esq., Broxbourne, second. Mr A. Wilkie, gardener, Addison Road, Kensington, third.

Class 3

6 Shrubs in flower, forced or unforced. Mr Wilkie was the only exhibitor in this class, and received a second prize.

Class 4

Lily of the Valley, 6 pots. The first prize was awarded to Mr Howard, who exhibited grand masses in pans 11 inches in diameter: each clump had, on an average, from 60 to 70 fine spikes of flowers. Mr Searle, gardener to R. C. Steel, Esq., Hammersmith, was second, and Mr Wilkie third.

Class 5

Early Grapes, single bunch. Mr Tribe, gardener to J. Sharpe, Esq., Waltham Cross, received the second prize for a small bunch of Black Hamburgs.

Class 6

Late Grapes, single bunch. Mr Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, was first, with a small bunch of Alicante, well coloured, and of excellent flavour. Mr Bannerman, gardener to Lord Bagot, Blithfield, was second, with a well-kept bunch of Lady Downes; and Mr Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, Hedsor, was third with Alicante.

Class 7

Asparagus, Sea-Kale, and Rhubarb, one dish of each. Mr T. Bray, gardener to E. A. Sandford, Esq., Nynehead Court, Wellington, was first; Mr G. T. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, being second.

Fruit Committee

A novelty was exhibited by Mr Osman, gardener, Stan-more Hall, in the shape of a dish of Loquats, Eriobotrya japonica; the fruit were small, but of excellent flavour for home-grown fruit. A special certificate was awarded. Mr Cannell, of Woolwich, exhibited a hothouse boiler of a very complicated construction. Mr Smith, gardener to T. Brassey, Esq., Norman-hurst Court, Battle, also sent a model of a tubular saddle boiler, with hollow firebars. From its construction it must be a powerful one, but would, I fancy, be quite as liable to accidents as the upright tubular form. The Committee decided that no opinion could be expressed on any boiler which had not been practically tested.

Floral Committee

The following first-class certificates were awarded. To Mr Pilcher, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., for Masdevallia coccinea, var. It was exhibited as Elephanticeps, but the flowers are not so large as that variety is stated to be. The Masdevallias are cool Orchids, and were stated by Mr Bateman to grow near the limits of perpetual snow. To Messrs Backhouse & Son, York, for Odontoglossum retusum latro, with small deep orange flowers. Also to Mr Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, for an unnamed Chelianthes, with narrow finely-divided fronds; and to Mr C. Turner, Slough, for a basket of Mr Rutter, Golden Tricolor Pelargonium; the leaf-colouring was very bright, and the plants had made an unusually robust healthy growth for the time of the year.

Special certificates were awarded for Orchids, and for groups of flowering and foliage plants. Mr Denning had a grand specimen of Dendrobium nobile covered with flowers, Oncidium splendidum with a fine spike, and Cymbidium eburneum with beautiful pure-white flowers, with a clear canary-yellow spot on the under-lip. Messrs Veitch had a superb collection, comprising Orchids, Palms, Hippeastrum pardinum, Amaryllis, Pancratium fragrans, with a fine umbel of pure-white flowers, and Laelia Pilcheri, a hybrid between L. Perrinni and Cattleya crispa; also a new Orchid, Mormodes minax, introduced from Chiriqui; the flowers have narrow lanceolate sepals and petals, purple colour, densely spotted with dark crimson.

Mr B. S. "Williams had an effective collection, containing a fine Encephalartos villosus, and Palms as a background, choice Orchids, and Amaryllis marginata, a very beautiful variety.

Messrs Rollison & Sons, Tooting, had a nice little group, in which was a remarkably fine plant of Cypripedium villosum, and a distinct variety of Den-drobium nobile, D. "Wallichianum. Odontoglossum Rossii from Messrs Backhouse, and Cattleya Trianaei Lawrenciana from Mr Lawrence, gardener to Bishop Sumner, Farnham Castle, were specially noticed.

A charming collection of spring flowers from Mr Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, was much and deservedly admired; it contained Triteleja uniflora, Scillas of sorts, Hepatica angulosa, with large beautiful lavender-coloured flowers, and a pretty plant, to which Mr Berkeley directed special attention, Leucojum vernum.

Mr W. Paul had six boxes of Camellia flowers, one filled with alba plena, one flower of Innocenza, pure white, distinct and good.

Mr Knight, Floral Nursery, Hailsham, sent a new climbing hybrid perpetual Rose, named Princess Louise Victoria; it is said to be vigorous in growth, and it flowers profusely.