LINNEiLN SOCIETY OF LONDOy. 2^ 



Mr. Stuart Samuel exhibited a dwarf specimen of Acer pal- 

 matum, and made some remarks on the dwarf trees artificially 

 produced by the Japanese. 



Mr. R. V. Sherring showed some cases of dried Bananas, and 

 described a new method of preservation adopted in Jamaica to 

 save waste of small parcels of fruit which would be otherwise 

 unsaleable. 



Mr. A. W. Bennett exhibited and made remarks upon a 

 specimen of Selaqinella Jepidophijlla, which was found to possess 

 remarkable vitality, and upon proper treatment to resume its 

 normal appearance after having been gathered some mouths. 



Dr. E. C. A. Prior exhibited samples of spiked Star of Beth- 

 lehem, Ornitliogalum •pyrenaicum, and stated that although de- 

 scribed in British Floras as a rare plant, it is so abundant on the 

 hill pastures around Bath tliat it is brought to the market there 

 in large quantities under the name of French Asparagus, and 

 sold for a penny a bunch. 



Mr. E. A. Eolfe showed two hybrid Odontoglossums with the 

 parent plants, viz. : — O. Wilckeanum (produced from O. crispum 

 and O. luteo-purpureum) and O. excellens (produced from O. 

 Pescatorei and O. triumplians) . These had first appeared as 

 natural hybrids out of imported plants, and the parentage was 

 subsequently ascertained under cultivation. 



On behalf of Sir George Macpherson Grant, Mr. J. E. Harting 

 exhibited some curiously abnormal horns of the Eoe Deer (the 

 result of disease) which had been taken from an animal found 

 dead near Forres, ]S",B. For the purpose of comparison he ex- 

 hibited some normal heads of the Eoe from other parts of Scot- 

 land and from Germany, and made some remarks on the causes 

 of variation in the size and form of the antlers to which Eoe 

 Deer were peculiarly liable. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "An Investigation into the True Xature of Callus." — 

 Part II. By Spencer Moore, F.L.S. 



2. " The alleged Existence of Protein in the Walls of Vegetable 

 Cells, and the Microscopical Detection of Glucosides therein." 

 By Spencer Moore, F.L.S. 



