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June. The greatest numbers of flowers open at once were, 

 on the 12th June 31, and on the 14th 21. This year 118 

 flowers opened perfectly. 



The plant is at present a great mass of intertwining stalks 

 with very numerous air roots, a shaggy, ugly, piece of vege- 

 tation. It measures 9 feet across, 5 feet high, and about 

 IJ feet thick. It shows no sign of weakness. 



Cuttings taken off* it gi'ow very freely, and soon flower. 



The Rev. J. E. Vize, M.A., of Forden, near Welshpool, 

 presented the Section with a slide of Xenodochus carhona- 

 rhis, Schl., and reported that this rare fungus occurs near 

 Welshpool in a railway cutting, with a south westerly 

 aspect well sheltered by a hill and a wood. The first 

 appeara^nce on the leaves of Sanguisorha officinalis, L., was 

 noticed in the middle of May when the Lecythea-form was 

 in perfection, but the stems and other portions of the Burnet 

 were greatly distorted by it. A month afterwards the 

 magnificent vermillion coloured spores were well sprinkled 

 over the leaves, the form of which was unaltered. In the 

 middle of July the intensely black brand spores made their 

 appearance, many of which had twenty or more articulations, 

 and were plentifully scattered over the leaves in tufts. 



Mr. Vize stated that he had not watched the transition 

 state from the Uredo to brand-spores, but he hoped to do 

 so if opportunity offered. 



Mr. John Barrow sent the following communication 

 upon the results of two experim_ents with tar for eradicating 

 Tricophyton tonsurans, in completion of the paper read at 

 the previous meeting of the section : — 



Three rings of several months standing, which had resisted 

 applications of carbolic acid, nitric acid, and ammonia chlor- 

 ide of mercury — each ring being about two inches in 

 diameter, and having at the time the raised rough edge 



