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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 87 
formed their sustenance, atn towards the stem. 
we know, closely related to pol- 
=й as pr esent at the meet- 
ing, pointed out at its tofminition that in the 
Alexandre ther 
he Philippine is 
After some brief observations oi on 
Sophronitis grandiflora and ia lunata, some 
rare and bea oe grown шн of the Aloe kind 
were pointed ow The Aga: та, resem- 
bling Aaa тс respects Yucca fissa уны and a 
that if grown in ida ~ wee then removed to a cooler 
atmosph gation increases. The chlo- 
woh is not i fully developed i in the stove, as in 
er tempera 
rested ет e Golden Gymnogramma 
(Gymnogramm mma Parsonii 2) exhibited by Mr. Par- 
Sons, was next alluded It had come up by 
a wai 
fe itn in perfection in срне: to see i 
er. Тһе old primrose, for 
old hp mus the daisy: $ — it is clear ‘that the 
De eg was n modern sweetbrier, 
Salva Royle, and ъд have supposed that the 
Persica is the mustard tree of scri ture, 
Meuse ita seeds, called ja haia ЖИЫН, ere 
much ый East asa Кы. that the 
tree fle a : rias, where the 
parable was spoken, and that it is the only plant 
hich answers to the ppressing those 
which are clearly proverbial. On the co ary, it 
is clear from the terms that some object of culti- 
d not a the Sal- 
e birds to rest on with a view to picking off the 
seeds, m inclined to abide by our old 
zi —;t end os especially as when it 
reac uch it may be called tl 
aches dim 
— of CT + that is the real meaning ~ 
e Greek wo ver, Dr. Hooker in- 
яе us that some опе in Palestine laughed at 
fu 
of the 
Natural ML History “Objects рн the Bible,” where the 
claims of either are + 
Mr. Berkeley n t called attention to Veitch’s 
Rhododendron, mid after the Princess 
where it was thought a good Side d Са to Rhodo- 
dendron Nut vere tah oo fine head of flows wers 
was exhibited Ъ y Mr. iliams; it had crimson- 
was converted into a c as observed 
that it was very strange to find that when the petals 
rished, a perfect Le was still left behind. 
e g heath, Erica — and prid — 
esting D amongst which were » three vari 
Mr. Veiteh's Primula cortuso i 
oti 
се. 
P Wirsox "C calle 
8 of Amaryllis, ited of w. 
the ‘flowers were brilliant in colour, and which 
otherwise interesting. It had bea М, from 
the hilly countries in the central of Africa 
Welwitsch whom science owed so sim in 
that penis ie in which, starting. from the oppo- 
site side of the continent, he met Dr. Livingstone 
in the e 
the зе алгыл of Aloes. They were thought ge- 3 
nerally эң Ъе — a — — oe the prin- 
them 
ci 
his own now in flower, - magnificen ; 
d traili fine 
and also to a trailing aloe, throwing out 
bunches of m Чоп зоб 
atten pecimer 
Ме. Беште i exhibited. 
h n 
es broad ; and the back of the leaf is more 
than the front, for it is marked with 
mae * 
Mr. Saunders also made some observations on p 
