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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Wedderburn, I. K., a Upper Seymour Street, W. 
Westcar, H. Emerson, Royal Horse dua. 
Knightsbridge аек S.W. 
Scientific Proceedings. 
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch called on the 
mark- 
е to a 
dme Ж ng, stated ак although it had 
эзин үүт „Кге etermine what it was, proved 
lant же common in cottage windows : it 
um aizoi : 
m Ма ugh Mr. 1 
he: flora a of the island for many years, had no 
found it the: 
In sif aee to the Nardoo, exhibited on the 
18th of April, Mr. три remarked that the 
ворону party of Burke and Wills had sub- 
sisted on the Marin за: reped which was the 
the i de spor aan of the 
sent Му "s ady Dorv Nevill belonged ^ M. 
Drummo ndi. 
Mr. Berkeley деа to iy denti of investi- 
gating the attacks of fu n this class of plants, 
y instancing cà ge done 1 
ves to him b Pileher at the last meeting, 
which was almost destr а parasiti 
little bundl These, on being magnified, 
be a ple E acd which, though no doubt 
reproductive, t the real fructification. 
the Ырын db are e ине oblong ilg rad 
arranged alternately ; it is we that 
tals assume various abnorm bota Lin iuit 
th organie matter. In connection with the dis- 
ease of orc , some observat were made o 
the attacks of fungi on the roots ees. It was 
commonly suppo: ruit tree would no 
sed that a fi 
ET live irae another heen: been grown, b 
e the soil was deprived of its eie by its 
nt ; = it ei more pr 
white t give off gree 
» ы yate could not be — cames ечи 
са жеге зр el white. owever, 
a arkable exception to Кет 
м. > Jardi 
on altogether, 
and became green. Some plants, nevertheless - 
duced plants perfectly TAS 
which, two plants in the room, Mussenda frondosa 
and the beautiful Clerodendron, sent — by the 
ionary, Mr. Thompson, were mentioned. 
peni chi lus 
In reference to Rhododendrons, Жу пе 
also me inte teresti n Mr. 
MeNab obtained, tot tall: 
л> it was stated that in га a wen s of 
arboreum were boiled down, and ue juice made 
er 
for such a ose; one о 
ozelle, was made from the fleshy calyx of the 
Hibiscus Sabda: 
Mr. Ber conan re remarks were terminated by а 
few observations on a ovely иык sent by 
Backhouse, ы "Yorks a иш in with the 
a = -plant, will bes 
Begonia leaf, from Mr. E ХА 
vates ants pese rom t "ii 
d К the meeting as a curiosity, as well as 
a үт ве talip, from Mr. Berkeleys own 
garden 
After the Floral mes had been - LE p 
Rev. Mr. Dix ‚ Dr. i 
NR e 
ig in the pear ке of the 
and fruits 
and t e best varieties pointed 
r 
j he Fello un 
many who could not get to the Tuesday y meet the 
This general satisfaction with the wo ee Hd by 
Society Nes de he was happy to atte 
financial su as 
The ballot “for plants then took Lenin d 
usual, some beautiful е = flowers were 
among the din presen 
REPORTS OF e FLORAL соу 
The ts of the Floral Committee 
шн onthe eg and 16th May will be given 
in the next number of the ngs. 
