Avavsr 3, 1895.] 
close to an old wel), hence its vi 
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самса lon 
over 5 feet in height, flowering Leg tas It was another nine-mile drive was made to Knightshayes, ot the inner whorl was 2 ирге, with а curved filament bearing 
. The next halt Mr. J. Dickson, who came from Keir House, Bridge-of- „ 
was at Bradfield, where Sir William n Walrond's agent Allan, only six months ago, was in waiting for his peoaliarity in ihe din deer ууч — attention 
(Mr. C. E. Hay) was waiting to give a h 
art prag and piloted them round. Everything in the fruit 
Under the guidance of li i i i f perfec 
welcome to the voyagers. line that was in bearing was the very pink o 
Mr. T. Heath, the gardener, a tour of inspection tion, Peache g 
Grape e fi to be first-rate, masterpieces of cultivation. Grapes were equally 
Gros Colman, Black Alicante, Lady Downes’ Seed- good, Muscat Grapes splendid; indeed, the “ glass 
ling, Foster's Seedling, and Ba ossa, all very was about as well done as it could be, In the open, 
fne, Outside, Marie Louise and Winter Nelis things were equally creditable. The crops and the 
Pear were showing heavy cro nd r two tidy appearance of the place, taken as a whole, were 
Apple trees were well hung with Mistleto. In the such as to show that the race of Scotch gardeners is 
not a thing of th 
grounds were squarrosa, past. А 
90 feet ; Salisburia adiantifolia, 30 feet; Sciadopitys A drive to Tiverton to tea, and a 15 miles drive 
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Fio. 28.— WHEAT-EAR PELARGONIUMS. (вве р. 134.) 
verticillata, 8 feet (a grand piece); Abies grandis, home, ended one of the most pleasant g7 opacis 
70 feet arranger 
65 to lanted in 1871); and Chamærops — the Association has yet held, 
excelsa, 12 үтте noted, а comparatively carried out, by Mr. A. Hope (Hon, Sec,), Mr. 
recently-formed 8 were some pical W. Mackay (Hon. Treas.), and а committee, gave 
doing well. kias, Osmundas, Spiræa general satisfaction 
Lindleyana (a grand — and other such plants nd 
were most effective à ; peu 
In the flower garden the Golden Lewe were un- "SOCIETIES. 
commonly fine. Some seventeenth-century —— à Muss 
I MER SN ge MORE соии 
back to May 17, 1332, were res of health and 
Jory 23.—Dr. Masters, in the chair. 
Deodara, and of Cypripedium Malformed,—Dr. M. Masters described а 
Sir William Walrond, with his usual hospitality, ^ curious case received - Messrs. Sander e v. bei 
had arranged for an excellent lunch for the party, 8 e terminating in ee taba 
and they having had a long drive and a long артуу thins; 
thia ger appreciated. on the edge of one ot which was an asthe. They аркети to 
midri ib to the base of the incisions, instead ot to the salen of 
e lobes. 
mon 
"Spb but this has median cords as well as ning 
base of the incisions; or, again, that of the cords in the 
M of the Composites, which run up between the petals and 
round margins of the visions. Av milar occurrence 
is in the receptacular tube and calyx-limbs of the Cherry, 
h here, too, each has its proper cord 
11 H з IE! oh 1 Е A 
other Labiates, and appear to be supplied for strengthening 
Aoidium Nymphevides, D. C.— 
warded specimens of this parasitical fungus, with th 
observations :—* is ZEcidium bee ted =» Chodat to 
be connec ith the Puccinia on rpus lacustris. In 
November, 1877, Puccinia Sci was f floating in 
river Ouse at King’s Lynn, During the past winter I found it 
on the Bulrushes (8. lacustris) in the ‘Old Bedford’ at th, 
Hunti shire. On revisi e this the 
Vi in great abundance. e 
the cups again оре e Scirpus in the 
immediate vicinity of the — was affected with the 
ospores,” 
Æcidium Chenopodii .— end ein. a — ol 
this p элын with the following remar whee prank 
of 1893 Mr. Herbert @. Ward found 2 the Ree flats of 
rin ington St. Clem lente, ‚ап | JEcidium on Suda m. aritima. Shorty 
the opposite si 8 — 1 
Sluice. It was was accompanied by uredospores and 
(U. ii, Duby) on the —— plant. By som 
this fungus is regarded as identival with U. salicornis, D.C., 
on 8. herbacea. ess hos 
same erbacea e- 
named localities bat hitherto I have been unabl е ы find the 
Flies attacked b; Fungus.— reference to the вресї- 
mens brought — the last meeting. it is reported from an 
examination w that the fungus pusa con- 
glomerata, Thaxter (a somewhat rare species), parasitic on 
8 larve and X и of A eut Dis- 
trib. Europe and U nited States. This is the first record for 
Bri 
Grapes Diseased.— With reference to the samples sent to 
the last meeting, the report has been received from 
8 Vines are attacked by a fungus called Glwo- 
of к, ae 
The my: um of the ев, 
TEL are developed. The first 
tig the times o e into the 
equal parte of sulphur and —— 
be te applied to every part of the Vine, dating pga the com- 
ent of branch — until the fruit is set. — ; 
— — or less covered with — c 
should be cut — and burnt at once, as 
fication of the 
MM. forwarded 
from Caen some growing plants of this variety, from which 
they have issued kinds raised Ed. Lefort, of 
Meaux, France е triple spines were either quite 
ere rudiments 
, indeed, the sorts 
observe the diversity of stripes and colours, „and the е sportings 
to be found two exactly of the 
they 
and from their seeds — bara Daen ried There 
