

XXXV111. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



(development of leaves instead of flowers) were often pro- 

 duced by insects, but a malformation like bunchy top, in 

 which leaves were developed in great abundance at the 

 crown of the banana plant, might be occasioned by climatic 

 combined with soil conditions. This malformation differed 

 slightly from ordinary fasciation in other plants in that all 

 the leaves were united to the stem. 



Remarks were made by Dr. G. P. Darnell-Smith. 



Mr. H. J. Braund, Assistant Lands Settlement Officer, 

 Irrigation Area, Griffith, delivered a lecture illustrated 

 with lantern slides on "Irrigation Farming in New South 

 Wales. He pointed out that much had been done towards 

 selecting suitable varieties of various fruits, and of 56 kinds 

 of peaches tried 14 were suitable, while of 100 kinds of 

 grapes only 10 stood the test. 



Remarks were made by Mr, Thompson. 



Monthly Meeting, 8th December, 1919. 



Dr. R. Greig-Smith in the Chair. 



Dr. G. P. Darnell-Smith delivered a lecture on " Plant 

 Diseases." The history of investigation into two diseases 

 —rust in wheat and club root in cabbage — since 1787 was 

 traced. 



