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KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



July 7, 1868. 

 "Wilson Saunders in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and approved. 



The Report of the Chemical Sub-Committee on the effect of 

 different kinds of manures by Dr. Yoelcker was read and ordered 

 to be printed. 



The proper subjects for experiment were discussed and finally 

 selected. 



A communication, with reference to the procuring a quantity 

 of pure seeds of the twelve plants selected, to be made to Mr. Gribbs 

 at Leicester. 



It was determined that the experiments should commence in 

 April next. 



Mr. "Wilson Saunders brought specimens of lime-leaves covered 

 with Erineum, and suggested that especial attention should be 

 paid to the numerous spots and growths on leaves to which the 

 present abnormal season appears to have given rise. 



He brought also a proliferous flower-stalk of Primula cor- 

 tusoides. 



Dr. Hogg called attention to some peculiar patches on the 

 leaves of a variegated elm, which appeared, from drawings laid on 

 the table by Mr, Murray, to be due to the anomalous production 

 to which Desmazieres gave the name of Acalyptospora. 



Mr. Berkeley stated that Sir ex juvencus was abundant this 

 year in Northamptonshire, and that Sir ecu gigas had occurred in 

 two places in the same county. 



Dr. Masters brought from Chiswick a branch of a rose in which 

 the leaves had partly assumed the appearance of petals. 



He also laid on the table some curious specimens of Ghiaurs 

 from an oak, in which numerous buds were produced on the 

 surface. 



Dr. "Welwitsch laid on the table some specimens of Cocci, of 

 which notice will be taken when the subject of Coccidae is brought 

 forward for discussion at the next Meeting. 



Some white lilies, L. eximium, L. longijlorum, and L. TaJciscima 

 of Siebold, were brought by Mr. G\ "Wilson for comparison. 



A rose-stem was sent by Mr. Ivery curiously surrounded by the 

 eggs of the lackey moth. 



And, finally, a plant of Bichardia cethiopica was sent by M. 



