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D'Arnaud, in which the leaves presented the appearance of 

 spathes. 



The Meeting then adjourned to August 4. 



August 4, 1868. 

 Dr. Thomson, F.E.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and approved. 



A letter from Mr. Wilson Saunders was read regretting that he 

 could not bring forward the subject of Coccidae at the present 

 Meeting. 



Specimens of a Coccus which has attacked a French variety of 

 fig were laid upon the table. 



The printed Eeport of the Chemical Sub- Committee on the 

 influence of different manures &c. was laid on the table. 



It was suggested and approved that Lotus corniculatus should 

 be substituted for Medicago lupidina, and either Bwiium flexuosum 

 or Carum Carui for Daucus Carota, should it be found impracti- 

 cable to procure seeds of the former ; Dr. Gilbert, however, pro- 

 mised to collect both seeds and tubers should it be possible to 

 do so. 



A letter from Mr. W. Marshall was read, suggesting that half 

 the manure used in the experiments should be mixed with the 

 upper half of the soil, and half used afterwards as a top dressing. 



Dr. Voeleker, however, stated that it was not at all certain that 

 the manure would be washed out, and that, in the proportion of 

 manure recommended for experiment, Mr. Marshall's objections 

 had been in some measure anticipated. 



Dr. Masters laid on the table a very interesting series of forms 

 of Croton variegatim, showing the most extraordinary changes. 



Dr. Thomson stated that he had seen almost all these forms in 

 the Calcutta garden, and that three or more different forms often 

 occurred on the same plant. 



The Meeting then adjourned to November 17. 



Eeport op Chemical Sub- Committee. Drawn up 

 by Dr. Augustus Yoelcker. 



At the Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society held June 2nd, 1888, Dr. Grilbert brought for- 

 ward the subject of " The characters of growth by virtue of which 



