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wood which were affected by heat, in the first of which there was 

 an abnormal deposit of cells in the cuticnlar layer. 



Dr. Voelker read the Minutes of the Meeting of the Subcom- 

 mittee March 1, on the comparative influence of manure on dif- 

 ferent plants. 



Mr. Moore exhibited specimens of Cyclamen from Mr. Atkins, 

 confirming the observations of Mr. Wilson Saunders at a former 

 Meeting. He called especial attention to the characters furnished 

 by the form of the mouth of the corolla, and by the mode in which 

 fibres are sent out by the tuber. 



A beautiful drawing, by Mr. R. Mee, of Ilex Aquifolium, var. 

 Zawsoniana, was laid on the table. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

 J. Batemaf, Esq., E.R.S., in the Chair. 



The awards of the Eloral Committee were announced by the 

 Kev. J. Dix ; and Mr. Wilson stated, with reference to some fine, 

 firm, well-kept Spanish Onions of English growth submitted to 

 the Emit Committee, that they were the result of heavy manuring 

 and deep trenching. The seed was sown in Eebruary and the 

 bulbs kept perfectly dry after they were taken from the ground. 



Mr. Eortune read a paper on the Kumquat, which will be pub- 

 lished in this Journal. 



Mr. Berkeley mentioned various instances of variegated Abuti- 

 lon Thompsoni affecting the stock, as reported in ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,' 1869, p. 276, and by Messrs. Henderson. 



A variety of Triteleia uniflora with blue-tinted petals and sepals, 

 more acuminate than usual, came from Mr. Atkins, of Painswick, 

 under the name of Leucocoryne alliacea. In that genus, however, 

 there are three abortive stamens, which project from the mouth of 

 the corolla, whereas, in the plant exhibited, all the stamens were 

 perfect. 



Mr. Standish sent specimens of several Conifers in flower, some 

 of which are rarely seen in that state. The last hot summer will 

 probably induce many similar cases. A large bush, for instance, 

 of ffliamnus alpina in the Earl of Westmoreland's garden, at Ape- 

 thorpe, has never produced flowers till the present season. 



A flower of Narcissus Sibtliorpii, from the garden of Mr. Lloyd 

 Wynne, at Coed Loch, was pointed out as a fine subject for spring 



