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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



each preserving its distinctive character, which occur in the East, 

 and the supposed, but probably fabulous, mode of producing them. 



A letter from Mr. J. Anderson Henry was read respecting 

 Cupressiis Laivsoniana and C. frar/rans, which Mr. A. Murray 

 believes to be distinct species. Mr. Murray stated that the seeds 

 were originally sent in separate packets ; and it is probable that 

 native seeds are now mixed indiscriminately, which has given rise 

 to the supposition that they are mere forms of one species. 



Dr. Welwitsch exhibited a slab of the wood of Herminiera 

 elaphroxi/lon, with a specimen of the plant from Mossamedes 

 (Cabo JSTec/ro), It is admirably adapted as a substitute for cork 

 for entomological purposes. 



A specimen of Lilium Thomsonianum was submitted to Dr. 

 Thompson, who undertook to examine it before the next Meeting. 

 It was originally published as a Fritillaria by Royle ; but though 

 drops of fluid appear at the base of the divisions of the corolla, 

 there is no pit as in the Fritillaria. 



A form of Spot in Pelargonia was sent by the Rev. I. Dix, 

 which was believed to arise from the action of drops of water on 

 the subjacent tissues. 



Mr. Home submitted specimens of a species of a sawfly, belong- 

 ing to the genus Selandria, which is destructive to Watercresses in 

 India. Indigenous "Watercresses, however, are not uncommon in 

 India ; so that it is not probable that the insect was imported. The 

 species does not appear at present to have been examined critically. 



Major Clarke brought a plant of Coleus in which the axillary 

 buds had been pinched out, and the leaves in consequence greatly 

 enlarged. It is a system pursued in the production of specimen 

 Chrysanthemums, and may be useful in other cases. 



It was reported by Dr. Hogg that the trial agricultural seeds 

 had been sown at Chiswick. 



The Meeting then adjourned. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



Major Trevor Clarke in the Chair. 



The awards were announced by the Rev. J. Dix and Mr. Wilson, 

 the former of whom alluded especially to one of the Cinerarias 

 which obtained a First- Class Certificate as likely to form quite a 

 new strain. 



Mr. Berkeley pointed out some Elm branches from the gardens 



