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EOYAL HOETICTTLTTTEAL SOCIETY. 



marked with bronzy spots, white petals, and a lip marked with a 

 bronzy bar, yellow at the base, from R. Warner, Esq., Chelms- 

 ford ; and to Amaryllis {Hipp eastr urn) Mettle. Titjiens, Olga, and 

 Alexandra, three finely-shaped light-coloured varieties with white 

 centres or margin, from Mr. Baxter, gardener to C. Keiser, Esq., 

 Broxbourne. Second-class Certificates were awarded to Amaryl- 

 lis Duke of Edinburgh, a deep crimson, also from Mr. Baxter ; 

 and to the pretty green-edged maroon-ground Auricula Mrs. 

 Butcher, from Mr. Butcher, Camber well. 



Fruit Committee. — Messrs. Ewing and Co., of Norwich, sent 

 fruit of a Seedling Apple called Lord Stanley. It is a rather large, 

 conical, and bluntly angular apple, yellow and much covered with 

 patches of russet. The flesh is yellowish, firm, briskly acid, and 

 w r ith a good flavour. It keeps sound till May. It was thought 

 well of by the Committee. Mr. Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis 

 of Exeter, Burghley, sent fruit of a Seedling Apple of good size and 

 fine colour. The skin is almost entirely covered with dark red and 

 has somewhat the appearance of Norfolk Biffin, though quite dif- 

 ferent. He sent also a pie made of the fruit ; but the variety was 

 not thought equal to many others in cultivation. Mr. Gardiner, 

 gardener to W. E. P. Shirley, Esq., Eatiugton Park, Stratford-on- 

 Avon, sent a bunch of Lady Downe's and Kempsey Alicante Grapes, 

 both in excellent condition and rich in flavour. The Committee 

 unanimously awarded a Certificate of commendation for the ex- 

 cellent way in which they had been kept. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



Apeil 20, 1869. 



W. W. Satodees, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 



Dr. Masters read a communication from Mr. Berkeley, who was 

 unfortunately unable to be present, containing a Eeport on some 

 diseased Peach-shoots forwarded by Mr. Eish. The disease in 

 this case is not the same as that which affects the Peach-trees at 

 Eastwell Park and elsewhere. The diseased portions ultimately 

 become bleached and infested with a minute fungus. The disease 

 often appears near the base of the shoots, and the upper end con- 

 tinues healthy for some time. At present the malady is confined 

 to young trees, and it has been observed on trees under glass as 

 well as out of doors. Mr. Berkeley also stated that the swellings 



