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FRUIT COMMITTEE. 

 John Lee, Esq., in the Chair. 

 The duties of the Committee were extremely light, for there 

 were only three exhibits. Mr. Ernst Benary, Erfurt, Germany, 

 sent two dishes of Onions named Zittau Giant Yellow, for which a 

 commendation was awarded as a good keeping variety. Mr. G. 

 T. Miles, gardener to Lord Carington, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, 

 sent bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes extremely well coloured, 

 and a basket of Stanstead "Winter Cabbage Lettuces in excellent 

 condition, a cultural commendation being awarded for both. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 

 Sir J. D. Hooker, KC.S.L, in the Chair. 



Injury to Cypress. — Some further statements were made as to 

 Mr. Boscawen's Cypress, Mr. MacLachlan adhering to his previously 

 expressed opinion. 



Insects Injurious to Larch.— Mr. Elwes showed specimens covered 

 with eggs of a Chermes, and, in addition, myriads of the larva of 

 one of the Tineinous moths, Coleophora laricella, the larva of 

 which mine the leaves, and make cases for themselves out of the 

 cuticle. As the insects are so extremely numerous and cover so 

 large an area, anything like a practical remedy is almost out of the 

 question ; but it was suggested by Mr. MacLachlan that setting fire 

 to the long grass might be efficacious. 



Tulips. — Mr. Elwes showed specimens of T. Kolpakowskyana 

 and of T. Eichleri, to show the result of one year's cultivation on 

 the size and form of the flowers, the flower after one year's cultiva- 

 tion being, at least, three times the size that it was originally. 

 Conversely Mr. Elwes had succeeded in reducing the size of the 

 Yan Thol Tulip to the diameter of two inches or thereabouts. As 

 an inference of these experiments, as well as of the fact that little 

 or no difference was to be seen between Central Asian and Italian 

 Tulips, Mr. Elwes stated that the characters at present in use to 

 distinguish Tulips are of little weight, and that most of the so- 

 called species would eventually be reduced to geographical forms 

 or varieties. 



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