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it should be sent again to the next Meeting, when some other 

 varieties will be exhibited along with it for comparison. Mr. Maher, 

 gardener to C. Allhusen, Esq., Stoke Court, Slough, sent dishes of 

 Hunt's Tawny Nectarine and Crawford's Early Peach, also a dish 

 of President Strawberry. They were considered very good, and re- 

 ceived a cultural commendation. Mr. Miller, gardener, Clumber, 

 Notts, sent fruit of Passe Colmar, Ne Plus Meuris, and Winter Nelis 

 Pears, and Yicomtesse Hericart de Thury Strawberry, to which a 

 letter of thanks was awarded. A very interesting collection of 

 European fruits grown in South Australia was exhibited by Mr. 

 George Shelton of Commercial Street, Mount Gambier. It consisted 

 of a dish of Apples, Uvedale's St. Germain Pears, Sultana or Jordan 

 Almond, yellow Dan vers Onion, and two varieties of Potatoes. 

 A special letter of thanks was awarded. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 

 Arthur Grote, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Phylloxera Question.— Dr. Masters brought up a report for 

 presentation to the Council, detailing the steps taken by various 

 foreign and Continental Governments, with a view to prevent the 

 ingress and spread of the Phylloxera, and pointing out the unneces- 

 sary and even absurd restrictions imposed on the transit of living 

 plants by some Governments. The report was adopted, and ordered 

 to be laid before the Council. 



The Winter and the Plants.— -Dr. Masters laid on the table 

 copies of the circulars drawn up with a view of eliciting information 

 as to the effects of the late winter on various plants. These circu- 

 lars can be had on application to the Secretary. Mr. G. F. Wilson 

 suggested that information as to " unexpected survivals " should also 

 be solicited. It was mentioned that this information could be 

 inserted in the " remarks column." Dr. Gilbert alluded to the effect 

 of the wet season of 1879 on the "Wheat crops. In general terms 

 the yield at Rothamsted was not half an average, though the straw 

 was not correspondingly deficient, at least where manure was 

 applied. An examination of the drain- water collected for the 



