EXTRA.CTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 
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Lord Eversley, for Lady Downe's Seedling, cut from the vine and 
preserved in bottles of water in a dark room with a temperature 
about 45°. Mr. Looker brought capital specimens of Cos Lettuce 
and Endive grown in patent glass frames without any other pro- 
tection. Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, was first both for 
dessert and kitchen Apples ; Mr. Parsons second in the former 
Class ; and Mr. Beach, gardener to J. Hemes, Esq., for culinary 
Apples. Mr. Sage, gardener to Lord Brownlow, sent fine Keen 
Seedling Strawberries, which would certainly have taken a prize 
had they arrived in time. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Dr. T. Thomson, F.RS., in the Chair. 
The Secretary stated that he had examined the fronds of the 
Todea brought by Mr. Smee at a previous Meeting, but had failed 
to detect any fungus, the filaments of the mould having been 
eaten by some mite. 
Mr. Wilson Saunders sent specimens showing the efi"ect of frost 
in tearing asunder the woody fibres in Tlrica mediterranea and E. 
vagans, also specimens of Oak timber split by lightning in a 
somewhat similar manner as by cold, the latter thus " performing 
the effect of heat; " penetrabile frigus adurit.^'' 
Mr. Berkeley brought corms of Crocus imperatorius from Mr. 
Ellacombe, showing large spindle-shaped roots. Similar specimens 
were observed at Chiswick ; and, indeed, they occur occasionally in 
several species. He considers them to be a provision for the pro- 
duction of a new corm. 
Dr. Masters brought from Mr. Bennett, of Enville, two specimens 
of Horse-chestnut, in one of which the flowers are almost ready 
to open, while in the other they were quite unexpanded. They 
were taken from two contiguous trees, and call to mind the famed 
early Chestnut-tree of Paris. 
The Secretary read a paper On the Wild Pears of Surrey " 
from Mr. Wilson Saunders, which has already appeared in the 
Journal. 
The Meeting then adjourned. 
