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EOYAL HORTICULTTJEAL SOCIETY. 
for boxes of Clematis ; to Chysis awea from the Society's collec- 
tion; to Mr. W. Thompson for Lathyrus Sibthorpii. Messrs. 
Barr and Sugden sent a series of cut blooms of Lilies and several 
species of Ferula, a genus well adapted for shrubbery-borders. 
ERUIT COMMITTEE. 
Mr. Temple again sent a bunch of Lady Downe's G-rapes 
preserved as before reported, which was of a first-rate flavour. 
Messrs. Barr and Sugden, amongst other kinds, sent Earley's 
Selected Double Parsley with peculiarly curled leaves. 
A Special Certificate was given to Mr. W. Gardiner for Apples, 
also to Mr. Eillery for Nectarines, Strawberries, and Cherries, and 
a dish of Lady Downe's Seedling which had been kept for a long 
time. Mr. Cox sent Carter's Early Paris Market Lettuce from 
seed sown in the open ground, February 18 ; and the Kev. C. C. 
Ellison Brown Batavia Endive, to show how soon it hearts. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
A. MiJERAT, Esq., E.L.S., in the Chair. 
Several foreign Delegates were present. 
Elowering sprigs of Gytisus Adami were sent by Mr. Burton, 
consisting partly of C. purpureMS and partly of an intermediate 
form between that species and C. laburnum. It has been said 
that the seeds will not vegetate ; but if what were sent to the 
Secretary were from the true plant, they vegetate freely. 
The Secretary exhibited male and female flowers of Lychnis, 
the former of the white-flowered scarce variety, the latter of the 
common red variety, confirming the observations of Miss Lydia 
Becker as to the development of stamens in the female plant when 
afl"ected by Ustilago antherarum. Both were from plants collected 
last year and placed in pots to ascertain whether they would be 
again aff"ected with the Ustilago, and, if not, whether the female 
plant would become hermaphrodite. 
He also brought leaves of Pear and Peach, the one blistered 
with Ascomyces bullata, the other with A, deformans. With the 
former there was also Helminthosporium pyrorum. 
