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winter months. To accomplish this desideratum, a band of tar several 
inches deep put on around each stem has been recommended, but this soon 
hardens and requires frequent renewal. A considerable infusion of grease 
has been also devised as likely to promote the necessary softness. In any 
case, if the statement is correct that the female moth is wingless, then who- 
soever shall concoct and make known to orchardists a composition, the ap- 
plication of which to the trunks of the trees shall make the ascent of the 
insect an impossibility, will have performed good service to horticulture 
GENEEAL MEETING. 
J. Bateman, Esq., E.E.S., in the Chair. 
The following Continental horticulturists were present : — Prof. 
Eeiehenbach, Prof. Morren, M. Doucet, M. Coer van der Maeren, 
M. Wautier, and M. Marabot. 
Mr. Berkeley directed attention to Mr. Bull's Liliacese, and 
especially to Amari/Uis spectaiilis, figured in Andrew's 'Eeposi- 
tory,' which, though not so brilliantly coloured as some others, was 
interesting from its very distinct habit ; and a new form of Eury- 
cles, var. elegans, which Mr. Bull has introduced from the island 
of Ternate. The only difierence between this and the one figured 
in the ' Botanical Magazine ' was that the crown of the one is 
entire, whilst in the other it is cut down to the base. There are 
two other species, one from the Solomon Isles, the other from 
Australia. 
A new variety of Ivy, under the name of Hedera conglomerata, 
from its dwarf compact habit, promised to be an acquisition for 
many purposes. 
The Chairman then said he was glad to see Lcelia majalis once 
more, one of the grand Orchids of Mexico, where there was a 
* It is curious that in Curtis's ' British Entomology,' under Hyhernia, to 
which genus he refers Cheimatohia as a subgenus, we have the following inform- 
ation : — " Fortunately for this country, the larvae are never known to do any 
mischief; but in France the caterpillars do very extensive injury by destroying 
the leaves, especially of fruit-trees. But M. Duponchel mentions an admirable 
plan for checking their ravages ; it is by washing a space round the base with a 
glutinous matter, so that the females as they pass up the trunk in order to lay 
their eggs upon the leaves may be entangled by the gluten and perish. By the 
destruction of one female the birth of at least three hundred caterpillars is pre- 
vented. Shaking the trees smartly is also effective by causing the larvse to fall, 
but it is likewise injurious to the fruit." — M. J. B. 
