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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Lord Bagot, third. Mr. Miles was first for Asparagus, Seakale, 
and Ehubarb, Mr. Bray second, and Mr. Gilbert third. Mr. E. 
Benary sent a small variety of Indian Corn, the cobs being from 
3 to 4 inches long. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Andrew Murray, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary brought a branch of a Portugal Laurel in which 
the leaves were a good deal bleached, while others had only the 
perforations which are commonly the consequence of frost. The 
tree had been unhealthy ever since the winter of 1866, and its 
condition was apparently attributable to that severe season. 
He also brought a branch of an Apple-tree in which canker 
had arisen from the development of adventitious roots. 
A letter was read from Mr. Thwaites respecting the disease 
which has affected the Coffee plantations in Ceylon, which is due 
to a very curious Fungus {Hemileia vastatrix) intermediate between 
Uredinei and Mucedines. It attacks the leaves, and causes them 
to fall prematurely. 
A discussion then took place respecting the Australian 
Caoutchouc," which has been found on the surface of sandy 
grounds near Adelaide. It is believed to have been derived 
from petroleum springs. It is remarkable that it contains traces 
of the necklace-like bodies which are characteristic of the genus 
CoUema and also CymlellcB. (See for a detailed account Journ. 
of Bot. 1872, pp. 103—106, and 338.) 
Prof. Thiselton Dyer exhibited a solution of aesculetin which 
is remarkably fluorescent. 
He also read an abstract of a paper by C. J. Maximowicz on 
the Influence of Foreign Pollen on the Form of the Fruit pro- 
duced." (See Journ. E. Hort. Soc. n.s. iii., pp. 161—168.) 
GENEBAL MEETING. 
Lord H. Gordon Lennox, M.P., in the Chair. 
! Mr. Berkeley stated that the Toxicophiaea, which was so much 
admired by the Floral Committee, belongs to the same natural 
