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KOYAL HOUTTCXTLTURAL SOCIETY. 
Biseau. Messrs. Stuart and Mein sent splendid specimens, blanched 
under boxes or Seakale pots, of their improved Dandelion, which 
ought to be more cultivated for spring salads. Two bunches of 
Lady Downe's Grapes, cut March 30, were not remarkable in point 
of flavour. Mr. Dodds, of Ashton Court, sent a simple contrivance 
for preserving cut Grapes. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., F.E.S., in the Chair. 
The Chairman made a communication with respect to the 
Coorongite, or Australian Caoutchouc. Like Elaterite, it is probably 
a mineral in admixture with an oxidised substance. Considerable 
difference in the ultimate composition of different specimens may 
therefore be expected. 
Dr. Masters described a flower of a Fuchsia in which there waa 
petalody of the stamens ; and the ovary, from arrest of development, 
was superior instead of inferior. 
Professor Thiselton Dyer read a translation of a paper by Bous- 
singatul, On the Production of Honey-Dew " (see Joum. K.S., 
vol. iv., pp. 1 — 7). 
Prof. Thiselton Dyer read an extract from a letter from G. Gul- 
liver, Esq. F.R.S., to the effect that succulent plants, contrary to 
what might perhaps have been supposed, are not more prone to the 
production of raphides than other plants. He had in vain examined 
our succulent seaside plants for raphides. He had looked for them 
in ChenopodiacecBy Brassicace<Zj and Crithmum. 
GEI^ERAL MEETING. 
J, Russell Reeves, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Marshall commented on a distinct form of Odontoglossum 
Andersonianum^ remarking that these hybrids had not been named 
botanically according to their various peculiarities, as there were 
more hybrids of the same origin. 
Professor Thiselton Dyer directed attention to some flowering 
branches of fruit-trees from Chiswick, to show the serious 
effects of the frost of the previous week. The interesting 
point was the effect produced when the flowers were in 
