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ROYAL nOKTrCULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Also some cuttiugs of Rydrangm, which were rotten and 
mouldy at the base, apparently from over-waterinj^. 
Professor Morren stated that Lychnis Flos-cuculi sometimes pro- 
duces apetalous flowers, in which the stamens are replaced by 
carpels, as in the common "Wallflower. 
Mr. Berkeley stated that he had again examined the specimens 
of Black Spot from Australia, and found that there was clearly a 
species of Glceosporium in the spots on the fruit, but he was not 
at present prepared to say as much as to those on the stem. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
W. W. Saundees, Esq., E.R.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Marshall stated that last winter Dr. Denny had told him 
that amongst Zonal Pelargoniums there appeared to be two strains, 
one of which would not submit to forcing operations. Mr. 
Berkeley stated that Utriculcma montam was U. alpina, Linn. He 
again referred the blister in Peach and Almond leaves to a parasitic 
Fungus, belonging to the genus Ascomyces. With reference to 
Bornet's paper on the nature of the gonidia of Lichens, read before 
the Academy of Sciences in Paris, he stated that Dr. Thwaites 
had long since shown that certain supposed Algae were mere 
states of Lichens, a different type prevailing in different genera. 
Mr. Berkeley by no means agreed with the notion that Lichens 
are Fungi parasitic on Algae. 
June 19, 1872. 
FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 
First-class Certificates were given to W. Marshall, Esq., for 
Phaius Bensonics, var. Marshallice, Reich. ; to Mr. Cripps for the 
golden Cupressus Lawsoniana lutea ; to Mr. B. S. Williams for Pteris 
AfplehcAjana; to Messrs. Rollisson for Erica jasminiflora roseo-tincta, 
a variety which is not gummy, and can therefore be kept clean ; 
to Mr. Welch for Tricolor Pelargonium, Magdala ; to Mr. Edmunds 
for a variety belonging to the same class, named Mrs. H. Little ; 
and to Messrs. Downie Laird and Laing for four new Fancy Pansies. 
A Cultural Commendation was given to Mr. Denning for a group 
of Orchids, and for Epidendrum nemorale. 
