xxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
the general experience being that blue specimens grew mostly 
by the seaside, and were not altogether attributable to iron in 
the soil. Dr. Kussell suggested the use of a dilute solution of 
ferro-chloride to test the conversion of the red to a blue colour. 
Influence of Salt. — A further discussion arose on the effect 
of salt. That on maritime plants is well known, being a cause 
of succulency in many of them ; but the injury due to its presence 
in the case of S.W. winds has been felt at great distances inland, 
as at Bagshot, upwards of fifty miles away. Dr. Masters 
described the remarkable result on a Japanese Maple in Mr. 
Waterer's grounds, in that while one-half of the tree, on the 
leeward side, grew vigorously and never flowered, the other half, 
exposed to the wind, was greatly checked, and, as a consequence, 
blossomed every year subsequently, and so enabled seed to be 
procured from it. 
Tidip, abnormal. — Mr. M. Mills, of The Gardens, Coombe 
House, Croydon, sent a Tulip of abnormal size and growth, con- 
sisting of three peduncles fused together, with leaves 15 inches 
by 5 inches, the whole being nearly 3 feet in height. 
Primroses, hluc-tintcd. — Mr. Wilson exhibited a fine bowl- 
ful of the best of the blue-tinted Primroses, showing a great 
improvement upon the original forms when first raised. 
Fhoto of Fig. — Dr. Masters showed a photograph of a Fig, 
possibly F. Tsiela, Boxb., with its roots forming a perfect net- 
work over the stem of a Mango. It was taken in a grove near 
Lanowlee, Western Ghauts, by Mr. G. Marshall Woodrow, 
College of Science, Poona. 
liosa multiflora. — Dr. Masters showed a photograph, sent 
by M. de Vilmorin, of a dwarf variety of this Rose, the growth 
of which was so precocious that, although the seed was only 
sown on January 15, the plant was in blossom on April 11 of 
this year. 
Tendrils on Vines. T)y. Masters showed the results of some 
observations on the occurrence of tendrils on shoots of Vines. 
The tendrils of a Vine are potentially inflorescences ; in other 
words, they arc abortive bunches. Their position is therefore 
a matter of something more than botanical interest. Although 
essentially terminal, they become lateral in course of growth, each 
one being eventually placed opposite to a leaf. It is, therefore, 
a matter of practical interest to ascertain whether they occur 
