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approached the original wild condition, as described by Gerarde, 
which was apparently the only known form in his day (1597) ; but 
Lawrence (1726) describes many kinds, and observes that similar 
whole or self-coloured forms occasionally appeared. Gerarde 
(Herball, page 479, a.d. 1597) figures and describes the "Sweete 
William" as of a " deepe red colour," but gives no varieties of the 
broad-leaved kind. Lawrence in " A New System of Agriculture " 
(page 426, a.d. 1726) says: "There are two or three sorts of this 
pretty flower, and, indeed, the sorts are almost infinite if you nicely 
observe the diversity of stripes and colours, and the sportings of 
Nature even in flowers on the same stalk, there being hardly to be 
found two exactly of the same sorts, except they prove (as they 
do sometimes) self-coloured. The single ones differ only in the 
colour of their flowers, some are red and white prettily intermixt ; 
others are mixt with a deep crimson, and from their seeds great 
varieties have been raised. There is also a double flowering kind 
of a beautiful red.'' 
Scientific Committee, August 13, 1895. 
Dr. M. T. Masters in the Chair, and four members present. 
Black Currant X Gooseberry. — A fruiting specimen of this 
hybrid was sent by Mr. Culverwell. It was previously received 
and described in the minutes of the Scientific Committee for 
June, 1890. The fruits are small, and have a very slight taste 
of the Black Currant. The bark reveals the scent more distinctly, 
while the skin of the fruit has the grandular hairs of the latter 
mixed with the ordinary hairs of the Gooseberry. 
Lilies diseased. — Specimens of the foliage of L. Lowi and 
L. nepalense were received from Mr. Wallace, of Colchester, 
attacked by apparently the too common *'Lily disease " fungus. 
Bordeaux mixture is suggested as the best remedy. He observed 
that the disease in his garden only attacks the Lilies received 
from Burmah. It was formerly thought that burning was the 
only means of extermination, but experience has shown that the 
bulbs may not be at all injured, and that as the disease may be 
very prevalent one year and very scarce the next, it will be better 
in future to leave the bulbs, only destroying the aerial portions 
attacked. 
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