CXXXVi PROCEEDIXGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Lime and Bees. — A spray of a Lime tree was received from 
Mr. F. Enock, of 21 Manor Gardens, Holloway, to be named. It 
proved to be Tilia petiolaris, DC. He also observed that nmne- 
roiis dead bees were found mider the tree, suggesting that the 
honey might be of a poisonous nature. In a communication 
from Kew, whither the specimen had been sent, it is observed : 
" We have long noticed at Kew that bees are killed after visiting 
the flowers, and quite a circle of dead bodies are found under 
the branches every summer." Mr. McLachlan remarked that 
this occurrence has been long known to entomologists, and by 
the watching of the trees by Mr. E. Saunders, he found that the 
death of the bees was caused by the attacks of tomtits, apparently 
by extracting their honey bags. 
Lettuces attacked by ^jj/i^VZcs.— Plants received from the 
Chiswick Gardens showed the roots to be badly infested by these 
insects. They were forwarded to Mr. G. B. Buckton, Haslemere, 
for further examination. 
Potatos diseased. — A communication was received from Mr. 
Ashley, Elmcroft, Staines, stating that " the leaves appear to be 
spotted with brown, where holes appear ; the leaves subse- 
quently curl up. The disease occurs in patches, and gradually 
spreads. It is not confined to one sort of Potato alone. I 
noticed the same disease on some early Potatos about two 
months ago, and washed the leaves with very weak paraffin and 
water. This seemed to stop it." Having been forwarded to 
Kew for examination, the report is as follows : *' The young 
leaves are in the first instance punctured by an insect ; the 
wounds made are points afterwards attacked by a microscopic 
fungus —Macrosporium Solani — which completely destroys the 
tissue, hence the holes in the leaves. Spraying with Bordeaux 
mixture will destroy both insect and fungus ; but if a solution of 
very weak paraffin has proved effectual it would be wise to con- 
tinue its use. The great point in spraying, whatever the solution 
used, is to thoroughly wet the leaves. A httle soft soap mixed 
with the liquid assists in doing this." 
Photo of Cedrus Dcodara striich by LigJiiniiig. — Mr. Weathers 
exhibited a photograph, taken at Kew at 7 a.m. August 12. It repre- 
sented a Dcodara which was shattered by lightning on the night 
of August 10. The main trunk is cleft in twain almost to the 
base, while large splinters and branches arc scattered about 
