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Other Exhibits. 



Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher (gardener, Mr. Miller), sent 

 some good Mushrooms from outdoor beds. 



Earl Rosebery (gardener, Mr. J. Smith) sent fine fruits of 

 Laxton's Noble Strawberry. 



From the Society's Gardens were sent thirteen varieties of 

 Broccoli which had been on trial, the varieties consisting of 

 Smith's Protecting (Rutley & Silverlock), Leamington (Veitch), 

 White Sprouting (Oakshott & Millard), Mammoth (Veitch), 

 Purple Sprouting (R. Veitch & Son), Improved Early Purple 

 Sprouting (J. Veitch & Sons), Sutton's Dwarf Favourite 

 (Oakshott & Millard), Sharpe's Monarch (Sharpe & Co.), 

 Paragon (Hooper & Co.), Knight's Protecting (Veitch), Cooling's 

 Matchless (Veitch), Sutton's Perfection (Oakshott & Millard), 

 Sulphur or Chappell's Cream (Veitch). 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



D. Moeeis, Esq., F.L.S. (Treasurer R.H.S.), in the Chair, and 

 five members present. 



Scale on Fig Tree. — Mr. McLachlan reported that the scale 

 on the Fig-tree was a species new to Great Britain, and named 

 Mytilaspis ficus. 



Purple Primrose. — Mr. Wilson exhibited a plant of a Prim- 

 rose, a seedling from Scott Wilson, showing a greater advance 

 to a deep blue colour than has yet been made. A series of inter- 

 mediate forms were also shown. 



Boot Galls onPoa annua. — Professor Marshall Ward showed 

 a specimen of this grass with spiral knobs on the rootlets, due 

 to the irritation of the cortical tissues caused by root-worms, 

 Heterodera rexdicicola. Mr. Morris alluded to the recent publi- 

 cation of a report on this subject by the American Department 

 of Agriculture. 



"Fingered" Orange. — From Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, 

 came specimens of Oranges showing a partial dissociation of the 

 carpels similar to the corresponding anomaly in the Citron, of 

 which drawings were recently laid before the Committee. 



Cytisus Adami x . — Mr. Wilks showed a flowering root of 



