Clx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



examples of a Cabbage named Chou de Bedford, stated to be 

 very hardy and of excellent quality, but the Committee did not 

 consider it to be any improvement on the Couve Tronchuda. 



Messrs. James Carter & Co., High Holborn, sent a very 

 large head of Carter's Early Autumn Giant Cauliflower. 



Mr. G. Wytiies, Syon House, Brentford, sent examples of 

 Cheltenham Green-top Beet. 



Mr. Hunt, Ashtead Park, Surrey, sent Apple Ashtead Park 

 Seedling, a nice-looking variety, but of little quality. 



From the Society's Gardens were brought collections of the 

 different varieties of Endives and Potatoes which had been 

 grown in the Gardens for trial. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



E. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair, and seven members 



present. 



The Fog Beport. — Dr. F. Oliver reported to the Committee 

 that through the kindness of one of its members an experimental 

 conservatory had been placed at his disposal, and was now in 

 process of equipment for the purposes of the inquiry into the 

 effects of London fog upon vegetation. The pump for fog- 

 washing, mentioned at the last meeting, would be put in order 

 and arrangements made for its use directly leave had been 

 obtained from the Council of the Meteorological Society. Dr. 

 Oliver further stated that he was fitting up his own conservatory 

 attached to the botanical laboratories at University College with 

 apparatus of appropriate character, so that he could follow out both 

 the macro- and micro-scopic effects of fog, and also of some of 

 the noxious constituents known to exist in fogs. 



Garrya ellijptica in Fruit. — Mr. Morris exhibited sprays of 

 the fruit of this North Californian shrub. The berries have a 

 tomentose, ash-coloured, dry skin, and are compactly arranged 

 in a dense spike. They were received from Mr. H. D. Pochin, 

 of Bodnant Hall, Denbighshire, who described it as fruiting 

 well, and that numerous plants have been raised from the seeds. 

 The male plant was introduced in 1828, and first flowered in 

 the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1834 (Bot. 

 Beg. tab. 1686). 



