XXXiv PROCEEDING OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



cipient named in the Royal Society's grant, had sent in a short 

 report, and had made formal application for a further grant of 

 £50. This course was agreed to. Dr. Oliver announced that 

 the interim report promised would be produced at the next 

 meeting of the Committee. 



Growths on Yucca flaccida. — Dr. Scott said that he had 

 received very good material from Mr. Burbidge of Dublin, and 

 promised an investigation into them. 



Mildew on Vines. — The Council referred to the Scientific 

 Committee a letter from Mr. Tait of Oporto, in which he states 

 that he has discovered a remedy for mildew on Vines, which has 

 been successfully used in Portugal, and which he is anxious to 

 have tried at Chiswick. He wished to know if the Scientific 

 Committee were prepared to appoint someone to conduct an 

 investigation. 



The Committee were of opinion that the main constituents of 

 the remedy should be known first, so that no investigation should 

 take place unless they were new and not previously tried. Dr. 

 Masters said that that particular form of mildew did not occur 

 at Chiswick, but it could be tried on Tomatoes. Professor 

 Church pointed out that the composition being patented there 

 would be no difficulty in ascertaining its constituents, and the 

 Committee then resolved to communicate with Mr. Tait about 

 the composition, on the understanding that if new it would be 

 experimented with. 



Death of Welling tonia. — A letter was read from the Duke 

 of Wellington, asking for information as to the cause of death of 

 a Wellingtonia, roots of which were forwarded. There was no 

 obvious cause of death in these, and it was resolved to write for 

 further information as to the history of the tree, character of the 

 soil, &c. 



Rhododendron Falconeri. — A plant was shown from Mr. 

 James Bateman of Worthing, described in a letter as " a dismal 

 specimen of Rhododendron Falconeri, which with many other 

 things perished miserably in the late winter. The first to attract 

 attention was a fine specimen of the wild Olive tree, which had 

 been raised from a cutting taken from the one that marks the 

 site of the ghastly well of Cawnpore. It was nearly 20 feet high, 

 and had flowered last summer for the first time ; moreover, it 

 retained its freshness after the winter was more than half over, 



