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CONTENTS. 



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On a Fungus Disease of Euonymus japoxiccs, LlNN. f. Bv E. S. Salmon, 



F.L.S., F.R.H.S 434 



Plant Consciousness. By Captain A. Smith, F.B.H.S 443 



Gourds and Cucurbits. By John W. Odell, F.R.H.S 450 



Note on the Cooking of Gourds. By Mrs. F. H. Hess 401 



Floral Colours and Pigments. By John Bidgood, B.Sc, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. ... 403 



Retarded Potatos. By T. J. Powell 481 



Fruit-growing in British Columbia. By the Hon. J. H. Turner 485 



On Table Decoration for Exhibition and the Home. By Miss H. C. Phil- 

 brick, F.K.H.S 493 



Gardens of Roses. By Geo. Gordon, V.M.H., F.B.H.S 498 



Report of the Committee on the Fruit Industry 510 



Methods of Fruit Preserving. By T. E. Sedgwick 500 



The Laws of Developing Landscape. By J. Forsyth Johnson, F.ll.H.S 595 



The West Indian Fruit Industry. By W. G. Freeman, A.R.C.S., B.Sc, F.L.S. 625 



Meteorological Observations. By R. H. Curtis, F.R.Met.Soc (544 



Report of Consulting Chemist. By Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, M.A. 055 



Wanderings in China. By E. H. Wilson 666 



Forsythia europ.ea. By Otto Froebel, F.K.H.S. ... (503 



Cycas revoluta in Fruit 000 



The Black Monukka Grape 009 



On the Cultivation of Grapes in Daulat\bai>. By Syed Siraj-ul-Hasan ... 071 



Report on Tomatos at Wisley, 1905 075 



Peport on Peas, 1905 079 



Examination in Horticulture, 1905 088 



Examination in Cottage and Allotment Gardening, 1905 093 



Books, Plants, and Seeds Presented to the Society 727 



Notes on Recent Research and Abstracts 733 



Extracts from Proceedings of the Society : 



General Meetings i, xvii, xxvii, cxxix 



Report of the Council for the Year 1903 vi 



Temple Show, 1904 xxii 



Holland House Show, 1904 xxix 



Scientific Committee Meetings xxxiii, clxi 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee Meetings xlviii, elxxvi 



Floral Committee Meetings liii, cxci 



Orchid Committee Meetings lxxix, ccix 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee Meetings evil 



Autumn Rose Show, 1904 cxxxiv 



Exhibition of British-grown Fruit, 1904 cxxxix 



Show of Colonial-grown Fruit and of Preserved and Bottled Fruit, 



1904 cliv 



Notices to Fellows cxvii 



Index to Illustrations ccxli 



Index to Fungoid Pests ccxliv 



General Index ccl 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



Volume XXIX. has been issued in two numbers, each containing the 

 " Journal " proper, paged with Arabic figures, and " Extracts from the 

 Proceedings," paged with Roman figures. This title and contents sheet 

 should be placed first, and be folloiced by pages 1 to 360, and then by pages 

 361 to 936. A fter that should come the " Extracts from the Proceedings," 

 pages i to cxxviii and cxxix to eclxii, concluding with the three Indices 



