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DEC. 1905. 



Vol. XXIX. Part 4. 



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CONTENTS. PAGE 



Fungoid Pests of Forest Trees. By Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., V.M.H. ... 361 

 The Preservation of Wild Plants. By Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 392 

 Geographical Botany and Adaptation. By Rev. Prof. Geo. Henslow, 



M.A , V.M.H ... 409 



Conference on Hybridisation, 1902. By C. C. Hurst, F.L.S , F.R.H.S. 417 

 Fungus Disease of Euonymus japonicus, Linn. f. By E. S. Salmon, 



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



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



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



Floral Colours and Pigments. By John Bidgood, B.Sc, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 463 



Retarded Potatos. By T. J. Powell 481 



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



On Table Decorations. By Miss H. C. Philbrick, F.R.H.S 493 



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



Report of the Committee on the Fruit Industry 510 



Methods of Fruit Preserving. By T. E. Sedgwick, Ass. Sec 560 



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



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



Meteorological Observations at Wisley. By R. H. Curtis, F.R.Met.Soc. 644 



Wanderings in China. By E. H. Wilson 656 



Grapes in Daulatabad. By Syed Siraj-ul-Hasan 671 



Examinations in Horticulture, 1905 688 



Commonplace Notes... 697 



Books Briefly Reviewed 708 



Books Presented— Donors of Seeds and Plants 727 



Notes on Recent Research and Abstracts 733 



Transactions :— 



General Meetings cxxix 



Autumn Rose Show, 1904 cxxxiv 



Exhibition of British-grown Fruit, 1904 cxxxix 



Show of Colonial-grown Fruit, 1904 cliv 



Scientific Committee Meetings clxi 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee Meetings clxxvi 



Floral Committee Meetings cxci 



Orchid Committee Meetings ccix 



Notices to Fellows ccxxvii 



Indices, i; Illustrations, ii ; Fungoid Pests, iii ; General 



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