CXvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Scientific Committee, June 3, 1913. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and seven 

 members present. 



Violet with laciniate leaves. — Mr. C. T. Druery, V.M.H., sent a leaf 

 of the sweet Violet with the margins much cut, varying from the 

 normal type in the way in which many species of Dianthus vary in 

 their petals (p. cxvii). 



Daffodils from New Zealand. — Mr. E. A. Bowles showed flowers 

 of the two varieties of Daffodil, ' King Alfred ' and ' Flamingo,' 

 now in bloom on plants raised from bulbs received from New Zealand. 



Laeliocattleya X 'Freak. 1 — Mr. G. Wilson, F.L.S., showed a 

 plant of Caitleya citrina x Laelia purpurala from the garden of 

 C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham. The flowers are inter- 

 mediate in size and colour between those of the parents, and they are 

 produced on a horizontal spike. A Certificate of Appreciation was 

 recommended to Mr. C. J. Lucas. 



Primula conspersa. — Messrs. J. Veitch showed specimens of this 

 species of Primula from West Kansu, China, raised from seed collected 

 by Mr. Purdom. It is a species of the farinosa section flowering 

 later than P. farinosa, and with taller stems and larger flowers. The 

 flowers are much the colour of P. farinosa. 



Caitleya Mossiae bud sport. — Mr. E. H. Davidson sent a plant of 

 C. Mossiae * Golden Ray ' having the petals marked with yellow 

 like the labellum. It appears to be a case of irregular peloria, but differ- 

 ing from the usual form of peloria in having the labellum characters 

 showing in the petals, whereas in the usual form the petal characters 

 show in the labellum. 



Seedling Saxifrage. — Mr. J. Fraser, F.L.S., exhibited a seedling 

 from Saxifraga Andrewsii, the well-known hybrid ; but as the seedling 

 was self-sown he had no evidence whether it was a reversion towards 

 5. Aizoon, or the result of a cross between S. Andrewsii X S. Aizoon. 

 The reputed parentage of the former is 5. Geum X 5. Aizoon, and 

 the seedling was nearer the latter than the former. 



Scientific Committee, June 17, 1913. 



Mr. G. Massee, F.L.S., V.M.H., in the Chair, and twelve members 



present. 



Colours in Pelargoniums. — Mr. J. Fraser, F.L.S., showed specimens 

 of, and offered remarks upon, the manner in which the bright colours 

 of show Pelargoniums had developed from what was at first a dull- 

 coloured flower with colours spreading merely along the veins in a 

 double feathered line. This later became intensified, forming two 

 spots of deep colour at the tips of the veins. Later still the colour 

 spread from the spots until the whole of the two upper petals became 



