xlviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Scientific Committee, April 23, 1918. 

 Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and seven members present. 



Sternbergia from Salonika. — Mr. Bowles showed a Sternbergia from Salonika 

 which appeared to be nearest to 5. lutea fi. 



Various plants. — Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., remarked upon the great vigour 

 of a pinkish-blue Anemone Hepatica triloba form which he had received under the 

 name Pauli, and upon the fashion in which Lilium roseum develops and flowers 

 under protection, in five-inch pots, provided the foliage is well developed. 



Scientific Committee, May 7, 1918. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and seven members present. 



Potato Seedlings. — The interesting and comprehensive exhibit of seedling 

 potatos of the ' Castle ' strain, shown by Messrs. Sutton, was referred to, and the 

 award of a Certificate of Appreciation to Messrs. Sutton unanimously recom- 

 mended, on the motion of Dr. W. Bateson, F.R.S., seconded by Mr. W. Hales, 

 A.L.S. 



Willow Gall. — Mr. J. Fraser, F.L.S., showed young stages of the tassel gall of 

 the Willow, older stages of which have frequently been before the Committee. 

 He found the staminate flowers of Salix alba had been converted into pistillate 

 form by the attack. 



Onion Seedlings Destroyed. — Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., drew attention to the 

 damaging effect of a proprietary substance sold for killing worms, upon seedling 

 Onions, as a warning against the use of unknown substances for the suppression 

 of pests. 



Abnormal Orchids. — Mr. Bowles showed an Odontoglossum with two flowers 

 synanthic, and a Laelia with an abortive labellum. 



Narcissus poeticus verus. — He also showed flowers of Linnaeus' form of Narcis- 

 sus poeticus, a small-flowered form, and one of the parents of ' Crimson Braid.' 



Various Plants. — Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., showed an inflorescence of a Cypri- 

 pedium, perhaps C. grande ; Iris Hoogeana, and some of the Regelio-cyclus Irises ; 

 a very early-flowered Uvaria — perhaps U. aloides praecox ; Moraea spathacea, 

 which proved quite hardy in 191 7, while the closely allied M. Huttonii is always 

 killed in winter ; Iris Wattii with inflorescences 6 feet tall, from a cold green- 

 house, a close relation of /. fimbriata ; a Trillium which succeeds remarkably 

 well, seeding everywhere at Colesborne, and known there as T. stylosum album ; 

 Fritillaria acmopetala, and the forms known as Elwesii and Whittallii, F. lutea 

 and F. armena ; Muscaria paradoxum and Bellevalia romana. 



Scientific Committee, May 28, 1918. 

 Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and seven members present. 



Ornithogalum refractum. — Mr. W. C. Worsdell, F.L.S., reported that he had 

 examined the Ornithogalum from Salonika shown at a recent meeting by Mr. 

 Bowles, and had come to the conclusion that it was 0. refractum. 



' Thorn ' Apple. — Mr. Worsdell showed flowers of the curious Apple called 

 ' Thorn ' Apple shown some time ago from Over Wallop. The flowers had all 

 the petals and stamens converted into sepals, the "fruit" being formed of the 

 fleshy bases of the latter. The ovary was apparently normal. 



Paeony from Salonika. — Mr. Bowles showed a flower of a dark wine-red form 

 of Paeonia officinalis from a plant collected in Salonika. 



Primrose with foliose corolla. — Mr. Bowles also showed a Primrose with a 

 corolla with green petals and midrib and veining of ordinary leaves. The form 

 came originally from Messrs. Cocker, of Aberdeen. The calyx was more or less 

 dialysed. 



Scientific Committee, June 18, 1918. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and six members present. 



The late Mr. R. Hooper Pearson. — The Chairman referred to the loss the 

 Committee had sustained by the death of Mr. R. Hooper Pearson, whose wide 

 knowledge and sound judgment had been of great value to the Committee. The 



