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had evidently come true from seed, and this, he thought, was probably 

 true of the majority of albinos when self-fertilized. There are numerous 

 examples of albino varieties of British wild plants occurring naturally, and 

 Mr. Fraser produced a list which, supplemented by other members, is 

 given : Papaver Rhoeas, Matthiola incana, Viola odorata, V. hirta lacti- 

 flora, V. lutea amoena, Polygala vulgaris, P. serpyllacea, P. calcarea, 

 Silene acaulis, Malva moschata, Geranium Robcrtianum, Ononis spinosa, 

 Trifolium incarnatum, Rubus rusticanus, Rosa canina dumalis, R. c. 

 surculosa, R. dumetorum, Epilobium hirsutum, Scabiosa Succisa, Cen- 

 taurea nigra, Carduus nutans, Cnicus palustris, C. arvensis, Campanula 

 rotundifolia, Calluna vulgaris, Erica Tetralix, Erica cinerea, Centaurium 

 umbellatum, Gentiana campestris, Verbascum nigrum, Bartsia Odontites, 

 Ballota nigra, Thymus Chamaedrys, Galeopsis Tetrahit, Ajuga reptans, 

 Polygonum Bistovta, Orchis mascula, 0. maculata, and Scilla nonscripta. 



Plants in Bloom. — Mr. Bowles showed specimens of Felicia petiolaris 

 gathered from the open in a Wimbledon garden, where the plant has 

 flowered up to the present since the autumn. He also showed specimens 

 of the following species of Crocus which were flowering outdoors consider- 

 ably before their normal period of bloom : Crocus Imperati {monophyllus) 

 and a depauperate form of the same species, G. Sieberi, and C. chrysan- 

 thus ; C. Imperati was also shown from Wisley. 



Healing of Wounds. — From Mr. Kingsmill came a portion of the 

 trunk of an oak which had, many years ago, a piece of the stem cut off 

 longitudinally. The wood had subsequently grown over the wound thus 

 made, and completely healed it, so that no trace of the wound could be 

 seen from the outside. 



Grease Bands. — From Mr. Watkins, orchard foreman to Sir Edmund 

 Loder, Maplehurst, Sussex, came a grease band from an apple tree with 

 an enormous number of Winter Moths (Cheimatobia brumata and 

 Hibernia aurantiaria), both male and female, adhering to it. Mr. 

 Watkins wrote that when he took the band off nearly 400 male and 

 female moths were upon it, and that there, were many bands on which 200 

 and upwards have been caught. The trees had never been banded before, 

 but now some 10,000 had been done. The Mottled Umber Moth was 

 the first to be caught, but later the Small Winter Moth in much 

 greater abundance. The birds appear to take a great number of the 

 moths from the bands and devour them, particularly the blue tits. Few 

 moths were caught when the bands were first put on (in the first week in 

 October). The larger proportion of females was caught from the middle 

 to the end of November, and a few are still going up. Males were 

 more abundant earlier. The Mottled Umber has been caught chiefly 

 round the edges of the plantation, near the hedges and large oaks. 



