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CONTENTS 



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The Commoner Birds of our Gardens : their Habits and Food. By C. H. 



Hooper, M.K.A.C 427 



Succulent Plants. By B. I. Lynch, M.A., A.L.S., V.M.H 451 



Garden Experiments. By F. J. Baker, A.R.C.Sc 482 



Summer Pruning. A discussion at the Scientific Committee 487 



Contributions from the Wisley Laboratory : 



I. Apple-leaf Spot. By F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S 500 



II. A Disease of the Cineraria. By F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S 511 



Report of the Society's Chemist. By Dr. J. A. Voelcker, M.A., F.I.C 514 



Rlport of Meteorological Observations at Wisley in 1907. By R. H. Curtis, 



F.R.Met.Soc 517 



Another Peach Pest. By Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., V.M.H 527 



Report on Celery 529 



Report on Miscellaneous Vegetables 532 



Report on Burnham Beeches 557 



Commonplace Notes 560 



Petition to Railway Companies... 565 



Books added to Library 567 



Books, Plants, Seeds, <frc presented to Laboratory and Garden 570 



Extracts from Proceedings of the Society : 



General Meetings ', i, xii, cxxxiii 



Report of Council and Balance Sheet iii 



Temple Show xv 



Holland House Show cxxix 



British Fruit Show cxxxvi 



Colonial Fruit Show xx, cliv 



Scientific Committee xx'iii, clxi 



Floral Committee xlii, clxxvii 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee lxiii, cc 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee lxix 



Orchid Committee lxxiv, ccx 



General Examination in Horticulture xcviii 



Teachers' Examination in Horticulture cii 



Examinations in 1908 cvi 



Notices to Fellows cxi, ccxxxi 



Index to Illustrations ccxlvii 



General Index ccxlix 



DIRECTIONS TO BINDER. 



Vol. XXXIII. has been issued in tiro numbers, each containing the " Journal" 

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

 Ponnan figures. This title and contents sheet should be placed first, and be followed 

 by pages 1 to 328 and then by pages 329 to 628. After that should conic the 

 "Extracts from the Proceedings," pages i to cxxviii and cxxix to ccxlvi, concluding 

 with the two Indexes. 



