clxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Carrot malformed—Mr. E. Stone sent from Hayes, Kent, a curiously 

 malformed Carrot, which had a mass of ten roots, of somewhat small 

 size, springing from the base of the crown, but joined together at that 

 end for a short distance. One of the thickest roots appeared to have 

 been injured or checked in growth in its early stages, and this had 

 perhaps induced the curious formation. 



Dark-red-fleshed Peach. — Mr. W. A. Carey sent a Peach gathered 

 from a tree raised from seed by himself, the stone having come from one 

 of the varieties (name unknown) commonly grown outdoors. Mr. Carey 

 stated that, when ripe, the fruit was of very good flavour, but differed 

 from other commonly grown Peaches in the remarkable colour, which 

 was black until a few days before the fruit was ripe, when it gradually 

 became lighter, till it was a deep red colour. The fruit agreed well in 

 its characters with that described in French works under the name 

 1 Sanguinole,' and known in this country as 1 Blood Peach,' and it is 

 curious that the variety (or something very nearly approaching it) should 

 have been raised from the stone of an ordinary Peach. 



Scientific Committee, Octobek 1, 1907. 



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



present. 



Diseased Plants. — Mr. Giissow reported on diseased Sweet Peas. He 

 said they were attacked by a fungus, but there was no fruit present, 

 so the fungus could not be determined. He also reported that the leaves 

 of Clerodendron trichotomum had been attacked by Botrytis cinerea, and 

 the Blackberry leaves by Phyllosticta Rubi. 



Uncommon Fungi. — Mr. Odell showed specimens of Mutinus caninus, 

 a fungus belonging to the Phalloideae, appearing somewhat erratically. 

 The specimens were collected in Middlesex. Mr. Saunders, F.L.S., 

 showed a specimen of Tuber aestivum, one of the truffles. 



Bulbils on Stein of Lilium candidum. — Mr. Saunders also showed 

 one of two similar plants of Lilium candidum grown in a garden at 

 Tunbridge Wells. One of the plants had been growing in rather a damp 

 border, and had not been moved for a long time ; the other was in a very 

 dry position, and was moved two years ago. One plant bore three, the 

 other four spikes, each beset with small bulbils in every leaf axil. The 

 foliage was similar to that of other plants of L. candidum growing near 

 by. It was suggested that possibly injury to the apex of the stem had 

 caused the formation of these bulbils. 



1 Wheat-ear 1 Dianthus. — Mr. Bowles showed, from the Rev. Canon 

 Ellacombe's garden, an inflorescence of a Dianthus raised from seed 

 gathered from Dianthus supcrbus, but the plant was evidently a hybrid, 

 being very dissimilar from that species. No normal flowers had been 

 produced, but the bracts had been repeated again and again in the 

 manner seen in the ' Wheat-ear ' Carnation, and at times also in the 

 Sweet William.' 



Calycanthus Fruits. — Mr. Chittenden showed fruits of Calycanthus 

 laevigatas from the R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley. 



