xxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



the poor Chrysanthemum rust is an orphan, or worse, even illegitimate, 

 and must remain as Urcdo Chrysanthemi. 



" As to the other rust, it awaits the result of experiment ; but I am 

 more disposed to call it the Uredo of Puccinia Centaitrece, which has been 

 united or mixed up with Puccinia Hieracii. I may be permitted to 

 observe that no fewer than fourteen of the old species of Puccinia date 

 before the Reformation ! and I know not how many species of Uredo are 

 all bundled together into the latter-day species called Puccinia Hieracii, 

 amongst these being the Puccinia Centaur ece of Martius, and still nearer 

 to our tramping Uredo, the Puccinia Gyani of Passerini. Let us hope 

 that this also will find rest at last. I should recommend horticulturists 

 to call it Uredo Centaur ece, and they will not be very far from the 

 truth." 



Bulbiform Seed of Crinum. — Mr. Druery showed on behalf of Mr. 

 Roupell a fine example of this curious condition. The seed was of the 

 size of a small Apple, green and fleshy. 



Bed Spot on Leaves of Imantophyllum. — Mr. Saunders brought speci- 

 mens showing red spots. It was stated that these spots sometimes 

 followed on the attacks of the bulb-mite, and that they were connected 

 with the presence of a yeast fungus (Saccharomyces). 



Fasciation in Valeriana arizonica. — "In March last," writes Mr. 

 Worthington Smith, " I received by post from Dr. Masters a specimen of 

 Valeriana arizonica for illustration. The example was received in a flat 

 and semi-dried state, and it had previously been received also by post from 

 Mr. Henkel of Darmstadt, so the specimen may be truly said to have 

 passed through some vicissitudes before I received it. I planted the 

 damaged and cut root- stock in very poor earth in a pot, and placed it 

 under glass without heat, with the result that the old root-stock has 

 now produced two new growths, both twice the size of the original plant, 

 with leaves twice the normal length, all the parts fasciated in a remarkable 

 manner and with flowers from two to three months in advance of the 

 parent. Fasciation is sometimes put down to over-rich living and com- 

 fortable surroundings, but in this instance it seems to have been brought 

 about by serious difficulties." 



Cucumber Leu res. — From Mrs. Batten Pool came specimens with the 

 familiar signs of the presence of red-spider. 



Grub in Boots of Pceony. — Mr. Carrington Ley, of Farleigh, sent 

 Pteony-roots eaten by the larva of some moth, which was pronounced to 

 be a Swift-moth, Hepialus. 



Cypripedium insignc variety. — Mr. Tracy, Amvand Park Road, 

 Twickenham, sent a specimen which may be described as a dwarf or 

 stunted flower, in which all the parts are normal, but much reduced in 

 size. The plant produced flowers of the same character last year also. 

 No information was given as to whether the whole plant was dwarfed, or 

 only the flower. 



Cypripedium insignc variety. — In this specimen from Mr. Parr, Trent 

 Park, New Barnet, there were two flowers, the topmost flower expanding 

 first, the second flower developing from the axil of the bract, which was 

 developed as a perfect leaf. The parts of the flower were normal. 



