CXCii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Begonias. — Mr. S. Brown, of Newark, sent male flowers of tuberous 

 Begonias in which the anthers had been replaced by stigmas, and the 

 upper surfaces of the petals were covered with imperfect ovules. Such 

 changes are common in cultivated Begonias. 



Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. — Dr. Masters, F.R.S., showed a speci- 

 men in which stalked flower-heads proceeded from the axils of the leaves 

 all up the stalk. 



Sweet Pea. — Dr. Masters also showed flowers of 1 Lady Grisel Hamil- 

 ton ' from his garden, in which the base of the standard was deeply divided 

 into two rounded lobes ; almost all the flowers on the plant were thus 

 affected, and some few on other varieties, so that it seemed as if this 

 formation was, or if selected might be, a precursor of a separate race. 



Griselinia littoralis. — Mr. Burbidge, V.M.H., sent from Dublin a 

 specimen of this New Zealand shrub, with small ovoid berry-like fruits, 

 which are very rarely produced in this country. 



Diseased Melons. — In reference to the supposed bacterial disease of 

 Melons referred to at the former meeting, Mr. Willard, Holly Lodge 

 Garden, Highgate, N., sent the following letter, which confirms his 

 original statement : — 



" Acting on your suggestion, I have tested inoculation still further. 

 Two plants were selected which had finished their fruit off satisfactorily, 

 and to all appearance were remaining healthy. The first had a hard 

 woody stem ; the sap of a diseased plant was introduced by a scratch in 

 the bark, the next day discoloration took place, in three days the disease 

 could be seen, and in a week the plant succumbed. In the case of the 

 other, which was somewhat more succulent, the inoculation was done on 

 Monday morning, and the plant was practically dead on the following 

 Friday, the disease going right through the stem, seeming to cut off the 

 supply of sap from the root. I may add that these two plants had thick 

 healthy green leaves, more so than usual for plants which finish their 

 fruit quite up to ripeness. The house has not been shaded, and the plants 

 have had abundance of air during the day, with a little left on at night." 



Scientific Committee, October 7, 1902. 

 Dr. Russell, F.R.S., in the Chair, and ten members present. 



Crotolaria species. — Rev. W. Wilks exhibited a flowering branch of a 

 species raised from seed received from Uganda. It closely resembled 

 C. Cunninghamii, from the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 

 Australia. Dr. Rendle, who examined it for identification, reported that 

 it was quite distinct from the Australian plant and was in his opinion 

 probably identical with C. agatijiora, Schweinf., a native of East Tropical 

 Africa, but specimens for comparison were not sufficiently numerous to 

 be quite certain. 



Effects of Hail in Kent. — Rev. W. Wilks also showed stems of trees 

 of which the bark had been ripped open in considerable lengths by the 

 bad] of the late storm. The wood was entirely exposed as the bark curled 

 backwards : it was received from Mr. Woodward, of Teston, Kent. It 



