XXX11 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Messrs. Laxton Bros., Bedford, for Strawberries. 

 To the Horticultural College, Swanley, for Vegetables. 

 To Mr. W. W. Palmer, Andover, for Strawberries. 



Silver Banhsian Medal, 

 To Malcolm S. Cooke, Esq., Kingston (gr. Mr. Buckell), for 

 Orchids. 



To Major James Joicey, Sunningdale (gr. Mr. Thorne), for 

 Orchids. 



To Mons. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, for Orchids. 



To Messrs. R. & G. Cuthbert, Southgate, for Azaleas. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



January 12, 1897. 



Mr. Michael in the Chair, and six members present. 



Tomatos Diseased. — It was reported from Kew that the 

 specimens exhibited at the last meeting were too much de- 

 cayed to be able to ascertain what fungus, if any, had caused 

 the disease. 



Senecio multiflorus, Hybrids. — Mr. Lynch exhibited a 

 number of specimens which he had raised by crossing S. multi- 

 florus with various forms of the garden or cultivated Cineraria. 

 The colours much resembled those of the latter plant, the 

 foliage being intermediate, and the height about 3 feet. All 

 but one had S. multiflorus as the female parent, the results 

 showing the v efore great prepotency on the part of the male 

 (Cineraria). S. multiflorus was first introduced from the 

 Canaries in 1855 (" Bot Mag." tab. 4904, Doronicum Bouri^a i). 

 It was subsequently lost from Kew and reintroduced to Cam- 

 bridge by Mr. Gardener in 1895. Some of the flowers showed 

 a peculiar circular white spot on the red tip of the petals. 



Cineraria omenta.— Mr. Douglas said that he is raising 

 seedlings of this plant, in order to see if it varies towards the 

 cultivated forms without being crossed. Mr. Lynch observed 



