SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, MARCH 23. 



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A pplc Boot with Adventitious Buds. — Dr. H. Miiller exhibited 

 a specimen, thickly covered in places with innumerable buds, 

 usually known as " Burr Knot." The original cause is obscure, 

 but Dr. Masters observed that such roots are often cut up and 

 used for propagating. 



Hyacinths, etc., with Boot Failure. — A collection of bulbous 

 plants were received from Mr. W. C. Atkinson of Aiglwith, 

 Liverpool, in which the roots had been very imperfectly 

 developed, and then arrested and decayed. Mr. Douglas under- 

 took to investigate the case, Dr. Masters observing that the 

 bulbs might not have been properly ripened before lifting. 



Drift Wood from Arctic Seas. — Dr. M. T. Masters exhibited 

 specimens of wood obtained by Dr. Nansen. They had travelled 

 from Siberia to Franz Joseph Land, and consisted of the Siberian 

 Pinus cembra (dwarf form), Willow, Elm, &c. 



Scientific Committee, March 23, 1897. 

 Rev. W. Dod in the Chair, and six members present. 



Bulbs with Arrested Boots. — With reference to the samples 

 sent to the last meeting by Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Douglas was of 

 opinion that the treatment had perhaps not been quite advisable, 

 for he thought that they should have been put out of doors, and 

 not in a shed, and covered with 6 inches of cocoa-nut fibre. If, 

 however, there was something deleterious in the compost sent for 

 inspection, this could be at once ascertained by analysis. 



Wireworms among Carnations. — Mr. Weguelin of Torquay 

 asked for remedies against this trouble. The suggestions of lin- 

 seed cake, carrot, scooped out potatoes, as for slugs, &c, were 

 made, but it would appear that in the present case the wire- 

 worms were too numerous for any such like traps. Gas lime 

 was recommended as the only now efficient remedy, but it might 

 injure the Carnations. The land having been well dressed with 

 lime or soot shows that these ingredients are quite insufficient, 

 though gas lime would probably have been effective. 



Carnation Leaves Diseased. — Mr. Fagents of Honey Pots, 

 Westfield, Woking, sent some leaves with peculiar red streaks 



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