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Overley, Wellington, for a magnificent plant of Rhododendron 

 • Princess of Wales ' covered with blooms. 



To Mr. J. Carter, gardener to W. J. Scott, Esq., Besford 

 House, Shrewsbury, for very finely grown and coloured Coleus. 



To Mr. A. Myers, Sutton Lane, Shrewsbury, for very finely 

 grown and coloured Coleus. 



To Messrs. Harkness, Bedale, for beautifully grown Gladiolus. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



June 15, 1897. 

 Dr. M. T. Masteks in the Chair, and four members present. 



New Method of Grafting. — Dr. Masters called attention to 

 the fact that the method described at the last meeting had been 

 adopted before by A. Knight ; but on turning to that author's 

 paper (Trans. Hort. Soc, Vol. I. p. 239), it is not quite clear 

 whether it is quite the same. According to Knight's figures, 

 the extra " tongue" is not inserted as a duplicate scion, but 

 nailed to the outside of the bark ; but in the text it would 

 read as if both tongues grew and covered the stock. 



Synauthic Foxgloves. — Specimens were sent from Chiswick, 

 in which the terminal flowers had coalesced, producing a large 

 campanulate structure. This is a familiar monstrosity ; but it 

 appears that M. Vilmorin has succeeded in fixing it ; over 

 95 per cent, of seedlings, raised from the normal flowers of the 

 spike, are said to come true, and bear these campanulate 

 blossoms. 



Fasciate Buttercup. — A rather curious example was sent by 

 Miss Corpen of Highfield, Hartley, Plymouth, found at Denham 

 Bridge, Devon. Two fasciated stems were so slightly 

 coherent as to readily separate, while the two synanthic 

 blossoms, however, remained firmly coherent. 



Definite Lily of the Valley. — Mr. Henslow showed a flower 

 in this unusual condition, in that a scape bore a single terminal 

 flower, in which the whorls were in fours, excepting the pistil. 



Romneya with fungus. — Rev. W. Dod sent specimens of 

 R. Coulteri badly attacked by some fungus. It was forwarded 

 to Kew for investigation. 



