CXCiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Hellebores diseased. — Some badly diseased plants were 

 received from Mr. F. W. Burbidge, Botanic Gardens, Dublin. 

 They were submitted to Kew for examination. The report was 

 as follows : — " Phoma effusa, Desm., is the name of the fungus 

 attacking the Hellebores. The diseased portions should be 

 removed and burned, as at this season the fungus is producing 

 myriads of spores, which live as saprophytes on humus in the 

 soil for some time before they are capable of acting as parasites. 

 The Hellebore shoots of next year will be infected by these 

 spores. The above alternation from a parasitic to a saprophytic 

 mode of life enables the fungus possessing one form of fruit only, 

 as in the present instance, to tide over the period during which 

 its host-plant is not actively growing. Spraying with a solution 

 of potassium sulphide (1 oz. to 3 gal. of water) when the leaves 

 first appear next season would, to some extent, prevent the 

 chances of inoculation from floating spores." 



Holly with Bed and Yellow Berries. — Mr. Ch. Turner, 

 Slough, sent some sprays, on which he remarks : " They are cut 

 from a large tree which retains its berries for two years. The 

 berries are yellow in the first year, but change to red in the 

 second year." As no seasonable break was distinguishable 

 between the group of yellow and that of the red berries below it 

 on the same stem, some doubt was expressed, and some further 

 information desired. This Mr. Turner has kindly promised to 

 furnish. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, October 12, 1897. 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty members 

 present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Roger Leigh, Esq., Barham Court, Maidstone (gr. Mr. 

 Woodward), for a magnificent exhibit of 100 dishes of Apples and 

 Pears. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To John Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, Crawley (gr. Mr. 

 Ofi'er), for sixty dishes of Apples and Pears. 



