Xxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



being the first occasion of this strain assuming the umbellate 

 form. 



Cucumber Boots diseased. — Mr. Hurnard, of Hingham, sent 

 a specimen which appeared to be attacked by the common 

 " eel-worm." It was referred to Mr. McLachlan for further ex- 

 amination. 



Fasciated Cotoneaster. — A specimen of this common mal- 

 formation was sent by Mrs. A. Stuart, of Edinburgh. Mr. Hen- 

 slow had observed a bush in a garden at Penmaenmawr, on which 

 nearly every branch was fasciated. 



Tuberculated Stem of Ailanthus glandulosus. — Mr. Wilson 

 brought a specimen having a tuberculated structure, 6 inches 

 broad and 3 inches deep, issuing from around the junction of 

 stem and root. The knob-like tubercles consisted of " embryo 

 buds " agglomerated together. What the original cause might 

 have been which produced the hypertrophied condition, with 

 arrest of axial growth of the buds, it was impossible to say. 



Dimorphic Aralias. — Mr. Tidmarsh, Curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Grahamstown, sent some foliage of two species of 

 Aralia, which, he observes, would certainly be regarded as four 

 species had he not known the plants from cuttings upwards. 

 The leaves of A. Veitchii when growing in a poor soil are about 

 4 inches long and one-fifth of an inch wide. Those sent were 

 grown in a poor soil under glass. The leaves of the same species 

 planted out in a mass of fresh compost in a hothouse, with a moist 

 atmosphere, and at a temperature of 60° to 90° F., were 5 inches 

 long and If broad. Hence, while the former are linear, the 

 latter are broadly lanceolate and tapering at the base. He also 

 sent leaves of A. reticulata, which were upwards of 2 feet in 

 length and 6 inches in breadth. The plant was 10 feet high, 

 planted in the open on the banks of a stream, but too far above 

 the water to be benefited much by it. It was under Willows, 

 which to some extent protected the foliage from the frosts of 

 several degrees experienced at Grahamstown. Mr. Tidmarsh 

 added that he had no inside plants of this last species with the 

 narrow-leaved foliage. He remarks : M We can propagate from 

 cuttings of the narrow-leaved form, but fail to do so with the 

 large-leaved form. This plant behaves in a similar manner to 

 Araucaria excelsa, the young growth of which, while still possess- 

 ing the narrow Juniper-like leaf, will strike from cuttings, but 



