XXxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Specimens of Carnations sent from Mr. Peters, Givan's Grove, 

 Leatherhead, were found to be affected with a fungoid disease 

 attacking the main stem. They were referred to Dr. Masters for 

 identification of the fungus, but it was not thought that any 

 practical remedy could be suggested other than burning the 

 affected plants, and starting fresh ones on fresh soil. 



Mrs. Miller, of Winestead Rectory, Hull, sent blossoms of 

 Crocus and Hellebores for identification. Mr. Yeitch offered to 

 endeavour to do this. 



M. Godefroy Lebeuf, of Paris, exhibited some sprays of 

 metallised Odontoglossum crispum with foliage of Ivy and 

 Euonymus. They were beautifully executed, the natural form of 

 the flowers being admirably preserved, and the venation of the 

 leaves perfectly distinct. 



Scientific Committee, Maech 24, 1896. 



R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair, and six members 



present. 



A letter was read from Dr. Masters respecting the diseased 

 Carnations submitted to the Committee by Mr. Peters, in which 

 he stated that the leaves were damaged by a species of eelworm, 

 and advised that the plants should be burnt, as there was no cure 

 for them. 



Dr. Russell reported that he was about to begin, conjointly with 

 Mr. Wilks, the planned experiments on the coloration of Apples. 

 Meanwhile, he had analysed and determined the ammonia in the 

 soot which is to be used in these experiments, and found it to 

 contain 4 per cent. 



Mr. Colvile Browne, of Hextable, Kent, r sent a specimen ex- 

 hibiting a very remarkable interpenetration of a shoot of a Potato 

 passing right through the substance of another Potato in an 

 oblique direction. This is probably due to the formation by the 

 shoot of a solvent substance, which enables it to soften and 

 dissolve the tissues with which it is in contact. 



