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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



country. The true S. japonica is the plant known in gardens 

 under various names, oblata, fragrantissima, &c. 



Crocus with " Ephemeral Boots." — Dr. F.W. Oliver exhibited 

 some crocus conns with tuberous roots. In this case the small 

 conns, developed at the top of the old one, are provided with 

 thick, fleshy, spindle or conical shaped roots, in direct prolonga- 

 tion of the axis of the young corm. They act as reservoirs of 

 nutriment, in addition to the young corm itself. As they serve 

 a temporary purpose only, Mr. G. Maw gave them the above 

 name. Dr. Masters observed that they are quite different from 

 the so-called " droppers " common in tulips, &c, which consist 

 of a bent leaf- scale with an attached bulbil. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



March 26, 1889. 



D. Morris, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. (Treasurer R.H.S.), in the 

 Chair. 



Elections. 



Felloivs, 24. — Frank A. Bevan, Mrs. Frank A. Bevan, Mrs. 

 Bindlass, Chas. S. Broad, Albert Butcher, Thos. Butler, Alfred 

 Richard Creyke, Mrs. Alfred Richard Creyke, Miss Gertrude 

 Creyke, James Henry Crofts, B. R. Davis, Samuel James, Miss 

 Johnson, Augustus Miles, Alfred Field Powell, Hon. Caroline 

 Mary Powys, C. R. Scrase-Dickins, Mrs. Silver, Ernest Hartland 

 South, Henry John Tallentire, Thomas Thompson, George Tidd, 

 Charles Toope, Henry Edward Yickers. 



The following papers were read : — (1) "Historical Notes on 

 Dutch Hyacinths, 5 ' by Heer A. E. Baarnart. (2) "The Culti- 

 vation of Hyacinths in Holland," by Heer T. H. Kersten. (3) 

 " The Hyacinth from an English Point of View," by Mr. James 

 Douglas, F.R.H.S. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and ten members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. G. Phippen, The Nursery, Reading, for an extensive 



