EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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The Bed Rose of Lancaster.— Mr . W . G. Barron had sent speci- 

 mens, which Mr. Morris exhibited, supposed by the sender to be 

 this variety. It appeared, however, that in the opinion of experts 

 it was a Damask Rose, and not the true Rose of Lancaster, which 

 produces red and white blossoms on the same stem. 



Eubtis oceidentalis. — Mr. Henslow exhibited fruiting 

 branches of a plant originally received from Mr. Viccars Collyer, 

 which he reported had come up quite accidentally in his garden. 

 Mr. Henslow had cultivated it for two years. It flowered last 

 year, the blossom being undistinguishable from those of a Rasp- 

 berry, but bore no fruit. In the present season it has an abun- 

 dance of fruit, densely clustered, quite black, each "drupel" 

 having a tomentose base and provided with an embryo. It agrees 

 in appearance with the Blackberry, but has ripened at the period 

 of the Raspberry. The stem and foliage is tomentose, agreeing 

 with the Raspberry, but the method of formation of the quinate 

 leaves, as described by Mr. Henslow last year, is that of the 

 Blackberry. The taste was thought by members of the Com- 

 mittee to indicate both parents. On examination it was found to 

 be the North American species above mentioned. 



Vegetable Marrow malformed. — Mr. Henslow exhibited a 

 specimen to which a branch had become adherent about half the 

 length of the fruit. Although it had been cut off three or four 

 weeks ago, the branch had grown about 12 or 14 inches, and was 

 producing flower buds at the expense of the tissues of the Marrow 

 itself. It was accepted for the museum at University College. 



Mint with Spiral Torsion. — Prof. Marshall Ward exhibited 

 a specimen of this well-known occurrence in plants with opposite 

 and decussate leaves. The leaves do not become alternate by 

 any development of internodes, but are arranged in a secund 

 manner by a twist through a semicircle. 



Mint flowering. — Mr. Henslow observed that the common 

 garden Mint is coining into blossom abundantly this season, and 

 exhibited specimens in flower from Ealing. The shoot brought 

 by Prof. Ward was also in bud. Mr. Henslow observed that 

 at present the flowers are all female only, with rudimentary 

 stamens — hence, like so many other Labiates, it will probably 

 prove to be gyno-dioecious. 



Water Culture of the Potato. — -Dr. Masters remarked on 

 some experiments made by his daughter with Potatoes grown 



