SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
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Geranium pratense. — Rev. W. Wilks showed flowers of a lilac shade with 
many darker veins marked as they are in G. striatum. In other characters 
this plant appeared to resemble G. pratense and had been found some time 
since in Wensleydale. 
Acidia in Cabbage. — Mr. Rainbow sent a very perfect funnel-shaped leaf of 
red cabbage measuring about 6 inches in length and 2\ across the open mouth. 
Scientific Committee, October 5, 1920. 
Mr. E, A. Bowles, M.A., in the Chair, with seven members present. 
Eleutherococcus Henryi. — Mr. R. C. Notcutt, of Woodbridge, sent fruiting 
branches of this interesting Chinese Araliad from his nursery at Woodbridge, 
Various Plants. — Mr. Elwes showed flowering plants of Calliphruria subeden- 
tata for comparison with the supposed hybrid Urceocharis Clibranii to which 
it bears a great resemblance ; Rhyncanthus latifolius ; Hedychium yunnanense 
(a very sweet-scented species) ; H. Greenii, which appears identical with H. 
Elwesii ; Tricyrtis subhirtella. 
Germination of Lonicera Hildebrandtii. — Mr. Sidney Morris had been experi- 
menting with seed of Lonicera Hildebrandtii with the following results : — • 
Dates of Sowing. 
1. Dec, 17, 1 91 9, in sandy loam in heat, 12 seeds. . . No germination. 
2. ,, 29, 1 91 9, same compost under cooler conditions, 12 
seeds ....... ,, 
3. Jan. 14, 1920, with pulp attached, same compost, 12 seeds. 
These decayed much more quickly . . 
4. Jan. 20, 1920, Exposed for short time after removal from 
ovary and placed in propagating frame . ,, 
5. Feb. 10, 1920, Cleaned seeds taken from plant Nov, 1919 
and kept in store till sowing time. They 
were much shrivelled. Sown in pure sand, 
12 seeds ...... 
6. Feb, 25, 1920. Taken from plant at pruning time. The 
capsules were very dry. Sown in brisk heat 
by placing on hot-water pipes ... ,, 
7. Sept. 16, 1920, 12 seeds of present season, taken from plant, 
cleaned and sown same day in sandy loam 
and placed in heat. On the fourth day the 
radicle was descending. Five appeared 
above the soil on September 29, 1920 . 5 germinations. 
Scientific Committee, October 19, 1920. 
Mr. E. A, Bowles, M.A., in the Chair, with seven members present. 
Proliferous Onions. — Mr. J. Fraser showed onions which he had raised 
from onion bulbs produced in 191 9 at the apex of a flowering sport of onions. 
These had flowered and had themselves produced a number of small bulbs 
among the flowers. 
Tricotyledonary Apple Seedling. — He also showed a seedling apple which 
had produced three cotyledons, but in which the leaves occupied a normal 
position. 
Vegetation of Kew Green. — Mr. Fraser also produced lists of plants which 
he had found on Kew Green, including forty which he considered native there, 
twenty-three woody plants (including Dates, Oranges, Locust, Plane), which 
had been introduced by various agencies, and eighty-eight herbaceous plants 
which he did not regard as native. 
Proliferous Scabious. — Dr. Voelcker showed flower-heads of Scabiosa atro- 
purpurea, each of which had produced a leafy shoot from the centre of the 
capitulum , 
Fasciated Chrysanthemum. — Mr. Bowles showed from Mr. Dunton, Penn, 
Wolverhampton, a curious flattened fasciated growth of the common Chr>'san- 
themum, spreading from a round basal point into a fan-like structure about 
4^ inches across. 
Certificates of Appreciation were recommended to Miss Breeze, of the School 
of Agriculture, Cambridge, for work done in investigating the heredity of blight 
