CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXI. 



PAGK 



Vegetative Sports and Floral Freaks. By the Eev. Professor G. Henslow, 



M.A., F.L.S., VMM 1 



Bananas from a Commercial Point of View. By Mr. Frank Pink 8 



Japanese Plants and Gardens. By R. Farrer, F.R.H.S 12 



Japanese Horticulture. By N. Hayashi 18 



The History of Chrysanthemum Cultivation in Japan. By N. Hayashi 29 



Trees in a apanese Garden. By K. Okubo 40 



Horticulture in Relation to Medicine. By E. M. Holmes 42 



The Society's Garden at Wisley. By The Superintendent ••• 62 



British Ferns and their Wild Sports. By C. T. Druery, V.M.H 77 



Trees for Towns. By B. L. Castle 84 



On the True Meaning of " Natural Selection " and the " Survival of the 



Fittest." y he Eev. Professor G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., V.M.H 90 



The Ideal Potato. By W. P. Wright 97 



Chemistry in Relation to Horticulture. By Dr. J. A. Voelcker, M.A., F.I.C. 102 



The Hollies. By E. T. Cook, F.R.H.S 118 



The American Gooseberry-mildew and the Need for Legislation. By 



E. S. Salmon, F.L.S., Hon. F.R.H.S , 128 



Means employed to Combat the American Gooseberry-mildew in Sweden. 



By Professor J. Eriksson, Ph.D 138 



A Fungus Disease of the Cherry Laurel. By E. S. Salmon, F.L.S., Hon. 



F. R.H.S 142 



The Importance of Selecting Seed in Practical Fobestry. By Professor 



G. F. Scott-Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, &c 147 



Tufted Pansies. By D. B. Crane 151 



Evolution and Adaptation : A Criticism. By the Rev. Professor G. Henslow, 



M.A., F.L.S., V.M.H 159 



Species and Varieties: their Origin by Mutation. By the Rev. Professor 



G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., V.M.H 164 



Report on the Meteorological Observations made at the Society's Garden 



at Wisley in 1905. By R. H. Curtis, F.R.M.S , 169 



Report of the Society's Consulting Chemist (Dr. J. A. Voelcker) 181 



Imports and Exports, and Acreages affecting British Horticulture 183 



The late Mr. J. Bidgood, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.L.S., F.R.H.S 189 



Examination in Horticulture, 1906 191 



„ of School Teachers in Cottage and Allotment Gardening, 



1906 , 196 



