346 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY; 



of the Royal College of Physicians, George Street, Edinburgh, so that 

 it is only four years younger than the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 The meeting consisted of seventeen persons. The objects of the society 

 were " to encourage and improve the cultivation of the best fruits, of the 

 most choice flowers, and of the most useful culinary vegetables " : a 

 programme which the society has carried out to the letter. A " seal of 

 cause " was granted by the Town Council of Edinburgh to the society, 

 and two royal charters were received, one in 1824, and the other in 1898. 

 The meetings and shows of the society were held in the hall of the 

 Royal College of Physicians until 1827, when it acquired a garden for the 

 purpose of conducting horticultural experiments. Here the shows were 

 held until 1865, when the society, on the score of expense, was obliged to 

 give up the ground, which was then added to the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 of which it now forms part. For the next twelve years the society 

 held its shows in the Music Hall in George Street, but since 1878 they 

 have been held in the Waverley Market. Two years after its foundation, 

 the Society began to publish its horticultural papers under the title of 

 " Memoirs," and continued to do so until 1829, when, owing to lack of 

 support, their publication had to be discontinued. This year the society 

 has commenced a new series of "Memoirs." Portraits of the President, 

 other officers, and most of the Council are given in a supplement. 



G. S. S. 



Rubiaceae of British East Africa. By S. Moore {Journ. Bot. 

 513, pp. 249-251, and 516, pp. 350-358; 9/1905 and 12/1905).— 

 Descriptions of plants collected by T. Kaessner and preserved in the 

 National Herbarium, including the following new species : — Oldenlandia 

 Kaessneri, 0. subtUis and 0. proiixipes, Pavctta Kaessneri and P. taren- 

 noides, Tardavei Kaessneri, Ganthium Kaessneri, C. pseudorcrticUlatmn 

 and C. pubipes. — G. S. B. 



Rubus innominatus. Anon. (Gaul. Chron. No. 982, p. 290, 

 fig. 112 ; Oct. 21, 1905).— This fine bramble was described in 1875 from 

 an imperfect specimen by S. Le M. Moore in the "Journal of Botany." 

 Since then Dr. Henry collected it in Central China, and it is now growing 

 in Messrs. Veitch's establishment. The fruit is of an orange-red colour, 

 and has an agreeable sub-acid flavour. — G. S. S. 



Rust Problems : Facts, Observations, and Theories, Possible 

 Means Of Control. By Henry L. Bolleyand F. J. Pritchard (U.S.A. 

 Exp. Stn. North Dakota, Bull 68, Feb. 1906; 29 cuts).— This bulletin 

 contains a general statement of rust problems illustrated by ascertained 

 facts, as well as theories, with suggestions as to means of control, the 

 latter being chiefly directed to the drainage of the soil, the sowing of 

 clean seed, eradication of wild grasses and weeds from proximity to 

 crops, the destruction of all barberry bushes, proper seed selection, and 

 rotation of crops ; but containing nothing especially new, suggesting 

 search for rust-resisting varieties, and the survival of the fittest. It is 

 simply a code of plain instructions for local growers. — M, C. C. 



