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enough to rub, and rub it over the spots. The soda in the soap allays 

 the irritation at once, and the thin film of soap stops the hole the insect 

 has made, and finishes him. If the wrists, knees, and ankles, the parts 

 most usually attacked, be rubbed with coal-tar soap, it will to a certain 

 extent prevent the pest from attacking, but not entirely, and I know 

 nothing that will." Mr. Wright recommends the use of Elliman's Em- 

 brocation. 



Grubs in Ferns. — Fronds of a variety of the Lady fern were sent 

 from Wisley, infested with grubs. Mr. Saunders, F.L.S., reported : " The 

 grubs infesting the stems of the fern -fronds are those of one of the saw- 

 flies, but I have not been able to get their names. As far as a remedy is 

 concerned, I can only suggest the obvious one of cutting off and burning 

 the fronds." 



Blotches on Rose-leaves. — Mr. T. S. Drake, of Hoddesdon, sent rose- 

 leaves bearing black blotches caused by the attacks of the fungus Actino- 

 nema rosce, which is described in the Journ. R.H.S. xxvii. p. 42, pi. iii., 

 fig. 50. 



Melon-leaves Shrivelling. — A small melon plant with shrivelling 

 leaves was received from Lamberhurst. It was the general opinion that 

 the recent transplanting had put the plant under considerably changed 

 conditions, and through this the leaves had become injured. 



Fasciated Agapanthus.—Dr. Masters, F.R.S., showed a much twisted 

 and fasciated stem of white Agapantlius from Mr. Fitzherbert. 



Lilium candidum, plumose variety. — Dr. Masters showed a specimen 

 of a plumose form of Lilium candidum. This curious form was figured 

 by several of the old botanists, but was recently sent to him as a hybrid 

 between the 1 Madonna Lily ' and Galtonia candicans. Dr. Masters also 

 showed a stem of Lilium chalcedonicum bearing a bulbil in place of a 

 terminal bud instead of occupying the place of a lateral bud as is usual. 



Figs Diseased. — Dr. Cooke reported that some figs which he had 

 examined were badly affected with the fungus Botrytis cinerea, which 

 had formed quite a felt upon them. 



Monstrous Cucumbers. — Mr. J. Crook, F.R.H.S., of Forde Abbey, 

 Chaid, sent several examples of cucumbers showing lateral prolification. 

 The outer rind of the cucumbers had given rise to a large number of 

 leaves, and in one case to a short stem bearing two other cucumbers upon 

 it, each of which bore leaves growing from their outer portions. Dr. 

 Masters remarked that from a botanical point of view it is easy to under- 

 stand these monstrosities, since the rind of the cucumber is really a 

 branch in which the true fruit of the cucumber is embedded, but what 

 actually induces the production of leaves or branches from the rind in 

 any particular case is so far an unsolved problem. 



Dichroism in Antirrhinum. — Mr. Saunders, F.L.S., showed a figure 

 of a spike of Antirrhinum, in which one flower was of a deep pink colour, 

 while the others were white, splashed with pink. All other flowers on 

 the plant had been of the latter type. 



Clematis with leaf-like Sepal. — Mr. Saunders also showed a drawing 

 of a clematis flower in which one of the sepals was green and leaf-like, 

 with the exception of a portion near one edge, which was of the normal 

 colour. 



