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the flow of sap in a vigorous tree would probably be very inconvenient to the 

 insects, flooding their burrows with sap. The numbers of this insect in 

 existence would be very much diminished if more care were taken to 

 remove all dying elm trees, and at once strip off the bark and burn it. 

 All branches which are broken off should be treated in the same manner, 

 and no elm timber with the bark on should be allowed to lie about, as is 

 the case very frequently at present, forming centres for the propagation 

 of this and other insect pests." 



Fig. 52. — Monstrous Chinese Pkimrose, with Calyx and Corolla leafy, and 

 Ovary prolonged with a long Tube &c. {Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Palm Leaves diseased. — Mr. Massee, V.M.H., said that the brown 

 blotches on the palm leaves shown by Dr. Masters at the last meeting 

 were due to the fungus Pestalozzia phmnicis, a true parasite forming 

 large blotches on the foliage. The fungus is closely allied to P. Gicepini, 

 a destructive parasite on tea. See Jouhn. R.H.S. vol. xxviii. pp. 325, 

 326. 



Primula Sport. — Dr. Masters reported as follows on the flowers of 

 Primula sinensis shown at the last meeting by Mr. Odell : — " It was, in 

 some respects, intermediate between the stellata forms and the ordinary 



