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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



produced very fine blossoms, some being an inch and a half across. 

 Noi} a single * rogue ' appeared ; but a few of the red ones were striped 

 with yellow. This, however, was, according to Mr. Sutton's and Mr. 

 Chittenden's observations, a result of chill by a north-east wind. 



Tasmanian Orchids. — Mr. Odell showed on behalf of Mr. Andrew 

 Kingsmill an interesting series of coloured photographs of Tasmanian 

 Orchids, representing the following terrestrial genera: — Pterostylis, 

 Cliilo glottis , Caladenia, Diuris, Calocliilus, Dipodium, Glossodia, and 

 Biplarrhena. 



Ranu7iculus Ficaria. — Mr. Chittenden showed a semi-double form 

 of Rcbnunculus Ficaria having several series of strap-shaped petals, 

 green on the outside, as well as two or three whorls of stamens. It 

 had appeared in the gardens at Wisley. 



Carpentaria calif ornica. — Mr. Odell showed foliage of this plant 

 spotted with numerous brown spots owing to the attack of the fungus 

 Cladosporium herharum. 



Lilium candidum diseased. — Mr. E. H. Jenkins sent leaves of 

 Lilium candidum showing numerous aecidia of a Uromyces, which was 

 referred to Mr. Chittenden for further examination, and which proved 

 to be U. Erythronii. 



Petrea volubilis. — Eev. F. Page-Eoberts sent a dried inflorescence 

 of a climbing plant with blue flowers from Ceylon, which was recog- 

 nized as the American Petrea volubilis, a plant which varies consider- 

 ably in colour. 



Bicoloured Hyacinth. — Mr. W. B. Gingell, of Dulwicli Park, sent 

 an inflorescence of a Hyacinth having one side red, the other blue, 

 which was referred to the Eev. Professor Henslow for further 

 examination. 



Gooseberry, racemose form. — Mr. W. G. Smith, of Dunstable, 

 sent drawings illustrating flowers and fruit of a racemose form of 

 Gooseberry, which had been referred to previously as a hybrid between 

 the Gooseberry and the Black Currant on account of the thickly pro- 

 duced clusters of very dark berries and their flavour, which was said 

 to be intermediate between the Gooseberry and Black Currant. On 

 careful examination of the flowers and fruit he had, however, been 

 unable to find any trace of Black Currant. The plant appeared to be 

 wholly Gooseberry, with flowers and fruit borne in racemes of from 

 two to five. He could detect no Black Currant flavour, although the 

 taste was delicious and strong. No oil glands are present on any part 

 of this new form, and the fruits are perfectly glabrous. The pollen is 

 exactly that of the garden Gooseberry. It flowers three weeks in 

 advance of the Black Currant. The merit of the plant lies in its great 

 fruit-producing properties, as on a given length of branch it produces 

 more fruit in weight than probably any other bush extant. The 

 colour of the fruit when ripe is deep, almost black, maroon or dark 

 mahogany, becoming black. The cuttings strike freely in any soil, 

 many of last year's shoots being nearly a yard in length. Seeds 

 sown by Mr. Smith did not germinate. The plant originated as a 



