CCXXXvi PEOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Alhino Geranium Rohertianum. — Mr. Eric M. Luckin, of Feltham, 

 wrote : * ' With reference to your inquiry as to wild albino f orniis of 

 Geranium Rohertianum, some four years ago I discovered a plant 

 growing in a meadow bearing albino flowers, stems green. The two 

 years following I revisited the spot and found the plant, but this year 

 I failed to locate it, and fear it has been destroyed. The meadow is 

 near Haywards Heath, Sussex." 



Ficus pumila, fruiting shoots. — Mr. H. Hainsworth, of Blackheath, 

 sent the creeping shoots of Ficus pumila (F. repens of gardens), with the 

 upright-growing large-leaved shoots upon which the fruits are borne, 

 for com.parison. 



Scientific Committee, Novembeb 5, 1912. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and nine 



members present. 



Horse-chestnut with twin petioles. — Mr. Bowles showed petioles 

 of Horse-chestnut in pairs, springing from a connate base, from his 

 garden at Waltham Cross. Only two such specimens were found and 

 the leaf-blades borne by them were quite normal. 



Apples with more than normal seeds. — Mr. Chittenden, F.L.S., 

 drew attention to the production in some varieties of Apple of more 

 than the normal number of seeds. The usual number of ovules pro- 

 duced by the Apple is two in each cell, and this is regarded as one 

 of the chief characters separating Pyrus from Cydonia, in which there 

 are usually more than two. He had found in ' Frogmore Prolific ' 

 Apple a large number of fruits containing more than two seeds in a cell, 

 and the same in fraits of * Duchess's Favourite.' Prof. W. Somerville 

 had first drawn his attention to the phenomenon some years ago in 

 American Apples, but Mr. Chittenden had not hitherto seen it in 

 British Apples. The .seeds were borne in two series of two, one on 

 each carpel margin. 



Variations in wild flowers. — Mr. T. H. Dipnall sent the following 

 list of variations which he had noticed in the form and coloration of 

 British wild flowers: — (Double flowers) Ranmiculus acris, Papaver 

 Rhoeas (one flower and another with all flowers semi-double), Car- 

 damine pratensis, Saponaria officinalis, Silene noctiflora, Knautia 

 arvensis (like a large lavender Thrift). Colour variations : (White) 

 Viola odorata (common and red also), V. canina. Lychnis Fios-cuculi, 

 L. diurna, Geranium molle, G. lucidum, Ononis arvensis, Vicia 

 septum, Campanula rotundifolia, C. Trachelium, Myosotis sylvatica, 

 Ajuga reptans, Lamium purpureum, Primula vulgaris, Orchis mas- 

 cula, 0. maculata, 0. Morio, Gymnadenia conopsea, Ophrys apifera, 

 Agraphis nutans, Fritillaria Meleagris, Adoxa inoschatellina, Cnicus 

 palustris. Centaur ea nigra, Symphytum officinale. (Pale yellow) 

 Ranunculus acris, Scrophularia nodosa, Sarotliamnus scoparius. (Dull 

 purple) Papaver Rhoeas. (Pink) Crataegus Oxyacantha, CaJystegia 

 sepium, Primula vulgaris, Lychnis vespertina, Erica cinerea (very 



