SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, 



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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 

 January 13, 1914. 



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



present. 



Hybrid Scented Pelargoniums. — Mr. J. Eraser, E.L.S., continued 

 his remarks regarding the origin of garden forms of scented-leaved 

 Pelargoniums, dealing with the group to which Pelargonium apiifolium 

 belongs, and exhibiting specimens from the Wisley collection in 

 illustration of his remarks. 



Polypodium X Schneideri. — Mr. W. Hales showed a fruiting frond 

 of this hybrid Fern, with three pinnae (very Hke those of Polypodium 

 aureum in form) bearing numerous sori. This hybrid is derived from 

 P. aureum X P. vulgare elegantissimum ; and its spores, which are only 

 very rarely produced, have hitherto proved infertile. 



Variation in Galanthus Elwesii. — Mr. Bowles exhibited several 

 plants of Galanthus Elwesii in flower, selected from those shown at 

 this day's exhibition by Messrs. Barr and Sons and Mr. G. Reuthe, and 

 grown from imported bulbs. They showed remarkable variation in 

 form of flower, and especially in the markings of both inner and 

 outer perianth pieces. 



Aristolochia sempervirens fruiting. — Mr. Bowles also exhibited a fruit 

 with ripe seeds of this plant from his garden at Waltham Cross. 



Scientific Committee, January 27, 1914. 



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



present. 



Pttblication of Proceedings of Scientific Committee. — Mr. W. C. 

 Worsdell, F.L.S., raised the matter of the pubHcation of the minutes 

 of the Scientific Committee in a collected form, so that they could 

 be more readily consulted. Many matters of great interest and value 

 are brought before the Committee from time to time, and from the 

 fact that the minutes were published along with so much other matter 

 in the Journal, Mr. Worsdell feared that they were frequently lost 

 sight of. Mr. Chittenden said that a complete index of the contents 

 of the last series of the Society's Journal was being made, and that 

 would at least in part remove the difficulty that certainly existed 

 when it became necessary to consult so large a bulk as the long series 

 of the Society's Journal made. 



Hybrid Pelargoniums. — Mr. J. Eraser, F.L.S., continued his remarks 

 upon the origin of the scented-leaved Pelargoniums, dealing with 

 plants of several sections, including Pelargonium tetragonum, P. 

 echinatum, and others. He illustrated his remarks by reference to 



