C PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
" The W aldsteiniana seedlings number nine, and all show the $ influence in the 
erect flowers, the erect growth, and the small foliage and dwarf habit from 6 to 
8 inches, but which vary a little in range of colour (all blue) from a lovely sky- 
blue, rather deeper than the $ . 
" I have made prints of all that have flowered except the sixty Tommassiniana 
seedlings which are so uniform in shape and colour, and have also included in the 
book prints of Z8, W. S. 2, " W 'aldsteiniana, T ommassiniana, ' Norman Grove,' 
and ' Wyndley Purple ' for comparison. 
" I regret I cannot send prints of result of Z8 <j> and ' White Star ' $ , as I 
have only saved the No. 2 seedling, but originally there were nine seedlings, 
eight of which were white, like the $ , and flat saucer-shaped from 1 to 1 £ inch 
across. The other one was a blue colour, and not so saucer-shaped, being a deeper 
cup, but they all had ' White Star ' foliage and habit and ranged from 1 foot 
to 1^ foot in height. 
" These are from written records of the series as I bloomed them, but they 
show the same influence of the $ ." 
The Committee passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Grove. 
Pear attacked by Capsid Bugs. — Mr. W. H. North sent a pear from his garden 
at Southvale Road, Blackheath, attacked by Capsid bugs and showing scabby 
spots similar to those produced by these pests on Apples. 
Fasciated Dahlia. — Mr. Fife sent the stem of a Dahlia in which no branches 
had been produced in the lower part of the stem, and which showed fasciation 
above. The buds in the lower part of the stem had apparently not developed, 
and the phyllotaxis was abnormal. 
Scientific Committee, September ii, 1917. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and five members present. 
Trachycarpus excelsus Fruiting. — Mr. Cory sent from his garden at Duffryn 
a fruiting shoot of this hardy Palm. 
Rust on Black Currant.— -Mrs. Shaw sent from Kentchurch Court, Hereford, 
foliage of Red and Black Currants bearing the teleutospores of the rust fuagus 
Cronartium ribicola. This fungus is very prevalent this year and does great 
damage to young plants of the five-leaved Pines, and especially to Pinus Strobus. 
Scientific Committee, September 25, 191 7. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and one member present. 
Twin Plum. — Mr. A. McL. May, of Coleraine, Ireland, sent a twin plum in 
which each part contained a stone. Such twin plums generally arise from the 
presence of two carpels in the one flower, in place of the normal single one. 
A large number of plants attacked by common diseases were sent. 
Scientific Committee, October 23, 191 7. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and seven members present* 
Fruit of Trachycarpus excelsus. — Mr. J. Fraser, F.L.S., showed the immature 
fruits of this Palm from a tree in the open at Holland House, and remarked 
upon the distribution of male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers, the fruits having 
developed from the last form of flower. Mr. Bowles said he usually found the 
last flowers to open were female, as they are in Begonia and Aegle sepiaria. 
Various Plants. — Mr. Bowles showed the fruit of Lonicera Hildebrandtit 
from a cold greenhouse at Earlham — a ver}^ large fruit for a member of this 
genus, measuring over an inch in diameter ; Rhodostachys argentina, with stalked 
heads of flowers ; Akebia lobata fruit, from Mr Howard Baker's garden near 
Bristol ; fruit of Actinidia chinensis, from Mr. P. D. Williams' garden at Lanarth, 
Cornwall ; fruits of the deep-flowered form of Cydonia Maulei, to draw attention 
to their strong and pleasant perfume ; fruits of A rum italicum, with the foliage, 
appearing this year unusually early ; Arum hygrophilum, from the Holy Land ; 
and that of a robust form of Arum Dracunculus, all from Myddelton House 
Gardens, whence also came ripe fruits cf the double red Peach, which has from 
2 to 4 ovaries, and which bears twin fruits, of the purple-leaved Peach, of the 
variegated form of Cornus Mas, and of the yellow-fruited Yew. 
