CXIii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
received from a correspondent in Shropshire, which he had exhibited 
on this occasion. He remarked upon its great likeness to an Arisaema, 
and thought it might possibly be Pterostylis reflexa. Sir Everard im 
Thurn said he had seen a very similar plant growing in considerable 
numbers in Australia. 
Crocus from Salonika. — Mr. Bowles showed corms of a Crocus which 
he took to be Crocus sativus var. Cartwrightianus, from Salonika, in 
which the tunic was extended for 2 inches or more above the corm, 
forming a sort of cap. He thought this might be the result of soil 
conditions. 
The Wild Morello Cherry. — Mr. J. Fraser, F.L.S., exhibited a fruit- 
ing specimen of Prunus Cerasus or Dwarf Cherry, from a Surrey wood, 
which he considered to be the origin of the cultivated Morello, because 
the wild and cultivated trees agree in their botanical characters. P. 
Cerasus may be recognized by its dwarf habit (3 to 8 feet) in the wild 
state, its small, leathery, glabrous leaves on a level with the branches 
(not drooping), and in being green at all stages of growth. The fruit 
is round, red, with a globular stone, and the acid juice does not stain. 
He also showed specimens of P. Avium for comparison. It makes a 
tree twenty to sixty feet high, with large, flaccid, drooping leaves, 
hairy on the veins beneath, and much tinted with red in their early 
stages. The fruit is heart-shaped, black or red, with a sweet or bitter 
(not acid) juice, that stains the hands. This he considered the origin 
of many of the sweet cherries of gardens. 
