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Fetch, gardener to S. Mandel, Esq., for PhalcBnopsis grandiflora ; to 
Messrs. "Williams and Mr. Green for miscellaneous groups. 
FEUIT COMMITTEE. 
Wonderful dishes of Black Eagle and Bigarreau Cherries were 
sent from Trentham, of excellent flavour, to which a Special Cer- 
tificate was awarded ; also to Mr. Douglas, gardener to E. "Whit- 
bourn, Esq., for a brace of seedling Cucumbers from Blue Grown ; 
to Mr. Batters, gardener to "W. B. Eleming, Esq., for early Peas 
and Potatoes ; to Mr. Eichards, gardener to Baron Eothschild, 
for Black Hamburgh Grrapes ; and to Mr. Sydney Eord, gardener 
to W. E. Hubbard, Esq., for Apples and Pears. Mr. Temple 
sent grapes preserved by immersing in a bottle of water. The 
Committee hoped that he would give a detailed account of his mode 
of treatment. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
A. Murray, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary brought some specimens of Cofiee which had 
been forwarded from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites. The albumen was 
greatly reduced in size, and had acquired a dark tinge. The 
tissues, however, were not diseased, and it appeared that, in conse- 
quence of abrupt changes of weather, the growth had been sud- 
denly arrested. "When soaked, it was found that the embryo had 
not attained its full size, but was surrounded with a transparent 
gelatinous substance intended probably for its further develop- 
ment. "Unfortunately the coffee in many plantations was in the 
same condition. 
Mr. A. Smee read a paper on a blight which had suddenly 
appeared on a Siberian Crab-tree, which was clearly due to the 
growth of a parasitic fungus, Helminthosporium pyrorum, a species 
which infests many Pomacese. 
The Chairman brought Lemons with deep brown depressions in 
the rind. These have since been examined microscopically, and 
there is certainly no fungus in them. 
He then read a very interesting paper on grafting, which will 
be published in the Society's Journal. 
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