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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
Mr. Samuel Jennings, dealt with those that were submitted to the 
Moral Committee. 
Mr. David Wooster, alluding to the death of Mr. Andrew 
Murray, made a proposition, which Mr. Colebrooke seconded, to 
the effect that it he recorded in the Minutes of the Meeting that 
the Fellows present, keenly feeling the great loss which the Society 
had sustained by the death of Mr. Murray, resolved that a letter 
of condolence be sent to his widow and family. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Sir. J. D. Hooker, C.B., Pres. E.S., in the Chair. 
Peach-roots .—Dr. Masters showed specimens of deformed 
Peach-roots, already brought under the notice [of the Committee, 
which had been kept in a damp place and had thrown out adventi¬ 
tious shoots. Mr. Worthington Smith showed similar speci¬ 
mens. 
Colletia crueiata. —Dr. Masters showed a specimen from Sig. 
Fenzi, of Florence, in which from a shoot of C. crueiata a branch 
with many of the characteristics of C. spinosa had sprung. 
Carnivorous Plants. —Sir George Macleay sent a leaf of Bioncea 
muscijpula on which a slug was placed on December 4th, and a 
fragment of leaf of Aspidistra on which another slug was placed a 
few days later. In the case of the Dioncea the body of the slug 
became reduced to pulp, hut was not attacked by mildew. On the 
Aspidistra the body of the slug became covered with mildew, and 
ultimately dried up. No fungus was observed on the leaf of the 
Aspidistra. Yarious specimens of rare Bauhinias and other plants 
were sent from the same garden. 
Fungi of the Vine. —Dr. M. C. Cooke read a paper on this 
subject, which will be found in the Society’s Journal. 
Fossil Fungus. —Mr. Worthington Smith showed specimens of 
the Fossil Fungus Allied to the Potato Fungus, and showing the 
jointed threads, the oospores with zoospores in situ. 
Eccentric Growth of Timber. —Sir Walter Trevelyan sent, 
through Mr. Wooster, a remarkable specimen. 
Cryptotype. —Mr. Worthington Smith showed a portrait of the 
President photographed direct on to the wood by his new process, 
and remarked that the specimen of wood above referred to was 
