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the fungus. The sugar, itself the result of diseased action, probably 
also contributed to the same end. 
Insect on Amaryllid. —Mr. Wilson Saunders sent the grub, pro¬ 
bably of some Dipterous insect, which had damaged the bulbs of 
Amaryllis. The specimen was referred to Mr. M‘Lachlan for 
examination. 
Snoivdrops. —Mr. Melville, Dunrobin, sent some additional 
specimens, including' a dwarf form, in w^hich the whole flower was 
tetramerous, its parts being in fours. 
March 19 * 1878 . 
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 
Colonel R. Trevor Clarke, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and 
the Assistant Secretary announced the awards of the Committees. 
Elections.-— Mrs. Bourne. Mrs. Brooker, Rev. Theophilus Carroll, 
M.A., William Caudwell, Mrs. Chalmers, Miss Cole, Alexander 
Courthupe, Mrs. J. H. Dobree, Walter Drummond, Samuel 
Eliott, jun., Percival Poster, Colonel R. Temple Godman, Matthew 
Hedley, Mrs. Staveley Hill, Mrs. Seton Karr, Colonel S r Henry 
Atwell Lake, K.C.B., James Levesley, Captain R. C. Mayne, 
R.N., C.B., William James Nutting, Denis M. O’Conor, M.P., 
W. W. Rust, Mrs. Streatfield, G. M. Tagore, John. Tennant, 
H. Payne Townshend, Dr. John A. Tulk, Robert Arthur Valpy, 
J. Sidney White. 
One Guinea Members Admitted.— George T. Whish, Mrs. George 
T. Whish, Miss Reeve, M. McLean. 
Mr. S. Jennings read a paper on the Epacris. He remarked 
the points of resemblance and distinction between the two natural 
orders E i acece anti Epacridacece , and the singular fact that in 
geographical distribution the two genera Erica and Epacris are 
scarcely ever found together, the former being natives of South 
