CXXVU1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
in number, including about 80 new varieties ; to some fine 
examples of which the Floral Committee awarded First Class 
Certificates. Mr. Smith’s splendid bank of Cyclamens was a 
noticeable feature ; also another fine collection sent by Mr. 
Edmonds. Groups of miscellaneous plants were exhibited by 
Mr. W. Bull, Mr. Wills, Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 
Messrs. Cutbush and Son, Mr. R. Dean, of Ealing, Messrs. C. 
Lee and Son, B. S. Williams, Osborn and Sons, and Jas. 
Carter and Co. Mr. Aldous exhibited a very elegant example 
of floral dinner-table decoration, and Mr. R. Parker an in¬ 
teresting group of early spring flowering plants. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
Sir Joseph Hooker, K.C.S.I., in the Chair. 
Plants Shown .—Mr. Elwes showed specimens of Ariscema 
nepenthoides from Sikkim, with a curiously mottled and three- 
lobed spathe; also a Tulip from Turkestan, resembling T. 
Eaufmanni (Regel), except in the colour of the flower-segments, 
which in the present case were primrose-yellow externally, rich 
golden within ; it was stated to be very early. Tulipa triphylla, 
Chionodoxa Forbesii, and two forms of Erythronium , the smaller 
being E. purpurascens and the other true E. americanum. 
Fasciated Ruscus .—Dr. Masters called attention to a very 
interesting specimen of fasciation in the stem of this plant, the 
-changes extending even to the phyllodes. The specimen was 
sent by Mr. Thomson, of the Crystal Palace Gardens, and will 
be presented to the Museum at Kew. 
Galls on Leaves of Galium sp .—Dr. Masters showed from 
Baron Yon Mueller some curious cylindrical larva cases, or 
galls, on the leaves of an Australian species of Galium , or 
Asperula. The leaves were replaced by cylindrical, blackish, 
thick-walled tubes, covered with stout hooked bristles, the 
unaffected leaves being all but destitute of such appendage. 
The specimen was referred to Mr. MacLachlan. 
Miscellanea .—Specimens of Vine roots affected with Phyl¬ 
loxera were shown. A pamphlet of Professor Sarjents’ on the 
desirability of planting the Catalpa as a timber tree was alluded 
to, but it was pointed out that in this country the wood did not 
ripen sufficiently to admit of its having the valuable qualities 
assigned to it in America. Sir J. Hooker did not think it would 
