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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 
April 26, 1898. 
Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair. 
Vine Leaves with Gummy Exudation. —Some leaves were 
received from Mr. F. M. Gulrin, Iscoed, remarkable for a sticki¬ 
ness. This appeared to be attributable to green-fly, although 
none was present. The exudation is the result of puncture. 
Pceonies, Decayed. —Mr. F. F. Freeman sent some leaves 
which appeared to have decayed at the junction with the stem. 
They were forwarded to Dr. W. G. Smith for examination for the 
presence of fungi. 
Growth of Bibes coccinea. —The Rev. Professor Henslow 
described a rather curious case of a bush growing by the south 
side of some palings, that had sent up a number of shoots on 
the north side. The shoots on the southern half were in full 
leaf, bearing very few racemes ; while those on the other side 
were covered with flowers, the foliage being scarcely apparent. 
Scientific Committee, May 10, 1898. 
Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair. 
Morchella, Species. —Some specimens were sent of a small 
species of this fungus, which appeared in a garden-bed; but the 
locality was not recorded. 
Peas , Decayed. —Mr. Cooke, The Croft, Detling, Maidstone, 
forwarded some young plants of the American Wonder, which had 
failed to grow. They were sown last November, and while many 
are doing well, others close by became a sickly yellow in colour. 
Mr. Sutton observed that his experience was, that no wrinkled 
Pea, such as the above, was suitable for autumn sowing ; tbe 
skin being more delicate than that of round Peas, will not stand 
the winter so well. This was, therefore, the probable cause of 
failure. 
Freesia Bulbs Arrested. —Mr. F. Egbert Hollond, Satis 
