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very full, of good form, slightly fringed ; white suffused with pink. 
The trusses are of good size and very freely produced. 
Scientific Committee, — Galls on Quercus pseudo-cocctfera. —Large 
galls were exhibited by Mr. McLachlan from Portugal. 
Chrysanthemum Sport .—Dr. Masters exhibited a flower of which one 
half was pale pink, and known as Mrs. Dixon ; the other half was 
yellow, and called Mrs. Rundle. He also exhibited a drawing of 
a proliferous spermacoce from Dr. Muller of Australia.—[We print 
this paragraph as we received it; but there is evidently a mistake on 
the part of someone, for Mrs. Dixon Chrysanthemum is yellow and 
Mrs. George Itundle white.] 
Mr. W. G. Smith exhibited specimens of Vine leaves attacked by 
Peronospora viticolor, which appears to be rapidly increasing in Spain 
and the south of France. 
Culture of Coffee at Mysore. —A communication was read from Col. 
I uckle upon the culture of Coffee at Mysore, in which the author 
described the different methods of cultivation and processes adopted 
for preparing the fruit for the market. He asked for scientific opinion 
as to the relative advantages of plucking Coffee green or ripe, and 
as to the desirability of removing the first crops, and as to the choice 
of berries for the cultivation of seed. 
Lecture. —The Rev. George Henslow first called attention to 
Mormodes Wendlandi, exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, the remarkable 
structure of the flowers of which genus has been described by Mr. 
Darwin (“ Fertilisation of Orchids,” p. 249), and of which the lecturer 
gave details. Poinsettias, Euphorbia jacquiniai flora, and the Straw¬ 
berry Cape Everlasting furnished good examples of the power of bracts 
to assume the attractive functions of and often strongly mimic true 
corollas. This was also the case with Darwinia tulipifera, species of 
Cornus, &c., in which it would be difficult, without examination, not 
to suppose the inflorescences were true flowers. Primulas also illus¬ 
trated a similar change only in the calyx, which sometimes became 
petaloid, as in hose-in-hose varieties. This is sometimes mimicked 
by an extra corolla called a “ catacorolla,” the calyx remaining 
normal; or the calyx may retrograde and assume a foliaceous aspect, 
when such a monstrosity is called “ Jack-in-the-Green.” The “ hete- 
rostyled ” and “ homostyled ” conditions of Primulas were alluded to 
in connection with processes of fertilisation, in which the pollen from 
the “ thrum-eyed ” or short-styled form should be conveyed to the 
stigma of the “pin-eyed” or long-styled form. When homostyled 
the stamens and pistil were of equal length, and the plants became 
self-fertilising, a condition apparently not unfrequently obtained in 
the cultivated forms of P. sinensis, and which is normally the case 
in certain other species. 
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR VEGETABLES. 
Messrs. James Carter & Co., High Holborn, offered six prizes for 
collections of vegetables, there being no restriction as to varieties 
Fig. 100 .—Pear fertility. 
Twelve dishes were stipulated for, to be composed as follows :— 
Twelve Onions, three sticks of Celery, twelve Carrots, six Leeks, 
twelve Turnips, fifty Brussels Sprouts, twelve Tomatoes, three Red 
Beet, three Cauliflowers, twelve kidney Potatoes, twelve Parsnips, 
and twelve round Potatoes. The prizes were respectively £5, £3, 
£1 10s., £1,10s., and 7s. 6d. Mr. J. Miles, gardener to Lord Carington, 
Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, obtained the chief prize with a handsome 
collection including clean, even, and well-grown examples of the 
following varieties :—Carentan Leeks, Stamfordian Tomatoes, very 
even ; Carter’s Perfection Beet, Autumn Giant Cauliflowers, Carter’s 
Schoolmaster and Improved Magnum Bonum Potatoes, Carter’s Per¬ 
fection Brussels Sprouts, Carter’s Maltese Parsnip, Carter’s Naseby 
Mammoth Onions, Carter’s Jersey Lily Turnip, Long Red Surrey 
Carrot, and Leicester Red Celery. The second prize was awarded to 
Mr. Phillips, gardener to Capt. Jackson, The Deodars, Meopham, Kent, 
who staged a very creditable collection. His Musselburgh Leeks, 
Carter’s Perfection Brussels Sprouts, Naseby Mammoth Onion, and 
Autumn Giant Cauliflower, and Cartier’s Incomparable Crimson Celery 
were particularly fine. Mr. W. Iggulden, The Gardens, Orsett Hall, 
Romford, followed very closely with neat examples of the principal 
varieties. Mr. Austin, The Gardens, Ashton Court, Bristol, was 
fourth. Mr. J. Roberts, The Gardens, Gunnersbury Park, Acton, was 
fifth ; and Mr. J. Hains, gardener to Earl of Radnor, Coleshill House, 
Highworth, Berks, was sixth. There were nine exhibitors, and all 
the collections were of good quality. Messrs. Carter exhibited a 
large number of Potatoes, comprising about sixty-six varieties, and 
examples of Scotch Champion, Snowflake, and Wormleighton’s Seed¬ 
ling, together with examples of Reading, Nuneham Park, Bedfordshire 
Champion, and Banbury Onions. 
PEAR FERTILITY. 
This is one of Mr. Rivers’ seedlings. As its name implies, the 
tree is very productive, and it is thought the variety will become 
serviceable as a market Pear. The following figure and descrip¬ 
tion are taken from the “ Gardeners’ Year-Book ” that is now 
being published :— 
“ This is a very handsome, a very beautiful, and a very ex¬ 
cellent Pear. It is even and regular in shape, obovate, and ter¬ 
minating abruptly towards the eye, near which it has a suddenly 
contracted waist. Skin entirely covered with a bright cinnamon 
coat of russet, which has an orange tinge on the side exposed to 
the sun. Eye open, with short incurved segments, and set even 
with the surface. Stalk three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and 
inserted obliquely to the axis of the fruit without depression. 
Flesh half melting or crackling, very juicy, sweet, and with a 
