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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 7 
it was 4 feet in diameter, green externally at the base, and white 
at the upper pait, the inner surface being a dark purple, the total 
length of the spadix 5 feet, diameter 10 inches, and the colour a 
pollen was produced, and it is expected that seeds will be formed. At 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Scientific Committee- 
on June 25th Mr. D. Morris of Kew furnished some particulars respect- 
Fig. 2.— AMORPHOPHALLUS TITANUM. 
deep yellow when mature. During Friday the odour emitted from the 
spathe was most offensive and powerful, and was compared to that of 
decaying fish, but it lasted a very short lime, for when the spathe began 
closing on the following day it had greatly decreased. A quantity of 
ing the plant, which will be found on page 3 of this issue, but the 
principal facts have been embodied in this notice. 
The il'ustration (fig. 2) gives a representation of the plant as it was 
growing in the Victoria house at Kew. 
