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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
June  13,  1901. 
Societies. 
Royal  Horticultural — Scientific  Committee,  Jniie  4tR. 
Present :  Dr.  M.  T.  Masters  (in  the  chair)  ;  Messrs.  Yeitoh,  Bowles, 
Douglas,  O’Brien,  Chapman,  Bateson,  Worsdell,  Bennett,  Saunders, 
Hogg,  Gordon,  Worsley,  Holmes,  Drs.  Rendle,  Cooke,  Muller,  Rev.  W. 
Wilks,  and  Rev.  G.  Henslow,  Hon.  Sec. ;  Visitor,  Sir  G.  King, 
K.C.I.E.,  F.R.8.,  V.M.H. 
Before  oommenoing  the  usual  business  the  chairman  said  he  had  a 
very  pleasant  duty  to  perform,  whioh  was  to  present  the  visitor,  Sir 
G.  King,  with  the  Victorian  Medal  of  Honour.  Sir  George  King 
expressed  the  great  pleasure  of  receiving  it,  but  considered  himself  as 
not  worthy  of  that  honour,  a  sentiment  unanimously  disavowed  by  all 
the  members  present. 
Schinus  molle  with  galls. — Mr.  Robert  Newstead  reported  as  follows 
upon  the  specimens  sent  by;  Dr.  Bonavia  from  San  Remo  : — “  The 
insects  upon  the  shoot  are  a  species  of  adult  $  Ceroplastes,  and  I 
think  C.  rusci,  Linn,  which  is  the  only  known  Palsearotio  species  of 
the  genns.  The  inseot  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  coccidse.” 
Cherry  fruits  and  caterpillars. — Specimens  sent  from  the  Chiswiok 
Gardens  showed  some  50  per  cent,  of  fruits  attacked.  The  insect  being 
within  the  calyx,  this  protects  them  from  insecticides.  Mr.  Saunders 
reported  as  follows  upon  them: — “The  young  Cherries  from  the 
society’s  garden  at  Chiswick  were  attacked  by  the  caterpillars  of  a 
small  moth,  Argyresthia  ephippella,  one  of  the  Tineina.  As  to  the 
destruction  of  this  insect,  where  it  is  possible,  cutting  off  and 
immediately  burning  the  infested  bunches  of  blossom  is  a  very  effective 
method.  I  cannot  find  any  account  of  the  life  history  of  this  insect, 
so  am  uncertain  in  what  condition,  or  where  it  passes  the  winter.  If 
it  be  either  in  the  egg  or  chrysalis  state  attached  to  the  bark  of  the 
stem  or  branches,  a  good  remedy  would  be  spraying  with  a  caustic 
alkali  wash  some  time  after  the  leaves  have  fallen,  and  before  the  buds 
show  any  signs  of  opening  in  the  spring.  If  the  chrysalides  be  formed 
in  the  ground,  a  good  dressing  of  lime  apolied  to  the  surface  early  in 
the  spring  would  probably  prevent  the  moths  from  reaching  the  open 
air.  Spraying  the  fruit  would  not  be*of  any  use,  as  the  insecticide 
would  not  reach  the  caterpillar  inside.” 
Raspberry  buds  attached  by  caterpillars. — Mr.  A.  Gaut  of  the 
Yorkshire  College,  Leeds,  sent  the  following  communication  : — 
“  Enclosed  you  will  find  some  Raspberry  buds  containing  caterpillars 
of  the  Raspberry  stem  bud  caterpillar  (Lampronia  rubiella,  Bjerk), 
which  you  might  think  your  committee  would  like  to  see  and  notice. 
In  and  around  Garforth,  about  seven  miles  east  of  Leeds,  upwards  of 
100  acres  of  Raspberries  are  grown  for  market  purposes,  and  in  some 
years  this  attack  is  a  very  serious  one,  as  was  the  case  last  year,  1900. 
I  visited  the  grounds  then  during  the  months  of  April,  May,  and  June, 
and  noticed  the  caterpillars,  pupae,  and  little  moths  in  immense 
quantities,  and  in  some  of  the  Raspberry  grounds  the  canes  had  the 
appearance  as  if  they  had  been  very  much  injured  by  frost.  This 
entailed  great  loss  to  the  growers.  On  April  20th  I  took  a  walk 
through  several  of  the  grounds,  and  noticed  large  quantities  of  the 
little  scarlet  caterpillars  crawling  up  the  stems,  and  very  many  within 
the  buds,  and  I  naturally  expected  a  very  serious  attack  again  this  year, 
but  fortunately  owing  to  the  warm  weather  we  have  experienced  during 
the  past  week  the  young  buds  and  shoots  have  made  such  rapid  progress 
that  they  have  grown  away  from  the  attack,  and  although  the  cater¬ 
pillars  are  still  present  in  immense  quantities,  the  crop  will  not  be  so 
much  affected.  I  notice  that  it  is  in  cold,  late  springs  we  get  the  worst 
attacks.  Some  of  the  more  intelligent  growers  do  not  suffer  so  much, 
as  they  take  the  precaution  to  mulch  the  ground  with  soil  containing 
some  insecticide,  or  dress  the  ground  about  the  stools  with  soot  or  lime 
during  the  winter  months,  and  it  is  ourious  that  those  who  follow  the 
old  practice  of  digging  amongst  the  canes  in  winter  also  escape  fairly 
well.  I  am  doing  all  I  can  in  the  way  of  advice,  but  it  is  difficult  to 
get  many  to  follow  it,  and  where  there  are  so  many  growers  it  is 
impossible  to  get  them  all  to  combat  this  attack  at  one  and  the  same 
time,  as  should  be  the  case.” 
Fungus  on  wood. — Mrs.  Floyer  sent  a  specimen  of  an  orange-coloured 
wool-like  mycelium,  observing  that  “  it  grows  on  the  wooden  posts  put 
to  protect  visitors  in  the  interior  of  Poole’s  Cavern,  Buxton.  It  occurs 
many  yards  inside,  where  no  light  except  that  of  an  occasional  gas-jet 
can  reach  it.”  Dr.  M.  C.  Cooke  reported  upon  it  as  follows  : — “  The 
Bubstance  you  send  has  long  been  known  and  noted  under  the  name  of 
Ozonium  aureum,  and  classed  with  fungi  ;  but  it  is  only  an  incomplete 
or  imperfect  stage,  analogous  to  Rhizomorpha.  It  is  supposed  to 
represent  the  mycelium  of  some  one  or  more  of  woody  Polypori,  and 
possibly  of  Fomes  fomentarius  ;  this  is,  however,  of  small  importance. 
It  is  an  incomplete  fungus,  and  will  attaok  living  trees,  especially  about 
the  roots,  and  ultimately  kill  them.” 
Pelargonium  dissociation. — Mr.  Wilks  exhibited  a  truss  from  a  plant 
which  normally  bears  bright  red  crimson  flowers ;  but  it  had  three 
blossoms  of  a  pale  pink-mauve  tint,  probably  a  reversion  to  an  ancestral 
parent,  snch  as  P.  grandiflora,  one  of  the  original  sources  of  the  modern 
composite  hybrids  of  Fancy  Pelargoniums. 
Podisoma  on  Juniper. — A  branoh  bearing  this  fungus  was  reoeived 
from  Mr.  W.  H.  Divers,  Belvoir  Castle  Gardens.  It  is  dimorphic,  and 
produces  the  other  form,  known  as  Rce3telia  lacerata,  on  the  Hawthorn. 
Rose  leaf  discoloured. — Mr.  Saunders  showed  leaves  from  a  Marie 
Van  Houtte  Rose  growing  at  Oxford.  It  was  planted  in  1899,  and  did 
fairly  well  in  1900.  This  year  all  the  leaves  are  variegated,  much 
resembling  those  of  the  Japanese  Honeysuckle.  It  was  difficult  to 
pronounce  as  to  a  cause,  but  something  in  the  soil  was  suggested  as 
likely  to  produce  it.  He  also  ehowed  a  stem  of  Rosa  rugosa  with  a 
gall-like  growth  formed  just  above  the  level  of  the  earth.  The  plant 
was  one  in  a  Rose  hedge  composed  of  R.  rugosa  and  Aimee  Vibert. 
Several  of  the  plants  are  affected  in  the  same  way.  It  appears  to  resemble 
a  bacterial  disease  that  attacks  Raspberry  canes  in  the  United  States, 
known  as  “  root  or  crown  gall.”  The  Rose  was  grown  at  Micheldever, 
Hampshire.  Mr.  Worsdell  undertook  to  examine  it.  He  also  exhibited 
a  Tulip  showing  a  bulbil  in  the  axil  of  a  leaf  on  the  flower  stem. 
Cephalotaxus  Fortunei  malformed. — Mr.  Worsdell  exhibited  drawings 
of  proliferous  conditions  of  the  female  flowers  of  this  tree.  These  form 
really  an  inflorescence  of  bracts  with  two  ovules,  the  latter  being  another 
shoot.  Both  the  main  axis  and  the  floral  axis  were  proliferous.  The 
question  arose  as  to  whether  this  was  the  result  of  an  impediment  to 
the  circulation  through  strangulation,  to  which  the  tree  was  subjected, 
or  to  non-pollination. 
Miltonia  macropetalum. — Mr.  Chapman  showed  a  fine  flowering 
plant,  remarkable  for  having  the  lateral  petals  marked  like  the 
labellum.  It  had  exhibited  this  peculiarity  for  eight  years,  and  plants 
raised  by  offsets  from  it  bore  the  same  abnormal  flowers. 
Tulip,  malformed. — Mr.  O’Brien  exhibited  a  Parrot  Tulip,  in  which 
the  bracts  and  outer  perianth  leaves  were  partly  green  and  partly  yellow, 
exhibiting  a  not  uncommon  struggle  between  the  “vegetative”  and 
“  reproductive  ”  energies. 
Aroid  with  flies. — Mr.  Bowles  exhibited  a  large-spathed  Aroid,  the 
contracted  part  of  the  spathe  being  full  of  dead  flies  (Lucilia  Caesar). 
These  had  previously  laid  eggs,  the  grubs  of  whioh  had  lived  in  the 
decayed  mass.  It  was  somewhat  difficult  to  explain  how  cross¬ 
fertilisation  could  be  secured,  or  insects  born  within  the  spathe  could 
escape. 
Crinum  hybrid. — Mr.  Worsley  showed  a  fine  bloom  with  a  rose- 
coloured  perianth  of  C.  scabrum  x  C.  Moorei. 
Tomato  leaves  proliferous. — Dr.  Bonavia  sent  some  examples  of  this 
not  uncommon  peculiarity.  It  was  the  variety  Orchard’s  No.  1.  Dr. 
Bonavia  regards  the  leaf  as  a  modified  branch,  but  the  anatomical 
structure  of  the  petiole  is  not  that  of  a  stem,  but  of  the  usual  kind  in 
petioles,  having  a  horse-shoe  like  section  of  the  fibro-vascular  bundles 
with  two  extra  cords  above  on  either  side  of  the  superior  groove.  The 
leaves  had  been  shortened,  and  the  abnormal  buds  grew  out  as  a 
consequence  from  the  axils  of  the  leaflets.  The  inflorescence  appears  to 
terminate  in  a  leaf  with  an  axillary  bud,  but  this  latter  is  really  the 
terminal  bud  being  displaced  by  the  vigour  of  the  leaf.  Mr.  P. 
Dachartre  was  the  first  to  describe  proliferous  Tomatoes.  It  occurred 
particularly  in  the  true  species,  Lycopersioum  cerasiforme,  Dun,  less  so 
in  L.  pyriforme,  Dun,  and  only  in  the  hybrid  L.  esculentum  when  the 
leaves  had  been  out.  He  says  the  proliferous  state  was  practically 
habitual  in  the  yellow  variety  of  the  first-named  species.  The  new  bud 
arises  from  the  axil  of  the  leaflet,  and  a  vascular  connection  is  made 
with  the  upper  end  of  the  “  horse-shoe ;  ”  the  cords  are  very  sinuous 
at  first,  but  soon  form  a  perfect  oylinder,  of  an  oval  form  in  section, 
which  then  runs  up  the  stem  of  the  new  bud. — (Note  Sur  des  Feuilles 
ramiferes  de  Tomates.  Ann.  des  Sci.  Nat.,  Trois  ser.,  tom  19, 
p.  241,  1853.) 
Royal  National  Tulip,  June  5th. 
The  annual  northern  exhibition  of  the  Talip  society  was  held  at 
the  Free  Library,  Middleton,  near  Manchester,  on  Wednesday,  June 
5th.  The  date  selected  was  altogether  too  late.  The  forcing  weather 
of  the  last  six  weeks  upset  all  calculations,  consequently  several 
prominent  exhibitors,  such  as  the  Rev.  F.  D.  Horner,  Mr.  C.  W.  Needham, 
and  Mr.  W.  Dymock,  had  no  flowers  to  bring.  Under  these  circumstances 
the  show  was  robbed  of  much  of  its  interest,  and  most  of  the  principal 
prizes  went  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Bentley,  Stakehill,  Castleton,  Manchester, 
who  brought  a  large  quantity  of  good  flowers.  Mr.  G.  Eyre,  of  Ripley, 
Derbyshire,  brought  some  excellent  examples ;  and  Mr.  T.  Buckley, 
of  Stalybridge,  showed  well  for  a  novice.  There  is  little  that  calls 
for  notice  in  the  flowers  shown.  The  old  standard  varieties  were 
pre-eminent,  and  novelties  were  very  scarce.  The  judges,  Messrs. 
Whittaker  (Royton)  and  Housley  (Stookport)  made  the  following 
awards :  — 
•  Rectified  Tulips. 
Class  1 :  Twelve  dissimilar  Tulips,  two  feathered  and  two  flamed  in 
each  class. — First,  silver  cup,  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Sir  J.  Paxton,  Dr. 
Hardy,  flamed;  Rifleman,  Garibaldi,  feathered  bizarres;  George 
Edward,  Talisman,  flamed;  King  of  the  Universe,  Guido,  feathered 
bybs. ;  Mabel,  A.  M'Gregor,  flamed  ;  Jane,  Sarah  Ann,  feathered  roses. 
Second,  Mr.  A.  Moorhouse,  Wakefield,  with  Sir  J.  Paxton,  Sulphur, 
flamed  ;  Sir  J.  Paxton,  Lord  F.  Cavendish,  feathered  bizarres ;  May 
Queen,  Talisman,  flamed;  Bertha,  May  Queen,  feathered  bybs.;  Mabel, 
Mrs.  Bright,  flamed ;  A.  M‘Gregor,  Modesty,  feathered  roses.  Third, 
Mr.  J.  H.  Wood,  Middleton,  with  Sir  J.  Paxton,  W.  Wilson,  flamed; 
Sir  J.  Paxton,  Dr.  Hardy,  feathered  bizarres ;  Talisman,  Surpass  le 
Grand,  flamed  ;  Bessie,  King  of  the  Universe,  feathered  bybs.  ; 
A.  M’Gregor,  Triomphe  Royale,  flamed ;  Modesty,  Heroine,  feathered 
roses. 
