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awarded  to  Mr.  Win.  Little,  gardener  to  Walter  Low,  Esq.,  of 
Ballendrick,  Bridge  of  Earn,  with  large  brightly  coloured 
blooms.  Begonias,  Pansies,  Stocks,  Marigolds,  &c.,  were  all 
well  shown. 
For  twelve  bunches  of  annuals,  distinct,  Mr.  J.  McFarlane 
won  in  a  strong  class  with  a  capital  exhibit.  Fruit  was  also 
well  staged,  especially  Grapes.  Here  Mr.  Leslie  carried  all 
before  him,  other  winners  being  Messrs.  Bain,  Little,  Margach 
and  Lowe.  Apples  were  poor,  owing  to  the  cold  season,  Mr. 
McFarlane  winning  for  both  dessert  and  kitchen  varieties. 
Peaches  and  Nectarines  were  well  shown  by  Mr.  Leslie. 
Cherries,  Gooseberries  and  Currants  were  plentifully  shown,  and 
of  excellent  quality. 
For  a  collection  of  hardy  fruit,  eight  varieties,  three  com¬ 
petitors  staged,  Mr.  Harper,  Tulliebelton,  securing  first  place. 
Vegetables,  as  a  whole,  were  net  so  fine  as  usual,  although  there 
were  exceptions,  notably  the  collection  of  ten  varieties  set  up 
by  Mr.  Harper,  which  would  have  been  hard  to  beat  anywhere, 
everything  being  in  the  pink  of  perfection  and  Beautifully 
staged.  Unfortunately  a  railway  accident  happened  the  night 
previous  to  the  show,  whereby  a  special  train  conveying  a 
quantity  of  side  shows  was  wrecked.  This  will  very  materially 
affect  the  drawings  at  the  gate,  which  is  much  to  be  regretted. 
— Albyn. 
Aberdeen  Horticultural,  August  2 1st,  22nd,  23rd. 
The  annua]  three  days’  show  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  of  Aberdeen  was  opened  in  Central  Park  on  Thursday 
last.  Experts  consider  the  quality  of  the  exhibits  remarkably 
good  when  the  inclemency  of  the  season  is  considered.  The 
number  of  individual  entrants  was  less  than  last  year,  but 
there  are  more  exhibits.  In  the  section  for  plants  in  pots  open 
to  professionals  the  honours  were  carried  by  Mr.  Proctor,  gar¬ 
dener  to  Sir  William  Henderson;  Mr.  Gregor,  Fairfield  Road 
House.  Drumtochty ;  Mr.  Douglas,  Kepplestone  House  ;  and  Mr. 
Sim,  Glenburnie.  In  cut  flowers  the  leading  prizewinners  were 
Mr.  Johnstone,  Port  Elphinstone ;  Mr.  Sim,  Glenburnie;  and 
Mr.  Douglas,  Kepplestone.  In  fruit  A.  Hutton,  Montrose,  and 
A.  Howie,  Drumtochty,  were  the  most  successful  exhibitors; 
while  for  vegetables  James  Grant,  gardener  to  Miss  Chalmers, 
Rothienorman,  and  F.  Kinnaird,  Broomhill,  Aberdeen,  were 
first  and  second.  Messrs,  ('roll,  Dundee,  were  first  for  Tea 
and  hybrid  Roses,  Messrs.  Adam  and  Craigmyle,  Aberdeen,  being 
second.  Mr.  Kilgour,  gardener  to  Mr.  Webster,  Edgehill,  was 
first  for  the  best  specimen  plant  in  flower  with  a  magnificent 
Disa  grandiflora.  Fruit,  particularly  Strawberries,  shown  in  the 
working  class  section,  is  all  over  better  than  that  in  the  amateur 
section.  W.  D.  Kirton,  Ellon,  and  John  Grieve,  Woodside, 
were  successful  in  this  department.  Amongst  the  amateurs 
Messrs.  Minty,  Aberdeen,  and  John  Miller,  Aberdeen,  took 
honours  for  cut  flowers.  There  were  some  beautiful  hand  bou¬ 
quets,  and  the  medal  for  table  decorations  in  the  amateur 
section  was  gained  by  William  Taggart,  Waterloo  Station,  Aber¬ 
deen.  The  Earl  of  Aberdeen  opened  the  show  at  neon,  there 
being  also  on  the  platform  Lady  Aberdeen,  Sir  Allan  Mackenzie, 
Lord  and  Lady  Kilmarnock,  and  Principal  Lang. 
R.H.S.,  Scientific  Committee,  August  19th. 
Present:  Dr.  M.  T.  Masters  (in  the  chair),  Messrs. 
Gordon,  Odell,  Druery,  Hooper.  Saunders,  Bowles,  Worslev. 
Dr.  M.  C.  Cooke,  Revs.  W.  Wilks  and  G.  Henslow,  Hon.  Sec] 
Lavender ,  improved. — Mr.  Wilks  showed  a  spray  of  a  new 
selected  Lavender,  having  dark  purple  corollas  and  calyx. 
The  scent  was  also  stronger  than  that  of  the  old  form.  He 
remarked  that  the  white  Lavender  was  devoid  of  scent.  Mr. 
Bowles  observed  that  this  new  kind  was  somewhat  like  the 
dwarf  form  of  Lavender. 
Galls. — Mr.  Odell  showed  specimens  of  various  galls  on 
the  following  plants :  Poterium  sanguisorba,  galled  by 
Eriophyes  sanguisorbffi ;  Polygonum  amphibium,  galled  by 
Cecidomyia  persicai  ise  ;  Oak,  Q.  sessiliflora  and  Q.  peduncu¬ 
late,  galled  by  gallwasp,  Aphilothrix  genimm ;  Salix  fragilis. 
galled  by  Nematus  gallicola ;  bud  galls  on  Campanula 
glomerate. 
Abelia  rupestris  (?)  phyllotaxis. — He  also  showed  three 
stems  of  this  plant  having  opposite  leaves,  whorls  of  threes 
and  whorls  of  fours  on  separate  shoots. 
Pyrethrmn  aiireuni  var.  “  Staghorn." — Mr.  Druery  exhi¬ 
bited  a  plant  of  this  variety  raised  by  Messrs.  Storrie, 
Dundee.  It  is  characterised  by  a  distinct  tasselling  or 
cresting  of  the  main  and  lateral  apices,  precisely  as  obtained 
so  frequently  in  Ferns.  This  form  of  variation  is  extremely 
rare  in  phanerogams ;  the  only  instance  known  to  the  exhi¬ 
bitor  being  the  crested  form  of  Asparagus  plumosus,  in  which 
ease  it  is  correlated  with  extremely  Fern-like  foliage.  In  the 
Pyrethrmn  shown  the  leaves  are  distinctly  pinnate,  with 
stipitate  pinn,®  -precisely  on  Fern-lines,  as  are  the  terminal. 
It  is  stated  to;H>e  so  far  fixed  that  80  per  cent,  of  the 
seedlings  are  trite  after  five  years’  cultivation. 
Malformations.  —  Mr.  Corderoy  sent  examples  of  Wheat-ear, 
Antirrhinum,  in  which  no  flowers  were  present,  but  short  branches 
covered  with  minute  green  bracts  occupied  their  position.  A  Briar 
which  bore  a  yellow  variegated  stem,  but  the  leaves  upon  it  were 
entirely  green,  an  unusual  combination  for  which  no  reason  could  be 
assigned.  Lathyrus  latifolius  with  green  flowers.  These  apparently 
had  received  some  check,  so  that  although  nearly  fully  formed,  the 
flowers  dropped.  The  stamens  had  full-sized  anthers,  which  did  not 
dehisce,  the  styles  were  arrested  much  below  the  anthers,  and  the 
stigmas  were  immature.  As  the  flowers  of  Honeysuckle  sometimes 
exhibit  a  similar  appearance  late  in  the  season,  it  may  be  attributable 
to  the  late  cold  month  of  July. 
Silver-leaf  disease. — Mr.  Worsley  exhibited  the  grafted  portion  of 
the  stem  of  a  Peach  or  Plum  showing  the  decayed  condition  of  the 
centre.  He  observed  that  below  the  graft  the  dead  part  decreased  by- 
degrees  downwards,  till  in  the  roots  there  was  none.  His  impression 
was  that  the  disease  (stereum.  according  to  Prof.  Perceval)  proceeds 
upwards  and  downwards.  The  specimen  was  sent  to  Prof.  Perceval 
for  further  examination. 
Onions  and  caterpillars.  —  Mr.  J.  Walker,  Thame,  sent  some 
foliage,  upon  which  Mr.  McLaehlan  reports  as  follows:  “The  larva 
is  that  of  some  Noctuid  moth,  and  probably  of  Mamestra  Brassiere, 
which  will  feed  on  nearly  everything,  from  Oak  to  grass.  At  the 
present  time  hand-picking,  where  the  plants  are  attacked,  would 
perhaps  be  best,  or  a  good  spraying  with  some  of  the  paraffin  prepa¬ 
rations.  Earlier  in  the  year  —  say  two  months  earlier  —  repeated 
spraying  with  arsenical  or  paraffin  preparations  might  save  the  young 
plants.  At  this  season  the  attacks  will  probably  not  do  very  much 
harm,  as  the  Onions  will  be  well  on  towards  maturity.  One  can 
hardly  prevent  the  depositing  of  eggs,  because  the  moths  fly  from  a 
distance;  the  thing  is  to  preserve  the  young  plants  by  rendering  the 
foliage  distasteful  by  means  of  spraying  as  before  mentioned.  Even 
this  is  uncertain,  because  the  larvae  may  move  on  to  the  Onions  from 
some  other  contiguous  crop  that  may  have  been  gathered,  such  as 
Cabbage,  &c.”  Some  doubts  were  expressed  as  to  the  desirability  of 
using  arsenical  preparations,  in  case  it  might  be  absorbed  by  the 
Onions,  when  eaten  in  the  early  stage. 
Physianthus  and  moths. — Mr.  Henslow  exhibited  flowering  sprays 
of  this  plant  from  Cape  Town,  in  which  nearly  every  flower  had 
retained  a  grey  moth,  by  the  proboscis  having  caught  between  the 
anthers,  which  are  fixed  to  the  stigmatic  head  in  Asclepiads.  They 
either  died  from  starvation,  cr  were  picked  off  by  bats,  which  are 
aware  of  their  constant  presence  in  these  flowers. 
Pelargoniums  with  secondary  tubers. — In  allusion  to  the  illustration 
lately  received  of  Leucoium,  with  secondary  tubers  below  the  first, 
Mr.  Henslow  showed  specimens  of  small  tuberous-rooted  species  from 
barren  slopes  of  Table  Mountain,  in  which  similar  secondary  tubers 
were  found  below  those  from  which  the  foliage  and  flowers,  proceeded. 
He  suggested  that  they  might  be  water-reservoirs  in  this  particular 
case,  as  the  plants  were  in  full  flower  in  the  dry  season.  Such  tubers 
occur  in  plants  (as  species  of  Erodium)  in  the  N.  African  deserts. 
Phototropism. — Mr.  Henslow  described  an  experiment  to  illustrate 
the  effect  of  light  in  connection  with  gravity,  &c.  Mustard  seed  was 
grown  on  a  thin  layer  of  cotton  wool,  kept  moist,  on  a  perforated  tin 
tray,  suspended  under  an  inverted  flower-pot,  raised  upon  a  support 
so  that  the  Mustard  was  illuminated  only  from  below  by  means  of  a 
sheet  of  white  gape'.  Gravity  had  no  effect  upon  the  germinating 
