. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . enthave been recommended—that of corrosive sub-limate, which does not appear to prevent thedisease to any appreciable degree; and the for- SOCIETIES. ROYAL Committee. June 2%.—Pns,,it: Dr. M. T. Masters, (inthe chair), Messrs. Gordon, Massee, Chittenden, Wors-dell, Shea, Saunders, and Douglas ; Dr. M. C. Cooke,Sir D. Morris, , Revs. W. Wilks and , Hon. Sec. Verictahlc Products of West Indies.—Sir D. MORKIS-gave an interesting account of the cultivatio
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . enthave been recommended—that of corrosive sub-limate, which does not appear to prevent thedisease to any appreciable degree; and the for- SOCIETIES. ROYAL Committee. June 2%.—Pns,,it: Dr. M. T. Masters, (inthe chair), Messrs. Gordon, Massee, Chittenden, Wors-dell, Shea, Saunders, and Douglas ; Dr. M. C. Cooke,Sir D. Morris, , Revs. W. Wilks and , Hon. Sec. Verictahlc Products of West Indies.—Sir D. MORKIS-gave an interesting account of the cultivation and in-troduction into the English markets of new fruits nowbeing raised. Thus, the Litchi has been brought freshfrom Trinidad ; its cultivation requires alternations of^bright sunshine and water, so that its success depends^upon artificial irrigation in the dry season. Mangos be also imported fresh, as well as much Cayenne Pine-apples, of the type grown imSt. Micliaels, the average price being 4s. Bananas,usually imported from Jamaica and Costa Rica, are now. Fig. 12.—exhibition of rambler roses by mr. m. h. walsh at the Massachusetts HORTICULTURAL .SOCIETY AT BOSTON, MARCH L4 TO l7, 1904. (SEE P. 24.) malin seed treatment, which is stated to preventthe disease to a very marked extent. The for-malin treatment is as follows : Add half a pint offormalin (40 per cent, strength) to 15 gallons ofwater; soak the seed tubers in it for two hours,then cut and plant. It must be remembered that the soil in whichdiseased plants have been growing would not bea fit situation in which to plant seed Potatos,however much disinfected, until it is clearlyascertained that all germs of the disease havebeen killed out of the soil. It may be noted that in one plant sent, whichwas thoroughly dead and in process of decay, awhite mould was present in all its parts. Theconidia were profuse, colourless, from subgloboseto cylindrical (8m diam. to 30 x 8^ ). There canbe no
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