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of this amendment should be clearly Indicated by those 

 who have favored the contemplated innovation. As it 

 stands now its purport is somewhat obscure and is liable 

 to be misunderstood. 



With forsythias, magnolias, Lonicera 



A remarkable fragrantissima, Ehododendron Dahuri- 



season cum, daffodils and hyacinths in full 



bloom, scillas, chionodoxas, crocuses 

 and Daphne mezerium already finished and lilacs show- 

 ing their flower-spikes April 7, Boston in common with 

 the rest of the country is certainly going through an ex- 

 perience the equal of which the oldest inhabitant cannot 

 recall and the youngest inhabitant is not likely to see 

 duplicated before the time when he, in turn, shall have 

 become the oldest inhabitant. Nobody can say what 

 havoc the weather man or the Halley comet may have 

 in store for us but it is frightful to think of the possi- 

 bilities in destruction of fruit and verdure should things 

 turn, as they are apt to do in a precocious spring, and 

 make a normal average temperature for the season; but 

 we shall live in hope and it can be said that outside of 

 the breaking by the great ice storm in early winter, gar- 

 den material generally has come through the winter 

 practically unscathed. Not in many years have broad- 

 leaved evergreens especially, looked so well as they do 

 this spring. 



Trans-Atlantic Notes 



A HYBRID EEHMANNIA BBISCOEI 



x\t a meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society on March 18, H. J. Veitch 

 showed a hybrid between Eehmannia angulata female 

 and E. Henryi male, and the parents were also shown. 

 The hybrid showed in the chief points that it was inter- 

 mediate between the two species, the growth being 

 dwarfer than that of E. angulata, and in having an erect 

 inflorescence instead of condensed, as in that of the 

 pollen parent. 



The blooms are in tint a soft pink. The leaves form 

 a rosette and resemble those of E. Henryi in having 

 dark colored veins, but they are more hairy than E. 

 angulata. A botanical certificate was unanimously 

 recommended. 



NOVELTIES EXHIBITED 



At the meeting of the Eoyal Horticultural Society 

 on March 22 the hall was crowded with exhibits amon? 

 them many very brilliant displays. The visitors were 

 very numerous also and included many purchasers — • 

 and perhaps that is the main thing thought of nowa- 



days, for a large amount of trade is done by the keener 

 dealers. It is, in fact, a bazaar, pure and simple. An 

 award of merit was given to Sir Trevor Lawrence for 

 LaBlio-cattleya Trimyra, an orange colored flower, deeper 

 orange in throat. Sir J. Colman received an award of 

 merit for a plant of Odontoglossum Thompsonianum 

 Gatton Park Hybrid (0. Edwardii x 0. crispum Mary 

 Colman), flowers white with a tint of purple and edging 

 of white. A similar award was given to F. Sander & 

 Sons for Houlettia Sanderi. Sir T. Lawrence showed a 

 good decorative stove plant in Calathea crocata, a low 

 growing species having orange-scarlet flowers arranged 

 on spikes slightly taller than the leaves. From the 

 same exhibitor came a showy Anthurium conchiflorum 

 (A. Scherzerianum x A. Chamberlainii). The spathe is 

 almost circular, and cupped, hence its varietal name. 

 Messrs. Barr & Sons were large exhibitors of narcissus, 

 his greatest novelties being N. incomparabilis Fire Dome 

 which has a striking red or orange corona one inch in 

 diameter and sulphur colored perianth. Seraphin, 

 another novelty, has a lemon yellow corona li/o inch 

 in breadth, and 3 inches in depth, and perianth white; 

 a noble flower. N. incomparabilis Argent shows on the 

 corona a kind of collection of perianth segments with its 

 divisions. Lack of space forbids mention in detail of 

 other fine exhibits. 



Primula Reinii 



The pretty little primula shown in the accompanying 

 illustration is a native of Japan, where it gi'ows in Mt. 

 Fuji and is said to be perfectly hardy. The flowers are 

 pale pink in color. We are indebted to the Yokohama 

 Nursery Co. for the photograph. 



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