REPORTS OF THE- FLORAL 



LIV. EEPORTS OF THE FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 



(Continued from p. 298.) 



December 13, I860.— John Jackson Br.ANDT,Esq.,V.P.R.H.S., 

 and afterwards Edward Kosher, Esq., F.R.H.S., in the Chair. 



Reports on the collection of Variegated Begonias and the 

 Heliotropes grown at Chiswick in 1860^ prepared by the 

 Secretary, were read and adopted. 



The plants and flowers exhibited on this occasion were as 

 follows : — 



Taxus baccata erecta. At the meeting held on November 

 8th (p. 296) Mr. Rivers; of Sawbridge worth, sent for examination 

 an upright or pyramidal Yew, of which he gave the following 

 account : — " Some weeks since I observed that the Floral Com- 

 mittee gave a certificate to Mr. Crowder, for a variety of Taxus 

 haccata, which they named erecta. About five years ago, I 

 received from the continent a Yew under this name, which I then 

 thought might turn out to be hihernica, or a variety raised in . 

 Yorkshire, and called pyramidalis. It has, however, proved a 

 most distinct and elegant variety— more so than any other Yew 

 that I am acquainted with. As this variety has priority of name, 

 it is necessary, to avoid confusion, that Mr. Crowder's Yew 

 should be distinguished by some other name than erecta. This 

 variety will, I think, supersede the Irish Yew, it is so fastigiate, 

 and yet so graceful." The plant appeared so closely to resemble 

 that exhibited by Mr. Crowdee (p. 287) that it was determined 

 to invite both varieties at the December meeting, and also to 

 request Mr. Crowder to furnish more precise information as to 

 the origin of his seedling. 



In a letter to the Secretary, Mr. Crowder now gave 





mg particulars :—" My f 





t of my stock some 15 years since amongst a plot of 

 Yew which had been raised from seeds, and thinking it 

 distinct variety, he propagated a few plants merely to see 

 it would retain its erect habit, which it did in every 

 As soon as I took my father's business, I commenced to propa- 

 gate it more freely, and haviug rai 

 Committee, to ascertain whether c 



, submitted i: 



