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Hymenocallis calathina x Crinum (? variety); the result is a much 
dwarfened H. calathina which blooms seldom, and the staminal cup is 
often split. During many years this bulb has produced but one seed ; this 
was last season. -Another attempt was Pancratiwm (sp.) x a daffodil ; 
the result was a quantity of seed which came up freely, but gradually died 
out, so that the third year saw the last of them, and this without any of 
them blooming. 
Attempts to cross Hippeastrum with pellen of Sprekelia failed, though 
I have had pods of seed from this cross filled with apparently good seed ; 
but none of it would grow. On the other hand, I have among seedlings 
of Hippeastrum which had fertilised themselves, some which seem to 
approach Sprekelia in form of bloom and in the grouping upwards of the 
five upper divisions of the perianth, while the bottom division is long and 
straight. 
Amaryllis Belladonna x Lycoris aurea gives a plant generally like 
A. Belladonna: the flowers are smaller and have the wayy divisions of 
perianth of a Lycoris, but not to the same extent. 
Calostemma lutewm x Pancratium maritimum gaye a quantity of 
fertile seed, and the seedlings are growing strongly, but none have 
flowered yet, so itis uncertain if the cross has taken. Curiously, several of 
the seeds developed two plants, and one seed gave three plants from the 
one seed. 
These notes would be incomplete were I not to mention the names of 
other local workers in this field. Amongst others G. H. Kerslake, of 
Potts Hill, who has done much work amongst chrysanthemums, cactus- 
dahlias, bouvardias, &c.; H. Selkirk, of Killara, amongst daffodils &e. ; 
A. Clark, of Essendon, Victoria, with daffodils; T. Godwin, of North 
Sydney, with orchids; L. Buckland, of Camperdown, Victoria, with 
daffodils. 
