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season (1899). In these the leaves, some of which are 3% in. long at the 
time of writing, are all beautifully marked with silvery spots, and, but for 
their blunter apices, would be indistinguishable from the first series of 
hybrids having Tuberous Begonias as seed parents. 
Norrt.—At the Conference illustrations were shown and brief notes 
given of other hybrids than the above described, viz.— 
(1):Hybrid Albucas, involving in a variety of ways the following 
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Fis. 91.—Rep Tusrrous Brconta x B. coccrnea (nat. size). 
species : A. corymbosa, A. prolifera, A. caudata, A. Nelsoni, A. fasti- 
giata, A. trichophylla, and A. minor. It was mentioned that as many as 
five of these were united in the parentage of certain of the crosses. 
(2) Begonia semperflorens x B. fuchsioides. 
(3) Abutilon Darwinii, var. (2) x.A. megapotamicum variegatum. 
(4) Centaurea ragusina candidissima x C. Scabiosa. 
It is intended to incorporate the notes and figures of Albucas in a 
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