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1896. Ten bunches treated. Result destroyed by hail. 
1897. Ten bunches treated. Gathered five or six berries which have 
been preserved in alcohol. 
1898. Ten bunches treated. Gathered forty seeds October 5, some 
December 27; all have come up well. 
78. Clematis, var. grandiflora (Hort.) x Clematis Davidiana 
(Verlot). 
Object.—To obtain Clematis with large sweet-smelling flowers (the 
flowers of David’s Clematis are agreeably scented). 
Notre.—Clematis Davidiana is a herbaceous species. 
1890. Eleven flowers treated, in five varieties. Result nil. 
79. Clematis viticella (L.) x C. Davidiana (Verlot). 
1890. Five flowers treated. Result nil. 
80. Hypericum patulum (Thunb.) x H. ealyeinum (L.). 
Object.—To obtain in Hypericum patulwm, which is shrubby and 
upright, flowers as large as those of Hypericum calycinwm, which is 
herbaceous and creeping. 
1896. Four flowers treated. One capsule gathered, yielded no 
plants. 
1897. Five flowers treated. Result nil. 
1898. Five flowers treated. Some seeds gathered have given two 
plants ; now vigorous. 
81. Pzeonia albiflora (Pall.) x P. lutea (Franch.). 
Object.—To obtain, by the intervention of a very lovely lustrous yellow 
colour, new colours in the Chinese Ponies (herbaceous). 
Norre.—Peonia lutea is a new woody species introduced by the Muséum .n 1886, 
from Yunnan. 
1897. Five flowers treated. Result nil. 
1899. Six flowers treated. One seemed to succeed. One carpel 
has swollen. 
82. Peeonia lutea (Franch.) x P. albiflora (Pall.). 
Object.—To vary the glossy yellow colour of P. lutea. 
1899. Four flowers treated. Three appear to promise results; they 
show ten carpels swelling. 
83. Potentilla fruticosa (Lour.) x P. atrosanguinea (Don). 
Object.—To obtain other colours in Potentilla fruticosa, so far 
uniformly yellow. 
Nore.—Potentilla atrosanguinea is a herbaceous species. 
1897. Seven flowers treated. Result nil. 
84. Androsace sarmentosa (Wall.) x Primula officinalis (Jacq.)= 
P. veris (L.). 
1897. Two inflorescences treated. One had set, and promised well ; 
it was cut off and found on the spot (June 5, 1897). 
