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refractory|as regards the action of the pollen of a neighbouring and per- 
fectly normal species. This observation confirmed my idea which { had 
already conceived (now twelve years ago), viz. that the Varin Lilac, 
Fria. 118.—Syrinca persica, L. 
Showing one lobed Leaf. 
figs. 115, 116, 117, was a hybrid, and that its parents were the Persian 
Lilac, fig. 118, and the common Lilac, fig. 112. 
I chose then, as seed-bearers, the Persian Lilac type, fig. 118, with rose 
hydrangea flowers, and the Persian Lilac with whitish flowers, fig. 113; 
