332 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
supplying to our gardens a far greater diversity of colour and form by 
crossing natural plants, and to respond to the suggestions of esthetic 
tastes by developing the hidden forces of plants in this direction or in 
that. And who amongst us does not desire that the plant or the flower 
which he has produced with great labour and skill should not be thought 
beautiful by all the most refined of mankind, and that those who can 
afford it should be willing to lavish their money upon it? And all these 
desirable things may be the glorious result of scientific hybridisation. 
When I devoted myself to such an interesting family as Bromeliacee, 
of which the Vrieseas are those which lend themselves best to modifica- 
tion, it was because I knew that I should be able to eventually obtain 
improvements which would enrich the horticultural world with a series 
of varieties of Vrieseas—to only quote one genus—capable of giving 
universal satisfaction, and of which I am very proud of having been 
one of the most enthusiastic promoters. 
MONSIEUR L. 
HYBRID BROMELIADS OBTAINED BY 
DUVAL. 
Species Hybrid Seed Parent Pollen Parent Date 
rr | 
Vriesea | Andreana, H.D. . Morenno-Barilleti . +Splendens Major . | 1894 
ss | Aurora Rex H.P.. . | Aurora . 5 + Rex x | 1898 
5 Bijou, H.D.. Morenno Barilleti. + Tulgida . 1893 
= Cappei, H.D. ‘: Van Geerti + Cardinalis ' 1894 
+ | Cardinalis, H.D. . Brachystachis + Krameri ’ . | 1890 
‘ | Cardinalis superba Cardinalis + Morenno Barilleti . 1894 
x Conferto Rex Conferta + Rex . | 1899 
55 | Devansayana Brachystachis + Krameri . | 1893 
+ Duchartrei . Morenno Barilleti . + Splendida . 1894 
% | Ducreti Morenniana . + Van Geerti . | 1895 
4 | Dufricheana Duvali + Psittacina . | 1890 
59 | Duvaliana Major . | Duvali : + Tulgida . . 1894 
“ | Klegans | Morenno Barilleti : + Duvali | 1894 
- | Tenestralo Tulgida | Tenestralis + Tulgida . 1894 
33 | Tulgida Incurvata 3 : + Duvali 1899 
Be | Gemma ' Morenno Barilleti . + Tulgida . . |» 1893 
. | Griesseniana _ Encholision Coralinum . + Rex . | 1898 
55 Gloriosa | Barilleti + Ineurvata 1894 
4) | Elmireana . _ Splendens + Cardinalis - 1895 
3 Henricii | Splendens + Splendida | 1894 
5 Imperator . | Magnisiana + Rex . 1899 
7 Kitteliano Rex Kitteliana + Rex . | 1899 
5 . | Kvamero Tulgida | Tulgida . + Krameri . | 1893 
a Minima Morenniana + Duvali . | 1893 
" Morenno Barilleti Barilleti + Movenniana 1889 
. Nanoti Morenniana + Tulgida . 1894 
4 Poelmani . Gloriosa + Van Geerti _ 1897 
3 Poelmani superba | Gloriosa '+ Van Geerti 1897 
“ Psittacino Tulgida Psittacina + Tulgida . 1893 
mt Psittacino splendens Psittacina : . | + Splendens 1894 
# Rex , Morenno Barilleti . + Cardinalis 1893 
¥ Rex Superba Morenno Bavrilleti . + Rex _ 1897 
os Rex nigrescens Moyrenno Barilleti . + Rex / 1899 
+ Speranza Kitteliana + Van Geerti . | 1898 
, Sphinx Tenestralis + Splendens . |, 1893 
ss Splendida Duyali ‘ + Ineurvata . | 1889 
. Witteana Morenno Barilleti : + Splendens 1894 
3 .  Vigeri Minor Rodigasiana . Cardinalis 1898 
* . | Vigeri Major Rodigasiana . 2 | + Rex 1898 
+ Vassillieri Tenestralo Tulgida + Van Geerti 1899 
9 . Witteano Rex Witteana : + Rex é + 1899 
Tillandsia Duvali Tillandsia Lindeni- Major + T* L" Vera Se | 1899 
more than thirty sets of plants still to flower.) 
(This list of 42 plants, which are all the result of my own hybridisation, is not final, as I have 
