C. C. III liST. TIIK \l'l'l.!i;\Tlil.N HF IIIK l'IllM ll'LKS ni' l.KNKIIKS. -Ji', 



second goiicralion is sim|)ly Mcndcliyn sef;i'(>>>-iilioii. Profossor !)(> Vrics \v;is 

 Lho firsl II) rcoo^niso il, l'or oarly in 1900 lie wrolo lo me askins^- il' liio l'orluMis 

 liyl)i'i(ls cxliibileil al Ihc ('onroi-cnc(> lnllowed Mondol's law. I']vor since llial 

 Umo I liavo Iriod to self B. X slriKi/iln/lln in al! Uinds of ways, Iml so far liavc 

 failed. '^Cl. cvim'v year il sels (jiiile IVeely in llieopeii. Dr Sluili lias sui<'gestcd 

 lo me l[ial llie jtlanl is probahly sell'-slerile wilh ils own pollen, and llial llie 

 seeds prodiHi'il in llir open are llie resulls ol' pollinalion by /;. D/iririnii II may 

 jje so, and yel Ihc resulls olilained from llie open ilowers seeni more likely lo 

 hâve come l'rom sell' pollinalion. Hillierto I liave rel'rained IVom publisliing' \\w 

 Berberis dala, Ihougli lliey provide a parlienlarly inlereslint;- ilhislralion of 

 Mendelian segreg'alion, siniply becanse 1 cnuld noi be certain aboul Ihe précise 

 parentat^e of Ihe liyl)i'ids eitlier in F, or 1' . H miisl also be remembered lliat 

 only a single planl of I*', bas so l'ai' as I know ever been raised, and llial was 

 from a nalural cross in a gardon. I hâve failed lo re|)eal Ihe ci-oss afler inany 

 Irials. 



.VI Ihe Slalion we havi' sonie l'.MlO planls of F, and F, of Ihe cross, raised 

 from open Ilowers. and amongsl Ihese bave ajipeared .t number' of \alnable 

 gardon l'omis, whicli cloarly havo arisen by segregalion and rceombinalion of 

 Ihe characlers of lho original specios B. Danvinii and D. cuipelrifnlla. Perhaps 

 llie I)osl of thèse forms is one whicli bas lho orange-eoloiired Ilowers of /i. Dar- 

 (c/;)//' conibincd witli lho gracefnl, drooping babil of Ihc F, h\brid /». X>-/'''i'i- 

 /iki/lld. Curiously onough lliis F, form is miich more Ni^oroiis in babil lliaii 

 Ihc V\ liybrid. and Ilowers aboul 10 days jalei-, 



Hollii/g. \ large uumber of bcrries galhered from dilfci'cnl varieti(^s of 

 hollies wilh variegaled leavcs, bave boen sown and ha\e given some rallier 

 curions resulls. So far, ail lliose vai'ielies wilh gold and siher muriflned leaves 

 germinale IVeely wilh i/rllinr colylcdons, and Ihcn pcrish. pi'oduciiig no adull 

 planls. 



On tlic iilhci- liand (hosc vai'iclics wilh gold and silver l>lnlr/,i'il leaves, ger- 

 minale wilh grccn eolyledons. and grow up inlo adull planls wilh green leaves 

 like llie common holly. No doubl Profossor Haur will be ablc lo Ihrow some 

 ligbl on Ihis curions facl. One difficully whicli occurs lo me is Ihal tlic female 

 variegaled hollies concerned, musl almost cerlainly bave bccn fcriiliscd by 

 common green maies, uniess apogamy look place. 



To lest Ihis maller further, an isolated breeding plot of I i female hollies 

 with one variely of maie bas been planted for seed. 



The well known variely of Holly, known as " Golden Queen " is curiously 

 onough, a maie, bultbis year a single small berry conlainingonly a single seed, 

 bas been observed on Ibis variely. If Ihis seed gcrminalcs il will be inl(>r(^s- 

 ling to see what it produees. 



Forest Tree!<. — A number of indixidiud Irces of slraighl growing Oaks, 

 Iruc silvcr-barked I^irchcs, erecl-growing Hollies, l^nglisb yews, and while- 

 Ihorn Ouicks for bedges bave been selected. and isolated as far as possible, 

 from which it is hoped to raise bomozygous liues, in order to prcvenl the large 

 waslage novv existent in nurseries where mixed seediings are grown. In mosl 

 of thèse crops I bave observed certain beds, in which (|uilc .Ml "„ of Ihe |)lanls 

 were eilber useless and had to be deslroved, or whal was abnosl a-- bail. Iiad lo 



