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FOXGLOVE HYBRIDS. 



The hybrid plants of Digitalis purpurea L. and D. lanata Ehrh. 

 have been conspicuous for their tall wands of small cream flowers 

 that uniformly fail to produce seeds. The plants show more or 

 less variation in size of all parts and to the breeder's eye behave 

 quite as true hybrids. 



XIC0TL\XA HYBRIDS. 



Hybrid plants of Nicotianu Sandrca upon iV. alata L. and O. 

 continued the peculiar display of showy flowers of unusual 

 shades through the latter half of the season. 



PANSY HYBRIDS. 



There were several patches of the combination of Viola tricolor 

 L. upon V. tricolor var. arverisis DC, blooming freely from 

 very early spring until late autumn and wnile not with large 

 flowers, they make up in numbers for any lack in size, and are 

 desirable for low perennials. 



"golden BOWL-OKRA" HYBRID. 



The one blend plant considered and figured in the Annual for 

 1909 (p. 320) was transferred in autumn to the greenhouse 

 where it continued to bloom and fruit so that several close- fer- 

 tilized seeds were obtained larger than the few produced in the 

 open, and from them three plants resulted. The original hybrid 

 plant was again placed in the open (May, 1910), and produced 

 blooms and fruits, but grew only about four feet high, yielding 

 thirty-six pods which were smaller than those of last year. Of 

 the three plants of the second generation, two reached maturity, 

 attaining a height of six feet, and bore flowers similar in color 

 and shape to those of the blend, some flowers being even larger. 

 One bloom in particular on September 14th had a diameter of 

 55^ inches and later opened to 6}i inches. The pods are larger 

 than those of Hibiscus Manihot L., having the hairiness of that 

 parent, and, while no actual test has been made, they would prob- 

 ably not be an improvement over the okra parent (H. esculent us 

 L.) for table use. As an ornamental for grouping at the side 

 of a lawn, it promises to have some value. 



PELARGONIUM ( GERANIUM) CROSS. 



Two years ago a cross was obtained with "Anastasia" — a deli- 

 cate rose-pink single-flowered variety, upon "Castellane" bear- 



