President's Address. 



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N. RafflcsiaTia infused into it. The pitchers have the colour 

 of N. Bafflesiana, but possess a broader rim, approaching 

 iV. Veitchii in this respect. The conducting surface is 

 intermediate between the two parents. I have drawn up a 

 list of Nepenthes-hybrids with their parentage, so far as is 

 known, and I would here express my obligations to the 

 Messrs Veitch for information kindly supplied regarding the 

 numerous hybrids raised by them. Unfortunately the 

 parentage of the earlier raised hybrids is imperfectly known. 



Names of hyhrid Nepenthes grown in Gardens. 



Nepenthes Amesiana. 

 ,, atrosanguinea. 



„ Broomeana. 



„ coceinea. 



„ Claytonii. 



„ Hamiltonii. 



„ Morganiae. 



„ Hookerae. 



Patersoni. 



Nepenthes Paradisiae. 

 „ picturata. 



lyrata. 



Seemaniana. 



Siebrechtii. 



splendida. 



Thorpiana. 



washingtoniana. 



Dominii viridis. 



It would be interesting as an experiment to try whether 

 pollen, of the iinintroduced species, would prove fertile when 

 sent home. Seeing that male plants of Nepenthes are usually 

 much more numerous than female, seeds might not be pro- 

 curable, and it is just possible that if pollen were sent home 



