BOTANICAL NEWS. J23 
T f T ' . fT^ , reP ° rtS ' Concernin S a fift h remittance of Cinchona Bark from 
India, that, on the whole, it is unquestionably the most encouraging that he has 
had an opportunity of examining from that country. 
Dr. Masters is delivering a course of weekly lectures on ■ Plant Architec- 
ture, to the members of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
M. Triana presented his memoir on the Melastomacem to the last meeting 
k th ' ™ an Societ y- Tt describes more than 2000 species, belonging to 
about 150 genera, and is of special value from the care with which the author 
has traced the synonymy, and identified, from the examination of authentic 
specimens, the species of former authors. 
M. Denis, of Hyeres, has produced a remarkable hybrid Palm, by impreg- 
nating the ovules of Ckanuerop, humilis with the pollen of Phoenix dactylifera. 
ie truit is intermediate in form and structure between the two parents, and 
the young plant grown from the hybrid seed seems to be most like the male 
parent 
parent. 
Botanical Society 
Thursday, \Uh March.— Isaac Ander- 
«m.xienry, Esq., of Woodend, President, in the chair. The following com- 
munications were read :-l. On the Hybridization or Crossing of Plants. By 
» -President. The author had begun his experiments as far back as 1840, 
wing then been convinced of the truth of the Lamarckian doctrine of develop- 
ment. He gives an account of his various efforts, sometimes carried on to pro- 
uee effective florists' flowers, and at other times with more purely scientific 
o jects m T iew. One of the more interesting conclusions which he deduces 
torn his numerous experiments is the following :— I may here notice a fact I 
occurrence 
ji j - "" » ■ ■■ ■ ■ »■ v/i/vun vuisC/ ciLiiuug uiy CALicniiJtriiiSj liial V* lien 
ad to cross an American with an Asiatic species, it took much more kindly 
mn crossing either of these, especially the former, with European species ; and, 
* I shall not have another opportunity of recurring to this subject, I may 
we observe also the decided preference of plants of the southern hemisphere 
m ercross among themselves, however remote their original homes may be— 
witl d h ° W mUCh easieF lt Wa8 10 cro8S Australian and New Zealand plants 
ieir allies of South America, than with European or kindred species in the 
iern hemisphere. I have also observed that true American species have 
great M* o,r™. • i ... „ _ r _ 
. . ^ t w wvm v>iiu .European man wiui Asiatic species, anu uiat -a.si- 
^ species have no less aversion to intermix with European kinds. There is only 
s ance, I remember, of effecting a successful cross between an Asiatic and 
pean species, and that was in crossing a small species of Khododendron 
dot l yeU0W Heliant hemum-like flowers, being a form of Rhododendron lepi- 
£ wwl ^Ued R. etceagnoides, of the Sikkim ranges, with R. ferrugineum, a 
oth f n ^ **" 8 cross I raised two plants ; one died, and I kept the 
witl ° r ^ ears 5 ^ flowered with me, the blooms being dirty red, splashed 
to K" ^ a e ^ tmt# * fc was au odd-looking thing, and I afterwards sent it 
Note^ aS a b ° tanical cariosity. What became of it there I never heard. 2. 
quir ° n . 80rne °* tne Composite of the Andes, and more particularly on Chu- 
y insignis. By Professor Jameson, of Quito. Communicated by Isaac 
p erson -Henry , Esq. 3. Obituary Notice of Professor John Goodsir. By 
ossor Balfour. Dr. Balfour alluded to the loss which the Society had sus- 
