CHAPTER V 



HYBRIDS AND HYBRIDISING 



IN the Apogon group few hybrids have been raised. 

 The principal known to the author are Monspur 

 and ochaurea (see accompanying plate), the former 

 between Monnieri and spuria, and the latter between 

 orientalis (pchroleuca) and aurea, both raised by Sir 

 Michael Foster. They are good and desirable plants. 

 No one has succeeded in combining /. laevigata with any 

 other species, but further effort is worth making. The 

 present writer has failed in trials with /. Pseudacorus, but 

 some hybrids have been obtained only by repeated ex- 

 periment, and it would be impossible to say that such a 

 probably valuable cross could not be effected. Those 

 who wish to experiment in hybridising may find sug- 

 gestion by glancing through the keys to this and to other 

 sections herein provided. For instance, /. albopurpurea 

 and /. hexagona, I. fulva, and /. laevigata coming near 

 together invite attention, especially the first pair. 



In Evansia no cross appears to have been effected, but 

 the first three species are not undeserving of attention. 



In Oncocyclus, combined with other groups, and 

 especially with 1. Koro/koivi, of the Regelia group, 

 wonders have been performed by Sir Michael Foster, and 

 for some years I have noted these Korolkoivi hybrids in his 

 garden as among the most beautiful of flowers I know. 

 His paradoxa X Korolkoivi is exceedingly rich and beauti- 

 ful. These groups are closely allied, and, by crossing, 

 magnificent flowers have been obtained, not singly on 



