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Gigantism in Primula sinensis 



TABLE III. 



Record of Crosses between Giant White Queen Star and other varieties 



of P. sinensis. 



Giant White 



Queen Star 



= ? 



Year 

 1908 



1909 



Catalogue 

 Number of 

 the Variety 



bB 

 15 



Name of Variety 

 Normal White Queen Star 

 Euby Star 

 552 Normal White Queen Star 



5 Z)3/2 Normal 

 5D3/2 



1908 

 1909 



1911 



16/1 



(SBpl 



20/3/1 



130 B/2 



25 



190 £ 



180 

 62/6/1 



White Star 



Ivy Leaf 

 Cambridge Blue 



Snow King 



I\, Reading Pink x Crimson King 

 Snow Drift ... 



Orange (Coral) Pink 



Carnation Mauve Flake 



Crimson King 



Duchess 



Queen Alexandra 



Giant Primula sinensis 



A Blue, Semi-giant ... 



Normal sinensis 



Giant form 

 Semi-giant form 



Giant White 

 Queen Star 



= <? 



1908 



1909 

 1911 



1908 



1909 

 1911 



1908 



1909 



80J53 

 80^6 



3 el 



180 



180 



14/2/1 G 



130^ la 



2^1 



25 



5B 



5Bp 



20/3/1 and 



20/5 



F3 of Giant Pink x Ld. Roberts Star 



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Giant Pink 



Giant Primula sinensis 



Giant White (Sutton) 



Giant F2 , Royal White x Snow King 

 F3, Reading Pink x Crimson King 

 A White Sinensis ... 



Snow Drift 



Duchess 



Normal White Queen Star 



Cambridge Blue 



Snow King ... 



no seed 



Giant form 



Normal sinensis 



Normal stellata 



^ The plants thus raised were typical Giant White Queen Star. Though possibly 

 they were due to accidental selling of the female parent, they yielded no seed neither when 

 self-fertilized nor when crossed with normal White Queen Star. 



