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In addition to the above there is one other form in cultivation, 
this bearing the name of F. intermedia. This name was given 
by Zabel, and the plant so named was considered by him to be 
a hybrid between F. suspensa and F. viridissima, his conception 
of the former species, however, being that of the plant here con- 
sidered as F. Fortunet. In habit this hybrid is intermediate 
between its two parents, as well shown in the accompanying 
illustration, in which the plant to the left is F. ae that to 
the right F. viridissima, while the central one is F. intermedia. 
It will be seen that the loose straggling habit of F. Fortunei has 
been considerably modified by the more compact upright habit 
of F. viridissima, producing a more graceful appearance, with 
none of the stiffness of the latter species. In leaf- form it is 
ee the leaves being broader in proportion to their 
n F. viridissima, and often ae below the middle, 
as in F. ae being rarely lobed or parted. Its flowers are 
borne in the great profusion of F. viridissima, but on account of 
the more graceful and open habit they are more effective 
F. intermedia is by all odds the best variety in cultivation. It 
combines the more open airy habit of F. Fortunei, but without 
its straggling unkept look, being more compact, and it avoids the 
stiff dwarf character of its other parent, inheriting from ] how- 
ever, its ability to produce a great profusion of flowers. Its 
blooming period is also intermediate, eile a little ies than 
F. Fortunei, but earlier than F. viridis 
There are many groups of this ae. shrub at the Garden, 
and a visit at the blooming period, the end of April or early May, 
is well repaid. Masses of it will be found in the west and south 
borders, and in the fruticetum in the area devoted to the olive 
family, to which this plant belongs. As one enters from the 
terminus of the elevated railroad, on the left of the approach, 
there is a group of F. Fortunei. Immediately opposite the ap- 
proach entrance, across the road, is a large group of the hybrid, 
F. intermedia. Come upon this in a bright sunshiny day, and the 
effect is almost regis so luminous is the color. Further on, 
useum, to the left of the path and in the 
neighborhood F the Aes railroad depot, is a large planting 
