Novemser 16, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE: 
585 
BEGONIA Mrs, J. HEAL, — To essfully 
bridge over the interval — the a — ms 
e wi 
species, was felt by gardeners to bea m 
feat, and one that remained for a long time un- 
accomplished. The credit of having obtained the first 
of the late-flowering new varieties belongs to o Messrs. 
J. Verton & Sons, Chelsea, who by crossin 
late-flowerin 
the f 
appearing in a loose raceme. This variety by 
Other crossings with tuberous-rooted varieties gave 
Adon have опе of their 
latest soris "Mrs, M E producing crimson 
blosso A. plant wn by Messrs, Verca 
at — Royal — "det оаа оп 
October 15 of the present year. The blossoms— 
chiefly male, fortunately—measure 2 to 3 inches in 
Е, G. 101.—BEGONIA X MBS. HEAL: FLOWERS CRIM*ON, 
pagel and are chiefly produced in s axila of 
ves, It is one of a race of Begonias, which is 
ie to be in considerable demand for brightening 
he warm greenhouse, and furnishing subjecte for 
indoor decoration during late autumn and i 
THe Royal Society. — The anniversary 
meeting of this Society will be held on the 
80th inst, when it is proposed that Sir Jossem 
Lister, Bart, be elected President, in the room of 
Lord Kzrvrs, who retires, 
nce Meere gm At the meeting held on 
reca ber 7, Mr. C. B. Cruamxm, Pre- 
— — the chair, Mr. Ововов Massee was admitted 
Madame WEDDELL, 
bequest коа Am late husband, a foreign member of 
ere shown, vd еа 
ot 
a Fellow. E volumes of Cryptogamic exsiccata, 
recently rec m 
the French naturalist, Quizas Rowp NDELET, 
nf À 
LUBO Jniversity Ul a 
pellier, 154 itotheS by Dr. Н 
Conci TRA was exhibited by the Zoolo- 
