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be the “survival of the fittest,” and would form the 
parents ofa new raee of hardy Amaryllis. Moreover, 
t А; Ackermanni иии ре- 
one of the parents of the comin 
ones of bad form, erg hi n my opinion, 
nsaleable, des € should be 
k, at the present day, there can be ane 
doubt that toig has worked in this way, void 
can hardly go ای‎ im mitati ing her. “ Little 
own withoat trying," is а good motto for the 
E to йш) ет. 
P e grea t advantage of Messrs. Kelway's system 
2 йаа the Amaryllis is that, after the coddled 
ones under glass have done flowering, by aid of 
artificial кез a rush of Amaryllis bloom comes on 
Fic. 144.—P1INUS LAMBERTIANA. 
тун young foliage, male sem young cone; section of leaf, 
fru lle 
t-scale, mazn. 5 times; 
=n the oe ground when they feel the warmth of the 
have been а. x 
There is "ample evidence 
ork ke, 
а grand old gardener,” but also 
n, „ May 5. 
—Mr. Morse не us а sport f 
howing semi-double 
ni 
of the palest lilac colour, the outermost seg- 
e sport їп с 
‘but those who wish to “fix” the н 
Чу these i ntérmiediate forms, 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
F there is one thing more than another which 
distinguishes the writings of Darwin, and invests 
: m with "€ ever-living interest, 0ч 7 the light 
own upon the differences in stru esi » 
be observed in reis living organisms, erts 
to this illustrious naturalist, every peculi obs of 
structure has, or has had, not only its purpose in the 
анаа д of the organism, but it has — been 
acquired by slow degrees for that specific purpose. 
Viewed in this light every structural peculiarity, 
whether of plant or animal, is something more than 
a mere dry fact, to be chronicled if necessary and 
then forgotten. It becomes = visible effect of 
some pr vx gd «орта 
worthy of our intelligent observatio: 
The great Orchid family f. iion us with an 
EEE 
I 
5° А e. (A 
yS 
Ф. 
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4 
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(SEE P. 772.) 
magn. 20 times; сарт magn. 5 times; young 
160 diam. 
and pollen, magn. 160 
example, perhaps unparalleled in the whole — 
kingdom, of diversity of eg it and adaptation of 
means to an end—the end the hor tue of 
the flower, pnd. pedcs "preservation of me 
e ost infinite variety i 
ur, and tbe 
k 
adaptations we can never fail t ire 1 
they are not of that riteris nature which 
to wonder whether we are not dealing with 
ше fairy tale rather than with the domain of 
actu — 
0 nally, at least, their ways are sufficiently 
narrari nA i we take the raped of ved 
nary average plants as a stan comparison. 
And turning our F attention for a moment to that 
most charming of recent introductions, atase- 
tum Bungerothii а gured in these om nai 
-Ishould not like to be bound over to answer for i 
fature good behaviour. Belonging to an eccentric 
group of the Orchid family it may at any time per- 
form the same fantastic trick for which its near 
relative, C. tridentatum, obtained such notoriety & 
few years ago, pay Hr which other species of the 
ar 
ble frei ES of Nature alluded to wı 
produetion of three distinct ge 
nsidered as such—o' 
whilst a scape bore twenty-five blo f 
ана vendi And in following year, in 
the Transactions of the Linnean Society, he tell w 
а eei m plant of mener viridis, which had 
rne the flowers peculiar to that particular plant, 
producea at its next aiaiai erant a 
also affirms that the latter had been raised 
"€ oth of the Monachanthus ; and finally | анисин 
the opinion that the three so-called gent were all 
forms of the same. He also adds, *I have 
Sat aut to the lake E esto ever finding 
e specimen with seeds; while e bulbs which, 
sccordin ng to Dr. Lindley' басп, belonged to 
their gigantic 
rm. iit 
ould have thought any member of the 
nie family of plants capable of such eccentric 
ct? Even the great Lindley was deceived ; for 
ia) in 1836, Lord Fitzwilliam sent him а raceme 
f the Monachanthus, and assured him that it was 
of th 
beyond all doubt an accidental sport of Catasetum 
tridentatum, Lindley expressed the opinion that such 
was not the case, but that an imported plant of the 
E ME had "n: accidentally taken for tlie 
latter co species. “But Se 
covery fully p лау him, and he а 
Monachanthus and Myanthus must be suppressed, 
ee he заре * and I have no doubt now, oe 
proof h t. Mormodes 
ihard the sa same нн But which of these а 
n, тна — — телер нт 
hrodit 
in pow If, like the majority of Orchids. 
Mie some interest, and we аге alrea urious to 
what its Monachii thus form, and what its 
Ман form is like. 
ROPEDIUM LINDENI. 
Another freak of Nature is in evidence at the 
present time, I allude to Uropedium 9 80 
long supposed to сивен а distinet genus 
oved to be only a monster of wap cede beg 
ould > sufficient, especially as other cuin 
um its c 
nary perfect 
ances 
curious instance 
gured “ery is dodi 
more fully b "D Dr. Mentem ina iM number of the 
Journal of the Linnean Society. 
But why should the species һауе developed petals 
of such cause а arci ADS to the 
Darwinian ea hey m roduced for 
some special nog d sie this бый. may be 
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