THE. GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[January 18, 1919. 
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es € xX € Burkei. 
. Carr ith sempertlorens atro- 
а 
В. heracleifolia with coccinea. d 
B. picta x h Rex variet 
B Bonon pa with tenera (Thwaitesii). 
B. i X with goégoénsis 
B. Arthur Mallet x with villosa. 
B. socotrana x tala. 
ei. 
of loides with five 
distinct metae of tuberous varieties; ; seven dis- 
tinct lours of erous varieties X with 
new race of wi 
the er- ct 
í nter 
meal: As the рашы а B. socot 
rana pro- 
ced a distinct race of winter-flowering kinds, 
large дурт» with Буш — - varied 
The hy 
havi ving 
colours of the female p 
arieties to 
е sterile in both the male and female 
organs, therefor -— pes oduce no seed, and hav 
i 
inct “ breaks" were 
arieties ; 
rierense x ig A. Nn Ми эдю 
flowers interm A. Andrean with 
Spathiphyllum cornutum ү Ofinahassae) produted 
creamy-white spathes erense x with 
A. Sche erzerianum uda siia some richly-coloured 
Fic. 9.—BEGONIA SOCOTRANA ; 
Hip iai em Leopol dii, 
be the 
A. Ferrierense. 
species from Peru, 
Ww 
eis i pe агооп- 
mso 
and other Medica ao 
о! 
Р. vittat 
exa, pulverulenta, japonica, “Tetehi, 
ngutica. 
Ph kewensis, that fine hybrid which originated 
FLOWERS BRIGHT ROSE. 
at the Royal Gardens, Kew, did not yield seed 
for several eis as it only produced what are 
co 
termed thrum-eyed flowers, but, by continual 
watching, rer is ter 'pin-eyed flo was 
usd er т Mis: All the other flowers 
plant, and this was 
impregnated » ind Pite own pollen; e sige 
eed whic seedling 
genera. ZO wA satisfactory results. 
The folowing re failures; the majority 
were Es id ways :— 
Phyllocactus x Epiphyllum 
Clivia x Hippeastrum 
Vallota purpurea x Nerine. 
ppe х Nerine Vall purpurea, 
lota 
а, a Мырат ssus. 
E ders x Blandfore zd. oot кезе Т R 
Amasonia X Clerodendron, Oxera, and Eu. 
i bia 
аро orbia х Poinsettia 
- pmen x Caladium, Ака Anthurium, 
Aglaonema, and Dieffenbachia. 
Hedychium x Burbidgea, Globba, Curcuma, 
and Costus. 
Kalanchoe flammea x Rochea (Калап 
эе us X Abutilon, Pavonia, and Malva 
SO" cus x Mim 
uvardia x Lu UE Ixora, and Manettia. 
Brunfelsia (Franciscea) x Brow. 
sia x Vriesia, Caraguata, Billbergia, 
pus x Gloxinia, бее Didymo- 
Pla. xd Chita, and cpu 
Impat Balsam: 
Boroni Meses ostemon, Crowea and Correa. 
d! с: x Tibouchina (Lasiandra) and 
Pleroma. 
Burchellia x Mussaenda, and I 
eles x Lindenia ботын, d Ixora. 
es 
i oce i odochi 
Diplac Mimulus, з Lindenbergia. 
Gloxinia x Achimenes. 
Amphicome Emodi a аса Delavayi. 
Exac affine, macranthum X 
Chironi 
Dipladenia x Mandevillea, and Echites 
E eocarpus reticulatus x Crinodendron 
erianum. 
Clianthus pun x Swainsonia. 
eus 
Rhod os Janae species and hybrids X 
pee section. 
R. arboreum section x Javanese and Hima- 
layan species and hybrids. 
R. Himalayan and Javanese section x Azalea 
€ and A. sinensis. 
X Azalea, and Himalayan and 
P ев gend and hybrids. 
John Heal, V.M.H. 
B mo d 
FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 
нани 
are the sl puis and to this work of im- 
provement y moine in France, Kelway and 
on and Amos Perry in this: country have made 
notable contributions, 
As shown by Mr. s Perry in his lecture 
before the Royal нао ее * selec- 
tion and hybridisation hav t 
pres superb races. ley ae net Del- 
phiniums, which was introduced about 25 years 
rossing Delphinium 
ense, a recently introduced Chin 
erry men- 
es now in cultivation, Mr. Per 
mest; he 
Of speci 
tions D. cardinale as one of the handso 
i t 
ral ir exist, includi 
ith or low. an 
rp 
A. 
А Delphiniums of the higher 
ао near the Tibetan frontier, where 
n height inc 6 fee 
purpie 
singles wis D. likian 
has been established 
ке Р.Н. S, a 1918, 
See Gardeners’ Chronicle, Sept. 9, 1916. 
t 
ense for AIER praise 
dnm the Botanic Gardens, 
