DecemBer 13, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORA CULTURAL. 
Scr 
DECEMBER gr es M i Bowles, 
(in an chair), Dr. A. B. Rendle, Dr. W. Bate- 
- gon, Messrs. J. Fraser, | A les, W. Fawcett, 
; Messrs. Langley, 
ay J. Chittenden (hon. 
- Bmith and Crane (visito: SL 
White-seeded Beans.—Dr. RENDLE showed, 
behalf of Mr. Spencer, of Chobham, a series of 
unner 
Beans white-seeded form and 
several varieties be n that and the ordinary 
black and purple form had appe some years 
Spe elected each year the 
terozygous plant and 
also c ng had Panis: to a greater 
extent each season with a purplish 
Pe LANGLEY 
Fea a pur ‘of hybri 
Sad ermis are 
a guide as to the white, coloured or streaked 
арте of the flowers. 
He sent the following notes with them :— 
: ssi AS A HERITABLE CHARA 
: notes on е APO RPA a Varie- 
Т (A) Р. dentionlatum > x P. Autoon (sets & 
B : - Ше ы h in this 
ce, develo; ped i е course of RD рү 
and has agrees: proved itself 
е cene rs e а. апа С., d on 
‘as. 
but poorly marked. and in many to 
of the leat narrow whitish 1 line round the таг 
А SEEDLINGS n _Gexenarton. 
. F2 Breeding Not 
^3 Number. уне variegated. 
A) 14 5 6 
C) 15 4 3 
. n E 1 6 
Т; 1 
- (Set ч. 15 5 3 
Я t has been thrown on the hardiness of 
thee =< seedlings as compared with the 
iie 
Of the pen exhibited, however, the follow- 
ing surviv 
ed the 
eeding Varie. Not 
umber, gated. . variegated. 
14 4 2 
15 2 3 
16 1 5 
17 b 1 
18 $ d 
EH; P Cataract (P. radula x P. denticu- 
No dark veinin 
de 3 Cataract (1 А Cataract х Р. 
nticulatum Dark ne 
ling, zonale “Black Vesuvius " selfed; 7 seed- 
ais, dark ао 1 green foliage ; 2 dark 
= “Black Vesuvius "; 1 dark seedling 
` 
CHRONICLE. 
E mm flower; green leaf seedling, dark red 
lower. 
(2) гана іп Antirrhinums, 
е seeds saved rn ux capsules 
т авалан with *''striped"' flowers 
The te were thoroughly mixed pee belor 
Seyen hundred and fifty-three seedlings were 
raise with the following results :—White- 
flo 490; _red-flow: огей, iped, 65 
wered, : , 198; 
ese were judged al ‘the appearance of the 
“ainsi and the first two or three 
true 
е I ck of the cotyledons and — in the 
ca f white varieties was green, in the case 
of gem varieties ess А. и in = 
i 
riped varieties 
slightly ym "i оше Я the blooms of whit 
varieties Shalt Boer te Fy ange with r 
the т 
а was ышын. 
guishable. her Sb tiation n shows that the 
stems E. the older aie of “ stri varieties 
are iui aca with red colour; the sepul and 
il capsules are spotted with reddish marks, 
but, as a ah, the leaves do not retain their 
early ee Ee 
Som “red” varieties have selí-r 
ЕЕ pide dion have a к ие ше to ne 
to 
corolla. The proportion of plai т 
апа white has А been de ма. It is prob- 
able that the ginal- ple was es fertilised 
by insec th s vite, red, and red and white 
cai ogee ir уен n 
Fur experimen i with г egard to the 
he Pattie of varieztin “Of this kind in дын. 
hinums has been tried with segregated plants 
© in Sweet 
Th gally сач is inherited. А 
plant т variety, Duchess 
of Westminster, ЖЕ pred cio as p was 
very delic and only 
three pee All t 
i 
yellow- еатейү b 
F 
р пе of 
‘plants Tio po seeds 
t still more delicate 
mated. Thre 
low grees and the 
leaves, as shown in t e photog aphic 
died without producing seed. 
PELARGONIUMS—LEAF VARIATION UNDER 
HYBRIDISATION. 
(1) P. Cataract (P. radula x P. denticulatum) 
F,; leaf зж Р. radula; Р. Cataract х 
Р, —Ó Fz; leaves intermediate, but 
nearer P. radula; (P. Cataract ү, ie denti- 
culatum) x "P. eni m esembles 
P: за ае Р: 
ifolium T, leaves re- 
Do. selfed Fs three 
P. radula, one mbles 
sembled Pa ee ulatum. 
sections A. B. C. 
2a: ras cet P. denticulatum. 
termediate. x resembled P. ану 
esemble Р. denticulatum, some 
Set B, all interm 
e in- 
F,, Set A, 
even coarser с vin 
n 
Seedl ings of 
ctor —Mr. M. B. 
Сыз on behalf É the. John gms Horticul- 
ural Institu tion отет с ured NE win, ah a К, 
fru тен sed 
ir eries s 
selfed нб of $ М f ja Vi The 
variat: in the size, ко ene -— f the 
fruit was extraordinary, som ing as small as 
Bullace and deep —GÀ aid. here yellow and 
as large almost as Vic torias ariation 
in the form of the foliage yv eat 
In some seedlings the bark was h and in 
others much split. Some of seedlings are 
self-fertile, others self-steril lum Vic- 
ria is thus apparently heterozygous for almost 
all characters. ittee, rk their 
ppreciation of the excellence of the man 
pictures, imously recommend ага 
of a Certificate of Appreciation to же ЭҢ. 
Os , Enderley, Watery Lane, Merton 
cpm or na SHOW. 
— 8.—Aft. rval z two years 
field Club “resumed its 
ge purposes th 
а ploughs in abundan „ and several 
tractors. 
A num Ї the leading seedsmen made ex- 
collont di t displays of agricultural and horticultural 
n the galleries. Messrs. SUTTON AND 
representing 
their well cupa 
Mes: W. Co. displayed 
excep е large f Ang lian and Essex 
Marvel Mangolds ai: Tine Top K ohl Fabi; x v 
of especial interest on their stand were the 
of Intermediate Beet — a capital figs a 
garden cultivation — the soil is what 
shallow. In form sokar these 8 ер ры 
“nat ae 
ir specia cialities in у 8 
ed garden 
The out- 
were first class: 
this firm 
Me Wess AND Sons contributed an attrac- 
tive exhibit, in геа notable items were their 
New Buffalo Swi Smithfield ow obe 
gold, ecimens 
special varieties of Potatos. 
garden root cro Messrs. 
di splayed lar, 
od шеша. clean 
King Edward VIL, Th 
their pedig Whea 
pests of the NR an each variety to in 
dicate the improvement made. 
Messrs. Teaio Poap AND он, дыг В. Norris, 
Mr. T. бслвікт, Mr. W. 
Messrs. ALLANTINE had a 
large exhibit of Mangolds, v ties of Wheat 
and Oats, and a selection of Potatos which in- 
cluded fine examples of Majestic an ing 
George. essrs. J. K. Kine $ ays 
large exhibitors at the Smithfield Club Shows, 
oved Globe ip w ore 
prominent features, but varieties of and 
ere also exhibited, together with 
arsnips, Carrots and other garden roo 
