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little batch of seedlings about two years old, others raised last year, 

 a third batch scarcely more than germinating seedlings, and some 

 capsules not yet mature, the crosses being made as opportunities occurred. 



The seedlings two years old comprise over sixty plants from P. insigne 

 X Lathamianum (the seed parent in this, as in all the following cases, 

 being placed first), fifty of P. X Lathamianum X Boxallii, sixteen of 

 P. insigne X Spicerianum, which, of course, belong to P. X Leeanum, and 

 a few of P. insigne self-fertilized. The latter might, to a casual observer, 

 seem superfluous, but the object is to use them as a " control " experiment, 

 for in comparing results it is often important to know the range of 

 variation between self- fertilized seedlings from the same capsule. A 

 similar remark, of course, applies to the P. X Leeanum seedlings 

 previously mentioned. 



The year old seedlings comprise nice batches of P. X Leeanum 

 superbum X nitens magnificum (which, by the way, should yield some fine 

 garden plants), and P. x nitens X Leeanum (typical), both, of course, 

 belonging to P. x Charlesianum, of which such a remarkably varied series 

 from Messrs. Cappe was noted at page 38. Again, P. Spicerianum X 

 insigne Wallacei (the cross which yielded P. X Leeanum Albertianum), 

 P. insigne Chantini X Lathamianum giganteum, a very promising cross, 

 and P. x Hera punctatum self-fertilized. 



The germinating seedlings comprise P. X Hera X Leeanum, P. X 

 Leeanum Masereelianum X Hera, practically the reverse of the preceding, 

 P. X nitens superbum X Calypso, P. X Leeanum Masereelianum X 

 insigne Wallacei, P. x Lathamianum roseum (a richly-coloured form) X 

 Leeanum superbum P. insigne Chantini X Leeanum giganteum, P. 

 insigne Chantini X Spicerianum (the cross which yielded P. X Leeanum 

 superbum), P. x Grovesianum (P. x Leeanum X Lathamianum) X 

 Spicerianum, P. x Lathamianum X Grovesianum punctatum, P. X 



cenanthum superbu 



giganteum, P. X nitens super 



Grovesianum Hurstii, P. X Pluto (P. Boxallii X politum) X insigne 

 Chantini, P. x Pluto X Leeanum, and P. x Leeanum giganteum 

 self-fertilised. 



Of seeds sown but not yet germinated may be mentioned three forms of 

 P. X Hera, corresponding to the groups 1, 2, and 3 mentioned at pages 74 

 and 75 of the present volume, which have been self-fertilized, and from 

 which some interesting results are anticipated, as also from P. X Hera 

 punctatum, mentioned above. This may be considered as a first step 

 towards fixing these different forms, and in view of the wide range 

 of variation in the original series it will be interesting to watch the results. 

 And we must not omit P. x Swinburnei X P. Spicerianum, P. X nitens 

 superbum x Calypso, and P. Spicerianum X nitens superbum. The last 



