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ored with large reddish spots and blotches. The mature 

 plants likewise presented the characters of both parents 

 blended in the habit, foliage, and flowers, all the charac- 

 teristics of form and measurements being clearly inter- 

 mediate. It was possible to distinguish certain rosettes 

 as being more biennis-hke or more grandiflora-like than 

 the culture in general and the mature plants from these 

 rosettes also exhibited similar differences. The plants 

 of the culture therefore presented a certain range, the 

 extremes being readily distinguished as more like one 

 parent than the other although never approaching closely 

 to either. Between the extremes were numerous transi- 

 tions. 



Two rosettes of this culture were selected for their 

 resemblance in certain particulars to (Enothera La- 

 marckiana and the mature plants from these proved to be 

 among the most interesting in the gardens. These hy- 

 brids, 10.30 La and 10.30 Lb, were representative of a 



