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ii. B. multicolor x Pr. Beatrice (Pr. Alex, x Duch. Edin.)= 

 Nos. 835, 386. 



iii. B. multicolor x Lord Wolseley (Duch. Teck x B.jav.) = 

 Nos. 403, 466. 



i. B. multicolor, var. Curtisii x Pr. Christian* (Pr. Fred, x 

 B.jav.)=Nos. 394, 424, 429, 488. 



ii. B. multicolor, var. Curtisii x semi-double "Balsamse- 

 florum "=No. 423. 



i. B. Teysmannii x Maiden's Blush* (Pr. Alex, x B. 

 Brook.) =Aspasia, No. 397. 



ii. B. Teysmannii x Taylori (Pr. Alex, x B. Brook.) = 

 Juliet, Portia, Imogene, Purity. 



Third Generation Crossed by a True Hybrid. 

 Through Star of India {fir. Pr. of Germ, x B. jav.). 

 Star of India x Jasminiflorum carminatum=No. 511. 



Through Ld. Wolseley (Duch. Teck. x B. jav.). 



Lord Wolseley x Jasminiflorum carminatum (B. jas. x 

 B. jav. )=Nos. 78, 509. 



True Hybrid Crossed by a Third Generation. 

 Through Pr. Leopold (B. Lobb. x B. Brook.). 

 Prince Leopold x Maiden's Blush (Pr. Alex, x B. Brook.) = 

 Incarnatum noribundum. 



Effects ofParentage. — First Generations. — True Hybrids. 



II. i. B. jasminiflorum (white) x B. javanicum (orange) = 

 Princess Eoyal (pink), Jasminiflorum carminatum (crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour pink or crimson ; form, broad limb. 

 Leaf larger,f acute apex, tapering base. 



Female. — Cor., colour (eliminates yellow from orange of the 

 male) ; form, long tube. 



* Keciprocal crosses raised with these. 



f Comparative terms always refer to the same feature in the opposite sex. 



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