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Scientific Committee, March 4, 1913. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., in the Chair, and twelve 



members present. 



Odontoglossum X ' Saturne.' — M. H. Graire, of Amiens, showed 

 this curious hybrid between 0. nebulosum and 0. Harry anocrispum. 

 It closely resembles 0. nebulosum in the form of the flowers, which 

 are white, closely spotted with light brown and rose. 



Odontoma x ' Cybele.' — Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. showed this 

 cross between Odontoglossum cirrhosum and Miltonia Candida grandi- 

 flora. Mr. O'Brien, V.M.H., showed illustrations of both the parents, 

 and called attention to the fact that the tubular labellum of Miltonia, 

 Candida did not appear in the slightest degree, the broadly ovate 

 spathulate labellum of the hybrid being perfectly flat. The colouring 

 of the petals and sepals (broad bands of brown) were from the Miltonia, 

 but the apiculate reflexed tips of the segments were as in Odontoglossum 

 cirrhosum. The dark red lines characteristic of cirrhosum also appeared 

 at the base of the labellum. A Certificate of Appreciation was awarded 

 to Messrs. Charlesworth. 



Narcissus triandrus albus x N. cyclamineus. — Mr. Chapman, of 

 Rye, showed this pretty hybrid, in which the cup was slightly paler 

 than the perianth. It had a straight corona slightly cut at the mouth, 

 while the perianth was reflexed. It flowered four years after the seed 

 was sown, and Mr. Chapman's experience was that four or five years 

 practically always elapsed between seed-sowing and flowering in 

 these miniature Narcissi. 



Hippeastrum u runners." — Mr. Worsley showed two small bulbs 

 of a garden Hippeastrum which had developed at the ends of short 

 stolons bearing nodes and roots. Similar growths are normal in 

 Montbretias, and occasionally occur in Snowdrops and Leucojums. 



Variation in seedlings. — Mr. Wilson, F.L.S., showed flowers of 

 two Orchid hybrids from the same seed-pod. They were totally 

 different in colour, one being of a brick-red, the other white with 

 a few red spots. 



Epiphytic Cyrtanthus. — Mr. Ledger showed some bulbs of a new 

 species of Cyrtanthus called C. dendrophilus , from its being found wild 

 on trunks of trees, such as species of Podocarpus. Mr. Medley Wood 

 wrote that it rooted among the moss on the trunks on which it grew. 



Chionoscillas. — Mrs. Backhouse sent various Chionoscillas with the 

 original parents, Chionodoxa sardensis and S cilia bifolia, for comparison. 

 The first generation showed no white in the filaments such as the 

 Chionodoxa shows, while they were midway in breadth between the 

 two parents. The perianth colour contained just a suggestion of 

 violet in the blue, giving it a different tone from that of the Chionodoxa. 

 The perianth pieces were about equally broad with those of Chionodoxa. 

 The seedlings from these varied a good deal in shade, some being 

 quite blue, others purplish-blue, and occasionally one appeared with 



