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bearing double flowers similar to the variety ' Hogarth,' exhibited at the meeting 

 of the Committee in January 1916. He now showed drawings of a single form, 

 raised from a root cutting of the form like ' Hogarth,' dissimilar to any cultivated 

 at Merton. He also showed drawings of a Regal Pelargonium with another 

 of a plant raised as a root cutting from it having flowers many shades deeper 

 than the parent. Mr. Bowles said that he had met with a case of such variation 

 in Anchusa italica. A white variety appeared, and on attempts being made 

 to propagate it by root cuttings all (or most of) the plants came blue. 



Seedlings of Myosotis ' Pride of Zurich.' — Dr. Bateson said that seedlings 

 of the Myosotis form known as ' Pride of Zurich,' in which the petals have a 

 white stripe down the centre, when the seed was obtained under protection from 

 insect pollination all gave white flowers. The seedlings from plants raised in 

 the open have either blue or white flowers, not striped ones. In one case a 

 blue-flowered seedling bore a branch producing white flowers with a blue central 

 stripe unlike anything before met with. The production of white-flowered 

 seedlings suggested that the ovules were produced from the portion of the carpel 

 corresponding with the white central stripe in Myosotis ' Pride of Zurich.' 



Crocus with Markings of Outer like those of Inner Segments. — Mr. Bowles 

 showed a Crocus having some of the outer segments without the feathered 

 markings like those of the inner, one flower so differing had occurred on the same 

 parent corm with a normally coloured one. Others had a portion of one of the 

 outer segments half within the others and unfeathered, the other half, which 

 had been exposed, being feathered. 



Galanthus nivalis green-tipped. — Mr. Bowles also showed a fine flower of 

 Galanthus nivalis with a green tip to the outer segments. Such forms appear 

 to occur in all the species of Galanthus and are usually associated with a mal- 

 formed spathe. 



Scientific Committee, March 25, 1919. 



Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, with three members present 

 and Rev. J. Jacob, visitor. 



" Breaking " of Freesias. — Rev. J. Jacob showed examples of Freesia flowers 

 exhibiting the phenomenon, so well known in Tulips, of concentration of colour 

 in certain areas, whereas the colour in flowers of the (vegetative) parent corm 

 had been diffused. The example shown was in the variety ' Whitewell,' where 

 the delicate tint of the parent had become intensified within a smaller area, 

 and was not nearly so pleasing. He was unable to account for the change by 

 any differences in cultivation or other causes. 



Fruiting of Hedychium Gardnerianum. — Mr. J. Fitt, Frythe Gardens, Welwyn, 

 Hertfordshire, sent a shoot of Hedychium Gardnerianum bearing fruit. At 

 ripening, the fruit (which has been enclosed till then within the valves of the 

 spathe) is exposed and its bright red valves burst apart, showing the black 

 seeds on a red column within. The fruit is about 1 inch in length. 



Scientific Committee, April 8, 1919. 

 Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and four members present. 



Hybrid Freesias. — Mr. Dalrymple brought a large number of forms of Freesia 

 which his brother, Mr. H. Dalrymple, had raised at Bartley, near Southampton. 

 The range of colour was extraordinary, from yellow and bronze flowers to pink 

 and purple. A Certificate of Appreciation was unanimously recommended 

 to Mr. Dalrymple for work in raising these new Freesias. 



A Multiple Flower of Narcissus. — From the same source came a flower of 

 Narcissus ' Minnie Hume ' with double the number of parts normally present. 



Bamboos at Gunnersbury and Enfield. — Mr. Bowles showed specimens to 

 illustrate the manner in which Bamboos had suffered from the weather during 

 the past season, while Mr. J. Hudson, V.M.H., brought others from Gunnersbury 

 in the best of condition. The climatic conditions in the two localities, though 

 so near, must have been markedly different. Mr. Hudson attaches great 

 importance to planting Bamboos in moist soil, never on banks. 



