SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, JUL!? 21 



exhibited thin phenomenon, which appear;-; to he very rani in the 1'anny, 



though vfdl] known In I dnsria &o, 



ftfyOSOtis.—Mr. HowIoh exhibited an infloreMeonoe of the common 

 Forget, mo not, from the plant which ho bowed lanf year, arid which then 

 had the calyx much enlarged ; thin year, however, l,he calyx w;i ol 

 normal nizo. 



( 'ypriprdiinii, with tlniihlc li,j>. I'rom II..). A II wood, Kmc-., of A cook m 

 firecn, came a Hpcoirnen of (!///>) i/irdi./rm //'/./OYu/e77//////m, normal in all 

 p ipeol • except in the lahellum, which wan double, a;< though il had heen 

 cleft deeply in itn very early !;i"< . ol growth. ' Thin, and a cnrioiiH form 

 of (JdHlryn 1 1" 1 1 i "// / / , were handed to Mr. Worndell for further e> 

 ft] filiation. 



liiufi Snwl. I'tuiH. Mr:. Biffen, Hinton, Ounbridgo, Hent HpeeimoriH 

 ill JHtratirjg blue form ; of the ' Spenc.er ' type of Hwcet I'oa, together with 



an account of their p' digree:— • 



" The variom blue nhaden of waved Bean have resulted from oro : < 

 between 1 Zoe,' a medium hlue Boa, and ' 1'aradinc,' 'John logman,' and 

 an unnamed rone coloured variety practically identical with tin- original 

 ' Counte •■: •: Spencer.' A ;imilar Morion an far a colour goon, hut Iohh 

 wu ed, lei; been given hy a cro ■■■■{ between ' Zo< ' and ' < J lady;; I'nwin.' 

 1 Navy Blue' eroH:;ed with ' Baradi ie ' ban al <> gi v< n tlx. name uoricH, and 

 it if probable that any ahadc of pink or deep rone and ' Navy Blue' would 

 alnc mivi; them. In each t-.ti.-U: the fit I generation wan a deep purple hlue 

 with deep hlue wine;-;. The nelfed need;* from fheno purple hyhridn 

 (' Zo<- ' / 'John Ingman ') gave a rather complex generation oonnnting 

 of bronze- purple., purple with hlue purple win" , navy hlue, ' Zoo ' hlue, 

 'Zephyr' blue, pale hlue, lavender (probably 'Mr;. C J' o ;fer ' .John 

 Ingman ' colour, deep rone, j/alc roue (various -:had< . of;, tinned white. 

 Tlx ' varioun colour- were present in hoth Hat and waved formn, and 

 farther an flaken on a wliite ground. The cultures rained were not 

 Hiifliciently large to give reliable ntati-.tion, no the figuron are not quoted 

 her*-,. 



" The behaviour of each of the type -: mentioned ban been traced in Nome 

 detail, but attention in only called here to the. blue shadow. Anyone, who 

 ha. grown the mixture-; known a ; ' Bnnoo of Ant.una ' Bo ue Adam-./ 

 'The MarquiH,' ' SilaH Cob;,' <V.c, carj readily trace the genetic coriHtitutiori 

 of the heterozygous purples, whilst the pink and rone -bade', behaved 

 much as the firflt nfcocks of ' 0 o u n to s s Spencer.' It n.hould be noted, 

 though, that each of thone purple : can apparently be, obtained in a fixed 

 form. 



"The various blue shades either bred true, t,o type or yielded a ;-;erie;< < ,\ 

 1 nport-; ' in definite proportions. The analysis of the, whole -el of 

 statistics ba-; not been completed yet, but the colour- an giver) in the 

 order of their frequency. 



" v.hathu — CI; Break-; into ' Zo< navy, ! Zephyr,' BJ u j; }j pink, pale 

 blue, and pale pink. Give -; the f^lue or .'. junt mentione^l arel no 



pinkn. r'; y Breedn true, f Zoe-/ 'Courjt.e form of, •.peeir/jenn exhibite/Jj. 



• .'.V/v vy Jitj<lc. (\ j Break-; into rjavy. ' Ze.phyr,' arid the name two pink 

 ftbadfeH an the above. (2; «/) ve navy and ; Zep} ( yr.' o"^ I'.rerdn true, 

 f-;pocjrnen exhibited j. 



