G92 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Egg-plants, and Tomatos recorded in the last report has been continued, 

 and the following results have been obtained in the effort to obtain a 

 Sweet Corn combining the qualities of "Egyptian" and " Black Mexican." 

 The seed was taken partly from a ten-rowed ear of red grains obtained in 

 1901 {Joe. cit. ante), and partly from progeny (all bearing ten-rowed ears) 

 raised in the greenhouse during the winter from the same ear. The latter 

 seed was therefore one generation further removed from the original cross 

 than the former. 



Colour of Grains obtained (5 average Ears). 



From Greenhouse-grown Seed. Previous Generation. 



Uncoloured 



Black 



Red Uncoloured Black 



Red 



15 



0 



365 



60 0 



444 



0 



0 



420 



0 0 



420 



36 



0 



360 



10 0 



550 



0 



0 



340 



72 0 



432 



20 



0 



380 



0 0 



480 



Average 14 



0 



373 



28 0 



465 



Average 1900 172 



121 



92 







1901 90 



81 



261 







These results show a great gain in relative number of red grains as 



compared with previous years, and greater in 



the younger generation than 



in the older. 











Some variation was again shown in the number of rows 



of ears in the 



cob. 











From Greenhouse-grown Seed. 



Previous Generation. 



8-rowed ears 





3 



6 





10 „ „ 





10 



15 





12 „ „ 





42 



38 





14 „ 





15 



14 





16 „ 





6 



6 





The " Egyptian " influence in this character is thus shown to be 

 continuous over that of the "Mexican," which is a definitely eight-rowed 

 ear. 



All the plants were smaller and of earlier maturity than in previous 



years. 



Tomatos. "Much difficulty is experienced in getting a combination of 

 yellow and red colour that yields a blush, and, when obtained, to have 

 it regularly reproduced in the offspring." 



Salsify Hybrids. While in the first generation there were two 

 uniform types, it was far otherwise in the second. In the second there 

 was a strong tendency to revert to the two parent forms {Tragopogon 

 pratensis and T. porrifolins), but at the same time there were many 

 intermediates. 



Plilar Drummondii. Commercial varieties were crossed and numbers 

 of variations have been obtained. It remains to fix some of the most 

 attractive. — F. J. C. 



Plants as a Factor in Home Adornment. By L. C. Corbett 

 (Yearbook U.S. Dep. Agr. 1902, p. 501).— In this article, which may be 

 said to deal with landscape gardening in general as practised in the U.S., 



