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dwarf white rock plant from the Pyrenees ; Primula Loczii, more curious than 
beautiful. In a frame Ramondia Nataliae, which is not so goodi d^s R. pyrenaica. 
Haherlea Ferdinandi and H. virginalis, pure white and very pretty. Among 
Megaseas the most showy is a fine form of the old Siberian M. cordifolia, 
which is much more floriferous on the top of a dry rock as I saw it in the Altai 
Mountains than in a border. A pretty pink one which I raised from Chinese 
seed would, as Mr. Bowles thinks, be called ' Stracheyi,' if it came from the 
Himalayas. Bulbous plants in flower are too numerous to mention. Among 
the best are Scilla lilio-hyacinthus and its var. alha, which I owe to the late Mr. 
Boyd of Faldonside. Why it is uncommon I know not, for it increases fast and 
is very hardy. Muscari macranthum, best perhaps in a frame where its very 
fragrant flowers are more numerous than outside ; a plant which I have had 
for forty years, and which has very large bulbs which do not increase like most 
of the Muscaris. Tulipa dasystemon, a free-flowering and pretty little species, 
has a better constitution than any tuUp I know except T. saxatilis, which spreads 
and increases much more freely than it flowers ; Coelogyne flaccida. 
Veronica x lohelioides . — Mr. Eraser showed specimens of Veronica xlobelioides 
{V. * Blue Gem') and commented upon the history of this plant, which was 
sent to Kew on April 28, 1862, by Mr. J. A. Henry the raiser, and to Messrs. 
Veitch, with the statement that its parentage was V . decussata x V. speciosa. 
It was awarded F.C.C. in 1862 when shown by Mr. Warren, a nurseryman of 
Salisbury. 
Scientific Committee, April 27, 1920. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, V.M.H., in the Chair, and seven members present. 
White-berried Aucuba. — Mr. Arkwright showed branches carrying many 
berries of the white-fruited form of Aucuba japonica. 
Primrose ' Evelyn Arkwright.' — He also showed flowers of this fine primrose, 
and said that all the seedlings of it which he had seen, as well as the original 
plant, were pin-eyed. 
Cheiranthus x • — He also showed flowers of the hybrid Cheiranthus, which 
has been before the Society on several occasions, and drew attention to the 
prevalence of purple buds in this form, whereas those in some others of similar 
ancestry had yellowish or paler buds. 
Hybrid Irises. — Mr. Dykes showed a series of hybrid Irises which he had 
raised, and briefly commented upon their peculiarities. In Iris Alberti the 
veining stops short upon the falls, and this character is handed on to its offspring. 
When crossed with /. pallida the early-flowering characteristics of I. Alberti 
are retained. I . Korolkowi x /. atrofusca gave a fine deep red-purple flower. 
Seedlings of I. stolonifera produced flowers with either a blue or a yellow beard. 
He showed also I. stolonifera x I. lutescens and /. Susiana x yellow lutescens, 
the latter distinctly showing the veining characteristic of /. Susiana. I. 
flavescens is said to be a garden form of /. variegata, but it has been confused 
in gardens with /. imbricata of Lindley (which has also a purple form), a very 
distinct plant in its spathes &c. I. Korolkowi x purple chamaeiris gave a tall 
flower-spike with flowers having falls curiously curved under. 
Chinese plants. — Mrs. DuCane Godman and Col. Stephenson Clarke both 
sent flowering plants of some of the Chinese plants raised from seeds of Mr. 
Forrest's collecting — Primulas in the one case, Meconopsis in the other. 
Hybrid Rhododendrons. — Mr. Magor of St. Tudy sent hybrid Rhododendrons, 
three of which showed inheritance mainly from the pollen parent's side, viz. 
Rhododendron ?, probably a natural hybrid between R. chartophyllum praecox 
or yunnanense x rubiginosum (Forrest No. 5874) ; R. x ambkeys {R. ambiguum 
X R. Keysii) ; R. x yuncinn {R. yunnanense x R. cinnabarinum) ; and R. x 
oreocinn {R. oreotrephes x R. cinnabarinum). The last three were raised by 
the exhibitor. Votes of thanks were unanimously accorded to the exhibitors 
of these and the foregoing plants. 
Scientific Committee, May ii, 1920. 
Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S., in the Chair, seven members, and Mr. Marsden 
Jones, visitor, present. 
Carnation foliage malformed. — Mr. W. C. Worsdell showed some Carnation 
leaves with curious horn-like lateral outgrowths, the origin of which was doubtful. 
Tulip with bulb in leaf-axil. — He also showed a tulip with a bulb in the axil 
of the leaf. 
