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willow  sent  to  the  other  Club  as  “  S.  alba  x - ”  of  the 
same  locality  and  date.  But  the  catkins  sent  with  this 
foliage  are  not  the  same  as  those  sent  with  the  other,  and 
I  fail  to  see  anything  but  S.  fragilis  in  them.  Note  the 
long  pedicels  (when  fully  developed)  and  the  longer 
tapering  ovaries.  Perhaps  Mr.  Ley  would  kindly  gather 
further  specimens  of  maturing  catkins  and  leaves  from 
this  tree. — E.F.L. 
S.  Doniana  Sm.  ( =  S.  purpurea  x  repens).  Made  by 
hand  at  Bournemouth,  and  grown  at  Edmondsham, 
Dorset,  April  19  and  July  19,  1909.  This  hybrid  is  so  rare 
in  Britain,  that  cultivated  specimens  will  be  of  value,  at 
least  in  the  absence  of  wild  ones. — E.  F.  Linton. 
S.  caprea  x  myrsinites  (No.  299).  Made  by  hand  at 
Bournemouth  on  a  female  bush  of  S.  caprea ,  and  grown 
at  Edmondsham,  Dorset,  April  28,  May  6,  July  16  and  22, 
1909.  The  bushes  found  in  Scotland  and  assigned  to  this 
hybrid  are  difficult  to  name  with  certainty,  and  have  not 
the  perfect  authenticity  which  this  plant  possesses.  I 
therefore  distribute  specimens  of  this  creation  of  mine, 
which  seems  a  more  glabrate  form  of  the  hybrid  than  one 
would  expect  in  nature.  S.  myrsinites  is  far  the  most 
obvious  parent,  and  S.  caprea ,  being  the  female  parent, 
though  not  apparent  in  the  offspring,  is  most  certainly 
there.— E.  F.  Linton. 
S.  caprea  x  lanata  (No.  282).  Made  by  hand  at 
Bournemouth  and  grown  at  Edmondsham,  Dorset,  April 
19  and  July  22,  1909.  Though  this  hybrid  has  not  yet 
been  discovered  in  nature,  it  may  yet  possibly  occur 
where  the  two  species  are  found  in  the  same  district,  as 
e.g.  in  Glen  Doll ;  and  this  plant  of  mine  may  assist  in 
the  determination  of  suspected  specimens  of  the  hybrid. 
— E.  F.  Linton. 
S.  aurita  L.  From  a  gravelly,  upland  waste,  on  the 
borders  of  Edmondsham,  Dorset,  v.c.  9,  May  4  and  July 
13,  1909.  Though  not  asked  for,  the  species  is  scarce  in 
Dorset,  and  this  very  neat  small-eatkined  form  seems  well 
worth  distributing. — E.  F.  Linton. 
S.  cinerea  x  repens.  From  the  bush  first  discovered 
for  Britain  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Linton  and  myself,  at  Armadale, 
N.E.  Sutherland.  Grown  from  cuttings  at  Edmondsham, 
