XXXVlll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



character had been found to breed true in the seedhngs, and the Com- 

 mittee recommended that a Certificate of Appreciation should be awarded 

 to M. Bony in recognition of his work in proving its transmission. 



Callicoma serratifolia. — Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.V.O., sent a dried 

 specimen of this handsome tree, which he had seen growing in the 



Fig. 72. — Moncecious Willow (p. xxxvii.) 



Azores. It has serrate leaves, about 3 inches long, woolly below, and 

 almost globular heads of flowers. A member of the family Saxifragaceae, 

 it is particularly remarkable in growing 50 feet to 60 feet tall. It is a 

 native of Australia, where the early settlers called it " Black AVattle." 

 a name usually associated with Acacia decurrens — quite a different 



