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FLORA AND SYLVA 
plant, of half a dozen snow-white babies . 
It appears not only faithful to its parent- 
age, but vigorous and willing in growth, 
giving promise of a great addition to 
the Garden of British Alpines. 
REGINALD FARRER. 
Ingleborough, Lancaster. 
Griselinia Fruiting. — To Mr. Chas. R. 
Hamilton of Hamwood, Dunboyne, Co. 
Meath, we are indebted for the following 
interesting note : — " I see in the September 
number of Flora it is said that the berried 
fruits ofGriselinia are neverseen in this country. 
I have two trees about lo feet high, at some 
distance from each other, one of which is now 
covered with berries, while the other never 
bears any. I believe one is a male and the 
other a female plant of G. /iuorah's." In a sub- 
sequent letter our correspondent adds that the 
same tree ripened its seed last year, and a num- 
ber of seedlings came up underneath it, some 
of which are still flourishing. This plant faces 
north and is growing in a very sheltered border 
surrounded by Yew hedges. The seeds come 
in little alternate bunches of about a dozen 
each, and are like small Ivy-berries but more 
oval in shape and arranged in loose racemes 
rather than the dense rounded clusters seen 
in Hedera. Upon seeing the specimens sent 
by Mr. Hamilton, the authorities at Kew con- 
firmed that gentleman's opinion as to the 
relative sexes of the two plants, and reported 
never to have seen the species in fruit before. 
The branches sent were perfectly distinct in 
appearance,themale plant (obtained at Coombe 
Wood) bearing small oval leaves of dark green, 
with erectly-branching habit ; thefemale much 
larger and broader leaves of brighter yellow- 
green, upon yellow stems of a more diffuse 
habit. It would therefore seem that to secure 
seed from these shrubs it is necessary, as in so 
many other instances, to grow the male and 
female plants side by side in the same garden. 
In such cases, even when the flowers seem just 
the same, it often happens that functionally 
the plants belong to one sex only, and for 
their fertility require the presence of a second 
individual, in which the functions of the op- 
posite sex are active. 
BUDDLEIA. 
These flowering shrubs,including about 
loo known kinds, commemorate an 
old English botanist — Adam Buddie — 
at one time vicar of Farnbridge, Essex. 
The family is well-marked and includes 
many beautiful things, natives of the 
warmer parts of both hemispheres, in 
the new world from California to Chili, 
and in the old world throughout Africa, 
and in Asia from Afghanistan to Japan 
and the Malay Archipelago. Coming 
mainly from tropical and sub-tropical 
regions, many kinds (if introduced) 
would need stove or greenhouse culture 
in this country. 
There are now in cultivation 14 spe- 
cies, 7 varieties, and I supposed hybrid. 
Of these, 4 species will not thrive in 
the open air in Britain, and several others 
only do well in favoured places of the 
south-west. In the warmer parts of the 
United Kingdom B. globosa is hardy, 
while in colder parts it is tender. B. 
Colvilei is yet less hardy, resisting only 
in the more favoured parts of England 
and Ireland . Buddleia variabilis and its 
forms appear to be the hardiest of the 
group, and though they have not yet 
been fully tested, there is reason to be- 
lieve that they will prove hardy through- 
out the greater part of Britain. With 
the exception of Ii?idleyana^ pulchella^ 
and japo72ica and its varieties, all the 
species are strong growers, and if not 
pruned become ungainly. Such kinds 
as variabilis and its forms, albiflora^ and 
Jiivea^ should be cut back to the main 
stems in early spring, before growth 
commences. B. globosa needs moderate 
pruning, while Colvilei has proved so 
