REPORT FOR 1 882. 
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No. 8 — This rose occurs along the edges of the shrubberies in 
the Queen’s Cottage grounds at Kew, in company with many forms 
of R. canina. All these, with the exception of my No. 8, I have 
found on the neighbouring commons, & c. At present it is impossible 
to say whether No. 8 is really a truly wild plant or not. — Geo. 
Nicholson. This is close upon what I understand as the true R . 
co llina, Jacq. — J. G. Baker. Dr. A. P. Winslow, a Swedish authority 
on Rosa , also looks upon this as good R. collina , Jacq. — G. 
Nicholson. 
Mirabilis forma, alba , L., proxima sed alba aciculis in ramulis et 
ramis fructuque clavato differt. Hybridam suspicatus sum sed 
quorum parentum ? {alba, L., verosimiliter hybrida antiqua, multis 
generationibus formata gallic a et coriifolia mihi videtur). Ulterius 
indaganda, floresque collegendi. — Dr. Christ, in litt., Nov. 16th, 1879. 
Comme le dit fort bien M. Christ dans son observation que vous 
m’avez transcrite, c’est une forme tres-remarquable. Je suis, comme 
ce savant, porte a considerer cette forme comme une hy bride. Selon 
moi elle appartiendrait au groupe. d’hy brides de R. gallica x R. canina. 
Le parfait developpement de ses fruits n’a rien qui doit nous 
surprendre, attendu que les hybrides sont parfaitement fecondes par 
les formes legitimes au milieu desquelles elles croissent. Dans mon 
7 ,ne fascicule je reparlerai de cette forme quand je traiterai des 
hybrides du R. gallica x R. canina. — F. Crepin, in litt., June, 1882. 
No. 205. Wimbledon. G. Nicholson. “ C’est un de ces rosiers 
anglais qui tiennent du tomentella et en meme temps du sepium , et 
qui ont ete decrits par moi comme le Rosa sclerophylla , Scheutz.” — Dr. 
Christ, in litt. I have type specimens of R. sclerophylla , and it is 
evident that in Dr. Christ’s eyes R. sclerophylla represents a group of 
grandular canina. — Geo. Nicholson. Comes very near the naked- 
peduncled var. of R. micrantha , but is less hairy and less glandular 
on the leaf surfaces. — T. R. Archer Briggs. 
R. Lucandiana , Des. et Gal, (teste Deseglise). Askern, S. W. 
Yorks. — Geo. Webster. 
Rosa Andegavensis, Bast. Hedge near Port Wrinkle, Sheviock, 
E. Cornwall. New I believe to Cornwall. It is not quite typical R. 
Andegavensis since there are a few hairs on some of the midribs and 
veins of the leaves beneath. — T. R. Archer Briggs. 
Cotoneaster vulgaris , Lindl. Great Orme’s Head. April, 1879. 
— J. E. Griffith. 
Pyrus latifolia , Syme. New South Molton Road, N. Devon, 
19th September, 1882. Probably not native in this station — an old 
hedge in which a lilac-bush was growing at a short distance. — A. Ley. 
P. scandica, Syme? Great Doward, Herefordshire, 2nd June, 
1882. Two small trees in rocky limestone woods; unquestionably 
native. This agrees exactly with a form found in Piercefield Park, 
Monmouthshire, and which was named for me “ latifolia ” by Mr. J. 
G. Baker. It appears to me to come nearer “ scandica.” — A. Ley. 
I queried this as latifolia or Aria, and Mr. Archer Briggs replies : 
“ Certainly not latifolia , which I know well. I believe it ought to go 
under A?ia or rupicola. Whatever may be the case with regard to 
latifolia and scandica, I am led by my experience to think that 
Boswell’s eu-Aria and rupicola are so connected by intermediates 
