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ON CROSSES AND 
raised between H. vittatum and regium. The next hybrid 
of that order, that flowered amongst us, was the Crinum 
Goweni, which was raised from seed of C. Capense, impreg- 
nated with the pollen of C. Zeylanicum in the greenhouse of 
the Earl of Carnarvon, at Highclere, in 1813, by R. J. 
Gowen, Esq., and blossomed in my possession at Spofforth ; 
and soon after the mules between C. Capense and Canalicu- 
latum, which had been first raised by me at Mitcham about 
the same time, came into flower with other crosses at Spof- 
forth. All the hybrid Crinums raised between Capense and 
tropical species, which are now very numerous, are hardy 
enough to stand out of doors against the front wall of a 
stove, where, if a mat is thrown over them in sharp frosts, 
they preserve much of their leaves through the winter, and 
from May to November continue throwing up a succession 
of flower-stems in great perfection. C. scabro-Capense bears 
the most beautiful flower ; C. pedunculato-Capense is of the 
largest stature. The only other hybrids of much note in 
our gardens at that period were, to the best of my recollec- 
tion, as follows : — The Rhododendron Azaleoides, obtained 
by the accidental impregnation of an Azalea by Rhododen- 
dron Ponticum, in the nursery of Mr. Thompson at Mile- 
End ; the Rhododendron glaucum hybridum figured in the 
Botanical Register, and Azalea enneandra figured in the 
Botanical Magazine, which had both been raised by me at 
Mitcham and removed to Spofforth. Since that time we 
have had the Rhododendron fragrans of Mr. Chandler, and a 
very great number of similar crosses from American white 
Azaleas by Rhododendron Ponticum at Highclere. I am 
not aware at what period the beautiful mule pink which is 
common in our gardens made its first appearance, nor 
through whom, or in what manner it was obtained; but it 
was probably the produce of an accidental intermixture of a 
florist’s pink with a crimson sweet-william. Mr. Sweet 
gives no date to the hybrid pinks. Several most beautiful 
mule Gladioli and Ericae, which had been raised at Mitcham 
between the years 1808 and 1814, and removed from thence 
to Spofforth, had also flowered there, but had not been made 
known to the public till the year 1819, when an engraving 
of Crinum Goweni was published in the Horticultural Trans- 
actions, and a figure of two or three crosses of Gladioli 
appeared soon after in the same work. Those who raised 
pelargoniums from seed had found amongst the produce of 
