REPORT FOR 1897. 565 
Salix aurita x cinerea. Shirley, Derby, April and July 1897. — W. 
R. Linton. 
A. aurita ? x phylicifolia. Origin, Bradoonie, Clova, Forfar ; cult. 
May 1896, and July 1897. — W. R. Linton. 
A. aurita x repens. Origin, Fortingal, Perth ; cult. May and 
June 1895, and May and July 1896. — W. R. Linton. 
A. ambigua, Ehrh. Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks. New county record. 
— G. C. Druce. 
A. cinerea x repens. By design. Shirley, 7th May and 25th June 
1897. — W. R. Linton. 
A. repens x viminalis. River bank, Strath Brora, East Sutherland, 
vice-county 107, 9th August 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred and E. S. 
Marshall. “ A very interesting discovery.” — G. Claridge Druce. 
5 . cinerea x nigricans. (A. strepida (Schleich.), Forbes; S. puberula, 
Doell. ; A. vaudensis (Schleich.), Forbes ; A. nigricans x cinerea, 
Wimmer). Grown at Shapwick, Dorset, by the Rev. R. P. Murray, 
from a stock from Kew Gardens, 14th May 1894. ‘Set of British 
Willows ’ No. 93. — Edward F. Linton. 
A. Lapponum x phylicifolia. ‘ Set of British Willows ’ No. 85. 
Probably a form of the hybrid on the A. phylicifolia side. Glen Doll, 
Forfar, from which the hybrid was described (‘Journ. Bot.’ 1892, 362) ; 
cult. Bournemouth, 20th May 1896, and 19th June 1895. — Edward 
F. Linton, 
A. Lapponum x phylicifolia. Hort. Bournemouth, May and June 
1895 and 1896. ‘Set of British Willows’ No. 85. A male plant 
from Glen Doll, Forfar, from which the hybrid was described (‘Journ. 
Bot.’ 1892, 362). Cult. Bournemouth — E. F. Linton. 
A. nigricans, Sm., form. Origin, Auchencat Burn, near Moffat, 
Dumfries; cult. 6th May and 8th July 1896. This differs considerably 
from the type in the smooth green foliage. — W. R. Linton. 
A. viminalis x repens , Lasch. Hort. Bournemouth, April and 5th 
July 1897. Unknown for Britain at the date of gathering. The plants 
from which these specimens are taken were made by design, and the 
whole crop, a dozen or more, came true to intention. It is No. 98 in 
the ‘ Set of British Willows.’ — Edward F. Linton. 
A. aurita x Lapponum. Glen Callater, South Aberdeen, 24th 
July 1897 — W. R. Linton. 
A. Myrsinites x phylicifolia. Origin, battle Craigindall, South 
Aberdeen ; cult. May and July 1897. Marked by the glabrous lurid- 
green foliage, and nectaries mostly forked. I think probably the 
hybrid. — W. R. Linton. 
