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R. Metvini. Origin, Madresfield, Worcestershire, cult. Sep- 
tember 1905. Sent to show the autumnal state of this rose, with 
its green unripe fruits at a season when R. arvcnsis has its fruit 
ripe or ripening. Only a portion of these fruits seems to persist 
on the bush until the next flowering season. — Augustin Ley. 
“So far as I remember, Prof. Crepin strongly insisted that this 
was one of the forms of R. sempervirens'' — Edw. S. Marshall, 
“ This rose was distributed through the Club in 1886, see ‘ Report,’ 
p. 152-3. Mr. Towndrow pointed out that it differs from semper- 
%lrens in appearance, and in not having hairy styles. Mr. J. G. 
Baker said he was very doubtful about it, but was inclined to 
regard it as a stylosa form. In the ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1896, p. 179, 
M. Crepin, while questioning the nativity of R. sempeivirens in 
England, says of Mr. Towndrow’s specimen, ‘ C’est bien une 
variete du R. sempervirens qui, par sa colonne stylaire parfaitement 
glabre, doit venir se ranger dans le voisinage du R. prosirata, DC.’ 
In Herb. Babington Baker named it R. stylosa, var. microcarpa, but 
there can be no doubt as to its alliance with R, sempervirens P — 
G. C. Druce. 
R, virgmiana, Miller = R. ludda, Ehrh. A relic of cultivation, 
now naturalized and spreading, near the Kirktown of Clova, Forfar, 
July 1905.— G. Claridge Druce. 
Pyrus Aria, Ehrh., var rupicola, Syme. Limestone cliffs near 
Inch Rory, Banff. New County record, 17th July 1905. The Rev. 
E. S. Marshall and I found one old small tree of this growing at 
the top of a very steep bank at the foot of some limestone cliffs 
about 2,000 feet above sea-level. There can be no possible doubt 
about the plant being indigenous in this locality. — W. A. Shool- 
BRED. “ Excellent examples of foliage.” — Ed. 
P. Aria, Ehrh. forma. Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, 20th June 
1905. Sent as a leaf variety of this species. — Augustin Ley. 
“ Decidedly tending towards var. rupicola, Syme, I think, though 
not good rupicola." — Edw. S. Marshall. 
P. intermedia, Ehrh. Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, 20th June 
1905. I believe correctly placed under this name, but shewing 
looser and less white felt than is usual, and having the leaves 
narrowed at the base, as in P. rupicola. The young fruits also 
shew a tendency to become soon glabrous. In this latter character, 
and in the loose felt of the leaves, these specimens approach 
P. scandica, Asch.— Augustin Ley. 
Crataegus Oxyacantha, L., var. splendens. Near Akeley, Bucks, 
Sept. 1904 and May 1905. Distinguished from C. oxyacantha by 
