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later than C. Imperati , from which it was very distinct; but that 
between C. Imperati and C. suaveolens there was but little distinction, 
except by the scent. He showed a new seedling which had appeared 
amongst a lot of C. biflorus —a very unusual form; it was certainly 
not the Barton Park biflorus , which was a very old one, nor the 
Weldeni form of the same, but appeared to be intermediate. 
Hybrid Peas. —Colonel Clarke next exhibited some crossed 
Peas; there was the old-fashioned Woodford Marrow and Knight’s 
Dwarf Marrowfat. He had crossed the two, and now showed the 
hybrid, together with the parent, so that the difference could be 
easily observed. 
Hybrid Elisena.— The Colonel next reminded the Committee 
how he had raised a mule plant by crossing Elisena with Ismene ; 
he now showed a great curiosity. The mule had proved fertile, it 
has produced a perfect seed, and he now exhibited the bulb pro¬ 
duced from it, which he handed over to Sir Joseph Hooker for 
Kew. The blossom had been set by its own pollen. 
Narcissus ( Corbularia ) monophyllus .—Mr. Elwes exhibited a 
potful of this Algerian Narcissus in full bloom, not less than 50 
to 60 flowers being out or in bud at one time. I It had been 
sent to him by Mr. Hammond, of St. Albans Court, Wingham, 
Kent, and was a most remarkable instance of successful culti¬ 
vation, as this plant had always been found very difficult to 
manage, Mr. Hammond informed him that he had brought the 
bulbs ten years previously from the Atlas, where they grew under 
the Cedars, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet, in a reddish gritty 
soil. They had received no special culture, being kept in pots in 
a cold frame, and dried off in summer, being repotted every two or 
three years. This plant has not been found to succeed out of doors, 
where it gets injured by frost and slugs, and had never flowered 
with Mr. Elwes planted out in a frame. It appears therefore that 
pot cultivation is necessary for the plant, though as a rule not ad¬ 
vantageous to hardy or half-hardy bulbs. 
Himalayan Primroses .—Attention was next directed by Mr. 
Elwes to four forms of Himalayan Primulas—P. erosa, P. denticulata , 
P. purpurea■, and a supposed hybrid raised by Mr. Anderson 
Henry between the two latter, which was perfectly glabrous, and 
free from the yellow mealy deposit which was characteristic of the 
two forms. P. erosa, though very nearly related, and perhaps from 
a botanical point of view, was not distinct. He thought it was a 
well marked variety, easily distinguished by the mealy down which 
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