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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOQIST. 
[ March, 
anratnm in only one of them. The rest, in bud and flower, appeared to be merely L, speciosum, 
quite unaffected by the pollen of the male parent. 
The one case alluded to was a remai’kable exception. The flower opened ten days 
earlier than any of the rest; its colour was a deep red, it had the fragrance of auratum, and 
resembled it also in form. This first flower measured 9|- in. from tip to tip of the petals. 
In the following year there were several flowers, of which the largest measured 11 ^ in. The 
bulb was then in a pot; as no special pains or skill was applied to its cultivation, I have no 
doubt that the flower might be grown to the diameter of a foot. 
“ This hybrid was the most successful result of a great number of experiments tried by 
me in the cross-fertilisation of Lilies. This genus is certainly remarkable in the tenacity 
with which it preserves the characteristics of the female parent, and resists the influence of 
the male. Thus, I impregnated L. longijlorum and its variety L. Tahesima with the pollen 
of L. aurotum, L. speciosum, and six or eight other Lilies, the anthers of the impregnated 
flower being carefully removed before they ripened. L. Tahesima bore seed in abundance, 
but the resulting plant did not differ perceptibly from its female parent, showing no feature 
of the male. I removed its anthers, and fertilised it again with auratum and speciosum, 
thinking that the influence of the male might appear in the second generation if not in the 
first; but this double impregnation produced no effect. The same result followed a similar 
experiment with L. canadense and L. superbum. In this case also the flower resulting from 
the first impregnation was again impregnated. The result was a very scanty crop of seed, 
but this seed produced a plant in which no sign of the male influence was visible.” 
No admirer of Lilies could afford to dispense with L. Parhnianni., the grandest 
of them all, when it is procurable. We therefore wish Mr. Waterer every success 
in its multiplication. — T. Moore. 
PETUNIA PHCENICEA. 
f OUR plate of Petunias (p. 1) conveys a very correct impression of some 
which I had the pleasure of seeing in blossom last Autumn in a flower 
f garden in Bedfordshire. Two beds, if I recollect aright, designed to 
match, were full of the flowers resembling those in your plate, and had 
a most charming ^effect. However, soil and climate have a great deal to do with 
the relative success of such plants, and especially, when placed out-of-doors, so that 
if I were to try seedling Petunias in the open border here, in South Lancashire 
(Cheshire), the result, in consequence of the smoke and damp, would most 
probably not be successful. Petunias generally do not flower throughout the 
season. That is one point against them. They may cause a blaze for a while, 
but I have often observed that it was not lasting. Still the Petunias in your 
plate are not too highly coloured, and where they will succeed, they are certainly 
well worthy of recommendation. — E. Mackellae, Ahney Hall., Cheshire. 
CAENATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
Chapter III. —March.—Potting for Bloom. 
HIS is the month—earlier or later, as the case may be, as the weather may 
be genial or inclement, or the situation of the cultivator sheltered or 
exposed—for getting the plants into their blooming quarters, and as the 
mode whereby this is to be effected is of vital consequence to their future 
well-doing, I wish to offer a word of advice and caution to the beginner, for whom 
in the main these papers have been intended. 
I have seen plants dug from their winter quarters, put into a hole in the soil. 
