^ocietp ^otes. 
2nd.—All the well-known and vigorous hybrids are derived from unions with 
scaly species. Unions with scaleless species are, I confess, not unkno\vn to me, 
but they are far more difficult to accompUsh, and produce weaker offspring ; 
whereas the seedlings of the other cross are often even more vigorous than true- 
bred seedlings of either species. It must not, however, be supposed that I am in 
a position to lay down any general law, at all events at present, on this point. 
J. H. M. 
P.S.—Since writing the above I have been to Kew, and find that the small 
plant of R. Aucklandii has burst into bloom, and such bloom ! Mr. Binder 
measured for me a single flower, and it was 6-| inches across. 
Four trusses have seven flowers each, and others less. The unopened flow'ers 
have a tinge of rose. 
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