. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. s, Which obtained Awards of Merit at a recent meetiog of the Royal Horticultural Society. Apeii. 8, 1905.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 211 of which have been worth retaining and namingasshowing some distinct advance on their prede-cessors. At first the parents were limited toL. tricolor and varieties, the bf st of these beingL. t. luteola and L. t. quadricolor maculata,-generally known as L. superba, L, aurea, L. Nel-soni, L. Cami, and then the Cawstou objects were constantly kept in v
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. s, Which obtained Awards of Merit at a recent meetiog of the Royal Horticultural Society. Apeii. 8, 1905.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 211 of which have been worth retaining and namingasshowing some distinct advance on their prede-cessors. At first the parents were limited toL. tricolor and varieties, the bf st of these beingL. t. luteola and L. t. quadricolor maculata,-generally known as L. superba, L, aurea, L. Nel-soni, L. Cami, and then the Cawstou objects were constantly kept in endeavoured to eliminate as far as possible the and is a shy flowerer, so that m effecting crosses allthese points had to be kept in view. The adventof L. aurea gigantea was a great help, and seed-lings from this at once showed distinct with the best of existing seedlings, theresultant progeny were better than any previouslyobtained, and their progress has been of the characteristics of the newer varietiesis the amount of bright red colour which has been. Fig. 9i— l.\ciiekalia pendula aureliaxa : colour of flowers <jreen tints predominant in the flowers of L. tri-color ; to get a good clear yellow; to increase theamount of red in the flowers; to increase thesize of the flowers, the strength of scape, and thenumber of flowers. Most of the parents weredefective ; the predominating colour in L. tricoloris green, and this green is most persistent, appear-ing through generations. L t. quadricolor macu-lata, although with a much brighter flower thanL. tricolor, has a weak, thin scape, the flowersbeing scattered far apart. L. aurea (tig. Ki) is ofA good colour, deep yellow, but has a small , got into the inflorescence, not into the flowers,but into the abortive buds which terminate thescape. These have increased both in numberand in intensity of colour. For many years 1 liave endeavoured to get redcolour from Lachenalia pendula
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