. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nd exhibited byMessrs. E. Veiteh & Sons, of Exeter, between (of which a good illustration was givenin our number for February C, 190-t, p. 91) and , the arborescent Heath which occurs on theRiviera. Mr. Worthington Smiths illustrations(figs. 97 to 100) suffice to show the character ofthe plant and the main differences between itand its parents. Artificial hybridisation, owing tothe conformation of the flower, must be a difficultmatter, though an insect might accomplish the
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nd exhibited byMessrs. E. Veiteh & Sons, of Exeter, between (of which a good illustration was givenin our number for February C, 190-t, p. 91) and , the arborescent Heath which occurs on theRiviera. Mr. Worthington Smiths illustrations(figs. 97 to 100) suffice to show the character ofthe plant and the main differences between itand its parents. Artificial hybridisation, owing tothe conformation of the flower, must be a difficultmatter, though an insect might accomplish the appendages at the base of the anther as shownin the sections of the flower differ considerably inthe two species, those of the hybrid most resemblethose of E. arborear in this respect. The pollen-grains, as observed V^y Mr. Smith, differ slightlyin the two parent species, whilst those in thehybrid (fig. 100) are unlike those of either pro-genitor. The plant is a decided acquisition to thenumber of our hardy Heaths, and is especiallyvaluable for flowering freely at this early 1^ Fig. 98.—erica lusitanica (codonodes), one of the parents of e. x veitchii. Showing a single leaf, a flower, and a section through a flower, all magn. 4 diani. ; pollen-graius magQ. 300 diani.
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