| | |shapely trusses. Both at
| | |Kew and in the nursery of
| | |Mr. George Paul many
| | |hybrids have been raised.
| | |The first raised at Kew
| | |resulted from crossing the
| | |species with the
| | |scarlet-flowered garden
| | |hybrid Johnsoni in 1893. It
| | |flowered when four years
| | |old, and was of dwarf
| | |growth, with rosy-red
| | |flower. Of numerous other
| | |hybrids raised since then
| | |three resulted from
| | |crosses made in May 1896;
| | |they flowered in May 1902,
| | |and are so far the best.
| | |One of these was raised by
| | |crossing with the variety
| | |purpureum splendens; this
| | |has trusses of purplish
| | |flowers. Another claims R.
| | |Fortunei as its male
| | |parent; it has large
| | |fragrant flowers with five
| | |or six petals, pink, and
| | |arranged in shapely
| | |trusses. In the third case
| | |kewense was selected as the
| | |male, and this is the
| | |prettiest of the three; the
| | |flowers are on long stalks,
| | |droop, and have daintily