January 6, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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material of which the mats called taiko 



Paris Spring Show.— In consequence of the especially grateful to Messrs. Black for sparing 



mushiro are made/ 7 And this is the only Royal International Horticultural Show, London, 



reference we have noted to applied botany. 



1912, being fixed for May 22, the National Horti- 



We understand that Dr. Hayata is engaged cul * ural ^ociety rtJ^J^J^^ annual 

 on a comprehensive series of illustrations 

 of the plants of Formosa, which should 

 afford some idea of their decorative value. 

 It should be mentioned that Mr. 



them thousands of letters asking for informa- 

 tion which this little book so well supplies to the 

 literary aspirant. The Englishwoman $ Year 

 spring show in Paris rather earlier than usual. Booh and Directory is worth far more than the 

 The Paris Show will open on May 15 and close price asked for this volume. The section ^n pro- 

 on the 22nd of the same month 



fessions alone is of absorbing interest 



The ar- 



„, , . Tr , • ti , • ±. . j_i Ti M R - F- Sander.— The many friends of Mr. 



Takiya Kawakami Botanist to the For- F gANDEB> head of thg firm of Messrs gANDER 



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tides are thoroughly practical, and are written 

 by experts. The " Woman's Whittaker " has at- 

 tained to the front rank among directories, a 



& Sons, of St. Albans, Bruges and New York, P^ce which it well deserves. 



will be glad to learn that after a long, and at The British Journal Photographic Almanac 



concordance of Latin and Japanese names. one time serious illness, he has now recovered f or 1912 i s more fascinating than ever. Messrs. 



from the operation which the doctors considered Henry Greenwood & Co. are to be congratu- 

 lated on having collected in so efficient a manner 

 all the latest and most interesting information on 

 a popular hobby. The work is a record of ad- 

 vances in all branches of photography, including 

 colour photography, that latest development of 

 Directories, Almanacs, Diaries, and the art, which promises so much for the near 



Our Almanac. — With our issue for next week 



we propose to publish the Gardeners' Chronicle horticu i tura i gatherings. 

 Almanac In order to make it as useful as 

 possible for reference, we shall be obliged if 



necessary. He is assured that he will be stronger 

 than ever, and consequently it is to be hoped 

 that he will again take a prominent place in 



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Secretaries of Horticultural, Botanical and Allied qther ANNUAL8 ._ FarmerSi sma n. ho iders. and future 

 Societies, or any of our correspondents, wzll send us ^ who ^ interested in the land> and m the 



immediate information of all fixtures for 1912 . 



breeding of cattle, should procure a copy of 



Sir Joseph Hookers last Published 



Royal Horticultural Society.— The next 



meeting of the Committees of this Society will be 



Vinton's Agricultural Almanac and Diary. Work.— The third part of the thirtieth volume of 

 It contains extremely useful statistical informa- Hooker's I cones Plantarum, plates 2,951-2,976, 

 tion, a diary for the year, and much other in- is to hand, dated December, 1911. All the plates 



held on the 9th inst, in the Society's Hall, teresting matter The pr0 g ress of agriculture represent species of Impatiens from the moun- 

 Vincent Square, Westminster. during ^ pagt year fa describedj and a calendar tains of India, Eastern Tibet, and China, de- 



Royal International Horticultural 



Exhibition, 1912. — We are asked to announce 

 that with reference to Non-competitive Ex- 

 hibits, applications for space must reach the 

 Secretary, Mr. T. Geoffrey W. Henslow, 7, 

 Victoria Street, S.W., on or before January 13. 



of work for each month provided. 



scribed by Sir Joseph Hooker, and all, except 



Webster's Forester's Diary is an extremely use- three OT *>ur, were previously unpublished. Some 

 ful and handsome pocket book, bound in red ° f the species are founded, on single specimens 

 leather. To all who have the management of belonging to foreign herbaria ; hence the figures 



woodlands it is an indispensable companion, con- 

 taining as it does a mass of information on 



Entries for the Competitive Classes must be sent forestry in a compendious form. 



on or before February 1 next. 



Linnean Society. — The next general meeting 

 will be held on Thursday, January 18, at 8 p.m. 

 Paper : Dr. A. Anstruther Lawson, F.L.S. 

 " Some Features of the Marine Flora of St. An- 



Exhibition: Miss E. L. Turner, 



have a special value. As in previous parts of 

 the Icones, the analyses of the flowers were 

 drawn by Sir Joseph himself, and the main 

 figures by Miss M. Smith. Among the species 



dre 



w s. 



The Horticultural Directory forms an invalu- figured in this part there are several remarkable 



for some peculiarity in their floral structure. The 

 terminology employed in the description of the 

 flowers differs a little from that in ordinary 

 usage. The outermost, usually quite small 

 prove of utility, especially in view of the ap- organs, of which there may be two or four, are 



able work of reference to all who seek the ad- 

 dresses of gardeners, nurserymen, and horticul- 

 tural traders generally. The directory of 

 foreign and Continental nurserymen should 



F.L.S. — Lantern Slides of Bittern and Nest. 



proaching International Exhibition. 



called sepals ; the large petalon-spurred, posticous 



Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institu- 



tion.— The seventy-second annual general meeting Valuable information is given as to the work to 

 of the members and subscribers of this Institu- be done each month, and dairy work is fully 



The Small Holder's Year Booh forms a guide, sepal is termed the labellum ; the upper or 

 suitable alike for the farmer and the amateur. posticous petal, the standard ; and the lateral 



petals, each theoretically consisting of two petals 

 fused together, wings. Specially interesting 



tion will be held at " Simpson's/' 101, Strand, 

 London, on Thursday, the 18th inst., at 2.45 p.m., 

 for the purpose of receiving the report of the 

 Committee and the accounts of the Institution 

 for the year 1911 ; electing officers for the year 

 1912 : and for the election of 20 annuitants on the 



dealt with in a concise article. Directions are among the species figured are : I. Prainii, I. 

 given with regard to the acquisition and tenure Kingii, I. cirrhipetala, I. recurvicornis, and I. 



robusta. The most remarkable of all is I. 



of land, a point which is often a stumbling block 

 in the way of the would-be small holder. There 



cirrhipetala, which has relatively large geniculate 



funds. There are 71 candidates. The chair will memorandum book, published by Messrs. Sutton 



be taken by Harry J. Vettch, Esq., F.L.S., ^ g 0NS? the well-known seed experts of Reading. 



V.M.H., Treasurer and Chairman of the Com- Horticulturists will find it of the greatest utility ; 

 mittee, at 2.45 o'clock. The poll will be open at - .... 



3 o'clock and close at 4 o'clock precisely, after 



is a good index, and a comprehensive directory. sepals and spirally-twisted lateral petals or 

 My Garden Diary is a dainty little diary and 



wings 



for each month the calendar is given, with re- 

 minders of the work to be done in the garden. 



The "Botanical Magazine." — The issu9 

 for January contains illustrations and descrip- 

 tions of the following plants : — 



Begonia dichroa, tab. 8412. — The flowers of 



which hour no voting papers can be received. ^mple spa ce is left for memoranda, a feature this rather lax-growing Begonia are described as 

 During the year 1911 Esther Plummer, Mary w hi c h i s too often lacking in works of this % * i * _-j j_-x.„j. * 



, Mary 



Sarah A. Clark, Selina Cookson, Ellen 

 Blandford, and Ellen Gough, widows of an- 

 nuitants, were placed on the funds without elec- 

 tion in accordance with Rule III., 13. George J. 

 Ingram, Secretary. 



nature. 



book 



a fine frontispiece, altogether a charming com- 

 panion for amateur or professional gardeners 

 throughout the year. 



Who* 8 Who again makes its welcome appear- 



to us in company with a trio of & ^ Erfurt< 



The "Orchid World." — The number of 

 this monthly periodical for January gives 

 a good portrait of H. T. Pitt, Esq., 

 Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thur- 

 good), whose appreciation of finely-blotched 

 varieties of Odontoglossum crispum is well 

 known. Mr. Pitt paid £1,500 for O. crispum 

 F. K. Sander in 1903, and proportionately high 



ance. It 



most useful works of reference from the hands of 

 the same experts, Messrs. A. and C. Black, 

 Who's Who Year Booh, the Writers 9 and Artists' 

 Year Booh, and the Englishwoman's Year Booh 



shining orange-scarlet and distinct from all 

 other cultivated species of shrubby Begonias. 

 There is some doubt as to the plant being a 

 good species, and it may yet prove to be a 

 hybrid, although specimens at Kew have been 

 raised from seed exactly like the parents. The 

 Kew plant was received from Messrs. Haagtje 



Elliottia racemosa, tab. 8413 (see p. 11, 



fig. 10). 

 Berberis Wilsons, tab. 8414. — A fruiting 



prices for other varieties j some of these are illus- full as the biographical particulars m the larger 

 trated in the present issue of the Orchid World. work, is easier of reference. It contains matter 

 Mr. Ed. Kromer continues the account of his which is unique-lists of Freemasons, of Presi- 



and Directory. With these four books, no one branch of this handsome Barberry was figured in 

 need be at a loss for information of the most Gardeners 9 Chronicle, November 30, 1907, 



p. 372, when a description of the plant was 

 given by Mr. Hermann Spooner. The plant 

 makes an excellent subject for the rock garden, 



varied kind. Who's Who Year Booh consists of 

 tabular information which, not being quite so 



travels *.hrou£h British Guiana, and Mr. J. 

 M. Black makes some interesting remarks on 

 colour in hybridisation, giving suggestions for 

 securing wholly yellow flowers. 



American 



and a specimen we noticed in September last, at 

 Messrs. R. Wallace & Co.'s Nursery at Col- 

 chester, on a low rockery appeared very beauti- 



titles, &c. The Writers' and Artists' Year Booh ful witl * its delightful coral-red berries. 



is chiefly of interest to those who desire to earn Disa lugens, tab. 8415 (see Gardeners 9 



money by the pen or brush. Editors ought to be Chronicle, toI. xxiv., p. 232). — The flowers of 



