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THE GARDENERS 7 CHRONICLE. 



[January 13, 1912, 



but, unfortunately, in consequence of the present 

 craze for novelty in Roses, these old varieties 

 are neglected. 



ROSE WILLIAM ALLAN RICHARDSON. 



Roses are grown abundantly in this neighbour- 

 hood, but the variety above named seems to be 

 greatly losing in popularity. Twenty years ago 

 every cottage gardener had a plant of this fine 

 Rose, and on many a garden wall one or more 

 magnificent specimens were to be found. Gra- 

 dually, however — from some cause apparently un- 

 known — the colouring degenerated, and now it is 

 the exception rather than the rule to see a flower 

 of the correct hue, although an abundance of new 

 plants have been put in. The loss of colour has 

 been the chief factor in the growing unpopularity 

 of this variety. It has been stated by .Mr. Piper 

 in these columns that many of the flowers pro- 

 duced are of no deeper a yellow than those of 

 Lanaarque, but he has not given any reason for 

 this loss of colour. Many growers never recom- 

 mend the plant, on account of this defect ; and I 

 myself should be unable to point to a single speci- 

 men that produces blooms of the true, original 

 colour. I always prefer to recommend Claire 

 Jacquier, a much more constant climber, which 

 was introduced by Bernaix in 1888. E. Molyneux, 

 Stvanmore, Bishop's Walt ham. 



erect, 

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A CURIOUS OAK. 



Nearly every species of tree that lias long 

 been cultivated in, or is a native of, the British 

 Isles, has produced a number of varieties show- 

 ing great diversity of growth. The dwarf and 

 weeping forms are the more common, and next 



to these those of a fastigiate or erect-growing 

 habit. Weening tret's frequently show con- 

 siderable variation. Take the common Ash for 

 example : the ordinary variety pendula has all 

 its branches weeping ; var. pendula Went 

 worth ii has the trunk and leading shoot 

 whilst the branches are very pendulous ; 

 pendula (the young shoots are yellow) has all its 

 brandies arching or weeping, but much stiffer 

 and more umbrella-like than the common variety 

 pendula. Among the weeping Beeches there is 



an even greater diversity of form. 



Of the common Oak the most striking deviation 

 from the type is the variety fastigiata (Cypress 

 Oak) with a spire-like growth as marked as that 

 of the Lombard y Poplar (see Gardener* 9 

 Chronicle, .March 9, 1907, p. 149). There is 

 also a very elegant weeping variety (pendula) of 

 the same type as the Wentworth Ash, having 

 an erect-growing head and the branches only 

 weeping. In the remarkable variation of the 

 common Oak shown in fig. 17, the branches grow 

 out horizontally at first, then take a right angled 

 turn, the whole ultimately forming a dense inter- 

 lacing mass of branches and twigs. So far as 

 we can learn the tree has never been trained or 

 mutilated in any way. 



SCOTLAND. 



PRESENTATION TO MR. J. D. CROZfErv. 



On p. 10 it was announced that Mr. John 

 D. Crozier, forester, Durris, Aberdeen, had 

 been appointed to the staff of the Irish Forestry 

 Department. Prior to leaving to take up his 

 appointment, Mr. Crozier was entertained to 

 a complimentary luncheon and presented with 

 a token of esteem by a number of gentlemen 

 connected with the Aberdeen branch of the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society. The function 

 took place in the Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, and 

 was very la gely attended by those interested in 

 forestry. Mr. C. S. France presided, and Mr. A. 

 Robson was croupier. Apologies for absence were 

 read from Sir John Stirling Maxwell, President 

 of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 Mr. Irvine, of Drum, and Mr. S. J. Gammell, of 

 Drumtochty, the present and past presidents of 

 the Aberdeen branch. 



THE LIFE OF SIR JOSEPH HOOKER. 



(Continued from p. 12.) 



The Linne 



Society. 



Sir Joseph was elected a Fellow in 1842, yet 

 in spite of this early election he was never the 

 '" Father" of the Society, for Frederick Holsey 

 Jason, who was elected in 1837, is still living. 

 The previous " Father " was Thomson Hodgson 

 Archer-Hind, who was elected in March, 1834, 

 and died in January, 1911. Hooker never became 

 president, but he was a staunch supporter of the 

 Society for a long series of years, both as a 

 Councillor and a contributor to the publications. 

 He served on the Council during five terms, be- 

 tween 1846 and 1884, and was a Vice-President 

 from 1861 to 1874, and from 1882-1884; the year 

 preceding his retirement from the Directorship 

 of Kew. His contributions rank with the most 

 important published by the Society, and the 



import. And there were delegates from various 

 universities and other learned bodies, entrusted 

 with greetings and congratulations and learned 

 effusions. Altogether it was a memorable meeting. 

 In this connection it may be mentioned that 

 Hooker contributed an Introductory Letter to the 

 notable volume entitled Darwin and Modern 

 Science, Cambridge, 1909. 



President op the Royal Society, 1873 to 1878. 



Hooker wae elected a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society in 1847, and he served five biennial 

 terms on the Council, between 1853 and 1886. 

 He also acted as Vice-president during four 

 terms, between 1857 and 1886. He was chosen 

 President in 1873, and held this post until 1878. 

 The Copley, Royal and Darwin Medals were suc- 

 cessively awarded to him. Apart from his Annual 

 Addresses, he contributed comparatively little to 

 the Society's publications, most of his work com- 



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principal ones are noticed in tnis review. 



Hooker was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1888, 

 but the culminating event in the bestowal of 

 medals was the presentation of the Darwin- 

 Wallace Medals, on the occasion of the Darwin- 

 Wallace celebration at the Society's rooms, on 

 July 1, 1908, to Wallace and Hooker. A highly- 

 distinguished company had assembled to witness 

 the auspicious and unparalleled ceremony, and 

 the President, Dr. D. H. Scott, made the pre- 

 sentations with a few happily-chosen words. 

 Both recipients were present and replied in 

 speeches of enduring interest and of the utmost 

 value in historical truth. These two veterans, 

 the one in his eighty -eighth year, the other in 

 his ninety-second year, and both still hale and 

 hearty, together with the surrounding company 

 of naturalists of all ages, formed a never-to-be- 

 forgotten scene. There were other recipients of 

 the medal, including some distinguished 

 foreigners, and there were other speeches of great 



ing within the province of the Linnean rather 

 than the Royal Society. One of the exception 

 is the Botany of Kerguelen Island, in which hfr 

 dealt with the collections of vascular plants made 

 by the " Transit of Venus " Expedition during 

 1874 and 1875. Nevertheless, his period of office 

 was an unusually active one, both in natural ana 

 physical science, and the results are admirabl} 

 summarised in his successive Addresses. Of ex- 

 peditions, for example, there were the British 

 Polar, the Transit of Venus, the Total Solar 

 Eclipse of 1875, and the continuation of the 

 Voyage of the " Challenger." These expedition 

 gave the Council of the Society much work, as 

 the manning of the scientific staffs and the plan- 

 ning of their operations, as well as the publication 

 of results, were largely effected on the sugges- 

 tions and recommendation of this body. Dr. L #• 

 Balfour's Botany of Rodriguez was another 

 valuable outcome of the " Transit of Venus 

 Expedition. Meteorology and the exhibition ox 



