January 20, 1912.1 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



41 



in rosarian amber, tlu 



'iseases 



of the 



•'Journal- of the R.H.S. Club. -This November with 5.12 inches. The driest month 



Rose. Here, if anywhere, the measured little publication records the doings of the mem- was August, when .61 inch of rain fell. Mr. T. 

 word and judicial phrase might be ex- hers of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gar- Edwakds sends us the following records from The 

 pected to give place to some expression of ^ens Club, an association of past and present Royal Gardens, Windsor. The total amount 



wrath ; but in dealing with his worst foes, 

 "the worm i ? the bud," Mr. Darlington's 

 sweet reasonableness rarely deserts him. 



He has, however, an evident grudge— as 

 who has not?— against the Rose Shoot- 

 boring Sawfly, that " most exasperating 

 insect" which will not be caught till 



officers, students, and employes of the Roy 

 Horticultural Society. The volume for 1911 is 

 the fourth number, and the contents are no less 

 interesting than in the earlier issues. Mr. 



John Fil 



registered for 1911 was 23.C4. The wettest 

 month was December, when 5.49 inches were 



registered. 



November was also a verv wet 



month. The greatest rainfall in 24 hours occurred 

 is the new editor. The opening on October 24, when .86 inch fell. Rain fell 



article is by the President, Mr. E. AUGUSTUS 

 Bowles, who writes in a delightful strain on 



*,..,. - " Garden Messmates," giving his experience of 

 alter it has done its worst: evidently it plant associations, or shall we say, the inter- 

 bores even Mr. Darlington. cropping of flowering plants. The association of 

 As the reader of this notice will have Tulips with Carnations or of Daffodils with 



inferred, we have 



Mr. Darlington's 



seem 



in measurable quantity on 171 days, but there 

 were only 23 wet days during the whole of July, 

 August and September. A very wet year 

 at Windsor was 1903. when 36.41 inches 

 of rain fell, but in 1898 only 17.26 inches 

 were registered. The average yearly rain- 

 fall at Windsor is 24.96 inches. Main fell 



volume with no ordinary pleasure, and we Mr - Bowi s makes a good case for such group- in Davenham Gardens, Malvern, writes Mr. 



regard it as a work of high merit, "We 



ings. He lias also something to say about the 



C. A. Hayford, on 156 days. During Decem- 

 ber there were 24 wet days, the total rainfall 



commend it most heartily to all rosarians, mutual assistance of neighbouring plants, and 



and, in doing so, draw their attention not f u KK efi ts that " When you examine the crowd- for the month measuring 5.42 inches. July was 



only to the excellence of the text, but to 

 the beauty and fidelity of the coloured 

 plates of such Roses as Hugh Dickson, Hia- 

 watha, Mrs. John Laing, Mine. Kavary, 

 Dorothy Perkins, The Lyon Rose, Frau 

 Karl Druschki, and Juliet, 



The publishers, Messrs. Jack, the Prlitnr 



ing of plants in Alpine pastures it is much 

 pleasanter to try to believe that mutual assis- 

 tance is a reason for close association, rather 

 than that a fierce struggle for existence is con- 

 stantly stimulating weaker members of the com- 

 munity, n Notes from various parts of the 



the driest month, with only .24 inch. The total 

 rainfall for the year was 21.23 inches, compared 



with 32.89 indies for 1910. Mr. A. J. Morris, 



of Compton Bat ett Gardens, Wiltshire, states 

 that the total rainfall for the year just closed 

 has amounted to 27.70 inches, compared with 

 world by former students of the gardens pro- 37.40 inches in 1910. December (6.77 inches), 

 vide interesting reading, and there ire descrip- November (3.73 inches), and October (2.50 inches) 

 and the photographer, Mr. Walt ham, have tions of places nearer home, including a note were the three wettest months. In July no rain 



laid the horticultural world under a real on the Cambridge Botanic Garden, by Mr. W. G. 



Kent. AmongM other contributors Mr. Ernest 

 M. Bear gives his experiences of commercial 



debt of gratitude by applying, with such 

 a large measure of success, colour photo- 

 graphy to the illustration of the subjects fruit-growing, Mr. Harry L. Foster enumerates from June 29 to August 20. In December Mr. 



s registered. August being the next driest 

 month, with only 1.23 inch. On May 11 

 1.95 inch of rain fell in one hour. No rain fell 



i reated of in this excellent series of " Pre- 

 sent-day Gardening. 7 ' F. K. 



a list of birds ob rved at Sutton Park, Surrey, 



whilst Mr. \Y. J. Lucas has an interesting 



article on Cockroaches. The doings of the 



Morris states that rain fell each day with the 

 exception of the 5th, 29th, and 31st. Mr. P. 

 Hills, of the Gardens, Kinloch Castle, Rhum, 



Our Supplementary Illustration repre- 

 sents species of Strobilanthes growing wild upon 

 the Nilgiri Mountains of South India. In Sep- 

 tember of last year, writes Mr. C. A. Barber, 



almost the whole of the range between 6 000 feet """T Yr^T-? P«* aim 



•in H 7 nnn ^ «... i n j .\ V I ' present employes of Kew Gardens, was held on 



and 7,000 feet was clothed with a brilliant mantle 

 of purplish-blue, and the pictures give some idea 

 of the effect of this clothing, alternating with 



masses of rock, and bits of forest with enveloping 

 mist. Several species of Strobilanthes were pre- 

 sent in abundance, but the chief among them 

 was S. Kunthianus, a tall, bushy shrub, some- 



Wisley men show that a keen interest is main- states that he suspects more rain fell at Rhum 

 tained in the debating society, which secures an than in any other part of the United Kingdom. 



The total rainfall for the year was 114.28 inches. 

 The amount registered in December was 

 17.82 inches, rain falling on every day of the 

 month. In November 12.65 inches fell, and in 

 February 12.27 inches, the being 19 wet days 

 in that month. The driest month was March, 

 with 11 days of rain, when 4.54 inches fell. 



average attendence of 30 at the meetings. 



Kew Gardeners* Social Evening. — The 



fifteenth annual social gathering of the past and 



the 12th inst. at the Boat Hon , Kew, the com- 

 pany numb ring 110. The musical programme 

 included songs by M. rs. Briscoe, Gardner, and 

 James. 



Mr. W. A. Cook, of Le nardslee Gardens, Sus- 

 sex, gives 34.87 inches as the total amount of 



inst, when a paper will be read by Mr. Julian 6 ' 3 ^ inches; the driest months were January, 



cover great C. Rogers, entitled "An Evening in The In- 

 stitution Library." 



The Weather in 1911 



The Surveyors' Institution. — The next ra * n ' OT ^ le >' ear at Leonardslee. December was 

 ordinary general meeting of the members will he ^ 1€ wettest month with 8.05 inches of rain, 

 times 8 feet to 10 feet in height, and covered with lleId at the Institu tion on Monday, the 22nd November was also ' a wet month with 

 a profusion of bright-blue, bell-like flowers. It is 

 the habit with these plants to 

 stretches of country, and all of them to 

 flower together at regular intervals, separated 

 by a number of barren years. As in the case 

 of the Bamboo, they grow for a number of years 

 with only an occasional blossom, until, at the 

 appointed time of maturity, they all burst into 

 flower, mature their seed, die down and dis- 

 appear. The next year the ground is covered 

 by a vast number of tiny seedlings. The last 

 year when this occurred was 1898, so the period 

 would appear to be one of 12 years. So striking 

 is the phenomenon, that the European visitors 

 to the hills have suggested that it has given the 

 name to the hills, " Nilgiri " or the "Blue 



It behoves the gar- 

 dener to become a close student of the weather, 

 and it is not surprising that many gardeners are 

 expert meteorologists, keeping daily records of 

 the rainfall, sunshine, temperatures, and other 

 meteorological conditions. In accordance with 

 their practice several correspondents have for- 

 warded their records for the past year. At Dyr- 

 ham Park Gardens, Barnet, the maximum tern- on June 24; the number of wet days in 1911 

 perature was recorded by Mr. H. Juniper on totalled 180. 



when only 1.43 inch fell, and July 1.09 inch. 

 The greatest fall in 24 hours occurred on 

 August 22, when 1.44 inch fell. There were 

 24 wet days in December, and 142 during the 

 whole year. The amount of rainfall registered 

 in the gardens of Lowther Castle, Westmor- 

 land, was 38.11 inches. Mr. F. Clarke, the 

 gardener, states that December was the wettest 

 month with 9 inches of rain, but in November 

 there were 4.82 inches. The greatest rain- 

 fall in 24 hours, 1.57 inch, was registered 



W 



August 9, when the thermometer registered 



Mrmn+oir,* ? > 13 ± 4U * • i j x i * 19 °f frost- J he rainfall for the vear amounted 



fountains. But the name is very old, at least . oc n/l1 . , _ , ../- Trk nni . ' ~ - , - 



ROD «•*• n„A *\,~ i i a * i Lii j i to 25.041 inches as compared with 30.081 inches December wa 



oUU years, and the knowledge of the hills dates ._ inin ^ Un „_* 4 _* n> ^ v n C n •„!__ 



from the time when the first venturesome civil 

 servant climbed the mountain sides, camped 



near a lake and founded Ootacamund. The 



dwellers of the plains never ventured to explore 



the great wall of mountains, whose prevailing 



colour was a dark or bright blue, according to 



the weather. Viewed from the plains, the range 



is a very striking object, and it is much more 



probable that the name was given because of 

 the prevailing colour. 



Bailrigg Gardens, Lancaster, the rainfall was 

 100°. The coldest day was February 1, with only .38 inch less than in 1910, the amounts 



respectively being 41.95 inches and 42.33 inches. 



the wettest month, with 

 in 1910. The wettest month was December, 7.50 inches, and July the driest, only .94 inch 

 when 5.004 inches of rain were recorded, August being registered. The greatest rainfall in 24 

 being the driest month with only .063 inch. hours occurred on June 24, when 1.38 inch fell. 

 Mr. Wilmot H. Yates, of Rotherfield Park Gar- There were 29 wet days in December, and 190 

 dens, Hampshire, states that the rainfall for De- rainy days during the whole year. Mr. Wm. 

 cember registered 11.98 inches, and that the num- Crump, of Madresfield Court Gardens, Worces- 

 ber of days on which rain was recorded was 26. ter, states that the average rainfall in that dis- 

 The heaviest rainfall in 24 hours was recorded trict for the past 29 years is 25.01 inches, but in 

 on December 12, when 1.35 inch fell. Not- 1911 only 21.32 inches were registered. November 



withstanding the prolonged drought the rainfall and December were the wettest months, with 



for 1911 amounted to 41.02 inches. At Norbury 2.73 inches and 5.81 inches respectively. The 



National Dahlia Society. — This Society Park, Dorking, Surrey, according to statistics greatest fall in 24 hours occurred on Decem- 



will hold a conference on Dahlias at Carr's 

 Restaurant, Strand, on Friday, March 8, at 

 6-30 p.m. 



compiled by Mr, G. Kent, the rainfall for 1911 

 was 30.07 inches: December was the wettest 



ber 20, when .64 inch was registered There 

 were 26 wet days in December, and 153 rainy 



month with 7.95 inches, followed closely by days in the whole year. At Hill House Gardens, 



