February 3, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE. 



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Institute of Horticulture has a great work 

 before it. 



small tree or shrub, reaching 20 to 30 feet in height 

 in this country. Its leaves are oval to obovate 



Other institutions exist which would be 2 to 5 inches long, § to 2^ inches wide, with 

 willing to specialize in the working out of abrupt, slender points and minutely-toothed mar- 

 life histories of plant pests. The Imperial S ins ; tlle y ar e covered beneath with thick, grey, 

 College of Science and Technology — to stellate down, less so above. The flowers appear 

 mention only one — has a Professor of m ^* ay on tlle l eafl9s s shoots, in clusters usually 



National Insurance Act, 1911. — The 



National Insurance Advisory Council, of No. 3, 

 Northampton Square, London, E.C., is prepared 

 to advise enquirers, whether employers or em- 

 ployed, male or female, who are desirous of 

 ascertaining their position under the National 

 Insurance Act. Special attention will be given 



Plant Pathology, and is already actively ° f three oriour { blossoms, pendulous on slender, to enquiries from registered friendly societies of 



engaged in this branch of mycological 

 work. Yet other institutions are in being 

 which are dealing with and might, if 



downy stalks, J to f inch long. The corolla is 

 pure white, bell-shaped, i to f inch long and 

 wide, shallowly four-lobed. The tree derives 

 its specific name from the fruit, which has a 



financial aid were forthcoming, deal yet rJ&aZlZZ a i I'i \ * 



™„vo ofW-.Vol,, ^U _.^ n i^ !, -fear-shaped body, traversed lengthwise by fom 



more effectively with remedial measures. 



For experimental work in plant breed- 

 ing the institute would look naturally, 

 and not in vain, to the John Innes Insti- 

 tution. Rothamsted, no doubt, would _ 

 co-operate with the institute by under- is perfectly hardy, but does best in a sheltered 



wings, and terminated by an awl-shaped point ; 

 and its popular one from the likeness of its 

 nodding, pure-white flower to that of a Snow- 



less than 5,000 members, and unregistered socie- 

 ties, slate clubs and yearly clubs, &c, as to the 

 best manner in which to become approved; ar- 

 rangements can be made for speakers to be sent 

 if desired. Any person desirous of making an 

 enquiry, whether on his own behalf or on the 

 behalf of any other person of either sex, or any 

 society or club, should forward a letter contain- 



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«W I n J !° > n( T y ^ P1 ' etty name ° f illg ful1 P artic «fcrs and a stamped, addressed 



" Silver-bell Tree." In the south of England it 



taking the elucidation of soil problems 

 from the horticultural standpoint. The 

 Wisley Gardens might become the School 



spot, and likes a warm, deep, well-drained, 

 loamy soil. It can be increased by cuttings, but 

 plants raised from seed thrive better. Two forms 



envelope for reply, to the secretary, at the above 

 address. No charge will be made for any infor- 

 mation given in response to any enquiry. 



Sweet Pea Lecture at the North of 



Owing 



of Landscape Gardening of the country, are in cu] tivation, the better one of which has a England Horticultural Society. 

 beside carrying out the other duties ] T a /S e ^ C01 J°^ to an unfortunate transposition Mr. Cuthbert~ 



placed upon them by the R.H.S. Simi- 

 larly, the work of training instructors 

 could be performed by one or several ex- 

 isting institutions, which it is safe to 

 assume would gladly undertake such an 

 important branch of education. 



Thus the National Institute would be 

 an institute of practical horticulture, 

 and would be concerned with the further- 

 ance of the interests of gardeners, of com- 

 mercial men or growers, fruit growers, 

 nurserymen, seedsmen, instructors, and 

 experts. Endowment would be essential ; 

 but it is not to be doubted that the 



Halesia hispida, a Japanese species, was illus- 

 trated in Gardeners" Chronicle, August 7, 1909. 



Royal Horticultural Society.— The next 



meeting of the Committees of this Society will 

 take place on Tuesday, the 6th inst. In the 

 afternoon a lecture on " Plants of Fiji and Other 

 Ssuth Sea Islands " will be delivered by Sir 

 Everard m Thurn, K.C.M.G. 



son was made to say (p. 63) exactly the reverse 

 of what he intended. It is the Spencer or 

 Waved type of Sweet Pea that has open keels, 

 whereas the older type has compressed or 

 clamped keels, which have the effect of squeezing 

 together the reproductive organs and assisting 

 fertilisation. Hence it is that the older type seeds 

 so much more freely than the Spencer type. 



Memorial to Stephen Hales.— The grave 



National Chrysanthemum Society.— The °f Stephen Hales, the father of the science of 



annual general meeting of the members of this Vegetable Physiology, lies beneath the tower of 



Society will be held at Carr's Restaurant, 264, the church at Teddington, of which parish Hales 



Strand, London, on Monday next, the 5th inst., was for 51 years the faithful vicar. The grave- 



at 7 p.m. The President, Sir Albert Rollit, stone, which is near the entrance of the church, 



institute would receive a large measure 

 of financial support. Would not the 



LL.D., D.C.L., will occupy the chair. 



"George Monro 



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Concert. 



had become so defaced by the hand of time and 



the feet of parishioners, that the inscription is 



The lGth no longer legible. Hence, in order to preserve 



Royal Horticultural Society aid it, annual concert, promoted by Mr. Geo. Monro, Hales's memory in the minds of those who 

 not only with counsel but with grants? of Covent Garden, in aid of the gardening and attend the church, and to testify to his piou? 

 Would not the Departments of State other charities > win *>e held on the 15th inst. memory, the leading botanists, at the suggestion 



intent on the furtherance of agricul- 

 ture welcome the foundation of such 

 ■an institute and provide it liberally with 

 funds? Might not the institute look 

 with confidence to the Development Com- 

 missioners for similar and considerable 

 help ? Private munificence would, we feel 



Lo 



The of Francis Darwin, than whom none is more 



able to appreciate Hales's greatness, have 

 erected an inscribed tablet on the wall near 



men exist than horticulturists. Lastly, 

 were the proposal for the establishment 

 of such an institute to meet with a warm 

 and general welcome from the world of 

 horticulture, it might be that the authori- 

 ties of the International Exhibition of 

 1912 would consent to create the institute 

 by making it its heir. We can imagine 

 no more lasting or impressive way of re- 

 cording the triumphs of the 1912 Exhibi- 



sure, be forthcoming, for no more generous Fruit and Potato Trades Benevolent Society, 



and £2 2s. to the Royal Gardeners' Orphan 

 Fund. Sums of money were also sent to 

 hospitals, the Surgical Aid Society, the National 

 Lifeboat Institute and other institutions. 

 Tickets for the concert may be obtained from the 

 sccretarv, Mr. H. Baker, 42 



Covent Garden, London. 



band of H.M. Coldstream Guards has been 



engaged, and the programme includes the 



names of many well-known artistes. The the grave. The inscription is : " Beneath is the 



balance sheet of last year's concert shows that 



the sum of £43 Is. was distributed, including 



donations of £12 12s. to the Gardeners' Roval 



Benevolent Institution, £8 8s. to the Wholesale 



grave of Stephen Hales. The epitaph, now 

 partly obliterated, but recovered from a record 

 of 1795, is herewith inscribed by the piety of cer- 

 tain botanists, a.d. 1911. 'Here is interr'd the 



Hales, D.D., Clerk of the 



Stephen 



Closet to the Princess of Wales, who was Minis 

 ter of this Parish 51 years. He died the 4th of 

 January, 1761, in the 84th year of his age.' " 



Louis Pasteur. 



Horticul turists with 



King Street, 



Spring Exhibition at Bradford. 



A 



n 



exhibition of spring flowering plants, including 



tinn fb t T, ?■ 6 , ^ Xnib1 ' bulbs and shrubs > wiI1 be hM in the Central 



won than by contributing to the endow- Batll „ Bradford, on March 14. Tt will K. 



ment of a National Institute of Horticul- 

 ture. 



Baths, Bradford, on March 14. It will be 

 under the auspices of the North of England 

 Horticultural Society, in conjunction with the 

 Saltaire, Shipley and District Rose Society, the 



Our Supplementary Illustration. -The Bradford Chrysanthemum Society, the Bradford 

 Snowdrop Tree (Halesia tetraptera) is one of 

 those old-fashioned plants which seem in some 

 danger of being overlooked among the many 

 new species now competing for notice. Yet 

 a glance at the picture of a tree (see Supple- 

 ment), in bloom in Sir Edmund Loder's garden 



•at Leonar, lee, irakes one doubtful if any tree, 



oi present-century introdu. on, from China or 

 elsewhere, is capable of making a more charming 

 display. Halesia tetraptera is a native of the 

 south-eastern United States, and has been in 

 Jj-nghsh gardens since 1756, when it was intro- 

 duced by Mr. J. E. Ellis. It is a deciduous, 



and District Paxton Horticultural Society, the 

 Lidget Green Horticultural Society, and the 

 Thornton Mechanics' Institute Horticultural 

 Society. The schedule includes clashes for traders ; 

 amateurs employing a regular gardener or gar- 

 deners ; amateurs not employing a regular gar- 

 dener or gardeners ; allotment holders, and 

 school children. A lecture, illustrated by lantern 

 slides, will be given by Mr. W. F. Giles, of 

 Messrs. Sutton & Sons, on " Salad Plants, 

 British and Continental." The N.E.H.S. 



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leaning to science well know the debt of grati- 

 tude which the world owes to Louis Pasteur, 

 and they will be glad to learn that, through 

 the generosity of an American millionaire, the 

 inhabitants of Pasteur's native town— Dole — 

 have been enabled to purchase the house in which 

 that great man was born. Those who hold that 

 the tanner's son of Dole was the greatest man of 

 science of his century will rejoice to kngw that 

 the tannery, his birthplace, will serve for all 

 time as a memorial both of the humble origin 

 and immortal achievement of Pasteur. 



Flowering Plants as Parasites.— Accord- 

 ing to Dr. MacDougal, of the Desert Labora- 

 tory, Tucson, Arizona, nearly one-half of the 

 flowering plants of the world are parasites in the 

 sense that they either live entirely on other 

 organisms, or else depend upon partnerships 

 struck up between themselves and the fungi of 

 the soil. It is no wonder that the fungi revenge 

 themselves by attacking in turn the flowering 

 plants. The art of the horticulturist consists in 



Medals will be awarded at the discretion of the turning the many phases of this struggle to hia 





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judges. 



own advantage. 



