April 27, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



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Our Supplementary Illustration. 



of the finest 



The Surveyors* Institution. -The next Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea; Mr. J. H. 



Primula secundiflora is one 

 of Alpine Primulas found on 



N.W. Yunnan, where 



the 



Lichiang 



ordinary general meeting of this society will be 

 held at the Institution on the 29th inst., when a 



though 



it 



com- 

 is peculiarly local. Its 



Buildings. " The council has accepted an invita- 



he next country meeting at Notting- 

 ham on May 30 and 31. Visits have been ar- 

 ranged for the afternoon of the 30th to Wollaton 

 Hall, Nottingham Castle, Messrs. Players' 



tobacco factory, and a lace factory. On May 31 

 the members will inspect the Derwent Valley 

 Waterworks, and make an excursion through 

 Thoresbv and Clumber to Welbeck. 



Range, 



mon in places, 



cl est ally is Primula vittata, which was dis- 

 covered by Prince Henri d'Orleans much tion to hold the next country meeting at Nutting- 

 further to the north and east, on the mountains 

 around Tatsienlu and Batang. The two species 

 differ in only a few minor details. Mr. Forrest 

 has fur wished the following particulars : — The 

 blooms are fragrant, and in habit and form 

 closely resemble those of Primula sikkimensis, 

 but, instead of being yellow, they are a most 

 beautiful shade of deep crimson, faintly tinged 

 with purple. The altitudinal range of the species 

 is great, from 11,500 feet to almost tha limit of 

 perpetual snow at fully 15,000 feet. On the 

 lower meadows the plants form dense colonies, 

 with scapes from 7-14 inches in height; at the 

 highest altitudes, though the flowers retain their 

 size, all other parts of the plants are 

 dwarfed. The blooms are semi-pendulous on the 

 umbels, and mostly secund, though the last fea- 

 ture does not always obtain. The calyx is 

 of, a deep, livid, ruddy purple, beautifully picked 

 along the margins and down the divi- 

 sions to the bases with thick lines of clear-white 



Witty, St. James's Villa, Swain's Lane, High- 

 gate; Mr. H. L. Wright, Fruit Market, Covent 



Mr. Brian 



paper will be read by Mr. G. T. Loban on Ga len, W.C. The secretary is 



"Some Principles in the Valuation of Land and Wynne, 19, Bedford Chambers, Covent Garden, 



W.C, and he will be very glad to hear from 

 those who intend to be present at the dinner. 



National Auricula and Primula Society 



The late H. J. Adams.— On May 2 and 3 



Messrs. Protheroe & Morris will conduct the 

 sale of the collection of Orchids formed by the 

 late II. J. Adams, Esq., J. P., of Rosencath, 

 Knfield. The sale will take place at their Central 

 Auction Rooms. The late Mr. Adams was a 

 well-known Orchidist, and his collection of 

 plants was a varied and comprehensive 



(Southern Section).— The annual exhibition of one> Even better k nown as an ardent entomolo- 



the National Auricula and Primula Society will 

 be held in the Royal Horticultural Society's Hall, 

 Vincent Square, Westminster, on the 30th inst., 



gist, his collection of exotic butterflies un- 

 doubtedly ranked amongst the finest and most 

 complete in the kingdom. This he bequeathed 



much 



in conjunction with the fortnightly meeting of tQ the nation> and it is expected to be taken 



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over shortly by the British Museum authorities. 



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Ceylon Agricultural Department.— Mr. 

 R. N. Lyne 7 Director of Agriculture in Portu- 

 guese East Africa, has been appointed the 

 Director of the new Agricultural Department of 

 Ceylon. Mr. Lyne was for some years Director 



Earlier Opening of Kew Gardens. 



Replying to a question asked in the House of 

 Commons by Mr. Rawlixson recently, Mr. 



. XT „ v .. r+ , t of Agriculture in Zanzibar and manager of Gov- fncnu»(^UmA of&e Board^of Agricul. 



farina. Normally, the umbels are solitary, but ^ , antations , Two ago on the re . tore) stated that the question of extending the 



it is not uncommon to find specimens with two, 

 or occasionally three, umbels superposed. This 



commendation of the Director of the Imperial 

 Institute, he was lent, with the approval of the 



species grows in conjunction with Primula pinna- Forei<Tn ^offi C €, to the Portuguese Government to 



organise a Department of Agriculture in the Pro- 



tifida and Primula sikkimensis, decorating large 

 tracts of Alpine pasture with its crimson flowers, 

 which show in beautiful contrast to that of its 



vince of Mozambique and to report on the agri- 

 cultural possibilities of that country. Mr. Lyne 



period during which Kew Gardens are opened 

 to the public at 10 a.m., was carefully con- 

 sidered last year, and the gardens will in future 

 be opened to the public at that hour from 

 May 15 to October 15. Having regard to the 

 purposes for which the gardens are primarily 



companions, the brilliant lemon-yellow of Primula Jj^ of numerous reports ^ nd p ape r S on maintained, and to the importance to scientific 



sikkimensis and the varying shades of purplish- 

 blue of Primula pinnatifida. In common with 

 many of the Alpine plants from the same region, 

 in this country it will not be so much a question of 

 hardiness, but that our climate may prove too 

 genial and open. 



Royal Horticultural Society. — The next 

 meeting will be held in the Society's Hall, Vin- 

 cent Square, Westminster, on Tuesday, the 30th 



in conjunction w T ith the show of the 

 National Auricula and Primula Society. At the 



inst., 



tropical agricuHure and is a member of the British 

 Committee of the International Association of 

 Tropical Agriculture. 



Festival Dinner of the Royal Gar- 

 deners* Orphan Fund.— The twenty-fourth 

 annual dinner in aid of the Royal Gardeners' 

 Orphan Fund will take place at the Hotel Cecil, 

 Strand, on Wednesday, May 8. Sir Edwin 

 Durning-Lawrence, Bart., will preside. The fol- 

 lowing srantlemen have kindly consented to act as 



students of the spring months, he could not see 

 his way further to extend the privileges of the 

 general public. He did not think that there 

 was any occasion to provide accommodation for 

 the members of the public awaiting admission to 

 the gardens ; by timing their arrival according 

 to the hour of opening, which is easily ascer- 

 tained, they could avoid the necessity of waiting 

 for admission. 



Chi-dren in the Royal Parks. -Rephing 



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3 o'dock m eeti„g of the Fellows a 'lecture on stewards on this, oecasion, and w,U be g lad to to ,. j*- .U - ItaH-i .1 0... 



Potatos will be delivered by Dr. R. N. Salaman. 



receive contributions for the chairman's list : 



on the 22nd inst. as to whether it was proposed, 



Mr. A. R. Allan, Hillingdon Court Gardens, where necessary, to extend the facilities given 



Horticultural Club. 



The next house Uxbridge ; Mr. William Y. Baker, Thames 



for playing games in the Royal parks, Mr. W. 



dinner of the Horticultural Club will take place 

 on Tuesday, the 30th inst., at the Hotel Windsor. 

 During the evening Mr. H. R. Darlington will 

 give an address on " The JSoee as a Decorative 

 Plant, with special reference to the foliage. " 



Bank Iron Co., Upper Ground Street, London; Bean, representing the First Commissioner of 

 Mr. George H. Barr, King Street, Covent Gar- Works, stated that steps have already been taken 



Award of the Linnean Medal. — At the 



meeting of the Linnean Society, held on the 

 18th inst., the president announced that the 

 Linnean Medal would be awarded to Dr. R. C. L. 

 Perkins. 



Flowers in Season. — A box of beautiful 



blooms of Ranunculus asiaticus is sent from 



Castello, near Florence, by Dr. Ragionieri, 



who states that the flowers are the strain 



known as Roselline di Firenze, which has been 



m cultivation for several centuries in Florentine 



gardens. The blooms are as big as large double 



Hollyhocks, to which they bear a great resem- 

 blance. 



An Aberdeen Warehouse Horticultural 

 Society. -At a meeting of the employees of 

 Messrs. John Falconer & Co., Aberdeen, held 

 recently, it was decided to form a floral society, 

 with the title of Ellewand Horticultural Society. 

 1 »F. William Falconer was appointed president, 

 ^r. H. W. Falconer, vice-president, and Mr. 

 eslie M. Hatt, secretary. It was arranged to 

 hold two exhibitions, in August and September 

 respectively. 



den ; Mr. W. Bates, Cross Deep, Twickenham ; 

 Mr. G. L. Caselton, Garden Superintendent, 

 Crystal Palace ; Mr. George H. Cuthbert, The 

 Nurseries, Southgate, N. ; Mr. William H. Cut- 

 bush, The Nurseries, Barnet, Herts. ; Mr. C. 

 Dixon, Holland House Gardens, Kensington; 

 Mr. W. Howe, Park Hill Gardens, Streatham 

 Common; Mr. D. Ingamells, 27, Catherine 

 Street, Covent Garden; Mr. W. Lane, Kings 

 Ride Gardens, Ascot, Berks. ; Mr. R. B. Leech, 

 The Cottage, Wood Hall, Dulwich; Mr. John 

 Lyne, Foxbury Gardens, Chislehurst, Kent ; Mr. 

 H. B. May/ Dyson's Lane Nursery, Upper 

 Edmonton; Mr. J. F. McLeod, Dover House 

 Gardens, Roehampton ; Mr. G. E. Messer, Hyde 

 Side Nursery, Lower Edmonton; Mr. J. W. 

 Moorman, 33, Wetherall Road, South Hackney ; 



to make use of the Royal parks for children's 

 games, and the First Commissioner is anxious to 

 extend these facilities as much as possible. He 

 believes that all the requirements of the London 

 Education Authority have so far been met, but 

 will favourably consider any further request 

 which they make. Mr. A. J. Pease said he was 

 informed that the arrangements with reference 

 to the provision of spaces in Hyde Park and 

 Regent's Park for games for London school chil- 

 dren this year are not yet complete, but that no 

 difficulties are anticipated. The First Commis- 

 sioner of Works would be glad to consider 

 favourably any request by the London Education 

 Authority for more ground. He understood that 

 10 departments asked for pitches in Hyde Park 

 during 1911— two for three times a week, two 

 for twice a week, and six for once a week. 



Mr. WHiTPArNE Nutting, 106, Southwark Street ; Thirt departments asked for pitches 



Mr. R. Hooper Pearson, "Braewyn," Earlsfield 

 Road, Wandsworth Common; Mr. William 

 Poupart, Marsh Farm, Twickenham; Mr. G. 

 Reynolds, Gunnersbury Park Gardens, Acton, 

 W ; Mr. E. Rochford, Mill Lane Nurseries, 

 Che'shunt; Mr. T. W. Sanders, 124, Em- 

 bleton Road, Lewisham; Mr. Edward Sher- 

 wood, 152, Houndsditch, E. (treasurer); Mr. 

 David W. Thomson, 113, George Street, Edin- 

 burgh; Mr. W. P. Thomson, 25, Bollo Lane, 

 Chiswick, W.; Mr. Harry J. Veitch, 



in 



Regent's Park— two for four times a week, three 

 for three times a week, seven for twice a week, 

 and the remainder for once a week. The accom- 

 modation required was provided for all the 

 schools from which application was received. 



Perpetual Carnations. —Messrs. Stuabt 

 Low & Co. announce that they will present a 

 copy of their book on Carnations to bona fid 

 deners' societies if application is made fo* it. 



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