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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 4, 1912 



Zoological Gardens, Regents Park.— 

 Reporting on the gardening side of its work, the 

 Council of the Zoological Society state that, 

 under the capable superintendence of Mr. John 

 Young, the floral decoration of the gardens has 



More New Malayan and Papuan Orchids. 



From time to time we have recorded the recent 

 publication of descriptions and figures of new 

 Orchids from the Malayan Archipelago and New 

 Guinea, chiefly by Dr. J. J. Smith. The total 



maintained its high character. Although some number now known from these regions is very 

 of the existing flower-beds had to be occupied large, but, as we have remarked before, few of the 

 for other purposes, a large number of new beds 

 were made last year, and the provision of narrow 

 floral borders surrounding the enclosures was 

 greatly increased with the double object of add- 

 ing to the beauty of the gardens and keeping 

 visitors from too close an approach to railings 

 guarding horned animals. Many parts of the 

 gardens formerly occupied by unsightly bushes 

 were cleared and planted with flowers, so that 

 the number of bedding-out plants and the area 

 occupied by them was made larger than it has 

 ever been before. The President, the Secretary, 



and other Fellows made gifts of bulbs and seeds 



suitable for floral decoration. New greenhouse diameter. Those of D. sociale are scarcely larger, of canvas which will be employed as a covering. 



forcing sheds and potting sheds are being erected but as the P lant 1S *«*taal and carpets rela- The wire guys weigh 40 tons, and the ridge-wires, 



on the north bank of the canal, and the gar- 

 deners' department will be transferred thitl 

 early in the summer. 



very numerous recent discoveries are of a showy 

 character. The Bulletin du Jar din Botanique 

 de Buitenzorg, 2me serie, n. 3, contains further 

 Orchidological contributions by the same 

 botanist, including descriptions of some thirty- 

 five new species. Among them upwards of a 

 dozen are species of Dendrobium, mostly very 

 small-flowered. D. compressicolle, nearly allied 

 to Lindley's D. longicolle, has the largest 

 flowers of those described, with sepals slightly 

 exceeding two inches in length. Several have 



International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion.— Fig. 148 shows the large tent that will he 

 one of the features of the exhibition in the course 

 of erection. As stated in the last issue, it will 

 cover about 3^ acres of ground. Mr. Harold 

 Piggott, of Messrs. Piggott Bros. & Co. 

 Bishopsgate, London, who are erecting the tents 

 at the Chelsea Hospital grounds, has given us 

 some interesting particulars concerning this mam- 

 moth canvas-coloured structure. The five spant 

 " are each 36 feet high and 52 feet wide ; they vary 

 slightly in length, the largest measuring 280 feet, 

 whilst the total breadth is 280 feet, the extra 

 10 feet being accounted for by the gutters, which 

 are laid between each span, and which, should it 

 unfortunately be necessary, will conduct rain 

 water to drains which have been laid throughout 

 the exhibition grounds. As will be seen in th* 



quite minute flowers, those of D. remotum, for illustration, large numbers of poles are being 



utilised for the support of the 40,000 square yards 



measuring 



.ior 



Bread Fruit and the Mutiny of thl 



"Bounty."— All who are interested in historic. ,1 

 curiosities will feel grateful to the Times for 

 reminding them, in the course of a leading article 

 on the M Mutiny of the - Bounty ' M of the fact 

 that the ship which was the witness of the 

 tragic events in 1789 had been despatched to the 

 South Seas for the expr< b purpose of transport- 

 ing the Bread Fruit tree (Artocarpus incisa) to 

 the West Indies. Captain Cook had discovered 

 the tree, and to Bligh, who had accompanied 

 him on his immortal voyage, was entrusted the 

 task of obtaining supplies of the tree. In ac- 

 cordance with this special service the M Bounty '* 

 was fitted out for the carriage of plants, and 

 proceeded to Tahiti. There after some time — 

 spent in the peaceful practice of botanising — tho 

 mutiny occurred. It was not till eight years 

 later that the indomitable Bligh, who in the 

 meantime had, after being cast adrift from the 

 44 Bounty/ 1 experienced remarkable adven- 

 tures, succeeded in effecting the object which tho 

 voyage of the " Bounty " failed to achieve. Sail- 

 ing in the M Providence " in 1797, Bligh col- 

 lected Artocarpus incisa and carried the trees to 

 the West Indies, where they are now acclima- 

 tised. The mutineers- — or most of them — had in 

 the meantime transplanted themselves, together 

 with some South Sea islanders, from Tahiti to 

 Pitcairn Island, where their presence was not 

 discovered till 10C9. 



FlG. I48. ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT. ON, 



(Erecting the frame-work of the large tent. The " Chilliauwallah " Memorial is on the left-hand side.) 



Geffrye's GARDEN.-The Parks Committee tively large areas h constitutes a conspicuous 

 of the London Count v Council have had under ^ture in the vegetation when bearing its rosy- 



red and white flowers. 



consideration the question of the laying o\A of 

 Geffrye's Garden, which has been temporarily 

 opened for the use of the public since December 

 last. When the property was acquired, it was 

 thought that the garden attached to the alms- 

 houses could be left in its original state, but as a 



result of careful inspection made since it has 



Western New York Horticultural 

 Society.— The leport of the Proceedings of the 

 57th annual meeting of this society, held in 

 January, 1912, is a substantial volume, full of 



which keep in place the ventilating hoods, weigh 

 7 tons 10 cwt. The system of ventilation is the 

 invention of Messrs. Piggott, who, after having 

 thoroughly tested it during the winter, are now 

 putting it into practical use. As in all the tents, 

 electricity will be used for lighting purposes; a 

 300 horse-power engine is to be requisitioned, 

 similar to those at the large railway stations, to 



valuable information on the cultivation of plants generate electricity for 64 flame arc lamps. To* 1 



and particularly fruit trees. The presidential 



been opened, the Committee are advised that address by Mr w . c> Barry^s forth graphic- 



will be the largest plant tent ever erected ; it * 

 twice as lar^e as the building at Olympia, where 



certain works of improvement^ are required m ally the admirable work %vhich the SQcfety has the RH s summer show was held last year. 



""' ~~ The tall granite obelisk shown in the illustration, 



which was erected to the memory of the officers 

 and men of the XXIVth Regiment who fell ™ 

 Chillianwallah on January 13, 1849, is almo* 

 absorbed in one division of the tent, only 

 golden orb and a foot or so of the plinth appear- 

 ing above the canvas. A large marquee 470 fee 

 long and 40 feet wide is to be attached to ^ 

 main tent. The other tents in the exhibit^ 

 grounds, many of them of great size, appear 

 .be mere pigmies compared with the P* 11 ?.,-^ 

 000. and it is nro- inrJivirlnal welfarA Knf alon +Via+ r.t t.Ka« cut. structure The tents set aside for the exnio 



from France, Belgium and Holland, which are t e 



order to make it suitable as a place of recreation 

 and pleasure for the public. These works in- 

 clude the removal of certain worn-out trees and 

 shrubs, the abolition of the central path running 

 north and south, the widening and reconstruc- 

 tion of the remaining principal paths, the raising 

 and improvement of the lawns, the formation of 

 flower borders between the walks and the alms- 

 houses, and the planting of the border abutting 

 on Kingsland Road. The total cost of the works 

 proposed for the laying out of the whole garden 

 is esti 



posed 



accomplished, and shows how it has played a 

 large part in extending the cultivation of Apple 

 and Peach to its present vast dimensions. Mr. 

 Barry points out that Apple cultivation is ex- 

 tending towards the south and west, and that the 

 Peach has moved north and east, till the hill- 

 lands of New England are being reclaimed and 

 occupied by profitable Peach orchards. Many 

 of the contributions contained in the volume 

 are of permanent value, and all show that the 

 members of the society have not only their 

 individual welfare but also that of their State 

 at heart. 



