June 1, 1912.] 

















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much evidence was given in the form of the 

 Jakes and their surroundings, of the denudation 

 and erosion effected by glacial action in the great 

 Ice Age. As a contrast with the forest scenes — 

 one view gave a vivid impression of those raging 

 conflagrations which periodically occur, due 

 sometimes to lightning, but too often to the 

 carelessness of travellers, who neglect to pro- 

 perly extinguish their camp fires — the audience 

 found themselves confronted with masses of bril- 

 liant blossom, rivalling those of the more familiar 

 European Alps. The lecturer gave the botanical 

 names of the plants depicted on the screen, 

 and not merely the various local names, which 

 are unintelligible to the stranger. One lantern 

 slide showed a brilliant scarlet Aquilegia, as yet 

 unnamed, which would be a decided acquisition. 

 Another slide, amongst many which showed 

 the animal life of the domain, represented a 

 group of the Canadian white bear, specimens 

 of which have so far only been obtained by 

 the native Indians, who secured a representative 

 family group for the Victoria Museum. 

 Wolverines, porcupines, lynx, deer of many 

 species, several kinds of sheep and goats, as well 

 as species of bears, including the dreaded grizzly, 

 were also shown in their native wilds. The lec- 

 ture was amongst the most interesting in the 

 Club records, and at its close remarks were con- 

 tributed by Messrs. G. P. Baker, Reginald 

 Farrer, C E. Shea, W. A. Bilney, and Dr. 

 Balfour, of the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. 



LECTURE ON THE ROSE.* 



(Concluded from p. 341.) 



I will mention here two Roses of recent intro- 

 duction R. flugonis and R. Moyesii, chiefly be- 

 cause their habit of growth in the garden much 

 resembles that of R. sericea. R. Hugonis has 

 charming Fern-like foliage and soft-yellow 

 flow-era in the axils of the leaves, and comes 

 early. K, Moyesii, on the contrary, is late in 

 starting with stiffer stems, on which the thorns 

 are hooked upwards instead of downwards. The 

 nowers_ are a really wonderful colour. Terra- 

 cotte-pink is the general effect, but there are 

 shades of brown and. cinnamon, which, with the 

 jeuow anthers, make a striking and beautiful 



R. humilis is a neat, dwarf, little Rose from 



w- Un ^ d S^tes. The foliage is not specially 



noticeable, but it is worth growing in a collection 



o Kose species from the fact of its having an 



autumnal as well as a summer season of flower- 



R. nitida is one of the gems of the species j 



onlv 1 Tfo . cb f rmin S little Rose. It grows 



X™ t° at 18 '"A 65 hi S h > the foIia S e » a dark, 

 glossy green, and the flowers are a brilliant shade 



ot carmine-pink which is specially attractive. 



berril° We u • *u e , fo J lowed by numerous round red 

 ir ', w ld look ver y bri S h t in the autumn, 

 when the leaves turn to brilliant autumnal tints 



of 



red and brown. 



rnnt =k„ * £"."—■ ■"■*" produces many small 

 hW a S ' ?" hich are de nsely covered with bril- 



uant red prickles of 

 with setae, and when 

 duce a fi ne effect in 



unequal size interspersed 

 the leaves fall these pro- 

 orr!*, +„ ~I .V~r" "' the winter sunshine. In 

 the L * get . the best effect with this little Rose, 

 be \^± n * P ro ^ tion of y° ur, g £ row th must 



Rose, 

 h«" """""" production of young growth 



two ™ g fu T1 1 [S m ^ b ? mana S ed in ™ °* 

 more Ml' her ^ amoving all the wood of 



dZ u n . a y ear old in spring and pegging 



. ear-oid wood as soon as the plants have flowered, 



It 



is a 



S7Wnf ga t i udicio »sly in autumn. 



the taller species. In some way, however, care- 



, or may 

 >y itself or, again, in front of 



quit o n lS t 1 nt S\ nnin S out ° f 'the old wood is 

 wood mn ^tt r ? left *° become a mass of oW 

 C ' ffTn \*\ ha] J the Charm of the Plant is 

 and the*. a ?rV ^ and - of the easie3t culture, 

 so many ,♦"* feW f ? oses which are so beautiful in 

 Pav modpr»t geS ° f ltS • growth °r which better re- 

 R Ti; i te ? are and attention. 



rather nan-nJV 5 re * tty 2 ittle rocker - v Rose with 

 interesHnTr^ lea ¥? '* but P erha P s even more 

 secies and P d USeful is a hybrid between this 

 ^ two or tb?" FUg ° Sa ,' Which has the advantage 



The grou J of% Pe - n0d - S ? f blossom - 

 whose j[i£l ; kP'nosissimae contains many Roses 



de n- Few f ro 1S * dl i tinct ive feature in the 

 Ie af than R !n m ° re ^ e ? u tiful either in flower or 

 y^^-Jlflglfta^ca ^Lindley's grandiflora. The 



y Mr. H. R. Darlington, delivered on April 30. 



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cream-coloured solitary flowers are large, some- 

 times as much as 5 inches across. The leaflets, 

 which are large for the group, are closely 

 packed and very graceful. When doing 

 well, it puts up numerous root shoots. Its 

 culture is simple, and ought principally to be 

 directed to correct any tendency to become leggy 

 and bare at the base. One of the best means of 

 effecting this is to stop the strong root shoots 

 during summer, so as to make them break back 

 somewhat. Though it has only one true flower- 

 ing period, it sometimes gives a pleasant sur- 

 prise by producing one or two of its beautiful 

 flowers intermittently in autumn. The fruits are 

 dark purple or nearly black. 



R. hispida (the R.'lutescens of Pursh) is some- 

 what similar in general appearance, but makes 

 a slightly smaller bush. The foliage is a dense 

 dark green, and turns to a purplish tint in 

 autumn. The flowers are solitary and a very 

 soft shade of pale yellow. 



R. xanthina is a rather deeper shade of yel- 

 low, and perhaps the foliage is even more pleas- 

 ing, contrasting well with the stems. It is 

 clearly very closely related to the spinosissima 

 section, but is curious in having no seta*. It 

 has been suggested that this Rose is the same as 

 R. Ecse, which, however, is a much dwarfer- 

 growing variety, and though it is probable they 

 are nearly related, no one who has grown the two 

 would, I think, treat them as synonymous. R. 

 Ecae is not, I think, so hardy as R. xanthina, 

 nor does it flower so freely, but it makes a nice 

 little Rose for the rockery. 



R. spinosissima lutea is the last of the taller- 

 growing Roses of this group I shall mention. It 

 is a much deeper yellow, and though variable in 

 colour, sometimes comes nearly as deep as' Per- 

 sian Yellow or Marechal Niel/ 



I must also mention R. alpina, of which the 

 best form for. foliage is R. a. pendulina and the 

 Boursaults, including R. inermis Morlettii, nor " 

 must I omit' R. rubrifolia, with, 'perhaps, the 

 most charming foliage of any Rose, the early ' 

 shoots coral pink, changing to a glaucous, grey- 

 blue tint. 



In the rubiginoda Jgrnup, R. Seraphiiii is • 

 a little, gem, whose place is in the rock- 

 garden. It grows from 1 foot to 18 inches 

 high, and has a pink flower, large' for the size of 

 the plant, at the end of each' little shoot, s The 

 plant being naturally low-growing and branch- 

 ing, these shoots are very numerous.' The ■ foli- 

 age is glossy, and w T hen- the flowers are gone 

 they are followed by. cheerful-coloured little 

 fruits which last till autumn. Altogether a 

 charming little plant. , 



R. ferox, the Hedgehog or Bird's Nest Rose, 

 so called from the dense thicket of thorny stems 

 that it produces, is another low-growing species 

 18 inches to 2 feet high. 



No review of Roses from the standpoint of their 

 foliage would be complete without reference to 

 Sweet Briars. The delicious perfume from their 

 leaves wafted over, to one when at work among 

 the Roses on a summer's evening is an added 

 pleasure to the pursuit enjoyed by the rosarian. 

 The first day in spring when one notices the frag- 

 rance should be a red-letter day in the rosarian's 

 year, and the placing of hedges and bushes with 

 a view to filling the garden with fragrance re- 

 quires careful consideration in garden planning. 

 The Sweet Briars are very accommodating ; we 

 may have the tall Penzance Briars to make a high 

 hedge, or the common Sweet Briar, of which 

 there are two forms, one tall and the other dwarf. 



The Discussion. 



In the discussion which followed the de- 

 livery of the lecture, Mr. G. L. Paul men- 

 tioned that he ■ recently found, in looking 

 through a batch of plants in an out-of-the-way 

 corner a plant of R. simplicifolia or R. berberidi- 

 folia doing well, though it had apparently re- 

 ceived little attention. He stated that Ariel 

 was, in fact, a seedling of Tea Rambler, and he 

 agreed that R. Pissardii was a hybrid from R. 

 moschata, which Rose, he understood, derived its 

 name not from the scent of Musk, as generally 

 understood, but from the district in which it 

 was grown or discovered. He suggested there 

 was a large field open to the amateur in experi- 

 menting with first crosses from the various 

 species, many of which were little used in gardens. 



Mr. R. A. Rolfe said that R. microphylla was . 

 one of his favourites. The result of sowing seeds 

 of garden hybrids was often very interesting, 

 curious reversions taking place. 



MANCHESTER 



NORTH OF 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



May 16. 



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-Committee present: Rev. J. Crorrt- 

 bleholme (in the Chair); Messrs. R. Ashworth, 

 J. Bamber, C. Parker, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, 

 J. C. Cowan, J. Evans, W. Holmes, A. J. Keel- 

 ing, D. McLeod, and H. Arthur (secretary). 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to A. War- 

 burton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgleish), 

 for a choice group of Odontoglossums. 



Silver Medals to Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., 

 Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), who showed choice 

 groups of Cattleyas and hybrids; Z. A. 

 Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 

 for a meritorious group of well-grown Odonto- 



flossums; J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. Mr. 

 r lolmes), for a good exhibit of Cattleyas ; II. 

 Thorp, Esq., Rhodes, for a group composed 

 principally of Odontoglossums of the crispum 

 section; and Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgatc, 

 for a choice group of Odontoglossums. 



Other exhibitors were J. J. Holden, Esq., 

 Southport (gr. Mr. Johnson); W. R. Lee, Esq., 

 Plumpton Hall; Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clay- 

 ton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall) ; F. A. Hindley, 

 Esq., Bradford; Messrs. Keeling & Sons, Brad- 

 ford; Mr. J. Birchenall, Alderley Edge; and 

 Mr. J. Evans, Congleton. 



AWARDS. 





First-class Certificate, 



Brasso-Cattlcya Veitchii variety " Luptonii H 

 (C. Reineckiana X B. Digbyana), a huge flower, 

 from Col. J. Rutherford, M.P. 





Aw t ards of Merit. 



Brasso-Catt.-Lcelia " Beardwoodensis" (L.-C. 

 Violetta x B. Digbyana), also from Col. 

 J. Rutherford. Odontoglossum Wilkieanum 

 variety " plumptonense " and Cypripedium 

 Annie Measures variety " Diabolus," both from 

 W. R. Lee, Esq. Cypriptdium Ilortonens 



(Victor x Beeckmanii), from P. A. Hindley, 

 Esq. 



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NATIONAL GLADIOLUS 





May 22. — A successful meeting of this Society 

 was held on the opening day of the Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exhibition, at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's Hail, Westminster. 



The proceedings lasted two hours and the meet- 

 ing was well attended, many foreign visitors 

 being present. The honorary secretary presented 

 the accounts for the past year, which were passed 

 as being highly, satisfactory, the society having 

 money on deposit at the bank and a balance in 

 the current account. 



Many new members have joined since 1911. 

 The schedule for the autumn show to be held on 

 August 13 at the Royal Horticultural Society, on 

 the occasion, of one of the fortnightly meetings, 

 was drawn up. 



Mr. Lionel Perkin offered a silver medal for 

 competition at the show, and Mr. Warnaar, of 

 Warnaar & Co., Sassenheim, Holland, a silver 

 cup. ,' Mr. Hopman expressed his wish to offer 

 a prize, and Messrs. Kelwav & Son and other 

 members have also offered prizes. 



It was decided that two forms of certificate 

 should in future be awarded : (1) to good market 

 varieties ; (2) to good exhibition varieties. 



The Committee awarded a Certificate to Gladio- 

 lus " Pink Beauty," a market variety, raised by 

 Firma P. Vos Mz., Sassenheim, Holland. This 

 Gladiolus is a most valuable variety, on account 

 of its early, flowering. The colour is deeo pink. 



It was decided that the Council should sit to 

 consider new varieties for certificates on July 30, 

 August 13, and August 27. The time and place 

 of meeting will be announced later, and the 

 Council will also sit on June 18 for the same 

 purpose, and on this date the show for early- 

 flowering varieties will be held at Vincent 



Sauare. 

 The annual general meeting of the society will 



be held on August 13 at the Royal Horticultural 



Hall. 



Trade growers, in submitting new varieties for 



certificates, will be required to show six spikes, 

 and must be prepared to introduce the variety 

 to commerce. Amateurs submitting new varie- 

 ties will be required to show three spikes only, 

 and will receive a different form of certificate. 



Mr. Lionel Perkin, of Berrylands Road, Sur- 

 biton, w r as elected a member of the Council. 



