68 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. - 
(The Editors do mot hold Сенаки дөр 
the opinions expressed i24 
Begonia Evansiana (se —1t is pleasant 
o read the praise of this ` handsome and old 
inhabitant of our greenhouses. It te I xr 
i fi out 
"x RE PAS out db from a 
had no protection given 
in earl 
‘The p 
reap 
summer or тг seasons, but so late that they 
t time to тоф their full growth 
before frosts cut bay dow: cool, shay 
place among Ferns, this might pro 
ME. стриц plant if a little iu am such 
oal ashes or Bracken were ppro ove 
the "Án Tove ite Ри each autumn. 
plants oo out "T ough want of a little eed 
earing away of mt 
neighbours, I А аз rather than fro ree 
cold. ‘There is a very characteristic тч 
JA delightful aei 
prem porirait е. 5 plant in 
оз A E etsu, 20, 
en the flora of Japan, The S 
The Node Ga pds: Welwyn 
Damage by Snow at Alden 
of ia worst falls of es. in ye 
ears 
"o rk.—One 
district for 
the 
was down be- 
he following 
an en 
quee 
round, as were 
rious Ber bunky op 
mem of 
suffered ev 
en 
mere grievously than large vage and many 
specim lants, the wood of ' which i x ешь, 
have off completely 
seeing so much damage do Rs p Бога а Б 
a realisation of how rapidly it all took 
la м be gleaned from an expression nsed by 
a neighbour, who described having heard 
ны out UR night the oper ind ағ оѓ 
= rk, and summed s 
ing a *' monotonous noise of jet аа i 
the firing of a number of machine 
s imilar to 
guns." JP 
was. u Пу f the fi specimens of 
is s world. I list of 
ees and shrubs which appear to бае егей 
most damage, as many of your readers will 
эде калы е ha compare it with a “ist, of 
their own suffer Those enumerated inly 
do not en appear | pa E isters on this 
eccasion at Aldenham. Many of the plants are 
as ye for, own 
freezing Би them, we сап 
rd on them v. 
ME relief e tine ure чө med [алик ache 
out very distinc 
sly ‘the iv and shania OA E aie ae 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
€: such disastrous Sppeninge was that o bun. 
g 
e si 
dition, very tig е7 
settled, and” its density ^e tar greater than 
usual. the hs А eed ed v quickly 
froze. A <n nches of tre 
A bea E several ndide of se 
a 
than Preliminary list of mobe Кы; 
Tad посв, etc. :—Elms (a large DAD 
Celtis, Alnus, Prunus (of sor ts), Zelkov 
Robinias, Cydonias, taegus ба ЖАСЫН). 
Loniceras, Pittosporums, Oaks, ver Birch 
(severe d e), Pyrus (of sorts), Acers 
(various sorts), Cornus punc nd bushes) 
Sophoras, ioc ue a ious varieties and 
forms), Cercis, L Hippophaé (Sea Buck- 
thorn) Edwin o Aldenham House Gar- 
dens, 
Elstree, Hertfordshire 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Scientific Com 
Á NUA ent : Ami 
v 28.— E. A. Bowles, 
A. (in ‘the chair), F 
|j Baker 0. H Hoope. 
Be Hales, W. С. W E isl, and F. 9 Chittenden 
oles ‘oan Salonika.—Mr. Worsdell reported 
ips had compared the fruits shown by Mr. 
Bothe at the last meeting with herbarium 1- 
— and es Men E them as Ma nia 
recta and Per 
EC 
uh! 
‘> 
= E 
LS " ak 
| om ul 
Med BED RM [5 
E : I5x9 L 
ex I0" Scu 
BATH) С ae 
| CREB. | 
Fic. 27.—PLANS OF COTTAGES MADE FROM ARMY 
STANDARD HUTTING: TYPE “ A’ a HE FOUR 
ROOMS AND TYPE “ B’ FIVE ROOM 
p. 66.) 
Flowers us aids to кексе in D le 
Mr. C. Н. 8 0 a series 
es 
Journal of the Den of A 
rper Hep 
arrang 
not all pc flowers 
ihe sa m stage of development, bat Иште сап 
be no doubt that floral details y be a great 
wid in in n: identi remy of 
ed 
occurs ss the 
ey long distances. It i 
t segregation in the F2 gene- 
SEN EBRUARY 8, Be. 
scilloi ides.—Mr. 
Eryth таса 
В. Rh 
Tenby, bas 
had discovered 
nd had n 
A wild in the British I 
BRITISH та 
Ow1ne to illness Mr. 
T1 
ray, Dunsta 
erence arranged 
General Committ 
Society on 
to im ву 
Weston signified his алаи ning the 
secretaryship p the Society, as hi. pea to 
take Charles шга сен nd “Go West!” 
a 
Engelman м еше to open it. LARA 
ceeded unco only we nd raised such sub 
t th f sige etual м — i 
p 
ugue ee por me f firs trials, 
cal nni. reduction of “Carnation EL 
mmenced, and the why 
си raised, Peed apr occupy suc Neu К 
tion in wer market 
Ameri H 
tes 
place much confidence in them 
A ыш; discussion followed, in which Мең 
‚ Н, Mas . Page, junr., W. 4 
Allwood, . Bun 
is os. Stevenson. 
` Brunton (chairman) took part. 
г the баада of “classification and 
trials ан referre ч пы > Floral Committee for 
onsideration and т 
UNS и e Saal "he T British Carnati ion 
roposes a dinner and 
Pike с evening N the се diy of 
R H.S. Chelsea shov 
NATIONAL iS 
—As a 
on Lon 
ла че А 
А са а of uM National e dien? nthemum — 
Society, h eld at Essex Н all, Be trand, x Monday | 
URN dá 
s des patched 
E fter ‘the puer, SUBE dry item 
ga report and крш аз Сайа ated among - 
mber: 6 take n as read, and on the motion 1 
of Mr. Ion and alt Hawes they were g 
adopted maautmonsly. The following are à few 
extracts : | 
син andin 
а Љу t 
flower the festivities m followed the cessa! E 
tilities, and the Christmas gatherings of 1918, 9 
lacked that gaiety, attractiveness, а suggestion » 
le to renim 
discussed merits 
granted ome First-class Certificate 
