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fection has. been traced to ‘‘seed’’ imported the remaining £7,000 а was кїн өөр by the R.H.S. First-class Certificate. On further 
from Scotland, especially of the ae Chief the University ee other sourc The Court examination it was found not to be that species 
variety, and the Board have under considera- resolved to institute a Muir. ut К, intricatum. В. intricatum is а densely 
tion the issue of an Order та the move- ppointment.—Mr. WILLIAM CLARK has suc- bes inched pep which in i ative habit: 
: ; e habitat 
ment into England and Wa eed" of ceeded Mr. ROBERT WALKER as superintendent ў om. 1^ $00& io. 2 foa "s > db Howerd 
the susceptible varieties ribet jm without of the Aberdeen Public Parks and Gardens. Veo pal in a ve arly, small Re The 
» onda Mr. bilem чн after nearly half а small leaves are crowded ‘and ‘persiatent, and 
lotments at Bushey Par Allotments  Century's servi His successor was for nearly are densely clothed with small scales on both 
Committee of the Hampton and the Tedding- five years in charge of ‘Dut! це Park, where he surfaces, Terminating the branches are lilac- 
Dis ms Councils are endeavouring to per- has done excellent service. coloured flowers, mostly in clusters of five, and 
е t Office of Works to extend the tenure Public Gardeners’ Increased Wages. — The they are produced very fr reely during the early 
of the allotment in Bushey Park. Owing to the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey has in- spring. The undi vide) bloom is about three 
latenes the season when the ground was creased the wages of under-gardeners employed quarters of an inch in diameter, and opens 
available jd cultivation and the prolonged bad in the public gardens and open spaces 45s. almost flat, with wa stamens shorter than the 
weather at that time, the results which the weekly. А war bonus of 20s. is also being paid - corolla. The species has proved to be free- 
holders obtained from their plots were so dis- to the whole of the garden staff. growing, easily propag zated by cuttings and 
couraging that, particularly as the plots have Open Spaces as War M ials.—At a recent seeds, and adapted for growing in masses in 
be relinquished at the end of this year, few meeting of the yos cape Public Gardens large beds. Closely allied R. fastigiatum 
are em to work = t was hoped that Association particulars v given = the (see fig. 33), one of Messrs. ви» introductions, 
the Office of Works of the need чу planting of 41 acres of tind acqui as а war seeds having been sent home from Yunnan by 
Food й would ч Зара to let the memorial adjacent to Wimbledon aon, for Мг. Forrest. This species appears to be 
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Fic. 33.—RHODODENDRON FASTIGIATUM FLOWERING ON THE ROCK GARDEN AT KEW. 
Photograph by E. J. Walis. 
land for à period of five years. To this request the which a sum of £7,000 is required. The Asso- dwarfer and more oe їп habit, with 
E al reply is that the ziehe are ble- ciation draws attention to the advantages attach- maller leaves and deep lilac flowers, in which 
vary the conditions stated in their letter ing to open spaces as war memorials. the stamens much рыкае the corolla. Another 
* March 18 last, but the use of the ground Dwarf Rhodod wee ioi sears and still dwarfer species is R. prostratum, which 
a ые 9 qutbdrá til the crops сер collectors. іп Western China have sent home a r RREST found up to a height of 16,000 
m Sey be planted ` had been secure lates amber low-growing Rhododendrons feet on the Lichiang range in nnan whe e 
Es: en, however, decided to make a farther that promise to be specially suitable and valu- it grew nly w nches high, tr iling over 
PP'ication to the Office of Wor ks, and able for the rock-carden. In-Notes of the rocks at the extreme limit of vegetation. К. 
wie Ae the correspondence to the Middlesex Edinburgh Botanic Diddl Prot. prostratum has hairy leaves and large, wide- 
port, i a ral Comm mittee, requesting sup- рорр enumerates some thirty-four species be- Open, rosy-purp OWers. 
meantime the к» application. In The longing to the lapponicum section, all but Publications Received.—United-States Depart- 
anxious He T ampton Wick -Cricket Club, is th f -which: are found in China. Several ment of Agriculture bs ns. rage shington : 
"for crick Бе 5 in of the шор in order of these dwarf: Chinese species are in culti. Government Printing end Pe ! Work of the 
et during the coming seaso vation in this country, and one of the кай Leg Fourche vert omen P 
At a introduced is R. intricatum. Seeds of this het 
A Chair о in ч 
| E of the Edi E gh PRAET pet rt, on were sent pes e y Mr. E. WirsoN when collec ут Experiment Station, ie No. 127, 
th Son 
the A nthracnose of Cucurbits. 1. W. Gar- 
E dendi - etter Waa read Trom a IK MF em sean dener; No. d: Soils of Bucs ihain New Jersey 
— gie = imating that an advance of £7,000 who LEES plots which flowered in March. arid thei EUs By > Boast cel. — University 
Would be з grant from the Development Fund 1907. specimen was exhibited at the ас California А The е Lumber 
[endowment of ; to the University in aid of the_ meeting = of. the Royal Horticultural Society Californian Farms. By M есй В. Pratt. 
tion alr а Chair of Forestry оп the condi-. оп arch . 19. of. that year. under the В шепп Мо.`299. (Berkeley: University of Cali- 
| тшу accepted by the “алы ошый name of R. nigro- icd and was awarded fornia Press.) 
