Marcu 22, 1919.] 
SOCIETIES. 
Mu HORTICULTURAL, 
MancH 11 : Mr. E. A. Bowles un 
the chair), Dr. Bateson, Messrs. G. Wils 
W. C. Worsdell, NC Hales, and F. J. Chittenden 
hon 
à ds NM X aspersum.—Mr. 
showed several early 
Eus vari Hume: 
С. WILSON 
drawings of the кап, 
anum and the skeet parents, 
t О. aspersum and its paren 
E. from MEER Cuttin ngs of Bouvardia. 
--Dr. BATESON of Bou- 
b wers similar to t 
variety “ Hogarth,” exhibited at the meeting 
of th ittee in January, 1 en 
ngs of a single form, raised from a 
в of Myosotis Pride of. Zurich. 
—Dr: 
Батон ч uid that seedlings is 
bore 
E viae оф кога flowers ae a blue 
i before met 
central stripe ything E 
‘The production of white flowe s sug- 
gested that о еге produced o the 
n of the carpel кз рер гуа with the 
enti central stripe in Myosotis “ Pride of 
with markings of eon like those of 
. Bow a 
having some of the ou дуй кк without the 
_ feathered markings like those of the inner, one 
flower so differing had urr the 
rent corn mh a normally coloured опе. 
sor n of one У the outer pua 
ments half 
a portion 
ишн. Ше others and unfeai ку ide 
m E half, h had been exposed, b 
proce Horus pue tippe ed.—Mr. BOWLES 
also showed a fine flow ese s nivalis 
een tip the o S 
gments. Т Gal 
the SURGIR О alan- 
rt gd are ie usually Я with a aitort 
` 
i ка SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
General Mee 
Marcu 20.—Sir David Prain 
ibd at th 
: enel General AN and, after the ection 
ead the 
e number 
were used, and the pro- 
separately voted for by 
a and 
number of 
ited Seven hundred 
of Honorary Members, 
nd Associates. The method 
Counc: 
before the day of of 
Papers with lists 
Election, prepare Balloting 
THE GARDENERS’ 
of the Persons whom they recommend to the 
че to be elected as Council and Officers 
or tof ensuing year. 
Harold Wager, F.R.S., F.L.S., then 
PE a lecture, entitled, “On the Colour- 
sense of Wasps. 
SCOTTISH HORTICULTURAL. 
Мавсн 4.—The monthly meeting of bn 
Association was held at 5, St. Andrew Squar 
dd on this date, Mr. Fife, sila сунун 
in the chair 
A pa s read by Mr. GEoncE W. XLOR, 
ТУТИ са er ** Plant veu and the on їе.” 
Ме: жадсы briefly outlined the scheme which 
was propo: ог the establishment of a plant 
» сей a station in Scotlan 
Ny 6827 eaded for the encouragement of the 
шаша of the nali ty es o 
the ey woul 
aig. and they 
and would thus get progress, and it was to E 
пера that those premiums would yet be for 
оа Mee 
x ТномРѕох, Cockhil House, 
ee ‘Cumberland, exhibited 20 species a and 
varieties of Galant! 
UNITED те BENEFIT AND 
ROVIDEN 
—The foam at the annual 
у 
ha presided, ved 
adoption ot the vase which rear "hat. ec 
ety was in an excellent fina ncial 
and continues the excellent .work for which үз 
о! 
000. 
Juvenile Section hai 20 not "ho much progres, 
but he Shad re the pud ert now so 
fas would be induced to je in the Society. 
dvertisements the Com- 
Chronicle no fewer than 
abe The reports ап accounta of both 
Oris and State Sections were adopted. 
The за ing members of the Committee were 
e-elected, and Mr. Sargent and Mr. Бага 
v appointed . . Messr 
G 
during’ the war period. 
Horticultural Press were 
rendered, and a vote of thanks was passed to 
ee gum 
ge eer à 
nteresting discu: uh raised 
Vive, fllowed the general busin and 
cok the form of su оова for farther, 'adver- 
ting the aims and objects m = a = ‘ 
Mess ER, 5 
should be rep resented at 
sequent meeting of the Commit C. ar 
Curtis was re-elected chairman for 
eighteenth consecutive year, and Mr. Bedford 
vice-chairman. 
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a NOTES. 
- —— Ф 
E recent activities of the Chamber of Horti- 
in 
culture ge a clear exposition of its policy 
n M inking up. That policy was defined 
t mag with the work of an 
no 
penal section sing its influence and 
1огсе to s strengthen ak pare on so as to in turn ' 
strengthen itself. 
The following matters have been engaging the 
——— sim ition of the Chamber 
1) M A Mz 
( inures and Fe rtilis ers’ Sec- 
ion havi жў еп formed, ша аша i е 
г was called to the need. of во 
у ш 
x compound a impossible for do 
ustice to the rs by ШИЖ a p Tertiliser 
hould 
as a 
took place an 
. Kee pro А the Food 
“sumer бил was the 
that . Keeble Кеа р ТУЕ 
embers of the 
will be 
informal deputa’ 
ассос 
being 
M "b рам of the conference, and the 
bsequent result ыл = section was able 
backed it 
hand, 
ry ax Fie ould & them : 
(2) Insecticide Manufacturer ee Here, 
again, the poan manufactur 
asking 
TRSA a vom ene with a view to es 
a standard for sprays. 
inted to 
ticability of mS a sta’ for certain 
articles larg ш 
Government 
in = 
these 
ferences нег. ре obtained on E et to ihe 
ap pcs t 11, аач Street, 
associa will be iated. 
does po t derive di m I from its : 
pot hopes {о ear to the dovbters “that 
чё rag б is гат s sections e Trade 
lo Ке | сМ Зана to the arm prt it 
ma ge wield on behalf of  horticulture 
gener 
“Sond time ago the British Florists’ Federa- 
tion AE up the subject of toc "um bulb 
exports from Gu 
е 9 were im 
representati 
various Government goes an interview 
ru the H e and Dr. Keeble's interest 
n the abet. the following a has 
