> XD de NN 
mm mm. a o ` 
Marcu 29, 1919. 1 
war, old men ea being left at home to keep 
yur return riu active service 
: ow writes: pos тый 
r am atiis: Ne ous to pick 
s of the Paame: T ‘relinquished 
to join Kitchener’s Army in 1914. Mr. Mal- 
things alive nae 
lett’s many friends in the horticultural world 
will be delighted to know at he ha assed 
through t "terrible times brin a A e trust 
that the old men were able to “ carry on dur- 
ing their patriotic master's absence, t he 
vill find plenty of business awaiting him. Such 
men as Mallett, made gre sacrific es se their 
country in the most critic al days of the war 
endrobium aem: nitidum.—The central 
specimen in the fine grou of ^ сие 
staged by Mr. J. Callie gardener to Sir Jere- 
Bart., Gatton 
Park, Surrey, at 
miah Colman, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
the Queensland Flora, page 509) as D. specio- 
sum fusiforme, the very differ ent shape of the 
pseudo- oM eei decided the author to remove 
jeciosum and fusi- 
Z 
it from name it D 
forme. E cathe the various forms are easy 
to cultivate and very fre омеги е old 
kinds being very often found thriving in warm 
conservatone vineries war greenhouse 
where they obtain plenty of air and unlight 
conditions which are essential to the species 
of the group to ensure и full production of 
their йохе nitidum varies 
the tint of its fl rers n cream-white t 
greenish-yellow in the mature stage. The plant 
sies bi 
shown 
Horticultural Society, 
t 
rtificate in 1910 and 
1913. 
Sir Jeremiah Colm: 
several times at the Royal 
and received a Botanical Ce 
a Cultural сады да їп 
CHRONICLE. 
155 
org ulties dis ed, and the children in — d 
n d method | of Bac Prt pests. A 
i rted of a boy aged 13 years, who, ec 
се. некам of his fathe or in the Army, cul 
garden and an ч ойс and the 
produce he grew кайсы pe the whole. family 
of sever 
— a Allotments in the London Parks.— 
respecting the tenure of 
the i Aor rec qe n parks and other 
paces under the control vf — London z 'unty 
ouncil, tl Parliamenta cretary the 
oard of Agriculture has ien TI ibus 
‘‘Dear Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 22nd 
ult. as to the 
ject in the 
referred to land of which the Board of Agri- 
Fic. 
ee of the Royal Horticultural Society 
бару lith - , was the fine plant of Dendro- 
nitidum ed 64. 
sph accion m, illustrated in Fig. 
be ton озат, < е died. of which are 
es єз ueensland, is a very variable 
ead ae and those who know only the stou 
plentiful onest form. in g ns, and the less 
both Hu, taller-growing D um Hillii 
Sas ы dense spikes of creamy-white 
would ie e purple markings on t i 
M com rk тыге that the rarer and re 
but velt in capri eng and nit Gua are 
plns mas. speciosum. Much as t 
ase: ran r ir habit, however, the 
growth uctural botanical feat either in 
as distin to Mii heir separation 
Won а f 
Ct species 
D. fusiform 
ally e (see Fig. '65), ges origin- 
У described by F. M. Bailey. (бунорик of 
64.—A FINE PLANT. OF DENDROBIUM SPECIOSUM NITIDUM. 
irom ^ Back Yards and Gardens at 
Leyton.—In the densely populated district of 
Leyton the school authorities appealed to the 
boys and girls to cultivate t their back yards and 
gardens. ы report оп the work of t the year just 
8 t over 3,000 cul ivated their 
most 
headmaster "purchase seeds 
A: 3s.. and sold them in penny and 
ackets. He ha у rec 
1.649 packet for this n most 
eas information and ied were bn i given, 
culture and Fisheries have taken possession 
under the Defence of the Re alm —— 
In per iding allotments in the pasa and open 
the London County Council ə deali 
: " р 
y леї ап 
the special provision in the Defence of Ње 
Realm Regulations No. 2 enabling them to 
rrange for the cultivation of the land on their 
own behalf and at their expen id the Board 
do not consider that t are in a position 'to 
overri he exercise by County Council of 
ir discretion as tc iod for which the 
land shall continue to be used for allotments 
may: add th 
i d 
have justifie ed the use of the parks and open 
