ШЕЛЕР ЛС 
X А d 
Арап, 5, 1919.] 
Emu 
each county e an 
Mn n куш Nt 
land and for tory 
Wales, with 
and pes 
lants, and w E per matters 
S supply ‘of Taw — lime, marketing, 
estin It might be possible to 
develop em Boot, Hemp and Tobacco culti 
in this country у also proposed to 
"develop largely the ior rticutural work of ne 
as 
Я any in УД with the 
ll holdings and ailotments, egret 
е9 inm "fruit cultivation and vegetal able т 
oduce intensive cultivation on 
e “petite c ШУ él 
Ep in French rural dis 
The Study of Economic Botany.—At the 
ө HC a by Mr. Piha White, on the 
subject of “ The Study of Economic Botan ап 
еп of alien nationali nd if, now the 
ido these tions are not to fall back 
Lee t again, but are to be 
91 our own race and mig it can only 
: op uo our ger men being 
3 to the sty ot hat science 
thik is at he base of а Kronledgo and ex- 
чиа connected 
OF 1 “АВ ме took efforts 
made in Many quarters to make p 
study. (6) The Valuable Plant м Garden. 
к So d accordi BS wishes id Ava ор of Prob chloraefolium, 
Fane m. men of this country to appreciate the named - by Dr. Cockayne Teikonrense should 
ee Gs of the Science of Botany in its prove, acco ing to the description* of the author, 
aspect. It is foolish to say : a valuable acquisition for the, roe e 
ploy Q9 more aliens in cultivating the variety i distinguish ingly 
all ting their produce,” unless we robust habit and its large white flowers which, 
"uera men ot own ready to fill the when fully o ed аге over one inch 3 
. (T) The Council also wishes to direct the. diameter, ng lasting. The stems are 
rents i ar educational authorities and of smooth. shining, and purple in colour, and the 
sons к, we looking for new careers for somewhat thick ous leaves are bright or 
NU to the issues referred to above. And  yellowish green above and el ge en reddish beneath. 
is 1 does this 1 earnestly because In Ni "€ the plant continues 5 bloom 
A t moment of time to be spared; months. The variety is limited 
па that the stud: pf Naturi Scie” ve erede ibe а шалаш. 
| aar So уе tion in Р" ž Floristic Botany. By L. Cockayne. 
-and ducation Б nae? XLIX, 1916. 
it à 
dE . ae + E 
THE GARDENERS’. 
as its national importance deserves. (8) It is 
not I at the moment to consider the 
causes of this neglect of a mot ac engross- 
in and peer rsh subjec The Council’s 
mmediate p is indicate the pr — 
importance PN it E British brains are in future 
ect the development of 
the vegetable 
is a matt 
E 
З 
ап 
ве whose ДЕ industries are derive d fro 
the ra m the soil E. the 
n m атта Тһе Council 
mm 
encourage in a practical manner the stu dy of 
science, upon the national Өе їп Shick 
suc predo ominant issues depend qo M 
Council of the Society will be appy to sist 
by any Means in its power in the consideration 
this most important subject. W. Walks, 
désir RAS.” 
The President of oyal Horticultural 
the Ro 
ae —All who have experienced m. MM 
rtesy which char 
g kindness and cou 
Lord Grenfell. will learn with sincere озн et 
that his many publie duties have compelled him 
n 
[Photo by A. Hands. 
THE 
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i 
—LORD LAMBOURNE х €.V.0., N 
Faksspi SUE THE RO YAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
esidency of the Royal Hortioul- 
P ida ing the years w. which he has 
Ch office es qe ees has endeared 
oe ў all membe: ] тз of th де ао d "pA et 
devoted 1 
his succes 
hos aree 
-Lambour 
CHRONICLE. _ 
in its distribution, being confined to И" Aw 
Eastern Botanical District, where 
rowing in rock bene shru rom s 
up to nearly 5, ; 80 ilst the species 
area. e 
essary sates we risk the plan c 
in the UE tore уум" there is no 
a weed. 
Epilobi um 
дул ant bec 
fear of this 
e Botanical and 
е Northumber- 
land 
he 
Tu гм “Wednesday and à Thun sday, September 
2, Pa rti iculars еу be obtained from 
i ен т, К. H. wton, 90, Pilgrim 
Street, Newcas ae -on-Tyne. 
e Influence of Nitrates on- Nitrogen-fixing 
кы ыйма, —The Bulletin of the International 
Institute of Agriculture rauca P 
sum rae w observations on the e 
the жылар and nag wd of peers -fixing 
These observations show that 
tassium, of sodium, or cal- 
on 
ise. org: 
orm we pota 
cium nitrate lea 
pr of Jes cis 
ee 
erik ed soil 
m iat 
he fact that large an 
or alien nitrate, prevent 
os аб nodules by Alfalfa, an indication of. the 
h 
trut the suggestion already made that the 
origin of the sym ym biotic msi arte e 
b ooa бам and the roots of 
is to be sought in the genera ral nitrogen Tei xp 
which cec ‘thro ughout much of the world 
of living plan 
m scoparium 
Flowers. — Two records "ad Tone over 
Leptiospermum "Raster 
Nature, have been published А Eh er E^ Sie 
reference is made in 'ockayne's volume on 
New erae Plants E uA Story (p. 149). 
This s discover E. Phillips 
Title i in the 1 Volcanic Shat eau en cal Dis. 
trict. dou is Rovere plan ав 
foun years ago at Torrent Bay, 
Nelson, and of this find Dr. Cockayne was in- 
formed Messrs. Nairn and Sons, nurserymen, 
of Christchurch Dr. Cockayne has no 
recorded* a third form, which was found by 
Mr il his property at Port Levy, 
decorative plant. It should be wid distri 
ted cutti -havı 
u from cuttings whi ve been struck, 
‘or a vigorous spec is now growing in the 
Christchurch ае Gardens. m Cockayne 
proposes for it the garden name o fL. scoparium 
Leonard Wilson, : 
Revision of Pritzel.—By a slip of the pen, 
the volume entitled 7conum - dotanicarum Index 
was, сп page 154, twice referred to as Zc 
plontarw 
Publications Received. — Seed Mixtures 
a 
Board of A, Food Pro- 
duction Leaflet, 61. Rabbit Diseases. 
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Leaflet № 
327. i 0 ЖУ, for ome * 
of A ral 
Washington: Government Prin! rinting Office, , 1913. 
* Notes on N.Z. Floristie Botany. Trans, N.Z. 
Institute, T. -— D 
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