May 17, 1919.] 
tep between the white type and the blotched 
ee to which reference is p on page 236. 
A. J. How oo Esq., F y Hill, Enfield 
May), showed aie San 
ЕЕ pe y 
Narcissus Committee, 
/:—Messrs. Peter R. Barr (in the 
chair ij, W Тра, 5 Me Worrender, w Ec 
cob, ud "Miss E Willmott. ad 
secretary). 
e large exhibit of May flowering and Darwir 
Tulips MA by Messrs. 
ed 
BARR Sons was 
‘awarded a Gold M was a fine effort 
and if flowers were a little the smal 
side jhe, were wonderfully fresh, clean and 
bright. Some improvement in the association 
of the Bese might have been made from th 
point ew of general effect. · Among the 
fin а es were Airs Kennicot, pstock, 
Le Réve, Miss Jekyll, Clara Butt, fulgens, Rose 
Tendre, Garibaldi, May Queen, Solfaterr 
Psyche, t 
he very attractive Sunli ight, Ve lvet 
MES ur 
e LE Cange rg displayed about 
n and a half of new Narcissi, chiefly 
or 
pec ils size and m, 
Fruit and Mc mede 
. Nix (chairman), 
ile 
of many, superior to that ot. any other 
inue of Rhubarb. 
ug TTISH on 
, ‘the President, occupied the 
ere was an attendance of 65 
Dr. John Н. Wilson, St. Andrews University, 
ырк a lecture, гат by lantern slides and 
fine collection 
in al 
th. Pree he said, had 
E. suffered very tittie ded change ie an ex- 
tremely long period. ‘The plants which had 
originall a home in it h ad ampie 
са to iis “characters which differentiated 
m tho: i 
regions, Australia eating rp re only à eae of certain 
, while i n many cases it w qua 
ters of eroi which by ver 
ere. 
e grea 
ustr. e provided mith moun. 
chains, s, and the centre of the continent was 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
a desert. The heaviest ex occurred on the 
coastal regions. In parts with heavy 
annual rainfall the fall al 
a es, with a зае varios of severe drought, 
vegetation in шот parts of the continent 
atures sho d e еса 
to wit ths {апа protra acted — 
and grand coastal for was being T Mey 
destroyed to make room for Pineapples and 
Oranges. The rainfall er ample, and the 
climate subtropical, the ae n of tne regions 
in question е „ахи а ch an ~~ mS 
i familiar 
were to be f. 
stems of Eucalyptus and other In jour 
neying, one crossed at points the track of Alla 
Cun ham, the lotanical explo name 
was intimately associated with many of 
arden plants. To the forester ше erent hae 
suc е ine (Arau Cunning- 
hamii), were of special interest. > Dicta had 
be observ when the innocent-looking 
Laportea (Nettle ш ho цо" road 
ways througn the fores There was much in 
Fic. 190.—0DONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM ‘ OAKFIELD cc 
(See page 244.) 
the flora of both New South Wales and Victoria 
` interest to gardeners. In the Botanic Gar- 
oe сга ; = Melbo ap but — 
in the former, е d e in-some 
the e hm wealth of the reapeceve vais, e 
appreciate the aesthetic possibilities ош [Шш 
th introduction of plants from other co 
In i Tus Н a the куш Фә poem 
e. that 
= 
5 
$e 
L 
h n ете үү ton, 
with ANE NE ntain of over 4,000 i de 
was particularly асац. 
vegetation were pem devoid et Lx H m oes 
lik ts (Boroni un- 
Heather “th н v ete ез recalled dias wander- 
ings ‘the reat Scottish botanist, Robert 
Brown, ‘who explored the district.  The* 
Huon forests of иы d gy-bark 
Fucalypkas) trees wer кори 
timber. In the more eem ky en € was 
ndergrowth of Tree-ferns and flowering 2s 
to many of which added beauty to ten gardenin, 
at h Nothing could exceed the cnarm of 
the neo dari, d with ddr Sanda festooned with 
ше Clematis. Returning to Victoria, Mildura, 
ttlement in the M andy River, was visited. 
245 
There E imm vegetation, designated “* blue- 
bush," isted of plants adapted to assimilate 
saline Bere nces by the roots. Irrigation with 
fr water from the Murray River rendered the 
soil suitable for the successful cultivation of 
frui The ban the Murra; were 
lothed for a long distance wi ey-leaved 
G ch egetation seldom ‘out of 
the picture anywhere in Au i 
were ered with ‘‘ Malle ," the name 
eing applied to branching Eucalyptus which did 
not assume the form of trees. At Ad laide, as in 
many other places, noteworthy insta 
met with of the danger of introduced pl 
becoming we There 3lobe Arti e 
was to be masses boldly decorative in 
full flower. In w South Wales the S 
Briar was a pest; in Victoria the perforated 
John's-wort, and in Queensl th rickly 
еаг.. At di in Western detur a 
lowed the of 
үа again fo 
Brown, who in 1802 spent three weeks аф St. 
eorge’s Sound. The scrub on the shor 
the town was an ope ket, of highly шд 
ing plants, mostly s s provi ith means 
of Шр. drought, the leaves being much ге- 
in size, or dry ha flowers 
were unusually show In d er 
portions. of th roand the pitcher 
plant,.Cephalotus, found a home. It 
occurred nowhere e but in that 
corner lia. Examp! the 
curious Trigger plants (Stylidium) were 
noted, a family represented in Western 
Australia by no fewer than over sixty 
species, nearly all endemic. so 
called Christmas tree (Nuytsia) was a 
ple: en in full bloom, 
being a mass of glowing orange colour 
At points,well within the State sand 
lains were encountered was aston- 
ishing to find tracts which med to 
be deserts clothed with an exc ана: 
ion, obviously 
nd: 
nald, Trinity 
ge С Edinburgh ; Rhodo- 
dendrons from Mr. J. Billto nae 
Castle Gardens, Lasswade; aud 
4 from Mr. J. aoe Sword, Renin’ 
mond Gardens, Cram 
BRITISH CARNATION. 
May 13.—The twenty- Burl show of 
ge vie d a 
Drill Hal 
which 
was held at on o is date, 
was e iiy. 3 in regard to. 
high ty of the i Competitors 
were comparatively few, but the fine trade 
exhibits of s i tributed r 
wards a memorable sl © 
certificate awarded to a novelty, but 
the three British raised seedlin гу the 
Misses mcr and rage беу сэ in Clas: yt en 
that home raisers ce new Sate ot 
the highe in “quality. ME are 
5 
Isobel Е bita variety, d of 
that degit, geo: “shape ae ae — on 
the 
scope o class was icone A 
the 
class cards. 
OPEN emg > CLASSES. 
