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EA the Joe edle gm, PE E ROME an "s large E M^ of it are S gere in different 
of Fécallon:à macrantha, from Chili, ERE its e s of A г а опе which, with the 
pink flowers. т. Arthur W. Hill, Assi "x $ i bas? ts MS As 10W г} Fig. Com 
Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, writes; «Е, Wil ў é 1 typical arborea, the variety is of stiffer 
pretii, I Wi Pearson” win бес Dar and more erect growth, the flowers, as may be 
m E ES Mag. t. 7847 | T. етее кон їт a ne illustration, transforming each 
of Teneriffe, where it occurs ‘at altitudes c 7,000. Shoot made the previous summer à into a sturdy 
8,000 ft. in the region known as the Cañadas, a cylindrical аншы of blossom. The tiny, bell- 
lofty ring-shaped plateau which encircles the like flowers a e dull white. Apart from its 
cone of the Peak o iei ы, Separating е Эди attractiveness pic in. bloom, the plant is a 
the rim of the ancient volcano, from the centre xery зрана evergreen, for through all the 
of which the peak springs. Bourgaeamum, 8Ре ells of severe weather during the past twenty 
Jebb, is a synonym. 1 ildpreti has іо years i plume-like branches arde m" ined a 
near allies : E. Auberianum, Webb et Berth., cheerful, vivid green. Even if i er flowered 
also a native of Teneriffe, and formerly occurring it would be worth growing for the v W sinter effect. 
on the rim of the ancient volcano, but now Its young shoots are clothed with the same 
apparéntly extinct. It is an ra А dense, short pubescence as the ty pial. arborea, 
plant e 5 erezii, Sprague (Bol. Mag. but it is very distinct in other respects, and in 
8617), а пг of the island of Palma т 1 core days, when plants are given s ms rank 
the W с Як undis). This differs in the more asier terms than formerly, deserves 
branched inflorescence and paler flowers, as well T Mees to be known simply as “E. al pina. It 
283 
for the payment of 20s. annually for ever for 
the preaching of a sermon in the Church of St. 
Leonar rd, Shoreditch, in the afternoon of the 
Tuesday in every Whitsun Week in each year 
on the Subjects following, viz. : “The Wonderful 
Works of God in the Creation,” or on “The 
Certainty of the Resurrection of the Dead, 
\ 
бф; by the certain Penge of the animal and 
vegetable parts of the Creation. 
Allotra nts.—In view of the number of cases 
vhich local authorities» are submitting to the 
Board of Agriculture with 
regard to continuing 
artine allot 
possession of land seguir for war-time allot- 
ments, the Board issued statement. of 
licy in regard +5 this natter While the 
retention of land as allotments cannot be per- 
mitted to restrict the development of a town, or 
pred pos erection of houses, factories 
'orks e Board considers that no land 
given up ur 
t 
жер аз аа should be g 
b immediatel y bef 
uilding purposes until 
A systematic 
species is- given in thé 
HL E. Wild- 
most suitable treat- 
ot cultivation in a light, loamy 
sunny greenhouse.’ 
Erica arborea alpina.—The or canard form of 
wn in gardens 
western 
been 
1658 
is ead var 
. of the абир of C 
, where. it grows at altitudes of 4 ‚500 fee 
over. It has been freely propagated ‘at Kew, 
Fig. 142.—ERICA ARBOREA ALPINA AT KEW. 
like other Heaths of its class, be propa- 
а in July an a ГЕ. by taking off the little 
aa: twigs about an inch long and, after 
removing the er leav dibbling them in 
very s sandy peat "d 1 placing them under a bell 
glass in gentle hea 
© 
2 
The Fairchild Lecture.—The Fairchild Lecture 
Ms: be delivered at Shoreditch Parish Church 
the Venerable Ernest Lage S, Я 
dt oie n London, on Wednesday V 
sun Week, June a.m. From 
the beginning of f'the re igi 1 “of Sen душе, Fair- 
ener 
hild carrie d on his business ard at 
Boston, in the grounds La ty known ав 
“Selby’s Gardens," extending from the West 
end of Ivy Lane to the New North oad. у 
his will da Ist Febru ny а: 
bequeathed Trustees Ch: ity 
Children of Hoxton. aga their aueceson And the 
Churchwardens ; of said 
Leonard, Shoreditch, Send their йын SSOTS, the 
sum o to be by them placed out at interést 
building operations begin. (€ authori- 
ties should, therefore, satisfy selves that the 
plans ot buildings have heen praan by the 
local authority, “and that the building material 
is available to commence gem work. A Council 
should also notify applicants for possession’ that 
if d operations do not commence within 
one month of the date from which possession is 
given, ilio Council will have to consider whether 
they should not exercise their « E sory powers 
for the acquisition of the land. In cases where 
the owner proposes to sell th por either 
by private treaty or public auction, or to lease 
i£, he often desires to resume possess:on А the 
purpose, and in some cases owners have stated 
ihat they wer pared to continue to cultivate 
the land pending its disposal In such cases 
ouncils should give a ribbon undertaking to 
the owner that h 4 r agreed 
o 
son e 
the agreement as soon requires immed:ate 
possession of the land for buiiding or industrial 
