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CHRONICLE. 
gons Ae freque A tly, hea бг two of 
or sea Аз. 
faoc. it is known that three pos 
cotyledons ara. pn by three leaves i a 
In 
vilium my pares observation. I 
have nd with anther ааа of singular beha- 
n 
viour in a seedling Fuchsia, 
say two or three 1 ces. One in particula 
grew to th neat, of one foot jab. al the leaves 
ар anged altern how 
tely. ver, шу о 
as the raising of improved mbH not curiosi. 
S these last destroyed "when the ey 
e oe Wi T 
Wages. — Nurserym 
n m. cites the c case of a lad y who has let 
ower, and says that 
Pen xr gps De er ipa ies at ‘half the price 
she © her gardener. ‘or a market 
to pay rent des safka that garden pay him 
when bs > Мру ed gardener could not produce 
half h es” word proves one of two 
ardener was incompeten 
a living wage as much a 
. farmer’s man, pda though н 7 | наси Se 
` occupies most of his time? If the-la pe! Ass con- 
З p кыд Ъу p rging her nothing 
ave occurred to cause сеа instead, 
Кре, she casts a slur on gardeners ‘generally 
mid to pi a enr Spe inability or 
ritedne 
Оло. Hig ШУ, 
> 
wage. 
Gar II р dingly, Suse 
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ao iiteceiitneous Information. Royal 
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Son, Ltd., Suffolk Lane, [кулы E.C.4. Price 
та. Journal T а R.H.S. Gardens 
SOHU Ca. D. a Printed by 
ester Penne 
Rice Cultivation рен, U: 
Mountain Rice). Agricultura 
tural Department, St. Lucia. 
16. March, 1919. nguiry ide th 
tion of Oil Storage Tanks against Light- 
йй Sir Oliver Lod. 
zi 
ning. ith a memorandum by Si ve ge, 
F.R.S. Bulletin No. 1. „М.Р um 8 
e „М. bes onery Office, mg 
W.C.2. 
P 
Muscadine Әр, е Paste буз 
Uni aj States Tepitigeeidn ef. Amour, 
Washington, D.C. : Government Printi 
THE GARDENERS' 
g 
or ras I should . 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
whor] many plants I have met 
t sho Уч three сб leds Many Scientific к, е. 
cotyled Mew plants that normally produce their Treo Mr. he 
leaves in opposite pairs will give rise to shoots ca) D A. Rendle, fu à io F. 
ог йө bestia three leaves in a whorl, such, J. Chittenden (hon. secretary), and G. Marsden 
for instance, as Lippia Siete, Mentha aer Jones (visitor). 
eynica and the above ned Hybrid Geums.—Mr N Jones showed 
- Amongst “inberotis-rooted B Zonk 5 Ж hay ran ween Geum Шило апа С. bul- 
, greater ical disturbances ё Ty garicum (large leaved form). The hybrid fol 
normally inferior, and the vessel closed, but ]oweq G.. sibiricum in the main, but had the 
I have seen double garden forms with the ovary viscid hairs of bulgaricum. Hybrids between e 
superior, the valves ofthe seed vessel transform wivulo "owe ^and x. оса 
. into petals and bearing the'ovules or unfertilis amh ei die esac type ou yia ame 
seeds on their upper surfac tyledons olours varying from nge КЫ ne rplish orange. 
some species of Anemone and Delphinium, o! Fight distinct forms, them more or less 
Ranunculus Ficaria are united into one piece, inclined to dou leness, ha fau Geum bul- 
е, thi explainable, although garicum had also bee sed iwit 
* ` nium, and had given a form with folage. near 
r years raised consider- that of bulgaricum and attractive flowers. This 
en f. Puchzias from seeds, with as a particularly interesting cross, since it w. 
the object of obtaining "ew varieties, In . between ai onging to two distinct sec- 
t I niet with fair measure of success, tions of the g These were all sterile. 
some of my E being recog- Narcissus одлара" х N. “Emperor?” 
ised as standard varieties. 8 me with Mr. MARSDEN JONES al wed photographs o 
© three cotyledons Ie by no means uncom- а hybrid raised чес Narcissus bulbocodium 
t them produced Mares ar- conspicuus and Narci * Emperor." 
Oc plant had leaves seven to nine inches long, and 
se: 
een made. 
cine yellow „perianth measured 25 in A 
diameter, and t trumpet 111 
in. The ee was much frilled nil tat й 
the mouth, ise the perianth segments reflexed 
yy tales 
SDEN JONES a 
roug " owers of a plant ruling from the 
сир of cnc alpinus . Allionii. 
Those in whi seed parent in 
anthus crosses.—Mr. 
owers of both 
ught flowe 
P 
e had not found will outside 
gardens in ge p gh the Shorteracem mat 
form occurred in that nty. 
ing.) 
ene n meeting of the 
e 24th ult., Sir 
chair. \ 
LINN 
(Anniversary 
gener ccu pne ? 
ou 
The бо ms Secre 
nid eg: eral Secretary la 
ik 
moved from the 
by the СОБО. in accordance 
Sec. 6. 
ЕЕ 
with the Bye-Laws, Chap. II. Dur 
the same period 36 Bellows, 1 Foreign Meiner for a group of choice Odontoglossum det 
and 2 Assoc iates mis been electe was also awar бо dA oe: d 
he arian's Report showed num the total excellence in cultivation. € and 
additions to the heey were voima WmrcLEY, Bu (gr. urns), É 
1,509 ts and TB тейи лоны large € dd for a a ime 
pe ded a ll edi volumes bound or a Sobel ‘and Messrs M үст: ‘ao Soxs 
rebac Г 
ed а bona E acta MC n "S ^ awarded silver medals. for г groups 
The General Secretary having read the Bye- 2 
.Laws Batata the lection pow Piedo annual meeting of the society E Ri 
opened the business of the day, Td ix Fellows t 2.30 p.m., the Rev. J: Grom iex a 
_present proc to ballot. The a Vie siding The report and Ба е 
Council having been e Ses le ap- адор; R. делш RT ? M th 
pointed Mr. Е. N. ie. Mr. T. A. Sprague, KeS esident. The vice-presidents, 
the Rev. G. k-W 
М косо 
scrutineers; and these, 
ссох papers and cast u 
e Pres E nt, 
to low 
d D.Se. 
havin xami 
ani А 
Е.Б. 
H.. Sco 
Lorrain Smith, 5 W 4 
Harold Wager,* F.R.S., Lieut.-Col. J. 
Walsh, 2 A. Smith Woodward,* F.R.S 
The ballot for аон Ћа 
the еле apposite „th 
and these, hav 
a 
ifica 
XE etl con 
dition ns, and Bok ig die pn 0 а 
Гея: for the payment of fee i 
be tled ‘‘The denough Fun wed? 
Society 
Goo 
first са, rer of the Я 
Sir David Prain eror acknowledged 1 
vote of thanks for his address, pro 
address Prof. Isa -— EIER Balfour, F.R.S. 
citing his services 
study of b otany. nd 
ha anding to him the. Pai Medal in ee 
MANCHESTER shed Fo e OF ENGLAN! 
May 8.—Comn Ы ее Тһе 
C арене (in the Mab. Manu: E" 
worth, A. Burns, 
QF 
IRST- 
Bi AUR 
Madonna; O. e. 
var. James McNa 
J..e erispum var. Spot 
O. eximium Canopu us, all f 
о 
Ре . Peer 
b unies ium Ossulstonii 
20: тутии zano 
an m P. rH 
Esq. : 
zanthotes var. Madonna; Ф 
йе э ж x F. K. Ва me E Odo 
Бас Gladys, West Point . var. gcasu 
Skinneri atrosanguinea, from 8. Gr a sq 
AWARDS OF ME T 
Odóntoglesruni crispum Bacthousianum: ; б. 
Linleysideanum, and О. xanthotes 
donna, from S. быы Esq. Ee 
0. M Mus (Doris x Rolfeae), from Jos 
pem Esq. 2 
ғ APPRECIATION—FIRST ба ig 
crispum Ashiae, and: 0 
^er i» virt ossun n 
D diticntn (Vuylstekei P 
SurrH, Esq. 
a anaon 
mium), from P. 
CULTURAL Cran FICATES. E. 
To Mr. E. W. Тном for excellence. 
cultivation in Odontogiossums exhibited. 
Ev ira A. Вов r Brasso-Cattleya”Al ; 
rigleyi. 
gley SA 
A gold medal was aw A to P. Sura] 
PR dk Mene (gr. Mr. W. Thomp 
С * New members, Bei 
