56 
в to flowers and vegetable күсе 
(Origin. pi “Floral and of Plant Structur 
vols. in = In 
ternational Scientific on 
K. Paul and Co.) as wel as elsewhere, but the 
чон did a believe it. Consequently rwin’ 
Origin . ii cies has reached upwards of 
20, 000 сор would in 
vite the reader v turn 
я = 2 "iion (р. 420), ume 
found in later ones. 
ated w frequency 
riation, as 
Кей 
of 
es p- the 
aves with natura 
of 
th 
ead] io » definite or indefini g 
us plenty of peng of the former ; i 
f the latte 
none 0: hich natural selection 
is supposed to depend т т er botanist, Dr. 
W arming: tells us in Oecolo y (p. 370) :— The 
ph nt i чаб plastic, and purs 1 factors 
pesce ous pen erect He nai 
181 botanists “ whe have the morpho- 
logic ше, tomical plasticity ^ot dr iduals.” 
5:5 Dir adaptation is beyond doubt one of 
the most pie nt evolutionary destin in the 
organic world." (Ор. cit., p. 373.) George 
Henslow. 
Privet Trees (see p. 39). puit 
Henslow, in his praise of the Privet tree, ref 
I presume, to the most general cultivated 
species of the genus Ligustrum ovalifolium. 
Poets have sung of it: 
“Hail to the Privet, with thy flowers white, 
black 
, etc. ээ 
certain ar the choicer species are 
very groben "imde shrubs. I grew L. 
jspenicum, L. lucidum, and L. Massalongianum 
n à no visam des ior a number of years, and 
iiy inquire S s Деи — were sur- 
prised. to ** Privets 
hey 
Jonathan Fiona, Ultima, N do 
EE 
CALIFORNIAN N NOVELTIES. 
Bho bi at Los 
gs d ifornia, in April, 
visited "the nursery of M 
nd 
— I 
еше Раупе, ої 
i et, was much pleased with 
the collection of native trees and plants of w 
he m mong them were tw 
new plan terest and — which, 
though за els en Бе pé in y parts of 
E are we ell worth trying in ra perna and 
west. 
FREMONTIA MEXICA Dr. 
Davidson in the Bulletin “of ае s. i Californian 
Academy of Science in J and W: 
pies ig just over the аа frontier yet 
Northern Mexico. The shrub, whic! h li a 
side. e jet vedi: ео of Mont alt i 
size of those of the other 
LUPIN AYNEI, br Davison i in Ге 
same journal for July, 1918, as found n 
Santa ‚ South California, and is a a 
Lupin, 8 feet ‘igh, long lavende: 
pon qe. like those of a Wistaria, but 
t differs from L. longif olius Watson 
us Po. ery-pubescent and in үзг бүгө. 
From the злом = 
description it seems to be 
. H. J. Elwe 
е the best of all the H 
THE GARDENERS’ 
NOTES OF A SHOW IN THE BLACK 
COUNTRY 
HaviNG occasi be in Wolverhampton 
dur the er of f he flower show, or as they , 
е attended the 
unt : 
Tn the Terei ол v Was large exhibits was the 
grand TPA f tuberous-rooted Begonias s stagod 
Mess Bla k 
by more and Langdon 
een se eal p exhibits of these н ar 
flower shows, nave never seen better speci- 
mens. The pet varieties ^ especially 
appealed to me:—Grand Mona "ch, ü ops flower 
of a deep crimson shade; S. W. Sutton, an 
«талде scarlet bloom of great substance ; Lord 
Methuen, a еш ры variety carryin 
blooms; Mrs. J. 
Dav SER a deep 
"Reid 
very dist 
orange pet А pe Mrs. T "Tho rnton, a beauti- 
hite 
ful pure w. varie E: The group included 
some fifty plants, all in the fines conditions ; 
the foliage was well dévelibed a growth 
genera! lly” robust. es = ing was excellent, 
but Бе ME itself w À 
thë plants to i iet ws The group pro 
finest examples of КАРЕ 
Next to this exhibit was one of oe of 
the erect type, exhibited by the same firm 
ese flowers also showed r advance, 
both in vigour and in colouring, notably those 
of the iculated, or vei section. The 
flowers were of la кас size, the habit of growth 
of growt! 
close and compact, and the plants were flower- 
ing very freely. 
Delphiniums, from the same firm, foun: 
had“ ap ance of being planted. Notable 
varieties were Sir рле. Ber with deep 
spike, and 
le flowers closely set on the 
i don, a ing com mbination of 
Notably net this 2m case AR the Hybrid Tea 
A class provided for 
five baskets "E d козы a gorgeous dis- 
lay. Another was for 18 varieties of any per- 
ual-flowering Roses, loosely arranged. Com- 
petition was keen in this ; van is = 
£23 was offered i 
the choicest сезе 
wi dam е Herriot, Mision Emblem, Mme. 
Abel Chate cays Mrs. а Nellie елер (а 
coni blush зар t K. a grand Rose of 
deep n 
sses mg p" A T agg Six Me 
rs. J. Су 
"— ed i 
style. BE group 
showed in the = к tarda “colour blending, or 
thing harmoniously. Thre 
everythi 
fusely-flo en Seded 
Balfourianum were set with surroundin 
Cro and other foliage Meus Jl sh for 
the purpose. ids the 
exhibit, and among Меш "oliage Plans were 
three specimens of ря dom the leaf- 
onzy shade. med W. 
Ма the eileen very ‘closely, and = 
ncluded . well-flowered little plants of 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jury 26, 19] f 
Ixoras and others of a deep scarlet flow e 
Lar pvc 
n the class for a group of foliage plan 
ei for effect, Messrs. J. Су рһег 
апа 
рен excelled, а in this 
number of Jap е Mani 
coloured. It was LM to find a 
ibitor, Su 1 nrick, of Edg| 
repr et 
Croton 
ing, whilst Poia were us ead У 
effect, and I шош d his 
on 
A Б. useful E = “these grou арр 
to hav erlooked vin Ош рр 
^ non-competing exhibits T 
Baker's, of Wolverhampton, аттап red ag | 
wall and planted it in a iei delightful а 
At the оа were beds Me ela nd 
Astilbes ari 
This aep was back 
gn of the foliage providin 
to the flowers. 
The group of Sweet Peas s 
Alex. Dickson and Sons 
worthy feature of the 
Both fru Ja and ‘vegetables were pom 
the case force 
ety and 
ked by onis, the 
ch © 
staged by Mes 
wi Lar last, was a mo 
The West Park, i 
as in excellen 
allowed to ge ok, 
has О а as ot a 
lect dnring diva years of w. Ef. 
SOCIETIES. 
NATIONAL CARNATION mercy PICO’ 
e 1al show 
Section of this wg peo was held in 
tion wi R.H.S nightly meetin 
quite a 
opportunities for 
the gn classes 
2m 
do 
E] 
"d 
ES 
B 
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Q 
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B 
g 
d 
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e 
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ui 
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Mr. ME 
non- бйреу exhibits 
and were ea oer Qu with the 
Societies’ Gold № 2 
he Martin Smich Memorial сыш 
Н eae << 
ho had | 
arrington ‘Challeng 
perio to et ш not more 
plan Premier Cards were 
; an 
Melville (8 29, Бане King (flake show 
rd), an ear (bizarre shown on ca 
COMPETITIVE CLA : 
st six classes Mp pee o 
without cards and were e ior g 0 
buff ground, :) JB fancies other | 
yellow or "buit. n the first class he 
_blooms з К. Wakefield, Grenadier and 
garet Es b E T 
fancies ind 
arte the other, ete incl splen: ndid fi 
rs. Hawksby, Mahar 
Sin the Amateurs’ (к. a flowers in 
Mr. J. J. , Southampto: 
сс 9, first prizes 
of k 
+. Un ot Кы px (b) 
