82 
dis The tree has 4 trunks, 3-4 ins. dic ameter 
y P least 30 ft. hig h. They 
made instead of 2 
The Doubling of the Stock.—I was intereste 
in the account which Miss Баран B ave at the 
meeting ne Society (see pp. 
of s. 
г mber of small growers. 
Some of the old enthusiasts have evolved remark- 
ably fine sae f this beautiful plant, and 
doubling 1 actor ba 3 con- 
trol with the өңе, ease. er 
studied the methods of "several of gnus 
d t 
Еч 
own, experiences do not all : E 
of Mi er ks A is ы » fact that seed can be 
saved—and ha or nearly h a 
— ed 
century—that wa yield y at least 90 per 
— epu үш acre and 
by a very simple m 
planta ve s а “ double flowers s 
Saunder he percentage of doubles 
could bs -— Ps an average of about 57 per 
cent, to one of е nt., or even higher if the 
more vigorous individuals were chosen the 
ime of pricking out. hi t ssary 
ur thian method r yet is the 
er the 
perci ri in the 
actually the case. To my mind, the 
Lothian Stock is the of all t 
its soul-refreshing fragrance - тү а. Тһе 
skilled, old growers east of the 
can easi y save seed, as I [ous 
reca at seri 90 per cen 
plan iss 
ерата with ‘the 
It is a fact that any pl 
has attained a certain a hat he position 
in to Eas hian Stocks, whatever i 
may so far as the others are concerned. 
G Gage ^a. Taylor, Edinburgh. 
The London Plane.—In Mr. Beans! enumera- 
tion of the varieties of the London Plane 
(see p. 47 no mention i ade 
variety which I have not attersea Park, 
ed i 
that has a d semi-pen dub ue habit quite 
different to any Plata: l have seen elsewhere. 
There are Sie specimens and apparently they 
i am heigh 7 
eU AT 
it d 
not think the trees 
are “© freaks, vat thar gee jw been 
induced by eene. intera ng) Puwisne. 
ed —Flow er e Fix- 
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PELARGONIUM CRISPUM VARIEGATUM. 
THE specimen of Rn rae crispum varie- 
gatum on in Fig 39 
the lar roup of this 
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Society The oral Committee on that occasion 
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Aw pepa 
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was тойду 
The scented-leaved Pelargonium 
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conservatories and рео а ae nsive 
was als d 
pur and vi 
cannot b fa il to be im 
а 
to the residence. The diverg i abit, 
, shape of leaf, БГ other characters, 
s the variation o peen the 
a mixed group ps i 
variety of interest. In some, such as in the plant, 
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CONFESSIONS: OF A NOVICE, | 
THE reputation for tenderness which preve 
that most ош lowering shrub Abuti 
vitifolium om 
a 
one 
shes with thei acks 
Nor adden: was a en them. Nor 
wit 
they protected in any way ens h j d 
Yet this year all the spec ecimens r E 
sight, with mas rf 
o. 0 
awers. [реш success sively 
ди а А 
ompa of Fd me d 
is certainly deeper · and 
ce sir blue in a specimen 
tial shade. I notice that the former Eo 
