THE GARDENERS’ 
admitted claims to possession of 4 the owners Garrya elliptica in Fruit. From his garden 
lessees, who require the land for in wsdl es at, о кап е, Жы rsnam, Sussex, Sir mund 
building pur - It should ү ery that ful G. us specimens of Garrya ellip- 
mpensation is ‘being paid to allotment tica in itish gardeners are 
holders for their crops and labour; "Me amount familiar with the fruiting branches of the female 
of such compensation has, been agreed plant vien Fig. E as with the catkin-laden 
upon already between ы inspector of the ro ird — shoots of the ma male plant. 
or rs ERE and ea the Wandsworth 
plotholders he Destruction of Rats.—In connection with 
as Rat Exhi bi tion and oe series of tests, 
i nthéme.’’ зан eased trials, s methods of rat destruction 
announ d.i revival of this er ion, ue arried out by the Zoological Society and 
official organ of th — Chrysanthemum Board of Agriculture, Mr. E Boulenger 
Society. ^ Publication ended ave F.Z.S., will deliv lecture o “Rat 
years ago with the July- Айры cant: 1914, estruction,” in t Lecture Room, at the 
ihe present issue is numbered consecutive ely end Zoological Garde ces, Regent’s Park, 
dated July-August, 1919. I appearance it is ondon, 12 o'clock, on September The 
identical ery respect with the old publica- lecture will be followed by a demonstration in 
tion, and its golden-yellow is pe noon;-and Medical Officers of Health 
han welcome. g its contents we note a ini icers, Өш», 
. Among i S 
5з to members and friends by the secre- Avho hes for the ad 
tary; and, unfor iron a lengthy obituary 
notice, the society having suffered many losses ject, are invited to a 
Fic. 52.—FRUITING BRANCH OF GARRYA ELLIPTICA. 
during the war. It has lost its honoured I 1 
dent, I Maxime de la Rochetérie; its TREES — SURUBA 
man of committee, ттт йй суулу an E JAPANESE HORNBEAMS. 
ite | loce M. "Dubreuil, of whom lengthy THERE appear to ree species of Hornbe 
notices ap Then we learn of the demise of truly native of Japan, iz., Carpinus japonica, 
api, оге "Ep | with 16у, (7. cordata, and C. laxiflora. The last epus to 
tably, Dr. Audiguier, M Rible, M. Firmin de the true flornbeams which are typified our 
Smet, Mr. Wm Well Geo. Schneider, M native species с. .Betulus. The other pro belong 
Rodrigues, M. Cr pin and others less well to the grou some botanists hav 
ps to their English colleacues. A parate ы. under the name Disteg compan 
short note devoted Mr. Harman ayne y differ f. the "true" Hornbeams in ine 
article in The Gardeners’ Chronicle of December trunks having a scaling bark, disti fr 
» 1918, p. , on san um the sr в seen in our native species; 
ina." e а] оп also in the of the fruit clusters being 
Culture of the santhemum. Several little enfolded at the base almost entirely cover- 
paragraphs of news and the treasurer’s no а nut. C. Betulus and » i of the 
subscriptions reci bring. ou e - ? 4H mei s exposed 
"sg -war issue to a c We Tis "Disie gocarpus group rug ee. ce 
it eid Success, s look Канан to its necting link between the “tn “true” Hornbeams 
regular rec as of yor and Hop Hornbeams (Ostrya). 
of the Rats 
Orden s, 1918-1919, and “others ауен їп the 
end. 
[Avevsr 23, 1919, 
CARPIN 
bearing t ee is a admin. in Fig. 
wild state, a tree 
, 18 
x drawn out into 
бу an clusters, 
А na 2 to 21 inc 
bracts that lose the nut Riccio: 
sely s а this 
attractive for well- н. d and handsome 
foliage, and is es pecially beautiful in autumi 
2 carr sg a good of 
е: rty pec: ars. ny som ewhat larger 
one in Earl зд Ducie’s collection at Torino t] 
was about 20 feet high when I saw it in 19 
The mia 
e downy parallel rib: 
number. Тһе fruits are in longs 
clusters 3 inches or more long, the membrano 
b one inch or more long, f 
stiff bristles at the base and Conop e 
th Another prominent fea 
Hor m is the winter buds, which are slend 
pointed and up to j-inch long. In 
WORK is well dis by i 
Ге shoots and ss ээлик and = 
hee $ LAXIFLORA.—Of this ч there is 6 } 
much to ўе said, for p is of rec ot ino 
and no characteristic nied ү in this Ex к 
ent heuer bes it as асе ul tree, 
trunk smooth ves pal ‚ almost wh 
А ; Hu 
introduced by Wilson from Western - 
EE bs mite attractive jor its reddish-pu й 
W. J.B. 
bh 
young lea: чы 
НУТЕВАТ. REPRODU ipl OF THE © 
HEMLOCK SPRUCE. к Ча 
Many яп pru of he Нә к Sorg 
ss Albertiana) may be "e ; 
ood iaa 
tree: a space about к т 
onbe а" чаба at quite long distan 
from the parent tree. utl sown T 
various coniferous trees ha 3 
tably 
genis. as growing in this country “elsewhere 
stat ius dicrum i 
that does rud take Prind 
A. D. Web 
