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THE GARDENERS’ 
LILIUM REGALE IN AMERICA. 
WHEN at pres Arnold Arboretum in June last, 
ood e 
Mr. Wilson was g enough to accompa: e 
Mr. Farquhar's еу at Roslindale, Mass., 
where I saw, am any other plants of ex- 
ceptional interest acl a novelty, a 2 of Lilium 
regale. Mr. ilson now sends photo 
graph (see Fig. 59) of part of this | feld, taken 
on July 8, Eon more than a million flowers 
were expanded ese plants were rea from 
eeds ripened in t ursery from bul 
his x 
in 9) іп йе autumn af 1910, and 
introduced in 
Nothing can pes ve more conclusively the good 
constit ае m. L. regale than this ынана, 
when embered that in the winter 
1917- 18 “ie température feil far 
Boston, hat th 
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к» 
sudden 
Few Lilies will bear such sudden and See 
changes without i that I s 
‘NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Medicinal Herbs and Poisonous Plants.* 
THERE can be no doubt of tlie агаа in- 
terest that has been taken by all r: шо society, 
from the highest to the lowest, ar the last 
ight or ‘in the "абарон of medi- 
cinal plants and herbs of various kinds. In the 
ious tone earn! countries а and in the United 
States, Governm 
р nsidered 
with: the view. of establishing ultivation 
a minor national industry reat Britain 
one has done practically тонар 40, e wg 
culture of medicinal pants а national o; 
perial ind Н 
Under these circumstances, the little work by 
Ellis which, the ie claims, is intended 
r clear y written, and the 
illustrations will Б уегу iat to those уы 
know litile or our T poisonoi 
plant and medicinal | herbe, and with very few 
excep rom error. It may, how- 
ever, be eed. Gur that the 
Du in Fig. 69 doe 
ух teeth characte 
and whi 
flower marked 
tained another es, M. candidissimum, which, 
as in (b), а = a five Кылалы teeth and rather 
larger flowers than M. This adultera- 
tion or imisture ha teen found in commerce 
Bate wh the re- 
cle of the the са 
ho low. A pos it is solid. ‘that of the Germ 
Chamomile being ow. Where the bor 
attempts to deal B the medicinal plants from 
the mercial s ide, it is evident that the in- 
Tomatid given is culled f om other soure T 
and not from perso erience, e.g., 
he quotes from The 1 leaflet 288 of the ыгу of 
Agriculture and Fisheries, that Egyptian Hen- 
bane is Datura metel, the Egyptian Henbane of 
commerce being H: amus muticus; and - 
mander is given Scorodonia, which 
is the botanical name for Woodsage, that of 
ing Teucrium Chamaedrys. Nor 
in the per of plant life 
Medicinal Herbs Plants. Ву 
Devt ae D.Se., PhD hix 4 Blackie & Son, 
таа. Small Svo, рр. 197, with 103 illustrations. 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avcusr 30, 1010, 
hcc (on p. 16) he states that ‘‘bitterness is the 
ооа characteristic of the lants which 
кире е Compositae,” that, , astring ent 
plants ‘prevail in the Gen Е 
elementary work the озак given zi the same 
© 
of growtl 
medicinal its ave been 
established for a long ti is certain th. 
the haphazard cultivation of wild plants, be 
they ever so valuable, will not succeed in 4 
long agai the eff of formidable 
organisations crum abroad." 
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88 
£ 
ifs 
et 
THERE 
from the purel 
there 
v 
m кы» а е ist and entomologist, but is also 
e lore, the bination should be 
particularly е г. Lovell bines all 
ese thre óles а 
deal ving general considera "omia Wd lude 
ith good description of wind-fertilised 
fiowers. Т дач. те T ) е 
g o 
as regards E _ еше and not as regards 
the . plant since, taken. all round, 
there is little oar that the Compositge are 
the more ышку MV nced plants, and amongst 
these yellow is a comm sake colour. Nevertheless, 
Желе ойе agrees disagrees with the 
author, his book is Mesi re and always in- 
for e 
Hampton Court Gardens. — The mittee 
appointed to consider and advise upon AE ро 
— alterations i in the flower r beds an d borders a: 
report as a 
Whit e Pap. The e 
retention Dt the Hur ry ca beds in 
ircle, the i = ovement of the plan 
he canal, 
and to ic: epee: À bad 
ones, and the use bb р ре in tubs around the 
oval fountain basin 
FELICE а pE Powe Oe VIRA АИТ А ese Nc 
* The Flower and the Bee: Plant Life and Pollina- 
` tion, By John H. Lovell. Constable and Co., Ltd. 
ommittee recommends the. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The Editors do not hold themselves responsible Jor the 
opinions sed 
expressed by correspondents.) 
Shirley Poppies in Sea San t may rest, 
your readers to know that I have grown Shirley 
Poppies amongst b › and fed them on 
rgonium pun unge —In your 
issue of August 9 
Pelargonium crispu д odes is figured. I 
be ad in  readi 
have en е; at E мра: n ing 
akout this plant, especially sport orig- | 
inated in these pardai, in їйї, Parts the resi- 
dence of Mr. G. W. W. Blathwayt. The 
was saved and propagation persevered until 
quite E btained. In 1915 I 
show lants at meen ut ap 
ently it w was not then recogni of any value, 
as no award was received tor i it ^ strong plant 
th afterwards sent to Mr. 
Piden Gardes, M elksham, ТШ 
SOCIETIES. 
OYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
ene 
display. all helped to 
Floral Committee and. e the 
Vegetable Сокен. ‘had a long 
iormér granted six Awards of Merit an 
, and the latter body granted 
ee 
V Society Committee gran ў 
Nations AT d Orci у Committee two Awana 
of Merit and two m 1 
Floral Committee. 
8 
Present : mra er Ae E ин (їп ЖО 
uthe, Т. 
WA uon Sydney Morris, E "Heal, W 
Howe, С. R. Fielder, J. F. Мс 
os. S , A. Turner 
Dixon, John Dickson, H. J. 
omson, Jas n, H. Cowley, 
kins, Pearson, A. 
Cu SE pertson add Clarence Elliott. 
F MERIT. 
— А splend 
lyhock Queen € o ellows. 
ques fine ly formed, eT. vary а 
this distin: 
Hollyhock Lad: Bailey —In this 
гані variety e mE d соора flowers 
of light, silvery 
Меше. ERT AND 
