SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. ] 
THE 
о. 1706.—SA TURDA Y, SEPT. 6, 1919. 
odigious ... 133, Pelargontums, tscented- 
nlb ‘arden, Ше :— ved . 132 
AT sport е „1 
-.. 127|Potatos. plack lex 
x 130) Disease of . 130 
Potatos, x disease of 130 
ass shipley, public park, 
Innes fields and 
Poran in es nts for soo 180 
"m 
eere r 
Associatio 30 { 
Liverpool Allotment’ 134 
Ryder’s Exhibiti on of 
Vegetables . 133 
Southp 
125 
E. cro: Ops, remarks 
оп the condition of ae зт 
diolus primu " 
old Medal ¿xhi of 
ШЕ SS 130 
lampton a ort 
_ dens 3 IGE асалан 133 
? nd, the reclamation of 130) Wallasey 
e 
e 
Horticultural 133 
cip ‘J. .. 135/Stock, the popping | x 132 
achin, Henry Vessey 135 Feng of Am а 131 
.|Trade Note 
“Cha "ed S e Profiteering 
Act, 1919 134 
Trees and Shrubs 
eaf-Mould +. 126) The ыл, Silver 
‘Sarge 
hid Новев 
1 paning 
and 
itd vem from ата е 
Ble nheim 126) Hype a Cor 
ust smilax ` 126 anaes pote He, see DM 
‘Disa . 126|Week’s work, the 128, 127 
USTRATIONS. 
corono pifolis col d pl м» : 
"ҮА W m E ee аав: us 129 
- ove c ves 128 
dum Se at home ese ace ‹ 127 
greens ч, 903. СЕ ж T es 285 
.. ae ux „= 181 
ШО S no ai мы Ина 
R. REGINALD FARRER’S SECOND 
= EXPLORATION IN ASIA,* 
—In THE VALLEYS. 
of conditions here 
above, is surprisingly 
ast mant i 
отлар cloaking апа соп- 
of the ravines with 
GM alpine zone 
the lovely Rhododendrons; the 
st and c t be se 
é scent of M. 
The 
our ag ed кады by Mr. Farrer were published 
August og “Une 21, June 28, July 12, August 9. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
flora. Both of os are rare 
specimens 
uhundank: 
is a tr 
: if not 
Моге со though 
is the thin E nt fn [ all:* 
i curs in the forest at 
шон 
home. 
ope it may so prove, and that I may succeed 
wit E The flowers are larg: an 
th st perfect shape and scent, while thei 
e m sc 
typical colour is of a clean, rich rose-red, quite 
E 
the flowers vary to 
s have 
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of this si duni tree is its 
blossom radically over a s dong 
than in one unanimous st t of 
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these КРЕ be introduced, and answered to cul- 
tivation, they would certainly prove very Мч 
additions " it ha ibber 
ludis of this region as 
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tantalising delight, its 
g, phus pale-purple tails which 
perv ading scent. Yet 
gs that grow cheek 
by jowl with prorat nobile? All the same 
I think we might even dare be 
a Derris or 
Hpimaw, which 
curtain-fall of "ong 
ha 10st ep ME 
Ww E at F 
Dendrobium, at least in the gentler regions of 
ingland, and on tree-branches open to the sun, 
yet not to extremes of the furious winter’ 
rages. Jn the lower Ngaw Chang valley hardly 
a tre» is without its Dendrobiums; and on one 
series of bare precipices there were noble masses 
f it, dien a wide variation in size and 
colour. oe à ge too, vrbes I to the 
valley MEL pu no th 
another didi which mal tak 
fruiting well at home. None, | 
Rub 
Fic. 61.—MAGNOLIA SP. ; 
кош Forrestian numbers labelled “Vaccinium 
sp." Indeed, they are of all shap a. sizes 
—the Whortleberries of thes: eae he 
are sheeted, E S 
ming 
little lower 
is taken by a coarser, arching 
kind, of a foot or more in height, heri Aper s 
of pinky-white blosso This e 
iral "d: nolis live 
bushes. Bu 
ree-Vacciniums 
е саней at about 8,000 we and 4 descend to the 
valleys. Опе 
The 
one of overpowering eren; t; but БЕ the bes st of 
* Magnolia sp. F. 903. 
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FARRER's NO. 903. 
would be the universal Strawberry of these parts 
—a flattish fruit of which, though 
insipid when raw, acc its pr admirably in 
jams and stews. э id hand- 
some, reson fr 1s 
also owns ida ndsome flowers 
is faintly oe until dead ripe 
delicious; and several more a 
The one gn 
iu 
poii al 
ened 
ness as you id the weary Vat. et rack, 
with nothing else but Jasmin d Pisas 
and Begonias and Rhododendron indicum, an 
other such ‘hot-land stuff to cheer the way. Of 
two prevalent Lilies h L. Wallichianum is 
the r nme РӘ in y 
ope that  home-raised seedlings 
