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liantly coloured crimson leaves. А bed in the ee lves from the midst of a little forest * 
TU middle po n was very effectively compos кзн the rubber-like foliage, anc а narrow “line ji of BOTANY AND THE EMPIRE. 
: bro: /aleeolaria Mrs. Mary Anderson with Scheveria secunda glauca ran, like ath of 
Viola ov flake, edged with 4 Ше delicately ig tty india-rubber Roses, round the ou hai sevi ; 
[7] Coleus Golden Ball. Ме lea It is unfortunate that the work now proceeding (Continued from p. ) 
тыі section without mentioning gx fine тебел in the grounds, including the formation of a А а FYING proof of the value of the work of 
wd raised in these gardens and appropriately named new tunnel, will interfere with some of the bed- the мана Department of pte rete in the 
wig The oe четт was аө Mosa effectively in con- ding ; and indeed, the garden superintendent ^ West Indies was "the formation of — orari 
тч ES > stion : А : elar ro nium Constance, P. Mr. Young, pointed out a pales t number ор v ments on similar lines, first at Pusa i » in 
тав | E n pens "n aa n. саш aed would have to be destroyed altogether, 1902, and поносе і in all the tropical Colonies 
nid 2m iced a О any rate made much smaller. Боко. 5 in the New and Old World. Coe 
ul Dahl men тн bloom, which the санаа. меге апа his assistants may be trusted to make the competent pe en trained in the West ial pes 
"a mp ently blended, ^^ Бр; very most of the « opportunities at their disposal, ^ now in charge of Departments i Agriculture in 
vein E o tha х ean Den (no longer and ve a in the future, as in the past, to''" Ceylon, Mauritius, Federated Malay States, Fiji, 
ad occupie E by uly bears, w are now so much make the ” a place of beauty and interest and on the staffs of the Imperial Department of 
2 E a сапа ely egens e on the мра for the агы ist no less than for -the Agriculture in India а the several Colonies in 
уч тони es) there is a perfect fea s apy colou zoólogist. Amaryllis East and West Afri Another se 
бач d shrubs and of lawn Б 18 win ack by а borde i feature of West indt. pr 'Ogress "was i 
+ À n ae Em SM. irr xci ——————— appreciation of improve € — at sense athe 
n: Marigo Along the and the value of scie by members of the 
PP - front of е ад ми ож border of golden Privet CARNATION REB ENSIGN. planting community. Tor instance, in 1898 the 
fi p i of nestle clumps of bright aggregate amount voted by the local legislatures 
ba капи Paul simpel EN; ver m vias i iety of perpetual-flowering Carnation for staffs, laboratories, and botanic and experi- 
; even beds of flowers, ап in Fig. 77 was wired the cup ment stations was at the rate of £14,000 per 
TT En of the vin presented in itself a perfect Serd at the St. Dunstan’s Exhibitio n, Cheira, annum. Apart from the ‘fonds of the Imperial 
pei pos d colour. One was composed of Ivy- оп July 1, 1919, for the best Carnation intro- Department of Agricu'ture, it is probable that, 
ч il E Decanus M ve tec pe d. duced to commerce during the period of the directly or indirectly, the total amount con 
- with 
Pelargonium V. . The edging was of Pel 
1; go andy, and rich blue Lobelia. Anoth 
bed contained fine i Í black 
„В specimens of black and green 
"T in variety, undwork being 
T , dotted with Chloro- 
phytum aureum. vari um and edged witl 
] E 1 
б они poi and blue Lobelias 
nd law. with its closely-clipped 
bi oot " aer provided a delightfe ШУ restful 
lew ; and any risk of monotony was о d by 
— а border of golden Privet, varied wit! a atic of 
elargoniums, Iresines ry: emums, Salvias 
ч a ther ts. Round the Three-Island Pond 
ere was y border East thi 
4 г tocks, Pentstemons and: Chrysanthemums, with 
LI backg round of the ever-attractive. golden 
P. eb aps the finest effect was produced in front 
of the saloon, from the terrace of which the 
т 
; whole vista wag one of grace and beauty. Three 
"s spacious lawns stretch away y е. бе а 
pn shaded by trees (а ot 
"i Taxodium distichum was gee at Noy noted), and 
i ornamented ‘by ie cea oos of flow and 
as! standards of Palm ‚ Bam ls Pissardii, 
m. d other s jd: " The bed nearest the saloon 
yi! Was composed of a groundwork of Coleus 
1 Verschaffeltii, dotted with Fuchsia gracilis, and 
yi made gaily neat with an edging of Lobelia Mrs. 
m 3 Clibran and Coleus Golden ] in alternate 
" clumps. In a bed further along the first lawn 
A again noti Ageratum e Zoo in happy 
association with Tropaeolums, black Cannas, and 
ig Lantana delicatissima. There are seven b 
a on lawn, and also a sup herb: 
i 1 pore > r along ur side, men А wealth of flowers 
: ch were stii utiful, though not equal to CD "S 
Т : hat icy Sn leo venti mca qi Bee ordi i Fic. 77.—CARNATION RED ENSIGN. 
4* same any said of a number of 8 
ап ed ое ШО (ЫЫ, aioe Latin € - the сет н сч pe best. тазе 2: tributed locally ‘for a akg ee is now not 
a ^ve ‘been ` lovely: in their prime, but were arnations in the show. e colour. is bright less than , £60,000 р It is also to be 
4 obviously gétting “Over?! < “One bed I notic orange-scarlet, and the flowers are larger than a ly the same period 
Ts Which was especially effective, in which there those of the old favourite Bea which the the nu ie ad ian scientific and дик үзле officers had 
fa Was а groundwork of Pelargonium Maxim ОСУ Tessrs.' Stuart Low “and bes state increased from 67 to 142. This, however, is not 
P Rovalesky, dotted with Eucelyptus cordata, and they ке — to cultivate the novelt; ty is confined to the West Indies, for in a list, pub- 
Bye edged with Coleus Golden Ball and Chloro- abit somewhat resembles the lished annually at Kew, the number of scientific 
C phytum undi other oméariod ^x loved’ older variety) but the growth оер! 18 = "nel officers. eiae dh tanical establishments in 
|» combination of sub-tropical plants in great 2 i , n e rry us oe үле tt a mowed Бош 
oP i variety, including Ficus elastica, the ground- ve жи ee pcd sera eee stopped swa 1892 to ED тә 
yh work of which Cri Ж VE IE early, as autumn eos winter. flowers yu pro- There can be no doubt that not only in the 
pon furthest, wn, the third from the saloon, a qum: — nom gee pe 1 resent aad М еа "oA res Mae 
Py. particularly beautiful bed contained a mass of cman y me P descr. pet : ied: ón- ax d MCA ч o acri — ана 
"t Pelargonimun Are uis Radole deted wil even, and the cr carr on long, sti ccnditions of ern re is TOC oceeding at 
fi hybrid antanas and Veronica дан, е Max gos) ordo we wi е а. ng нче с Td 
"hs hola being e with Fuchs Golde Merit of the British Carnation Socie! lating to all the Drank pan minions would be a 
ао ае E —— итек, 
as fr i e d = 
паат л Ргеѕі y ime d, a etm а edita a la Vie à la р ы жна gee ien of th К cake wae application of Се 
ein of Pelargonium be Pss and iem with _ badly bsp in the early days of the war. m сн t MP. ШЕШ 
angie Golden Ball. In r bed des e is now the service of the Minister of poran сое: ж PM E and cotton. 
ае росам of band amb Agriculture, ‘by which we conclude he is again inca cr E papi n re атан both 
тушта Б о: тагии cordata and Salvin restored to health. His work in the Min nistry gards the scientific perd xis ты кар, ше, 
almost ‘tropical duxarian f i 1 had hn h val lac 
h р се A evidently has ha A ig e placed upon it, >" 
Be da Part of the grounds ‘was, further borne or our contempora: Le Jardin, in its last * British Association f f Scie 
edge ү arge Бей” of | succulents ^ “the farther Jouer announces dis биро КОК as Chevalier Yn to the Botanical Section by Sir Daniel Morris, 
se of the third lawn. Str range Cacti reared e la Légion d'Honneur. m peregi d » D.8e, D.CL., LL.D., F.L.8., President: 
