NovEMBER 29, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
271 
THE 
Gardeners 
No. 
1718.—SA TURDAY, NOV. 29, 1919. 
CONTENTS. 
Agricultural Councils Orchid notes and gle ane 
ha 272 Brasso-Cattleyas . 975 
e Haller A Pul- Cattleya Amiel . 975 
A. mon- Cattleya Pretoria  ... 275 
.278 Сур ee insigne 
Mou, late desse 280 ander 275 
Apples, Orione NUS 280 Lalo Catleya аба 275 
Board of Agriculture Orchids fro 
с Жыр gf ш Priory e . 275 
Bulb garden, the: “ Orchid re et » . 272 
Crinum Powellii 273 | Plants, п 
Clematis tangutica 281| ~ tection of н of... 278 
Dixon, Mr. Charles, re- to 2 
tirement of 2| Potato crop, the 27 
үи, ор and stock on pberries, PEE E 
2 fruiti .. 276 
2d Hossoms, е poi- .,| Roses, awards to new ... 281 
SIM ES. - 218 Silver leaf, the treatment 
The Hautbois Straw- NEMUS 
Pr etie 
М S 2. 279 
Garden pictures at the Winchester qm 
“Englishwoman ” ex cultural ... 
o dana 2.9 | Strawberry, late ара ‘of a 
ee. unheal Trees and shrul 
регез + 280| ` Camellia Sasan 23 
qua 77 
pore, Confessions of. pum Lonicera tragophyila ` 277 
Nusery Steck “and re- 22 ien Qr .99 
Obituary: lon c0 P Week's work, the 274, 275 
Martin, James 25281 ЖЕ EM W., retire- 
Masters, Mrs. M. Ps: 271 of m RP 8 S 
LLUSTRATIONS. 
Anemone Pulsatilla. 
Carnation Mrs. Walter Hemi 
Cypripedium ins ep rina d à house of 
Dixon, Mr. s Charles, pora T o. 
Fruit, a gold medal е of 
Lonicera + irazophyila 
Wilks, Rev. W., portrait of 
VERAGE Mein TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
Коса from b rrr e during the last fifty 
ars at Gree 41.1 
ACTUAL TEMPER. 
“Gardeners “Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 
шеш coe Wednesday, November 26. 
29.4; temp, 419. Weather—Bright. 
Eve 
The Rev horticulture will fe е 
W. Wil 2 ing of the resigna- 
oo "the Rev. 2 Wiles 
Secretary of ur piam: Horticultural 
Society, wer those who are best uainted 
with the wonderful work which done, 
both for the Society and for British horticul- 
ture, will feel not only regret but also a sense 
of irreparable loss. Whatever their position, 
hether a u f knowledge, 
Or sci en desi ring practice 
and science into closer touch, they found i 
Mr. Wi n alert, circumspect a E 
Seeing frie г. Wilks joined the Society 
in 1865 or 1866 an e Secretary 
E: TES is membership of the 
e 
m 
well over half a century 
and his secretaryship ; 
hence h 
and clear visio 
Wilks— with the support 
Sir ‘Harry etch. 
Morris. and _others— — 
eres of usefulness can only be realised 
if its finances are sound. They were made 
sound, task which required unending 
patience, a constant checking of impatience 
in. others, and at es the ence 
f whic 
advancement of 
d the extension 
orticu ien 
Single of purpose, yet subtle in achieving 
it, Mr. Wilks’s eat шайр о a rship 
were recognised by all who ha о busi- 
ith him. His ith t 
to authority ; 
yet he knew as well how and when to yield 
as how and when to insist and by giving 
REV. W. WILKS, M.A., V.M.H. 
ground to win respect and rx pibe gl After 
all, a man is judged by the and substance 
о qualities of min Land heart whicl 
пау. To that in all difficult 
personality wae strong, 
suavity which, boy wever, 
see was a sign not of hesitancy but of resolu 
tion. Itis cnt to know that Mr. Wilks 
in resigning the nat гуф does pe cease 
h his dec t 
to hold office. Wit 
Soci 
his fine monograph o 
Iris and in his investigations on 
Tulipa. 
Mr. Wilks in his retirement will be able 
o pursue at Shirley the avocation of garden- 
ing which he loves so well, and be carry 
h him the knowledge that his work has 
€— the approbation and е of men, 
than which no оке сап «акан more the 
burden of advancing ye: 
the genus 
Reorganisation of the Board of — € and 
Fisheries.—The Pre me of à ard of а 
Lord L Ёш еһат АУ 
Departments, to the 
Hem Secretary E 
Bosca M.P.). Sir A. Gri 
@ 
"n 
has 
The 
Deput 
poco 
made :—Sir A. Daniel Бар 
be Chief Gita ific Advise the Board and 
Director Pa a of de Pers thon Department ; 
Led Apr e Weaver, C. B.E., to be Chie E Com- 
appoin 
een г 
“follow ing 
jal A Ady viser bic "ihe Жол. т- 
Се шут) of the Land and Supplies Department 
Mr. F. L. C. Floud, C.B., to be General 
bes S as a Fisheries Secretary and Principal 
Assistant Secretary to the Board. Mr. C. Bryner 
Jones (an Assistant or of the B has 
i W retary, i 
psi Ede on of the board w then be: ĉo; mplete. 
за Maxwell Т. Masters.—We үчн with 
y deep тендз of the sudden death 
of Mrs. Maxwell T. M. 
= 28th inst., after cremation at 
American & таге News.—Mr. Harry A. 
Bod ved; has been eng: aged ern the 
M. М.С.А, in 2 rance. has j ined the of 
dits бо: Philadelphia. — 
eco the death, 
Owing tə ihe sù 
(— tuc bulbs from Eu 
taking i 
given 
co- ннн 
New York, mber 
th te the. new general, d 
ment of no 
ys Europe, 
J., Mr. Hancar, 
Sid à might 
w with Ring Albert, then present in Washington, 
and hoped something would be done in the- way 
