Februahy 24, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



147 



OBITUARY. 



MR. GEORGE MAW, F.L.S. 

 We regret to record the death of Mr. 

 ,eorffe Maw, F.L.S. , which occurred on the 

 "'h inst at his residence, Benthall, Kenley, 

 <urrev, in his 79th year. Mr. Maw was a 

 -lember of many scientific societies at home 

 id abroad, and was elected a Fellow of 

 M»th the Linnean and Society of Antiquaries 

 in 1S61). He was for upwards of fifty years 

 a frequent contrihutor on botany, geology, 

 iid allied suhjects to the transactions of 

 .10 societies to which he belonged and to 

 . rhnical journals. Mr. Maw is best known 

 > horticulturist-s as the author of " A Mono- 

 graph of the Genus Crocus," to the prepara- 

 tion of which he devoted upwards of t-en 

 rears. In studying the several species and 

 iieir varietal forms, he travelled in Asia 

 ^linor, the Levant, Greece, Italy, Spain, the 

 -wiss Alps, and the Pyrenees. He also 

 •rmed a com^prehensive collection of croci, 

 :ie major portion of the species and varieties 

 I'ing collected in the course of his travels, 

 fis great work was published in 1886, and 

 ^ntained 81 hand-coloured plates, the draw- 

 iigs for the majority of both flowers and 

 fruit being made by himself. Some years 

 previoxisly Mr. Maw, in company with the 

 late Sir Joseph Hooker and Mr. Joihn Ball, 

 made a tour in ,Morocco and the ascent of 

 the Great Atlas, and the results of the tour 

 were given in a work pu^Dlished in 1878, the 

 geological sketch of the country visited con- 

 tainjed therein being oontri/buted by Mr. 

 ^law. Sir Joseph Hooker dedicated the 30th 

 v->lume of the "Botanical Magazine" (3rd 

 .-eries) to Mr. Maw as a tribute to the value 

 of his exertions in introducing unknown 

 plants to English gardens. Mr. Maw, who 

 tor a long period resided at Benthall, Brose- 

 ley, Shropshire, came to Kenlev in 1886. 



MR. THOMAS SWIFT. 



We regret to learn of the death of 

 Thomas Smft. 



Mr. 

 was 

 and 

 Mr. 

 the 



^ who for so many years 

 ]niucipal book-keeper at Messrs.* Hurst 

 >on's establishment at Houndsditch. 

 ^wift was also one of the auditors of .... 

 ^^ardeners* Royal Benevolent Institution for 

 many years. On his retirement from busi- 

 ness m 1909, a staff dinner was given in his 

 iionour, and he was precsented wfth a silver 

 centre-piece, and two ^silver vases by his fel- 

 low-memhers of the staff. Mr. Swift entered 

 -;rvice at Houndsditch in 1869. He died at 

 ■■^^ age of 65. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



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r, ,r.' . Horal, and Orpliid ('„mniitte*s, 



hv Mr at 3 p.m. on ■ Xew .-^weet Peas 



rni-l ; Cuthbertson, J. P. .^eientitic Com- 

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' Qu«.n-l ^ iT/^'^'i' Horticultural Society. Meeting 

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i^ecture q ^^^^^^ CommiW m^,^ 12 o'clock: 

 Growth - h^'-'^V Stimulation of Plant 



^f'ientifiP r^Z J^""^^^^^^ H. E. Armetron^. 

 ^^nval K^^K f}""'^^^ ^ o'clock 

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'n.-h..;.,.; JJi V A-^V'}!'''^'' Society :\Jeetin-. 



^'^'^1 iVovE Hortieultuml Benefit 



lH^^l;:^-'iS*i^n- ^^^^ at Eoyal 



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;'n,Soci<>ty M<>otin 

 ^iZ-V" Horticultural 



WEDNESDAY, March 27.— Liveri>ooJ Spring Show; 

 two dayts. 



Royal Horticultural Soci-ety's Grcncral Examination 



in Horticulture. 

 Royal Botanic Society Meeting. 

 THrRSDAT, MaTch 28— Torquay Spring Show. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



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METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IN THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY, SURREY. 



He igh t above Sea - 1 e vel , 150 fee t. 



Date, 



1912. 



February 4 



TO 



Februakt 10, 



Feb. 



4— Sunday .... 



5— Mondny .... 



6 — Tuesday.... 

 7 — Wednesday 

 S-Thursday.. 

 9— Friday 



10-Saturday... 



5 

 3 



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02 



Mfans 



br. m 



0 36 

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3 24 



Temperature of thb 



Air. 



At 9 a.m. 



5 42 



(total) 



9 54 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



deg. 

 26 

 24 

 34 

 43 

 46 

 49 

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Wet 

 Bulb 



deg-, 

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High- 

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dpg. 

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 53 

 51 

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45 



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Low- 

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deg, 

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 34 

 43 

 46 

 42 



HALLAMS, MOSELEY. BIRMINGHAM.— In a 

 cover, abloom with iiweet pe>:ifi, this enterprising: 

 Moeeley firm Ls^ueis a pooketable list of ^eecle and 

 pLantci, the former oo-ciipying chief place, and sweet 

 peas are a special feature. 



WILLIAM DEAL, BROOKLANDS, KELVEDON.— 

 A ca)>ital catalognie of eweet pms, including many 

 noveltiois raised by Mr. Di^al. A ]>athetic interest 

 attaehcs to the liist ae it contains a portrait of M*r. 

 W. Deal, who eo lately pa66e<l away, but it also 

 containts a portrait of Mr. Bertrand Doi;il, Mr. Wm. 

 IleaTiS elder son, who is continuing the bufiiness. 



H. E. WARD, CARTREF, VICARS CROSS, CHES- 

 TER. — A very modes-t iS^vl©et \ye.& liet, containing de- 

 scriptions of only f(ur varietieis. 



W. E. SANDS HILLSBOROUGH. IRELAND. —A 

 small and useful catalogue of Irifih-gnown seed pota- 

 toe>.s including isome new varieties. 



J.'.TKFFERIKS AND SON, LIM., CIRENCESTER.— 

 Ntvelties of merit, both among vegetables and 

 flt'V.ers arc inoludetl, and mastly iilitetrated, in the 

 seed cata-loffuo i.sisiicd by this long-established Ciren- 



ctt^tcr firm. 



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Date, 



1912, 

 February i 



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February 10 



Feb. 



4— Sunday 



5 — Monday 



6— Tuesday 



7— Wednesday.. 



8— Thursday.... 

 9 - Friday 



10— Saturday .... 



eans 



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ms. 



0 01 

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0-07 



'J -42 

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Temperature of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 a.m. 



At 

 1 ft. 



deep. 



At 

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deep. 



deg. 

 34 



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 21 

 28 



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CONTENTS. 



Ac4icia Baileyana 



Amswens to Correspondents 



Bouva-rdiawS 



Corn us mac rophy Ilia 



Cydonias 



Cymbidium Lowianum at Dunorla 



Exhibitionis ami M-eeting-s 



Finely-flavoured Pear-s 



Garden Steps 



Gis^neras 



.Magnosia 



Mirbeek's Oak 



New Plantis 



Note of the AMt^k 



Obituary 



Rerenniak Grown 

 Royal Gardeners' 



li^v^e Notes 



Soni.' of tilt' N*'wer HyVrid Tea Rcise*s 

 Sul-urli:i.u Kruit Pruning 



\\'tninini^t(ka Hall 



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Il-LrSTKATlONS. 

 Portniit-^: Mr. f. S. Kuid.i^i'. 127; Lit ut.-Colom^l 

 D rr:un. \M.M.. liS; Mr. K. H. W li.^-on. 

 V.M.H.. 12i»; Aeac'ia Ba-ileyana, 131; Odonto- 

 glo^Mim MemoriA Lily Neumann, 133; Oarrna- 

 tion Triumph, Kntranoe Gateway, A\eu- 



nino-ton Hall 13fi: The Garden Steps at 

 Klvetham Park. llC : Quercus .^lirbecGii, 139; 

 Cynibi<!( mil Lowianum at Dunorlan. Tun- 

 brklire Wo-llis 141. 



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Till and tend as vou will, your unaided efforts will not produce the best results. 



Fertilisation is J^ature's law, but feed your soil witli tlie best. Don't wa-te time and money 

 on useless fertilisers, when the real and riijht fertil izrr iV abtainabk'. 



CARMONA " FERTILIZERS 



are a grand soil food, and will more than fulfil your expectations. , , , 



Make a success of your garden by adopting the bc..t piiucipics, and the best preparations- 



"^Vhp?p '^are^SDec^f'^fenfuzers for many varieties of flowers— for Robinson's particularise. 

 Note the prices: icwt., 20s.; kwt., i^s. 6d. ; 28lbs., 7s. 6d. ; ^Ibs., 4s. 6d. ; 7lbs., 2s. 6d. ; is.and 

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The two fon .win^ Gar.k.ialitie. are the best of t^ir kM.^^ 



1. ■■ Eradiweed." guaranteed cent, per cent. we«i KUier. 



2. " Velvae " Lawn Sand. 



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