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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 8, 1912. 



OBITUARY. 



MR. HUGH EANGEE. 



"We regret to record the death of Mr, Hugh 

 Eanger^ which occurred after a long illness 

 at his residence at Cressington, Liverpool, 

 on the 27th ult., in his 61st year. From 1878 

 Mr. Eanger occupied the position of nursery 

 manager to Messrs. E. P. Ker and Sons, at 

 Aigburth, Liverpool, and during his long 

 period of service did excellent work both as 

 a cultivator and raiser. With the co-ox>era- 

 tion and generous encouragement of the firm, 

 he first devoted attention to the raising of 

 crotons, and, as evidence of the resiilt 

 achieved, several of the varieties now occupy 

 a prominent position among those in general 

 cultivation. Subsequently, on the suggestion 

 of. the firm, he turned his attention to the 

 improvement of amaryllis. In this work he 

 was assisted by the advice and the encourage- 

 ment of Mr. E.Wilson Ker, V.M.H., F.L.S., 

 who, by the purchase of the finest varieties 

 of the day, both at home and abroad, as sup- 

 plementary to the fine collection in the nur- 

 series of the firm at Aig^burth, contributed 

 aterially to the rapid strides that were 



made, in the improvement in the form of 

 the flowers and the development of new 

 shades of coloiir. Mr. Ranger was, it shotdd 

 be added, a skilful cultivator as well as a 

 successful raiser. 



CONTENTS. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



Horticultural B^^nefit 



MONDAY, June 10.— United 

 and Provident Society. 



TUESDAY. June 11.— Koyal Counties' 



Agricultural 



Society : Flower Show ; three days. 

 WEDNESDAY June 12— Ea«t Anglian Horticultural 

 Club. 



I?oyal Society of Art«. 



Royal Cornwa-ll Agricultural Society; two days, 



TUESDAY, June 18.— Royal Horticultural Society : 

 Committees meet ^at 12 o'clock; lecture at 3 p.m., 

 by Prof. E. Hen-slow, on " Prof. J. S. Henelow 

 as an ' Ecologiet/' Scientific Committee at 

 4 o'clock. 



Gladiolus Show at Royal Horticultural Hall. 

 WEDNESDAY, June 19.— York Floral Fete aaid 



g>ala; three days. , 



Nationa.1 Hardy Plant Society's Exhibition at the 

 Royal Horticultural Hall. 

 THURSDAY, June 2C.— Linnean So-ciety Meeting. 

 WEDNESDAY, June 26.— Southampton Rose» Show. 



Colchester Rose and Summer Show. 



Richmond Horticultural Society. 



Royal Botanic Society Meeting. 



Royal Society of Art«. 

 THURSDAY, June 27.— Isle of Wight Rose Show. 

 SATURDAY, June 29.— Windsor Roee Show. 



Among- the Alpine Flowers 

 A ne we re to Co r re^s pon d en t s 



Aubrietia;-j 



Exhibitions and Meeting^s 

 F o rt h CO m i n g E n ga g e n le n t s 

 Four New Rhododendrons 

 Fragrant Borders ... . 

 Crreenhouise Climbens 

 Ha rd- w o od e d P 1 a nt^ 

 Hardy Peach Culture . 

 Horticulturarl Education 

 Horticultural Education in America 

 Liliefi at the International Exhibition 

 Madresfield Court Grape 



Markets 



New Plants 



Note of the Week 



Obituary 



Rhodochiton Yohibile 

 Roea Sericea and its variety Pteracantha 

 Silvery Saxifragesi 

 Some Good Heron'e 

 The Persian Lilao 

 Trifleis about Trees 

 Yivipa roils Feruis 

 Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Portmit ! Profe^ssor Frederick Keeble, Sc.D. ; Elfeo- 

 carpu^^ cyaneus, 423; Odontogloseum Her Maj^ety, 

 425; Cereus Ameeaeneis, 427; Pyrethrum Queen 

 Mary, 429; Aubrietia deltoidea Lavender, 430; 

 Lielio'-cattleya Bedouin, 431 ; Ca.rnation Wotk- 

 nethe, 433; Rcea Sericea, 434. 



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By E. H. JENKINS, F.R.H.S. 



Edited by T. W. SANDERS, Editor of "Amateur Gardening. 



A Complete Guide to the Formation and Management of Rockeries, in large 

 and small Gardens; also the Cultivation and Propagation of Easily-grown 



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THE CONTENTS INCLUDE 



Selection of Site. 

 Aspect and Position, 

 Materials for Rockeries. 

 Principles for Building. 

 General Construction. 

 Miniature Rockeries. 



The Alpine House 

 Alpines in Frames 

 Culture in Pots, 

 Window Boxes. 

 Propagation. 



Choice Alpines. 

 Bulbs and Tubers for the Rock Garden, etc. 



Rock-studded Banks. 

 Simple Rockeries. 

 Soils for Alpines. 

 Grouping. 

 Planting. 

 Special Culture. 



Hardy Ferns. 

 Foliage and 

 Flowering Shrubs. 

 Hardy Orchids. 

 Plants for Walls. 

 Greenhouse Plants 



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