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OCTOBER, 1919. 



Vol. XLV. Part I. 



THE 



JOURNAL 



OP THE 



Hal HoitHiiial Society 



EDITED BY 



F. J. CHITTENDEN, F.L.S., V.M.H. 



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CONTENTS. 



The Care of Soldiers' Graves. By Capt. A. W. Hill, M.A., D.Sc. ... 1 



Pritzel's <; Index." By Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, Sec. L. S 14 



The Care of the Soil. By H. E. P. Hodsoll 22 



Freesias and Lachenalias. By Rev. J. Jacob. 29 



The Public Parks of Glasgow. By J. Whitton, J. P., V.M.H 39 



Educational Gardens. By Dr. Jamieson B. Hurry. ... 56 



Conference on Fruit-Growing 60 



Botany. By Edward White 81 



Meteorological Observations at Wisley, 1918. By the late R. H. 



Curtis, Hon. F.R.H.S 90 



Dry Zone Afforestation. By A. E. P. Griessen, F.R.H.S 98 



Seedling Daffodils. By Ian Brodie of Brodie, F.R.H.S 113 



Contributions from the Wisley Laboratory : 



XXXV.— Effect of Grass on Apple Trees. By A. N. Rawes and 



F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S., V.M.H 116 



Oriental Poppies at Wisley, 1917 ... 120 



Brussels Sprouts at Wisley, 1918 125 



Carrots at Wisley, 1918 . 128 



Book Reviews 131 



Notes and Abstracts 137 



Extracts from Proceedings: General Meetings, p. i; Scientific Com- 

 mittee, p. xxxii; Fruit and Vegetable Committee, p. xxxvi ; Floral 

 Committee, p. xxxix; Orchid Committee, p. xliv; Examinations in 

 Horticulture, p. I. 



Notices to Fellows lix 



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