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JUNE 1908. 



Vol. XXXIII. Part II. 



THE 



JOURNAL 



I 



OF THE 



EDITED BY 



F. J. CHITTENDEN, F.L.S. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Opening of the Wisley Labpratory ... 329 



Rare Shrubs in the Open Air. By the Hon. Vicary Gibbs 347 



Hardy Nymphaeas. By A. Bedford 364 



Plants for Terrace Gardening By Jas. Hudson, V.M.H. 369 



Lesser Known Orchids. By F. W. Moore, V.M.H ... 378 



The Chinese Flora. By E. H Wilson 395 



Electric Cultivation in relation to Horticulture. By B. H. Thwaite, 



F.C.S 401 



The Origin and Present Distribution of the British Flora. By the 



Rev. Professor G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H 417 



The Commoner Birds of our Gardens: their Habits and Food. By 



C. H. Hooper, M.R.A.C 427 



Succulent Plants. By R. L Lynch, M.A., A.L.S., V.M.H 451 



Garden Experiments. By F. J. Baker, A.R.C.Sc 482 



Summer Pruning. A Discussion at the Scientific Committee 487 



Contributions from the Wisley Laboratory: 



(. Apple-Leaf Spot. By F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S 500 



II. A Disease of the Cineraria. By F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S. ... 511 



Report of the Society's Chemist. By Dr. J. A. Voelcker, M.A., F.I.C. 514 

 Report on the Meteorological Observations at Wisley in 1907. By 



R. H. Curtis, F.R.Met.Soc ... 517 



Another Peach Pest. By Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., V.M.H 527 



Reports of Trials at Wisley 529 



Reviews of Books 534 



Report on Burnham Beeches 557 



Commonplace Notes 560 



Petition to the Railway Companies 565 



Books added to Library 567 



Books, Plants, and Seeds, &c, presented to Laboratory and Garden 570 

 Natural Selection: a Reply. By the Rev. Professor G. Henslow, M.A., 



V.M.H 576 



Abstracts 579 



Meetings :— General, p. cxxix ; Scientific Committee, p. clxi ; Floral 



Committee, p. clxxvii; Fruit and Vegetable Committee, p. cc; 



Orchid Committee, p. ccx. 

 Notices to Fellows ccxxxi 



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