Price (to Non-Fellows) 5s. JULY 1909. 



Vol. XXXV. Part I. 



THE 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Bogal Koilicoltiiial Society 



EDITED BY 



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



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CONTENTS. 



The Cultivation of Fruit in British Columbia. By Mr. H. Hincks, 



F.R.H.S 1 



French Gardening. By Mr. C. D. Mackay, F.R.H.S 5 



Effects of Growth. By the Rev. Professor George Henslow, M.A., 



F.L.S., V.M.H 9 



The Introduction of the Tulip, and the Tulipomania. By Mr. W. S. 



Murray, F.R.H.S 18 



Cucurbitaceous Fruits in Egypt. By Mr. T. W. Brown, F.R.H.S. ... 31 



The Lily of the Valley. By Miss H. C. Philbrick, F.R.H.S 36 



Chinese Paeonies. By Rev. W. Wilks, M.A ' ... 39 



Meteorological Observations at Wisley, 1908. By Mr. R. H. Curtis, 



F.R.Met.Soc 41 



On some Hybrid Tuberous Solanums. By Rev. J. Aikman Paton. 



M.A., B Sc 53 



On 'Solanum etuberosum.' By the Editor 56 



Anemone variata. By Mr. A. Worsley, F.R.H.S 58 



Commonplace Notes 60 



Book Reviews ... 63 



Brussels Sprouts at Wisley, 1908-09 88 



Parsley at Wisley, 1908-09 90 



Examination of Employees in Parks, 1909 92 



Notes and Abstracts 96 



Meetings :— General, p. \; Scientific Committee, p. xxxii; Fruit and 



Vegetable Committee, p. xliii ; Floral Committee, p. xlviii ; Orchid 



Committee, p. Ixii. 



Notices to Fellows Ixxvi 



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