December 10, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
.hododendron yunnaiiense. 
On May 19th last year some flowering 
peoimens of this' new Chinese Rhododendron 
rere brought bef ore the meeting of the Royal 
lortiicultural Society by Mr. F. W. Moore, of 
llasnevin, and an Award of Merit wasi ac¬ 
corded it. It flowered for the first time, 
however, in the Royal Gardens, Keiw, in 
April, 1897, and has been continuing to im¬ 
prove ever since. The first plant to flower 
hiad lilac-coloured blooms, but since then a 
very pale variety has bloomed with silvery- 
lilac flowers and a, cluster cf rich orange spots 
•on the base of the upper segments. These 
flowers are nearly 2 in,, across, and produced 
in. such profusion as to cover the plant when 
in bloom. A well-executed and coloured illus- 
tratiom of this appears in, “ Florai and Sylva ” 
for December, both varieties ‘being repre¬ 
sented, and wei confess to liking the pole 
variety best, a,s it diff ers more strikingly from 
the other wild types 'from Chinese sources. 
It was discovered by Abbe Delavay on, the 
mountains of Yunnan, from whence he scut 
home seeds. Hitherto' the plant has proved 
perfectly hardy at Kevv, and judging froim 
the elevated positions on which it occurs vn 
China it will prove hardy for variousi parts 
of this country, and therefore makei a, valu¬ 
able addition to this class of plants. 
Arbor Day at Eynsford. 
The planting of trees at Eynsford, a, quiet 
and beautiful village in Kent, was first com¬ 
menced to' celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of 
the late Queen Victoria- in. 1897. Shade 
trees', as well as an orchard of Apple trees 
for the production of cider, were' then 
planted. Since that time other trees have' 
been, planted to commemorate the defence of 
Kimberley, Ladysmith, and Mafeking, and 
ini 1902 some more shade trees were' planted 
in memory oi the death of Queen Victoria. 
On Saturday, the 26th ult., Arbor Day was 
again celebrated by the planting of various 
kinds of trees of an ornamental character on 
the western side of the main road leading 
from the railway station to the village. An 
existing hedge had 'been, unroofed in older 
to make ai path toi the station under trees. 
A heavy fog prevailed, but that did not in¬ 
terfere with the proceedings. A party of 
lady gardeners from, Swanky Horticultural 
College, provided with spades for the work, 
commenced planting, and something like a 
quarter of a. mile of shade trees wo® planted. 
The originator of Arbor Day at Eynsford 
was Mr. E. D. Till, and he has now a large 
and enthusiastic following in. and around the 
village. Thei first tree planted was a, Tulip 
tree, representing the letter “ T,” which 
formed part of a design, in acrostic form. 
The movement begun on, the 26th ult. will be 
followed by the general planting of shade 
and ornamental trees and shrubs, as well as 
Ivy upon the houses. Mr. Till’s idea, is that 
every village should organise an Arbor Day, 
and in. this way much waste land would be 
planted with both timber and ornamental 
trees during the next forty years or so. 
Dundee Chrysanthemum Show. 
As reported in our last issue the above 
show was held on the 25th and 26th ult., and 
proved to be the best show they have had 
for some time'. The gate money on Friday 
amounted to- £36 4s. 6d., and on Saturday 
this reached £50 2s., thus showing a greatly 
increased attendance over that of previous 
years. This financial success will no doubt 
give impetus to the' managers of this show 
in future years. At the close of the show 
the, president, W. S. Melville, Esq., ascended 
the platform and said that some people en¬ 
tertained the ; dea that, the Dundee Chry¬ 
santhemum Society was on, the wane because 
they held their exhibitions in a smaller build¬ 
ing than formerly. Both quality and quan¬ 
tity of exhibits' showed no falling off, but 
were indeed better than ever before. The 
symmetry, design and general effect of the 
show stood on a very high, level. He com¬ 
plained that Dundee lacked a, public hall, and 
he wished that ratepayers might give the 
municipality some encouragement to build a 
new Town Hall with a good hall alongside of 
it, and twice the size of the Kinnaird Hall, in 
which the show was held. If they did that 
he gave a, personal guarantee that the com¬ 
mittee would make a success of their show. 
New Potatos in November. 
Last year we alluded to a plan, of produc¬ 
ing new Potato® from old tubers that had 
been put into practice by Mr. G. Stanton, of 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, the beauti¬ 
ful seat of Mrs. Noble. As Mr. Stanton, at¬ 
tends now only to the management of the 
estate, the garden flowers are managed by 
one of his old pupils, Mr. T ; . J. Powell. In 
•order to give the public an opportunity of 
seeing what 'can be done with old tubers of 
Potatos, he put up, an exhibit of them in all 
stage® of development at the meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, 
■on the 29th ult. The tubers were those 
grown in 1903, and had been kept in dark 
places without soil until October 17th last. 
During this period the sprouts were' carefully 
removed from the old tubers to prevent the 
wasting of the latter. On, the date men¬ 
tioned the tubers were placed in cucumber 
frames, by which they were enieouraged to 
make fresh growth. Instead of throwing out 
shoots they commenced producing little 
tubers, as a rule 'close to thei surface of the 
old one®. The substance of the old tubers 
was thus transferred to the new ones as they 
developed. Thei produce sb wn illustrated 
the various stages of the process. Our 
readers will understand that the young 
tubers cannot by any means attain the 
size of the old one®, a® they a.rei pro¬ 
duced at the expense of thei latter, and the 
chemical changes that take place necessitate 
a considerable amount of waste in order to 
produce the energy needed for rearranging 
the reserve matter in the form of young 
tubers. By this process a supply of new 
Potato® can. readily be kept up from Septem¬ 
ber to February. The exhibit, was accorded 
a Silver Banksian Medal. 
