COLONY'S WILD FLOWERS
Mr. V.H.C. Jarrett's Address. To The Rotary Club
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
Taking as his subject wild flowers which have become domesticated in the Colony, Mr. V. II. C. Jarrett delivered a high- ly Interesting talk before the weekly tiffin meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden yos- terday afternoon. The speaker, at the conclusion of his ad- dress, made an "appexl' and 'that was that all who could in any way foster the preservation of our wild flowers should do so and besides refraining" from destroying the blooms of the hillsides. should make sure that those whom they could Influence will also stay their hands, so as to let others, who came after them, en- Joy "these flowers too.
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Rotarian Major R. D. Walker deputised as chairman !n the
absence of the President. Rotarian Thomas Tam, who is in Nanking attending a Rotary, conference, and Introduced the following Rotarians: "Aces W. Sutherland Vice-Pre- sident cf the Canandaigua Rotary Club, New York; Henry Curtis, Vice-President or the Hartford Rotary Club, Connecticut; Harry S. Vincent, of Iowa; F. B. Gange, of Shanghai Rotary Club: Rev. Father J. T. McDermott. of Philadelphia: W. R. Lence, of New Orleans, and Professor Izuka, of Japan: Messrs. Donald Wilson and Gompertz. of Hong Kong, were also introduced as guests.
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BAMBOO ORCHID
Of almost equal attraction is the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1937.
THE AMBULANCE ARMY OFFICER'S
H. K. POLICE RESERVE
(Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King.
·Inspector General of Police)
GENERAL
The Hon. Inspector General of Police will hold an Inspection of, the Hong Kong Police Reserve on Wednesday, March 31 at 17.30 hours.
No member may be absent from this Parade witnout leave from his Company Commander.
Dress: Caps with White Covera, as on ordinary parades. Officers in Charge of Units will wear black belts and swords,
BRIGADE
Annual Inspection Yesterday
H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S CONGRATULATIONS
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G., C.B.E, carried out the annual inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade on the Navy ground, Causeway Bay, yesterday, the proceedings being watched by a large gather- ing friends and supporters of the Brigade.
EXPERIENCE The GOSSARD
Line of Beauty
Yacht Capsizes In
A. Squall
Llaut, G., P. H. Moffat-Wilson, RA, who was reported missing on Monday night has safely returned to Lyemun Barracks, where he is stationed. The officer went sail- ing by himself at 10,30 on Monday morning in the “Mantil” and just before dusk a "squall caused the craft to capsize of the Kowloon CHINESE COMPANY.
Docks. He was rescued by boat Training Course (Part I):-The
people and the "Mantif" was later undermentioned members of the
recovered,' Lieut. Moffat-Wilson Chinese Company will attend Chi- His Excellency, was attended by WALA MONE the worse for his nese Company" Headquarters on
Mr. Fung Ping-fân, ane dr ́nts Hon experience, except for a cold. Tuesday; `March 30 at 17:30 hours ] A's. D. C., and arrived at the for Part II of Training Course: Parade Ground, at 5.30′ p.m. Lady Constables R2 Chan Tak Chịu, R4Caldecott, attended by Mr. H. J.
INDIAN COMPANY The following notification in the Hong Kong Government Gazette is repeated for information of all. ranks.
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Cruttwell, arrived a few minutes URBAN COUNCIL previously.
The inspection this year was noteworthy in that Col. J. L. Blee- man, Chief Commissioner of the Brigade Overseas, who is at pre- sent on a visit to the Hong Kong Branch of the Order, was present.
After His Excellency had carried out the inspection, members of the The Hong Kong Government different Divisions gave demonstra. Gazette of March 25. 1937 Notifications of their work. He then pre- sented the trophies won during the year and the Long Service medals to the following
tion No. 210.
so-called bamboo orchid, "Arun- Tam Hiu Fung, R5 Woo How Ching. dina chinensis," which is common R6 Chan Shik Chun, R9 Wong Yue all over the Colony, favouring both Shun, R23 Kong Kar Yan, R25 Lee"; marshy ground, and sunny hill-Chee Leung: R34 Napoleon Leong Pan, and R37 Leung Wing Cheung. tops. The stoms and leaves have some resemblance to miniature bamboos, and the flowers, delicate- y rasy hued with a deep purple lip, are of great beauty. This or- chid has been cultivated for a good many years: it grows in clumps which increase annually, and does well in pots or in garden beds. Nature has ensured its propaga- tion, for besides forming seed pods and giving oft fresh shoots from ite base every year, it also forms On behalf of visiting. Rotarians small plants on the stem. which aboard the tourist finer Reliance, fall off and readily take root. Rotarian Lence expressed thanks to This nearly closes our list of the the local Rotary Club for its hos local orchids which are commonly pitality. He mentioned that this cultivated, for though there are was the second time in their itiner-others worthy of the horticul- ary that they had hit a place where turist's attention. they are not yet they could attend a Rotary meet-seen in a truly domesticated state. Ing. the first being at Batavia.
Rotarlar Dr. L. H. Mal handed over to the chairman a flag from the Rotary Club of Cernauti, Roumania.
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THE ADDRESS The speaker of the day sald, in part:-
My main theme is the number of beautiful flowers which the gardens of the world have acquired from wild specimens found in this area, Including-possibly unknown to
"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Feroz All to be an Assistant Buperinten- dent of Police (Reserve) and to be in command of the Indian Com- pany. Police Reserve."
Dist. Surg. Dr. Li Shu-fan, Div. Supt. Chan Ping-kwong. Div. Supt. Fan Shu-nam. Div. Supt. Lam Sing-yu, Amb. Off. Chan Bau- EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE Leave-Inspector (R) W. V. Fielding, Sergt. Chau Yuk, Pte: Leung Chung-yin. Pte. Tsang Lun-sau. has been granted seven months
Pte. 11 Ping-tsan, Pte. Kun U-wah, leave of absence, as from March 30. Pte. Kun Ngok-sang,
1937.
Appointment:-Crown
Sergeant
R449 B. J. Murray will act as O.. C. Emergency Unit Reserve during Inspector (E) W. V. Field's leave
of absence.
C. CHAMPEIN,
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH Addressing the parade, His Ex- cellency the Governor said:-
Col Sleeman and Members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade:
MEETIN
Applications Refused
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Four applications for Licenses were refused by the Urban Council who met yesterday.
"At the meeting "Mr. Todd made suggestions concerning factories alidwed by the Council in certain areas of the Colony. Owing to previous engagements of certain members of the Council, the meet-
ing had to be adjourned and the
suggestions will be considered at the next meeting.
The following were the applica tions refused:-
Application for an eating house licence for No. 74. Waterloo Road, basement.
licence for No. 108, Des Voeux Road Application for an eating house Central, ground floor (side door).
Thus we have to pass over two at- tractive species-the large white Susan orchid "(Platanthera Susan- nine") of July, and the buttercup- yellow orchid ("Spathoglottis pubescens") of July, August and September-and come to just one) other, which has long been in cul- tivation. This is the lady's slipper orchid. "Paphiopedilum purpura- Famous Author And vided by the St. John's Ambulance hai Street, ground noor (side door).
tum." more familiarly known as a "Cypripedium. It has low-grow- ing mottled leaves, and a large, even some of the older residents gower, white streaked with purple among sou-plants indigenous to and green, and the unmistakable the Colony.
Leup-like labellum, of, its genus.
B.S.P. (R)... Hong Kong. March 30, 1937.
Dramatist Here
(Continued from Fage 1)
We might consider as our first This labellum forms an Ingenious.
He does not write for the Films, group the ever-popular orchids. means of the flower being fertills-though ne nas no objection to nis Hong Kong has no striking epiphy-ed; as it traps visiting insects and plays and novels being adapted for the species, such as one ands in they have to struggle out through them, on the principle that while tropical jungles, yet it boasts sever-
the back-door," as it were, taking he does not mind the rag-man al ground-orchids of a delicate beauty. The spring finds one of away a load of waxy polien on their having his old clothes he cannot
consent to dress just 'bodies, which some of them even-
to please the rag-man!":"
One of his first novels was Star
the most widely cultivated of all intually deposit on the ovary of an- bloom-the "aan faa" of the Chi-other or the same flower. The
popular English name, and the scientific one is "cymbidium en-
mese. This orchid, which is usual-lady's slipper orchid likes damp Magic, (and 1 rather think that a ly known as a pot plant, has no and shade, so that its favourite face-pony at Singapore was named
haunt is a rocky ravine splashed after this book).. Tinsel was an sifolium"; it flowers normally from by a perennial brook. It is not other, and Hong Kong will short- May to June, but a few plants pro- common, but is widely dispersed in have a chance of seeing The duce blooms in October, a charac- Hong Kong and I bad the areas it is now under production by Synthetic Gentleman on the flus, teristic second flowering period pleasure some years ago of finding the famous Metze Co. in which is shown by a number of a large number of plants growing local growths. often dependent on close together, of which about two weather conditions. It grows wild dozen were in bloom: a truly mar-
▲ GREAT TRAVELLER
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In Hong Kong, and is abundant in vellous sight. The normal tower-traveller and has been all over the one place above Tal Hang Road. I ing period is from late November regret to say that it is now threa-to early January; tened with extinction in that par- Licular spot, owing to projected building developments. There are also a number of specimens to be noticed among the rocky, over- grown clefts on Victoria Peak, to the side of Lugard Rhad.
NUN ORCIUD
SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS Leaving the orchids, I shall pass to a consideration of a few of the more attractive shrubs and clim-such awful bers.
I still have the remains of a sore throat; and my words to you this afternoon will therefore" be As brief as possible. With any other complaint (having the most eff- clent form of First Aid, that pre-
Brigade, so conspicuously avail- (able) I should not hesitate to brave the consequences of disregarding it. but I am afraid that no amount of first aid would 'prevail against the consequences of overtaxing re- fractory tonsils, I shall confine myself therefore to four points of
congratulation.*
First I want to congratulate you on the smartness of your turn-out and parade this afternon. This is no idle or formal praise. If any
kind subscriber to our Funds en tertains the slightest doubt as to the value of the thing he supports
I say to him now in the words of
Application for 2. food shop (fruit) licence for No. 20, 8outh Wall Road, ground floor.
Application for 3. food shop (fruit) licence for No. 436, Shang-
Those present were:-
Mr. R. R. Todd (Chairman), the Hon. Dr. A R. Wellington (Vice- Chairman), the Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson, the Hon. Mr. R. A. C North, the Hon. Mr. T. H. King. Mr. F. C. Hall, Dr. R. A. de Castro
Baste, Mr. L CF. Bellamy, the Hoa. Dr Li She Fun Hy B. Wong Tape, MË. C. J. Roe (Secretary) and Mr. Im "Ping-tseung (Asst: Secre tary),
The regular returns were tabled. The list of licences granted by the Urban Council between March 16 and March 20 Inclusive are
Food Factories 5, Food Preserving Houses 1, Swine 86 and Eating
the old Latin tag, "51 monumentum Establishments 3. Laundries 1. Bake
requiris, circumspice." Secondly I
***A SPLENDID TONIC
directions perhaps his criticism of His appreciation, and in some what we are doing is a splendid tone for us but I think that the greatest value, of his visit is that It has caused us all to realise that this Brigade is noisulated
Hong Kong regiment in a great parochial walk, but, as it were, the Imperial army which for ever militant in the cause of humanity againts the ravages of accident and
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MOTOR SPEEDING CHARGE
was summoned before Mr w R. Johannessen, of Wallem & Co.. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday for speeding along Boni- ham Road on March 5.
Traffic Sgt. Bethell said that be followed defendant from Pokfulam Rod and found defendant's speed was about 26 m.p.li. When he reached Bonham Road defendant increased his speed to about 30 mipan
!! Defendant denied the charge,
and His Worship remanded the case till 12.30 on April 8 to verify the accuracy of the speedometer from which defendant's speed was checkeda's motorm
DRIVER FINED
want to congratulate our Director Houses 8. of Ambulance; Mr. "Alfred Morris, on his promotion to the rank of Commander. In the Venerable Or- der of St. John of Jerusalem; no- Mr. Coaning Pollock is a great body has ever served in good cause more assiduously than he world. He says that he travels in has. Thirdly. I want to congratu- order to meet people, and an arlate. the Brigade on the generosity ticle on this topic appears in this of those of its supporters who have month's' Delineator. ⠀ ***
made it possible for 'it" to be re- He came from New York in the presented at the Coronation of our Queen Mary," recently, and struck King, the Sovereign Head and weather that there Patron of our Order. Fourthly T were a good many accidents, in congratulate the Brigatte on the During March, the rhododen- fact twenty-one of the passengers vidit to Hong Kong of Colonel drons, or azaleas as they are less figured in the casualty 1st Hesteeman, or correctly but more popularly term told our representative that the Late March ands the
great ed, are sure to attract a great deal "Queen Mary" is just like a floating favourite among local members of of attention in gardens and other Savoy Hotel, but that smaller this group the nun orchid, "Phalus cultivated plots; but they are shilpa are, ti reality, ever so much grandifolius"-beginning to bloom, essentially a feature of the native more comfortable. He prefers the and April sees it at its best. This nora. The commonest of the wild Aquitania to any ship the plant must be familiar to most of species is "Rhododendron Eimali Atlantic run, and has crossed in you, with its very large, broad (formerly Indicum") which is seen her eighteen times.. leaves, and long stems topped by in faming masses along our bridle fairly large flowers of a striking paths and on the hillsides. It is appearance, white outside
and singular that under cultivation the cinnamon-brown within, the lip nowers take on a pink hue, where- being a rosy purple. The common as the wild specimens are almost name is probably derived from the invariably of a red shade. It is resemblance of the petals to a evident that the altered chemical nun's hood. for they spread like a composition of the soll is respon head-dress and bend over the lip sible for this: just as hydrangeas so as to show only their white explanted in soll with an Iron or terior when viewed from above. alum content change from the This is an orchia which has normal pink to blus. If I may been known to Europe for a very digress-those of you who wish to lorik time, as it was taken to Eng- ensure sky-blue hydrangeas, can land from South China, most pro bury any bits of scrap tron of bably Canton, in the latter part steci near their roots: one way of of the eighteenth century. It solving the problem of what to do grows in many of this Colóny's with old safety razor blades! stream-watered ravines," and also on shaded, molat hillsides, on both
CAMELLIAS AND MAGNOLIAS
The Brigade then marched mast, my man 18SUP the Island and mainland. For
and magnolias are
Ells Excellency taking the salute; the shrubs Which the average some years it has suffered from other'
Let me, however, in conclusion Among those present were the the depredations of plant collec- person thinks of only as garden
be for a moment just my private Hon-N. L. Smith, the Hon. Mr. A. tors, but all local orchids have re- planta) get some beautiful and are
selt, forir must tell you that the G. W. Tickle, the Hon. Dr. R. EL cently been added to the profected specimens are found wild in this
deshwork of St John in this Colony Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. C. G. Ala- flat, and thus the nun orchid will, Colony and the discovery of them, garden variety with "double" has been a great inspiration to me baster, the Horf. Mr. R. M. Hender- I hope, remata a permanent fes-in, bloom amid thely natural sur- blooms has been evolved from this personally, and to my wife too, son, Col. Bleeman, the Hon. Mr. ture of our wild nors. It is in-roundings, is full compensation for native stock. Similarly, our Anest and that in our keen sorrow at R. A. C. North, Mr. W. J. Carrie, teresting to note that the species a long trudge on a warm after chrysanthemums re dérived in leaving this Colony. It is some con- Mr. LuKing-fling Mr. Ngan was introduced to Tamalta, in the noon. Quite a common whrub or part from the common yellow form solation to have hem from Col. Bing-kwan, Mr. T, N. Chan, Mrs. West Indies,
nearly a century and our hillsides seen in abundance at growing: wilder in the Colony, Sleeman than in Ceylon we shall Li Shu-fan, Mr. Tad hd-kin, Mr. a half ago, and on being planted Shek-O-a Gardenia Gorida. Its "Chrysanthemum indicum," which and a St. John's Ambulance Bri- and Kirs. C. Perdue, Mr. Larbo- out, has run wild there in some scented flowers appear in May: blooms in November.
gade whose emiciency and service rinho, Portuguese Consul for Hong places.
they are single petalled, and the
will remind us of what you here | Kong.
LOVELY HONG KONG From England he travelled to India by the 'P and O. Viceroy of
A traffic summons was brought India, and had a most enjoyable
against Chan Shu-lam before Mr. trip. After a stay in India he
W Schofield at the Central Police came on to Hong Kong via Burtas, disease. Cambodia, Java, Ball, and the
Court yesterday for driving a pri- straits Settlements. He and His are present here this afternoon for about 40 m.p.h. along Johnston Lastly I want to thank you who vate car at an excessive speed of wife and daughter are very sorry every hour of time that you give Road on March 6. Sgt. Your sald they cannot make a longer stay of your leisure to our enge; I defendant had passed several cars here. Misa Heleh, in particular, thank also our financial support that were going about 30 miles per adores the shops,......... and agrees ers for every dollar that they con-hour with her father and mother that tribute to it. And. like Ouver
Chan was fined $30. Hong Kong is one of the loveliest Twist, I ask for more; and I know places they have yet seen.
that my successor will repeat that They leave to-day by the. Chichi- request for it is as Governor ofin Hong Kong have led us to ex- bu Maru, but Mr. Channing Pollock Hong Kong that I am speeking to pect of such an Institution refused to say good-bye. He said you and not merely as a private thank you all very much. **au" revoir anstead, stor
person who knows" said Ne, "Hong Kong | Khunt is such a charming place that per- hape I shall come back again!”.
ma meram migongginya Bol
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