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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUE

THIRD EXTRA RACE"

TMEETING will be hell (weather

permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, APRIL 1989, com- mencing at 1.5 p.m.; freb.saddling bell 1.10.2

MEMBERS ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently dispiny od

HONG KONG FLOWERS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

The other factors have gront signifioonoon. - Therm is a very lurga" population in Hong Kong and

"MORE LOCAL SPECIES THAN | Kowloon, equivalent almost vs that

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IN U. K.

The following is the text of a lantern lecture on "Hong Kong Flowers," delivered before a large

THE DIAL SWITCH IN OUR TELEPHONES

(Continund from Page: 6.1-

AFRIE

1932.

The brushes are now on the re- quired line but this may be engaged so the rich must discriminate by bringing into operation steering feature. If the line in engaged it

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And does not in any way interfere: gether. It is not therefore sur rotates, or as it is termed "hats" with the connection which has al prising that many of the most a speed of 80 stapa per second ready been established. If diang DR. HERKLOTS LECTURE AT beautiful aperies are not to be found over a set of 25 contacts and comes aged, it connects ringing current to

UNION CHURCH,

commonly within a hundred yards to rest on the first one, which is the called us to ring the telephone of our front door!

The botanist disengaged, Whan this occurs the bell, and, when the called party must be willing to go ahold, to leave calling line is then connected to answers it outs off the ringing and the beaten track, to climb the slope what is termed a first, selector which awitahes the connection through to and senle the precipice if he, or receives the impulses from the first the calling party after having re- e, wishes to see the best of Hong digit dialled. It should be appre-gistered one call on the magter of ciated here that this happens in the the latter's line. It also supplies Kong's flors.

The other factor is "that of tam- brief space that slapses between the talking current to both parties and perature, Vary few people here time the resiver is taken off the provides for the operation of cor- ovo tramp the hillsides in May, rest and plaend to the ear, and thin Alarms in the event of irre June, July and August, and even before dialing is commenced Dial gularities.

No One without & Badge will be admitted to the Mambera Hniloware,

Badges aduitting Non-Hambers to

and appreciative audience at the the Member Enclosure and Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and Tinion Church, Kowloon, last night 33.00 for Ladies (Both including Tax) ATS obtainabis through the SECREy Dr G. A. C. Herklote:-

Doubtless many of those who TABY upon Introduction by a Member, ench Member to be responsible for have come here this vening think Payment of All Obits, etc.

Badges admitting to Members that it must be a very easy mattor

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in April and September the numbering tone will now have been kaard The connection is now establish Enclosure wil NOT be on sale at the for me to give a talk on the wild Race Course,

Chidren befowers of the Colony. But the walkers I meet on the mountains by the caller who proceeds to dialed and the five switches just describ Oa No Proters ' will

is yery small. If during half the the first digit. The selector resed rain, operated during the year people are not looking for ponding to the impulses, tranmit lower, it is not surprising to bear ted, steps its conneding brushes, attached to the mechanical shaft, them say that they don't exist.

This introduction has been long to the level of contacts correspond

permitted in either Enolorare during ike Meeting..

Tiffins obtainable at the Clab saved they are entered from the No. 1 Bey in advance. Telephone 21920,

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All Persons, including Ladium, and payable at its Gate,

ato.,

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Secretary.

[2046 Hong Kong, dih April, 1983

task is not quite as simple as it at first appears. Three difficulties are particularly obvious. Firstly the names of the flowers are neither familiar to,us, nor are they easy

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whole of the call and are held by the final selector which, in turn, is controlled by the calling party. On the latter rosforing his receiver, The Frice of Admission to the Public to remember, for though our local but I wished to bring home to all, ing to the number dialled. For ex the final selector releases, and in fragrance of Ava, Enclosure is $2.00, including Tax, for species here names. yet, for the the problems and difficulties whielt ample, if "g" is dialled, two ver

turn, releases all the preceding most part, they posses only long confront the amateur betanist heretical steps are taken and at the switches which are then immediato. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are table-burrelled Latin names and in Hong Kong. When I came here and of the second step the brushesly available for further calls.

some three and a half years ago I

rotated to are automatically no vitiple English equivalents.

This is perhaps, from a subscri- Secondly the great majority of was amazed at the paucity of in hunt for a disengaged conner bar's point of view, one of the Lopte per auf TAM HONG KONG legal ants do not grow in Eng-formation available about our tion or "link" to the second rank greatest advantages to be derived JOCKEY OLes daring the see Meetingland and they have no familiar natural history, no one seemed to of selectors which accept the second from automatic working, namely,

Tifins will be obtainable in the Res relatives with which they can be know or care anything about the

figure dialled.

that there is no waiting, as in manu- taurant in the Public Enokurać

al working, for an operator to dis conpared. The converse is equally varied forms of life that surround- By Onder,

Cause of Delay,

connect a previous call before be- true that European plants do not ad them. A few of us decided to grow wild here" in South China, tackle the more popular groups of

This autoriatie" rotary operation ing able to make a further call. The word Melastoma in "no harder animals and plants. Major Hut-

In conclusion, I would take the explains the necessity for the delay to remember than the word Anemone son tackled the birds, and largely or lost motion period to wopportunity of inviting those who but no Melastomas grow in Engs a result of his pioneer work we land and no Anemières in Hong know some 150 species from Hong Previously referred when explain may be interested and who have no ing the function of the slipping cam previously visited an Automatic Kong and although Molastoma is Hong. I amused myself in parti- on the di-as it will be realised Exchange to visit the Central Awo- thait the brushes musthuntmatic Exchange in this building at very much commoner hero than the cular with the snakes and orchids anemone in England it is known to and of into with the flowering

over the selector bank contacts and some convenient time, where the but fow. This fact, of the very shrubs. As a result many of the select a disengaged outlet the various, switch operations, which I great difference between European slides which I am going to show

succeeding rank of switches before have endeavoured to explain, can plants and Hong Kong, plants, are those of local orchids of which the caller dials the next digit, an be demonstrated to them. makes the preparation of a popular we have now some 55 species under otherwise the impulsos would be observation. I wish here to ad

foat. talk on local plants difficult.

The third song is that there are knowledge the able sesistance of no popular books on our flowers to Mr. V. H. C. Jarrett, and of Mr. which I can refer you. There is Youngsuye from whose negatives a the Hong Kong Naturalist which number of these lantern slides have! some of you I hope see, but it will been prepared.

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Belter System Than Shanghai: In addition to the delay period Mr B. Wylie, in expressing the of 200 milli-second furnished by Club's thanks to the speaker, said Be was sure they had listened to. tho dial, there is also the personal the address with interest and be pause between the dialling of each had perhaps been more interested digit add the time taken to pull than most of them there because he could look back to the years when" the dial round to the fingerstop the Telephone Company and its be yours before we have anished

in which connection it will be re- mannual system was criticised. At describing in that journal our

The first le slides, are of different called that the dial transmis be that time was thought that familiar species. Bearing these

automatic telephones would be im difficulties in mind I sincerely trustspecies of Hong Kong: orchids, impulses, on returning to normal

under the tension of the clock possible in Hong Kong owing to

conditions, Kalimatic spring.

but Hong that you will forgive me if my mostly common species which may

had automatio telo. lecture is scrappy and patchy and he found on our hillsides and pas Similarly, a third selector is Kong now

cipices. Then follow 7 slides iline brought into service to take the phones and he had heard one gentle appears to be without any con-

trating one of our strangest and third figure and the caller in then man say that they had a better tinuous theme.

through to the particular "bun-automatic service in Hong Kong Farest plants, the insect eating dreds " group which contains the than in Shanghai He was all the pitcher plant, Nepenthes phyllum required number or, in other words, more proud to hear that, because phora. Eight photographs of man-is connected to what is called a it was only at the last meeting of final selector The latter accepts the Club that Hong Kong and grove swamp scenes: follow. "Thess the "tens" digit stepping the Shanghai newspapers were compar Because the local flowers are un- familiar to us and besaus shrubby illustrate the extraordinary method, brashes up vertically as already ed to the detriment of Hong Kong. Before asking you to join with, plants are

more abundant than adopted by certain of the shrubs to described, but here is no automa

tic rotary feature as a particular me in thanking Mr. Sherry, 1 herbaceous forms, many people propagate their species. The seed line must be selected in this case. would sound a personal note and waita for the that is to thank you, Mr. Chair think that this is a poor place for germinates on the tree and the Consequently it

"units" digit and, on receipt, it man, and you gentlemen for having flowers. This is not true. Actual seedling does not fall off until

number of wisheh me a nice holiday when." steps equal to the figure dialled go home." ly Ching is the richest country in root of e or more inches has been rotates the brushes a the world for beautiful flowers and developed. When the seedling falls many, wry many indeed, of the this root sticks in the mud, either bolow the parent tres, or is parried flowers which grae our gardens "and conservatories in Europe and away by the tide to be washed up on a, distant bank and become fixsu Amerien have their origin in Chins. there.

Hong Kong is very rich in species, The last 10 elides are of different very much richer than any area in lowering shrubs to be found com- manly on our hillsides, They in- England of similar extant, in fact clude the alien Lantana and of far richer than the whole of the native specios, Uvarin, Ekodomyr, United Kingdom, this may surus, Rots, Rhododendron, Melar. prise many but is nevertheless true. Tovia, Muraendo, and Pavetta.

In conclusion may I ask all to When we think of flowers in Eng land we picture a few species in support Mr. Green, the Superin- masses-bluebells, cowslips, printendent of the Hong Kong Botanic robes, anemones, buttercups, daisies Gardens, in his difficult and often and perhaps some dozen other com-thankless, task of protecting our mon species which occur over grass flowering shrubs and plants from arens during the spring and sum wanton gathering. If you see beau- mer months. Such massen of hor- tiful flowers don't pide them all baceous plants are rarely found in and then throw them away by the the tropics and are much more roadside, remember that others also characteristic of the temperato like to see the beauties of nature. Several of our species are strictly zeties of the earth.

If, instead of thinking of herba protected. c.p., all the Rhododen we think of shrubs, then we at ones drone (dzaltas), Toora chinensis, perceive the fundamental difference and of orchids the bamboo orchid between temperate and tropical drundina chinensis and the butter- vegetation. We think of hawthorn, cup orchid Spathoglottis pubescens. blackthorn, privet, roses, crab apple, and guelder rose but it would be difficult to name twenty kinds of flowering thrubs which in England may be found in bloom in masses. Here in Hong Kong I could easily ranke a list of 300 shruba with attractive flowers. In England we associate the months of May and June in particular with the flowers of the countryside. In the tropics no one month possesses A monopoly of the dowers. True, in Hong Kong, on the edge of the tropic seasonal differences can be

Bisurated Magnesia because it notical but even hero January and

nover fails to give immediate re- February, for example, are the lief. For the same reason it is med month when some of our most in hospitals. You can get Bisurat. beautiful species blossom. The fasted Magnesis at all chemists, wither that the plants are unfamiliar, that nowder or tablete, and if you suffer the names are dificulty that there with indigestion and take a little aro no books, that shrubs and trees of the powder or two tablets after predominate and that the Ansermonis, you will find there is no ing period is spread over the whole botter, quicker, or surer, way to 12 months, have led to this quite good, digestion than this Larous incorrect belief that Hong Kong is an acid used by thousands of people

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