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FLOWERS OF HONG KONG
BEK-TO CHIU, B.Sc.*
Miss Chiu gave the second of her talks to the Society on "The Flowers of Hong Kong" illustrated by Mr. F. A. Nixon's collection of colour transparencies on 16th July 1962. She took as her subject "Summer Flowers and Fruits, with comments on other seasonal Plants".
Through the generosity of our President, Dr. J. R. Jones, it has been possible to reproduce six of Mr. Nixon's coloured transparencies and these are accompanied by Miss Chiu's comments on them. The plants selected are:
Indigenous plants: Camellia hongkongensis, Seem.
紅茶花
Tutcheria spectabilis, Dunn.
榻木
Rhodoleia championi, Hook.
紅鏡盞
Bauhinia blakeana, Dunn.
紅荊
Introduced plants: Gordonia axillaris, (Roxb.) Dietr.
茶花
Bauhinia variegata, Linn.
紫荊
*Lecturer in Botany in the University of Hong Kong.
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FLOWERS OF HONG KONG
BEK-TO CHIU, B.Sc.*
Miss Chiu gave the second of her talks to the Society on "The Flowers of Hong Kong" illustrated by Mr. F. A. Nixon's collection of colour transparencies on 16th July 1962. She took as her subject "Summer Flowers and Fruits, with comments on other seasonal
Plants".
Through the generosity of our President, Dr. J. R. Jones, it has been possible to reproduce six of Mr. Nixon's coloured transparencies and these are accompanied by Miss Chiu's comments on them. The plants selected are:
Indigenous plants: Camellia hongkongensis, Seem.
紅 茶 #
Tutcheria spectabilis, Dunn.
榻 #t 木
Rhodoleia championi, Hook.
滞 鏡 盏
Bauhinia blakeana, Dunn.
紅
荆
Introduced plants: Gordonia axillaris, (Roxb.) Dietr.
+4 茶 花
¡Bauhinia variegata, Linn. 紫 荆
*Lecturer in Botany in the University of Hong Kong.
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