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TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1931.

of which Lonicera msevantha, | communest, comes out in March.

the

MR. U TIN-CHEUNG.

CELEBRATES HIS 80TH

BIRTHDAY,

in April our so-called “aun orchid," Phatus grandifolium, is in bloom. This is very common now an a pot plant: but depredations by collectors have reduced its numberk in a wild state. The large broad leaves, and spikes, of Let us proceed to a brlof examinn- flowers with potals that are white The well known and highly ras- tion of some commoner Hongkong wild outside and brown and purple within, poetod Chinese merchant, Mr. U flowers. Any of you who went for drooping somewhat like a nun's head Tin-cheung, whose name is linked rambles at this week-end will probably dress, are characteristic. It still oc- with many business enterprises_la have noticed the pretty terrestrial curs in several ravines within a short the Colony, chiolly the Bang Leo orchid, Arundina chinensis, belonging walk of Stubbs Rond and Blacks' Building Cont-noting Firm and the to a widespread tropical genus, with Link. white and purple flowers, and grass- Of white blooms, the fairly common Shum Mow Timber Merchants, is like loves. Growing best in damp fetodinus suaveolens, the less common enlebrating his 30th Birthday by places, it also occurs on dry hillsidos, Melodinus monogyms, and the some entertaining hundreds of his rela and is one of the longest-lowering what rare Metodinus fusiferals, form tives and friends at hin rosilence at species, being in bloom from Augusta group worthy of special study when No. 3. to November, and even later. It is they commence to flower in April. Voi Wongaciebung Road, Happy enlly cultivated.

These beautiful, sweet-acepled blooms Asters and Chrysanthemums. open in masses on a climbing plant, In his younger days Mr. U traded Another conspicuous flower at the which bears large orange-coloured in the United States of America and present time is the little aster, white fruit. The petals have a character-returned to the Coliny many yours with a yellow centre, common on road-intic expanalin into a tooth-like pro-

He has seven nous and two alde banks and killy places. It is cesa on one side, which makes identi- | grandsons, nlo

#rand- Aster baccharides, and though almost figation of the genus easy. The plant daughters. Some of his sons

many a weed enn claim kinship to many deserves a place in every garden, stulying in England and Japan. showy garden blooms. It was at ith You can Pelmanise

The name by

One of them is Mr. U Tac-wing, the best in October.

thinking of the word melody-a har mony of form, seent and purityl

Compradore of the well known local firm, Menara Dodwell and Company Lt.

Later this month, November, we should be able to see the little yellow ehrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum in dieum, in flower. Many of these plants can be found at High West;] to mention only one place. It does quite well na a pot plast, and is worth

entivating.

evenin thyreoiden sino comes out in April, in brush-like white clusters on a small tree, fairly common on the Island.

Somewhat like it is Pavolta indica, which is white flower resembling fears, to which it is related; and it November also gives us the local occurs on a large bush, coming into thistle, Cnicus chinensis; there in aing flower in June. It appears, however, a rarer local species, Cnicus japanicus. to have twa flowering periods, as D It extends from High West to the smaller crop of bloom sometinies or. hills above Tailam and round that curs in September and October. The vicinity, and from the Kowloon font. reddish-orange Leora chinensis of our hills to Taimoshan. No-one who has gardens can castly be recognised when seen the various British thistles,casionally found wild on our hill which it very closely resembles, can lides, beglining to Bower lu nummer. mistake it!

Lilien and Orchids, One can niso neck the beautiful and rare Magnolia pumila, in May. This |

the name given it la Dunn and Tutcher's list, but I think n more ne- curate name is Magnolia Championit, which Itres priority. A bont thin perfod there is the fairly common Gardenia florita in bloem: from which our more showy gueden variety hos apparently been bred,

October, and part of November, also The large white flowers of Gordonia anomala, raming out some- what Irregularly. The plant is a uig bush or small free, with large dare-i green leaves, and is common.no all elevations. Its peculiarity is that the whole fiewer, with its yellow centre, Is she when it begins to fade, inatend of fuit in separate prednim,

autumn

|

Of the yellow flowers, Chesalpinia puga, with pyramidal spikes of slight-

rented blom,

somewhat

thorny clambering shrub, is a product of April and May; and in passing we may observe the small yellow flowers of Mussurende eens, to which we are attracted, as probably are the insects, by the large white fent-like sepals. 11 is common everywhere.

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the

Aro

A banquet was given yesterday evening nt

Kwong Chow Restaurant, Mr. U and his sons being the aurate of hundreds of friends. During the evening thero were nome Chinese theatrical formances.

par

Air 1 Tin-cheung's house at Happy Valley has been elaborately decorated for the occasion and is ablaze with strings of coloured Fights at night,

conclusion of our brief survey, but the yollow and orange-brown orchkl so conmun on our hillsides, Spathoginttia pubescens, is a fenture to be noted. I have observed this orchid since 1923, and can state definitely that it is steadily extending its area.

Prints of the Late Summer.

refrained from mentioning two of the spring flowers because I intend referring to their fruit. In May and June the bushes_of Rhodomyrius tamentoan, with fairly large pink flowers, fading to white. AFC cun. spicuous. In August one may com mence to gather their fruit, the "barley bug" of the western child, or bang win of the Chinese. It is a deep purplish-black when ripe, and makes a good preserve. To many it may not appen beenuse of the abundance of seeds.

At this time one may still find the large, deep-blue flowers of Platyenden pranditierus, the so-called Hongkong harebel, which bloons from the sum mer onwards to December, on the hills at the hack of Repulse Bay and Deep i water Bay, and elsewhere." The range of this plant extends to North Chinn.

While elambering about the hillsides we probably notte a fragrant rent, reminiscent of eucalyptus, 1 is on- It is in fune and July that much ing from the feathery looking shrubs of nur interest may wane, owing t we are crushing with every footstep the coming, of the hot weather, were Then August and September pro. -Buerkra frutescens, with small it not for the sensati's magnificent dare the ripe fruits of one of the white floweTA which open in early offerings. Let us take the two most huangosteen group, Garcinia multi- summer and often continue through | conspicuous. We can admite Brak of fort, with a somewhat inconsuleunus The all the large white, sometimes purple. bleam in the very early summer, Passing over December, we come to streaked, trumpet lily, a June fenture bright yellow fruit, some over an inch | the opening of the year, and can of the hillsides at the Peak, above in diameter, clustered on small trees, propriately commence with an ob- Deepwater Bay, and elsewhere. I in are noticeable at various parts of the servation of the Chinese New Your Lilium Brnunii. What member of the island-a number of prolifie trees dower, Enkianthus quinaritarios, army of Browns, could this flower grow all along Sir Cecila Ride. For growing on л nuall bush which have been named after? On enquiry some тозвод or other, western formerly was cut la abundance from we discover that. It was a gentleman botanists have hitherto fought shy of hillsiden by the Chinese in who grew it in England nearly a hun declaring these fruit edible, but they February. It is charneterised by Its dred years ago. He had passibly mover are reali'y enten by the Chinese, who five pink bells, This is the flower ventured east of Suez. but someans mostly give them the same name as which rustam has derved should be sent him the bulbs, and he got them the cultivated mangosteen, shen chok placed in vases, so as to open by the to flower in their new environment. her. I am informed that a more ap- new year's day, as an omen of good Such is fame! An enterprising bropriate name in cheng choke chee, fortune.

hotanist has given. Hongkong's species | meaning green mangosteen. I have the aditional varietal name

En fair quantity sampled the fruit rolchesteri. This has nothing, how nearly every summer since 1924, and ever, to do with oysters, but is merely

suffered no ill-effects. Care should be auther distinction going down (X31

taken, though, not lo get any of the record.

vellow gun from the peel into the month. These fruit enn be quite refreshing after a long walk on a hot lay.

Our

The Rhododemirans. Maryl and April bring us to the magnificent eledilendrans, Rhododen, dron bulicum is the common res kind, blooming on nur hillides like poppies i

of

| amid the morn. But the most beauil- [ Then July flaunts one of the most ful is the very large, pale pink beautiful of local orchids-Platan- Rhododendron Champione. I had the there Susunane, the Susan orchis, ane opportunity of examining severa' of the Tabeunvío group, found at The hot weather has other charne- plants in full flower on the summit of High West and ewhere. I regret teristic offerings in the two large Ma-n-shan tast April. The prune that I cannot say off-hand who Susan species of Alefuntomy, big pink or commemorates the botomist who did so

aas-we must all like to think. I am nuuve flowers on bushes growing much collecting in this part of the sure, that she was some Indy friend abundantly everywhere. Melustoun world and no more Ötling monument or natroness of a deserving botanist. candidum 19 mare delicate, with could be inspined: truly a clumpton ondt hope that there was even some

budis. smooth, silky hairs on the Anwar!

romance attached to the weension. 17| Melastoma wanguineum is coarser, 20, surely no more beautiful compliand has reddish bristles. Of the ment could be paid to ang Indy than last-named. specles, a few belated

With spring fully upon us, we puny notice the rewmblance of so many of 01:3 wild bloom to there of the to give her name to this fine orchid. blooms could still be observed this entryside in western lands. The with its large, pure white frilled week-end in sheltered spola. hosh with masses of small white and petals, slightly tinged with yellowinh The extent of the subject has only pink flowers, that look on hawthorn hues in the centre. I had the plea-permitted me to skip from one to an at distance. in Rophilepis indion, urn this summer of dienvering other of the more conspicuous flowers, Then there is the white dog-rose. Į hitherto unrecorded locality for there but it is hoped that enough has been Born faepiyata, common in the New phats the western slopes of Jar-i mål about them to interest those who Territories: the various anecies of in' Lookout. They grow in n may desire to make a closer nequain- clematis, of which Clematis ¿feseniana 'striking groun, springing alowe the tance with the botany of this Colony, in the most common. and forms a gross, all in full bloom: a sight not | Bath na a mental and a physical feature of the enuntryside in Juge: sonn to be forgotten.

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