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NGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1931.

PARADISE FOR

BOTANISTS.

RADIO TALK DN WILD FLOWERS.

WAYSIDE BLOOMS.

Hongkong in many respects enn: bo enlled a botaniata paradise, according to Mr. V. H. C. Jarrett, who gave a radio taik Inst night on the fascinating study of the Colony's wild flowers.

lle said:

The subject of Hongkong's wild flowers la à vast one, as in many res- pects this island, as well as parts of the maintand, can be called à botan- ist's paradise. In the ense of the average resident, however, the terest in our wild flowers is probably superficial, and notice will only be taken of the conspicuous bloome,

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To many, the necessity for din covering, and then remembering, the selenting names of plants a dis couragement; but when one looks be yond mere names, to their basis, much of what at first seems drudgery be. *** a real pleasure. It is 157). fortunate that the person doviting in extend his, or her, knowledge of local wild flowers is unable to obtain 0 popularly-written illustrated hand. book on Dan subject, but there are several ways in which this drawback may be partly overcome,

The standard work on Hongkong's Horn for many years was Bentham's hook, written same seventy years ago. It is now out of print, and partly ut of date. In 1912 tonn and Tutcher proshred fun bulletin from Kew Gardens) their, list of the form of Kwangtung and Hongkong. This still readily procurable, and white of The ure in the beginner is valuable for checking names, flowering periodi cond loendites. Mr. Gronk, farmer hearlinster of Queen's College pro Juced a smalt hook on local lowering pints, in 1930, which has a member Destrations, and is most helpful, Though not complete, Then there is "Mongkong Naturalist."

marterly publication, with frequent illustrated articles on local botany. Its editor is well known as an en

hasing the biologist whose efforts to extend the Colony's knowledge of all) branches of natural history should in te ver very good fruit.

Finally, une van check one's speel- ges at the herbarium of the local flotanical Gardens. This is be Fieve, the first herbarium of its kind to be established in Chinn, and is of grest navistance. Permission to fa 'aprenel the specimens must, of course. be obesined from the Superintendent f the Botanient and Forestry De partment, a matter it may be of just a few minutes, as it is always readily given to anyone seriously interested in botany. I might nid, That all who avail themselves of the privilege are expected to handle the specimens eniefully, and, put them back in their proper places.

Names are Nat All "Dry."

It is unfortunate that must if the placity in this part of the world have 117) common-or-garden names--yel that need not deter one from studying them. The specifle Intel is often of much interest. We have geographical. Indications, such as Chinensis, In- dieur. Inponicus and Australis. Is interesting to observe the number of plants that exhibit Indian amlen. tions-proving both their range to indo-Chinese territory, and beyond, as well the historical fact that last century's great botanists, like Hooker and Bentham, had largely completel identifying the fora of India and Further India (also to some extent of Australia) before they dealt Lematically with that of Chinn.

Again, we had the names of prople me great botanists, others almost unknown-perpetuated both in the naming of species and (a greater hennur) in the establishing of genem. Thus one's thoughts must go back to the planter botanists of this region when plants are found with such ap bellations ns Benthami. Fortune, lance, Championse, and several others of like fame.

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Finnly, a very slight knowledge of Latin will tell us what characteristics to look for in plants living specific games such as pubescens, longiflora, grandifolies. multiflora. hirsutu, fragrans, purpuratum, and to forth.

Thus it may be claimed that the scientifle labels are not so very "dry" after al!!

It will nk to our interest to re- member that some of our humble way- side blooms, like the wild roncs, nsters and chrysanthemunis. have been developed and distributed throughout whllo the gardens of the world; athers, such as the Blies, magaulins, enmellias, rhododendrons (also called azates), and more striking orchids, have become prize exhibits under cul- tivation in Europe and America.

(Contiuned un Pape 193

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