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THE HEATHER SOCIETY

President :
Mr. FRED J. CHAPPLE

Vice-Presidents :
Mrs. Ronatp GRay Mr. P. S. ParricKk

Chairman :
SIR JOHN CHARRINGTON

Secretary and Treasurer :
Mrs. C. I. MacLeop

Yew Trees, Horley Row, Horley, Surrey
Telephone: Horley 2080

Assistant Secretary :
Miss J]. KELLAM-SMITH

Committee :
Mrs. A. H. BOWERMAN Mr. B. G. LONDON
Mrs. P. Harper Mr. G. MITCHELL
Mrs. M. PALMER Mr. H. L. NicHoL_son
Mr. H. H. CRANE Mr. P. S. Patrick
Mrikio Cy Eris Mr. F.. J. STEVENS
Mrs SE tTs

Editor :

Mrs. P. HARPER
29, The Uplands, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.

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CONTENTS
Round and About with the President 3
The Chairman’s Notes 4
The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s Report .... We 5
Editor’s Notes 7
The Harlow Car Project at Harrogate, Yorkshire 8
Heaths and Heathers Down Under cs pap lee
Heathers—in parts oe ue _ Saka
Happy Heathers ... ie se 2 3 ig
A Heather Garden on Chalk va ae Sal
July Holiday a fis es iy eo Bee
Heathers for a Gale-Swept Coast ... ia Boer o)
Heathers in Batavia, New York ... Se eg 4)
The Song of the Heather ... a ae ag
Notes on British Heathers ee = eno)
Beginner’s Story ... a) | ae Le ey oS
Some Notes on Craiggamore and Erica Mackaiana 34
Fertilisers—Magnesium Sulphate ... Ky. 38
Heathers in Flower Arrangements be eee ve 4D
Some Aspects of Horticulture in South Africa eo Ae
Heather Rope ee ee fap ie CAS
Arranging Heathers Be oa = = 43
Forthcoming Lectures 1 re aa = egaes
Report on Wisley Heather Trials ... Ree 4 ae
Some Writings on Heathers oe, ae ... 40a

List of Members ... ate boss ee: .. 48

YEAR BOOK 1967 3

Round and About
with the President

After nearly five years since the first meeting in Feb-
ruary, 1963, the Society’s growth is steady and solid. The
membership, which has become world-wide, now stands
at 500.

During the last eight years I have called on heather
nurseries in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. I
appreciate the cordial reception given to me. Sales of
heather have increased considerably, while other nurser-
ies are now in the heath business. I have also called on
a number of members in various parts of the country. It
was a pleasure to meet them, to enjoy their company
and see their gardens.

At the Harlow Car rally a member told me he cuts
down his carneas to ground level, or almost ground level,
after flowering. He loses some bloom in the following
winter but next year they flower magnificently. Con-
firming this, Dr. Small, of Middlesbrough, writes: ‘I cut
my carneas experimentally for three years in selected
groups to see what happened. I would recommend it now
as routine after, say, each two or three years, to keep up
active growth and limit sprawl.’ Provided some foliage
is left on the plant it can be cut right down—and this
applies to all heaths and heathers. New growth will
appear from near the base and the plant will make a
fine bush but plants should not be cut below the foliage
and Dr. Small tells me that doing this resulted in the
death of an ‘H. E, Beale.’ Owing to a bad move a tall
arborea (six feet) lost most of its leaves and looked un-
sightly. I sawed it off, leaving only a four-inch stump.
It made a remarkable recovery. That was twelve years
ago and in July last the tree was looking better than
ever. Whilst I don’t advise readers to be so drastic, no
harm is done in cutting well back in some plants to see
how new growth responds. This applies particularly to
‘H. E. Beale.’

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Low hedges are useful to break up parts of the garden,
dividing one section from another, and none is better than
vagans, which can be trimmed in April to keep it neat
and tidy. In 1959 I recommended this type of hedge to a
lady who lives near Cardiff, as I have done to others.
In May this year she writes to say that the vagans hedge —
is now flourishing and it is... “just what I needed and
most of my heathers are wonderful and one of the ex-
hibits of the village”. Another hedge of superb quality
and of considerable length is vagans ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’
which I saw in Dr. Armsden’s garden at Llanfaglan,
Caerns. If lime is in the soil the winter hybrid ‘Darley-
ensis’ makes a good low hedge.

The Chairman’s Notes

The Editor tells me that she can find space for a few |
comments from the Chairman and I am glad to take
this opportunity. :

I should like to express the thanks and appreciation
which many of us feel for the work being done by every-
one connected with the Harlow Car project (see Mr.
Ardron’s Report), and for Mr. Ardron’s efforts in getting
members in the North to come together for their own
and the public benefit. From what I hear of the collec-
tion of heathers being assembled at Harlow Car, the
display should be of the greatest interest, both in the
showing of so many different kinds and in bringing home
to the public what a remarkable variety there is in
heathers. I am sure that any member able to offer those
plants still wanted, as indicated on the separate list in-
cluded with the Year Book, will be glad to make their
contribution to this project.

It is much to be hoped that some enterprising leader
may be found in cther parts of the country to arrange

visits and meetings of our members who are remote

from London and such centres as Wisley, Windsor Park
and Kew Gardens.

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To attract the attention of those who know nothing of
heathers—beyond what they see on the moors—I think
there is no better lure than Mr. Sparkes’ foliage
varieties.

It is interesting to note that heathers were being
grown by gardeners nearly 200 years ago. Re-reading
Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’ recently, I found that
when the party from Mansfield Park visited Mr. Rush-
worth at Sotherton, Mrs. Norris was given a ‘beautiful
little heath’ by the head gardener, which he had earlier
described as a ‘very curious specimen of heath.’

When reading “The Work of William Morris’ (Paul
Thompson) I learned that the dyes used in Europe from
the sixteenth to eighteenth century had consisted prin-
cipally of blue indigo, a vegetable dye; red kermes, an
insect dye, and red madder, a vegetable dye; weld yellow
from wild mignonette, and a variety of other vegetable
yellows from poplar, willow, birch and heather.

‘The Secretary’s
ang Treasurer’s Report

The institution of the bi-annual Bulletins has given
officers of the Society much closer contact with members.
Another service which began quite sucessfully in 1964
but has been allowed to drop because so few members
subsequently availed themselves of it is the Enquiry
Letter Form. With this 1967 Year Book I am enclosing a
copy for all members who have joined in 1966 and 1967.
If others would like one, please ask. We shall do our best
to help. As I do not pose as an ‘expert’ I shall send the
questions on to others with greater knowledge and exper-
ience.

This year the R.H.S. at our request included special
classes for heaths at a spring Fortnightly Show and for
heaths and heathers in midsummer. These brought four
successes to Mrs. A. H. Bowerman, two to Mrs. P. Harper
and one each to Mrs. C. I. MacLeod and Mr. B. G. Lon-
don, Next year we hope for many more entrants. At the
second show on August 8th some splendid Cape Heaths

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(not for competition) were displayed by Mrs. Ronald
Gray and Miss I. M. N. Ryan to illustrate the afternoon
lecture given by Mr. E. G. H. Oliver whose new book is
advertised in this Year Book. At these competitions and
the Autumn Display which for the third time won us a
Silver Flora Medal, we noted that people show an in-
creasing interest in heathers. 166 new members have
joined since the last year book lists were made up and
forty have dropped out. |

It may not be inopportune to tell you here about sub-
scriptions as some confusion seems to be felt among our
members. Our financial year ends on March 31st. When
I send out the A.G.M. notices and Balance Sheets, I
remind those members whose subscriptions are due.
Many respond at once. Receipts for Bankers’ Orders and
cheques are not sent unless especially asked for as your
bank statements should tell you that these have been
cleared. I do send them for postal orders and cash which
are difficult or impossible to trace. No further reminder
is sent out until September when members have the
choice of paying, giving notice of resignation or dropping
out. The membership lists are then drawn up for the
Year Book. We began by publishing in December and
the Year Books for each year last into October of the
following year. As many Societies do, we allow generous
“grace” months: for new members subscriptions paid
between October 3lst and March 3lst give up to a year
and five months membership and a guarantee of two
Year Books. We are frequently asked for past Year
Books and though we do not expect that any keen
members will wish to throw out back copies we should
gratefully accept them and even pay half price (5s. 6d.)
each for them.

Although a full report of the Northern and Midland
groups is appended, mention must be made by me of the
affiliation with mutual benefit now existing between our
Society and the Northern Horticultural Society with its
headquarters at Harlow Car, Harrogate. Visits to both
public and private gardens continue to be among our
most popular activities.

C. I. MacLeod

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Editor’s Notes

I had hoped to get the Year Book printed earlier this
year but here we are, 53 shopping days to Christmas,
and the drafts not even with the printer yet. Perhaps
next year all contributions really WILL be in by August
3list deadline.

This is probably my last year as Editor. My husband
is now working in the U.S.A. and I expect to join him in
the Spring. I have enjoyed my “term of office” and shall
be sad to leave England, my heather garden and my
friends here. On the brighter side, perhaps I shall have
the chance to meet some of the American members at
present just names and addresses in the Year Book. Can
anyone give me encouraging news about my likely
success in growing heathers in New London, Connecti-
cut?

We had hoped to include details of heather gardens
worth visiting but the list is not yet sufficiently com-

prehensive. Please share any knowledge you have of
heather gardens which can be visited and perhaps the
‘list can appear in the next Bulletin.

I have been asked to include an article on the pro-
nunciation of specific names. Instead I recommend a
little book called “Plant Names Simplified” (A. T. John-
son and H, A. Smith), well worth its 7s. 6d. No book
review page this year but after reading Mr. Geoffrey
Smith’s article, I am sure you would like to know that
his book “Easy Plants for Difficult Places” has recently
been published.

I have tried to get an article on photographing
heathers but no-one feels qualified to write it. However,
our President has kindly offered to comment on any
member’s photographs sent to him (please include an
s.a.e. for return). Mr, Chapple takes most of the photo-
graphs to illustrate his books and articles so is obviously
well qualified to advise.

Messrs. Ingamells Page, Florists and Exporters of
41 Wellington Street, London E.C.2. have a demand for
heather (other than tree heath with which they are
already supplied) as cut bloom, particularly in weeks

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just prior to Easter and from August until early Octo-
ber. Would. any member able to supply, or interested in
the possibility of growing heather for them, get in touch
with Messrs. Ingamells Page direct. :

Nomenclature remains a problem to me. A Sub-Com-
mittee headed by Mr. McClintock are working hard to
sort things out and a number of changes are being made.

These will be reported upon in due course. For this
year the most important change to be noted is the lump-
ing of all carnea x hibernica (mediterranea) varieties
under the name Erica x darleyensis (thus we have Erica
x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’, Erica x darleyensis
‘Arthur Johnson’ etc.,). The variety ‘Darleyensis’ (pro-
bably the best known of ali heathers) will eventually
have a new name but for the moment I have referred
to it merely as Erica ‘Darleyensis’, which I am sure is
clear to everyone. The other major problem is the nam-
ing of South African species. To omit all reference to
these until such time as the names are checked would
be a pity—thus they appear, in most cases, as written
by the authors but some may well be incorrect.

The Harlow Car Project
at Harrogate, Yorkshire

JOHN P. ARDRON, SHEFFIELD

Back in 1962 I made a tentative effort to start a Hea-
ther Group within the Northern Horticultural Society
but only Mr. Bickerstaff responded. The year following
saw the birth of The Heather Society and the next link
was in the N.H.S. securing more land upon which to
extend their existing gardens.

This all led to a conversation with Mr. Geoffrey
Smith (Superintendent of the Garden) whg had already
established a Heather section of about 80 varieties.
The result of this talk was a formal proposal submitted

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YEAR BOOK 1967 9

~to Mr. A. Sigston Thompson (Hon. Director of Gardens),

who received the suggestion for a major Heather Garden
with enthusiasm and this was endorsed by the Garden
Committee in November 1966.

Early in 1967, the proposed site was inspected and
arrangements made for members of the Heather Society
from the North and Midlands to meet at Harlow Car on
April 30th, 1967. This meeting was a great success as
reported in Bulletin No. 2. Indeed, the response from
our members was remarkable; the distances travelled
in order to get together was an expression of enthusiasm
quite beyond our expectation. And the number of plants
and cuttings donated by members, plus a firm demand
for another meeting on July 13th, all indicated how
solidly the scheme was being supported.

Meanwhile, chain letters listing the varieties required
were circulating by post from member to member
(amongst those who had responded to the April 30th
invitation); each in turn marking off the list those plants-
cuttings which would be contributed. It had seemed a
long shot to ask members to take this trouble but the
response was magnificent and by July the Harlow Stock
list had been brought up to the 250 mark—varieties of
Heather for the Harlow propagation nursery. So the long
term plan for an outstanding collection of Heathers is
no longer a pipe dream but bids fair to take shave with-
in the next two years. The list of varieties still required
has now been reduced to manageable proportions and
will be circulated to other supporters.

Miss G. Waterer has sent cuttings from Penzance and
Mrs. Eileen Porter has sent plants and cuttings from
her late husband’s collection at Belfast. From Chatham,
Mass., U.S.A. Mr. Harold W. Coveland has sent cuttings.
We cordially invite growers, both amateur and pro-
fessional ¢o volunteer for inclusion in the grouv to whom
the list of outstanding required varieties will be sent.
The ultimate aim is to have growing in one place all the
varieties we can find, to give intimate comparison of one
small group of plants with another of near form so that
their garden value can be judged adequately. In short,

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a trial ground on a comprehensive Seale to which new
introductions can be sent for evaluation. |

We are fortunate in that the Harlow Car Garden is
on an open site and there is space for such an ambitious
development. In addition, the garden is tended by a loyal
staff, led by Mr. Geoffrey Smith who loves his Heathers
and is, of course, one of our members. The Heather
Society has given full support, from Sir John down
to some of the newest members and Mr. Chapple has
been party to all the proceedings from an early stage.
And our Society has become affiliated to the Northern
Horticultural Society, whose Garden has made its mark
on the horticultural world.

The meeting on July 9th, was not the end of our gath-
erings, We wound up the Summer by a visit to Ness
(Wirrall) on September 24th. On that day, in spite of the
mist and rain (which surely restricted attendance to all
but the more hardy) a party of twenty-five managed to
inspect the magnificent display of Heathers grown there;
a pageant of colour in defiance of the weather, empha-
sising the true garden value of our favourite subjects.
The lively and constructive suggestions which arose in
discussions will be the subject of future circulars.

Apart from our aim to create the ultimate in Heather
Gardens, we feel that a more immediate object has been
attained, namely, that the far flung membership in the

North and Midlands has been consolidated in a closer

fraternity of common interest. It has become clear that
the personal contacts made, with the resulting exchange
of visits to one another’s gardens and the general air of
hospitality enjoyed, has put life into what was merely
a list of names recorded in our membership.

Meanwhile, we are in no way exclusive and if any
lone member within or beyond our geography would
like to join our gatherings, please do not. hesitate to ask
to be advised of future events. Ultimately (and this is a
suggestion from our President) we could aim for a com-
bined gathering of members of all Groups at a more
central venue. Our young Society is now well enough
established for such a get-together to demonstrate that

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the value of membership is in inverse ratio to the count-
ing of members. The pleasure I have had from it already
exceeds the value of what I have derived from sup-
porting much larger organizations.

As an interim measure, before the organization of a
nation-wide gathering, we confidently recommend other
Groups to arrange informal meetings in the Spring of
the New Year, such as we have found to be so accept-
able. You will be surprised how far heather members
will travel to exchange gossip and how many friend-
ships will burgeon in the process.

Heaths and Heathers
Down Under

MICHAEL AND CAROL FORSTER, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Here in Australia, to the best of our knowledge, there
is No native member of the heather family; although we
do have several other members of the Ericaceae com-
monly referred to locally as ‘heaths’ some of which at
first glance closely resemble the Cape varieties, e.g.
Astroloma ciliata. However, at least two species, arborea
and E. lusitanica have become acclimatised and may be
seen growing in quantity in some parts of the Dandenong
Mountains, near Melbourne, Victoria.

In Sydney, further to the north, our climate ranges
from a mild minimum of 40-50°F in winter to 75-85°F,
with the occasional ‘above the century’, in summer and
our average rainfall is about 45 inches. Despite this sim-
ilarity with the South African Erica region, heaths, with
the notable exception of E. canaliculata, are not very
well known here except perhaps to a few nurserymen,
who claim they have found them unreliable, dying-out
for no apparent reason. One wonders whether enough

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attention has been given to their particular require-
ments, cr whether they have just been expected to
survive with the same treatment meted out to the other
shrubs.

Peculiarly, the hardy heaths do not seem to have been —

pursued to any extent and although quite a few varieties
ean be obtained by very diligent searching, (we have
31 hardy heaths and 24 temperate heaths) only one nur-
sery in the whole of Australia lists anything like a co-
lection of them (27 in all) and at rather handsome prices.

We have therefore turned to our own propagation and
have had fairly good success with cuttings of the hardy
heaths (bottom heat 65°F, closed frame) but have had
only limited success with South African species. How-
ever, we are trying to overcome this by starting from
seed and now have seedlings of eight species, ranging
in height from i-3 inches, and with fifteen more species
to be sown this spring look forward to a considerable
increase in this area over the next year or two.

Whilst our experience of growth ‘in the garden’ is to
date somewhat limited we have found that the Callunas
and Ericas, both temperate and hardy, are doing well,
whilst the Daboecias, although growing, do not seem
quite as vigorous. In our opinion there is no doubt that,
here at least, with the South African species regular
pinching back is a must if a well branched, stocky plant
is to be obtained. We are also aware that at least one or

two nurserymen in Victoria have small areas of Cape —

Heaths; one obtaining many small plants for sale from >
self-sown seedlings gathered around his collection, which
includes EH. mammosa, E. blenna and E. Wilmoreana;
the other growing limited quantities of E. Wilmoreana
for the cut flower trade. (This is a garden hybrid of
French origin, produced about fifty years ago—Ref. Dr.
Ronald Gray.)

FERTILISERS

One frequently reads that one should never use fer-
tilisers on heathers. For some time we had wondered how ~
soundly this was based and had decided to conduct a
small trial into this aspect, when we received our copy of

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the 1966 Year Book. Spotting the article by Brigadier
®. T. Weigali we immediately got under way, initially
with three varieties.

We selected nine matched small plants of E. hibern-
_ica (mediterranea) and six of E. ‘Stumpy’, none of which
was more than 3ins, high. These were potted in 4 inch
pots in a 50/50 mix of peat and sand, then divided into
three groups, ‘Control’, ‘Atlas’, and ‘Orchidol’. The Con-
trol’ group received nothing but water throughout the
trial, whilst the ‘Atlas’ group were watered fortnightly
from February 19th, 1967, to May 4th, 1967, with Atlas
Fish Emulsion (5:1:1), an American 100 per cent. or-
ganic non-burning fertiliser, using two teaspoons to the
gallon. The ‘Orchidol’ group received Orchidol (19:28:
14), a water soluble fertiliser formulated for maximum
growth of Cymbidiums (!), using one level teaspoon-
gallon, also fortnightly.

On March 22nd. 1967, as no plants had shown any ill
_ effects and in fact were already responding by increased
growth and darker colour, plants of E. ‘melanthera@
Improved’ were added. At the same time a group approx-
-imating the originals were included using a totally dif-
ferent fertiliser Magamp (8:40:0), of which one level
teaspoon was incorporated into the soil at the time of
potting.

In late April Calluna ‘Alba Plena’ and Daboecia ‘Port-
ers Variety’ were also added and, although well behind
the originals, similar effects appear to be under way.

The overall results, to our mind, have been quite out-
standing. Although we only fertilised for three months,
stopping in May with the onset of winter, the growth
put on by the fertilised plants when compared with the
controls has been extremely marked. Table 1 and the
accompanying photograph graphically present these
results.

At present there is little to choose between the three
fertilisers although we have the feeling that perhaps the
Orchidol group is best. However, it should not be over-
looked that although the Magamp group started one
month later, the plants caught up and, additionally, it
has a very distinct advantage of once a year application.

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We hope to extend this pilot trial, both in varieties
and in time and thus may be able to report more exten-
sively at a later date.

GROWTH REGULATORS |

Yet another fasinating aspect has recently captured
our interest; namely, the use of growth regulating chem-
icals to improve the quality and shorten the growing
period. A German article reported experiences with a
new American substance CycoceL (C.C.C.). It was used
on Erica hybrid plants in concentrations ranging from
1.0—4.0 per cent. Bud set improved with increasing con-
centrations, notably in the 3-4 per cent. range. The num-
ber of buds per plant also increased with concentration,
ranging from 20 on untreated plants to 208 on plants
treated with the 4 per cent. solution. Plant height de-
creased from 23.3 cm. in untreated plants to 18.9 cm.
in those treated with the strongest concentration, whilst
the normal growing period of 30 months was shortened
to twelve months.

Being fortunate enough to have some supplies of
C.C.C. we intend to investigate its effects on other mem-
bers of the heather family and look forward with
interest to the results.

TABLE 1
Name, DATE ENTERED INTO TRIAL, AND FINAL HEIGHT—
CONTROL ATLAS ORCHIDOL MaGAamMp
Height, Span Height, Span Height, Span Height, Span
and Colour and Colour and Colour and Colour
29.7.67 29,7.67 29.7.67 29.7.67
E. hibernica (mediterranea) 19.2.67 3-ins. |
5-ins., 3-ins. _7-ins., 7-ins._6-ins., 6-ins. _8-ins., 7-ins.
yellow-green, dark green dark green dark green

sparse very bushy bushy bushy

E. ‘Stumpy’ 19.2.67 3-ins.

43-ins., 14-ins. 64-ins., 3-ins. 6-ins. 3-ins, 64-ins., 3-ins.
yellow-green dark green dark green dark green
tiny bushy bushy bushy

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E. ‘melanthera’ ‘Improved’ 22.3.67 ‘7-ins., 6-ins., 6-ins., 6-ins.

10-in. 12-ins, 13-ins, 104-ins.
14-in. column 3-ins. column 3-ins. column 23-ins. column
yellow-green much branchedmuch branched branched
dark green dark green dark green

APPENDIX

(1) At tas Fish EMULSION: (N.P.K.) 5.1.1.
Analysis: Total Nitrogen (N) >. 0%
0.59%, Ammoniacal Nitrogen
0.0% Nitrate Nitrogen
4.5% Other Water-soluble Nitrogen
Phosphoric Acid (P,0;) 1. 0%
Potash (K,O) eee 00%,

(2) OrcHIDOL: (N.P.K.) 19.28.14.
Analysis: Nitrogen as di-ammonium

phosphate 11. 00%
Nitrogen as ammonium

nitrate 4, 00%
Nitrogen as potassium

nitrate 4, 00%
Phosphoric acid (P,O;) as di-ammon-

ium phosphate 28. 00%
Potash (K,O) as potassium

nitrate 14. 00%
Iron as iron chelate 600 p.p.m.

(3) Macamp: (N.P.K.) 8.40.0.

Granulated Magnesium ammonium
| phosphate with controlled release—
| non-burning—non-leaching.

(4) “Improving the quality and shortening the growing
period of Erica hybrids with C.C.C.”—Dtsche Gar-
tenb., 1966, 13: 205-7

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LIST OF VARIETIES CURRENTLY BEING GROWN

Harpy Heratus

carnea ‘Springwood White’, ‘Springwood Pink’, ‘Start-
ler, Aurea’ i

. X darleyensis ‘Norman R. Webster’, ‘George Rendall’,

‘Arthur Johnson’

. lusitanica

hibernica (mediterranea)

multifiora ‘Daviesi’

scoparia ‘Minima’

‘Stumpy’ (no further name known here)

mackaiana ‘Lawsoniana’

. Tetralix ‘Alba Mollis’

. vagans ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’, ‘Kevernensis’

Daboecia cantabrica ‘Alba’, ‘Atropurpurea’,. ‘Porters

Variety’

Daboecia azorica

Calluna vulgaris ‘Alba Plena’, ‘County Wicklow’,

‘Cuprea’, ‘Foxii Nana’, H. E. Beale’, ‘Hirsuta

Compacta’, ‘J. H. Hamilton’, ‘Minima’

Pitibi tito titsty bs

SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES

E. aurora, E. autumnalis, E. baccans, E. blenna,

&. Cavendishiana, E. cerinthoides, E. cruenta, E. hybrida, — |

cultivar), E. mammosa, E. canaliculata, E. melanthera
‘Rosy Glow’, E. melanthera ‘Improved’ E. cantesti (Win-
ter Gem), E. pinea, E. regia and E. regia ‘Special’, E.
Webbleyana, E. Wilmoreana and E. ‘Winter Glow’
(species not yet identified) E. ventricosa, E. verticoides.

VARIETIES FROM SEED

Cape Heaths
EF. glandulosa, E. mammosa, E. oatesii (Winter Gem),
E. patersonia, E. perspicua, E. peziza, E. sessiliflora
E. taxifolia.

Temperate Heaths
E. cinerea, E. vagans, E. vagans ‘Lyonesse’

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HEATHER—IN PARTS

G. D. Smitu, Harrow Car, HarrocatTE

Having lived most of my life on the edge of the moors,
it is not difficult to understand the feelings invoked in
those who see them for the first time during August with
the heather in full bloom. The softly rounded contours
of the hills stretching for miles, on every side a carpet
of purple, broken here and there with a paich of brac-
ken or outcrop of grey rock, the picture changing with
each passing cloud, the colours deepening in the hollows
or light with cotton grass and sphagnum in the moister
patches, and over the whole landscape a feeling of quiet
which can only be appreciated in the high places and

broad landscapes.

Through every season the moors are beautiful. In win-

ter the pattern is all dark green, copper, red-golc, with

a blue haze to heighten the sense of remoteness. Spring
comes late, heralded in by the living geometry of plover
and curlew calling over the heather. The romance of the
moor lies in its vast spaces, in the flora and fauna which
all contribute to a unique character.

I know smaller landscapes, corners hidden away in
valleys where two or three Scotch pine, a grove of birch
or, in one case, a hawthorn, make the picture even love-
lier. These are not alien characters which introduce a
discord but are symbiotic with the heather and bracken.

Unfortunately, stimulated by the beauty of the moor-
land, many try to condense a picture of 50 square miles
into a suburban garden of 50 square yards, in the white
heat of creative art but with too little thought. The result
is usually disappointing—a bedding scheme of heathers
which would look far more in character composed with
antirrhinums, lobelia and salvia.

Heathers in their vast variety can be utilised to make
a garden rich in colour of foliage contrast and flower but
should never be asked to make the sole contribution.

18 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Just as the rose and rhododendron, though lovely in
themselves, gain in beauty through association with
other plants of similar personality, so is a heather garden
improved by a companion planting of dwarf conifers,
birch and maple.

Though the heathers may be the prima donna, if the
supporting chorus is reading the music upside down then
the result is complete discord, which can only be re-
solved by selling house, garden and furniture. The shrubs
chosen to add height and contrasting shape will be in-
fluenced by the size of the garden. A man with 4 acres
to fill can indulge himself with pine, birch, maple,
Stewartia to the full extent his pocket will allow. At the
other extreme, a garden 6 feet by 8 feet can still be a
perfect miniature with the exercise of a little restraint.
Calluna ‘Foxii Nana’ or ‘Humpty Dumpty’ look just as
effective planted round a Cedrus libani brevifolia as
Calluna ‘H. E. Beale’ in drifts around a Douglas pine.

I must admit to having achieved several discords in
the making of heather gardens but in the process have
discovered a much richer variety of plants, which might
have been neglected had only the obvious genera been
considered. Embothrium looks an even more brilliant
scarlet if a good dense thicket of Erica arborea ‘Alpina’
is used as ground cover. Flowering as they do from June
to September, the Potentilla bring a pleasant yellow or
white undertone to the overall pinks and purples around
them. Conifers, lovely in any context, have both shape
and foliage to grow and contrast over all the year with
a predominantly ericaceous landscape.

Trillium grandiflorum, Scilla hispanica, Galanthus,
Leucojum, in addition to the generally planted Narcissus,
will bring seasonal interest, their dying foliage hidden
amongst that of the heathers. These are the least of my ~
indiscretions—Iris siberica, Gentians, some species Pae- -
onia, Gillenia trifoliata have all at some time been tried,
admired or rejected over my twenty odd years of garca-
ening. No doubt the purist will condemn me for a dilet-
tante but experiment adds interest and, if successful,
increased beauty to the garden.

YEAR BOOK 1967 19

HAPPY HEATHERS

PHYLLIS HALL, FELBRIDGE, SUSSEX.

Soil conditions, when we moved to East Sussex some
years ago, were just about the worst possible. Our new
“sarden” comprised two acres, mostly scrubland, with,
in some parts, barely a two-inch covering of poor acid
soil over a waterlogged subsoil known locally as “chav-
ock”. This can only be described as solid sand, brick hard
when dry. Across and surrounding the garden were
ditches, which we understand were dug by German
prisoners during the 1914-18 war, and obviously had not
been attended to for many years.

The problem of getting the water away quickly had to

be tackled; this we gradually did by breaking uo the

chavock on the proposed border sites (I well remember

‘the young member of the family wielding a pickaxe!)

incorporating leaves, rough compost, in fact anything we
could obtain from the land to keep the subsoil from re-
turning to its original solid condition. Agricultural drains
were then laid to lead the surplus water off into the
ditches, which had to be cleared out, widened and
deepened.

Potatoes and other cleaning crops were grown for sev-
eral seasons, every year top dressing the soil with com-
post, leaf mould, and in the autumn even fresh leaves,
which all miraculously seemed to disappear by the fol-
lowing spring. Everything possible was composted and
every winter we made it a practice to rake the leaves,
mostly oak, birch and sweet chestnut, from a small
piece of woodland at the end of the garden into a deep
ditch. After leaving these for a couple of years or so we
were able, and still are able, to cart truck loads of this
wonderful natural product for use as a top dressing. We
had no occasion to use “artificials” but do use bone meal,
dried blood, a small amount of lime, peat and bonfire ash.

By now the borders were building up to a depth of

| soil, and planting began. We had plenty of failures,

20 THE HEATHER SOCIELY

mostly shrubs, but were learning, through trial and error,
which plants would or would not thrive.

This is heather country and we have masses growing
on banks and other parts of the garden and some years
ago I bought from our local nurseryman “one of each”
of all cultivated heathers he had to offer and dotted them
around amongst all the other treasures. My knowledge
of heathers was nil and their names meant nothing to me
but it soon became obvious that our conditions suited
them admirably. We were delighted with the results ob-
tained from those first plantings: I had no idea heathers
were so lovely and it was entirely through hearing
an interesting talk on heathers on the radio a few years
ago (the speaker mentioned the Heather Society) that I
was encouraged to become a member and so learn more
about them.

I have, thanks to Mrs. MaclLeod’s kind help and recom-
mended book reading, identified quite a few heathers
and now know that it is ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’, ‘Searlei’
and Daboecia that overhang a north facing sandstone
wall, and Ericas ‘Darleyensis’ and ‘Silberschmelze’ flour-
ishing, rightly or wrongly, in two tubs. ‘King George’
doesn’t seem to like our conditions and we lost an ‘H. E.
Beale’ but have since been more successful with two new
ones with a different aspect. I still have some with
names, as yet, unknown to me, and must confess that I
find the various catalogues rather confusing.

We still have drainage problems (what a marvellous
invention rubber boots are) and have long since learned
to live with a moss lawn. We have little trouble from
weeds and using the hoe is the gentlest of jobs, but moss
is a nuisance.

Unfortunately, owing to ill health, we have had to
allow part of the garden, including the whole of the kit-
chen garden, about half an acre, which had received the
same cultivation already mentioned, to fall down to her-
bage. This was sad to have to do but it is some consola-
tion to know that mowings left on the surface still play
some part in soil building, and perhaps, one day, may
nurture lovely drifts of Happy Heathers!

YEAR BOOK 1967 21

A Heather Garden on
Chalk ARNOLD J. STOW, FLACKWELL HeEatH, Bucks

Another bulletin, yet another plea from the editor for
articles, how guilty I feel. I know what it’s like to be an
editor with insufficient material to edit. I ran a youth
club magazine once and ended up by writing in the “Let-
ters to the Editor” column to fill up space.

But what to write about, I’ve asked myself many times,
surely our President, Mr. Chapple, not forgetting Messrs.
Maxwell and Patrick, have covered every aspect of grow-
ing our lovely heathers in their admirable books which
are to me, and I’m sure to many other members, constant
guides and companions.

I think, and think again, and an idea is born. These
writers mention the pitfalls and problems of growing
_heathers on alkaline soils, but have they ever been faced
with actually planning and planting a heather garden on
the chalk which is so common in this area of Bucking-
hamshire. I would like to learn from other members who
have the same cultural conditions to overcome, but to
start the ball rolling I will outline my own highly re-
warding three years of growing heathers.

I played safe the first year, obeyed the rules and plant-
ed lime tolerant cultivars and was amazed at the wealth
of bloom on E. carnea ‘King George,’ the two Spring-
woods’ and (surely the most vivid winter cultivar of all)
‘Vivellii’. The hybrids ‘George Rendall’ and ‘Silbersch-
melze’ completed my collection at that time and kept up
the flowering sequence till the end of April. The plants
continued to make very satisfactory progress despite a
soil lacking in humus but not stones, yet I was a little
disappointed as friends and relations were now venturing
forth from the comfort of their firesides to visit our
garden, there to witness green lawns and green heather,
broken up only by two Thuya occidentalis ‘Rheingold’,
but no blossom.

I was loath at the time to venture into the tree heath
world in order to prolong flowering into May, as, being
extremely exposed, I feared for the brittle growth of

22 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

these plants, so I bought the white Portuguese Broom for
colour the following May and this is a magnificent sight —
when in bloom. That first summer I obtained colour in
the heather border by interplanting with yellow Antir-
rhinums and found this a most satisfactory stop-gap
which I recommend to any new convert to heather grow-
ing.

Autumn came, but not before visits had been paid to
Kew and Wisley to see the summer flowering cultivars.
I was restless and knew I would not be satisfied until I
had tried one or two of them. Out came the catalogues
once again, and after much frantic thumbing through
the pages I decided that E. vagans would be the safest to
to try initially. I chose ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’ and ‘Kever-
nensis Alba’ to start with, together with ‘Diana Horni-
brook’, ‘St. Keverne’ and ‘Lyonesse’. Results have been
encouraging. The plants have never reached a foot in
height but the foliage has remained a fresh green with
no apparent indication of chlorosis, and the blooms have
amply justified the time and expense of using copious
quantities of peat and Sequestrene. I was aware when
planting these summer cultivars that they would be liable
to produce stunted growth but as they look so well I am
satisfied, and after all the vogue at the moment is to
dwarf all types of plant, so I am in fashion.

Despite the colour that the carneas and vagans have
given, I eventually succumbed to the advertisements of
the heather nurseries for the foliage varieties, so a raised
island bed was made in the now fast disappearing lawn.
I might mention at this point that what attracted me
to heather in the first place was its labour-saving quali-
ties. Now I spend a lot of time planning the situation of
the next variety.

The foliage varieties of Calluna ‘Robert Chapman’ and

‘Gold Haze’, interplanted with cuttings taken from com-

mon heather, have done well to date, although it is too
early to form a definite opinion as they are all new-
comers to the garden. I chose ‘Robert Chapman’ because
Clay Jones in a television Gardening Club programme
from Bodnant in North Wales said he thought this was
lime tolerant. It was a surprise to me, but I hope in due ~

YEAR BOOK 1967 23

course to prove him right. ‘Gold Haze’ was chosen just
because I liked it.

One final point I’d like to mention is that, remember-
ing the success of the yellow Antirrhinums during the
first summer, I have planted two Potentilla fruticosa,
which make a pleasing contrast to the heath and bridge
the gap from May to August. Now the beds and borders
are full, to add more varieties would entail losing more
lawn. No, I am satisfied with my Heather Garden on
Chalk—for the time being!

Mr. Stow has discovered how well yellow-flowered plants contrast
with the reds and purples of heathers, and some, as he rightly
says “‘also bridge the gap between May and August’’. Besides
the dwarf varieties of Potentilla e.g. P. Nana Argentea’, ‘Don-
ard Gold’, fruticosa ‘Arbuscula’ etc., there are Cytisus ‘Golden
Sunlight’ and dwarf gorse such as Genista hispanica (two-foot

-high hummocks), G. pilosa (trailing) and the double flowered

G. tinctoria fl. pl. These all flower in May and June, and often
long afterwards, all are dwarf and none seem to mind the dry

conditions which often prevail in heather gardens and beds. (Ed.)

JULY HOLIDAY

B. G. Lonpon, HicH WycomMBE

Having previously explored the western end of Corn-
wall, this year we decided to do the eastern side. I ex-
pected Bodmin Moor to be a happy hunting ground for
heathers, but alas, I found it was not a moor in the
accepted sense at all. I enquired amongst the local people
where we were staying but none of them knew where I
could find heather growing wild.

From my faithful companion, the Society Year Book,
I found that the nearest member was Mr. Rowan, Kern-
ock, Saltash. Off we went then to Saltash, only to find
that no-one knew of Mr. Rowan’s Heather Nursery. On
phoning him up I learnt from Mr. Rowan that his place
was Pillaton, and he gave me instructions for getting
there. Traversing narrow single track lanes, which scared
my passengers in case we should meet anything, we ev-
entually traced Mr. Rowan via his home to his office at

-Kernock. I introduced myself and said I was intrigued

24 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

by his address in the Year Book as a White Heather
Grower. He told me that he exported white heather to
many countries, including Holland, Canada, Germany,
and even Russia. I asked if he sent any to Scotland, the
home of the white Calluna, and he said he did. He asked
his son to show me round, who took me into a field of
tall bushes and told me “This is it, now what would you
like to know?” I must have looked rather bewildered,
because he added. ‘“‘These bushes are lusitanica, and that
is what we grow”.

We both laughed when I explained how I had assumed
that it was white Calluna they grew, and he then told
me that the farm was started 40 years ago by Mrs. Row-
an’s grandfather and now spreads over 25 acres. The
oldest bushes are 40 years old and the youngest 20. In a
good year the flowering season is from October to May,
and they are experimenting with cold storage, storing
the sprays in ventilated polythene bags, to make the
season last even longer. New fields could easily be plant-
ed if required from the numerous seedling plants which
appear under the bushes, A hot June and July usually
means a long flowering season. It was a very interesting
visit and well worthwhile.

With no wild heather downs to explore in the vicinity,
we next visited Truro, first call being Treseders’ Nur-
series. Although it was lunchtime when we arrived, on
introducing myself we were given freedom to look round
the nursery until someone returned. There was plenty
to see to keep us interested and boxes galore of heather
cuttings, especially E. carnea ‘Pink Spangles’. Later I
was told its history.

_Treseders had laid out a heather garden for a lady
customer, and had erected a bird bath near some EF: hib-
ernica plants. Where the bird bath was usually emptied
there later appeared several heather seedlings. When
these flowered, one plant stood out from all the rest, a
real bicolor, with pale lilac sepals borne at right angles
to deep rosy-red belis. The extra large bells are on show
from January to March.

Mr. Treseder directed me to a stand of wild heather
about 2 miles to the south-west of Truro, Hunting over

YEAR BOOK 1967 25

this we spotted some unusual light-foliaged plants.
Grasping them, we realised by their stickiness that we
were seeing E. ciliaris in the wild for the first time.

The weather now turned cold and wet, so on the Sat-
urday we set off for Devon. On route we called to see
Mr. L. W. Smith at Budleigh Salterton and, although
unexpected, were given a very hospitable welcome and
shown round their beautiful garden situated high on the
hillside. There I saw Erica umbellata and the Arctic
heath (Phyllodoce) for the first time.

The next day we went to Aylesbeare Common, a few
miles from Sidmouth. As it was hot the others sunned
themselves whilst I prowled amongst the heathers on my
own. I was lucky within 15 yards of each other I found
three white Tetralix, of which I took cuttings, and an-
other not yet in bloom, which seemed to have a golden
look about its foliage.

The next day we returned home and now, with my
cuttings potted up I really feel it was a memorable
holiday and wonder if there is a ‘LONDON PRIDE’ amongst
them.

Heathers for a Gale-Swept
Coast Berry M. Kersuaw, FLEETWoop, Lancs. (1966)

After three years of combating constant salt-laden
gales and frequent flooding due to poor drainage, our
garden is gradually being tamed. At first we fought with
the sticky clay during spring only to watch it bake and
erack in summer. Various dwarf bedding plants which
we tried were unable to survive even one severe gale.
Then, with a gardener’s eternal optimism, we decided
to try heathers. We read as much as we could about
these accommodating little plants and soon realised that
our soil was unsuitable for any but the winter-flowering
varieties.

In September 1953 we ordered a collection of heaths,
leaving the choice of varieties to the discretion of the
nursery. We had already marked out a site, and although

6 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

it was impossible to give the plants shelter from the
high winds at least we could give them good drainage.
A thick layer of rubble was placed at the base and over-
laid with partly rotted turf. We had already been making
compost according to Kenneth D. O’Brien’s veganic
system, and although this was intended primarily for
vegetables the heather site claimed its share. A bale of
peat mixed with soil and sand completed the top layer
and our heather bank, sloping gently to the south, was
ready to take a hundred winter-flowering plants. These
included. carneas ‘Springwood White,’ ‘Springwood
Pink’, ‘Vivellii’, ‘Carnea’, ‘Ruby Glow’, the hybrids
‘Arthur Johnson’, ‘George Rendall’ and ‘Silberschmelze’
and E. hibernica (mediterranea) ‘Superba’, ‘Rosea’ and
‘Alba’. Some of these flowered within a few weeks of
planting and we had endless pleasure from watching
them develop during that first season. Inevitably we
had losses, but the ninety survivors grew and flourished
with a vigour which openly defied our difficult climatic
conditions. We have since had dozens of layered off-
spring from the original plants and one or two of the
now large parents have been moved to other sites.
Success with these heaths led us to grow more ambit-
ious. We are slowly but successfully raising a few Call-
unas. Several vagans planted last autumn which appeared
to have died are now nobly showing new growth, and
three tree heaths—arborea ‘Alpina’, australis and lusi-
tanica—have survived the winter and are quickly cov-
ering their brown scars. Last summer we bought two
tiny pot-grown terminalis plants. These have surpassed
all expectations and have grown to about ten times their
original size. /
The critical period with us seems to be the first winter.
All surivors then quickly become established, and al- —
though subsequent searing winds may brown a few tips
no lasting damage is done. Very few Callunas remain
evergreen with us; their moribund appearance during
winter and early spring can be very depressing, but by
May pin-points of new growth can be seen and these
develop rapidly into long stems tightly packed with
flower buds. Heather enthusiasts will know how incred-

YEAR BOOK 1967 27

ibly graceful these can be, especially when viewed
against a background of carneas, for the green growth
of these winter-flowering heaths presents a picture of
spring freshness throughout the jaded days of high
summer.

We are rapidly extending the area set aside for heather
growing, and we now make a bin of lime-free compost
which is used as top dressing and helps new plants to
become established. As plants in the herbaceous border
die (and here they surely will!) we shall raise the level
of the bed and gradually allow it to be taken over by
heathers, Already we have lost a large groun of pinks
and carnations, several delphiniums and all the pyreth-

rums. But who cares—it looks as if we can grow heath-
ers, and nothing in the garden gives us more pleasure.

1967

Writing this footnote twelve months later, after a
freak, practically frost-free winter, one might expect
to report a wealth of advanced luxuriant growth.
Instead, all the heathers have seemed reluctant to put
forth their spring shoots. It has been a season of un-
remitting gales, blowing from all points of the compass,
although chiefly from the north-west. During early
spring we suffered eight weeks of what the locals call a
‘black wind’. This killed even the ubiquitous Euonymus
and, inevitably, such continuous wind abrasion damaged
the heathers severely. New growth has been very slow
to start and only now, in June, are we able accurately
to assess losses. These are fewer than at first feared and
occur mainly in varieties of vagans and Calluna, neither
of which were as well-established as the carneas. The
three tree heaths are beginning to grow strongly again
but a new one, Veitchii, although placed in a sheltered
position, has shown no sign of life since March.

Most carneas and hybrids were slower and paler in
flower this winter, but the colours deepened particularly
vividly in early spring and the flowers were retained
until the end of May. Usually we see hosts of worker
‘bees around the plants in April; this year it was May 7th
before the first few appeared.

28 THE HEATHER SOCiIE EN

In spite of a disastrous winter we have lost propor-
tionately fewer heathers than either roses or herbaceous
plants. None of the new young Daboecias survived but
possibly we had a premonition of their demise because
we took a few cuttings in September. These rooted qui-
ckly and are now growing fast. Some Daboecia seeds
sprinkled over a seed-pan filled with peat germinated
freely in March. It will be interesting to see if we can
raise. plants that will ultimately withstand: the salt
laden gales.

HEATHERS IN BATAVIA, NEW YORK

(Extract from a letter received from Mr. Harold W.
Copeland of Chatham, Mass.)

Wholly unlike the Pacific or Atlantic coasts is Batavia,
New York, inland about 300 miles and in hardiness zone
4 where limits of average annual minimum temperature
are —20°F to —10°F. Conditions there for growing heath-
ers are perhaps as harsh as can be found in the eastern
U.S. Hence it may be especially interesting to read a
report from Gerald S. Wallace, who has been testing
heathers for 5 years in Batavia, and who is a member of
the Heather Society. He writes ....

“Our ground is never bare for more than 3 weeks in
winter, sometimes jn December, January or March, with
temperatures near zero. At the time of writing (Febru-
ary 5th, 1966) we have 22 inches of snow on the level:
usually 10-12 inches. Daboecia all died and have had no
luck with E. cinerea. E. Tetralix does not do well. E. vag-
ans forms are excellent—‘Lyonesse’, ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’
and ‘St. Keverne’. All E. carnea cultivars thrive—‘C. M.
Beale’, ‘King George’, ‘Praecox Rubra’, ‘Ruby Glow’,
‘Sherwoodii’, ‘Springwood Pink’ and ‘Springwood White’,
‘Vivellii’; also the hybrid ‘Arthur Johnson’, FE. x William-
sii does well, also Bruckenthalia spiculifolia. Most
Calluna cultivars do well—‘Alba Erecta’, ‘Alba Rigida’,
‘Aurea’, ‘County Wicklow’, ‘Crispa’, ‘Else Frye’, ‘Flore
Pleno’”, “Goldsworth . Crimson’, ’: Ho KE. Beales s)s-ane
Hamilton’, ‘Mayfair’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Roma’, ‘Rosea.

YEAR BOOK 1967 29

The Song of the Heather

(Translated from the Irish Gaelic and found by our
President in an old periodical.)

A blossom there blows
That scoffs at the snows
And faces, root-fast,
The rage of the blast:
Yet sweetens the sod
No slave ever trod
Since the mountains upreared
Their altars to God.

That Flower of the Free

Is the heather, the heather;
It springs where the sea

And the land leap together.
Sing, Nations are we,

Yet, beneath its proud feather,
In heart we are one
Wheresoever we be.

Our blossom is red

As the life-blood we’ve shed

In Liberty’s cause

Under alien laws;

When O’Neill and Lochiel

And Llewelyn drew steel
For Erin’s and Alba’s

And Cambria’s weal.

~ Then our couch when we tired
Was the heather, the heather,
Its beacon we fired
In blue and black weather,
Its mead-cup inspired
When we pledged it together
To the king of our choice
Or the maid most admired.

30 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Notes on British Heathers

IV Genera other than Calluna and Erica

Davin McCuintock, Piatt, KENT.

I have never seen it specified which heathers the
Heather Society covers; but three or four other heath-
like plants are to be found wild in our islands which
might come within its purview—Andromeda polifolia,
Daboecia, Phyllodoce caerulea—the last two were once
included in Erica—and perhaps Pernettya mucronata,
the Chilean Prickly Heath. Bruckenthalia, like Erica
carnea, is known nowhere in our islands outside gardens.
Nor are any of the Cassiopes; but I still have a feeling
one of them could be found in Scotland. The Crowberry,
Empetrum nigrum, was classified among the heaths by
the early botanists, as Erica baccifera; and even that has
had varieties listed in catalogues, such as ‘Scoticum’ and
‘Tomentosum,’ within the last half century.

However, I was told that all these except Daboecia
fall without the Society’s scope. So I shall omit even the
surprising history of the charming Andromeda, the Bog
Rosemary, quite the earliest heath to be offered in
variety. (At least nine were listed by 1790—one nursery
alone offered eight varieties in the first decade of the
last century—and 26 by 1826. In all I have notes of 52
names used since 1736, but of no white form before
1934.)

ST. DABEOC’S HEATH—DABOECIA

There are two species. One is the Irish native D. can-
tabrica which grows down the Atlantic coast of Europe
from Co. Mayo to Cantabria, i.e. N. Spain: D. polifolia
uses a more recent specific name, under which the plant —
was at one time included in Menziesia. The other is
D. azorica, from the Azores indeed, and named only
in 1932. This is somewhat tender, but produces hardy
offspring when crossed with our own species.

YEAR BOOK. 1967 31

The three known hybrids of this parentage, which
have been in commerce since 1963, at present prosaically
known as Nos. 1, 2 and 3, derive from seedlings given to
Mr. Jack Drake by the late Mr. W. Buchanan of Bears-
den, Glasgow. It seems possible that one or two other
of our cultivars might be similarly tinged with this tar
brush, e.g. ‘Porter’s Variety’ and ‘Praegerae.’ This is,
however, purely a guess. A. T. Johnson wrote of
D. azorica in 1942, ‘I have observed considerable variety
in seed-raised plants, both in the colour of the flower
and in hairiness of the foliage, this quite apart from the
results of hybridisation with D. cantabrica, which is
said to have occurred.’ I wrote on the ‘Globosa’ hybrids

in the last Year Book.

The origin of the delightful ‘Praegerae’ may now never

be known, all the people concerned in its discovery

being now dead, including Mrs. Teacher, near whose
home at Spider’s Bay it may well have come from. The
Irish Naturalist’s Journal in 1960 had a note in it by
Mr. A. W. Stelfox, the great Irish naturalist, and Mr.
P. L. Wood, of the Slieve Donard Nursery. I have dis-
cussed this with these authors who have taken much
trouble, but can add little to their note. The variety
was first catalogued in 1946, which implies that Mr.
Slinger there must have had it not later than the early
days of the war. It was given to him by the late Dr.
R. Ll. Praeger, but beyond this nothing seems to be
recorded. I once made a note that it was found in 1932
by the Hon. Mrs. Lionel Guinness, but I cannot now
trace the source of this. Enquiries continue however, and
more information may yet be found.

St. Dabeoc’s Heath was, in fact, recorded as a wild
plant in Ireland as long ago as the end of the 17th
century, well before any other heath there. Its vernac-
ular name is as old, but the connection with St. Dabeoc,

a 16th century Saint, is problematical—see my ‘Com-
‘panion to Flowers,’ and also on ihe transposition of the
_ vowels in the Latin name, an 18th century error which

the Rules of Nomenclature do not allow to be amended.
The plant is one of the glories of Co. Galway in late sum-

32 THE: HEATHER SOCi2 ii:

mer, when it bespangles the hillsides of golden Western
Gorse, Ulex gallii, with its large bells, which seem to
vary little in colour or size. It is worth going a long way
to see this sight. The white-flowered form seems to be
very rare in the wild. It was first recorded by J. Kenny
about 1820, but I know of only three people who have
seen it wild in Ireland since 1874. It may still be in two
of these localities at least.

Another interesting variety of this heath is ‘Bicolor’.
‘Varicolor’, which is apter, was suggested as a name for
it in 1874, after the plant had been grown for some years
at Knaphill. But its source even then was forgotten (in-
deed the origin seems known of practically none of our
Daboecias), although the earliest date I have found for
the name ‘Bicolor’ is only 1872. This has always seemed
to be a plant which would repay anatomical study, to
discover what decided which flower would be white,
which purple, which dull pink and which striped. More
experiments could be made with cuttings from particular
branches, and with seed. ;

A variety of which I would dearly like to know more is
‘Calycina’. This was described in 1891 as having white
and red flowers with a calyx developed in such a way
that the flowers appeared double. So far I have failed to
lay hands on the source of this description or find out
any more about this strange form.

I have noted something like 45 names for varieties of
this heath, several of which are synonyms and many of
which are of doubtful value. I am all the more intrigued
by this total because the plant seems to vary so little in
the wild. But perhaps this impression is because I have
not spent long enough looking? Nevertheless my personal
opinion is that the forms of Daboecia, those of E. x dar-
leyensis and colour foliage Callunas, give the finest shows
of all our hardy heathers.

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YEAR BOOK 1967 33

BEGINNER’S STORY

W. H. Heapiey, LEICESTER

I have just planted my first heather bed. Digging
operations began in March, soon after I became a mem-
ber of the Heather Society. Originally I intended to
plant carneas only, as the bed can be seen from the
house and I could visualise the pleasing effect during
the dreary winter months. But I decided it wouldn’t look
very exciting in the summer.

Whilst pondering over this I was busy studying cata-
logues received from various reputable nurseries and
here I met my first problem. As a raw beginner I had no
idea what to order my only experience to date being
with ‘Springwood White’ and ‘Springwocd Pink’. I
thought the best plan would be to put taller varieties
at the back and concentrate smaller ones nearer the
front. But now came my second headache! I liked the
sound of ‘Silberschmelze,’ but one catalogue gave its
height as 12 inches another as 24 inches. The hybrid
Williamsii was quoted as 6 inches, 8 inches, 12 inches
and even 18 inches in one catalogue.

I finally decided to plant just the varieties which were
given a good write-up in the lists and ordered three each
of E. x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze,’ E. cinerea ‘Golden
Hue, Calluna ‘Cuprea’ and ‘Tricolorifolia, E. carnea
‘Aurea,’ ‘Vivellii,’ ‘King George’ and, of course, my first
loves ‘Springwood White’ and ‘Springwood Pink.’ I also
found room for one Corsican Heath and a dwarf conifer
(Thuya occidentalis ‘Rheingold’). The planting distances
were, I am afraid, rather less than those suggested in
Mr. Chapple’s book, mainly 14 inches, but 18 inches for
‘Silberschmelze’ and only 12 inches for ‘King George.’
Heaven only knows what it will look like in 3-4 years
time and I only hope the experts won’, take too dim <
view of my planning. Anyway, if the worst happens I
can always dig them all out and start again!

Size of garden: overall length, 13-ft.; width, 3-ft. 9-ins.

34 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Some Notes on
Craiggamore and
Erica Mackaiana

BY P. P. FLAVIN, LISBURN, N. IRELAND

All the books mention that the classic station of E.
mackaiana is Craiggamore in Connemara. In fact there
is no such place as Craiggamore. Anyone who tries to
find it, as I did, is in for a long search.

My interest was first aroused by the brochure of the
Irish Tourist Board (No. 29). This mentions that ‘Round-
stone is a quiet, beautifully situated little resort and the
district is a happy hunting ground for the naturalist.
Urrisbeg (987 ft.) should be ascended for the view it
affords of the strange lakeland to the north and the fine
seascapes in other directions. Some unusual plants, in-
cluding Erica mediterranea grow on the slopes, and an-
other rare heath, Erica Mackaiana, is found on the shores
of Carrigamore lake a few miles away.’ I went there to
find it. The French have a proverb that it is better to
travel hopefully than to arrive. In this case it was amply
proved. No one in the area had ever heard the name be-
fore, either under the Tourist Board form of Carrigamore
or the botanists’ form of Craiggamore.

The approximate area is clear enough. It isa place of
bog and innumerable lakes, which lies between Round-
stone and Clifden in W. Galway. There are some pointers
which narrow the search a little. Dr. R. Ll. Praeger in his
book ‘The Botanist in Ireland,’ (389) says, ‘This neigh-
bourhood (Roundstone) is the only home outside the
Pyrenean region of Erica Mackaii, which has its head-
quarters at Craigga-more Lough, four miles NNW of
Roundstone.’ He even has a photograph of Erica Mackaii
on the edge of Craigge-more Lough, Connemara.

A letter of Alexander G. More to Professor Babington,
quoted in ‘Life and Letters of Alexander Goodman

YEAR BOOK 1967 35

More,’ p. 249, describes a search for E. ciliaris. ‘Now, the
current tradition was that Bergin alighted from a car
while driving near Craigga-more, and stumbled upon
Erica ciliaris close to the road itself, having stepped
across a bank or wall.’ As a matter of interest they did
not find the E. ciliaris, but it has recently heen refound
there.

The ‘Cybele Hibernica’ of 1866 provided a little more
information (p. 182) ‘E. Mackaiana. Wet boggy heaths;
very rare. On a wet heath called “Craigga More,” by the
side of the road between Roundstone and Clifden, within
- three miles of Roundstone, Connemara; Flor. Hib., ete.
Also by the hamlet of Letterdife, within a mile of Round-
. stone; Mr. L. Ogilby.’ The mention of the road ties up
with Alexander More’s letter, which indicates that wher-
ever Craiggamore is, at least it is beside a road.

But it still left the actual location as elusive as ever.
So my next call was to the Ordnance Survey Office in
Phoenix Park, Dublin. Here again I had little success.
The original survey of 1838 made no mention of a Craig-
gamore within miles of the right spot. A great deal of
trouble was taken to check and double check through
the most detailed records, but with no success. It was
then suggested that an approach to the Botany depart-
ment of the National Museum in Dublin would prove
more fruitful, and indeed it did. I saw there Miss Mau-
reen Scannell, the head of the department, who gave me
the location of E. mackaiana and referred me to an art-
icle by Professor D. A. Webb of Trinity College, in the
‘Irish Naturalists Journal’ for 1954. You can imagine my
feelings when, at the beginning, he mentions that of
course Craiggamore appears on no map.

IMy search eventually revealed that E. mackaiana
grows in an area which is centred on Lough Nabrack-
more, For those who wish to see it in its natural habitat
it is quite éasy of access. The 4-inch to the mile map of
Ireland, sheet 10, is the relevant one, and for those who
can read a map, the reference is 72 45. The map shows
that a road runs across the bog from Toombeola to Bal-
linaboy. Along this road, and on the south side of it, lies

36 THE HEATHER SOCHT ¥

a low hill, marked on the map as being 201 feet high. It -
is a prominent feature and can hardly be missed. At the
western end of this hill lies Lough Nabrackmore. The
hill is obviously Craiggamore, which is Irish for ‘The big
rock.’ Lough Nabrackmore means ‘The lake of the big
trout.’ It is not too difficult to see how the original name
came into being.

I spent a few days there at the end of August, and
spent some time searching the area. The country is not
easy to walk over, but I think I managed to cover the
relevant part. E. mackaiana grows in abundance at the
eastern end of the lough and mainly on the north side.
It grows in a large area around the lough, but becomes
very sparse and scattered the further away from the
lough one goes. Professor D. A. Webb in his article in
‘The Irish Naturalists Journal’ of 1954, mentioned above,
delineated the area as being elliptical in shape with
Lough Nabrackmore at the centre. The total area covered
is about one and a half square miles. I did find some a
good mile or more from the lough, but would hesitate
to be too categorical about this. E. mackaiana, and E. x
Praegeri are very easily confused, and it is not always
easy to tell which one is which. For those who don’t like
walking, it does grow along the roadside. In fact, there
is even some growing up through the tar of the road.
The great clumps of pink flowers are a magnificent sight,
and here and there it grows very freely in great drifts.

I was interested to try to add something positive to
the controversy about the sterility or otherwise of E.
Mackaiana. It is commonly accepted that it is sterile in
Ireland, although in Spain, I gather, it is said to set seed.
A superficial examination was sufficient to establish that
most of the propagation was taking place vegetatively by
layering. The stems can quite easily be traced for yards
from one plant to another. But there were places where
I found seedlings, or apparent seedlings, which were too
far away from any other plant to have been layered. One
I found, for example, was growing in an area where the
turf had been cleared from the surface, leaving an area
of bare peat several yards across. In the centre of this,

VY BAK - BOOK © 1967 37

as the only vegetation, was growing an E. mackaiana.
The nearest other plant was about five yards away and
the plant itself, I should say, was a year old. I carefully
and tediously washed it out of the soil, and could find no
trace of a root which went anywhere near another plant.
I know this is not conclusive by any means, but it was
only one of several instances. I brought back with me
specimens from different places in the area. I have re-
cently been examining the ovaries of these, and have
not yet found a trace of seed, even under microscopic
examination. It is obvious that E. mackaiana reproduces
mainly vegetatively, but I still have a lingering suspicion
that some seed may be set.

E. mackaiana has another station in Donegal, at Upper
- Lough Nacung. It is not abundant here since the level of
the lough was raised by the building of a dam. It was also
discovered by Alexander More at Carna, about six miles
south of Roundstone, in 1874. But it is doubtful if it still
exists there, recent searches in the area having failed to
find it.

There have been reports of it from other places, such
as the slopes of Errisbeg and Letterdife, both places being
within three or four miles of Lough Nabrackmore. But it
has never been confirmed there, and is almost certainly
E. x Praegeri. These two heaths can be so easily confused.

In many ways I am grateful to all the authors who
have perpetuated the name Craiggamore. They gave mea
stubborn determination to get to the bottom of all the
confusing published facts, which led to the discovery of
a fascinating part of Ireland. For those interested in
heathers it must be one of the most rewarding places in
the British Isles. For anyone not afraid of walking, the
bog between Roundstone and Clifden is a wonderful ex-
perience. The loughs are lovely and quite deserted. There
is nothing but the occasional turf cutter, the birds and
the heaths. Here grow E. hibernica, E. ciliaris, E. mack-
aiana, E. x Praegevi, E. Tetralix, Daboecia cantabrica and
- Calluna vulgaris. I know of nowhere else which has such
a wealth of heaths growing in such a wonderful setting.

38 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

FERTILISERS—

Magnesium Sulphate

H. C. Prew, NorTHWICK, CHESHIRE

May I appeal to any members who have used fertili-
sers or other forms of nourishment for their heathers to
send in to the Year Book their experiences. Mr. J. P.
Ardron of Sheffield raised this point first (1965, ». 51) and
Brig. E. T. Weigall (1966, p. 44/5) provided some interest-
ing information on his treatment of cuttings.

There are many parts of the country where conditions
are not obviously unsuitable for growing heathers and
yet they do not flourish as one would wish. If the failure
to do well is the result of some deficiency in the soil,
there is no reason why heathers should not respond, as
do other plants, if the deficiency is made good. I can see
no case for a ‘taboo’ on the use of a fertiliser, in some
form, for heathers. Messrs. Maxwell and Beale advertise
their ‘Max. B’ and Brigadier Weigall has obviously used
both Maxicrop and Eclipse fish manure with advantage.
There are other things, e.g. spent hops, chopped bracken
or bracken mould etc., which might be beneficial.

‘Epsom Salts’ (magnesium sulphate) is not a fertiliser
in the usual sense but its use can be beneficial on alka-
line soils, as the following experience shows.

Friends of mine in Suffolk (Framlingham area) built
a raised rockery bed in 1961. Stone is difficult to obtain
in that area and the only material they could get at a
reasonable price was a soit limestone, of which they
fetched some 10 tons in their trailer, in several journeys,
from over 20 miles away. Among their plantings were
some Erica carnea, including that most vigorous of grow-
ers ‘Springwood White’. When I saw them in the summer
of 1963 they were ‘existing’—hardly more. The bad win-
ter of 1962/3 had crumbled some of the soft limestone so
that the pockets of soil had everywhere a liberal sprink-
ling of chippings, which had undoubtedly contributed to
alkaline conditions.

YEAR BOOK 1967 39

Asked for my advice, I suggested watering once a fort-
night with 1 oz. of Epsom Salts dissolved in a gallon of
water, from the end of flowering to the end of July. This
was done and when I saw the results in September 1965
they were quite marked. If not luxuriating, the heathers
were growing, looked healthy and had flowered well,
instead of very sparsely, that Spring.

The addition of magnesium can be beneficial in at least
three ways :—

(i) Magnesium is an essential element in the constitu-
tion of chlorophyll and it is also concerned in the phos-
phate nutrition of plants. There are cases, not very
common admittedly, of soils with a magnesium defic-
iency.

- (ii) While I was attached to a Chemical Works in Chile
in the late 1930’s, I came across, in an American Scienti-
fic Journal, a report by a US. Agricultural Research
Station that evidence had been obtained that the ratio
of magnesium to calcium needed to be above a certain
level for a soil to have a high nutritional value. At that
time the ‘certain level’ had not been defined but the
addition of magnesium, especially to alkaline soils, could
well be beneficial.

(iii) The family Ericaceae is not so much a lime hater
as an iron lover. The presence of calcium carbonate
(i.e. limestone or chalk) in the soil not only renders the
iron insoluble but also prevents the piant from utilising
such iron as it is able to pick up. Treatment_with mag-
nesium sulphate slowly converts the calcium carbonate
to calcium sulphate, in which form it does not produce
alkalinity nor react with the iron.

In the case of the Suffolk rockery, I believe that the

benefit obtained from the use of magnesium stemmed
mainly from the action under (ili) above, but (11) above
may well have played a part.
Over the possible benefits from adding magnesium
to soil, it is of interest to note that the Murphy advert-
isement in the 1966 Year Book for ‘Sequestrene’—mainly
used for its soluble iron content—says that it contains
manganese and magnesium.

40 THE HEATHER SOCIEEY.

Heathers
in Flower Arrangement

FLORENCE LAUGHER, STONE, STAFFS

At the present time Flower Arrangement is a very
flourishing and popular hobby but heathers, as garden
plants and as cut blooms, are very little known, even
amongst gardeners let alone the general public. There is,
of course, a great deal more to Flower Arrangement
than just sticking a few flowers into a pot, adding a
further improvement by the insertion of foliage and then
telling everybody what you have been doing. In writing
this article I am not attempting to instruct in Floral Art
—it would take too long. I am assuming that the reader
is already aware of the basic principles and that he or she
is more concerned to know of the possible uses of the
heathers themselves in Flower Arrangement.

The value of heathers lies chiefly in their possibilities
as ‘fillers-in’ ang their powerful ability to emphasise,
subtly, the main colours used in the arrangement. To be
used successfully heather must be used as heather—that
is, do not attempt to twist and torture it into fantastic
shapes, in a vain effort to make it look like something
else. Use the sprays as they are, and build your arrange-
ment up carefully, using the lovely tones of green, grey-
greens, silver and gold to set off the central colours.
If you do this you will find that your heathers will never
fade into the background, as foliage so often can do.
Instead it will take on a quiet importance of its own,
enhancing the general effect.

Practically speaking, it is not advisable to use a . pin-
holder with heathers, because the stems are too fine and
brittle. Use Oasis or Florapak instead. Keep it fairly
moist and the heather will last for several weeks, unless
you are using the flowering sprays when you may find
that the flowers drop a little after a fortnight but the
foliage will remain. The Callunas in their various forms |
are more suitable than the Ericas, unless you wish to
make a flat table arrangement. For these the Ericas,
especially the carnea varieties, are supreme. Take a flat

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dish and place a square of Oasis either in the centre or
slightly to one side. In the centre place whatever winter
flowers you have, such as snowdrops, crocus, grape-hya-
cinths and the like, arranging them carefully to suit the
shape of your dish and varying the height from the
centre downwards. Then take several sprays of winter
flowering Ericas and gently insert them among the
flowers and around the edges. You can finish off the
arrangement with one or two sprays of evergreen, such
as Pyracantha or variegated holly. If your flowers are
white, use either the white or pink Ericas but if your
flowers are yellow then use only the white or purple,
not the pink. The effect can be varied by using some of
the silver Callunas, such as ‘Silver Queen’

Heathers will associate happily with most flowers, but

avoid using them with the really enormous ones such as
Gladioli, Dahlias and the exhibition incurved Chrysan-
‘themums. One of the loveliest combinations possible is
a summer one—roses, heather, Santolina and Pyracan-
tha. Try taking four roses, one each of different shades
of one colour—for example, vermilion, scarlet, crimson
and magenta. Arrange these in circular shape, with the
Pyracantha on each side of the centre roses. Then care-
fully fill your shape in, using the Santolina and the
lovely green-gold Joy Vanstone’ Calluna or ‘Gold Haze’.
You will be surprised how attractive the result can be.
The taller growing varieties listed as suitable for cut
flowers will also go well with Irises and shrub flowers
such as Lilac. In this case it is better to use a simple,
elegant vase and netting, or chicken wire. Some really
attractive effects can be achieved, provided you remem-
ber the basic rule—use your heather for substance and
colour, never for line or shape. If you are a devotee of
Ikebana, heather can be used here too, but in this case
it is best to use it sparingly to give emphasis. I have also
seen a really beautiful arrangement composed of autumn
coloured foliage of beech, sycamore and azaleas, with
the white and purple heather massed in the centre. For
sheer delight of colour, this took some beating. I am sure
that if you look around your heathers you will see the
almost endless variations possible.

42 THE HEATHER SOCIETY —

SOME ASPECTS OF
HORTICULTURE IN S. AFRICA

The following is an extract from a paper read at the
Third World Congress in Public Park and Recreation-
Administration at Brighton on May 17th, 1967 by Mr. W.
W. Webster, Director of Parks, Krugersdorp; at which I
was a delegate H. NICHOLSON

CULTIVATION OF SouTH AFRICAN PLants: ERICACEAE

The Ericas (heaths) may be propagated by seeds and
cuttings. Seeds may be sown in spring or autumn and
since the seeds of most species are fine they should be
watered by the percolation method. A fine light soil
mixture is required, to which a balanced fertilizer has
been added. As Ericas are acid loving plants a p.H. read-
ing 6.0 will suffice.

Cuttings of Ericas should be young shoots about an
inch long inserted around the edge of small pots in sand
or mixture of sand leafmould, placed under mist to strike
root.

There are numerous beautiful heaths among almost
five hundred species found in the Republic of South
Africa, of which the following are noteworthy for Parks.

Erica— E. baccans, E. blenna, E. caffra, E. cerinthoides,
E. chamissonis, E. decipiens, E. glandulosa, E.
exsurgens, E, globosa, E. hirtiflora, E. lateralis,
E. mammosa, E. peziza, E. sessiliflora, E. spec-
iosa, E. taxifolia, E. verticillata, E. vestita.

Note to the Editor from Hugh Nicholson :—

‘In my article on the Netherlands in the last Year
Book I referred to a Calluna cultivar which the Dutch
were calling ‘Long White’. Thanks to Mr. John Letts I
now see this is the same as the old well-known contin-
ental white flowered “Elegantissima” purchased from
Holland by them’.

YEAR BOOK 1967 43

Heather Rope
FRED J. CHAPPLE, ISLE oF Man

Hung on the wall in Harry Kelly’s cottage, which is
part of the Manx Open-Air Folk Museum at Cregneash,
is rope made of ling, known as Gad rope. (Old Manx
Gaelic: Gaid—“A heath or heather rove’). Its long, twis-
ted, tough, bare stems (of considerable age) are wrapped
round in a circle. ‘Gad’ is one of the strongest and
toughest ropes in the world and was used for tying up
boats and in other ways. Another use for heather—tying
up boats!

Arranging Heathers

J. E. FINCH, TwWyYForpD, BERKS.

My wife has found the following way of arranging
heathers very effective :—

Make a basket by attaching, with florist’s wire, a split
cane handle to a 43 inch foil dish (as used for baking
small pies). Pack the dish with Oasis and insert the
- heather—pincushion wise.

These arrangements are long lasting and are very
useful for taking to, for example, people in hospital
because there can be no spillage of water.

Forthcoming Lectures

SHEFFIELD. January 17th, 1968, 7.30 p.m. Fulwood Old
Chapel, Whiteley Lane. Mr. J. P. Ardron.

BINGLEY, YorRKS. March 19th, 1968, 7.30 p.m. Memorial
Hall, Eldwick (Eldwick and Gilstead Horticultural
Society).

Harrocate. April 27th, 1968, 2.30 p.m. Harlow Car Gard-
ens Northern Horticultural Society (Hardy Plant
Group).

44 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

REPORT ON WISLEY HEATHER
TRIALS

The following extracts from Wisley Trial Reports are reproduced
by kind permission of the Council, the Royal Horticultural Soc-
iety.

The trials were inspected on the dates shown and the following
awards made:

ERICA CINEREA (July, 1966)

C. D. EASON. F.C.C, Plant 12-14 inches high, 17-18 inches
spread, fairly compact, erect, spreading, very vigorous; foliage
very dark green. Flower stems 16 inches long; inflorescence 4
inches long; flowers single, Magenta (H.C.C. 27/1), flushed Magen-
ta (H.C.€:27) and touched Tyran Purple (4.€:C.727) 2).

KNAP HILL PINK. A.M. Plant 9-10 inches high, 12-14 inches
spread, fairly compact, erect, vigorous; foliage very dark dull
green. Flower stems 7 inches long; inflorescence 2-24 inches long;
flowers single, Fuchsia Purple (H.C.C. 28/2) flushed Fuchsia
Purple (H.C.C. 28 and 28/1) and touched Tyrian Purple (H.C.C.
727 /2).

ROSEA. A.M. Plant 9 inches high, 20-26 inches spread, erect,
spreading, very vigorous, foliage dark green. Flower stems 10-12
inches long; inflorescence 3-5 inches long; flowers single, Magenta
(H.C.C. between 27/1 and 27/2) flushed Magenta (H.C.C. 27/1).

EDEN VALLEY. The A.M. made to ‘Eden Valley’ when ex-
hibited in London in 1933 was confirmed. Plant 8} inches high,
22 inches spread, erect, spreading, vigorous; foliage dark fairly
glossy green. Flower stems 8-9 inches long; inflorescence 3-3}
inches long; flowers single, white, flushed Phlox Purple (H.C.C.
632/1), and on older florets, Phlox Purple (H.C.C. 632) towards
tips.

ALBA MINOR. H.C. Plant 64-7 inches high, 13-14 inches spread,
compact, bushy, erect, vigorous, foliage dark dull green. Flower
stems 6 inches long; inflorescence 1-14 inches long; flowers single,
white.

PENTREATH. (Raised by Knap Hill Nursery Ltd.,) H.C. Plant
7-9 inches high, 15-18 inches spread, spreading, vigorous; foliage
dark green. Flower stems 43-5 inches long; inflorescence 23-3}
inches long; flowers single, a colour near Peony Purple (H.C.C.
729 / 1).

CALLUNA VULGARIS (March, 1967)

GOLDEN FEATHER. (Raised by Mr. J. W. Sparkes). F.C.C.
Plant 15 inches high, 24 inches spread, spreading, vigorous;
winter foliage shades of orange and yellow tinged a colour near
R.H.S. Colour Chart, Red Group between 42B and 42C, under-

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side of shoots a colour near R.H.S. Colour Chart, Yellow-Green
Group 146C, lightly tipped orange-red. As a summer and winter
foliage plant.

SUNSET. (Raised by Mr. J. W. Sparkes) A.M. Plant 14-15 inches
high, 22-26 inches spread, spreading, vigorous; winter foliage a
colour near R.H.S. Colour Chart, Red Group 41B, tipped and
tinged a darker red, also tinged creamy yellow and orange, under-
ace of shoots bright green tipped yellow, As a winter foliage
plant.

ERICA CARNEA (March, 1967)

RUBY GLOW. A.M. Plant 10-11 inches high, 20 inches spread,
spreading habit, vigorous; foliage fairly dull dark green. Flower
stems 6-8 inches long; inflorescence 14-21 inches long; flowers
single, young flowers pale mauve deepening with age to R.H.S.
Colour Chart Red-Purple Group 73A, sepals a colour near R.H.S.
Colour Chart, Red-Purple Group 73B, and tipped almost white,
buds almost white.

ERICA CINEREA (June and July, 1967)

’ KNAP HILL PINK. F-.C.C.

ALBA MINOR. A.M.

P. S. PATRICK. A.M. Plant 14 inches high, 20 inches spread,
erect spreading, vigorous; foliage dark glossy green, tips of shoots
tinged dark purplish-red, Flower stems 5-6 inches long; inflore-
scence 23-34 inches long; flowers single, a colour varying from
R.H.S. Colour Chart, Red-Purple Group 71A to Red-Purple
Group 72A with touches of Purple Group 78B.

TILFORD. (Raised by Messrs. Walter C, Slocock Ltd). A.M.
Plant 16 inches high, 20-23 inches spread, erect, spreading, very
vigorous; foliage medium dark glossy green. lower stems 8-9
inches long; inflorescence 23-3 inches long; flowers single, R.H.S.
Colour Chart, Purple Group 78A flushed Purple Group 78B, some
flowers Purple Group 77B.

CEVENNES. H.C. Plant 9-12 inches high, 12-14 inches spread,
compact, erect, vigorous; foliage bright light green. Flower stems
54-6 inches long; inflorescence 2-24 inches long; flowers single,
R.H.S. Colour Chart, Purple Group 78A flushed Purple Group
78B, some flowers Purple Group 77B.

GLASNEVIN RED. H.C. (Raised by the National Botanic Gard-
ens, Glasnevin, Dublin). Plant 13-14 inches high, 16-19 inches
spread, erect, spreading, vigorous; foliage dark green. Flower
stems 4-6 inches long; inflorescence 24-3 inches long; flowers single,
R.H.S. Colour Chart, Red-Purple Group 61B flushed Red-Purple
Group 60B.

ERICA VAGANS (August 1967)

DIANA HORNIBROOK. A.M. Very compact, erect, vigorous;
foliage dark green changing to light green with young growth.
Flower stems 4-41 inches long; inflorescence 14. to 1} inches long;
flowers single, Crimson (H.C.C. between 22/2 and 22/3).

46 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

SOME RECENT WRITINGS
ON HEATHERS

Anon 1965. Erica cinerea ‘Atropurpurea’, Gardeners Chronicle,
Feb. 6, Vol. 157, No. 6, p. 136.

Anon 1966. Pruning Heathers, Gardeners Chronicle, April 16,
Vol. 159, No. 16, p. 383.

Anon 1966. Erica carnea trials. Gardeners Chronicle, May 11,
Vol. 159, No. 20, p. 459.

ANON 1966. Heather Cuttings, Gardeners Chronicle, Sept. 14,
Vol. 160, No. 11, p. 23.

ANDERSON A. J. 1967. Callunas for Foliage Effect. Gardeners
Chronicle, July 26, Vol. 162, No. 4, p. 15.

BANNISTER P. 1965. Erica cinerea. Journal of Ecology (Botany)
53 2, 527-42. Biological Flora.

BANNISTER P. 1966. Erica tetralix. Journal of Ecology (Botany)
54. 795-813.

CHApPLE F. J. 1965. ‘Heather Varieties’. Gardeners Chronicle,
June 19, Vol. 157, No. 25, p. 607.

CuHAPPLE F. J. 1966 ‘Carnea Heath’. Gardeners Chronicle, Feb. 26,
159, No. 9, 203-4.

CHAPPLE F. J. 1967. The Story of the Sparkes Collection of Hea-
thers, and other Coloured Callunas. Northern Gardener,
March 1967. Vol. X XI, No. 3, 45-50.

EMERSON B. H. 1967. Heaths and Heathers in E. North America.
Morris Arboretum Bulletin, March, Vol. 18, No. 1, 3-11.

INGWERSEN W. 1965. ‘Tree Heathers’. Gardeners Chronicle, Feb.
20, Vol. 157, No. 8, p. 183.

INGWERSEN W. 1965. ‘Heathers for Foliage and Flower’. Gard-
deners Chronicle, Sept. 18 and Oct. 16, Vol. 158, Nos. 12 and
16, pp. 268 and 364.

KIMBER P. 1966. ‘Heathers all the Year’. Gardeners Chronicle,
Nov. 30, Dec. 7. Vol. 160, Nos. 23 and 24, pp. 16-17 and
20-21.

KrussmMan G. 1965. Weitere Beobachtungen an Ericalluna.
Deutsche Baumschule Nr. 10 October. 302.

McCiintock D. 1966. Erica tetralix, Erica x praegeri, and
E. mackaiana. September. Proceedings Botanical Society of
the British Isles, Vol. 6, Pt. 3, 276.

McCuintock D. 1966. ‘The Irish Heath’. Gardeners Chronicle,
Sept. 14, Vol. 160, No. 11, p. 12.

McCiintock D. 1966. ‘Double-flowered Hardy Heathers’. Octo-
ber. Journal R.H.S. XCI Pt. 10, 438-443.

YEAR BOOK 1967 47

McCiintock D. 1967. ‘Heathers Rare and Heathers Common’,
July, Wildlife and The Countryside, No. 267, 20-23 (includes
drawings of E. cinerea ‘Schizopetala’, E. tetralix ‘Fissa’
andra Stuart).

McCuiinTock D. 1967. ‘White Heathers and their Allies’. August.
Journal, R.H.S. XCII Pt. 8. 347-53.

ManninG L. S. 1965. ‘Heaths and Heathers and their Cultivation
in California’. Californian Horticultural Society Journal,
January. XXVI_. 2-13.

MarRsHALL J. M. 1965. ‘Notes from Edinburgh’ (on Erica carnea)
Gardeners Chronicle, Feb. 27, Vol. 157, No. 9

Ross R. 1967. ‘On Some Linnaean Species of Erica’, February.
Journal, Linnaean Society, Vol. 60, No. 381, 61-75.

SANTANOUR F. S. anpD LucenTE R. A. 1967. ‘Anthocyanins in the
Ericaceae’. Morris Arboretum Bulletin, March. Vol. 18,
No. 1-11, 12-13.

WAKEFIELD G. R. 1966. Two Summer Heaths (E. umbellata and
Bruckenthalia) Gardeners Chronicle, Aug. 17, No. 7, p. 13.

_ ‘WarataH’ 1967. Hardy Ericas have Charm. New Zealand Gard-
ening Journal, June. pp. 538-9.

Watson L. 1965. February. ‘The Taxonomic Significance of
certain Anatomical Variations among Ericaceae’. Journal of
Linnean Society (Botany) Vol. 159, No. 377, 111-125.

Wess D. A. 1966. Erica ciliaris in Ireland. Proceedings Bot. Soc.
British Isles. Vol. 6, Pt. 3, 221-5.

Wess D. A. 1967. Erica praegeri and E. stuartii. June. Wat-
sonia. Vol. 6. Pt. 5. 296-7.

WEIGALL E. T. 1966. Some Reflections on Heathers. Gardeners
Chronicle, September 13, Vol. 168, No. 11, p. 13.

48 THE HEATHER SOGIET Y:

List of Members~October, 1967

* Indicates membe:s wiiling to show their gardens by eppointment.
+ Indicates Nurserymen.

Group 1. Scotland

ABERCROMBIE, J. G., Cnan2hall, Toward, Dunoon, Argy!l.

ANDERSON, Mrs. J. R., Watergate, Fortrose, Ross-shire.

ANDERSON, G. B., Mil buies, 41, Gogarbank, Edinburgh 12.

Barr, Miss K. H., 3 Balgair Road, Baifron by Glasgow.

Brown, R. A., Hil'ccest. Dunbar Street, Lossiemouth, Morayshire.

Burnet, F. R., Enterkin, Kilmaco’m, Renfrewshire.

CAMERON, Miss E. K., Caldermill Hill, near Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

CARMICHAEL, SIR JOHN, Magic Well, Ba'mullo, Leuchars, Fife.

CHRISTIE, T & W., The Nurseries. Forres, Scotland.

CRABBIE, D., 82 Inverleith Piace. Edinburrh 3.

* Dosson, Wm. S., 29 Barnshot Road. Colinton, Edinburgh 13.

Dopsson, Wm. S. (JuUN.), The Hill, Broomieknowe, Lasswade, Midlothian.

* FouLis, D. A., Cull, Easter Beimont Road, Edinburgh 12.

FRAME, J. F., Braeside, 614 Queensferry Road, Barnton, Edinburgh 4.

GiLbert, Miss E. E., Hollinkurst, Elm Avenue, Linzie, near Glasgow.

Gow, A., St. Boniface, Fortrose, Ross-shire.

HaLkeTT, A. C., Kevock Lea, Kevock Road, Lasswade, Midlothian.

Humste, B. H., Rose Cottage, Arrochar, Dunbartonshire.

Hunrer, Mrs. E. N.. Shieldaig Cottage, Gairloch, Ross-shire.

ILLINGWoRTH, Miss C. E., Pobain, Achiltibuie, Garve, Ross-shire.

IMRIE, I., 40 Stampcriand Hill, C.arkston, Renfrewshire.

KeLiy, Ltr.-Co_. H. A., Oliver & Hunter, Moniaive, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.

LeErPerR, Mrs. I. M., Douchlage, Balfron Station, by Glasgow.

LyLe, R., De'aney & Lye, Gzange Nursery, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

McCRrR:NDLE, K. D., 1 Drummond Rise, Dunblane, Perthshire.

MacLrop, G. H. T., The Cottage, Rhu, Dunbartonshire.

MacRopert, Mrs. H., Durisdeer, Kilmaco'm, Renfrewshire.

MarRKS, B. McK., 17 Banchory Avenue, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.

Merry, Mrs. E., Phoiteas, Beauly, Inverness-shire.

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS & Works, Accounts Branch, Broomhouse,
Drive, Saughton, Edinburgh 11.

* MONTGOMERY, BriG. E. J., C.B., C.B.E., Kinlochruel, Colintraive, Argyll,

Mounszy, E. R., Rough Knowe, Barrhill Road, Dalbeattie.

Mowat, J. G., Bzaemore, Bourtree Brae, Lower Largo, Fife.

PATTENDEN, H., Kirkbank, Gleniochar, Castle Douglas,. Kirkcudbrightshire.

r PONTON, J. R., The Gardens, Kirknewton, Midlothian.

REGIUS KEEPER, THE, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh 3.

Scott, T. M., Clonburn, Resaurie, Inverness.

SHAND, W. A., St. Edmunds, Mi!lngavie, Dunbartonshire.

SHEPHERD, Miss M., The Dales, Braidwood by Carluke, Lanarkshire.

TuHompson, [., 21 Pantonville Road, West Kilbride, Ayrshire.

WALTER, REAR ADMIRAL K. McN., CAMPBELL-, Clachan Beag, Achnasaul, by
Oban, Argyl, aiso 194 Princes Gate Mews, London S.W.

WHITSON, Mrs. E. M., Wood End, Falls of Leny, Callander, Perthshire.

_

t+ +

Group 2. Ireland

ANDREWS, Miss E. L. B., Hul’stown, Derriagay, Li burn, Co. Antrim.
CaRSON, T. A., Uisge Ban, Bai.y, Co. Dub‘in.

COLVILL, Mrs. M. B., Cloghereen, Baily, Co. Dubiin. .

CRAMPTON, E., Whitehead, Co: Antrim.

CrossEy, M. T. W., Collina, Larch Hil', Craigavard, Co. Down.
+ Daisy HiLt~t Nursrrirs Lrp., Newry, Co. Down.

DouGLas, J. B., 3 Bel-Air Avenue, Ballybarnes, Co. Down.

Ettiotr, Miss C. J., Kiowen, Co. Down.

FLAVIN, P. P., H.Q. Northern [Ireland Command, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
GAHAN, Lr.-Co_t. H. M., Nestor Lodge, Ki.mullin, Newtownmountkennedy,

Co. Wicklow.

GARRATT, Masor R., Riaito, Holywood, Co. Down.
r GRAHAM, N.. C., Stiies, Antrim.

YEAR BOOK 1967 49

Harty, Miss M., Ballinamona, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Kane Bros., MEssrS., Drumee, Castlewellan, Co. Down.
KINGSTON, M., B.Ag.Sc. (Hort), Cedar Chalet, Lahadane, Bantry, Co. Cork.
LATCHFORD, F. H., Luggala, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
McCarter, W. S., Heatherdene, Culmore, Londonderry.
PREECE... Mrs. N., Kells House, Kells, Co. Kerry.
REEVES, Mrs. E. A., Greenways, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
ft SLINGER, LESLIE S., Slieve Donard Nursery Co., Newcastle, Co. Down.
THOMPSON, Miss B., 18 Fairway Avenue, Upper Malone Road, Belfast 9.
WALKER, Miss N., Lisnoe, Orwell Park, Dublin 6.
Group 3. Northern
ANDERSON, Mrs. I., Woodlands, 1 Moorland Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs.
ANTHES, Mrs. P. C., Bryn Afon, Shatton Lane, Bamford, Sheffield.
* ARDRON, J. P., Fulwood Heights, Harrison Lane, Sheffield 10.
BAKER-CRESWELL, Miss K., Preston Tower, Chathill, Northumberland.
+ BENSON, CLIVE, The Nurseries, 281 Croston Road, Farington, Preston, Lancs.
BICKERSTAFF, C. E., Dyffiryn, 2c Norfolk: Hill, Grenoside, Sheffield.
BLAKE, J., Dencroft, Oxton, Rakes, Barlow, near Sheffield.
Boyp, Mrs. D. E., Mooredge, Warren Lane, E'dwick, Binglev. Yorks.
BREEZE, R. O., Summerfields, Beach Road, Port St. Mary, I.O.M.
CAMPBELL, Mrs. F., Rothley Lake House, Morpeth, Northumberland.
CASWELL, Mrs. H., The Gables, Horncastle Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincs.
* CuAPPLE, F. J., Mafeking, Bradda West Road, Port Erin, I.0.M.
COLLICK, K., 80 Dore Avenue, North Hykeham, Lincoln.
Cooper, Mrs. V. C. V., Hillside, Buxton Road, Disley, near Stockport,
Cheshire.
Cox, S. J., The Bungalow, Houghall, Durham City.
DARBYSHIRE, J. K., 45 Wilford Avenue, Brooklands, Cheshire.
Davey, N. S., 3 Green Walk, Timperley, Cheshire.
Dawson, J. O. H., Beauclerc, Riding Mill, Northumberland.
EarLeE, J., 346 Liverpool Road, Widnes, Lancashire.
ELLis, G. E., Ivy Cottage, Pedley Lane, Congleton, Cheshire.
FLETCHER, W. R., 531 Whitworth Road, Rochdale, Lancashire.
Git_,_ H., Gervase Smith & Sons Ltd., 8 Stanton Close, off Church Road,
Darley Dale, Derbyshire.
GOouLD, C. W. L., 43 Silverdale Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Ches.
GREEN, R., 94 Moseley Wood Gardens, Cookridge, Leeds 16.
GRIFFIN, D. P., 3 Marlborough Court, Churchill Park, Washingborough,
Lincoln.
Hatt, Mrs. M., 6 St. David’s Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Ches.
+ Hamer, G. M., Sunnymount Nursery, Glossop Road, Chisworth via
Broadbottom, Hyde, Ches.
Hammonp, E. G., White Thorn, Dumban Lane, West Bollington, Macclesfield,
Ches.
HARDMAN, J. S., 19 Kendal Road, Holcombe Brook, near Bury, Lancs:
Henry, S., 50 Harrowden Road, Doncaster, Yorks,
Hitt, M. A., 20 Green Walk, Timperley, Ches.
HuGuHes, Dr. P., Longsight House, Darton, near Barnsley, Yorks.
Jack, G., Rossmoyne, 33 Manor Road, Bramhall, Ches.
JAKEWAYS, Dr. R. J., 7 Wordsworth Avenue, Penistone, near Sheffield.
Jones, Mrs. M.' Howarp-, 1 Carrs Crescent West, Formby, Liverpool.
Kearns, H. W., 16 Harthill Road, Liverpool 18.
Kearns, W. E., Helmsdale, Pike Lane, Kings!ey, near Frodsham.
Ketty, H., Ballaqueeney Lodge, Ballaquale Road, Douglas, 1.0.M.
Kerr, J. W., 31 Wentworth Drive, Sale, Ches.
Kerry, R., 8 The Avenue, Rainford, near St. Helens, Lancs.
Kersuaw, Mrs. B. M., Orleans House, 323 Fleetwood Road, Fleetwood,
Lancs.
LAScELLES, R. G., Birchwood, 358 Park Lane, Macclesfield, Ches.
LESLIE, W., 403 Durdar Road, Carlisle, Cumberland.
* Lever, G., 239 Tottington Road, Harwood, Bolton, Lancs.
LivesEy, D. D., Craigneish, St. Georges Road, Hightown, near Liverpool.
MACINTYRE, Mrs. C. M., The Cottage, Fontainebleau, Cranage, Holmes
Chapel, Ches.
MAcKLEY, Mrs. M., 21 Linden Way, Boston, Lincs.
Martin, J. E., Elder Tree Lane, Ashley, near Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Martin, W., 8 Sandringham Drive, Poynton, near Stockport, Ches.

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50 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

METCALF, Dr. J. A. S., 21 Church Lane, Acklam, Mddlesbrough, Yorks.
MIDDLETON, F. D., 5 Willows Court, Ryton-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.
NADEN, Mrs. A. M., 14 Ryles Park Road, Macclesfield, Ches.
NeEwsHAM, Miss V. M., 43 Carfield Avenue, Meersbrook, Sheffield 8.
NICHOLLS, R., 43 Kimberley Avenue, North Shields, Northumberland.
Parry, Mrs. R. I., Long Ridge, Delamere, Northwich, Ches.
PARTINGTON, B., 3. South Drive, Gatley, Ches.
PATRICK, L. B., Holly Court, Mllhouses Lane, Sheffield 11.
PERKIN, J. M., Roseacres, Barrow Lane, Hale, Ches.
Prew, H. C., 229 Chester Road, Hartford, Northwich, Ches.
{ THE CLIFFORD PROCTOR NURSERIES LTpD., Brookside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
PryDE, Mrs. M., 3 Oldfield Close, Heswall, Wirral, Ches.
RAVENSLAW HORTICULTURAL CENTRE (W. R. Lovesey, Hort. Organiser), Alnwick,
Northumberland.
ROWLINSON, M., 88 Cherry Lane, Lymm, Ches.
SENDER, M. B., 12 Hodgson Cresz., Leeds 17.
SHERWIN, Miss D. E., 6 Clifton Lane, Handsworth, Sheffield 9.
SMALL, Dr. W. A. W., 51 High Street, Normanby, Middlesbrough, Yorks.
SMITH, G. D., Superintendent, Harlow Car Gardens, Harrogate, Yorks.
SmITH, Rev. S., 15 Wyedale, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Ches.
SMITH, W. H., Holt House, Mobberley, Ches.
SwikT, H., 105 Dobcroft Road, Sheffie!d 7.
TAMMEN, Mrprs. K., Aiskew Villa, Aiskew, Bedale, Yorks.
TETLEY, Miss U., Lynsnaw, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, Westmorland.
* TOOTHILL, A. P., Springfield, 431 Whirlowdale Road, Sheffield 11.
Tupor, Mrs. J., 3 Benches Lane, Chisworth via Hyde, Ches.
TurPIN, G., 25 Birkett Drive, Ulverston, Lancs.
Tyson, J. R., High Cross, Hawkshead, near Ambleside, Westmoriand.
VANN, Miss L., The Stone House, Thursby, near Carlisle, Cumberland.
WALKER, Dr. J. K., Green Rigg, Riding Mill, Northumberland.
WILLS, A. W., Manor Cottage, 1 Front Street, Whickham, Co. Durham.
WINFIELD, L. G., 50 Carsick Hiil Crescent, Sheffield 10.
WRIGHT, REv. J., 7 Mayfield Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Ches.
* WRIGHT, K. E., 37 Batsworth Drive, Sheffield 5
Group 4. Wales
* ARMSDEN, Dr. A., Glencerrig, Llanfaglan, Caernarvon.
Birp, D. S., Crud-yr-Awel, Trelyon, Aberdare, Glam.
CALVERT, G. W., Plas Owain, Harlech, Merioneth.
CHATTAWAY, J. F., Drws-y-Coed, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, Caerns.
CuHESTER, H. H., Firdene, Three Crosses, Swansea.
DANIEL, F., Gwarfelin, Vale of Rheidol, Pen-llyn, Aberystwyth.
Davies, E. D., 6 Hughes Street, Penygraig, Rhondda, Glam.
FARMER, G. G., Bryn Du, Mynytho, Pwilheli, Caerns.
GarRRATT, D. M., Sarnia, Druid Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey.
GRIFFITHS, Masor R. L.,: Little Heath, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey.
HuGuHEs, T., Trelma, Llanfwog, Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Isaac, T. J., Melrose, Prescelly Park, Fishguard Road, Haverfordwest,
Pembs.
+ KEELEY, R. J., Riverside Nurseries, Glan Conway, near Colwyn Bay.
KNIGHT, L. A., Eynhallow, Park Corner, Haverfordwest, Pembs.
Lioyp, R. J. H., Ffynnon Deilo, Pendoylan, near Cowbridge, Glam.
Moss, Wm., Maes Esgob House, Caerwys Station, Mold, Flintshire.
PauL, Mrs. J., Plas Nant, Aber, near Llanfairfechan, Caerns.
PUDDLE, C., Bodnant Gardens, Tal-y-cafn, Colwyn Bay.
SmitH, A. G. B., Ty Gwyn, Talybont, Bangor.
WILLIAMS, G., Bryn Eithin, Porthyfelin Road, Holyhead, Anglesey.

Group 5. Midlands

+ ANNABEL, A., Springwood, Church Drive, Ravenshead, Linby, Nottingham.
ASH, F., Folly Nook Lane, Ranskill, Retford, Notts.
BAILEY, ag H., Alpina, 4 The Crescent, Sweetpooi Lane, West Hagley, Worcs.
BALL, W. R., 97 Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham.
BARDEL, MRs. M., Parlours Bank, 39 Hergest Road, Kington, Herefordshire.
BEER, J., 87 Sansome Road, Solihull, Warwicks.
BRAMMER, Mrs. M., Merrivale, Sheepwalk Lane, Fishpool, Mansfield, Notts.
CASTELLAN, Mrs. C., The Spinney, Bower Lane, Etching Hill, Rugeley, Staffs.

YEAR BOOK 1967 51

CHALLONER, T. A., New Leys, High Ash Farm, Meriden, near Coventry.
Cooper, K. V.. Abbeywood House, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Nottingham.
COUGHLIN, Mrs. R., 17 Alvechurch Highway, Lydiate Ash, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
7 Cox, D. C., 125 Central Avenue, Syston, Leics. (Nursery: Goscote Nurseries,
Ragdale, Melton Mowbray).
DaviEs, J. Gwyn-, Midland Wailboards Ltd., St. Vincent Street, Birmingham 16.
Epwarps, Mrs. M., Ashlands, Stoneleigh Road, Gibbet Hill, Coventry.
ELLIs, Miss F. M., Little Acre, 74 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcs.
Empson, S., St. Margarets, Droitwich, Worcs.
FLETCHER, D. B., 88 Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby.
GLEADALL, Mrs. E. M., 4 Oonchar Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield,
Wartwicks.
GRAVENALL, P., 29 Court Drive, Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffs.
HANSON, F. D., 110 College Road, Moseley, Birmingham 13.
Harpy, G. A., Girvan, Holywell, Shrewley, Warwicks.
HASELER, R., 46 Silhill Hall Road, Solihull, Warwicks.
Hayman, H. V., 31 Main Street, Glenfield, Leicester.
Hay, R. N., 7 High View Avenue, Keyworth, Nottingham.
HEADLEY, W. H., 43 Craighill Road, Knighton, Leicester.
HILL, R., 151 Oldbury Road, Smethwick.
HILTON, SIR DEREK, Eaves, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire.
Horsey, N., 12 Perlethorpe Avenue, Mansfield, Notts.
HurtLey, D., 54 Postbridge Road, Styvechale, Coventry.
Jones, H. R. W., 11 Scott Road, Walsall, Staffs.
JONES, Miss P. M., Fair Acre, Green End, Oswestry, Shropshire.
Key, Mrs. H., Wycombe Lodge, Durcott Road, Evesham, Worcs.
LAUGHER, Miss F. H., 4 Parkway, Stone, Staffs.
* Law, R., Meadows, Draycote, near Rugby, Warwicks.
LEAD, W. L., 22 Imperial Avenue, Gedling, Notts.
LipGaTeE, Miss M. B. S.. The Nutshell, Richards Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire.
LoveGROVE, Mrs. K. A., St. Columba’s, Weobley, Hereford.
_Lums, F., 17 Stanhome Square, Wilford Hill, Nottingham.
NEwTon, A. B., 58 Cole Bank Road, Hail Green, Birmingham 28.
PRINGLE, WM. H., 56 Littleheath Lane, Lickey End, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
PRITCHARD, Miss E., 62 Sherifoot Lane, Four Oaks, Warwicks.
RapDLey, A. D., 68 King Charies Road, Halesowen, Birmingham.
RICHARDS, Mrs. C., Dryhill, Ragdon, Church Stretton, Salop.
+ Roserts, Mrs. E. S., Glenhurst, 121 Hadley Park Road, Leegomery, Wellington,
Shropshire.
ROUGHAN, J. M., 27 Smith Street, Warwick, Warwickshire.
SHACKLOCK, Mrs. P., Applegarth, Paddock Close, Quorn, Leics.
Simons, J. P., Swinford House, Rugby, Warwicks.
{ SPARKES, J. W., Beechwood Nurseries, Gorcott Hill, Redditch, Worcs.
STANLEY, P. J., 20 Corbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.
STREET, H., Hill. House, 38 Wyvern Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.
THOMAS, Mrs. W. H., 19 Jervis Crescent, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.
TRUMAN, Mrs. E., 22 Queen’s Road, Walsall, Staffs.
TuRNER, A. S., 167 Cole Valley Road, Birmingham 28.
WHALLEY, T. W., Highfields, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Nottingham.
WILLIAMS, T. VAUGHAN, The Priory, Pillerton Priors, Warwick.
* Yates, G., Crail House, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Nottingham.

Group 6. Eastern and other North of Thames

AUSTIN, A. J., St. Coronati, Warren Lane, Stanway, Colchester, Essex.

BaILEy, Mrs. M., 32 Cassiobury Drive, Watford, Herts.

BAKER, J. W., Frensham, Blue Mills Hill, Witham, Essex.

BARBER, A. T., Ludgrove, Wokingham, Berks.

Bicc, P. H., 56 Ormond Avenue, Hampton, Middx.

Bircu, Mrs. M. C., 11 Warren Heath Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk.

BisseT, Miss J. M., Kingsmead, Fulmer Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.

BLoom, A. J. R., Foggy Bottom, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk.

BoweN, A. E., 3 Church Road, Pulloxhill, Bedford, Beds.

Bristow, A., The Grange, Thwaite, Eye, Suffolk.

Browne, Mrs. H. H. R., Gordonbush House, Egypt Lane, Farnham Common,
Bucks.

CANDLIN, Mrs, E. M., 22 Clevelands, Abingdon, Berks.

52 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

CHEASON, D. M., 4 Primrose Lane, Waterbeach, Cambs.

CONSTABLE, J. L., Mallard Ducks Hill Road, Northwood, Middx.

Cooper, Mrs. A. I., 24 Westwick Gardens, Cranford, Hounslow, Middx. =

Cowie, A. T., 6 Maiden Erlegh Drive, Earley, Reading, Berks.

CRANE, Mr. & Mrs. H. H., Highmead, Cheney Sireet, Eastcote, Pinner, Middx.

Dopcson, Mrs. F. W., Kaikoura, 127 Heath Park Road, Gidea Park, Essex.

Dorn, A. J., Roughwood, Red Copse Lane; Boars Hill, Oxford.

Duncan, A. McK., Windy Ridge, 32 Parsons Heath, Colchester, Essex.

FERGUSON, H. McL., Pine Cottage, Mackerel Hill, Royston, Herts.

Fincnu, J. E., The Barn, Wargrave Road, Twyford, Berks.

Flick, L. P., 109. Cranborne Waye, Hayes, Middx.

FREEMAN, D. A., The Old House, Princes Risborough, Bucks.

Fry, Mrs. D. I., 11 Digswell Park Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts.

GARRARD, Miss M., The Hollies, Gimingham, Norwich 34Y, Norfolk.

GARVEY, SIR RONALD, K.C.M.G., °K.C.V.O., The Priory, Brandeston,
Woodbridge, Suffolk.

GILMOUR, J., The University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge.

GREEN, Mrs. B., 143 Auckland Road, Ilford, Essex.

GRIFFITHS, V. L., Hillside, Noke, near Oxford.

Haicu, Mrs. G., Tollesburys, Stebbing, Dunmow, Essex.

HARPER, Mrs. P., 29° The Uplands, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.

Hawes, Miss M., 14 Rivermead, Yarmouth Road, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk.

HEADLEY, Mrs. J., Heather Cottage, Robins Hill, Aldringham, near Leiston,
Suffolk.

HENLEY, Mrs. F. H., Gustard Wood House, Wheathampstead, Herts.

HIGIncotHaM, Miss H., Leugars, Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.

HOoL.iinGs, Miss S. M., Oak Apples, Oaklands Lane, Crowthorne, Berks.

Howes, Mrs. V., Green How, Folgate Lane, Old Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk.

HUXTABLE, E. J., Dunstead’s, Ingatestone, Essex.

KirBy, Miss P. ae Holmewood, 183 Finchampstead Road, Wokingham, Berks.

LAWRENCE, C. R., Southernwood, Hargham Road, Attleborough, Norfolk.

Locx, A. J., Gomms Wood, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks.

LONDON, B. G., 2 Adelaide Road, High Wycombe, Bucks.

LOWEN, Mrs. J. E., 40 Priory Road, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, Essex.

MATHEWS, M)ss D. M., 51 Downs Avenue, Pinner, Middx.

May, R. R., Quintons Cottage, East Bergholt, near Colchester, Essex.

McLean, A. G., Calver Lodge, Frithwood Avenue, Northwood, Middx.

MELDRUM, A., Culford House, Mundford, Thetford, Norfolk.

MILNER, Mrs. C. A., 8 Westmoreland Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex.

MITCHELL, G., Heathlands, Doggetts Wood Close, Chalfont St. Giles,. Bucks.

MITCHELL, R., Murray Lodge, Burtons Lane, Chalfont St. Giles.

Moore, S., Nester, Kingfisher Close, Hutton Mount, Brentwood, Essex.

Munn, L. H. C., Bluebell Corner, Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St. Giles.

NEWTON, C., Manor Hotel, Blakeney, Holt, Norfolk.

Parkes, Mrs. D., Longmead, London Road, Braintree, Essex.

PATERSON, A., Little Sparrows, Hadhamford, Little Hadham, Herts.

PEARSON, Mrs. H. E. S., Pepper Alley, High Beech, Loughton, Essex.

PEDRICK, G. F., 9 Cedar Drive, Hatch End, Middx.

Prosio, Dr. F., Metcalfe Farm, Hedgerley, near Slough, Bucks.

PROUDLEY, Mr. & Mrs. B., Aldenham Heather Nursery, Round Bush, Alden-
ham, near Watford, Herts. a

REEVE, Mrs. L., 306 Carterhatch Lane, Forty Hill, Enfield, Middx.

Roserts, G., Pond Cottage, Chapmore End, Ware, Herts.

Ross-Lewin, Major F. H. W., The White House, St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth,

‘ Norfolk.

SMALL, J. R., Little Acre, Hanney Road, Southmoor, Kingston Bagpuize, near
Abingdon.

STEVENS, J. R., 18 Priory Avenue, Harlow, Essex.

Stow, A. J., Josarno, 15 Highlands, Flackwell Heath, Bucks.

Torts, E. J., Hailey House, London Road, Attleborough, Norfolk.

WALLACE, AIR VICE-MARSHAL J. B., O.B.E., Q.H.S.; M.D., Ch.B., 3 Wakehams
Hill, Pinner, Middx.

Wotr, Miss C., 4 Frog Lane, Milton-u-Wychwood, Oxford.

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ABEL, R. C., 250 Maidstone Road, Rainham, Kent.
AISHER, R., Midwest, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent.

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ANDERSON, D. E. L., Little Court, Carron Lane, Midhurst, Sussex.
BEAMAN, Mrs. C. G., 43 Halli Lane, London, N.W.4.
BESSENT, P., Felbrigg, Glenesk Road, Eltham, S.E.9.

f BICKNELL, D. E., Pinks Hill Nurseries. Pinks Hill, Wood Street, Guildford, Sy.
BoLt, H. W., Kyrenia Cottage, 36 Sheephouse, Farnham, Surrey.

* BOWERMAN, Mr. & Mrs. A. H., Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, Sussex.

* BoOxaLL. Mrs. M. L., Gilridge, Sandy Lane, Kingswood, Surrey.

Brew. Miss B. G., Scribes, Tyes Cross, East Grinstead, Sussex.

Brown, Mrs. C. R., Penn Cottage, 1 Downs Road, Seaford, Sussex.

BuckLeEy., R. M., Woodlands, Greenhill Road, Otford, Kent.

Burke, Dr. S. A., Orchard Cottage, Manor House Lane, Effingham, Leather-
head, Surrey.

BURRELL, Mrs. G., Cobbles, Oldiands Avenue, Balcombe, Sussex.

CAMERON, R., Great Comp, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent.

* CHARRINGTON, SIR JOHN & Lapy, High Quarry, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent.
CHARRINGTON, Mrs. N. D., Dye House, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey.
CHURCHILL, P. J., 24 Huntingdon Gardens, Worcester Park, Surrey.

CiarK, E. L., 43 The Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey.

CLAYTON, {f., Dunedin, 70 Keymer Road, Hassocks, Sussex.

CLAYTON, O. J.. 8 Chittenden Cottages, Wisley, Ripley, Woking, Surrey.
CLIFFORD, LT.-Cor. J. A., Bindons, 8 The Avenue, Lewes, Sussex.
Copas, B. A., 13 Pinewood Close, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey.

* CosTAIN, A. P., M.P., Inwarren, Wood'and Way, Kingswood, Surrey.
DANIELLS, Miss R. W., Wacousta. The Bishops Avenue, London, N.2.
DEaAves, C. W., The Warren, Compton Way, Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
DELL, M. R., 24 Bodenham Road, Folkestone, Kent.

DELVES, H. C., Enmore Cottage, Vicarage Road, East Sheen, S.W.14.

’ DICKENSON, C. G., 8 Windyridge Close, Wimbledon, S.W.19.
DockseEy, K., 1 Tower Grove, Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey.
Dor, B., Head Gardener, Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath. Sussex.

~ DoLLey, F..H. SANDERSON, Dolleys Hil! Nurseries, Normandy, Guildford, Surrey.

“DOWLING, R., 41 Northwood Avenue, Purley, Sussex.

Ducuip, Mrs. J., 6 Holbrook Park. Horsham, Sussex.

EpMONDS, C. F:, Phoenix Lodge, Collendene Lane, Norwood Hill, Horley,

Surrey.
Eitis, H. C., Wedlake Letts & Bird, 6 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, W.C.2.
Evans, W., 35 Vale Drive, Horsham, Sussex.
FAULKNER, D., The Butts, Seven Hills Road, Cobham, Surrey.
FILMorE, Miss E., Coolmoyne, 5 Copsewood Way, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent.
ForpD, ProF. EMERITUS P., Lane End, Sandgate Lane, Storrington, Pulborough,
Sussex.

Forty, Mrs. J., Wyke Cottage, Clandon Road, West Clandon, near Guildford,
Surrey.

FREWEN, Lapy, Clench Green, Northiam, Sussex.

Fryver, Miss B. FIELD-, Collington Lodge, Collington Grove, Bexhill-on-Sea,
Sussex.

GAMBLE, Dr. D. R., Sylva, Fairoak Lane, Oxshott, Surrey.

GanT, Mrs. A., 243 Feisham Road, Putney, S.W.15.

GILBERT, Mrs. M. R., Coppins, Offham, Lewes, Sussex.

GORDON-LENNOX, REAR-ADMIRAL A., Fishers Hill, Midhurst, Sussex.

GRANT, Mrs., J. F., Cherries, Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Sussex.

Gray, Mrs. RONALD, Southcote, Hindhead, Surrey.

Have, H. ASHGARTH, Hill Road, Haslemere, Surrey.

Hatt, Mrs. P., Orchard Cottage, Copthorne Road, Felbridge, East Grinstead,

' Sussex.

Hardwick, R. E., The Nurseries, Newick, Sussex.

Harpy, Gen. Sirk CAMPBELL, C.B.E., Bunch Lane House, Haslemere, Surrey.
HARRISON, Mrs. O. B., 23 Woodville Gardens, Ealing, London, W.5.
Heyman, H. E., Wongas Cottage, Redlands, South Holmwood, near Dorking,

Surrey

Hicks, Dr. A. R. H., 106 Balcombe Road, Horley, Surrey.

HILL, Mrs. E. M, Shirley Road, Croydon, Surrey
Hoiman, H. J., The Lodge, Sandhills, Bletchingley, Surrey.

Hunter, R. J., Baringa, Beaconsfield Road, Claygate, Surrey.

JENKINS, G., Windrush, Hickmans Close, Lindfield, Sussex.

Kay, W. A., Doushka, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent.

KAYE, Mrs. H. W., St. Peters Convent, Maybury Hill, Woking, Surrey.

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54 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

KELLAM-SMITH, Miss I., Coolmoyne, 5 Copsewood Way, Bearsted, Maidstone,
Kent.

KenT, C. H. I., Peters Oak, Wellington Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey. S

Kerricu, G. J., Heath Crest, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey.
KIMBER, Mrs. P., Sandways, Upper Bourne Lane, Boundstone, Farnham, Surrey.
LeacH, Mrs. J. R., Caesars Cottage, Camp End Road, St. Georges Hill, Wey-
bridge, Surrey.
KING, Mrs. E., Spindlewood, Glebe Lane, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.
KLEINWORT, Mrs. E. G., Heaselands, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
KosTon, PAuL, Bookseller (S. African Public Library), 42 Newman Street, W.1.
Lawson, Mrs. M., Little Chart, Toys Hill, Westerham, Kent.
Les, Mrs. F. E., Elmslea, Aldworth Avenue, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex.
{ Letts, Mr. & Mrs. J. F., The Farm Nurseries, Westwood Road, Windlesham,
Surrey.
Levy, F. L., Kenmore, The Bishops Avenue, N.2.
McCLINTOCK, D., Bracken Hill, Platt, Kent.
MacLeEop, Mrs. C. I., Yew Trees, Horley Row, Horley, Surrey.
MacLeop, Mrs. V., 12 Lower Sloane Street, S.W.1.
MarTIN, C. F., Woodpeckers, Hillcrest, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
MILLs, F. L., Craven Cottage, 9 Tadorne Road, Tadworth, Surrey.
MELLOWS, W. T., 54 Bramley Avenue, Coulsdon, Surrey.
MILNE, M., Struan, Walton Lane, Bosham, Chichester, Sussex.
MiLsuM, Mrs. J. N., Grays, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.
MITCHELL, T., Poundgate Cottages, Uckfield, Sussex.
Moon, Mrs. F. M., The Red House, Coppice Lane, Reigate, Surrey.
MOoORGENROTH, Mrs. W. J.,. Greensands, Primrose Way, Bramley, Guildford,
Surrey.
NAPIER, G. B., Arden Green, Lingfield, Surrey.
{ NAvARA Nursery Ltp., 12 Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey.
NICHOLSON, H. L., Farm Cottage; Westcott Road, Dorking, Surrey.
OsBorRNn, J. C., Wisdom House, Delmonden Lane, Hawkhurst, Kent.
OweEN, Mrs. R., The White Cottage, Roughway, Tonbridge, Kent.
PascaLL, D., 8 Church Hill, Purley, Surrey.
Patrick, P. S., 11 Clerks Acre, Hassocks, Sussex.
PENNELL, C. E., 13 Church Mead, Keymer, Hassocks, Sussex.
PENRITH, T. J., 104 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent.
Pore, A. L., 9 Laurel Avenue, Englefield Green, Surrey.
PRIMAVESI, Mrs. A. M., 5 Denfield, Tower Hill, Dorking, Surrey.
RANDALL, Mr. & Mrs. H. C. F., Trees, 4 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Kent.
RAYNER, J. N., Fairbourne, 28 The Rise, Sevenoaks, Kent.
REEs, Mrs. I., 225 Lyndhurst Road, Wood Green, N.22.
y~ RUSSELL, J. L. (L. R. Russell & Co.), Richmond Nurseries, Windlesham, Surrey.
* Ryan, Miss I. M. N., The Lithe, Sandy Lane, Reigate Heath, Reigate, Surrey.
SANKEY, M., Gattens, Higher Drive, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Surrey
SHARLAND, W. M., Longacres, Munstead, Godalming, Surrey.
Simms, Mrs. E. K., 4 Haven Close, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, Sussex.
SMALL, D. J., 7 Cornfield Way, Tonbridge, Kent.
* SMITH, Bric. C. H. R., Greenoge, Furze Hill, Seale, Farnham, Surrey.
SMITH, E. W., 96a Camberwell Grove, London, S.E.5.
SPURLING, R. L., 2 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Kent.
STREETON, R. D., Little Harp, The Waldrons, Oxted, Surrey.
Swann, R. S., 82 Pollards Hill North, Norbury, S.W.16.
Tipss, E. L., Carlisle, 19 Tilgate Common, Bietchingley, near Redhill, Surrey.
Top, Mrs. J., Lavender Lodge, Old Schools Lane, Ewell, Surrey.
Topp, Mrs. R., 56 Link Lane, Wallington, Surrey
Tout, H., Little Greeting, West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex.
TURNER, P. B., 22 Rushlake Road, Brighton 6.
TREEN, S. J., August Fie!d, Farley Green, near Albury, Surrey.
Trew, B. A. U., 9 Sylvester Avenue, Chislehurst, Kent.
WALKER, Mrs. E. E., Birchwood, Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey.
WEIGALL, Bric. E. T., Cottage Hill, Rotherfield, Crowborough, Sussex.
WESTALL, B. G., de la Rue House, 84/86 Regent Street, W.1.
WHITE, A., Hopland, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent.
WILLIAMS, G., Crockham House, Westerham, Kent.
WiTcHER, C. R., C.B.E., Camoys Court, Barcombe, Sussex.
WOOLVING, Miss I., 58 Canonbie Road, Forest Hill, S.E.23.
YOULE, Mrs. J., 58 Grand Drive, Raynes Park, S.W.20.

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Group 8. South West
Bose, K. H., 3 Strode Gardens, Sandy Lane, St. Ives, Ringwood, Hants.
Bowes, J. C., 739 Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol.

Brown, J. A., 31 Bowden Hill, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts.

BuLMER, K. H N., The Gables, Ramshill, Petersfield, Hants.

Burritt, Miss J., Aldersyde Cottages, Middle Road, Lytchett Matravers, Poole.

CLaRK, R. S., 45 Downside Avenue, Bitterne, Southampton.

CockKBILL, Mrs. A., Orchardlea, Higher Brooks, Street, Som.

CorrRan, A., 489 Holdenhurst Road, Queens Park, Bournemouth.

Court, W. F., 7 Frogmore Terrace, Kingsbridge, Devon.

CRABB, Miss D. V., Allett Cottage, Allet, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall.

Croap, Miss Z., Greencroft Cottage, Hartley Mauditt, near Alton, Hants.

CUTLER, S. C., Wedgwood, Burley Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, Hants.

DuncyH, Miss D. D., Ashburn, -Fordingbridge, Hants.

FELL, Miss K. M., Corra Cottage, 32 Middlehill Road, Colehill, Wimborne,
Dorset. ‘

FLANAGAN, Mrs. S., Cledry, Lamorna, near Penzance, Cornwall.

GERRARD, Mrs. P. M., 17 Sand:ingham Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton.

GILES, J. C., 21 Chilton Grove, Yeovil, Som.

GINLEY, J. M., 3 Fouracre Crescent, Downend, Bristol.

GouGeE, Mrs. K. E., Fenwynds, Wraxall, near Bristol.

* GREENWOOD, J. E., Priory of Lady St. Mary, Wareham, Dorset.

Hancock, B. S., Broadlands, 34 Whitefield Road, New Milton, Hants.

HAYDEN, Mrs. A. R., Southbank House, High Street, Upper Weston, Bath,

Som.
LANGLANDS, Masor P. C., Gollege, near Wells, Som.
LAVENDER, J. J.. The Wing, Shapwick House, Shapwick, Bridgwater, Som.

7 Lownpbes, D. B., MacPenny’s Nurseries, Bransgore, near Christchurch, Hants.

* MAGINESS, Mrs. D., 19 High Park Road, Broadstone, Dorset.

MEASHAM, Mr. & Mrs. R. J. R., 14 Ryll Court Drive, Exmouth, Devon.
Nosietr, Miss L. H., Brvyants, Curland, Taunton, Som.

*F OSMOND, G., Archfield Nursery, Wickwar, near Wotton-u-Edge, Glos.
Paisu, S. M., 9! Longleaze Estate, Wootton Bassett, near Swindon, Wilts.
PALMER, Mrs. M. F., 128 Clarendon Road, Broadstone, Dorset.

PARKINSON, E., Bursar, Edgehill College, Bideford, Devon.

PLESTED, Mrs. D. M., 15 High Park Road, Broadstone, Dorset.

PRANCE, Mrs. D., Moorlands, Down Road, Tavistock, Devon.

PriDE, T. R., Chetwynd, 188 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton.
RENSHAW, C. S., Allet Cottage, Allet. Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall.

RETTER, C. I., 16 Hillside Burrow, Newton Poppleford, near Sidmouth, Devon.
Ricuarps, Mrs. D. T., Greenacres. Cooks Lane, Axminster, Devon.
ROBERTSON, J. C. F., Brookdene, 43 Cirencester Road, Cheltenham, Glos.
ROLLASON, G., Valetta, 12 Bay Road, Clevedon, Som.

-Rose, D. J. T., Hurtwood, 24 Reservoir Crescent, Elburton, Plymouth, Devon.

~ Rowan, R. R., White Heather Grower, Kernock, Saltash, Cornwall.
RUSSELL, LT.-Cot. P. H. W., Little Kenwyn, Hewshott Lane, Liphook, Hants.
SmMITH, L. W., White Cottage, 6 Sherbrook Close, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
SmiTH, T. C., Heath House, Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, Dorset.

STEVENS, Mr. & Mrs. F. J. (Maxwell & Beale) Ltd.), Naked Cross Nursery,
Corfe. Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset.

SWAFFIELD, Mrs. D., Furze Close, Wootton Rough, near New Milton, Hants.

Tuomas, R. J., The Old Vicarage, St. Erth, Hayle, Cornwall.

Twyne, Miss M. F., Bubbles, Lodge Hill Road, Wickham, Hants.

- UmpELBy, A. W., 14 Willake Road, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot. Devon.
UNDERHILL, T. L., Private House, Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon..
VICKERY, C., Belmont, Victoria Road, Yarmouth, I.o.W.

Weir, Mrs. H. A., Bourne Stream, Holford, Bridgwater, Som.

Wuite, Mrs. J., Green Close, Harrowbeer Lane, Yelverton, Devon.

WISDEN, Miss D. E., Lark Rise, Whitehorn Drive, Landford, near Salisbury,
Wilts.

YEATES, N. H. R., The House in the Wood, 45 Thornhill Park Road,
Thornhill Park, Southampton.

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OVERSEAS MEMBERSHIP

U.S.A.

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N.B. Mrs. Allen particularly invites visitors from Britain to stay with her.

ALLEN, Mrs. H., Box 260, Route 1, Kernersville, N.C. 27284.

ARBORETUM; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105.

BARNES FOUNDATION, Director of the Arboretum, Merion Station, Pennsyl-
vania.

BARTHOLOMEW, Mrs. R., 3820, Scobie Road, Penninsula, Ohio 44264.

BeLt, Miss C. S., 12108 S.W. Lesser Road, Portland:. Oregon 97219.

BOARDMAN, L. V., Route 1, Box 464, Sequim, Washington.

BuSwELL, Mrs. L., Stillington Hall, Gloucester, Mass.

CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF, Serials Dept., General Library, Berkeley,
Calif. 94720.

CHAMBERS, Mrs. J. L., 7205 Blaine Road, Aberdeen, Washington.

CLARKE, Dr. J. Harotp, Long Beach, Washington.

COPELAND, HAROLD W., 77 Harding Lane, Chatham, Mass.

Croxton, Mrs. D. S., 142 McKiernan Drive, Folsom, California 95630.

Davis, Mrs. CHESTER W., 9251 Stafford Road, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022.

Dietz, Mrs. MarsoriE J., 194 Kings Point Road, East Hampton, N.Y.

DRAKE, Mrs. F. H., Box 411, Chatham, Mass.

FOLAND, MILTON, 451 N.W. Skyline Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97229.

FULLER, HENRY R., 41 Sherwood Road, Easton, Conn.

GAMBEE, Mrs. A. SUMNER, 220 Speer Avenue, Englewood, N.J. 07631.

GARDNER, BEN, Box 217, Gold Beach, Oregon.

HOCHHEIMER, LAURENCE, Ridge Farms Road, Norwalk, Conn. 06850.

KeErRSEY, Roy J., Old Lancaster Road, Devon, Penn. ;

KNIGHT, Mrs. RospertT M., Heather Acres, Route 3, Box 231, Elma,
Washington 98541.

Le Genpre Jacques, Gulf Stream Nursery Inc., Wachapreague, Virginia.

Liprary, Rachel McMasters Miler Hunt Botanical, Carnegie Institute of Tech-
nology, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Penn. 15213.

MELLIN, ALBERT A. F., 72 Harrison Street, Garden City, N.Y. 11530.

METHENY, Mrs. D., 2810 46th Avenue W., Seattle, Washington 98199.

Murray, A. Epwarp, Jnr., 70 Kraft Lane, Levittown, Penn. 19055.

NEWTON, Mrs. ELIZABETH, Stone Chimney Gardens, Reading, Vermont 05062.

VAN ORMAN, Mrs. F., 83 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, N.J. 07078.

Papp, Mrs. JaMES E., 16353. Haskins Road, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022.

PETERSON, Mrs. Joan, 359 Lindsey Drive, Berwyn, Penn.

pu Pont, HENRY F., Winterthur, Delaware 19735.

POWELL, Mrs. E. G., 3632 Alaska Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901.

RosBINSON, Howarp G., 28 Lynack Road, Hawthorne, N.J. 07506.

SMITH, HOMER S., 36 46-48th S.W. Seattle, Washington 98116.

+ STEWARD, W. M., Nursery, Route 2, Box 225, Maple Valley, Washington

98038.
STOLLER, DAvID, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton, Ohio 45449.

Canada

EUROPE (Continent of)

Gray, J. C. F., 3180 W.43rd Avenue, Vancouver 13, B.C.
HILL, F., 2309 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C.
LawTon, A. E., 5445 Grove Avenue, R.R.3, Ladner, B.C.
Linrott, Lapy, Earnscliffe, Ottawa, Ontario.

MADSEN, J. O., P.O. Box 9, Whonnock, B.C.

SALTER, A. F., P.O. Box 214, Cloverdale, B.C.

ry

ANDERSEN, Prof. AAGE, Dept. of Hortic. Royal Agricultural College, Rolig-
hedsveg, Copenhagen V, Denmark. |
ARENS, J., Willem Pijperlaan 2, Baarn, Holland. : |
ARREGHINI DR. ING ANTONIO, via Cernaia 9, Milano, Italy. |
BERGE, Hans, (5) Koln am Rhein, Marienburgerstr. 53, Germany. |
Brown, Capt. R. G., Roonstrasse 14, 1000 Berlin 37, Germany. |
VAN DE CRuys, J. DR. COENSRAAT, 8, Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium. |
DANIELS, MEJ. CATH. POLak-, Neuhuyskade, 28, ’s-Gravenhage, Holland. |
VAN DuREN, W. S. M:, Jan van Nassaustraat 51, Hague, Holland.
FROLICH, Mrs. TorsorG, Skjoldberg 19, Nesstun, pr Bergen, Norway.
GEMEENTELIJKE BEPLANTINGEN, Bossen en _ Begraafplaatsen, Driebergen-Rijsen-
burg, Holland.

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GROOTENDORST, HERMAN J., Acadia-Burg, Colijnstraat 106, Boskoop, Holland.

JANSON, A. W., Rua de Fez, 181, Nevogilde, Porto, Portugal.

KLEINSCHMIDT-BOERSTRA, MR. & Mrs. P. G., Daansbergen 18, Halsteren,
Ho!land.

Kox, E. B., Groenlaantje 14, Nunspeet, Holland.

DE LAVAULX, MME. A., Parc Vatonne-Yvette, Gif-sur Yvette (Seine et Oise),
France.

Lima, Mrs. INGRID, Madlalia, pr Stavanger, Norway.

THOMSEN, HuGo, Kirkegade 60, Ikast, Denmark.

VENEMA, Prof. H. J., Director, Botanical Gardens & Belmonte Arboretum,
Gen. Foulkesweg 37, Wageningen, Holland.

Wuoyts, O. F., 63 Voskenslaan, Ghent, Belgium.

Other Overseas Members

Ecay, J.- PANIEGO (Consulado da Espanha), Caixa Postal 373, Bahia, Brazil.
Forster, M. E., 16 Georges River Crescent, Oyster Bay, N.S.W., Australia.
HuaGues, S. R., 99 Bushey Hi'l Street, Tapanui, W. Otago, New Zealand.
NATIONAL LIBRARIAN, National Library Service, Private Bag, Wellington, N.Z.
Newman, A. W., Newmans Nurseries, Charlton Road, No. 4 R.D., Gore, N.Z.
YounGc, Mrs. J. M., Dundonald, Springhills, No. 6 R.D., Invercargill, N.Z.
CREWE-Brown, J. E., 51 Janet Street, Florida, Transvaal, South Africa.
Keats, Mrs. F. A., 2 Holiings Road, Malvern, Natal, South Africa.

Warr, G. M., Managra, c/o D.S.A.O., King Charles Street, London, S.W.1,

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A NEW IDEA FROM

JOHN F. LETTS
WITH YOUR SUPPORT

Some time ago a friend of mine was wearing a
rather attractive tie. He told me that it was
specifically designed to his own requirements
and promised to put me in touch with the
designer and manufacturer.

The seed having been sown, I thought that it
would be an excellent idea to have a tie de-
signed for all heather enthusiasts. Simplicity, I
think, must be the theme of the design, and it
would be manufactured in either Crimpolene or
Terylene, with the heather sprig embroidered in
silk.

Naturally, ideas of this nature are expensive
undertakings, and before going ahead I would
be pleased to hear your comments and whether
you would be willing to purchase a tie. The cost
will be 25/- each (6 or more at 21/- each).
Your suggestions will also be most welcome.

JOHN F. LETTS
THE HEATHER SPECIALIST

THE ENGLISH
HEATHER GARDEN

BY
D. F. MAXWELL and P. S. PATRICK

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THE

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OPEN EACH SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR

VISITORS WHO WISH TO SELECT THEIR PLANTS FROM

A WIDE RANGE OF POPULAR AND LESS COMMON
VARIETIES OF HEATHERS

MAXICROP FOR ERICACEAE

Maxicrop is used by professional growers
and gardeners all over the country.

It stimulates vigorous, healthy growth,
and is a valuable aid in propagation.
Those on limy soils should use Maxicrop
complexed Iron. A watering every 3-4 weeks
at 1:300 will keep your plants
growing at negligible cost.
STANDARD MAXICROP 26/6 gal.
MAXICROP COMPLEXED IRON 27/6 gal.

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Telephone: EAST HADDON 227

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NORMANDY - GUILDFORD - SURREY
Telephone: Normandy 2144

GROWERS OF TOP QUALITY HEATHERS

Careful labelling and correct nomenclature
is considered to be a prime objective.

Visitors are welcome (Tuesdays excepted) to
view over 100 varieties growing in our display
garden

— descriptive catalogue on request —

el.: Blidworth 2756

A. Annabel

Springwood, Church Drive, Ravenshead, Notts.

for HEATHS and HEATHERS to give
colour all the year round

Send for our fully descriptive catalogue of the 100 or so
varieties we grow in quantity, or ask for special plants
from the 200 varieties at present in our gardens.

All varieties available as open ground plants or
container grown for summer planting.

IRISH HEATHERS ARE GOOD:

BUT OURS ARE OUTSTANDING!
Collections for colour at a certain time or
throughout the year made up to suit your
requirements.
illustrated Shrub Catalogue—2/6 incl. postage

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NEWRY, N. [IRELAND

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and other choice plants

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ERICAS
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SOUTHERN AFRICA

H. A. BAKER and E. G. H. OLIVER
Published by Purnell, Cape Town, South Africa

Comprising 350 pages, 112 pages in five
colour lithograph, line drawings and
distribution maps.

Size 103 by 74 ins. with full colour dust
jacket. :

Ordinary Edition £7 6s.

Limited Collectors Edition, full leather
gold blocked, £12 5s. 4d.

The only illustrated work devoted exclusive-
ly to South African Ericas since the Andrews’
classic illustrated works published in England
one hundred and fifty years ago.

As it is not possible in a single volume
adequately to describe and illustrate each of
the 600 species in this vast genus, the work is
representative of a cross section of the genus as
a whole throughout Southern Africa and 167
species are illustrated in full colour and great
detail, with special reference to size, range of
form, colour variations and geographical dis-
tribution.

Obtainable from :—
PILGRIM’S BOOKSELLERS (Cape) (Pry) LTD.,
P.O. Box 3559, Carpe Town, SouTH AFRICA.

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Descriptive Catalogue
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We have a large selection of DWARF

CONIFERS - suitable for SMALL

HEATHER GARDENS, or SINK
| GARDENS

DWARF EVERGREEN JAPANESE

AZALEAS covering APRIL — JULY

Full cultural notes sent with every

order and also hints on planting, etc.

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NAKED CROSS NURSERY
CORFE MULLEN, WIMBORNE, DORSET
Telephone: BROADSTONE 3256

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