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President
SIR JOHN CHARRINGTON

Vice-Presidents

MRS RONALD GRAY MRS DAVID METHENY

MR J. P. ARDRON MR HAROLD COPELAND

MR DAVID McCLINTOCK MR P. S. PATRICK
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Secretary
MRS C. I. MAacLEOD
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Treasurer
MR E. R. TURNER

Slide Librarian
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MRS A. H. BOWERMAN MR G. MITCHELL
MRS M. BOXALL MR H. L. NICHOLSON
MRS M. PALMER MR A. TAYLOR
MR B. G. LONDON MR D. J. SMALL
MR B. MALIN MR G. P. VICKERS
Editor

MR P. S. PATRICK

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CONTENTS
Volume 2, No. 2

IN MEMORIAM: Mr Fred J. Chapple

HEATHER EVERYWHERE Mr Fred J. Chapple
THE SECRETARY’S REPORT ..

THE TREASURER’S REPORT

WESTHAM HOUSE Mr A. J. Stow

CINEREAS The President : a
HEATHERS IN THE HEBRIDES K. A. H. Cassels
CALLUNA VARIATIONS J. E. Cross we
HARLOW CAR HEATHER TRIALS. G. P. Vickers
LETTER FROM AMERICA. Mrs P. Harper
HEATHERS IN THE SWISS ALPS Mme V. Colmegna

BOOK REVIEWS
The Story of a Garden ..
Ecology of Heathlands ..
Conifers for your Garden

B. G. LONDON AT HOME Eastern Daily Press
PRUNING HEATHERS F. Hamer and G. P. Vickers
SEEDS AND SOPHISTRY Mrs Betty Kershaw
HEATHS AT THE CAPE Mrs C. I. MacLeod
HEATHERS FROM SEED 4. S. Turner
“REDRIGGS’ W. L. Lead

SOME CONIFERS FOR THE HEATHER GARDEN
Mrs E. Bezzant

GAZETTEER OF HEATHER NAMES—PART 1
D. McClintock

RECENT WRITING ON HEATHERS, 1972 ..
LIST OF MEMBERS

Printed by the Ditchling Press Ltd, Hassocks, Sussex, and published
by The Heather Society. Copyright is reserved.

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A Valediction: Fred J. Chapple
J. P. Ardron, Sheffield

Sadly, we shall miss the warm friendship of this gentle man,
Fred J. Chapple, who died on December 5th, 1972.

_ The inspiration of so many heather enthusiasts, his writing
of The Heather Garden largely prepared the ground for the
foundation of The Heather Society in 1963. Enthusiasm for
heather gardening continued to flow from his facile pen in
countless articles and photographic illustrations in gardening
journals: he was our prime ambassador.

Many of us will remember gratefully the charm of this
quiet man who nevertheless retained a measure of persistence
which brought many a suggestion to fruition. He it was who
advocated the ‘week-end’ conferences at which he was such
a delightful companion.

His many qualities can be discerned by reading between
the lines of his ‘swan song’—which we here reprint from
Bulletin 13:

‘Summer 1971. OUR FIRST PRESIDENT SAYS “‘“GOOD-
BYE”. : 3

In retiring as the first President of the Heather Society I

think of all those members I have called on in Cheshire,

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Derbyshire, Lancashire, Notts., Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey,
Bucks., Worcs., North Wales, Northern Ireland and the
Isle of Man. Also, I was glad to welcome members on
holiday in the Isle of Man and to show them our heather
gardens. Unfortunately my plans to go to Scotland did not
materialise. There were those too I met at seven successive
annual meetings and the cheerful contingency from far-
flung abodes which gathered together at Harlow Car, Ness
and Nottingham. Wherever I went I enjoyed chatting with
members and seeing their gardens. It was very nice meeting
our overseas friends, Doctor and Mrs Metheny from
Seattle, and to recall in writing these lines their generous
gift of slides.

Of the nursery members I visited there were Mr Leslie
Slinger (Slieve Donard, N. Ireland), who introduced me to
Calluna “Tomentosa’ twenty years ago; Mr George
Hamer (Chisworth, Cheshire), a remarkable agile man who
bubbles over with activity and will talk until every cutting
roots; Mr and Mrs J. F. Letts and their attractive Windle-
sham garden; Mr F. J. Stevens, running the old firm of
Maxwell & Beale, Dorset; Mr A. Annabel, Ravenshead,
Notts., who gave up a commercial career for professional
horticulture; Mr J. L. Russell, V.M.H., and a Vice-President
of the Royal Horticultural Society with his shrub garden
centre in Windlesham; and the “Sparkes-es’’ at Gorcott
Hill, who love the simple life in the woodlands which they
would not exchange for all the money in Threadneedle
Street. :

Quite apart from growing heathers—our main purpose—
what I really treasure is the most friendly lot of people I
have ever met.

Looking back to 1951 and 1952, on the face of it a Heather
Society seemed a feasible proposition. But to get it started, ©
supported and financed was something quite different. A
small band in London on February 20th, 1963, founded the
‘Society. It was a momentous meeting and I was glad to have
been there.

We owe a lot to the pioneers, the hard work of a cheerful
Secretary, Mrs C. I. MacLeod; an inspiring lead given by
Sir John Charrington, and later the valuable botanical
research by David McClintock; the editing of an informative

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Year Book by the great veteran “Pat” Patrick, a ““Man of
Letters”—(not forgetting Mrs Harper’s editorship); John
Ardron’s “spadework’”’ in rallying the northern brigade; Mr
Prew’s service in housing and distributing the slides—a

painstaking task.
Sometimes a farewell brings sadness: this one brings joy.
FRED J. CHAPPLE.’

Sa

Just before he died Fred Chapple wrote one final article for
us which is published below. It must have given him a lot of
satisfaction as it is no coincidence that since the publication
of his book The Heather Garden in 1952 you now find
‘heather everywhere’.

Heather Everywhere

I find in travelling through different parts of the country
that heather is more abundant than ever, even in places
where you would least expect to see it. It is cultivated
more widely as a plant now recognised for its usefulness and
adornment in flower and foliage; to brighten odd corners,
such as open ground in a market town, a patch near the
railway station, a display in the forefront of a modern
library, as edgings to plots on housing estates, and we see
it in schools and hospital grounds.

Petrol stations have a few clumps, a table on a street
pavement is used as a stall in selling heather for a charity,
and instead of a small flag pinned on the coat, sprigs of
moorland heather are set on a tray and sold in aid ot a
good cause.

I came across heathers (Calluna) with a rose tree in the
centre of a tub on each side of the porch of Bunbury Parish
Church (St Boniface), Cheshire, and a day or two previously
I noticed very good carneas in the heart of Salford.

Ten years ago heather in parks was on a limited scale.
Today they are in almost every park in the country; quite

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a number have a heather garden as a feature of the park,
with plenty of colour in winter time. It was rare to see heather
in private gardens during the 1950’s, now more are grown in
suburbs and country districts.

Heathers feature in seaside gardens, in the parks, on the
promenade, and in open spaces around the town. This
upsurge of the last few years has made countless numbers of
people aware of the value in these plants.

In the Rural Science course at Castle Rushen School,
Isle of Man, boys and girls are taught, successfully, how to
prepare heather cuttings in the compost they have prepared
and how to layer (trench layering, as described in my book).
When rooted they can take them home, if they wish to do so.
Old scholars who have grown up, enjoy in their gardens
heathers which are now well-developed plants and which
they propagated at school.

FRED J. CHAPPLE

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The Secretary’s Report

The year 1972, successful in many ways for the Heather
Society, has yet been overshadowed by three sudden deaths,
those of Dr Metheny, husband of our Seattle Vice-President,
Mrs Dorothy Metheny; Brigadier Montgomery, whose
beautiful garden, “Kinlochruel’, had been visited by our
West of Scotland branch shortly before; and lastly, our
Past-President, Fred J. Chapple. His picture, just ten years —
ago, formed the frontispiece of our first Year Book: we
repeat it now as a tribute to one so familiar and so well-
‘loved.

The compiling of this Year Book fell to our new sub-
editor, Mr Arnold Stow, owing to the indisposition of Mr
Patrick, who served us faithfully and well for a further five
years after he had resigned in favour of Mrs Harper. Mr
Turner speaks of our finances: I can only repeat my deep
sense of gratitude that he shouldered my burden so willingly.

New and energetic additions to our Committee will, we

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are certain, bring new ideas to bear on the conduct of our
affairs. Lecturers are constantly being asked for: we have
no such panel. We see future ‘garden visits’ more in the
light of. smaller, more personal gatherings with definite
activities provided. To begin with, Mrs Ronald Gray is
inviting to her Hindhead home (and greenhouses!) genuine
Cape Heath growers only on Saturday, April 7th. Let me
know who you are, in order to send out invitations.

We again urge members and their friends to support the
August 17th-20th Conference at Dartington Hall, Totnes,
Devon, a unique chance, thanks to our Committee member
Mrs Boxall, to visit this famous centre of the arts.

As regards our ‘sister-Society’, Ericultura, the Dutch
Heather Society, Mr Nicholson, one of the only two British
members, keeps us informed. In the two years of its existence,
the membership has reached 305. In their latest Com-
munication No. 7, we are told of an interesting ‘Selection
Questionnaire’ as a result of which 125 cultivars had been
assessed. Some had been recommended, others eliminated,
not always consistent with our experience in Britain, but
doubtless true in Holland. If the newer Dutch cultivars are
as good as they would appear, and we refer to the callunas
Katinka, Christina, Ineke and Roland Hagen, they ought
to be more widely grown over here.

Finally, we thank the following nurserymen who, in
response to an appeal from Mr London, sent us their
catalogues:
Abberley Hill Nursery, Worcs. (D. & M. Everett).
Clive Benson, Preston, Lancs.
Mrs J. L. Benson, Craven Arms, Salop.
Craigmarloch Nursery, Kilsyth by Glasgow

(A. McFarlane).
M. G. Frye, Thundersley, Essex.
Knap Hill Nursery, Woking.
Le Grice (Roses) Ltd, North Walsham, Norfolk.
Oliver & Hunter, Moniaive, Dumfries.
Geo. Osmond, Archfield, Nursery, Wickwar, Glos.
J. L. Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Windlesham.
Sheriffston Gardens, Elgin (Mrs M. Black).
Gervase Smith, Matlock, Derby.
Sunningdale Nurseries (Waterer’ s Group).

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Sylvan Nurseries, So. Westport, Mass., U.S.A.

Tabrambill Gardens, Nottingham.
We would welcome others. ae

C. I. MacLEop

From the Treasurer
My thanks to the members who responded to the appeal for
payment of subscriptions by Banker’s Order and under
Covenant. |

The number has now reached a total of 22° by Banker’s
Order but the remainder still pay by cheque, postal order or
International Money Order. So far 46 Covenants have been
received, from which the Society will benefit by refund of
tax amounting to about £25 in the year. This will not go
very far to meet our mounting costs. May I therefore draw
attention to the forms enclosed with the Year Book and so
save yourselves and the Society expense and trouble.

Receipts are only sent out with the next publication, unless
a stamped addressed envelope is sent with your payment.

E. R. TURNER

Ss

Westham House 1972
A. J. Stow, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire

By the time this report is printed in the 1973 Year Book,
eleven months will have elapsed since the first ever A.G.M.
and weekend conference was held at Westham House,
Warwickshire, during a cold and windy April weekend in
1972. If it was cold outside, it certainly wasn’t inside as some
40 members met at dinner on that Friday evening intent on
exchanging views and ideas, meeting old friends and making
new ones.

Looking round the room over dinner, I recognised Mrs
MacLeod. No meeting would be complete without her, and
I was so pleased to hear later that evening that at long last a
cultivar had been named after her, namely, Constance, and

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I heard it said that she was blushing beautifully at Harlow
Car! Fred Chapple was there, not so keen on travelling
these days but still prepared to cross from the Isle of Man
to be with us. John Ardron also, and Peter Vickers, who
had made such an impact with his talk on propagation at
Grantley Hall the previous August.

After dinner John Ardron opened the proceedings with
an account of the Harlow Car Heather project—a most
ambitious undertaking, this, proceeding well despite being
hit by storm, flood, and dearth of labour. Any talk by this
enthusiastic Yorkshireman is enjoyable, but when illustrated
with excellent slides it was by any standards a grand start to
the conference.

On Saturday morning Fred Chapple spoke on how he
came to write his book, The Heather Garden, and very
interesting this was. Unfortunately it is now out of print,
with no likelihood of ever being reprinted, so a word of
advice for those lucky members who have a copy: look after
it carefully, for in years to come it will be priceless if it
isn’t already. Several interesting points arose following this
talk; for instance, it was thought that any further books on
heather would have to be illustrated in colour, also the need
of enthusiasts was for a paper-back edition small enough to
slip into a pocket when on excursions, etc.

After coffee the weekend continued with details of various
members’ propagation techniques, the most interesting being
Mr A. S. Turner’s seed method, but as the Editor has
received an article from Mr Turner himself for the Year
Book, Pll let him tell you more about it himself.

On Saturday evening, following the A.G.M. in the after-
noon, Mr Prew, the Society’s slide librarian, entertained
us with some superb slides (what an expert photographer he
is); his close-ups of parts of a heather flower were most
interesting and illuminating. Mrs Bowerman then showed
some more slides illustrating the article ‘Early Days at
Champs Hill’ which appeared in the 1972 Year Book. Here
my restricted vocabulary fails me, for no words of mine can
aptly describe the sheer magnificence of the grounds sur-
rounding their home.

On Sunday morning Mr Bowerman chaired a Brains
Trust of David McClintock, Jack London, Mrs Haigh and

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Mr Street; there is never any lack of questions on these
occasions and the panel were kept very busy until the coffee
bell. :

After coffee there followed a quiz, a light-hearted affair
this; it was not designed to be, but there was an ‘end-of-
term’ atmosphere prevailing. It had been a grand weekend,
enjoyed by all concerned, but in the midst of the frivolity,
let us not forget the quiz winner, Mr Platt, from Lancashire,
who attained 30 marks out of a possible 35, a very commend-
able effort indeed. |

After lunch we said our goodbyes and went our various
ways, some members calling at Hidcote Manor Garden on
their way home, others omitting this part of the weekend
itinerary, but all, ’'m sure, very happy with a most rewarding
weekend.

——_>

Cinereas
Sir John Charrington, Crockham Hill, Kent

Eighteen months or so ago I dug up quite a number of
heather plants, 10 or 12 years old, which had grown woody
and too tall.

The space was forked over, well peated, and a year ago I
replanted with mostly cinereas; partly because they fiower
earlier than other summer varieties, and partly because they
are lower growing varieties.

[t has occurred to me that some members might be
interested to hear my experience now that they have ~
flowered this summer.

‘Alba minor.’ A delightful, dwarf plant which has flowered
well.

‘Apple Blossom.’ I am in some doubt about this variety,
as most have white bloom and a few pink. Not too good.

‘C. D. Eason.’ An old friend of mine of which I am especially
fond. However, the new ones, of which I have about 50
and which are not all in one part of the garden, have

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tended to die off, when about to flower, in a distressing

manner. I should be interested to know if this attractive

variety does incline to be delicate until well established.

“Coccinea.’ Excellent little plants with much bloom.

‘Eden Valley.’ Successful in every way; strong growing and
attractive in colour.

‘Domino.’ The white bloom has been rather scarce, but I
expect there will be more in future. Otherwise a satis-
factory variety.

‘Lilac Time.’ A new one to me and quite satisfactory.

“Pink Ice.’ A delightful plant, but rather less bloom this year
than I had hoped for.

‘Purple Beauty.’ Excellent variety, with strong growth and
good bloom, which has lasted well.

“Vivienne Patricia.’ Pleasing bloom, but, like C. D. Eason,
too many have died off when just in flower.

I realise that of the summer flowering heathers the
callunas must have pride of place. Not only are they the
finest and most showy plants seen then, but they are at their
best when many gardens are beginning to look tired; but
cinereas have a particular attraction for me by keeping the
family of heathers in full show when summer gardens are
at their best.

As one grows older, too, I appreciate sorts which require
the minimum of clipping and are handy to deal with.

So long live the Bell Heather.

———

Heathers in the Hebrides
K. A. H. Cassels, Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland

I do not think my wife knew what she was starting when in
1963 she gave me a bargain collection of winter-flowering
heaths. As far as I can remember there were three plants
each of E. x ‘Silberschmelze’, E. x darleyensis and E. carnea
“King George’.

I should explain that I am a frustrated gardener. I have
always wanted to make gardens—not formal gardens, wild

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gardens—and have been constantly thwarted because my
work is such that I may have to move my home at short
notice. Having made one garden in East Lothian and had to
leave it, I was more cautious in Inverness, but still spent a
good deal on my garden there, and had to leave it in its turn.
So when I came to Argyll I was determined to spend
nothing on the garden. I have, of course; one or two shrubs
were needed, certain special favourites like Meconopsis
grandis crept in, but on the whole I managed to restrain my
ardour and the garden in Argyll remains largely as it was
when we came, herbaceous borders, rose beds, shrubbery
and kitchen garden. Nowhere for heathers; they just did not
fit into the scheme.

So the bargain collection of winter-flowering heaths was
rather an embarrassment. Where to plant them? As usual,
my wife came up with the answer. “Why don’t. you take them
to Coll?’ she said.

I should explain about Coll. Through a series of very
happy coincidences we are the owners of a house on the
enchanting island of Coll in the Hebrides. It is a grey stone
house standing on a shelf half-way up a rocky hillside facing
due south with a view down a sea loch to the Treshnish
Islands and the far coast of Mull. It is a view to look at
winter or summer, daylight or moonlight, calm or storm.
We spend a lot of time doing just that.

I had always meant to make a garden in Coll, but not
until I retired and could spend more time there. Meanwhile
I was content with the wild flowers, patches of birds-foot
trefoil and vetch, purple knapweed, blue sheep’s bit
scabious, white Burnet rose, the flame of yellow gorse in the
spring and sheets of bell heather and ling climbing round the ~
shoulders of the grey rocks.

But now those few words ‘Why not take them to Coll?
‘opened the sort of mental picture, which all gardeners will
recognise, of a garden-to-be of sheets of winter-flowering
heaths extending the flowering season of the native heaths
and heather, adding colour to the Spring which comes late
as far north as this. I duly took the bargain collection to Coll
and planted them at Easter 1963.

I made several mistakes. I set the plants too close together
and I selected sites where the native heath was replaced by —

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grass. I wanted the heathers, not the grass, so it seemed
natural to dig up the latter and plant my heaths in its place.
I did not stop to wonder why grass replaced heather at those
particular spots. I found out in 1968.

These 1963 plantings grew quickly. I discovered I had an
almost ideal heather soil, a gritty peaty loam. I had a damp
oceanic climate and presumably all the right bacteria from
the local heather. I obtained Mr Letts’ catalogue and started
to plan extensions.

In 1964 I planted a Daboecia cantabrica ‘Alba’, “Atro-
purpurea’ and ‘Praegerae’. I also planted Phyllodoce
caerulea in a hollow on top of a rock where it spread slowly
and flowered gaily until the dread year of 1968. This plant
is a particular favourite of mine because of its extraordinary
distribution. It has been known for over 150 years from one
patch on one mountain in Perthshire. Then a year or two
ago it was found on a mountain in Inverness-shire. It must
be just waiting to be found in other places as well. Also in
this year I planted a big patch of another special favourite,
E. carnea ‘Vivellii’, to my mind the best of all the carneas.

I did not. do much planting in 1965, just Phyllodoce
glanduliflora and Erica umbellata.

Up to this point I had been utilising natural spaces for
my new plantings, merely digging out a few turves where
rough grass predominated to make a planting site. In 1966
I started to reclaim ground overgrown with bracken, grass,
dwarf willow and creeping brambles. Until now I had only
been flirting with the idea of a heather garden; 1965 marks
the end of the beginning.

In 1966 I had quite an area of ground ready and I planted
a lot of carneas: ‘C. J. Backhouse’, ‘Eileen Porter’, “Gracilis’,
‘Loughrigg’, “Snow Queen’ and the two Springwoods. The
three E. ciliaris cultivars ‘Maweana’, ‘Stoborough’ and
“Wych’ were established. I also started on Tetralix with
‘Alba Mollis’, ‘Con Underwood’, “Ken Underwood’ and
‘L. E. Underwood’, and the vagans with “Lyonesse’ and
“Mrs D. F. Maxwell’. Unfortunately the site I chose for the
Tetralix varieties proved rather too dry and they are not
really happy; I shall have to find a new home for them.
Lastly, greatly daring, I planted E. pageana in a very sheltered
corner. I nearly lost it from being too careful as I did not

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plant till May and it had to establish itself in very dry
conditions.

The following year I broke up more ground on a steep
bank facing the sea and planted it with E. vagans ‘Rubra’,
‘St Keverne’ and ‘Cream’. They loved it and this is still
one of my most successful plantings; what a show they make
in September! I really think E. vagans in its various cultivars
is my favourite species. This year I also planted E. arborea
‘Alpina’ and E. /usitanica. E. pageana had had a struggle to
establish itself but by the spring of 1967 it settled down to
grow and made a very fine bush during that year.

I must now explain some of the climatic vagaries of the
west coast of Scotland and the Isle of Coll in particular.
The first thing to remember is that the spine of mountains —
down the centre of Scotland cuts the country in half longi-
tudinally, and that this is much more important than the
latitudinal division of north and south. The two sides of the
country rarely have the same weather. The west coast is
warm and damp and tender plants can be grown successfully
as far north as the famous gardens of Inverewe in Wester
Ross, thanks to the kindly influence of the Gulf Stream.
The Isle of Coll is further west still and its mean winter
temperatures are some 4° warmer than the west coast of the
mainland, though slightly cooler in summer because of the
breezes off the sea. Like the neighbouring island of Tralee,
Coll is low, the highest point being only 169 feet above sea
level. This reduces the rainfall and greatly increases the
hours of sunshine.

Everyone who lives in the south and west will remember
1968 as the year when it never stopped raining. Wine-lovers
will know that virtually no wine was made because the ~
vintage was so bad. And in Coll? Day after day, week after
week, month after month, the sun shone twelve and fourteen
-hours a day and no rain fell. At Easter I planted E. cinerea
“Apple Blossom’, “Cevennes’ and E. hibernica ‘Coccinea’.
How they managed to live I do not know. Encouraged by
the success of E. pageana J also planted E. canaliculata and —
one plant survived; it is still growing well. E. pageana was a
picture that spring covered with buttercup yellow flowers.

One of the hazards of gardening in Coll is that the bedrock
is never far away. In the deeper pockets there may be two

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feet of soil but over large areas there may only be a few
inches. It seems too fantastic to say it of any place in the
British Isles, but the drought that started in the spring of
1968 did not really break in Coll for over a year. It is true
that in the autumn and winter we had occasional days of
light drizzle—what the English call ‘Scotch mist’—but no
really heavy rain fell until the end of June 1969. Most of
the soil in the garden dried out completely; even a foot
below the surface it was powder-dry. I discovered now, alas,
why grass had formerly grown where I had planted my first
heaths; there was insufficient depth of soil for heaths in dry
weather. In consequence I lost most of my ‘°C. J. Backhouse’
and the ‘Gracilis’, all the “King George’, most of the
‘Loughrigg’, ‘Springwood Pink’ and all the ‘Springwood
White’, “Vivellii’, x darleyensis and ‘Silberschmelze’, E.
Mackaiana, E. umbellata and Phyllodoce caerulea, all of
which I had planted the previous year. Great stretches of
natural ling and bell heather died; all over the island it is
still possible to see patches of dead heather dating back to
that drought. The most bitter loss of all was Erica pageana,
just when it was established and growing so well. Worse
still, I have not been able to obtain plants of this species
since to re-establish it.

It seems an odd quirk of fate to lose a Cape Heath from
drought in the summer after it had survived two winters out
of doors unprotected except for a wind guard.

In 1969 I began repairing the damage by replacing some
of the dead plants and adding E. cinerea ‘Velvet Night’,
the hybrids ‘Arthur Johnson’ and ‘Dawn’, and E. hibernica
‘Glauca’, with “W. T. Rackliff’ and ‘Superba’ from my own —
cuttings.

My interest in Cape Heaths was further stirred this year
by the gift of Baker and Oliver’s magnificent book on
Ericas in Southern Africa. Like most other people, I had
thought of Ericas as northern moorland plants and it came
as a revelation that. though Europe can boast 14 species,
South Africa has over 600. Almost at once I began to
wonder whether the mild climate of Coll might give me an
advantage and make it possible to grow some at least of
these out of doors. My success (or was it luck?) with E.
canaliculata, and the fact that I had only lost E. pageana

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from drought, encouraged me. I obtained seeds of E.
glandulosa and E. oatesii from a well-known British seeds- ~
man and sowed them in a peat and sand mix in covered
seed pans, moving the resulting plants, which had grown
without protection in an uncovered frame, to Coll in the
spring of 1971. At Christmas 1969 I saw some most attrac-
tive Cape Heaths in the florists’ shops. One of these was
E.x “Dusky Maid’, a very handsome red and yellow cultivar;
another E. x ‘Majestic’, both derived from E. hyemalis, a
Cape Heath. I took great care not to let these dry out and,
after carefully hardening them off in the spring, planted them
out. By the spring of 1971, after a year out of doors,
‘Majestic’ had grown quite well and ‘Dusky Maid’ was
magnificent, the plants having grown enormously and the
individual flowers seeming to be bigger and more brilliantly
coloured; it really is a most spectacular plant. I can
appreciate that in South Africa, with its incredible richness
of species to call on, these hybrids are not of great interest,
but in Britain they seem to me to have a number of advan-
tages. Hybrid vigour may give them a little more hardiness
than their parents; they are available, which most of the
Cape Heaths are not, and they are a complete change from
the familiar hardy heaths which we grow, many of the
varieties which are, after all, very like one another.

In 1970 I obtained my first Erica seed from South Africa
of a number of species. Again I sowed in peat and sand, in
covered pans; the germination varied enormously. The really
difficult part seems to be keeping the seedlings going through
their first winter: with no glass I tried unsuccessfully to do
this in the house. However, Brigadier Montgomery did much
better with seed I passed to him and I now have nice plants —
of E. baccans to go to Coll next spring. I acquired more
South African seed in 1971 and having, most kindly, been
‘allowed part of a friend’s greenhouse I have nice seedlings
of a number of species coming on. It is too early to say how
they will do and I will not tempt the gods by naming them.

A red-letter day for which I shall never cease to be grateful
was when, during a marvellous trip to South Africa, I had
the opportunity, under Oliver’s expert guidance, of seeing a
number of species in their native habitat.

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Calluna Variations
J. E. Cross, Cutchoque, New York

The extreme variations to be found in the single species,
Calluna vulgaris, are a never-ending source of amazement.
A quick glance at the best known of the named cultivars
provides ample evidence of the range of variation. In
addition, close and regular observation reveals all sorts of
peculiarities, some of which are noted here in the hope that
they will be of as much interest to others as they are to me.

The flower of ‘Bronze Beauty’ (as best can be determined,
a seedling selection of the late Mrs Esther Deutsch) and
“Hershey’s Late’ (which appears identical) is a real curiosity
in terms of both time of bloom and nature of its develop-
ment. On Long Island it wants to bloom in December when
we reach our shortest days but, many years, a hard freeze
will prevent most of the well-coloured buds from opening.
A long cloudy period in the fall, possibly combined with
early white frosts will sometimes bring this cultivar into
bloom in October or November, particularly so when
container grown.

The flower buds do not develop in the normal manner
but slowly abort from the outer end of the small side
branches of new and unhardened foliage. The first sign of
flower development is a slight change in colour at the branch
tip and even after this has accentuated to the point of a very
distinct red purple with a silver cast, the shape remains that
of the original side branches with unopened leaves. The
indentations marking the separation of the overlapped leaves
and the leaf ridges never disappear as the bloom appears but
remain as an elongated form of calyx as wide and long as the
corolla. By the time the bud is ready to open, the colouration
of the bud extends well down through this ‘calyx’. :

‘Minima Smith’s Variety’ (latter assumed, not confirmed
by any real authority) presents an interesting study because
of the variety of forms which one can obtain from cuttings
taken from a single plant. The progeny range from tennis-
ball mounds of yellowish-green surface interrupted only by
small tufted peaks to much larger darker green collections
of tight foliaged plumes resembling a circle of a cat’s tails

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emanating out radially from the plant’s centres. The more
diminutive forms are almost identical to the plants one can
obtain when rooting the small distortions (witch’s brooms)
which frequently appear on this plant. Incidentally, these
witch’s brooms do not survive our winters on the parent
plant but the hardened-up rooted cuttings of the brooms do
survive.

One of the most interesting of all these unusual charac-
teristics of Calluna is a tendency for the tips of the main
branches of ‘Rigida’ to orient toward the dark side. In the
open field these tips end the summer’s growth pointing
north. A planting immediately to the east of a dense wood
has all branch tips pointing west. Those branches which
come out on the side receiving the most light bend almost a
full 180 degrees. The result is a distinct wind-swept appear-
ance. This tendency does not show up on an old-established
planting at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh. Per-
haps our summer light intensity is sufficiently greater to
account for this difference.

The most striking of all peculiarities of Calluna is the fact
that all seedlings of the many thousands which we have
raised have, without exception, carried the flower of the
seed parent. (Mr Letts told me this by letter but it took first-
hand observation to believe it.) This raises a number of
questions, but in the meantime it should be of great benefit
to the breeder once he has mastered the difficult mechanics
of fully controlled pollination. For our area it gives promise
of combining better flowering forms with those few cultivars
which, for as yet undiscernible reasons, have much greater
ability to ward off winter damage. Interestingly, of the three
cultivars which stand far out in this latter connection, two —
are seedlings originated in this area (not originally selected
for hardiness, as such) and the third is our earliest blooming
.white—presumably “Caerketton White’.

There are many other tendencies which show up in young
seedlings. Four years of open pollinated seed from ‘Mrs
Ronald Gray’ (surrounded by perhaps 80 other cultivars)
produced a number of patterns. Each year’s crop had
between 5 and 10 per cent of plants closely resembling the
seed parent in growth habit. With these and the remaining
progeny of differing growth habits there has been a very

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decided tendency to pick up the colour of the golden foliaged
cultivars. (The majority of these suggest C. v. ‘Aurea’ as the
source.) None so far have proven to be entirely golden—
rather they tend to be varying mixtures of gold and green
with the vast majority showing the gold only as the final
growth hardens up in the fall. The most striking forms are
those with the habit of ‘Mrs Ronald Gray’ with an overlay
of top foliage containing every shade of yellow, orange and
red including an occasional pink branch. The eventual pro-
duct of controlled pollination will be something to behold!

In addition to the interesting combinations of foliage
colours, there seems at least a possibility, as yet not explored
at all here, of combinations of flowers on single plants. One
plant of ‘H. E. Beale’ has for several years produced the
double silver pink flowers on both the typical tall plumes
and, in the centre of the plant, on short, closely clustered
branches growing out in every direction. This section of the
plant has none of the characteristics of what one might class
as witch’s broom. These flowers bloom on only slightly
different time schedules.

We have one four-year plant of the aforementioned
‘Bronze Beauty’ and a five-year plant of “H. E. Beale’ which
bear two sets of completely different flowers at distinctly
different times. This habit has been stable since first observed
as very small plants. Upon the initial planting into our
garden they were examined to see if they might be a com-
bination of a chance seedling entwined with the original
rooted cutting but they appeared to be but one plant in
each case (they would have to have been destroyed to have
made absolutely certain of this). One suspects a combination
of separate plants because the differing flowers are borne
on separate branches. The foliage on these branches appears
identical both to the eye and under magnification. It is still
a likely possibility that chance seedlings are the explanation
and that they have not appeared as such because of the
chance similarity of foliage texture and colour. A modest
attempt to investigate further will be made this winter by
growing on rooted cuttings of the separate branches. If
time brings no variation of flowers borne by these offspring,
we will have no choice but to conclude that two separate
plants are involved in each instance.

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Harlow Car Heather Trials
G. P. Vickers, Sheffield

The heather trials at Harlow Car are beginning to become
interesting. Five plants of each variety have been planted in
rows in a field away from the main garden close to the
nursery. Some 320 varieties have been planted, the two
outside plants being left unpruned whilst the other three are
being pruned. Regular records are being kept of height,
girth, type of foliage, colour of flower and time of blooming,
a time-consuming but interesting job.

The project was the brain child of Mr Ardron and the
work has been done by the Harlow Car staff and the
recording by Mr Russ and a team of volunteers most of
whom live reasonably close by.

One of the problems associated with the trials has been
keeping the rows free of weeds. It was decided at the —
beginning that chemical weed control would not be used
because of the possibility of affecting the growth of the
heather plants. The job of weeding by hand has been taken
on by the recording team, and though by this autumn the
trial ground was remarkably free of weeds, some additional
help will be needed next year.

At a Northern group meeting held at Harlow Car this
year an inspection by some of our more knowledgeable
members revealed that a few of the plants were obviously
wrongly labelled. As this is a vital piece of research work of
immense value to the Heather Society and to heather growers
in general, it was agreed that each plant should be
systematically checked to ensure that it was correctly
labeiled. A number of experts have been drawn from various
parts of the country, with myself as co-ordinator.

Three visits have been made during different flowering ©
periods and though some mistakes have been found, the
quality of the labelling has been found to be of a high
‘standard. Some interesting side issues have arisen from
these meetings:

1. We have been able to clear up a number of anomalies
in naming which are not generally known.

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2. We have brought to light others which will need closer
checking over the next few years.

3. We have noted the obvious similarity between various
cultivars which will be checked again and again.

4. We have noted that many plants are missing from our
collection.

5. Looking at the plants and meeting together has
prompted lively discussion as to how our results should
finally be published.

As the Heather Registration Authority, we are expected
in due course to publish and maintain a standard list of
cultivars. At a recent Heather Society Committee meeting
it was discussed as to. what was meant by ‘in cultivation’,
and it was agreed that if a name appeared in a grower’s
catalogue and was freely obtainable that cultivar was ‘in
cultivation’. It was also agreed that we should grow five
plants of each ‘in cultivation’ at Harlow Car.

There is, however, amongst the recognition team a strong
body of opinion that we should put ourselves in the position
where we can publish a further list of cultivars recommended
_ for heather gardens for their quality of flower, foliage and
habit.

It is obvious when so many cultivars are seen side by side
that there are many either identical or so near that they
can be considered so for general use. It has proved very
difficult for our team to differentiate between some of the
cinereas, and the vagans are being left for another year to
be sure.

Compiling a comprehensive list of plants in cultivation is
a difficult task for one man. John Ardron has been working
hard on this for some years, but it is obvious that our list is
still not complete. With a membership of over 800 we ought
to be able to compile this list collectively. Therefore, when
members visit Heather Nurseries, WILL THEY PLEASE
OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE CATALOGUES and send them
to me. In this way, not only will we be kept informed
of new cultivars as they are published, but also where we can
buy them.

Volunteers to join the recording weeding-teams should
give their names to Mr V. J. A. Russ.

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Letter from America
Pamela Harper, Seaford, Virginia, U.S.A.

As those who have followed the journal of our wanderings
will know, my beloved Gerrards Cross garden has been
left, perforce, largely untended during the last four years.
Lawns have been mown and a few summer weeks spent
tidying up, otherwise the garden has had to depend on odd
hours donated by friends and so has followed nature’s rule
... survival of the fittest. Which then, among the heathers,
WERE the fittest ?

It will surprise no-one to read that “Springwood White’
emerged as weed resister supreme, not only repelling in-
truders (only a couple of willow tree seedlings managed to
get a footing) but advancing in a sweeping tide of white
over some 2 feet of adjacent concrete path. Where close-knit
before I left most carnea and x darleyensis groupings have
fared well but newer plantings lost the battle to those two
worst-of-all weeds, grass and sheep sorrel. Fickle ‘Eileen
Porter’, constantly coaxed into survival in the past, actually
seems to have thrived better on neglect. (Perhaps this is
one better left unpruned?) Of a dozen clumps of ‘Vivellii’,
newly planted, only two remain, the others having suc-
cumbed, I think, to summer drought. As one might expect,
plants in shady places have suffered more from lack of
pruning than those in full sun.

My six weeks in England were mostly spent house
painting, a task made no pleasanter by the striking miners,
my sympathy for their cause fast diminishing as I struggled
to boil water for morning tea over the gas poker. I did
manage to put in a few new plants of ‘Springwood White’ —
purchased from a local garden centre.

Back to the U.S.A., our home now in Virginia, just a few
‘miles from Yorktown (where Cornwallis surrendered in
1781) and close to the early settlement of Jamestown. As my
introduction to gardening here, Virginia had a trying winter.
Summery weather continued right up to January and then,
with plants still growing, the thermometer plummeted
overnight to zero F. The small bed of tiny heathers, sole
survivors of the collection brought from Maryland, suffered

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little damage. It will be summers (hot, humid, fungus-ridden
and enervating) which will take their toll here. . . . I just
hope the heathers tolerate it better than the Harpers. We
now have a sandy garden and I have planted a few com-
panions for heathers which like this kind of thin poor soil.
Leiophyllum buxifolium intricatum is a _ prostrate sand
myrtle, around 6 inches high but several times as wide.
L. b. prostratum is even lower. Both have pink buds and a
froth of white flowers. Chamaedaphne calyculatais commonly
known by the prettier name of Cassandra, but sometimes as
Leatherleaf, an interesting, if modest, little shrub. Slender
branches of small, thick leaves are hung with hundreds of
white cylindrical bells, minute in size. Two new treasures
are Pieris japonica ‘Wada’, a pink flowered form, and a red-
budded Kalmia. I had to search high and low for the last
but I see Hilliers list one called “Clementine Churchill’. It is
galling to search and search for a special shrub and then to
turn to Hilliers and find it there. How lucky England is in
' its nurseries.
Interest in heathers continues to grow and a display put
_ on at the Philadelphia Flower Show this year brought them
to the attention of yet more people. There is a need for
American-bred heathers, chosen for their ability to tolerate
the sweltering summers and bitter winters which are the
norm through much of eastern U.S.A. As interest grows I
am sure more nurseries will work on these lines. A new heath
on trial here is Erica carnea ‘Mayfair White’, a seedling
which originated at Mayfair Nursery and described by them
as ‘a dwarf creeping plant with stout but short branches
densely clothed in rather thick, rich green foliage and con-
gested clusters of white flowers’. There is room for another
white carnea so I shall watch this one with interest. If only
the rabbits will leave it alone a further report will follow.
Re-reading Gertrude Jekyll’s Wall and Water Garden, |
found in the Heath Garden chapter a name new to me,
Erica maweii, said to be Portuguese and to resemble E.
tetralix but taller and deeper coloured. Could this be E.
ciliaris ‘Maweana’, perhaps, does anyone know? (Mrs
Harper now knows it is.—Ed.) This book discusses a number
of plants suitable for inclusion in heather gardens.
Phytophthora seems to be a growing problem. One thing

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is apparent, it flourishes best in hot, moist soil. With
England reverting this year to its non-summer norm, the
problem may lessen. In this part of U.S.A. it is a major
problem and for the professional grower specialising in
susceptible plants (heathers and azaleas, for instance) a bad
attack can be disastrous. At a recent meeting of the local
horticultural society the methods used by a local azalea nur-
sery for combating Phytophthora were discussed. It has been
their custom to fumigate nursery beds with methyl bromide,
but apart from being a poison gas to be used only under
tightly controlled conditions, it has the effect of completely
destroying all organisms in the soil. As a result, if Phyto-
phthora (or any other disease) is re-introduced (easily done
if a single infected azalea is planted) it rampages unchecked
and the end result can be worse than if no treatment had
been attempted. Other means have therefore been sought.
The most promising thing to date is a chemical marketed
here as Truban (also as Coban and Terrazole). This has
been found to clear Phytophthora for periods between four
and 12 weeks, depending on the severity of the infection. A
warning, however. Truban has a narrow safety range and
at the recommended rate of 6 oz per 100 gallons has been
known to kill some young rhododendrons and to have a
stunting effect on heathers. Truban is the product of the
Mallinckrodt Company of St Louis, Missouri 63160, and
anyone interested should write to them for details. I under-
stand this product is available in Europe.

Feaitetn
Heathers in the Swiss Alps

Mme V. Colmegna, Ludiano, Switzerland

My great love for heathers began in my youth when moun-
taineering around the lake of Como where the mountains
are of calcareous nature and where Erica carnea is found
now and then. Once coming down one of these mountains
in early spring with my father we were surprised by a very

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loud buzzing while walking through a still leafless wood
without understanding where it might come from. Having
turned a corner we saw a magnificent picture of a great
number of tall Erica arborea covered with flowers, with
clouds of bees around them, filling the air with their joyous
noise. Most of the plants were sturdy old giants which had
survived, in their sheltered nook, the colder period which
followed the previous warm one.

For some years I have planned to transform my garden
into a heather garden, not only because I love them so much,
but also in order to save work, being a very old woman by
now. But as I also love other flowers very much the process
is very slow and I have not yet a heather garden.

I live in an alpine valley between very high mountains
in the southern part of Switzerland, the Canton Ticine, and
the soil of this part of the country is rather acid. My east-
facing garden is very small, but rather picturesque, having a
huge rock, at the side of which, by building dry stone retain-
ing walls several beds have been made. Here grow many
heathers favoured by the warmth from the rock and the
alpine climate with much snow in winter. But, of course,
it is rather an incommodious garden with many stone steps,

_ alas, not always firm as they ought to be, always tending to

glide downward; in fact, it is not a garden for ladies with
high heels or with bad knees!

Year after year I admire my two big vagans, ‘Mrs Maxwell’
and ‘Alba’, one near the other, the first one 2.50 m wide, and
still growing, and about the same length, cascading down
the slope turning where this stops above the retaining wall.
It is almost touching the bush of ‘Alba’, which in its turn
almost touches a Rhododendron wilsonii, which must be
transplanted not to sacrifice the heather. I repent that I
did not know at the time of planting about “Lyonesse’, but
I have planted that excellent cultivar in another part of the
garden. |

I am very happy that, although the climate here is rather
cold with much snow lying two months or more, Erica
lusitanica, arborea and australis grow and prosper in choice
places. From my lusitanica | get many seedlings, which are
very nice to look at, like a miniature wood. I wish that
australis and the white ‘Mr Robert’ would do the same, but

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I have never seen one seedling, even after having kept the
ground scrupulously clean under the old plants with sieved ~
light soil on the surface. With cuttings of the same I have
never been successful, nor with bending down young twigs
for layering.

Erica mediterranea is really too brittle for this kind: of
climate and the big bushes look quite battered after so much
snow and ice. It is almost unbelievable how quickly they can
recover and look fresh and green by May-June. All I have
to do is to cut out dry wood, straighten up the bushes and -
tie them to a strong support.

Erica terminalis grows quite out of proportion and is very
picturesque in its wild way. It is very tall compared with the
compact and rather low clumps I saw in poor and stony
places along the South Italian coast between Amalfi and
Salerno, where rain is not so abundant as here.

The carneas and x darleyensis are also covering enormous
spaces and, especially the last one, tend to smother every
weaker subject, but are, of course, forgiven owing to their
all-year-round beauty.

With the cinereas I have not yet solved the problem. Two
of them, ‘Atrosanguinea’ from England, and ‘Splendens’
from Germany (I believe a Dutch cultivar) grow and flower
beautifully for nearly three months, while many others,
especially all the purple ones, have died with me and all the
other garden lovers for whom I had ordered them from an
Trish nursery. :

I have not yet many cultivars of Calluna, and I deeply
regret not being able to grow C. ‘Foxii Nana’ to perfection.
Either the little cushions open themselves instead of remain-
ing compact, or they show bare and ugly patches; its
cuttings are, alas, a very slow business. This may be the
reason why they are rather expensive, at least in Switzerland.

Among the hybrids, I am especially fond of the lovely
‘Dawn’ and williamsii, one plant of which covers a steep
slope and never seems to stop.

People in Switzerland do not yet especially care for
heathers, generally speaking, and not many are to be seen,
except the carneas, which are often used in cemeteries. One
reason is, maybe, that north of the Alps the soil is heavy
and of a calcareous nature; heathers have to be treated like

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rhododendrons and azaleas, that is, in special beds, which
means a lot of work.

I am doing my best to make them better known and
many people go away from my garden with the firm purpose
to cultivate some of the best in their gardens too.

(Note: Mme Colmegna’s garden was shown in the 1972
Year Book.)

—— sy

Book Reviews

THE STORY OF A GARDEN, by PAMELA HARPER.

Pelham Books Ltd. Price £2.75.

It was a loss to British horticulture when Pamela Harper
followed her husband to America where his profession had
taken him. But the grudge I had against him for doing this
has been partly alleviated after reading this book, for the
author has given us so much of her knowledge that will be
_ of such great use, not only to those about to make a garden
but also to owners of established gardens, for, from cover
to cover, the book is packed with practical hints, inter-
_ mingled with garden stories and myths. Rarely have I had
so much enjoyment from readinga gardening book, and I can
most readily commend it.

Making a garden on an acre of land with an unkind water-
logged soil, waist high in reeds and blackberry bushes, on a
plot that has been the dumping ground for all the tree
stumps of the neighbourhood thus blocking the stream that
runs through the plot: surely this would be enough to
daunt many a prospective buyer of a building site, not least
young people who have never gardened before and with
little time or inclination to do so. Funds did not allow the
hiring of paid labour ‘but what began from necessity
became a deeply satisfying hobby’, to quote the author.

Very wisely a plan was drawn to scale of the plot showing
what the planners wished their garden to become so that it
could be made section by section; every operation is
recorded most thoroughly as it was later carried out. When

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planting began a card index was kept in the same methodical —
way, of all trees, shrubs, plants and bulbs used, which I
have never done in my garden but have often wished I had.
Planting when it began was as thorough, and I commend a
favourite adage of the author’s: “Never put a shilling plant
into a penny hole’.

Preparation of the ground eventually took a long time,
for as and when an area was cleared, levelled and the soil
sufficiently drained and improved, another section of lawn
was made, more planting done, walls built and paths laid.
All so different from what is so often done when a whole
area has to be covered as quickly as possible which, all too
often, means lawns and paths to be repaired, or relaid, trees
and shrubs replaced.

Mrs Harper was not afraid of experimenting and knowing
her I guess she enjoyed it. At the end of the book is an index
listing between six and seven hundred varieties of trees,
shrubs, plants and bulbs that she grew, another help to the ©
many to whom the names in a plant catalogue mean little.

There was room for fruit trees and bushes, and vegetables,
for a wild garden, a water garden, a winter garden, woodland
and a greenhouse. What more can anyone want?

When Mrs Harper is able to return to England for one of
her infrequent visits, one of her first calls is to the garden
that once was a swampy tangle. How she must have hated
to leave it.

PS..P:

ECOLOGY OF HEATHLANDS, by Dr C. H. GIMINGHAM.
Chapman & Hall. Price £4.75.
‘Calluna vulgaris is a species of great ecological interest .. .
and remarkable versatility.’ Thus writes the author in the
preface to this 280-page book which we are glad the pub-
lishers have sent. A knowledge of what helps to make
heathers happy must help us in growing them well. And
_ here are to be found facts, e.g. on germination, seedling
development, growth and life span—‘normally limited to
around 30 years’, and ‘most vigorous up to ten years’. There
are discussions on how acid the soil can be—‘its range
extends from about 3.2 to just over 7.0 pH, but is most

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vigorous between 3.5 and 6.5’. But ‘the possibility remains
that the calcifuge behaviour of Calluna may be determined
largely by the requirements of seed germination, seedling
establishment and vegetative growth’. On the subject of the
fungus which infects the roots, ‘much doubt has been cast
upon the whole interpretation of the mycorrhizal association
as an obligate one’. The considerable genetic diversity of
Calluna is noted, and that numerous ‘dwarf’ varieties have
been taken into cultivation—there is no other mention of
cultivars, although the apparent genetic fixation of prostrate
cliff forms is referred to. Most of the text deals with Calluna,
with occasional references to Erica cinerea and E. Tetralix
(in effect, no others are mentioned), and some of their
differences brought out, for example, seedling germination
is very much poorer in E. cinerea, apparently not exceeding
40 per cent, whereas Calluna may reach 95 per cent in six
months. Calluna 1s ‘a species which profoundly modifies its
own habitat’, its litter having a marked acidifying effect;
and there is evidence that its roots give off some substance
which is inimical to the establishment of certain species of
tree.

But having said ail this, it must be stated that the book is
true to its title, and that those of us who wish to know our
_heathers better should certainly read it.

D.McC.

CONIFERS FOR YOUR GARDEN, by ADRIAN BLOOM.
Obtainable from Bressingham Gardens, Diss, Norfolk.
Price £2.30 plus 20p postage and packing.

Even before one starts to read this book the beautiful
coloured pictures on the covers showing gardens planted
with a combination of heathers and conifers make it obvious
that Adrian Bloom as a member of the Heather Society
seeks to capture the interest of people in these delightful
plants. Inside, too, the colourful pictures of various gardens
and conifers kept me engrossed for a very long time.

Being careful to have all my plants labelled, I was pleased
that from the pictures and descriptions I was at last able to
identify three conifers in my heather garden which had been
much admired by visitors. I was also interested to see how a

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small Podocarpus nivalis recently given me would look in —
later years. |

Descriptions give ultimate height, spread and shape;
there are hints on siting, planting, pruning, garden design
and, in fact, it is difficult to think of a question not answered.
The picture inside the back cover could well make members
wish they could redesign their gardens, and for those extend-
ing or making a new heather garden, remembering conifers
shed no messy leaves, this can give them new ideas.

An ideal present, of absorbing interest to all heather
gardeners, this is a book that will be referred to time and
time again.

B.G.L.

eae
Heather Expert finds Norfolk

ideal:
B. G. London At Home

(Reprinted by kind permission of The Eastern Daily Press,
19th September, 1972.)

On retiring to Norfolk where he was born, Mr Bernard
London went about the purchase of a home in a rather
unusual way.

It was not so much the location of his bungalow that
appealed to him, but the nature of the soil!

The sandy soil at his home at 6 Roedich Drive, Taverham,
where he has lived for the past three years after mov‘ng
from High Wycombe, is ideal for his hobby. For 12 years
now Mr London has had a keen interest in growing heather
and there are about 115 varieties in his garden.

Mr London, a retired Post Office engineer, has been a
. member of the Heather Society since 1964. He has won a
number of prizes at shows, but his greatest success to date
was at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Heather Com-
petition in London (Sth-6th September, 1972) when he won
two firsts, three seconds, a third and two fourths.

YEAR BOOK 1973 29

Since he has been growing heather at Taverham, several
neighbours have shown interest and he has increased the
Society’s membership by about eight. In Norfolk as a whole
there are 33 members (latest count.—Sec.). He is surprised
that more people in Norfolk do not grow heather in their
garden, as Norfolk is natural heather country. Buxton
Heath has made a contribution to the heather grower’s
world by providing a white Calluna called ‘Buxton Snow-
drift’, a large bed of which is grown at Harlow Car, near
Harrogate.

Norfolk members of the Heather Society held their first
meeting at Mr London’s home on 17th September. They
hope to encourage local horticultural societies to
_ include a class for heathers in their shows, and to interest
the public authorities in providing heather gardens as seen
in other parts of the country.

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Pruning Heathers

By Frank Hamer, Sunnymount Nurseries, and
G. P. Vickers, Sheffield

Illustrations by Susan Hamer

A lot has been written about heathers being excellent
ground-cover plants needing no attention and ideal for the
lazy gardener, but for truly beautiful heather gardens with
maximum bloom some work is necessary: heather plants do
need pruning.

Some gardeners consider that heather plants have a
limited life and need replacing after, say, five to seven years;
with timely pruning this period can be greatly extended.
We know a‘H. E. Beale’ which is 25 years old and is covered
with bloom, bushy and healthy. A ‘Serlei Aurea’ only
seven years old in a Sheffield garden looked lank, woody
and worn out until hard pruning last spring saved it from
the spade and now it is a picture of foliage and bloom. The
secret is correct pruning.

Some garden centres sell heather plants in 24-inch pots

30 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

with 12 inches of lank growth already beginning to take on —
that haggard look, whilst plants from good specialist
nurseries are bright and bushy and evenly shaped. The
secret is correct pruning.

It is possible to grow Erica carneas spreading tightly o over
a bed with little flower, or Calluna ‘Alportii’ with just pin
heads of bloom. It is also possible to have uneven mounds
of carneas a blaze of colour in the snow, or ‘Alportii’
brilliant crimson. The secret is correct pruning.

New growth will not grow on callunas where old bloom
has faded so an unpruned plant will consist of woody
growth with alternate tufts of foliage and bare patches, an
unpleasant sight. The remedy is good pruning.

Correct pruning must start at the rooted cutting stage. It
is usual to overwinter rooted cuttings in a frame or cold ©
greenhouse, but when potting or planting out in the spring
the tips are nipped off to promote side shoots. As some of the
more vigorous varieties such as “Springwood White’ or
mediterranea ‘Superba’ will grow as much as 4 inches
without side shoots, these are shortened to 2 inches or less
so that side shoots are formed low down to form the basis
of a neat bushy plant. For Calluna, cinerea and vagans, side
shoots are required lower so the cuttings are nipped off to
an even lower ievel.

During the first few months of growth the plants are
examined and if bushy growth is not produced the longer
side shoots are nipped shorter resulting in further side shoots
and so a symmetrical bushy plant results. All this work is
done by the conscientious nurseryman.

The next attention is required after flowering and the
blooms have faded. Different plants need different treat-
ment. For plants with long flowering spikes such as Calluna
‘Elsie Purnell’ or ‘Mairs Variety’ it is vital that the whole
flowering spike is cut down to the body of the plant. It will
produce more shoots from the lower portions of the flowered
growth and become the long spikes for next season’s display.
‘Failure to prune in this way will produce woody growth and
less bloom. If a plant has been allowed to become lank and
woody it can be rejuvenated by cutting back hard as low as
possible but care should be taken to leave some foliage
from which new growth will be produced.

YEAR BOOK 1973 31

Erica vagans cultivars will sometimes throw out a longer
shoot in the centre which breaks into side shoots like an
umbrella over the main plant. This should be cut off to the
body of the plant and the flowers trimmed off after they have
faded. Vagans will grow particularly bushy when trimmed
but they are sufficiently accommodating to be trimmed
severely if necessary.

Erica carnea and dwarf callunas which are compact
growers and produce a much shorter length of bloom only
need their dead flowers to be removed and many of them
only need trimming in alternate years. Cinereas with long
flowering spikes should be trimmed annually.

Tree heaths such as arborea ‘Alpina’, x Veitchii, australis
and lusitanica will benefit from a hard prune of up to half
the previous year’s growth every year for the first few years
to encourage the formation of strong bushy plants then
allowing them to take up their natural habit of long sprays
of bloom.

There are mixed opinions as to when to prune, varying
from when the blooms have faded to when the new growth
_ starts. One could argue about this but the important thing
is that it is done. The chart details a pruning plan which will
form a basis on which to work. Individuals may wish to vary
slightly to suit their own requirements and may wish to
experiment with delaying bloom a little on certain cultivars
by delaying pruning.

Use secateurs, shears or pruning saw, but let us aid
nature by maintaining natural shape, not practise topiary.

HEATHER PRUNING CHART

Variety Pruning Time Remarks

Calluna February-March Prune long flowering spikes
back to plant every year.
Trim off all flower heads

Carnea April-May Trim flower heads with shears
every Other year. Trim the
Springwoods hard to stop
centre going bare

Ciliaris April-May Trim every year

Cinerea -February-March Trim every year particularly
long flowering spikes

32 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Variety Pruning Time Remarks
Daboecia February-March Trim off dead flowers and seed
pods, to make bushy growth
Tetralix April-May Trim every year
Tree Heaths After flowering Trim half of previous years
depending on growth for first four years to

flowering season encourage bushy growth. Trim
off broken branches. Stake for

support
Mediterranea June Trim every year. Do not be
Winter Hybrids afraid of limiting growth
Summer March Trim hard every other year
Hybrids
Vagans March Leave flower heads on for

russet colours during winter.
Trim every year; do not be
afraid of limiting growth

When pruning hard make sure some foliage is left on the plant to form
new shoots.

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Seeds and Sophistry

Mrs Betty Kershaw, Fleetwood, Lancs.

It is a bold spirit indeed which dares, in a gardening article,
to disagree with Shakespeare. But when he says in Hamlet,
‘O fie, ’tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed; things
rank and gross in Nature possess it merely’, he is making a
sweeping generalisation which does not apply to the heather
garden. In fact, he who energetically wields the hoe amongst
his Ericas and Callunas, not only breaks some of their fine,
hairlike surface roots, but also destroys many potential
treasures.

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themselves to a new environment. During this probationary
period some may die, according to geographical location
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Darwinian theory applies in the garden, too; the fittest, in
any particular environment, will survive, and in a few years
subtle changes will have taken place in the composition of
the soil surrounding the plants. And peat top-dressings
accelerate the development of the benevolent conditions
necessary for the full splendour of the plants and a healthy
life-cycle. 3

It is at this point that one may begin to look for the
‘potential treasures’ mentioned above. and it is, unfortu-
nately, at this point, all too often, that the enthusiastic
gardener wields his destructive hoe on the heather bed.
Summer varieties, particularly vagans, Daboecias and
Callunas, set their seed very easily, and in spring this seed
germinates in the shelter of the mother-plant, protected by
the spread of her skirts. Any necessary weeding should be
done by hand and a careful watch kept on likeiy plants for
seed germination. By mid-summer some of these tiny, jewel-
like heads of germination may be removed. It is better to
choose a day when the soil is moist and little blocks of seed-
lings may be carved out with a penknife. They may then be
carefully separated and planted out in a seedbox, spaced at
about 1 inch apart, in the usual peat/sand/loam compost.
Usually they make rapid progress, often overtaking cuttings,
and do not seem to suffer the “decline and fall’ which some
cuttings experience on being planted out.

Of course, this is a lucky-bag technique; one cannot
propagate specific cultivars in this way. But if space and time
permit, it is most rewarding to rear some seedlings until
their characteristics become evident, at which time one may
discard those which do not appeal. And if a certain plant
turns out to be different in foliage colour, habit or flower,
it becomes almost like a member of the family—it is
christened, nurtured, endlessly discussed.

All this has happened in our heather garden. The seedling
collecting began in earnest when a pot of Robert Chapman
cuttings failed to root. All through the winter they looked, at
least, alive, but gentle probing now and then revealed naked
stems with no signs of roots. But one or two had isolated
seed pods. That year it was April before tidying-up opera-
tions began in the cold greenhouse. And it was then that we
noticed a carpet of minute seedlings, much smaller than pin-

34 FHE HEATHER SOCIETY

heads on the surface of the Robert Chapman pot. As they
grew the wide range of foliage colour became apparent. In
due course about 50 were transplanted and grown on. As
they reached maturity we could recognise that some of them
were identical with the ordinary moorland Calluna vulgaris;
some had foliage of unusual shades of green, or brownish-
green, and carried flowers ranging from light mauvish-pink
to an Alportii deep purple. About 13 showed foliage in |
shades of greenish gold to deep copper. Our main interest
was centred on this group. Of these some were identical
with Robert Chapman, two or three were Chapman colour,
but prostrate, a few were slightly lighter or darker in foliage
than Chapman, and three of the batch, now three years old,
have kept their early promise. “Red Dragon’ is a strong,
upright plant, very floriferous, with darker-than-type flowers
and foliage, more intense than Chapman, which turns
a fiery red in winter. ‘Petroushka’ (which actually means
‘parsley’) has bright green foliage and bi-colour flowers of
light and dark mauve. “Mulberry has flowers of a rich
purple and foliage distinctly lighter than Chapman. These
are all grown near to plants of Robert Chapman so that
we are able to compare colours under similar conditions,
season by season.

This year we have collected some seedlings from under the
skirts of ‘Red Dragon’. About a dozen are growing well
and we look forward to further experiments in the heather
garden next year where ‘things rank and gross in Nature’
by no means possess it merely.

dene
Heaths at the Cape
C. I. MacLeod

‘Circumstances took me unexpectedly back to South Africa
in mid-November, 1972, my objectives being first to visit
my family in Natal and Zululand, and secondly to see heaths
in their natural environment in the Cape. This, I felt, would
justify my leaving my duties as your Secretary for three

YEAR BOOK 1973 35

weeks. And for this latter part, I knew I could rely on Mr
E. G. H. Oliver, co-author of the fine book, Ericas in Southern
Africa. 1 had met him several times during the two years he
spent at Kew working in the Cape heath glasshouse.

He suggested that if I took the early plane from Durban
to Cape Town he and his friend, Mr Idris Jones, would meet
me at the airport and “drive me into the mountains to find
Cape heaths’.

Our drive took us round the base of the Hottentots

Holland mountains, that grand range that circles the
south-west corner of the Peninsula, past Strand, Gordon’s
Bay, Pringle Bay to Betty’s Bay, where, in the Harold
Porter Botanical Garden, we picnicked within sight of a
yellow-wood tree, a conifer from which much old Cape and
Natal furniture was made. After lunch we continued along
the coast road for some time, flanked on one side by the
mountains, on the other by the sea. Sad, indeed, to be told
that here, where the ericas grow so abundantly, housing
development would come, it being private property. I
recall in particular, masses of FE. patersonia, though not in
flower. This species I knew, but there were others, with
clusters of minute tubular flowers, flattened at the tip to
make four-petalled stars, which fascinated me.
Leaving the coast road, we then climbed steeply to Sir
Lowry’s Pass before going on in the late afternoon to
Middelmann’s Honigklip Nurseries where I wanted to buy
some heaths. Confronted by such a choice and with the
weight restriction of air travel in mind, I yet chose, among
others, a lovely specimen of E. blenna with bulbous orange,
yellow and green flowers, like Japanese lanterns. I also
bought an E. cerinthoides, described for us in the 1964
Year Book by Mr Crewe Brown, who found them in the
Lebombo Mountains, in the Eastern Transvaal.

After a brief stop near Stellenbosch, at the home of Ted
and Idris, situated in a vineyard, a typical Cape Dutch
house with white gables, a wide ‘stoep’ (verandah) and even
a ‘van der Stel’ oak tree immediately in front (though Ted
pointed more proudly at his Jilac bush), we drove to a
‘braaivleis’ (barbecue) in the lovely Jonkershoek Valley for
the end of the year celebrations of the South African
Association of Botanists. Here in this research station of the

36 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Provincial Department of Nature Conservation I saw
specimens of the larger heaths. But here as at Kirstenbosch
the next morning, I was struck by the fact that no pruning
is done, a matter of some comfort perhaps to those of us
who neglect this duty with our temperate heaths. In both
these gardens, without doubt the species most in evidence
was E. bauera, 5 to 6 feet high with great clusters of flowers
ranging from purest white to all shades of pink. The green -
flowers of E. sessiliflora would delight the flower-arranger,
while the size of the yellow E. pinea shrub is like a fair-sized
rhododendron.

My final visit was to an enchanting garden, that of Dr
Louis Vogelpoel at Rondebosch. Here I saw an amazing
number of treasures, many of them found by him.

So far I have not mentioned what may well be the reason
why we in England and possibly others in the wetter parts
of the African continent fail in our efforts to grow Cape
heaths. Their natural habitat is drought-ridden in summer,
in a rubble-like medium or in a pure whitish sand, ground
down through the ages from the sandstone sides of the
mountains. They want no manure, no fertiliser. Yet, with
the cussedness of plants, a self-sown heath in Dr Vogelpoel’s
rose garden, defying the law of ‘no fertiliser, no manure’,
was growing exuberantly, crowding out the roses and in its
season, we were told, a mass of bloom.

A point of some interest: Dr Vogelpoel is experimenting
with growing Cape heaths in pots: he feels there is merit in
it. That, of course, is what we have to do in Britain, but the
difference is that he must supply light shade by way of a high
framework supporting a dark, gauze-like nylon. He uses
plastic pots to lessen evaporation; I for one prefer clay, to
aid drainage. He had found, as we have, that limestone with
pockets of soil above is acceptable to heaths: break it up
into fragments, and you kill the lot. No use in pots.

So ended these memorable two days, not the least delight
being my introduction to a liver-coloured bitch belonging to
Idris Jones but quite obviously given her extravagant name
of ‘Linnaea australis’ by Ted Oliver in memory of the
lecture he gave us at the Linnean Society in London in
1969.

YEAR BOOK 1973 37

Heathers from Seed...

An Interesting Experiment
A. S. Turner, Birmingham

I collect heather seed as soon as it is ripe by shaking a
sprig of dead flowers into a polythene bag, examining the
result with a magnifying glass to make sure there is seed
amongst the dust and rubbish. If none can be seen I leave
it for two weeks and then repeat the process until I have all
the seed I want. The time for collecting it depends partly
on the variety and partly on the weather. I have collected
ripe seed from Calluna ‘Caerketton White’ in August and
Cal. ‘Robert Chapman’ in November.

Before Christmas I fill a seed box with a mixture of two
parts peat to one part sand and sprinkle the seed on the
surface of the moistened compost. The box is then slipped
into a polythene bag, leaving the end open, purely to protect
the seed from rain and wind as the boxes are placed in the

open and left outside through the winter. If the weather in

January is mild I place them in the freezer compartment of

the refrigerator for a few days to ensure they really freeze.

In early March I take them into the cold greenhouse and
watch for germination, care being taken that they do not
dry out, as the seedlings, being on the surface, could easily
wither before they are able to root into the soil.

After germination I examine the seedlings with a magni-
fying glass when it can be seen that the leaves vary in size
and colour which usually means the smaller the leaves the
smaller the plant; green or gold foliage remains constant.

The stems differ, too. My observations lead me to believe
it is possible to foretell the colour of the eventual flower from
the colour of the stem: a white or colourless stem means a
white flower, a red stem a reddish flower, with corresponding
shades in between. This enables one to select plants of one’s
choosing at a very early stage. I have noticed minute insects
amongst the seeds and wonder if they act as pollinating
agents? As I believe Calluna to be self-fertile this could
make the crossing of any two varieties difficult. There is
great variation in seedlings when they are grown on but I

38 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

have found few that are better than existing cultivars. But I
find great pleasure in growing my own stock from which
only the best are selected.

I commenced collecting seed from my heathers six or
seven years ago and from the few varieties I had at the time
I noticed ‘Caerketton White’ flowered at least six weeks
before any other Calluna; by raising seedlings from it I
hoped to get an even earlier variety. To my knowledge there ©
were no other plants of ‘Caerketton White’ in the vicinity
and I inferred that it was self-fertile; this was borne out by
the 100 seedlings I planted, every one of which had white
flowers and an almost identical habit to the parent.

In succeeding years seed was taken from these seedlings
and, to my mind, enough evidence obtained to prove that
by careful selection it would be possible to breed true from
seed. A pink form flowered but was rejected, together with
most of the others; pollination happened so easily that the
bottom flowers of a spike were setting seed before the top
buds were open. From a garden point of view this spoilt the
appearance of the plant.

I collected seed from other varieties, all carefully labelled
and kept separately. When they germinated it was noticeable
that those from ‘Robert Chapman’ varied greatly in the
colour of seed leaves and stems. I chose ‘Janice Chapman’
as the trial plant for a stem colour test as all the seed leaves
were similar and white the basic flower colour. When they
flowered my earlier surmise was confirmed that plants with
white or colourless stems had white flowers, and the deeper
the colour of the stems the darker were the flowers. Later
I began to concentrate on coloured foliage varieties, hoping
to find one with double flowers, but so far have not
succeeded. I have taken seed from single flowers of Calluna
‘Alba Plena’ on plants growing near coloured foliage plants
hoping that something special would result from this union,
so far without success.

Amongst a batch of seedlings there will be some with three
seed leaves which later revert to normal. Once I had a seed-
ling with four leaves (a potential double?) but after potting
and taking great care of it a minute caterpillar killed it.

The more one finds out, the more avenues open up to
possible results. One question I should like to have answered

YEAR BOOK 1973 39

is: ‘By careful selection could the red pigment in a purple-
flowered plant be eliminated, even after many generations,
to produce a blue-flowered heather?’

——

Erica Cinerea ‘Redriggs’
W. L. Lead, Gedling, Notts.

When we moved to Nottingham some 16 years ago we
brought with us from our previous garden at Redriggs,
Grange over Sands, a number of plants including a collec-
tion of autumn flowering gentians which had been planted
in boxes in the spring in preparation for the move. When
these gentians were being planted in their new situation we
discovered a number of seedlings, one of which turned
out to be an Erica cinerea of colour somewhat similar to
‘C. D. Eason’ but with a longer flowering spike and an
extended flowering period.

Over the next ten years or so this plant grew strongly and
was greatly admired by all visitors to the garden and we had
many requests for cuttings. As the plant had obviously
originated at Redriggs and was a bright red we thought
‘Redriggs’ would be an appropriate name. A number of
plants were raised from cuttings and sent to various nursery-
men and heather gardens. Some of these plants were kept
on in our own garden but none of these ever gave the same
display of colour or length of flowering period as the original
seedling.

During recent years even the original plant became less
attractive despite attempts at rejuvenation by pruning and
there was a progressive reduction in the length of the
flower spike and flowering period. Finally the plant was
grubbed out during a replanting scheme. What we had
hoped would be a most useful addition to the heather
garden turned out to be another heather ‘that never was’.

This episode illustrates the difficulty in picking winners
from the large number of seedlings which turn up in most

40 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

heather gardens, and emphasises the necessity of asking
oneself critically, “Is your heather really necessary ?’

How many of the new heathers being introduced at
present will ultimately become as well known as some of the
cultivars that have stood the test of time? The task of
growing every commercially available heather in order
to find out which are really worth a place in one’s own garden _
is beyond the scope of most heather enthusiasts. All power
to the elbow of those who are trying to carry out this
enormous task on our behalf at Harlow Car.

——

Some Conifers for the Heather
Garden

Evelyn Bezzant, Bearsden, Glasgow

A carefully chosen selection of slow-growing and dwarf
conifers, with their very wide range of size, colour, texture
and habit can give a certain air of maturity and a well-
furnished look to the heather garden. The various greens,
blues, silvers and golds, and their different foliages are
second only to heaths and heathers in providing year-
round colour and interest.

All they ask is a well-cultivated, free-draining soil, with a
good helping of peat and grit worked in when planting. A
large enough hole should be provided to take the roots
comfortably spread out. If the new plant is over about 18
inches in height, a stake may be necessary for a season or
so to prevent wind rock.

Possible combinations of shape and colour are endless and
exciting. Imagine the brilliant silver blue of Picea pungens
‘“Prostrata’ next to a group of Erica carnea “Carnea’, or the
vivid winter purple of Cryptomeria japonica “Elegans’ beside
a thicket of Calluna vulgaris ‘Beoley Gold’. A little careful
planning with regard to rates of growth and eventual spread
of plants to be used, and you can hardly go wrong.

One of the most beautiful and popular of the slow-

YEAR BOOK 1973 41

growing conifers is Thuja occidentalis ‘Rheingold’, gold in
summer, turning to brilliant copper in winter. Broadly
pyramidal in shape, it will eventually reach a height of 9 to
12 feet. 7. plicata ‘Rogersii’ is another excellent variety,
neat and compact in habit, dark green inner foliage with
golden bronze tips. It is globular in shape and attains a
height of about three feet.

Chaemaecyparis pisifera ‘Boulevard’ is upright and conical,
with beautiful silvery blue foliage. It succeeds best in moist,
acid soil and some shade. C. p. ‘Plumosa Aurea Nana’, a
compact little tree, has feathery golden summer foliage,
turning to a delicate lemon shade in winter.

Of the junipers, a good prostrate form is Juniperus sabina
‘Tamariscifolia’ with densely overlapping branches of blue-
grey foliage. It slowly builds up to a height of about 18
inches, with a spread of up to 12 feet. Careful pruning will
keep the plant to the desired size. This variety looks well
carpeting a bank, or placed to emphasise the curve in a path.

Pinus sylvestris ‘Beauvronensis’ is the best dwarf pine. It

forms a small compact dome-shaped little bush. The
distinctive needle-like foliage provides an excellent contrast
in the heather garden.
_ One of the most popular of the spruces, Picea glauca
‘Albertiana Conica’, is a slow-growing, perfectly cone-
shaped bush. Of a good green colour and dense habit, it will
never outgrow its welcome. The new spring growth is a
striking fresh apple-green.

Some of the very smallest and slowest growing pygmy
varieties of conifers can be used to great effect in trough
gardens and raised beds, along with the really dwarf heathers
like Calluna vulgaris ‘Minima’ and C. v. ‘Pygmaea’. Abies
balsamea “Hudsonia’ makes a very compact shrublet, with
deep green, glossy leaves, densely arranged on the branches.
Picea abies ‘Gregoryana’ forms a tight bun-shaped little
bush with narrow grey-green leaves and tiny yellow-green
buds. Another little gem for a miniature landscape is P.
mariana ‘Nana’, which makes a dwarf globular bush of
dense grey-blue, the blue being very noticeable in summer.
Juniperus communis ‘Compressa’ is one of the indispen-
sables. It is an extremely slow-growing, symmetrical
column of bluish-green, resembling a tiny ‘Irish Juniper’.

42 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Gazetteer of Heather Names—

Part 1
D. McClintock

Here is a list of cultivars and varietal names used for our hardy heathers.
No doubt I have missed some, ignorant of the fact that their name was a.
place name, e.g. I do not know the derivation of ‘Carlton’. Intentionally
or otherwise, there is at least a pun in the name ‘Darkness’, but thus
it must be written and not ‘Dark Ness’. The former is as much used as
the latter and is the earlier in print. Nevertheless, the plant did originate
in the Ness Gardens in the Wirral. Some of the names in this list are
synonyms.

I know, or have reasons to assume, that the plants listed below were
found, or originated, in or near the places they are called after, unless I
say otherwise.

Alcester (Calluna). Town in Warwickshire near Sparkes’ Nurseries
where it was raised, c. 1966.

alpina (arborea). Of lofty mountains, not necessarily the Alps, 1892.

americana (Andromeda). From North America, 1848-80.

aragonensis (australis). Aragon in N.W. Spain. Variety of Willkomm,
1852.

arctica (Calluna). Presumably of the Arctic: a form of Briquet and
Litardiére, 1938.

Arne (ciliaris). Village in S. Dorset, by 1969.

Arran Gold (Calluna). Island in the Firth of Clyde, by 1971.

Ashgarth Amber (Caliuna). H. Hale’s house at Haslemere, 1971.

Ashgarth Amethyst (Calluna). H. Hale’s house at Haslemere, 1967.

asturea (arborea). Mountains of N. Spain: var. of Regel, c. 1850.

azorica (Daboecia). Island in N. Atlantic, 1932.

azorica (Erica). Island in N. Atlantic, 1844.

Baby Wicklow (Calluna). Witches Broom on Co. Wicklow, 1969.

Bartinney (Tetralix). Downs near Land’s End, by 1972.

Battle of Arnheim (Calluna). Town of battle in 1944 in Central Holland,
1971.

Bavelaw (Calluna). Village near Balerno, Midlothian, 1937.

Bearsden (Daboecia). Suburb of Glasgow where W. Buchanan
lived, 1968.

: Beechwood Crimson (Calluna). Sparkes’ Nurseries at BOI Worcs.,
H.C. 1968.

Ben Rhadda (Calluna). By 1948.

Beoley Elegance (Calluna). Village near Sparkes’ Nurseries, Worcs., by
1965.

Beoley Gold (Calluna). Village near Sparkes’ Nurseries, Worcs., by
1963.

YEAR BOOK 1973 43

Birch Glow (vagans). W. E. Th. Ingwersen’s Birch Farm Nursery, near
East Grinstead, Sussex, seedling by 1960.

Black Forest (Calluna). Area in S.W. Germany, 1967.

Bognie (Calluna). Farm four miles S.E. of Forres, near Monaughty
Forest, by 1965.

Boskoop (Calluna). Seedling in H. v. d. Laar’s garden there, 1967.

Bradford (Calluna). The county in Pennsylvania where Kolage’s
Nursery at Windham Township is. Seedling, 1968.

Braeriach (Calluna). Presumably Cairngorm mountain, by 1971.

Bransdale White (Calluna). Moor near Helmsley, Yorks., by 1966.

Braviel (Calluna). By 1972.

Broadstone (cinerea). Town in Dorset, 1927-32.

Bunsall (Calluna). Village near Wickwar, Glos., by 1972.

Buxton Snowdrift (Calluna). Buxton Heath, Norfolk, by 1968.

Caerketton White (Calluna). Hill in the Pentlands, S.E. of Colinton,
e. NOSE
Cairn Valley (cinerea). Near Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, by 1970.
Caldy Island (cinerea). Island off Pembrokeshire, by 1956.
Calf-of-Man (Calluna). Island off the Isle of Man, 1969.
California (Daboecia). State of U.S.A., pre-1959.
Californian Midge (Calluna). State of U.S.A., by 1963.
Camla (ciliaris). F. W. Millard’s garden at E. Grinstead, by 1934.
oe Camlaensis (Calluna). F. W. Millard’s garden at E. Grinstead,
y 1935.
canadensis (Andromeda). Country of N. America, 1864.
Carsie White (cinerea). Near Blairgowrie, c. 1960.
Caryduff (x darleyensis). J. W. Porter’s village in Co. Down, pre-1955.
Castle of Mey (Calluna). Queen Mother’s residence in N. Caithness,
1972.

Cevennes, Cevennensis (cinerea). Mountains in Central France, in
1930's.

Co. Antrim (Calluna). County in Ulster, N. Ireland, 1953.

Colligan Bridge (cinerea). In Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, 1936.

Co. Limerick (Calluna). County in Munster, S.W. Ireland—error for
Co. Wicklow, 1944.

Colstoun (vagans).

Colwall («x darleyensis). Ballard’s Nursery near Malvern, 1965.

Connemara (x Praegeri). District in Connaught, W. Ireland, 1969.

Corfe Castle (ciliaris). Near Studland in Dorset, early 1960's.

Cornish Cream (vagans). County in S.W. England, pre-1966.

Co. Wicklow (Calluna). County in Leinster, E. Ireland, where found by
Miss Winifred Wynne of Avoca in 1920s.

Craig Rossie (Calluna). Hill in Ochils, behind Auchterarder, Fife, by
1968

Cramond (Calluna). Village east of Edinburgh, by 1970.

Crastock Heath Variety (Calluna ‘Rosalind’). Mrs Wye’s Nursery near
Guildford. A.M., 1961.

Cripples Ease (cinerea). Village near Penzance, pre-1964.

Cunneryensis (Calluna). W. Goodwin’s Nursery at Tansley, Derbyshire,
pre-1964.

44 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Darley Dale (cinerea). Village by J. Smith’s Nursery in Derbyshire.
Plant said to have come from Ireland, pre-1964.

Darley Dale (x darleyensis). Village by J. Smith’s Nursery in Derby-
shire.

Darleyensis (Calluna). Village by J. Smith’s Nursery in Derbyshire.
Plant said to have originated in Scotland, pre-1964.

Darleyensis (Tetralix). Village by J. Smith’s Nursery in Derbyshire,
by 1939.

Dens Cleugh (cinerea) (Scotland). 1937.

Donard Pink (Daboecia). Slieve Donard Nursery, Newcastle, Co.

Down, by 1934.
Donegal (Mackaiana). County in Ulster, Ireland, 1969.
Drum-Ra (Calluna). Area of forest near J. Drake’s Nursery near
Aviemore, 1953.
Durfordii (Calluna). Wood north of Petersfield, Hants, by 1954.
(To be continued)

—

Recent Writings on Heathers,
1972

ANON. ‘The Heather Year at Harlow Car.’ Northern Gardener, 26(4), pp. 130-2.

ANON. ‘Rely on Heathers for Winter Colour.’ Garden News, 27th October, p. 9.

ARDRON, J. ‘Heaths and Harlow.’ Northern Gardener, 26(2), pp. 70-2. Reprint of the
Report in 1970 Year Book, Heather Society.

BAKER, H. A. ‘Two New Species of Erica.’ Jnl. of S. African Botany, 38(2), pp. 121-4.

BRC C. D. Notes from Wisley. Jnl. RH'S, 97(3), pp. 333-5. A Review of Cultivars.

tc.

BRANDEN, P. E. ‘Daboecia.’ Haven, 72(5), p. 187. A short account in Danish.

Cree F, nee Haze’ and ‘Robert Chapman’. Amateur Gardening, 19th February,
1972, p. 36.

CHAPPLE, F. J. ‘A Charming Bell Heather.’ Amateur Gardening, 22nd April, p. 44.
‘Apple Blossom.’

CHAPPLE, F. J., ‘One of our oldest Lings.’ Amateur Gardening, 3rd June, p. 40.
‘Alportii.’

CHAPPLE, F. J. “The Heather Trials at Wisley.’? Amateur Gardening, 29th July, pp. 28-9.

DomMEE, B. ‘Remarques sur le Variabilité Ecotypique chez Calluna vulgaris L.’ Oecol.
fin S 1971, pp. 383-6. Investigations into the habit, and sensitivity to cold and

rought.

DURAND, J. ‘Bruyéres fleuries en toutes saisons.’ Jardins de France, N.S.7, pp. 8-14.

HALL, J. ‘Modern Techniques of Heather Production.’ Gardeners Chronicle, 172(8),
pp. 18-20 and 172(Q9), pp. 14-17.

HARPER, P. ‘Heaths and Heathers.’ Plants and Gardens, 27(2), pp. 58-65. Article on
heather growing in the U.S.A.

HARPER, P. ‘Hardy Heaths and Heathers.’ Horticulture, 50(8), pp. 30-1 and 50-1. A
summary for American gardens. : ;

HUCKERBY, E., MARCHANT, R. and OLDFIELD, F. ‘Identification of fossil seeds of Erica
and Calluna by Scanning Electron Microscope.’ New Phytologist, 71(2), pp.
387-92. Diagnostic features of seed surfaces with remarkable photographs.

HuGues, D. ‘Winter flowering heathers for Parks Departments.’ Gardeners Chronicle,
172(4), pp. 34-7.

KNIGHT, F. P. ‘Our Heather Border.’ JnJ. RHS, XCVII(12), pp. 540-3. —

Kuane, H. ‘Pilzkrankheiten an Eriken.’ Gartenwelt, 72(16); pp. 354-6. Includes
Phytophthora.

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MAyCOCcK, R. “Whence came its name?’ Amateur Gardening, 8th July, p. 32. ‘Alportii.,

Mor ey, B. and SCANNELL, M. J. P. ‘Erica erigena R. Ross—the Mediterranean Heather
in Ireland.’ Jr. Nat. Jnl., 17(6), pp. 203-4. Discussion of its name.

O.K. ‘Eriken in Ubert6épfen.’ Gartenwelt, 72(16), pp. 347-8. Methods of growing in pots.

SILBER, H. ‘Eriken. Einsparen von Arbeit und Platz.’ Gartenwelt, 72(16), pp. 345-6.
Techniques for E. gracilis.

STREET, J. ‘Golden heathers mean colour now.’ Amateur Gardening, 12th February,
p. 39. Short article on colour forms.

STREET, J. “You can’t keep a good plant down.’ Garden News, 22nd September, p. 24.
‘Sir John Charrington’ and ‘Gold Flame’.

TRESEDER, N. G. ‘New winter flowering heather.’ Gardeners Chronicle, 171)5), p. 41.
The origin of ‘Pink Spangles’.

VAN DIEKEN, R. ‘Rationelles Aussetzen.’ Gartenwelt 72(16), pp. 346-7. Planting out by
specialise'd equipment.

“WOODSMAN.’ ‘Headlines for Heaths.’ Gardeners Chronicle, 172(6). Heather, the plant
of the month for August.

=

R.H.S. Awards, given in London, to plants submitted at

Fortnightly Shows:

E. lusitanica: Award of Merit, February 22nd, 1972
(National Trust, Sheffield Park).

E. erigena (‘mediterranea’): Award of Merit, April 18th,
1972, to ‘Brightness’, ‘Superba’ and ‘W. T. Rackliff’

- (Crown Estate Commissioners, Windsor Great Park).

E. ciliaris (David McClintock’): Award of Merit, September
5th, 1972 (Proudleys Nursery).

——

In spite of all our modern steel technology we can’t
make it without heather

Would you believe that the best steel specialists in the
world haven’t been able to find any product that does a
better job of cleaning the last remains of scale from rolled
steel plate than plain old ordinary heather? It’s enough to
delight the heart of an atavist.

It is understandable that our engineers tend to blush at the
mention of heath. Apart from this throwback to herbalism
they employ only the most modern and sophisticated of
techniques. And they are justifiably proud of what they have
achieved in the quality of the special steels that Uddeholm
has chosen as its field of specialisation.

The whole concern rests on the natural resources of its
own lands. So perhaps heather isn’t out of place after all.
From an advert by Uddeholm, Steel Division, Hagfors,
Sweden. Reproduced by their courtesy.

46 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

LIST OF MEMBERS
December, 1972

*Indicates members willing to show their gardens by appointment.
+Nurserymen.

Group 1. Scotland.
AITKEN, J. N., Braehead, Greenburn Road, North Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9UA.
BALLOCH, M. W., Ardmeanach, Fortrose, Ross-shire.
BARR, Miss K. H., 3 Balgair Road, Balfron by Glasgow.
BELL, J. Roger, ai Newtyle Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
BEZZANT, Mr and Mrs R. J., 24 North Grange Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 3AF.
{BLAcK, Mrs M. (Sheriffston Gardens), Leuchars House, by Elgin, Moray.
Boypb-Harvey, Mrs L. C., Boonslie, Dirleton, North Berwick, East Lothian.
BREMNER, Mr and Mrs A., Coruisk, Dennistoun Road, Langbank, Port Glasgow.
+BRIEN, R. J., Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth.
BROOKE, Dr ON Kellie, Masonfield, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart.
BROWN, R. A., Hillcrest, Dunbar Street, Lossiemouth, Moray.
BURNET, F. R., Enterkin, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.
CARMICHAEL, Sir John, K.B.E., Magicwell, Balmullo, Leuchars, Fife.
CASSELS, K. A. H., Scougal, Sandbank, Dunoon, Argyll.
CAVEN, A., 62 Bellsdyke Road, Larbert, FK5 4EN, Stirlingshire.
CHILDs, J. W., University Hall Cottage, St Leonards Road, St Andrews, Fife.
+CHRISTIE, T. and W., The Nurseries, Inverness Road, Forres, Moray.
CoLiins, Mrs M., Inverchapel by Dunoon, Argyll.
CONNELLY, Jeera Melrose Avenue, Balgonie, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
CRABBIE, D., Black Barony Farm, Eddiestone, Peebleshire.
*DOoBSON, Wm. S., 20 Barnshot Road, Colinton, Edinburgh 13.
Dosson, W.S. (Jun.), The Hill, Broomieknowe, Lasswade, Midlothian.
Douc.tas, Mrs I. J., Corner Cottage, Inchmarlo, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
+DRAKE, Jack, Insriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire.
Duncan, Dr H. C., 12 Barony Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 8RE.
Duncan, T. A., Rhuroin, Shieldaig, by Strathcarron, Ross-shire.
EverRETT, R. J., 2 Old Kirk Road, Garvock Hill, Dunfermline, Fife.
Foster, Mrs E., Bruar Cottage, Mayfield Road, Inverness.
FOWLER, C., 6 Airlie Street, Brechin, Angus.
Gps, K. F., Seaways, St Colme Road, Dalgety Bay, Fife.
GIBSON, D., 5 Sixth Avenue, Victory Gardens, Renfrew.
GRAY, j ; M., Kindeloch, New Abbey, Dumfries.
Gunn, Mr and Mrs D, M., 34 Belmont Road, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.
HALkKeTT, A. C., Kevock Lea, Kevock Road, Lasswade, Midlothian.
HALL, Mrs M., Leyden Old House, Kirknewton, Midlothian.
HENDERSON, Mr and Mrs J., Auchenview, 3 Valley Bank, Banton, Kilsyth.
HEPBURN, G., 34 Laws Drive, Kincorth, Aberdeen.
Huaues, Mrs I. M., 23 Lochend Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow.
Hunter, Mrs E. N., Shieldaig Cottage, Gairloch, Ross-shire.
+HurtTTon, D., Aberfoyle Heather Nursery, Aberfoyle, West Perthshire.
Imrie, I., 40 Stamperland Hill, Clarkston, Renfrewshire.
JAMIESON, A., 61 Bourtree Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
JAMIESON, Miss M. A. W., Broadacres, Kinross.
JOHNSTON, T., 20 Poplar Grove, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 5AT.
KELLY, Mrs J., 46 Golf View, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 4HH.
Latta, Mr and Mrs R., Mavis Park, Kippen, Stirling, FK8 3DY.
+ Linpsay, P., Cluny Castle, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire.
TLIsTER, Alex & Son Ltd, Meadowbank Nurseries, Barone Road, Rothesay, Bute.
Lunwn, Mrs, Blawlowan, "Buchanan Castle, Drymen, Stirlingshire.
McCRINDLE, K. D., 1 Drummond Rise, Dunblane, Perthshire.
MACDONALD, Mrs ies Bruach, Stratherrick Road, Inverness.
+MCFARLANE, Mr and Mrs A. D., Craigmarloch ‘Nurseries, Mid Barrwood, Kilsyth.
MaAcRosert, Mrs H., Durisdeer, ’Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.
Marks, B. McK.., 17 *Banchory Avenue, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.
+MARYFIELD NURSERIES, Leslie, Fife.
METHVEN, Mr and Mrs R. D., 16 Mount Pleasant Drive, Old Kirkpatrick, Cue
MILLER, Dr G. R., Gilbank, Schoolhill, Banchory, Kincardineshire.
Mounsey, E. R., Rough Knowe, Barrhill Road, Dalbeattie.

YEAR BOOK 1973 47

PARKER, Major and Mrs H. F., Torlochan, Gruline, Isle of Mull, Argyll.
PARKER, R. C., Woodcliffe, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire.
Patrick, Mr and Mrs L. B., Dounie, Tayvallich by Lochgilphead, Argyll.
PATTENDEN, H., Kirkbank, Glenlochar, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.
PEARCE, Mrs A., 33 Blackwood Road, Milngavie, Glasgow.
Piper, C. P., Crawley House, Springfield, Fife.
+PoNnTON, J. R., The Gardens, Kirknewton, Midlothian.
PULLAR, W., 36 Gleneagles Avenue, Glenrothes, Fife.
RAE, D. B., West View, 29 Birdston Road, Milton of Campsie, nr Glasgow.
REGIUS KEEPER, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 3.
SANDERSON, W., 91 Carmuirs Avenue, Camelon, Falkirk.
Scott, T. M., Clonburn, Resaurie, Inverness.
SEGGIE, T. P., Benallan, Portincaple, Garelochhead, Dunbartonshire.
SHAND, W. A., St Edmunds, Milngavie, Dunbartonshire.
SHARPE, Mr and Mrs G. W., 13 Camus Road East, Edinburgh, EH10 6RE.
SHEPHERD, Miss M., The Dales, Braidwood by Carluke, Lanarkshire.
Suter, N. T., 89 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline, Fife.
STEEN, Mr and Mrs M., 87 East King Street, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
*Srirt, Lt.-Col. and Mrs J. H., Drumcairn, Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
TANSLEY, W., 5 Albany Drive, Burnside, Rutherglen, Glasgow.
TAYLor, P. C., Craigdonald Lodge, Easter Dalguise, Dunkeld, Perthshire.
TuHompson, I., 21 Pantonville Road, West Kilbride, Ayrshire.
Tope, Mrs M., Prospect Place, Claremont Drive, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire.
TURNBULL, J., 38 Milton Road, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire.
WHITSON, Mrs E. M., Wood End, Falls of Leny, Callander, Perthshire.
+WILSON, J. D., Messrs Oliver and Hunter, Moniaive, Thornhill, Dumfries-shire,

Group 2. Ireland.

’ ANDERSON, J. D., 51 Wallasey Park, Belfast, BT 14 6PN, Northern Ireland.
Brown, E. T., 29 Glensharragh Gardens, Belfast, BT6 9PE.

+Datsy HILL Nurseries, Newry, Co. Down.
ELuioTT, Miss C. J., Killowen, Rostrevor, Co. Down.

‘GAHAN, Lt.-Col. H. M., Nestor Lodge, Kilmullin, Newtownmountkennedy, Co.

Wicklow.

GARRATT, Major.R., Rialto, Holywood, Co. Down.

+GRAHAM, N. C., Straid, Nurseries, Gracehill, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
GRAINGER, Mrs M., Ardbeg, 8 Cairnburn Drive, Belfast, BT4 2HW.
Hitt, Mrs E., Ivacraig, Craigavad, Holywood, Co. Down.

+KANE Bros., Drumee, Castlewellan, Co. Down.
LAMBERT, Col. W. P., Clareville, Oughterard, Co. Galway, Eire.
Lynn, J. H., Largy Road, Carnlough, Co. Antrim.
McCarter, W.S., Heatherdene, Culmore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
MCLAUGHLIN, D., 17 Townview Avenue South, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
McMenamin, J. S., 32 St Francis Terrace, Londonderry.

+MAGowan, S. J., Aberfoyle Nurseries, 21 Northland Road, Londonderry.
NIxon, C., Greenmount College, Muckamore, Co. Antrim.
REEVES, Mrs E. A., Greenways, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

TSLINGER, Leslie S., The Slieve Donard Nursery Co., Newcastle, Co. Down.
THompson, Miss B., 18 Fairway Avenue, Upper Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5NL.
WALKER, Miss N., Lisnoe, Orwell Park, Dublin 6.

Group 3. Northern.

*ABBOTT, Mr and Mrs F. W., 21 Moseley Wood Lane, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 7ER.
ADAMS, Dr J. M., The Birches, 5 Wimbrick Crescent, Ormskirk, Lancs. 5
ALLEN, Mr and Mrs H., 21 Easterly Avenue, Leeds, LS8 2TE.

ALLsop, Mrs A., 14 Beechdale Close, Brockwell, Chesterfield, Derbys.
ANTHES, Mrs P. C., Bryn Afon, Shatton Lane, Bamford, Sheffield, S30 2BG.

*ARDRON, Mr and Mrs., J. P., Fulwood Heights, Harrison Lane, Sheffield, S10 4PA.
ARMSTRONG, M., 13 Newlands Avenue, Sunderland, Co. Durham.
ASTLEY, P., Roylen Avenue, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs.
ATHERTON, J. H., 27 Worcester Road, Wardley, Swinton, Lancs. M27 1WW.
BARRACLOUGH, Mr and Mrs K. C., 19 Park Avenue, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S30 4WH.
BATES, W., White Wings, Lingmell, Seascale, Cumberland.

BENSON, Clive, The Nurseries, 281 Croston Road, Farington, Preston, Lancs.

48 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

BICKERSTAFF, C. E., Dyffryn, 2c Norfolk Hill, Grenoside, Sheffield, S30 3QB.
Binns, D. L., 6 Highgate, Crosshills, nr Keighley, Yorks.
Bostwick, Mr and Mrs G., Heatherdale, 15 Miller Hill, Denby Dale, Yorks.,
HD8 8RF. -
Boyp, Mrs D. E., Mooredge, Warren Lane, Eldwick, Bingley, Yorks.
BROOMHEAD, R. H., The Hollies, Ashover, Chesterfield, Derbys.
Brown, Mrs D., 18 Links Way, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire.
Bur.ey, Mrs A., 14 Camborne Drive, Fixby, Huddersfield, Yorks.
BurTon, Mr and Mrs F., 17 Hastings Road, Winton, Eccles, Manchester.
CAMPBELL, M., Rothley Lake House, Morpeth, Northumberland.
CHAPMAN, J., Glenesk, 4 Central Avenue, Amble, Morpeth, Northumberland.
CONNELL, Dr J. G., 636 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3QL.
Cooper, J. G., Corrie, Dinting Road, Glossop, Derbys.
Cooper, Mrs V. C. V., Hillside, Buxton Road, Disley, nr Stockport, Cheshire.
Cox, D., Crich View, Sitwell Grange Lane, Pilsley, nr Chesterfield, Derbys.
CRESWELL, Miss K. Baker, Preston Tower, Chathill, Northumberland.
CuL.ey, Mr and Mrs F. N., Fairfield, 10 Jefferson Drive, Russell Park, Ulverston,
Lancs.
Date, B., Villa Farm, Bridgmere, Nantwich, Cheshire.
+Dance, C. T., 80 Normanby Road, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 5TS.
*DARBYSHIRE, J. K., Heather Rise, Surby, Port Erin, 1.O.M.
Davies, Mr and Mrs F. H., 62 Becconsall Lane, Hesketh Bank, Preston, PR4 6RR.
Dawson, Mr and Mrs E. J., Wincherries, The Avenue, Lymm, Cheshire.
Dawson, J. O. H., Beauclerc, Riding Mill, Northumberland.
Dawson, P., 43 Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, Lancs., BB1 2AU.
Dawson, S., 2 Milnthorpe Crescent, Sandal, Wakefield, Yorks.
DeEvutTEers, J. G., 32 Kirkland, Kendal, Westmorland. j
DICKinSON, J. F., 14 The Ruddings, Wheldrake, York.
Epwarbes-Hocc, Mr and Mrs G., Kell Head Cottage, Egremont, Cumberland,
CA22 2UB.
ELLARD, Mrs M., Rose Garth, Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire.
EMBERSON, I. M., 8 Moortop Avenue, Thurstonland, Huddersfield, HD4 6YB.
Evers, Mrs M. D., 216 Donvale Road, Washington, Co. Durham.
Fairs, Mrs J. D., 33 Clough Drive, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 OJJ.
FIELDSEND, Mrs K. J., Moorcott, Ringinglow, Sheffield, S11 7TU.
Fitton, J., Touch Road Farm, Walmersley, Bury, Lancs.
Foots, Mr and Mrs A., Green Trees, Sandholme Road, Gilberdyke, Brough, Yorks.
ForsyTH, Dr T. S., Lindisfarne, Haworth, Keighley, Yorks.
FREARSON, W. D., Heathcote, Barber Green, Grange over Sands, Lancs.
Fryer, Mr and Mrs R., 11 Raven Oak Close, Belper, Derby, DES 1NY.
GARDEN News, The Editor, Park House, 117 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2TS.
GLEAVE, N., St Helen, 29 First Avenue, Glencrutchery, Douglas, I1.0.M.
GooDALL, S. H., Cobble End, Church Street, Churchtown, Garstang, nr Preston.
GOULD, Mr and Mrs C. W. L., 43 Silverdale Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire.
GRAVILLE, N., 168 Bradford Road, Otley, Yorks.
Gray, Mr and Mrs P. D., Hill Crest, Edge End Lane, Holmfirth, Huddersfield.
GREEN, R., 94 Mosley Wood Gardens, Cookridge, Leeds, L16 7H.
GRIFFIN, D. P., 3 Marlborough Court, Churchill Park, Washingborough, Lincs.
Groves, W. J. B., 83 Church Road, Lower Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire, L63 3EA.
HaiGcu, J., Glenarma, Brockholes, Huddersfield, Yorks.
HAtey, Mrs M. E., The Croft, Brackenthwaite Lane, Pannal, Harrogate, HG3 1PQ.
+Hamer, G. M., Sunnymount Nursery, Glossop, Chisworth, Hyde. Cheshire.
HarGreaves, Mrs J. G., Burnside Cottages, Low Bradfield, nr Sheffield.
HarGREAVES, Brig. K. and Mrs, Castle Garth, Wetherby, Yorks.
Henry, S., 50 Harrowden Road, Doncaster, Yorks.
Hewis, J., Stoneleigh, Jubilee Drive, West Kirby, Cheshire, L48 5EE.
Hitt, M. A., 20 Green Walk, Timperley, Cheshire.
HiLTon, Sir Derek, Eaves, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbys.
Hosss, K. W., Glenthorne, Lode Pit Lane, Eldwick, Bingley, Yorks.
Hosson, Mr and Mrs B., Wildthorn, Scar End, Brockholes, Huddersfield.
Hopcson, R., 106 Radcliffe New Road, Whitefield, Manchester.
Ho pen, Mrs K. M. F., Braeside, Rogerfield, Keswick, Cumbs.
+HOo.ettT, C. G., Greenbank Nursery, New Street, Sedbergh, Yorks.
Homes, Mrs H., 41 Whitehall Road East, Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorks.
Ho.royp, G. E., Struan Lodge, Baildon, Yorks.
HorsFALL, M., One Acre, 361 Halifax Road, Liversedge, Yorks.
HowE.., Mrs M., 7 Alphin Park Lane, Greenfield, nr Oldham, Lancs.
Hume, J. K., Director, University Liverpool Botanic Gardens, Ness, Wirral, Cheshire.

YEAR BOOK 1973 49

HUTCHINSON, S., 60 Ash Crescent, Eckington, Sheffield, S31 9AE.
JACK, G., Rossmoyne, 33 Manor Road, Bramhall, Cheshire.
JAKEWAYS, Dr R. J., 7 Wordsworth Avenue, Penistone, nr Sheffield, S30 6EX.
JOHNSON, Wing-Cdr J. S., 4 Ladythorne Avenue, Marple, Cheshire, SK6 7DR.
JONES, Mr and Mrs H., Coombs Croft, Coombs Road, Bakewell, Derbys., DE4 1AQ.
KELLy, H., Ballaqueeney Lodge, Ballaquale Road, Douglas, I.O.M.
KELLy, R. J., 64 The Oval, Salterbeck, Workington, Cumbs., CA14 5HY.
Kerr, J. W., 31 Wentworth Drive, Sale, Cheshire.
KirkKMan, Mr and Mrs W., 10 Lowdale, Bennett Lane, Dewsbury, Yorks.
KniGcutT, Mrs D., Heatherlea, The Eairy, East Foxdale, I1.0.M.
SEW, Ne and Mrs A., Orleans House, 323 Fleetwood Road, Fleetwood, Lancs.
LAMBERT, Mr and Mrs, 21 Butterfield Road, Over Hulton, Bolton, BL5 1DU.
LASCELLES, R. G., Birchwood, 358 Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
*LEVER, G., 239 Tottington Road, Harwood, Bolton, Lancs.
Lorp, J. D., Raikes Close, Skipton, Yorks.
Luxe, Mr and Mrs, Merbrae, 35 Ridge Green, Scalby, Scarborough, Yorks.
LyNncuH, B. A., 60 Penrose Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 4JS, Lancs.
MACAULAY, Mr and Mrs E. K., Langland, Huby, nr Leeds, Yorks.
MACINTYRE, Mr and Mrs, The Cottage, Fontainebleau, Cranage, Holmes Chapel.
MACKLEy, Mrs L. M., Heathers, Standish Grove, Boston, Lincs.
MarTIN, Mr and Mrs W., 8 Sandringham Drive, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1JQ.
MERIFIELD, D. B., Rattle Grange, Ashover, Derbys.
METCALF, Dr J. A. S., 21 Church Lane, Acklam, Middlesbrough, Yorks.
METCALFE, J. E., Bracken Cottage, Hillside, Rothbury, Morpeth, Northumberland.
INADEN, ae M., Tryweryn, 9 Windermere Drive, Alderley Edge, Cheshire,
SK9 7UP.
NEwsHAM, Miss V. M., 43 Carfield Avenue, Meersbrook, Sheffield, S8 9HY.
NICHOLS, R., 28 Parklands, Hamsterley Mill Estate, Rowlands Gill, Co. Durham.
~ Noar, B. B., 5 Lady’s Close, Parklands Way, Poynton, nr Stockport, SK12 1AN.
Owen, Dr I., 30 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, L18 2EF.
OwEN, W. L., Moorfield, Pipers Lane, Lower Heswail, Wirral, Cheshire.
Parry, Mr and Mrs J. I., Arboleda, Ruff Lane, Ormskirk, Lancs.
‘PARTINGTON, Mr and Mrs B., 3 South Drive, Gatley, Cheshire.
Pas_ey, Mrs P. D., 44 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, nr Sheffield,
PEARCE, Mrs J. V., 17 Park Drive, Harrogate, Yorks.
PERKIN, J. M., Roseacres, Barrow Lane, Hale, Cheshire.
PERVIN, Mrs H., Lower Ringstones Farm, Rowarth, via Stockport, Cheshire.
PLATT, ae aud Mrs J., Fern Bank, 176 Southport Road, Ulnes Walton, Leyland,
PRS5 3LN.
POLLARD, J. D., 12 Sutton Avenue, Chellaston, Derby, DE7 1RJ.
*Prew, Mr and Mrs H. C., 229 Chester Road, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire,
Cw8 1LP.
PrybeE, Mrs M., 3 Oldfield Close, Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, L60 6RL.
Pryce-Parry, Mrs R., Long Ridge, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire.
Raw, R., 7 Woodside Lane, Huddersfield, HD2 2HA.
REDMAN, “Mrs C. K., Glen House, Craggy Vale, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Yorks.
REED, H., 36 Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax, HX3 8TW.
REESON, Mrs D. G., The Beacon, 6 Sea Front Road, Seacroft, Skegness, Lincs.
*RICHARDS, D.A., Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbs.
Rircuig, J. R., 138 West End Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 9BT.
Roserts, Dr B. E., 9 Ladywood Mead, Leeds, LS8 2LZ.
Ropcer, W. S., 71 Lownorth Road, Woodhouse Park, Manchester, M22 6JU.
Rooke, Mr and Mrs J., 5 Church Lane, Litton, Buxton, Derbys.
Rusuton, A., 143 Bradford Road, Farnworth, nr Bolton, BL4 OJH.
Russ, V. J. A., 44 Rutland Close, Harrogate, Yorks, HG1 2HF.
SAwers, Miss E. K., 4 South Way, Daisy Lea Lane, Huddersfield, HD3 3LN.
SENDER, M. B., 12 Hodgson Crescent, Ring Road, Moortown, Leeds 17.
SHERWIN, Miss D. E., 6 Clifton Lane, Handsworth, S9 4BB.
SHipp, J. A., Dilston Plains, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5RE.
SMALL, Dr W. A. W., 51 High Street, Normanby, Middlesbrough, Teeside.
SmitH, Mr and Mrs A., 11 Range Drive, Woodley, nr Stockport, SK6 1JT.
SMITH, G. D., Superintendent, Harlow Car Gardens, Harrogate.
+SmitH, Gervase & Sons Ltd, Hackney Road, Matlock, Derbys.
SMITH, Miss M. E., 16 Hillside, Findern, Derby, DE6 6AZ.
SmitH, Mrs P., Nellacre, Birstwith, Harrogate.
SNELL, S. C., Knoll House, Upper Langwith, Collingham, Yorks.
SPENCE, Mr and Mrs C. W., 174 Fox Lane, Leyland, Preston, PR5 1HE.

50 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

STAFFORD, F. W., 43 Henley Road, Mossley Hili, Liverpool, L18 2DN.

STAFFORD, J., Heatherlands, Osmotherley, Northallerton, Yorks.

STuBBS, F. B., 62 High West Road, Crook, Co. Durham. =

SUMMERS, A., 20 Belgrave Gardens, North Seaton Estate, Ashington, Northumberland.

SuTTIE, T. K., Windrush, 127 Pasturelands Drive, Billington, Blackburn.

TAMMEN, Mr and Mrs, Aiskew Villa, Aiskew, Bedale, Yorks.

THOMPSON, M. A., 62 Housley Park, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S30 4UE.

TOMKINS, Mrs M. G., Fort Lodge, Derby Haven, I.0.M.
*TOOTHILL, A. P., Springfield, 431 Whirlowdale Road, Sheffield, S11 9NG.
{TRAveRS, G. E., High Rigg, Stoney Ridge, Cottingley, nr Bingley, Yorks.

Tuck, Mrs D. M., Boarshurst, Greenfield, nr Oldham, Lancs.

TuRNER, Miss D. A., Assynt, Gardenfield, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln.

Tyson, J. R., High Cross, Hawkshead, nr Ambleside, Westmorland.

VALE, Mr and Mrs T. C., 15 Bankfield Drive, Spondon, Derbys.
*VICKERS, Mr and Mrs G., 55 Westbourne Road, Sheffield, S10 2QT.

WALKER, J. G., 47 Carr Street, Marsh, Huddersfield, HD3 4AU.

WALTON, D. K., 26 Beechwood Drive, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5AT.
ee and Mrs D., Wards Nurseries, Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Sheffield,

WHEATLEY, A., 72 Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derbys.

WILuIs, A. W., Manor Cottage, 1 Front Street, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

WILSON, Mrs C., 10 Oakwood Close, Altofts, Normanton, Yorks.

WINFIELD, L. G., 50 Carsick Hill Crescent, Sheffield, Si0 3LT.

WooDWARD, J. H., Greenacres, Brookside, Arclid, Sandbach, Cheshire.

WRIGHT, Rev. J., 126 Cambridge Road, Southport, Lancs.

WRIGHT, J. D., 7 Withy Grove Close, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6NT.
*WRIGHT, K. E., 37 Batworth Drive, Sheffield, SS 8XW.

Group 4. Wales.

* ARMSDEN, Dr A., Glancerrig, Llanfaglan, Caerns.

BEASLEY, Dr W. H., Dolgerddi, Pen-y-Graig, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth,

SY23 3SG.

Birp, D. S., Crud-yr-Awel, Trecynon, Aberdare, Glam.

BisHop, H., 9 Meadows Way, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire.
*CHATTAWAY, J. F., Drws-y-Coed, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, Caerns.

CHESTER, H. H., Firdene, Three Crosses, Swansea, SA4 3NU.

Davies, Mr and Mrs G. I., Tan-y-Bryn, Llanllechid, Bangor, North Wales.

GRIFFITHS, Maj. R. L., Little Heath, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey.

*HaicH, Mr and Mrs R., Coed Berw, Pentre Berw, Gaerwen, Anglesey.
HArRpPwrR, Mr and Mrs J. W., Drumquin, Graig, Glan Conway, Colwyn Bay.
HoskInG, C. F., 2 Fleming Crescent, Haverfordwest, Pembs.

IsAAc, T. J., Melrose, Prescelly Park, Fishguard Road, Haverfordwest, Pembs.

JERVIS, E., Dol-Llys Cottage, Llanidloes, Mont., SY18 6JD.

KniGut, L. A., Eynhallow, Park Corner, Haverfordwest, Pembs.

LiLoyvb, R. J. H., Ffynnon Deilo, Pendoylan, Cowbridge, Glam., CF7 7UJ.

Mose ey, A. J., 25 Penrhyn Close, Trowbridge, St Mellows, Cardiff, CF3 8RN.
+Moss, W., Maes-yr-Esgob House, Afonwen, Mold, Flintshire.

NEALE, S., Hen Efail, Pandy, Mon.

Parris, Mrs A. A., Spring Cottage, Penycaemawr, Usk, Mon., NP5 1LU.

PETTIFOR, Mr and Mrs B., St Davids, Cwm-y-Glo, Caernarvon.

RIcHARDS, Mr and Mrs A., 16 Llandegai Village, Bangor, Caerns.

Trew, B. A. U., 1 Paddock Cottage, Abbeycwmhir, Llandrindod Wells.

WEALE, R. D., Brynderwen, Brecon.

WILLIAMS, Mr and Mrs Griffith, Bryn Eithin, Porthyfelin Road, Holyhead, Anglesey.

WILSON, G. H., Rallt, Ceunant, Caerns.

Group 5. Midlands.

ApaM, R. R., Barnards Green House, Malvern, Worcs.

+ANNABEL, A., Springwood, Church Drive, Ravenshead, Notts., NG15 9FG.
BAILEy, Mr and Mrs H., Twin Pines, Withington, Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.
BAILEY, J. H., Alpina, 4 "The Crescent, Sweetpool Lane, West Hagley, Worcs.
BAILEY, Miss Si M., 27 Ladywood Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield.

BALL, Professor G. V., Heatherways, 14 "Manor Road, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield.
BALL, W.R., 97 Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham.

YEAR BOOK 1973 51

BARDEL, Mrs M., Parlours Bank, 2 Hergest Road, Kington, Herefordshire.
BARTON, Mr and Mrs P. T. de Witt, 17 Northgate, Bridgnorth, Salop.
BEHARRELL, Mrs M. V., Suncrest, Duck Lane, Welford-on-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon.
BELTON, C. G., 34 Bourne Avenue, Halesowen, Worcs.
BENNETT, D. J., 4 Erica Close, Marlpool Gardens, Kidderminster, Worcs.
TBENSON, Mrs J. L., Ridgway Wood, Edgton, Craven Arms, Salop.
Beswick, G. I., The Cottage, Hilderstone Road, Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent.
BRAZIER, K. R., 43 Weir Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18 9EH.
BRIDGWATER, Miss J., 250 Slade Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warks.
Brooks, Mr and Mrs N. D., 153 Sneyd Lane, Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2DX.
Brown, Mr and Mrs K. W., The Elms Farm, Costock, nr Loughborough, Leics.
CARR-SAUNDERS, Mrs J. A., 139 Old Station Road, Hampton-in-Arden, Warks.
CARTER, F. G., 10 Russet Close, Henwick Park, Worcester, WR2 6EL.
CHALLONER, T. A., New Leys, High Ash Farm, Meriden, nr Coventry.
CLARK, P. W., The Haven, 36 Bridgnorth Road, Stourton, nr Stourbridge, Worcs.
COLLick, K., 10 Risdale Close, Leamington Spa.
CookEs, G. J., Little Froome, 2 Drayton Lane, Fenny Drayton, nr Nuneaton.
Cooper, B. H., 7 Corinne Close, Rednall, Birmingham, B45 8EJ.
Cooper, K. V., Abbeywood House, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Notts., NG158GD.
CouGHLIN, Mrs R., 17 Alvechurch Highway, Lydiate Ash, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
COULSON, F., Cedar Heights, 20 Victoria Road, Wooshouse Eaves, Leics.
Crow, Mrs A. F., 63 Longwood Road, Aldridge, Staffs.
DAESDONK, Mrs J. van, 13 Station Road, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent.
Darby, M. C., 100 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, Staffs.
Davies, A. E., 760 Old Lode Lane, Solihull, Warks.
DAVIEs, @ . Gwyn, Midland Wallboards Ltd, 120 Beakes Road, Smethwick, Warley,
Staffs.
DEARLING, Mr and Mrs T., 1 Swinburne Close, Balderton, Newark-on-Trent, Notts.
’ Des Forces, A. N., Bog Hall, Kinver, Stourbridge, Worcs., DY7 6JD.
DobD.ey, Mr and Mrs A., The Spinney, Little Hay, Lichfield, Staffs.
EATON, Mrs K. R., 41 Foley Street East, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield.
+EATON, Mrs W. D., Lea Nurseries, Emstrey, Shrewsbury, Salop.
‘ELwin, R. C., Two-Ways, 12 The Lawns, Whatton-in-the-Vale, Notts, NG13 9EZ.
+EveRETT, Mrs M., Hill Cottage, Wynniatts Way, Abberley, Worcs.
FEARN, Mr and Mrs F. A., 82 Nottingham Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham,
NG10 2AU.
Fincu, A. R., 25 Windrush Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7SU.
GENT, Miss K. C. M., Kings Cairn, 39 Borrowcop Lane, Lichfield, Staffs.
GIBBON, Mr and Mrs J. W., 59 Loxley Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8PH.
Hanson, F. D., Crossways, 43 Wellington Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
HARTLEss, Mr and Mrs W. B., 31 Brookmans Avenue, Quinton, Birmingham 32.
Hayes, R. N., 55 Storer Road, Loughborough, Leics.
HEADLEY, W. H., 43 Craighill Road, Knighton, Leicester.
Hore, Mr and Mrs D. W., 33 Ribble Drive, Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough,
LE12 8LJ.
Hors ey, N., 12 Perlethorpe Avenue, Mansfield, Notts.
Horton, Mr and Mrs C., 221 Field Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffs.
HUTCHERSON, H. G., Butts Croft House, Tamworth Road, Corley, Coventry,
CV7 8B.
JARRATT, J. F., 19 Ashtree Road, Tividale, Warley, Worcs.
JOHN, Lady, Ty Draw, Efail Rhyd, Llanrhaedr-y-m, Oswestrey, Salop.
JONES, Mr and Mrs E. T., 16 Manor Road, Hanbury Park, Worcs., WR2 4PD.
Kaye, Mr and Mrs J., Brookend, Welland, nr Malvern, Worcs.
Kesey, Mr and Mrs T. H., 10 Chartwell Drive, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield.
KENDALL, P. J., 45 Halesowen Road, Halesowen, Worcs.
*LAw, R., Meadows, Draycote, nr Rugby, Warks.
Lawson, F., 495 Loughborough Road, Birstall, Leics.
LEAD, Dr W. L., 22 Imperial Avenue, Gedling, Notts., NG4 3NE.
LipGate, Miss M. B. S., The Nutshell, Richards Castle, Ludlow, Salop.
ee Mrs H. M.,-Roman Way, Roman Road, Little Aston Park, nr Sutton
oldfield.
Lunn, M. H., 46 Redland Grove, Carlton, Notts., NG4 3EU.
McDoweELL, Dr L. A., 34 Michael Drive, Birmingham, B15 2EL.
Mann, J. M., 7 Niven Close, Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9BJ.
MartTINn, G. W., 42 Clarence Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Notts., NG9 5HY.
Martin, J. E., Elder Tree Lane, Ashley, nr Market Drayton, Salop.
MATTHEwSs, W. M., 39 Parkfield Road, Stourbridge, Worcs.
MonetTuer, G. A. K., Greenfields, Charlton, nr Wellington, Telford, Salop.

a2 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

OAKMAN, C. W., 24 Yelverton Avenue, Evington, Leicester, LES 6XR.
PEET, J., 19 Stephenson Close, Glascote Heath, Tamworth, Staffs.
Perks, H.S., 15 Leonard Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcs.
Powers, A., 256 Thornborough Road, Coalville, Leics., LE6 4EL.
PRINGLE, W. H., 56 Littleheath Lane, Lickey Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
QUAYLE, Mr and Mrs S. K., Loen, Bewdley, Worcs.
RADLEY, A. O., 7 Ashley Close, Norton, Stourbridge, Worcs. ~
FROBERTS, 1 Mrs E. S., Glenhurst, 121 Hadley Park Road, Leegomery, Wellington,
alop
ROGERS, Dr K. B., 38 Woodbourne, Augustus Road, Birmingham, B15 3PH.
Ror Mr and Mrs D.H.E., Clouds, 38 Vernon Crescent, Ravenshead, Nottingham,
RouGHAN, J. M., 27 Smith Street, Warwick.
ROUND, Mrs D. M., Kenelm, How Caple, Hereford.
RuLE, H. E., Fairfield, Sutton-cum-Lound, Retford, Notts.
SHACKLOCK, Mrs P., Applegarth, Paddock Close, Quorn, Leics.
SHOOTER, Mrs D. E. M., 30 Victoria Road, Pinxton, Nottingham, NG16 6NE.
Simons, J. P., Swinford House, Rugby, Warks.
TSPARKES, J. W., Beech Wood Nurseries, Gorcott Hill, Redditch, Worcs.
STANLEY, P. J., 20 Corbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield.
STONE, Miss C. F., Kings Cairn, 39 Borrowcop Lane, Lichfield, Staffs.
STREET, H., Selby, 14 Barker Road, Sutton Coldfield.
SwirT, A. A., Green Gables, Woodland Road, Dodford, nr Bromsgrove, Worcs.
+TABRAMHILL GARDENS, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Nottingham, NGI15 8GD.
TAYLOR, R. W., 5 Cherry Orchard, Swainshill, Hereford.
TOWNLEY, Mrs S. A. V., Church Lane, Hallow, Worcs.
TRUMAN, Mrs E., 22 Queens Road, Walsall, Staffs.
TUNNICLIFFE, L. F., 28 Leahurst Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6JG.
TURBERFIELD, C., 3 Beech View, Blyth, nr Worksop, Notts.
TuRNER, Mr and Mrs A. S., 167 Cole Valley Road, Birmingham, B28 0SG.
TURNER, E., 2 Newport Road, Hinstock, Market Drayton, Salop.
WARNER, Mr and Mrs R., Fairlands, Jack Haye Lane, Lightoaks, Stone-on-Trent.
WARRINGTON, Mr and Mrs E. G., 186A Chester Road North, Kidderminster, Worcs.
WALKER, Dr J. K., Green Rigg, Long Lane, Billesdon, Leics.
WARD, (I 19 Bonington Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 SJR.
WHALLEY, T. W., Highfields, Newstead Abbey Park, Linby, Notts.
WIGGIN, Mr and Mrs L. Rowan, Streetly Wood, Sutton Coldfield, Warks.
WILLIAMS, T. Vaughan, The Priory, Pillerton Priors, Warks.
WisH, Mrs W., 47 Clarence Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield.
YATES, Mr and Mrs G., 7 Wood End Drive, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9EJ.
YOUNG, Mrs J., The Cottage, 80 High Street, Irchester, Northants.

Group 6. Eastern and North of Thames.
BAILEY, Mrs M., 32 Cassiobury Drive, Watford, Herts.
BAKER, J. W., Frensham, Blue Mills Hill, Witham, Essex.
BARBER, Mrs A., Shortwood, Renwick Park, West Runton, Cromer, Norfolk.
Bircu, Mrs M. C., 11 Warren Heath Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk.
+BLoom, Adrian J. R., Foggy Bottom, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk.
Bowen, F. W., 34 Purland Close, Dagenham, Essex.
Bristow, A., The Grange, Thwaite, Eye, Suffolk.
Brixie, J. D., Langstrath, Lower Street, Salhouse, Norwich, NOR 53Z.
a BROCK WELL, "Mrs M., Garden Cottage, East Burnham Lane, Farnham Royal, Bucks.
Brown, E. (Sh 52 Gatehill Road, Northwood, Middx.
BROWNE, Mrs H. H.R., Gordonbush House, Egypt Lane, Farnham Common, Bucks.
+BRUMMAGE, Neil H., Heathwood Nursery, Fakenham Road, Taverham, NOR 53X.
Bryce, J. Lindsay, Church Farm, Mortimer, Reading, RG7 3NU.
BUCKMASTER, A., 3 Rothschild Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
BURTON, S. R., 9 Hastings Avenue, Norwich, NOR 62M.
CHARRINGTON, Sir John, Baytree House, Aston Rowant, Oxford.
CHEASON, D. M., 4 Primrose Lane, Waterbeach, Cambs.
CHITSON, Mr and Mrs R. C., 54 Epping Road, Toothill, Ongar, Essex.
CHUBB, Mrs G. M., 242 Blind Lane, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, Bucks.
CLARE, M. A., Beech Croft, Walpole Cross Keys, nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
CLEEVELY, R. J., 3 Dukes Drive, Sarum Chase Estate, Silchester, nr Reading.
CONWAY, [Gu P., The Hollies, ‘Lamarsh, Bures, Suffolk.
Cooper, Re Ee. 118 St John’s Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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CRANE, Mrs H. H., Highmead, Cheney Street, Eastcote, Pinner, Middx.

CRASKE, D. J., 5 Seton Road, Taverham, Norwich, NOR 53X.

DEAcon, Mr and Mrs E. M., 16 Kestrel Road, Bedford.

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

Doran, T. J., Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.

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

Durey, R. E. C., 17 Chestnut Avenue, Hampton, Middx., TWi2 3AX.

Epwarps, Mr and Mrs R. G., 11 Pamela Gardens, Eastcote, Pinner, Middx.

EritH, Miss B. M., Frog Meadow, Dedham, Colchester, CO7.

FINCH, Mr and Mrs J. E., The Barn, Wargrave Road, Twyford, Berks., RG10 9PQ.

FINDLAY, T. H., Director, The Gardens, The Great Park, Windsor, Berks.

FiLack, D. H., April Rise, Rectory Lane, East Carleton, Norwich.

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

Fox, Mr and Mrs R. J., Candella, Stoke Road, Poringland, Norwich, NOR 42W.
+FRYE, M. G., The Willows, Poors Lane, Daws Heath, Thundersley, Essex.

GAMBLE, Mrs E. F., Rosario, West Runton, Cromer, Norfolk.

GILL, J. H., Stour, East Berholt, Suffolk.

GILLARD-EAsTop, T., Willowdene, The Street, Bunwell, Norwich, NOR 01X.

GILMOUR, J., Director, The University Botanic Garden, Cambridge.

GOoLLeER, A. E., 10 Monksmead, Borehamwood, Herts.

GoopE, Mrs D., 9 Marcus Gardens, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Goopson, H. F., Ischia, Doggetts Wood Close, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.

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

Grove, Dr W. P., Windrush, Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.

Guest, Mr and Mrs H. R., Dingley, 47 Castle Rising Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
+HaGeE, C. M. van, van Hage’s Nurseries, Broxbourne, Herts.

Hai, Mrs W., Flat 13, Hillmead, Boundary Road, Taplow, Bucks.

Hawes, Miss M. M., 14 Rivermead, Yarmouth Road, Stalham, Norwich, NOR 34Z.

- HENLEY, Mrs F. H., Gustard Wood House, Wheathampstead, Herts.
HOoPpkKINSON, C., 11 Baker Avenue, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex.

Horst, W. G., 38 Burnt Hills, Cromer, Norfolk.
Hype, G. W., 69 St Nicholson Walk, Brandon, Suffolk.

. JOHNSTONE, Dr R. D., Cramond Lodge, 130 Westley Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Kirk, T. S., Goliard, 17 Burnells Way, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.

Lacey, Mrs E., 58 The Meadway, Cuffley, Herts.
LANG, Mr and Mrs W. Craib, 17 Mount Grace Road, Potters Bar, Herts.
LAWRENCE, C. R., Southernwood, Hargham Road, Attleborough, Norfolk.

+LE Grice, E. B. (Roses) Ltd, Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, Norfolk.
Lewis, Mrs M., 55 Ascot Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1P3 9BY.

Lewis, Mr and Mrs P. N., 24 Theydon Park Road, Theydon Bois, Essex.
Lewis, R. J., 88 Gallants Farm Road, East Barnet, Herts.
Lock, A. J., Gomms Wood, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks.

*LONDON, Mr and Mrs B. G., 6 Roedich Drive, Taverham, Norwich, NOR 53X.
McLean, A. G., Calver Lodge, Frithwood Avenue, Northwood, Middx.
MARSHALL, J. A., 15 Roedich Drive, Taverham, Norwich, NOR 53X.
MERRIN, R. R., 10 Brownfield Way, Blackmore End, Wheathampstead, Herts.
MILts, J. R. F., 26 Theobalds Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
MiLis, R. E. H., 58 Brettingham Avenue, Cringleford, Norwich, NOR 96D.
MiILner, Mrs C. A., 8 Westmoreland Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 2EE.
MILsTED, Revd I. S., The Manse, 1 Millwood Road, Hounslow, Middx.
ren co Lib, Pieid Heath Nurseries, Hillingdon, Uxbridge (Wholesale

only).

MITCHELL, G., Heathlands, Doggetts Wood Close, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.
MITCHELL, R., Murray Lodge, Burtons Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.
MorGAN, Sir Frank, Hyde Heath Farm, Amersham, Bucks.
Munns, H., 13 Southfield Road, Hoddesdon, Herts.
Newsy, L. G., 44 Beavers Lane, Hounslow, Middx., TW4 6EL.

{Notcutrs NursERIES Ltp, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
OELS, G., 28 The Grove, Isleworth, Middx.
OLiver, E. N. C., Dane House, Great Hormead, Buntingford, Herts.
PATERSON, A., Little Sparrows, Hadhamford, Little Hadham, Herts.
PEDRICK, G. F., 9 Cedar Drive, Hatch End, Middx.
PERRIN, Mr and Mrs L. F. C., 23 Kesters Road, Chesham, Bucks.
Pootz, A. F., 1 Beech Avenue, Sunway Park, Sheringham. Norfolk.
Price, Mrs R. M., 104 Fulwell Park Avenue, Twickenham, Middx., TW2 5HB.
Prosio, Dr F., Metcalfe Farm, Hedgerley, Slough, Bucks.
READ, Mr and Mrs N. E. G., 31 Kewferry Road, Northwood, Middx.
‘Reeves, T. A., Dryden, Joiners Lane, Chalfont St Peters, Bucks.

54 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

RETHAM, Mrs D. Homestead, Skeyton, Norwich, NOR 54Y.

ROBINSON, Mr and Mrs R. H. M., Hyde Hall, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex.

Rocers, Mrs E. A., 26 Haspalls Road, Swaffham, Norfolk.

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

SANDROCK, F. E., Meadowsweet, Halstead Road, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton-on-Sea,
Essex. s

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

SMITH, K. G., 2 Chestnut Path, Canewdon, Essex.

SPAULL, R. W. T., 33 Shelford Park Avenue, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB2 5LU.

STERNDALE-BENNETT, Cdr R. D., Long Reach, Chelmondiston, Ipswich, IP9 1D7.

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

Stow, Mr and Mrs A. J., Josarno, 15 Highlands, Flackwell Heath, Bucks.

STRICKLAND, J., Wings, 5 Larchwood, Little Kingshill, Great Missenden, Bucks.

THORPE, Mr and Mrs B. R., Seaway, Bridge Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great
Yarmouth.

THURLING, F. H., Llanelly, Mundesley Road, North Walsham, Norfolk.

TUSTING, Miss J. M., Somerton, Prospect Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

TYRRELL, A. N., 6 Providence Road, Yiewsley, Middx.

ViGRASS, B. W., 41 Newmans Way, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Herts.

WALKER, Mrs E. R., Little Wood, Ashwells Way, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.

WALLACE, Air Vice-Marshal J. B., 3 Wakehams Hill, Pinner, Middx., HAS 3AO.

WALMSLEY, P. G., Tryddyn, Horning Road, Hoveton, Norwich, NOR O6Z.

WARNES, Mr and Mrs N. D., Drayton House, The Warren, Cromer, Norfolk.

WISEMAN, H. R., The Spinney, Highfield Drive, Broxbourne, Herts.

Woop, Miss M. E., Silver Birches, Potter Row, Great Missenden, Bucks.

WOODHOUSE, Mr and Mrs H. W., Pennhurst, Bernards Close, Great Missenden,
Bucks.

Woops, R. C., Calafranca, 56 Main Road, Danbury, Essex, CM3 4NG.

Group 7. London and the South East.
ABEL, R. C., 250 Maidstone Road Rainham, Kent.
ALLISON, Mrs F. M., 6 Copse Road, Meadvale, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6NW.
AUSTIN, W. G. L., Trewithiel, Russells Crescent, Horley, Surrey.
BALCHIN, Mr and Mrs G. H., 36 Hartsgrove, Chiddingfold, Godalming, Surrey.
BEAMAN, Mrs C. G., 43 Hall Lane, London, N.W.4.
BELL, Mrs J. N., Little Barden, Sheepstreet Lane, Etchingham, Sussex.
BENN, Lady, High Fieid, Pastens Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, Surrey.
BERRY, Mr and Mrs S. J., 29 Woodside Road, Bickley, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2ES.
BESSENT, P., Felbrigg, Glenesk Road, Eltham, S.E.9.
BILLINGTON, W. H., Hazelglen, Russells Crescent, Horley, Surrey.
Bot, H. W., Kyrenia Cottage, 36 Sheephouse, Farnham, Surrey.
BonpD, J. D., Wick Nursery, Wick Road, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey.
BONNE ae and Mrs S. Jj., 12 Old Oak Avenue, Chipstead, Coulsdon, Surrey,
*BOWERMAN, Mr and Mrs A. H., Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, Sussex.
BOXxALL, Mr and Mrs L. Gilridge, Sandy Lane, Kingswood, Surrey.
BRADE, W. H., 99 Warren Road, Reigate, Surrey.
Bray, B., 5 Cardinal Avenue, Morden, Surrey.
BRICKELL, C. D., The Lilacs, Wisley, Ripley, Surrey.
Brown, Mrs C. R., Penn Cottage, 1 Downs Road, Seaford, Sussex.
BUCKINGHAM, Mr and Mrs A. G., Coach House, Wall Hill Road, Ashurstwood, East
Grinstead, RH19 3TQ.
BUCKLEY, Major R. M., Woodlands, Greenhill Road, Otford, Kent.
Bubp, P. J., 14 Collington Rise, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
BULLOCK, Mrs D., Garway, Albert Road, Horley, Surrey.
Bue Dr S. A., Orchard Cottage, Manor House Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead,
urrey.
*CAMERON, Mr and Mrs R., Great Comp, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent.
CAMPLING, L. H., 8 Hatchgate Close, Cuckfield, Sussex, RH17 5D
CANNON, Mrs J. 2 Dunally Park, Shepperton-on-Thames, ears
CHARRINGTON, Sir John: see Group 6 (after May, 1973).
CHARRINGTON, Mrs N. D., Street House, Thursley, Godalming.
CLAYTON, I. Dunedin, 70 Keymer Road, Hassocks, Sussex.
CLAYTON, O. J., 8 Chittenden Cottages, Wisley, Ripley, Woking, Surrey.
Cook, Mr and Mrs E. O., Orchardlea, Radford Road, Tinsley Green, Surrey.
Cooper, Mrs A. I., Lockhursthatch, Hurtwood Lane, Shere, Surrey.

YEAR BOOK 1973 5)

Copas, B. A., 13 Pinewood Close, Shirley, Croydon, CRO 5EX.
DANIELLS, Miss R. W., Wacousta, The Bishops Avenue, London, N.2.
Davis, Mr and Mrs P., 2 Park Close Cottage, Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Egham,
Surrey.
+Davis, P. G., Timber Tops, Marley Common, Haslemere, Surrey.
DEAveEs, C. W., The Warren, Compton Way, Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
DELves, H. C., Moors Fort Cottage, 18 Fife Road, London, SW14 7EL.
+DoLLey, F. H. Sanderson, Dolleys Hill Nurseries, Normandy, Guildford.
DOWLING, R., 41 Northwood Avenue, Purley, Surrey, CR2 2ER.
DuGuIp, Mrs J., Flat 6, Holbrook Park, Horsham, Sussex.
DeEnsSTON, Mrs R., 1 Heathfield Lodge, Carron Lane, Midhurst, Sussex.
Epwarps, N. J., Westfield, Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, Kent.
Exuis, Mr and Mrs F. A., 22 Brockenhurst Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey.
Exuis, Mr and Mrs H. C., Ow! House, Poundgate, Uckfield, Sussex.
Evans, Mr and Mrs A., 8 Dartmouth Park Avenue, N.W.5.
Eve, Mrs J. H. F., Woodlands, Coast Hill Lane, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey.
FALCONER, B. J., Merristwood, 409 Woodham Lane, Woodham, Weybridge, Surrey.
FILMORE, Miss E. E., Coolmoyne, 5 Copsewood Way, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent.
FOREMAN, B., 11 Whyteleafe Road, Caterham, Surrey.
Forty, Mrs J., Wyke Cottage, Clandon Road, West Clandon, nr Guildford, Surrey.
FRYER, Miss B. Field-, Collington Lodge, Coilington Grove, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
GENT, Lady, Little Paddock, Fairmile Lane, Cobham, Surrey.
GILEs, Mrs J. W., 43 North Park, Eltham, London, S.E.9.
GODBOLT, Mrs E., Altadena, Southview Road, Crowborough, Sussex.
GOODALL, Mrs G. E., 17 Woodham, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9AP.
GORDON-LENNOX, Rear-Admiral A., Fishers Hill, Midhurst, Sussex.
Gray, J. M., Selwyn House School, St Peters Road, Broadstairs, Kent.
*GraAy, Mrs Ronald, Southcote, Hindhead, Surrey.
*HALE, H., Ashgarth, 11 Hill Road, Haslemere, Surrey.
+HARDWICK, R. E., The Nurseries, Newick, Sussex.
HARRISON, Mrs O. B., 23 Woodville Gardens, Ealing, London, W.5.

_ HENsoN, Mr and Mrs W. T., 38 Harts Gardens, Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey.

Hicks, Dr A. R. H., 106 Balcombe Road, Horley, Surrey.
Hill, W. J., 540 Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent.
Horn, L. T., 77 Cradlebridge Drive, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent.

y+HYDON Nurseries Ltp, Hydon Heath, Godalming, Surrey.

IpE, Mr and Mrs R. A., Wing House, 148 Upper Chobham Road, Camberley, Surrey.
HHsaac, J. R., Manor Farmhouse Nursery, East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead,
urrey
KAYE, Mrs ‘As St Peters Convent, Maybury Hill, Woking, Surrey.
KeEnp, (Ca 1866 Kemple End, Westcott Place, Dorking, Surrey.
KENT, eum I., Peters Oak, Wellington Avenue, Virginia Water, Surrey.
KErRICH, G. J., Heath Crest, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey.
Kimser, Mrs P., Sandways, Upper Bourne Lane, Boundstone, Farnham, Surrey.
Kina, Mrs E., Spindlewood, Glebe Lane, Tilford, Surrey.
* KITCHEN, Mrs F. B., Northdown, Grassy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent.
KLEINWORT, Mrs E. G., Heaselands, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
+KNApP HILL Nurseries Ltp, Woking, Surrey.
LARLHAM, B. G. A., 243 Bellenden Road, London, SE15 4DQ.
LAWRENCE, E. C., The Butry, 32a The Court Yard, Eltham, S.E.9.
LeA, Mrs F. E., 113 Aldsworth Avenue, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex.
ce Mrs J. R., Caesars Cottage, Camp End Road, St Georges Hill, Weybridge,
urrey.
Lee, Mrs G. G., Birches, Kingswood Firs, Grayshott, Hindhead, Surrey.
LEENEY, Mrs W. M., Mill Nursery, London Road, Hassocks, Sussex.
Letts, J. F.
McCLinTock, D., Bracken Hill, Platt, Kent.
MCFADZEAN, ‘the Right Hon. Lord, Garthland, Woldingham, Surrey, CR3 7D.
MACcLEop, Mrs B. , Kittswood, Three Gates Lane, Haslemere, Surrey.
MACLeEop, Mrs C. Ate Yew Trees, Horley, RH6 8DF.
MacRostie, Sqn-Ldr J. S., c/o Midland Bank Ltd, Mill Hill, N.W.7.
Mapin, Mrs M., 16 Bryants Field, Crowborough, Sussex.
MALIN, B. R. , 88 Findon Road, Worthing, Sussex.
+MANSEL, D., Meadow Cottage Nursery, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate,
Haywards Heath, Sussex.
REN, Mr and Mrs C. F., Woodpeckers, Hillcrest, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells,
ent.
MATTHEws, Dr S. R., Oasted Cottage, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, Sussex.

56 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

MEDLYCOTT, B. R., 102 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, Kent.
MELLows, W. T., 54 Bramley Avenue, Coulsdon, Surrey.
MILter, C., 9 Serpentine Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
MILLS, F. L., Craven Cottage, 9 Tadorne Road, Tadworth, Surrey.
MILNE, M., Struan, Walton Lane, Bosham, Chichester, Sussex.
Mixisum, Mrs J. N., Grays, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.
MoormMan, G. F., Redtiles, West Barnham, nr Bognor Regis, Sussex.
Moys, Mrs N. J., "Long Spinney, Clavering "Walk, Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
NAPIER, G. B., Frith Manor, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, Sussex.
NICHOLSON, H. L., Farm Cottage, Westcott Road, Dorking, Surrey.
OSBORN, J. (Cy, Wisdom House, Delmonden Lane, Hawkshurst, Kent.
PASCALL, D., 8 Church Hill, Purley, Surrey.
Patrick, Mr and Mrs P. S., 10a Pelham Road, Lindfield, Sussex, RH16 2ER.
PEARSON, Mr and Mrs C. A. Birches, Browns Lane, Cross-in-Hand, Heathfield, Sussex.
PENNELL, Mr and Mrs C. E., 13 Church Mead, Keymer, nr Hassocks, Sussex.
PENRITH, T. J., 104 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent.
PHILLIpS, Sir Edward, K,B.E., Birdhurst, 120 Peperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey.
PLESTED, Mrs D. M., Tarrants, 23 St Peters Road, Seaford, Sussex, BN25 2HS.
POLLARD, R.S. W., 17 Adelaide Road, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 6TA.
PooLe, Mr and Mrs G. Baumgarten, 28 Johnsdale, Oxted, RH8 OBP.
PRIMAVESI, Mrs A. M., 5 Denfield, Tower Hill, Dorking, Surrey.
Pyke, Miss E. M., 35 The Ridge, Surbiton, Surrey.
QuarrFeE, A. D., 14 Cheriton Avenue, Hayesford Park, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9DD.
RANDALL, Mr and Mrs H. C. F., Trees, 4 Park Avenue, Farnborough Park, Orpington,
Kent, BR6 8LL.
+tRAWINSKY, G. B., Primrose Hill Nursery, Haslemere, Surrey.
RAYNER, J. N., Fairbourne, 28 The Rise, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Rice, F. B., 16 Winern Glebe, Byfleet, Surrey.
ROLLESTON, Major D. B., Shernden, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent.
Ross, Mr and Mrs J. W., 9 Pine Bank, Hindhead, Surrey.
+RUSSELL, J. L., L. R. Russell and Co., Richmond Nurseries, Windlesham, Surrey.
RUTLAND, E., 2 Paddock Way, Woodham, Woking, Surrey.
*RyYAN, Miss I. M. N., The Lithe, Sandy Lane, Reigate Heath, Surrey.
+SANDFORD, Mr and Mrs T. H., Timber Lodge Nursery, Northiam, nr Rye, Sussex.
SCANTLIN, Mr H. Morton, The Heathers, Downside Common Road, Cobham, Surrey.
Scott, Mrs V. D., 15 Sutherland Avenue, Orpington, Kent, BR5 1QX.
SCRUTTON, Mrs C. E., Mall Cottage, Grove Park, Wanstead, E.11.
SHARLAND, Mr and Mrs W. M., Longacres, Munstead, Godalming, Surrey.
Simmons, F. L., 76 Boltons Lane, Pyrford, Woking, Surrey. —
Simpson, Mrs L., La Lodola, Seale Hill, Reigate, Surrey.
STERLING MANSON, C., La Lodola, Seale Hill, Reigate, Surrey.
SKELTON, J., Sylvamere, 4 Pond Close, Broad Oak, Rye, Sussex.
SMALL, D. J., 7 Cornfield Way, Tonbridge, Kent.
*SmITH, Brigadier C. H. R., Greenoge, Furze Hill, Seale, Farnham, Surrey.
SPARKES, A. G., Churchfield, Station Road, East Preston, Sussex.
SPEEDY, B., 45 Farncombe Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
SPURLING, R. L., 2 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Kent.
STOKER, Mr and Mrs W., Green Jade, Pulborough, Sussex.
STREETON, R. D., Little Harp, The Waldrons, Oxted, Surrey.
*STROVER, Mrs E. D., High Wray, Lodge Hill Road, Farnham, Surrey.
STYLES, Mr and Mrs H., Arran, Windermere Road, Lightwater, Surrey.
SUCKLING, M. P., Rathlin, Groombridge, Kent.
SWEET, Mr and Mrs P. V., 34 Eastbrook Road, Blackheath, London, S.E.3.
TAPNER, W. E. S., 36 Third Avenue, Worthing, Sussex.
TAYLOR, A., Altadena, Southview Road, Crowborough, Sussex.
Top, Mrs J., Lavender Lodge, Old Schools Lane, Ewell, Surrey.
Topp, Mrs R., 56 Link Lane, Wallington, Surrey.
TOWER, Commander B., R.N.(Retd), Clare Lodge, Rowledge, nr Farnham, Surrey.
TOWNSEND, D. W. H., 6 Manor Road, East Grinstead, Sussex.
TREZISE, Miss P., 40 Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey.
TURNER, Mr and Mrs E. R., Filma Dene, Burstow, Surrey, RH6 9TJ.
TURNER, IPB 22 Rushlake Road, Brighton 6.
TURPIN, Maj. -Gen. PAG , Cottswood, West Clandon, Guildford, Snmey4
WARR, G. M., Woodside, Frant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
+JOHN WATERER SONS & CRISP Lp, The Nurseries. Bagshot, Surrey.
WATSON, W. D., 26 Downs Park, Herne Bay, Kent.
WELLERD, Mr and Mrs J. G., 44 Lovelace Drive, Pyrford, Surrey.
WHICHER, L. S., 10 Chanctonbury Chase, Redhill, Surrey.

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Wuire, A. S., Hopland, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent.

WILLIAMS, Gerald, Crockham House, Westerham, Kent.

WILLOUGHBY, D. E., 56 Hemsby Road, Chessington, Surrey.

Besa Court Nursery Ltp (Wholesale only), London Road, Windlesham,
urrey.

WINNEY, Mrs N., Jesses, Hurst Green, East Sussex.

WISEMAN, E. H., 22 Heathside, Esher, Surrey.

Woops, Mr and Mrs T. W., Larchwood, Hadlow Down, Uckfield, Sussex.

WOOLVING, Miss I., 58 Canonbie Road, Forest Hill, S.E.23.

WoRRALL, Mr and Mrs F. A., Thursley End, 35 Petworth Road, Haslemere, Surrey.

YEARROW, Mrs D. C., 1 Oakwood Avenue, Beckenham, Kent.

YOouLE, Mrs J., 58 Grand Drive, Raynes Park, S.W.20.

YOuNG, A. F. C., 44 Blount Avenue, East Grinstead, Sussex.

Group 8. South-West England.
apPON, C. F. H., Earncroft, Foxbury Road, Grange Estate, St Leonards, Ringwood,
ants.
ALLAN, J. R., Courtil Rozel, Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I.
ANTHONY, Mrs K. Bramber, 15 Westmoor Park, Tavistock, Devon.
ANTHONY, Surg.-Capt. R. G., R.N.(Retd), Tavy View, 109 Whitchurch Road,
Tavistock, Devon.
ARUNDEL, Mrs E. B., Shearhaven, Crockerton, Warminster, Wilts.
BAMFORD, H. S., Quietways, Mornish Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset.
Berry, H. G., 24 Selborne Road, Bishops Cleeve, nr Cheltenham, Glos.
BINDLEY, Mrs R. G., Pikes Mead, Pikes Hill Avenue, Lyndhurst, Hants, SO4 7AX.
BIRCHALL, Wm., 19 Wolvershill Park, Banwell, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
- BisseT, Miss J. M., Summerfield, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, Wilts.
BARRON, Mrs G., Celandia, 2 Brook Way, Romsey, Hants, SO5 8JZ.
Bose, K. H., 3 Strode Gardens, Sandy Lane, St Ives, Ringwood, BH24 2LF.
TBonbD, S. W., Land of Nod Nurseries, Petersfield Road, Whitehill, Bordon, Hants.
‘BripGEs, Mr and Mrs A. F. B., Sea Mist, Rocombe, Lyme Regis, Dorset.
BRIDGLAND, J., 8 Gudge Heath Lane, Fareham, Hants, POI5 5AA.
Brown, J. A., 31 Bowden Hill, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts.
BRYANT, B. J., 19 Heath Ridge, Highlands, Long Ashton, Bristol.
Burritt, Miss J., Aldersyde Cottage, Middle Road, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorset.
CAUNT, Mr and Mrs C. M., 220 Columbia Road, Bournemouth, Hants.
CHARLTON, R. E., 11 Plassey Crescent, Kinson, Bournemouth, BH10 5JS.
CHATwWIN, Mrs P. B., 18 Harrington Drive, Hatherley, Cheltenham, Glos.
CHULMLEIGH AND DISTRICT GARDEN LOVERS SOCIETY, c/o Secretary, E. W. Smith,
Smithington, Chawleigh, Chulmleigh, Devon.
CLARK, R.S., 45 Downside Avenue, Bitterne, Southampton.
Cross, Mrs V., 116 Reading Road, Farnborough, Hants.
nO F. R., Stelvio, Town Park, West Alvington, Kingsbridge, Devon,
CourT, W. F., 7 Frogmore Terrace, Kingsbridge TQ7 1EU.
Croap, Miss Z., Greencroft Cottage, Hartley Mauditt, nr Alton, Hants.
Cuter, Mrs I. H., Two Ways, Furzebrook Road, Stoborough, Wareham, Dorset.
CUTLER, S. C., Wedgwood, Burley Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8DB.
mateo. Dr J. M., Silver Haze, 20 Rosslyn Close, North Baddesley, Southampton,
5 9J.
Daw, Mr and Mrs H. C., Landscape House, Staplers, Newport, I.o.W.
DRAPER,R. I., 28 Linnet Close, Painswick Road, Gloucester.
DuncH, Miss A. D. E., Ashburn, Fordingbridge, Hants.
Dunn, I.J., Maunsell Road North Newton, Bridgwater, Somerset.
Epwarps, A. J., 45 Chilton Grove, Yeovil, Somerset.
Erasmus, Mrs J., 12 Provene Gardens, Waltham Chase, Southampton, SO3 2LE.
FARROW, MrsG. M., 28 St Ives Park, Ringwood, Hants.
FELL, Miss K. M., Corra Cottage, 32 Middlehill Road, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset.
FIELDING, Mr and Mrs J. C., Hersham Carpentry, Launcells, Bude, EX23 9LZ.
FincH, Mrs M. M., The Long Room, Spaxton, Bridgwater, Somerset.
FLANAGAN, Mrs S., Cledry, Lamorna, nr Penzance, Cornwall.
FLAVIN, P. P., St Michael’s House, Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, Hants.
Forp, T. W., 157 New Road, West Parley, Wimborne, Dorset.
Fowier, Mrs J. S.; Woodcotts, Chilworth Old Village, Chilworth, Southampton.
FuLker, D. J., Ordnance Survey Office, Air Survey Branch No. 26, Romsey Road,
Maybush, Southampton, SO9 4DH.

58 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

FURZEY GARDENS (H. J. Cole), Minstead, nr Lyndhurst, Hants.
GouGcE, Mrs K. E., Fenwynds, Wraxall, nr Bristol, BS19 1JT.
GOULTER, D., Warley, Hound Corner, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO3 SFT.
GREEN, Mrs H. K., Finlandia, 89 Lions Lane, Ashley Heath, nr Ringwood, Hants.,
BH24 2HJ.
*GREENWOOD, J. E., Priory of Lady St Mary, Wareham, Dorset.
HANKEY, J. D., Ullenwood, Lustleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 9TR.
HAYDEN, Mrs A. R., Southbank House, High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Somerset.
HAYWARD, A. O., Forboys, Smallridge, Axminster, Devon. -
HERBERT, W. G., Glenside, Middle Road, Sway, nr Lymington, Hants, SD4 OBB.
Hux, B. L., Old Orchard, Harthill Drove, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wilts.
HILx, Mrs E. M., Innisfail, Mylor Downs, Falmouth, Cornwall.
HoweE.ts, Mrs D. M., 49 Woodside Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2SR.
HuGues, Mrs N. T., Downside, Whitchurch, Tavistock, South Devon.
Humerey, Mrs M. K., Deer Park, Stratton, nr Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9LD.
Hunt, D. A., 1 Eastfield Cottage, London Road, Devizes, Wilts.
Hunt, G., Kenn Cottage, Lymington Road, Downton, Lymington, SO4 OLA.
HURRELL, Mrs L., Moorgate, nr S. Brent, S. Devon.
Hutton, Mr and Mrs K., Wycliffe Farm, Hystfield, Berkeley, Glos., GL13 9LN.
JONES, Mr and Mrs A. W., Otters Court, West Camel, New Yeovil, Somerset.
JOYNER, P. L., 9 Foxcroft Drive, Holbury, Southampton, SO4 1FE.
+KOERPER, R., Battle House Gardens, Bromham, nr Chippenham, Wilts.
LANE, Mrs D. M., 6 Beacon Park Road, Dorchester Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset.
LANGFORD, Mrs L., Dos d’Ane, Sark, C.I.
LAVENDER, J. J., The Wing, Shapwick House, Shapwick, Bridgwater, Somerset.
LEAKEY, D. G. B., Gorse Cottage, Bagtor, Ilsington, Newton Abbot.
TLOWNDES, D., MacPenny’s Nurseries, Bransgore, Christchurch, Hants.
LUMLEY, J. D. S., The Glen, 135 Countess Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wilts.
MACFARLANE, T., Parkwood, 6 Mags Barrow, Ferndown, Dorset.
*MAGINESS, Mrs D., 19 High Park Road, Broadstone, Dorset.
MALTBY, R., Rowan Close, Throwleigh Road, South Zeal, Okehampton, EX20 2QD.
MARRIAN, Mrs G. E., 81 Grove Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3AP.
MARSHALL, Mrs E. M., Cannonbury, 75 Stoke Road, Taunton, Somerset.
MOoRGENROTH, Mrs W. J., Alexandra Hotel, Pound Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset.
NEwTon, J., 11 Oxleaze Close, Tetbury, Glos.
NosBLetTT, Miss L. H., Bryants, Curland, Taunton, Somerset.
O’BEIRNE RYAN, Mrs M. S., Oddmeads, Langford Budville, Wellington, Somerset.
+OsMOND, George, Archfield Nursery, Wickwar, nr Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
PALMER, Mrs M. F., 128 Clarendon Road, Broadstone, Dorset.
ParrFittT, Mr and Mrs F. A., Lingmell, Branscombe Close, Colyford, Colyton, Devon.
PARKYN, Mrs K. B., 28 Middle Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3SH.
Perry, D. J., Sandfield, Drove Lane, Market Lavington, Devizes, Wilts.
PHAROAH, M., Marwood Hill Lodge, Marwood, Barnstaple, Devon.
POWELL, Mrs L., Brook Linn, Woodcombe Cross, Minehead, Somerset.
POYNTZ-WRIGHT, R. C., Cedar House, Reading Road North, Fleet, Hants.
PRANCE, Mrs D. I., Moorlands, Down Road, Tavistock, Devon.
PRIDE, T. R., Chetwynd, 188 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton.
+PROUDLEY, Brian and Valerie, The Nutshell, Cockshoot Hill, St Briavels, Glos.
ROBERTSON, J. C. F., 3 Grovelands Close, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Glos.
ROLLASON, G., Valetta, 12 Bay Road, Clevedon, Somerset.
Rose, D. J. T., 20 Reservoir Road, Elburton, Plymouth, PL9 8JR.
RUSSELL, Lt-Col. P. H. W., Little Kenwyn, Hewshott Lane, Liphook, Hants.
SALTER, C. O., 22 Wood Lane, Fleet, Hants.
SEYMOUR, Mrs K. M., Le Penage, Les Caches, St Martin, Guernsey, C.1.
SmiTH, A. H., Litchfield, Upper St Helens Road, Hedge End, Southampton.
SMITH, T., Rockcliffe, Rue de la Fallaise, St Martins, Guernsey, C.I.
SMITH, T. C., Heath House, Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, Dorset.
+STEVENS, Mr and Mrs F. J., Maxwell & Beale Ltd, Wimborne, Dorset.
STOKER, Mrs O., Stoneacre, Shipton Gorge, Bridport, Dorset.
SuTTON, Miss E. M. A., 6 Corinium Way, Stratton St Margarets, nr Swindon, Wilts.
Tuomas, Miss E. Peters, Cranmere, Bolt House Close, Launceston Road, Tavistock,
PL19 8LN.
Tuomas, R. J., The Old Vicarage, St Erth, Hayle, Cornwall.
Tuomas, Mrs W. G., 46 Higher Woolbrook Park, Sidmouth, EX10 9EB.
THORNTON, F., 11 Clifton Close, Colebrook, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4BL.
Twyne, Miss M. E., 5 Copse Close, Sheet, Petersfield, Hants.
UmMpELBy, A. W., 14 Willake Road, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon.
UNDERHILL, T. L., Gardens Cottage, Dartington Hall, nr Totnes, Devon.

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VICKERY, C., Belmont, Victoria Road, Yarmouth, I.o.W.

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

WHITAKER, W. S., 6 Highfield Road, Cowes, I.o.W.

WHITLOcK, G. T., Heatherbank Bleadon Hill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

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

WOoOLNER, L. R., Cory Mill, West Putford, Holsworthy, Devon.

WyatTT, R. N., Heath Mount, Rake, Liss, Hants.

YEATES, N. H. R., The House in the Wood, 45 Thornhill Park Road, Thornhill Park,
Southampton, SO2 6AP.

Group 9. Overseas Members.

U.S.A.

ALLEN, Mrs H., Box 260, Route 1, Kernersville, N.C. 27284.
ARBORETUM OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION, Merion Station, Penn. 19066.
ARBORETUM, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Wash. 98105.

CLARKE, J. Harold, Long Beach, Route 1, Box 168, Washington 98631.
COPELAND, Harold W., 77 Harding Lane, Chatham, Mass.

Cross, James E., Box 824, Cutchoque, New York 11935.

CroxTon, Mrs D. S., 6309 Green Valley Road, Placerville, Calif. 95667.
CuMMINS, Mrs Robert L., Box 147, RD1, Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722.
Famosi, Mrs E., 138 Concord Road, Westford, Mass. 01886.

FOLAND, Milton, 451 N.W. Skyline Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97229.
FULLER, Henry R., 41 Sherwood Road, Easton, Conn. 06612.

GAMBEE, Mrs A. Sumner, 220 Speer Avenue, Englewood, N.J. 07631.
Harper, Mrs P., 219 Robanna Drive, Seaford, Va. 23428.

HOCHHEIMER, L., Richards Avenue, Norwalk, Conn. 06850.

_Kinc, Mason E., 199 Central Street, W. Concord, Ma. 01742.

TKNIGHT, Mrs Robert M., Heather Acres, Route 3, Box 231, Elma, Wash. 98541.
LIBRARY OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, The Arborway, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 02130.
LIBRARY, ALBERT MANN, Ithaca, New York 14850.

LIBRARY, HUNT BOTANICAL, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Penn. 15213.
LONGWOOD GARDENS, Dept. Hortic., Kennett Square, Penn. 19348.
McCEACHRON, Miss M., Mac Clan Farms, Salem, New York 12865.

+MAIALE, Miss Jeane, 251 So Henderson Road, King of Prussia, Penn. 19406.
MANNING, Mrs W. V., 12450 Fiori Lane, Sebastopol, Calif. 95472.

MaTHEw, A. M., 7886 Wildcat Road, Dayton, Ohio, 45424.
MArTusow, Mrs Jerome, Westwind, South Salem, New York 10590.

*METHENY, Mrs D., 2810 46th Avenue West, Seattle, Wash. 98199.
PETERSON, Mrs A. M., 359 Lindsey Drive, Berwyn, Penn. 19312.
ROBINSON, Howard G., 28 Lynack Road, Hawthorne, New Jersey 07506.

TVAN GION, Neil J., Sylvan Nursery, 1028 Horseneck Road, So. Westport, Mass.
STEWARD, Orville M., Superintendent, c/o Holly Hill (Mrs Vincent Astor), P.O. Box

336, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510.

7STEWARD, W. M., Nursery, 23419 Dorre Don Way S.E., Maple Valley 98038.
STOLLER, David, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton, Ohio, 45449.

STONE, Mrs Robert C., Boundary Cottage, Box 65, RD2, South Salem, N.Y. 10590.

Swiss Pines, Charlestown Road, RD1, Malvern, Pa. 19355.

WILson, Mrs Ed., Rtel Box 415, Corbett, Oregon 97019.

Canada
VAN ADRICHEM, E., 802 Harding Lane, Brentwood Bay, B.C.

TFLORA VISTA GARDENS, 4121 Rosedale Avenue, Victoria, B.C.
Gray, J. C. F., 3180 West 43rd Avenue, Vancouver 13, B.C.
Hit, F., 2309 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C.
LiprARY, CANADA AGRICULTURE, Sir John Carling Building, Ottawa.
STEELE, Capt. R. M., 6 Halls Road, Boulderwood, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
WILSON, K., Supervisor (Office of the Botanical Garden), Vancouver 8.

New Zealand
Huaues, S. R., 99 Bushy Hill Street, Tapanui, West Otago.
NATIONAL LIBRARIAN, N.Z. National Library Service, Wellington.
Youna, Mrs J. M., Dundonald, Springhills, No. 6RD, Invercargill.

60 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Other Overseas Members
CrEWE Brown, J. E., 278 Quorn Drive, North Riding, P.O. Honeydew, Transvaal,
South Africa.
OLIverR, E. G. H., Botanical Research Unit, P.O. Box 471, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
MiIwaA SATOSHI, c/o Nogyo-Shikenjo, 240 Gotemba, Gotemba 412, Japan.
NeEGIsHI HACHiRO, Director, Tomo Institute of Arboriculture, 6-6 Honcho, 2-chome,
Tatebayashi, 374, Japan. E

Europe
ADAM SMITH, Mrs J., Taranda Farm House, Zebbieh Road, Limits of Mosta, Malta.
ARENS, J., Willem Pijperlaan 2, Baarn, Holland.
ARREGHINI (dr Ing) Antonio, via Cernaia 9, 20121 Milano, Italy.
BERGE, Hans, 5 Koln am Rhein, Marienburgerstr. 53, Germany.
Bouma, T. J., Sweelincklaan 1i1, Bilthoven, Holland.
Brown, Capt. Robert G., Budapesterstr. 43, APT8F, 1 Berlin, 30 Germany.
COLMEGNA, Mme V., La Grillaia, 6711 Ludiano, Switzerland.
THE DIRECTOR, Botanical Gardens & Belmonte Arboretum, Gen, Foulkesweg 37,
Wageningen, Holland.
Doo, W. L. van den, Azalealaan 104, Boskoop, Holland.
aN eae BEPLANTINGEN, Bossen en Begraafplaatsten, Driebergen-Rijsenburg,
olland.
GROENENDIJK, W. J., Konijnenpad 2, Zuidwolde (Drenthe), Nederland.
GROENINGEN, F. van, van Eycklei 3, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
HoRCHNER, Dr P., Kerkweg 58, Berkenwoude (Z.H.), Nederland.
HoRNunNG, Hans, 2223 Meldorf, Bruttstr. 11, Germany.
JANSON, A. W., Rua de Fez, 181, Nevogilde, Porto, Portugal. ~
JONASSON, S., Laugarasvegi 61, Reykjavik, Iceland.
K.LEINSCHMIDT-BOERSTRA, P. G., Dansbergen 18, Halsteren, Holland.
Kok, E. B., Groenlaantje 14, Nunspeet, Holland.
LAarR, H. J. van de, Azalealaan 34, Boskoop, Holland.
LOoIsEAU, M., B-6848 Alle sur Semois, Belgium.
LUGARD, W. J., Heidepark 3, Wageningen Hoog, Holland.
May, Mrs J., via Dario Papa 8/9, Milan, Italy.
MICHAELSEN-VAN PELT, Mrs G., Rozebotteltuin 8, Schalk Haar, Holland.
THE Dae Proefstation voor de Boomkwekerij, Vaikenburgerlaan 3, Boskoop,
Holland.
SEPPEN, G., Burg R. Nepveulaan 11, Putten (Gld), Holland.
VEN, Dr H. van der, Klaverblokken 18, Halsteren, Holland.
VERSCHUREN, F., Ariensstraat 58, Tegelen, Holland.
WESTERMANN, H., D-3045 Borstel, Baumschulenweg 2, West Germany.
+ZWIJNENBURG, P. G., Rijneveld 35, Boskoop, Holland.

YEAR BOOK 1973 61

CRAIGMARLOCH NURSERIES

Mid Barrwood
Kilsyth
SCOTLAND

Telephone: Kilsyth 821355

Specialists in Hardy Heaths and Heathers

GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNER
AYR FLOWER SHOW 1972

The Scottish Rock Garden Club
If you are interested in beautiful heathers, you must also
be interested in rock gardens. Learn all about the natural
companions for heathers by joining the Scottish Rock
Garden Club. Membership: £1 per year.

Particulars from: R. H. D. Orr, C.A., 70 High Street,
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

OLIVER & HUNTER
HEATHER NURSERY
MONIAIVE, By THORNHILL,
DUMFRIESSHIRE

Specialise in well-grown open ground Heathers.
Catalogue Free on Request.

62 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Feaths and Heathers

Calluna, Daboecia and Erica
by
TERRY L UNDERHILL

This is an invaluable reference book for both pro-

fessional and amateur gardeners. The author combines.

a thorough knowledge of heaths and heathers with an

affectionate interest in their history and individuality.
Price, £2.75

Contents: the history ‘and use of heaths and

heathers; planting and cultivation; heathers in

the glasshouse; propagation; characteristics and

variations of heaths and heathers; calluna vulgaris

cultivars; erica species and cultivars; erica hybrids;
the daboecias.

DAVID & CHARLES
NEWTON ABBOT . DEVON

SHERIFFSTON GARDENS

ELGIN
MORAYSHIRE

Telephone: Lhanbryde 252

specialise in
WELL-GROWN HEATHS & HEATHERS
Descriptive Catalogue on request

Advice given, if required, on collections
for all-year colour

YEAR BOOK 1973 63

| ALEX, LISTER % SON LTD

Meadowbank Nurseries

Barone Road

Rothesay — Bute

Be sure to visit our Garden Centre
and Display Gardens. A wide
range of Heathers, Shrubs, Roses,

Alpines and, of course, our

world-famous Dahlias always available

Please send for Catalogue

64 THE HEATHER SOCIETY

Marinure powdered seaweed manure and
Marinure concentrated liquid seaweed

are both pure seaweed products. Seaweed is a
natural organic manure, slow and mild in action
in either powder or liquid form and thus ideal
for heathers and all calcifugeous plants.

Please write for free leaflet, small sample and
information sheet on calciphobes, mentioning
this year book.

Wilfrid Smith (Horticultural Ltd), Gemini
House, High Street, Edgware, Middlesex

Hardy Derbyshire grown Heathers, Rose and Fruit trees,
Ornamental and Flowering Shrubs, Rock and Herbaceous
plants, etc.

Catalogue and Gift Vouchers on request.

Gervase Smith & Sons Ltd.

Top and Fairfield Nurseries, Hackney

Road, Matlock, Derbyshire. DE4 2P'W
Phone Matlock 2425

Nurseries always open for inspection

YEAR BOOK 1973 65

FOR HEATHERS IN WIDE VARIETY

E. B. LeGRICE (Roses) LTD

NORTH WALSHAM, NORFOLK
(Tel. 2591)

Illustrated Catalogue Free

| Also

Roses : Conifers : Hedging : Shrubs

Bare Selection of Container-Grown Heathers
| for all Seasons

Mrs BENSON
RIDGEWAY WOOD
HORDERLEY |
Nr CRAVEN ARMS (off A489) |
SHROPSHIRE Tel: Lydbury North 278 :

Heathers, Alpines, Dwarf Conzfers
and other choice plants

George Osmond

_ Archfield Nursery, Wickwar, Wotton-u-Edge, Glos.

Telephone: Wickwar 216

THE HEATHER SOCIETY
‘BANKER’S ORDER
Fos cre eels es i gen are 1 SFM Gti leecn wr Le ee US Branch

“Please pay to Barclays Bank, Horley (20-42-21) for the credit of The
Heather Society on receipt of this order £.......... and thereafter

‘until further notice at ANNUAL intervals commencing on the 31st
‘day of March, 19 __, the sum of £1.05 single or £1.50 joint.

CC See Se Cc ey

This order will ensure automatic payment on due date saving trouble
-to both the member and the Society.
Please forward to The Heather Society on completion.
~The Treasurer: Mr E. R. Turner, Filma Dene, Burstow, Surrey,
RH6 OTJ.

THE HEATHER SOCIETY
DEED OF COVENANT
Meeiiiname dn capitals). 6.9.6 eee.
ee
| COVENANT with The Heather Society that for seven years from the
present date or during my lifetime (whichever shall be the shorter) I
will pay to the Society on the thirty-first day of March in every year

such sum as, after deduction of income tax at the standard rate for the
time being in force, amounts to

| . . ae (please insert the actual amount you are willing to pay
each year).

|SIGNED and SEALED by me this..... day of.............. 197.
| TOPE Bh AN aT aS Ga ne ies era en a in the presence of
WE BURE OF WITNESS... 0.000
| ADDRESS

CC ee i

| Immediately after completing this document please return it to The
| Heather Society Treasurer.

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