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it is only needed on hottest days and in this way the 

 difference between the temperature in the cool house is 

 often 25 degrees less than outside. 



The roller shades are made to roll from the bottom 

 up so that at midday only half of the structure m id- 

 shading, the building screening the upper pare, and 

 light is not obstructed wholh except in early morning 

 as the house runs east and west 



British Horticulture 



HONORING HORTICULTURISTS 



A fund is being raised for the purpose of raising a 

 memorial to the late F. \V. Burbidge, M. A., curator 

 of the Trinity College Botanic Gardens, Dublin. It is 

 proposed that this should take the form of a Memorial 

 Library, for the use of the members of the Irish Gar- 

 deners' Association, over which the late Mr. Burbidge 

 so successfully presided. Another project which is re- 

 ceiving the support of leading horticulturists is the pro- 

 posal to raise a memorial to tin' late Bev. H. Ilonywood 

 D'Ombrain, founder of the National Bose Society, and 

 from 1876 to 1902 its senior Honorary Secretary. Mr. 

 Edward Mawley is acting as Honorary Secretary and 

 Mr. H. E. Molyneux Honorary Treasurer to the fund. 

 'I'lio National Rose Society was founded in 1876 at a 

 meeting of rosarians over which the late Dean Hole ren- 

 dered such a lasting service to the "Queen of flovt 

 by his Book about L'oses which has been issued in vari- 

 ous editions and translated into several foreign lan- 

 guages. -For over half a century the late Mr. D'Om- 

 brain was a regular contributor to horticultural litera- 

 ture. It is proposed by the committee that the 

 memorial shall take the form of a trophy to be known 

 as the D'Ombrain memorial cup which will lie competed 

 for at the shows of the National Bose Society. 



AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 



In recent years very successful international con- 

 ferences on plant breeding have been held. In 1899 

 one took place in Londun under the auspices of the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society, and a second in New York, 

 arranged by the Horticultural Society of New York, 



in 1902. A third has now 1 n fixed to take place in 



London, commencing on July 30 and concluding on 

 Aug. 3. The Boyal Horticultural Society, who are 

 making the arrangements, have issued a large number 

 of invitations to hybridizing specialists in various parts 

 of the world, and already many acceptances have been 

 received from the United States, Canada, France, Bel- 

 gium, Australia, etc. The proceedings, according to 

 present arrangements, will open with a conversazione 

 on July 30th in the Boyal Horticultural Hall at West- 

 minster, where an address of welcome will be delivered 

 by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., the Fresident of the 

 Boyal Horticultural Society. The conference opens on 

 the following morning with an address from Mr. W. 

 Bateson, F. B. S., president of the conference. In the 

 evening the visitors will be the guests of the Horticul- 

 tural Club at the Hotel Windsor. On Aug. 1st the 

 visitors will be entertained at Burford. near Box Hill. 

 Donking, the residence of Sir Trevor Lawrence. Here 

 they will be able to inspect the president's very valu- 



able collection of orchids, one of the finest in the coun- 

 try. The arrangements on the concluding day include 

 visits to the Natural History .Museum, the gardens at 

 Gunners! m rg, Aeton, the residence of Mr. Leopold de 

 Bothsehibl. K\ery <-il"< >rt is being made by the council 

 of the Boyal Horticultural Society to make the visit of 

 the foreign savants a pleasant and memorable one. 



THE WINTER FLOWERING CARNATION SOCIETY 



One of the incidents of the Temple flower show week 

 was the inaugural dinner and meeting of the Winter 

 Flowering Carnation Society. This new organization, 

 which has been launched under very favorable condi- 

 tions, owes its inception to Mr. Hayward Mafhias, 

 who is an enthusiastic believer in the merits of this in- 

 creasingly popular flower. The meeting presided over 

 by J. S. Brunton of the Horticultural Trades Journal, 

 was attended by some of the leading growers in Eng- 

 land and the Channel Islands. The rules which were 

 discussed and passed, state that the object of the so- 

 ciety are the extension of the culture and the improve- 

 ment of the winter flowering carnation. At the cutset 

 there was some difference of opinion as to the choice of 

 a title, several of the members desiring to include the 

 words "perpetual flowering" as being a more suitable 

 description. In giving the history of the society's for- 

 mation. Mr. Mathias emphasized the fact that it had 

 been started in no antagonism to the National Carna- 

 tion Society. The latter society would continue to 

 work in the interest of the summer section, and as the 

 shows would be held at different times of the year the 

 two organizations would not clash in any way. To 

 show the friendly attitude assumed by Mr. Mathias it 

 may be mentioned that prior to taking steps to inaugu- 

 rate the new society he approached the committer of 

 the older association, but they declined to undertake 

 the additional responsibility of holding a winter show. 

 There should be plenty of scope for both societies to 

 work in the interests of carnation growers. 



The society will be open to trade growers and ama- 

 teurs, and the minimum annual subscriptions will be 

 5s. A floral committee of experts is to be appointed 

 who will award certificates to meritorious and truly 

 winter flowering varieties. One or more exhibitions will 

 be held annually, the chief show being fixed for Decem- 

 ber. The committee are to discuss whether the shows 

 should take place at the Boyal Horticultural Hall or 

 at the Boyal Botanic Society's gardens. A suggestion 

 was made that classes should be arranged for bouquets 

 and table decorations in order to show the usefulness 

 of the carnation for this purpose. One member was 

 very anxious that the American plan of holding a 

 "Carnation Day" should be followed in Britain, and 

 there is no doubt that this idea will receive the full 

 consideration of the committee, the majority of whom 

 as trade growers are anxious to see the flower attain to 

 still greater popularity. Mr. Brunton was elected chair- 

 man, Mr. S. Mortimer, vice-chairman, and Mr. 

 Hayward Mathias honorable secretary and treas- 

 urer. There is every prospect that the society 

 will protect the interests of the trade growers, besides 

 extending the popularity of the carnation among the 

 public. There is no better means of achieving the lat- 

 ter object than by holding a show on the lines sug- 

 gested at the meeting. 



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