August 13, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE 



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Mr?. Hugli Dick-:nn (Doldiic & Co.) ; Arthur Green 

 (Dobbie & Co.) 



BRIEF JOTTINGS 



Garden superintendents are evidently plentiful on 

 this side; for a vacant post of this class over 200 ap- 

 plicants were received by the London County Council. 

 — Sir Trevor Lawrence, President of the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society, and members of the Council, recently 

 visited the .Tapan-British exhibition at Shepherds Bush, 

 London, for the purpose of making awards to the Jap- 

 nanese gardens, dwarf trees, and other decorations, 

 which are a special feature of this year's display at the 

 '•White City."— The Council of theEoyal Horticultural 

 Socierv has accepted for award the offer of prizes for 

 the General Dutch Bnlli Growers' Society at Haarlem. 

 — The Vacant Land Cultivation Society continues to 

 make good progress. A satisfactory report was pre- 

 sented at the annual meeting by Mr. Joseph Fels, an 

 American enthusiast, who has done good service for the 

 movement since its inception. There is room for 

 growth, for Mr. Fels stated that there are 10,000 acres 

 of unused land in tbe Metropolis. 



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Foreign Notes 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICIJLTURAL SHOW, LONDON, 1912 



It has now been decided by the special committee ap- 

 pointed to organize the great International Horticul- 

 tural Show in London in 1912 that it shall be opened 

 on the 22nd of May and last for eight days. His 

 Majesty the King has kindly consented to act as patron 

 and a large number of iniluential persons connected 

 with horticulture at home and abroad will comprise the 

 committee of jiatronage. The site chosen will occupy 

 about twenty acres advantageously situated in tlie wesi 

 of London. Provincial sub-committees will be appoint- 

 ed in various parts of the United Kingdom to co-operate 

 with the Central Committee in the metropolis. 



The Royal Horticultural Society will make a grant 

 of a large sum of money towards the expenses, which 

 will be met by guarantee and voluntary subscriptions. 

 The schedule of prizes is in course of preparation by n 

 sub-committee appointed for the purpose. It is confi- 

 dently expected that this exhibition will be the finest of 

 its kind ever held. Further particulars will be given 

 as the nreparations proceed. The secretary is Mr. Ed. 

 White, 7 Victoria street, London,. S. W. 



MOXrMENT TO ERNEST CALVAT 



In recognition of the services rendered to horticul- 

 ture by the great French Chrysanthemum raiser, !M. 

 Ernest Calvat, it has been decided by the French Na- 

 tional Chrysanthemum Society to start a subscription 

 list to raise the necessary funds for the erection of a 

 monument to his memory. Those of our readers who 

 desire to contribute are requested to .send their sub- 

 scriptions to ^Ir. Hamian Payne, 141 Wellmcadow 

 Koad, Catford, S. E., London, Eng. 



HONOR FOR AN AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST 



We read in the current number of our contemporary, 

 "Le Jardin" of Paris, that on the occasion of the Inter- 

 nationa] Pose Growers' gathering at Bagatelle, near 

 Paris. E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind., was nominated by 

 the French Government a chevalier of the order of the 

 Merite Acricole. This decoration seldom falls to tho 

 lot of English or American horticulturists. Of the 

 latter we only know of Col. Gustavus B. Braekett, 

 pomologist of' the F. S. Department of Agriculture, 



^Ir. J. M. Francis of Xewcastle, California, and Prof. 

 L. R. Taft of :Mich. Agricultural College, Mich., that 

 possess it. There are probably not more than the same 

 number of Englishmen who have had it conferred upon 

 them. The order consists of three ranks, knight, officer 

 and commander. It was founded in 1883 for recom- 

 pensing distinguished service in anything concerning 

 agricultural or horticultural work. 



JIONS. LOUIS GENTIL 



This distinguished Belgian horticulturist, who is 

 curator of the Brussels Botanic Garden and the able 

 editor of our bright little Belgian contemporary, "La 

 Tribune Horticole," has recentl}- been appointed a cor- 

 responding member of the N"ational Horticultural So- 

 ciety of France. i\ronsieur Gentil has had a varied ex- 

 perience for he lived some time in England and subse- 

 quently had charge of a garden in the Congo. He is 

 also a corresponding member of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society of England, thus enjoying a double hon- 

 orary distinction that few European horticulturists can 

 claim. 



BRUSSELS EXHIBITION 



American visitors to Europe who are interested m 

 horticulture should bear in mind that the second tem- 

 porarv show in connection with this International Ex- 

 hibition^ will be held on September 24 to 27 next 

 Tliere are 119 classes in the schedule, chiefly lor truit 

 and market garden produce. 



LIBRARI- CATALOGUE 



\fter an interval of five years the National Horticul- 

 tural Societv of France has issued a second supplement 

 to its Librarv Catalogue. This Library is probalily the 

 finest horticultural collection of books on this side ot 

 the Atlantic and the new supplement will be welcomed 

 bv all interested in old garden literature. It contains 

 o^er 50 pages of printed matter and tbe excellent classi- 

 fication of^the books renders research a most easy tasK. 



BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



The above is tbe title of a new book on a most inter- 

 esting subject. The author is R. Forester FeUon, flons 

 to bis late majesty King Edward yH.^ir Albeit 

 Roll^s writer a preparatory note and m addition there 

 are twen cba] tei4 dealing with floral decoration m 

 ie most- exhaWtive manner. There are mimerou 

 Illustrations many of them i^n colors. ^-^t,t^%''l 

 is now an art much studied in England and Mr l^el 

 ton^s book will be a guide to many who take an m ere t 

 !n the subject. In design, typography and general get- 

 „^, this book is the best thing of the kind we ha^e had. 



MR. T. W. POCKETT 



This eminent Australian chrysanthemum raiser has 

 bv t lie dea h of his great French rival, M. Ernest Cal- 

 St lot an exceptional chance of pushing his novelties 

 fo ward for there is now no French ^^^^^^ ^\,IZ 

 cenouslv hope to compete with him m tbe big bloom 



tv e of culture At the last Chrysanthemum Show at 

 Mdvel, luLdia, we read in "The Leader'' that most 

 of tbe principal awards were won by Mr. P^f ^^U ^°f 

 Mr W T. Pockett. By a curious irony of fate this 

 Towex obtained the first prize for the best bloom m 

 The Show with Mme. Carnot, the famous white Japanese 



•a «ed ?iv Calvat in tbe early days of bis chrysantheinum 

 ;.a!sit We should not be surprised if Pockett now does 

 as Calvat did 16 or 17 years ago, simply sweep the show- 

 boards of everything except his own varieties, bic 

 transit gloria mundi. 



