IRISH GARDENING 



flower is of perfect shape, pure white, with a rich 

 yellow mark on the throat of the labellum. It 

 may be safely said that £1,000 would not purchase 

 these two Orchids. The most marked change 

 was in the great groups of stove plants, and of 

 Palms and Cycads, for which Ghent was formerly 

 famous. It would still be famous if only for such 

 groups as were exhibited had the spectator not 

 seen, or heard of, the groups of twenty-five, 

 thirty or forty years ago, when these plants were 

 in full popularity. Their decline in popularity 

 marks the change in horticultural fashions. 

 Carnations, Roses, and other cool house decora- 

 tive plants reign in their stead. The exhibitors 

 give conclusive evidence that they have not lost 

 their cultural skill, as the group of forty specimen 

 stove plants, and the great group of palms, which 

 won first honours in their respective sections were 

 in a high degree meritorious, and could probably 

 not be equalled in anv city other than Ghent. 

 The illustra- 

 tion gives an 

 excellent idea 

 of one of the 

 groups of 

 Palms and 

 Cycads Othei 

 groups which 

 deserve coin- 

 mend atio n 

 were the Hy- 

 drangeas pure 

 white, rose. 

 and deep 

 blue, Begonia 

 G i o i r e de 

 Lorraine, per- 

 fectly grown, 

 well flowered 

 fresh and 

 clean for so 

 late in t h e 

 season, and 

 alter their 

 journey from 

 Holland. In 

 general the fl j- 

 rists' plants 

 such as Cine- 

 rarias, Pri- 

 mulas, &c, 

 were deci- 

 dedly poor and below exhibition standard. A 

 most instructive feature was the exhibit of 

 trained fruit trees shown in the open air where 

 they are to remain for the rest of the season. 

 The exhibitors were mostly French, and they 

 have upheld the credit and skill of their country 

 in no uncertain fashion, as every type and 

 variety of trained tree can be seen, in all 

 stages, from maidens to fully finished and 

 furnished specimens 20 feet high. 



If one may take the liberty of closing this very 

 brief description of the great Ghent Quinquen- 

 nial International Horticultural Show of 1913 

 with a comparison it may be said that the 

 Chelsea Show of last year was superior in many 

 ways, inferior in several, and that Ghent as 

 compared with London, while much grander 

 in spectacular effect, was greatly inferior in 

 general interest to the average lover or owner 

 of a garden. 



Trial of Spraying Machines at 



Wisley. 



Official Report. 



Under the arrangements made by the Council of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society for the trial of 

 horticultural sundries this year, a special trial of 

 spraying machinery apparatus was organised. It 

 took place at the society's gardens at Wisley on 

 Wednesday. April 23. The following are their 

 recommendations, which have been approved by 

 the Council : — 



Syringes. — Commended : Purser's Arnol 

 Sprayer, No. 2 : and Corry's Syringe. Award of 

 Merit : Four Oaks' Unrentable (Angle Bend 

 excluded) : and Abol Syringe, E. A. White, Lim. 



Bucket Sprayeks. — Award of Merit : Boun- 

 dary C o m- 

 pany. Demon 

 Conti n uous 

 Spray Bucket 

 Syringe. 



C'ONTIN- 



uous Pump- 

 ing K x A 1' - 

 SACKS.— 



Highly com- 

 mend e d : 

 Four Oaks' 

 Centre Knap- 

 sack Pump. 

 A w a r d of 

 Merit : Abol. 

 F. A. White. 

 Lim. ; and 

 two Contin- 

 uous Knap- 

 sacks, Eclair 

 No. 1 and 

 Etame, Coo- 

 per. P e Li' 1 e r 

 & Co. Coni- 

 m ended: 

 Benton & 

 Stone's Con- 

 t i n u o u s 

 P u m ping 

 Knapsack. 

 Large Pneumatic Sprayers. — Highly com- 

 mended : Hartjen Battery Filler and Holders. 



Large Continuous Pumping Sprayers.— 

 Highly commended: Four Oaks' Large Continu- 

 ous Pumping Battle Sprayer. Commended: 

 Utility : Benton & Stone. 



Hand Diffusers. — Highly commended : Alpha 

 Hand Diffuser. Alpha Extinguisher Company: 

 and Hand Diffuser No. 1,807, Benton cV. Stone. 

 Commended : Yermorel Hand Diffuser, Cooper, 

 Pegler & Co. ; and Holder Hand Diffuser, 

 Hartjen. 



"Sotk. — Four Oaks' Nozzles, highly com- 

 mended. 



The Judges considered the provision of means 

 of carrying accessory nozzles on the hand syringes 

 would he a great improvement. None had such 

 a provision." In using some spraying materials 

 the provision of a strainer on the intake nozzle 

 would be an advantage. — W. Wil-KS, Secretary. 



Palms and Cycads at the Ghent Exhibition. 



