430 



JOtTRNAL OF HOBTICTJLTUBB AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Jose S, IS1& 



with, against ihe antagoniftie and open hostility of Hei 

 Majesty's CommissioneTS of ISol, who clearly care lees for 

 horticTiltTire than I did when I first became a Fellow for the 

 pnre Icve of flowers upwards of thirty years ago. I may 

 further add that the aceonnts have also the advantage of being 

 Touched for by one of the most eminent firms of public 

 aeeountanta in England, so that the Fellows of the Society 

 may feel certain of their aceniacy. — Hssby Liggixs, 3, Lad- 

 broie Square, IT. 



[In the statement of revenne and eipenditnre for the year 

 1874 issued by the Conncil along with the report at the last 

 annual meeting, there is credit taken by the Society for having 

 paid the Pomologieal Director the sum of £95 Ids. 6d. This 

 statement is signed Hesby LiGors'3, Auditor. We are informed 

 that not only has the Pomologieal Director never received a 

 farthing of ih&t amount, but that no such amount is due to 

 him for the year 1S74. Does Mr. Liggins assert that he saw 

 the receipt of the Pomologieal Director for that payment ?~ 



EABLY POTATOES. 



The Ashleaved Kidney Potatoes in Cork Market look riper 

 than any I saw last week in Covent Garden Market. I am 

 told the market here has been supplied during the last three 

 ireeks. Tou would be benefiting the farmers here if you could 

 persuade them to devote fields to the cultivation of early 

 Potatoes, Peas, &e., as their communications with Liverpool 

 are so cheap and quick by water that with three-weeks advan- 

 tage of climate, ventures in this way would certainly turn out 

 remunerative. — P. N. W. 



[Repeatedly we have advised the growers of Potatoes to 

 cultivate none but early-ripening varieties. When we grew 

 Potatoes we planted none but the true Ashleaved, took up 

 the crop in July, stored them in layers alternating with sand 

 in a d^ cool cellar, and they were undiseased and supplied 

 the table nntH new Potatoes were ready the next year. — Ebs.[ 



THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT— 

 MASTER AND GARDEKEE. 



LisE other exhibitors I was much interested in the result of 

 the Special General Meeting of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, 

 and hoped against hope that something would arise out of 

 the Meeting that would place the old Society once more upon 

 a firm foundation, whereon we could aU work together for the 

 furtherance of the art for which the Society was instituted. 

 Our expectations have once more been doomed to disappoint- 

 ment. Probably this will always be so until the Council are 

 advised to consult the leading horticultorists as well as the 

 general body of Fellows when they are in any difficulty. 



About five or six years ^o, when it was thought desirable 

 to amend the schedule, aU the exhibitors were summoned to a 

 meeting convened by the Council by circular, and his Grace 

 the Duke of Bnccleuch did not think it derogatory to preside 

 over that meeting, supported by the late lamented Bishop of 

 Winchester. I wa3 present as an exhibitor, and had the 

 opportunity of stating my views on the matter with other 

 gardeners. Msjor-General Scott, the Societj's late Honorary 

 Secretary, was also present, and everything was arranged to 

 our entire satisfaction. Now, if a meeting of this sort bad 

 been convened at the time the Council determined to make 

 the 50 per cent, deduction from the prizes, the exhibitors to a 

 man would have supported the Council in whatever arrange- 

 ment it was thought desirable to adopt : but unfortunately the 

 present men who are in power prefer sledge-hammer argument 

 to any system of conciliation. This was fully proved in the 

 unwarrantable attack made by Lord Bury and the Treasurer 

 of the Society on gardeners and their employers. 



It is entirely the fault of the Council Uiat the Fellows have 

 to bear the humiliation of being dragged into the County Cotirt, 

 and I wish to state fully at the same time that I do not approve 

 of the action taken by the exhibitors. Although one of the 

 largest creditors amcngst them, and however much I disapprove 

 of the way the Conncil have managed the Society this year, I 

 have too much respect for the honour of the Society ever to be 

 prevailed upon to take action against them. 



Another reason — fortunately I am not one of " those men " 

 who are paid out of the prize funds. My kind employer pays 

 large sums of money annually to support the exhibitions, and 

 never has inquired how or when I receive the prize money. 

 He was kind enough to say, when I thought it my duty to ask 



who was to receive the prizes, " Ton, of course ; " and that i3 

 all that has ever passed between us about them. 



Then as to wages. An employer might say, "Well, my 

 gardener is making a good thing out of his prizes, it will not 

 be necessary for me to raise his wages as I would have done 

 if he had not been competing.'' This could hardly be said to 

 be paying the gardener out of the prize money, but it would 

 amount to the same thing. It has not been so with me ; my 

 employer naturally supposed that as his gardener was able to 

 carry off a very large proportion of first prizes he must be a 

 good gardener and worthy of encouragement, and my wages 

 have been much increased in consequence. 



I would rather — much rather — have refrained from entering 

 into any personal relations between master and gardener ; but 

 if there is any impropriety in doing it the blame rests with 

 Lord Bury, and his lordship either ought to say who are the 

 employers who pay their gardeners partly out of the prize 

 money, or if he caimot do this make ample apology for the 

 expressions he has used. I am personally acquainted with 

 nearly all the exhibitors, have known and had intimate 

 relations with the most prominent of them for many years, 

 and never yet have I heard any gardener say that part of his 

 wages was paid out of his prize money. If reckless unproved 

 statements continue to be made at meetings by members of the 

 Council, and bluer feelings thereby engendered, the reconstruc- 

 tion of the Society on a satisfactory basis will be impossible. — 

 J. DoroLiS, Gardener to Francis Whitboum, Esq., Loxford 

 Hall. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



We are informed that Professor W. T. Thisletos Dyee is 

 appointed to the office of Assistant DJjector of the Kew Boyal 

 Gardens. 



PijBSLZT. — In the neighbourhood of Chobham, Surrey, 



they have a lore that if Parsley seed be sown on any other 

 day than Good Friday it will not come double. — {Sotes and 

 Queries.) 



We have before us two poEiKiirs of Boses raised by 



Mr. W. Paul. We usually mistrust coloured portraits of 

 flowers, but as we have seen one of these Eoses, Star of Wal- 

 tham, and the picture is no exaggeration of that very fine and 

 sweet-scented flower, we are w illin g to believe that the other 

 portrait of Queen of Waltham is truthful, and if so, it is a 

 still finer Bose than Star of Waltham. 



The pkize list of the Stamford Horticultural Show 



to be held on September loth and 16th is most liberaL The 

 premiums amount to £300. There are thirteen silver cups 

 and no entry fees. Nottingham also offers in prizes for the 

 Show on July 8th, 9th, and lOlh the sum of £750, the Eose 

 prizes alone being £'240, which should ensure a free reEponse. 

 Liberal prizes are also offered at Burton-on-Trent on the 16tb 

 inst., and at Wakefield on August 23th. 



" Jacs-eolis." — This is a pet name for Potatoes in this 



part of Dorset. It has occurred to me that possibly this ntune 

 may be a perversion of " jack-bowls," the smallest ball in the 

 game of bowls, once most popular in this county, as elsewhere, 

 being denominated the "jack," and fairly representing in size 

 an average, or somewhat large. Potato. — C. W. BisGHAiS, 

 Bingham's ilelcomb. — {yotes and Qturies.) 



SWEET-SCENTED ROSES. 

 I oriTE agree with my good friend Mr. Camm that the 

 absence of scent is very much to be deplored in any variety 

 of the queen cf flowers ; but while I delight very much in 

 the perfume of the Tea Boses, I do not think it is to be 

 compared with that of many of the Hybrid Perpetuals. To 

 the list of those already given would you allow me to add 

 that of a Bose which for this and its other good qualities 

 deserves to be better known than it is, especially as it is an 

 English-raised flower — I mean Van Moltke, raised and sent 

 out by Messrs. Bell of Norwich? I gathered a bloom of it 

 to-day from one of the few pot Boses I have, and anything 

 more fragrant it is impossible to conceive — I mean in that 

 peculiar attar of Bose perfume which is so grateful ; while in 

 build it is not unlike a really fine Alfred Colomb grown out 

 of doors. I have not often seen this Eose recommended, but 

 I believe it to be a really desirable variety. — D., DeaL 



Miirr thanks to Mr. Camm for broaching this odoriferous 

 subject. I had determined — seeing that there will not be a 

 general election of Boses this year, the Bose parliament beisg 



