September 15, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



309 



mass of Roses, Tea and H.P., and herbaceous cut 

 flowers. 



Mr. Lister, Rothesay, sent Pentstemons, Antir- 

 rhinums, Gladioli, &c. 



Laing & Mather had hardy cut flowers, and their 

 new Carnation R. H. Elliot. 



Fruit : Grapes. — These were in great force, and 

 the chief point of interest was in the competition 

 for the Veitch Memorial Medal and £5, for which 

 two bunches black and two bunches white Grapes 

 were required. Mr. McHattie, Newbattle, Mid- 

 lothian, carried off the coveted prize easily, with 

 splendid examples of Muscat of Alexandria, Duke 

 of Buccleuch, Madresfield Court, and Black Ham- 

 burgh ; Mr. Day, Galloway House, Garlieston, was 

 a good 2nd ; and Mr. Barrie, gr. to G. T. Couper 

 Esq., Row, was 3rd. 



In the class of eight bunches, four distinct, Mr. 

 McKinnon, Melville Castle, was a good 1st, with 

 fine Gros Maroc and Black Alicante as the most 

 meritorious examples ; Mr. McKelvie, Broxmouth 

 Dunbar, being a good 2nd. Two bunches Black 

 Hamburgh brought Mr. McHattie again to the front 

 with Mr. McKinnon 2nd. Two bunches Black 

 Alicante placed Mr. McKinnon 1st, with superb 

 bunches, and Mr. McConnochie, Cameron House 

 Alexandria, 2nd. Two bunches Gros Colmar placed 

 Mr. Murray 1st. Two bunches White Muscat 

 brought superb examples in from Mr. McHattie ; 

 and Mr. McKinnon took 1st in two bunches of 

 any sort with beautiful examples of Golden Ham- 

 burgh. The heaviest bunch, a White Syrian, was 

 shown by Mr. Murray, and weighed 20 lb. 



The collection of sixteen dishes of fruit was 

 keenly contested, the 1st prize falling to Mr. Boyd, 

 Callendar House, Falkirk ; eight dishes was equally 

 well contested, the victor being Mr. McKelvie. 

 Collections of six dishes of hardy fruit, though some- 

 what numerous, were unequal, Mr. Fairgreive, Dun- 

 keld, distancing all his opponents easily. 



Pines made a poor show, the best Queen coming 

 from Mr. Grossart, Oswald House ; and the best 

 Smooth Cayenne from Mr. Mclntyre, The Glen, 

 Innerleithen. 



Melons were few, the best green-fleshed being 

 tabled by Mr. Mclndoe, and the best scarlet-fleshed 

 by Mr. Weir, gr. to Sir R. Cunliffe, Acton, 

 Wrexham. 



Peaches. — The best twelve came from Mr. Mclndoe 

 and the best six from Mr. Wilson, Auchencuive, 

 Ayr. 



Nectarines. — Mr. Mclndoe again tabled the first 

 twelve, and also the best six Apricots. 



Figs. — In these Mr. McHattie was an easy 1st. 



Plums, twelve Green Gage. — Here Mr. Mclndoe 

 was a good 1st. Mr. Wilson was best in light 

 twelve Plums of any other sort ; and Mr. Gallagher, 

 Kilkerran Gardens, Maybole, took the lead in red or 

 purple Plums. 



Pears grown under glass were best, presented by 

 Mr. Mclndoe ; and from the open air by Mr. Day. 

 The best Jargonelles came from Mr. McDermott, 

 Alva House, Alva. 



Apples (dessert, grown under glass). — The finest 



' twelve came from Mr. Mclndoe ; the best twelve, 



grown in the open air (dessert), from Mr. Wilson ; 



and the best twelve kitchen from Mr. Boswell, Albert 



Place, Stirling. 



Cherries. — The best fifty were put np by Mr. Fair- 

 grieve. 



North or Scotland Apiarian Society. 

 The annual show, under the auspices of this 

 Society, was brought to a close in the Duthie Park, 

 Aberdeen, on the 1st inst There were twenty-three 

 classes in the show, and a number of entries were 

 made in each. This year, however, the entries 

 numbered scarcely more than half of those of last 

 year, owing to the ungenial weather. For some 

 time past, bees in the northern districts rarely had 

 an opportunity of getting out, and in consequence 

 many of them died, while, in most cases, they lived 

 on stock honey, and had, moreover, to be fed. Con- 

 sequently the exhibition was meagre In all depart- 



ments, except that for bee furniture, of which there 

 was a good display. A new feature, introduced this 

 year, was the " driving " competition, which consists 

 in driving the bees from a straw hive into a wooden 

 one, at the same time catching and exhibiting the 

 queen — the operation being performed by the com- 

 petitor with unprotected hands and person. In this 

 competition, Mr. Richard McGregor, Inchmarlo, 

 Banchory, carried off the 1st prize, and was, in 

 addition, awarded a Third-class Expert Certificate 

 for proficiency in apiculture. The show was opened 

 by the Rev. Mr. Innes, Free Church, Skene, Aber- 

 deenshire, President of the Society, in presence of a 

 large audience. 



The Botanic Garden, Glasgow. 

 A few days ago I had the great pleasure of visit- 

 ing Mr. Bullen at the Botanic Garden, Glasgow, 

 and getting a look round the very fine and extensive 

 collection of plants under his care. As a whole I 

 never saw the collection look better, notwithstanding 

 the many difficulties he has had to contend with, 

 having his staff reduced to the lowest possible 

 number, and the gardens closed to all and sundry. 

 I find the only means of getting an entrance is to 

 write to Mr. Bullen, that he may send a man to open 

 the gate. Amongst the Orchids how astonished I 

 was to find the rare and beautiful Lissochilus 

 giganteus in bloom, and still more struck with it 

 because I was led to believe that all the plants in 

 Europe did not amount to half-a-dozen, while here 

 was a large plant with several flowering growths, and 

 I proud of having charge of one small lead ! The 

 whole plant corresponds exactly with the description 

 given of the one flowered by Sir Trevor Lawrence in 

 May last, described and figured in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle May 19, p. 616, except that the lip is not 

 purple, but merely a deeper shade of rose than the 

 petals, and without the darker stripes in the figure. 

 It is a grand Orchid, a free grower, and will be 

 easily managed. As we passed on it struck me as a 

 great pity, as well as a loss to horticulture, that so 

 many fine things should be left to bloom there 

 unseen, unknown, and almost unheard of. Bobert 

 Todd. Woolton Wood, Liverpool. 



45 in 'England, S.W.,' and 56 in the 

 Islands.' " 



The Weather. 



MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWTCK DUR- 

 ING THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 22. (AVERAGE OP 

 FORTY-FOUR YEARS.) 



Sept. 16 



... 57°.6 



Sept. 20 



.. 56°.9 



„ 17 



... 57°.3 



.. 21 



.. 56°,7 



„ 18 



... 57°.2 



„ 23 



.. 56°.6 



„ 19 



... 57°.l 



Mean for the week . 



. o7".l 



THE PAST WEEK. 



The following summary record of the weather for 

 the week ending Sept. 10, is furnished from the 

 Meteorological Office :— 



" The weather has continued rather unsettled in 

 parts of the kingdom, with occasional falls of rain. 

 Thunderstorms occurred over central and eastern 

 England on the 7th, and on the 9th thunder and 

 lighting were prevalent at many of our southern and 

 eastern stations. 



" The temperature has again been below the mean, 

 the deficit ranging from 2° to 4°. The highest of 

 the maxima were recorded either on the 4th or 5th, 

 when the thermometer rose to between 64° and 69°. 

 The lowest of the minima, which were registered 

 towards the end of the period, ranged from 30° to 

 34° in Scotland, 34° to 35° in Ireland, and from 33° 

 to 43° over England. 



" The rainfall has about equalled the mean in 

 ' England, N.E.,' but in all other districts it has been 

 less ; the deficit being most marked in the ' grazing 

 districts,' and the east of Scotland. 



" Bright sunshine has been more prevalent than it 

 waa last week in Scotland, the south of Ireland, the 

 south-west of England, and the ' Channel Islands,' 

 bnt in nearly all other districts a decrease is shown. 

 The percentage of the possible amount of duration 

 ranged from 21 In ' Ireland, N.,' to 44 in ' Ireland, 8.,' 



[Accumulated temperature indicates the combined amount and 

 duration of the excess or defect of temperature above or 

 below 32° F. for the period named, and ia expressed in Day- 

 degree — a "Day-degree" signifying 1° continued for 

 twenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees for an 

 inversely proportional number of hours.] 









Temperattjre. 









ACCUM ITLATED . 









9 a 



• d 







Above or 













Districts. 



below the 















Mean for 







a °x 



a a^ 







the week 



ending 



2fe 





7 = 1 



* £5 







Sept. 10. 



n" 



Is" 



'S" 













11 





Pr 



ncipal Wheat pro- 





Day- 



Day- 



Day- 



Day- 





ducing Districts. 





deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 







Scotland, N. ... 



3 below 



57 







— 236 



+ 201 



1. 



Scotland, E. ... 



3 below 



61 







— 118 



+ 157 



2 



England, N.E. ... 



2 below 



79 







— 439 



+ 73 



3 



ENGLAND, E. 



3 below 



95 







— 355 



+ 154 



4 



Midland Cos. ... 



4, be'ow 



83 







— 424 



+ 150 



5. 



England, S. 



3 below 



97 







— 459 



+ 201 



Principal Grazing, &c.. 















Districts. 













6. 



Scotland, W, ... 



2 below 



72 







- 311 



+ 107 



7. 



England, N.W.... 



3 below 



82 







— 344 



+ 117 



8. 



England, S.W.... 



4 below 



83 







— 412 



+ 261 



9. 



Ireland, N. 



3 below 



79 







— 275 



+ 67 



10 



Ireland, S. 



3 below 



83 







— 260 



+ 113 



- 



Channel Islands 



3 below 



106 







— 334 



+ 154 







Rainfall. 



Bright 



Sunshine. 







n 











Districts. 



1 o 



Ore 



•| 





°"o22 







dp 



g'ja 



I*"" 



•far] 



j?«s 









z 













a" 



£ 



t^ 



1*8 



Pr 



ncipal Wheat-pro- 

 ducing Districts. 



Tenths of 

 Inch. 





Ins. 











SCOTLAITD, N. ... 



3 less 



164 



26.6 



22 



29 



1 



Scotland, E. ... 



6 less 



145 



20.6 



32 



30 



2. 



England, N.E. ... 



(aver.) 



135 



196 



28 



26 



3 



England, E. 



2 less 



!39 



18.6 



24 



28 



4. 



Midland Cos. ... 



2 less 



126 



18.3 



31 



27 



5 



England, S. 



3 less 



128 



19.1 



36 



28 



Pr 



ncipal Grazing, &c. , 

 Districts. 













6. 



Scotland, W. ... 



8 less 



137 



29.2 



34 



.'2 



7. 



England, N.W.... 



4 less 



138 



20.6 



30 



29 



8. 



England, S.W.... 



6 less 



142 



21.3 



45 



34 



9. 



Ireland, N. 



4 'ess 



144 



25.8 



21 



28 



10. 



Ireland, S. 



7 less 



130 



25.7 



44 33 



- 



Channel Islands 



5 less 



154 



20.7 



56 39 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Intelligent Readers, do please Note that letters 

 relating to Advertisements, or to the supply of 

 the Paper, should be addressed to the Publisher, 

 and that all communications intended for publica- 

 tion, as well as specimens and plants for naming, 

 should be addressed to the Editor. Such com- 

 munications should be written on one side only 

 of the paper, and sent as early in the week as pos- 

 sible. Correspondents sending newspapers should 

 be careful to mark the paragraphs they wish the 

 Editor to see. 



Aralia Veitchi : A. H. B. This plant is difficult to 

 root, and is usually grafted very low down on 

 A. reticulata, cuttings of which strike readily. 

 The grafting may be done at almost any time of 

 the year if you are provided with a close-fitting 



