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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Jamoary 6, 1912. 



Sweet Pea Sport. — I have often been asked 

 if I ever saw a Sweet Pea sport — a branch eport 

 such as we are familiar with in Chrysanthemums. 

 Until the month of October of this year I had 

 never seen one, but during the summer I hea I 

 that such a eport was to be found in Captain 



Aitken's garden at Nisbet, Duns, where Mr. John 



Ness grows Sweet Peas so well. Mr. Alexander 

 Malcolm and Mr. Andrew Ireland visited the gar- 

 den in August and the sport was pointed out to 

 them. I did not get' to Duns until October. 

 Fortunately, the Sweet Peas at Nisbet were still 

 flowering, and Mr. Ness pointed out the sportim 

 plant. It w one of Mrs. Rout/ihn, and was 

 growing in a clump of perhaps half-a-dozen 

 plants. Mrs. R tzahn is a dark-coloured 

 flower,' but the sport has produced blooms of 

 deep cream colour throughout the season. Mr. 

 Ness baa saved a few seeds from the branch 

 which gave the cream-coloured flowers; this 

 branch was one of five which broke a few inches 

 from the ground. ]\'m. Cutkbert&on. 



he Nut Flowering (see pp. 400.419, vol. 1.) 

 I have seen to-day (December 29) several female 

 flowers fully expanded on both Cob and Filbert 

 Nuts, but there are no male catkins nearly ap- 

 proaching maturity. T. Skilton, Lovelands, 

 Walton-on-thf-HUl. 



ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION, 



In nu;. 12 we illustrate one of the presentation 

 cups which will be offered by Messrs. Wm. Bull 

 & Sons at the forthcoming International Exhibi- 

 tion, to be held in the Chelsea Hospital grounds. 

 Messrs. Bull & Sons inform us that they will offer 

 three cups : one for the best hybrid Odontioda ; 

 one for the best hybrid Odontoglossum ; and one 

 for the best hybrid Cattleya. 



SOCIETIES. 



SURVEYORS' INSTITUTION. 



The next ordinary general meeting will be held 

 at The Institution on Monday, January 8, at 

 8 p.m.. when a paper will be read by Mr. Frank 

 W. Hunt (Fellow) on " The Tendency of ? Recent 

 Modifications of the Lands Clauses Act." 



A Short Summary of the Principal Points 



the Paper. 



The Act referred to principally is the Lands 

 Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845. 



The reason and object for passing the Act. 

 The following principles are deduced from the 



Act:— 



(1) The power of compulsory expropriation not 



to be exercised except by direct authority 

 of Parliament. 



(2) The lands to be taken are to be restricted 



to what is actually required for the under- 

 taking. 



(3) Claimant entitled to be paid the value of 

 the property to him and compensation for 

 damage due to the taking irrespective of 

 anv benefit obtained in respect of other 

 lands belonging to the same owner by rea- 

 son of the execution of the works. 



(4) By custom only, the addition of a percent- 



age to the value of land taken in respect 

 of the compulsory sale. 



(5) The claimant has option of selecting the 



tribunal, the normal procedure provided in 

 the Act being a trial before a jury. 



(6) A claimant cannot be compelled to sell 



part of a house, building, or manufactory 

 if he is able and willing to sell the whole. 



(7) Costs in ordinary circumstances to be paid 



by promoters. 



On a consideration of recent legislation it will 

 be shown : — 



(1) Large powers conferred by general Acts 



avoiding necessity in certain classes of 

 cases of direct statutory authority. 



(2) Lands not limited to execution of works 



but may be acquired compulsorily for 

 other purposes. 



(3) For certain public purposes basis of com- 



pensation to be market value, regard be- 



ing had to enhanced value conferred upon 

 other property by claimant. 



(4) Statutory deprivation of customary allow- 



ance for compulsory sale. 



(5) All disputed cases to be determined by an 



arbitrator. 



(6) Part required for works may be purchased 



without owners being compelled to ac- 

 quire the whole. 



(7) Special limitation of costs. 



Other amendments of a minor character with a 

 view to simplifying procedure and reducing th 



C08t. , 



That in construing powers under the Lands 

 Clauses Acts the Courts have always drawn a 

 broad distinction between those exercisable by a 

 public company for profit and a local authority 

 for public benefit. In considering any amend- 

 ment or modification of the Lands Clauses Act 

 and specific amendments of its provisions in pri- 







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FlG. 12. — ROYAL international show. 



(Cup presented by Messrs. Bull & Sons.) 



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vate and public Bills it would be desirable to 

 consider these in two categories to follow the 



practice of the Courts. 



BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT 



HORTICULTURAL. 



December 9. — The 16th annual meeting of the 

 members of this society was held on the above 

 date. Mr. E. Coward was elected chairman of 

 the meeting. The balance-sheet and report were 

 submitted. The income was £294 2s. lid., and 

 the balance in hand £54 2s. 7d. The committee, 

 in their annual report, stated that the year has 

 been a most successful one. The report and 

 balance-sheet were adopted, and the officers, 

 including the committee, were elected. The 

 rules were discussed, and it was decided to 

 increase the radius covered by the scope of the 

 society from 18 to 21 miles. A provision that a 

 subscription of 5s. by an amateur shall entitle 

 him to exhibit was also made. It was decided 

 to make donations of £2 2s. each to the Darwen 

 and Whalley Horticultural Societies. 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



December 14.— Committee present: Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme (in the Chair); and Messrs. R, 

 Ash worth, W. R. Lee, C. Parker, H. Thorp, A. 

 Warburton, Z. A. Ward, J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, 

 \V. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, and H. 

 Arthur (secretary). 



The following Medals were awarded for collec- 

 tions of Orchids : — 



Silver-gilt Medal to W. R. Lee, Esq., Hey- 

 wood (gr. Mr. Woodhouse), for a group of 

 Cypripediums and Odontoglossums. Silver 

 Medals: Z. A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. 

 Mr. Weatherby), R. Le Doux, West Derby (gr. 

 Mr. Fletcher), for Cypripediums, R. Ashworth, 

 Esq., Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), for a mixed 

 roup, Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn 

 (gr. Mr. Lupton), for a mixed group, A. War- 

 burton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. .Mr. Dalgleish), 

 for Odontoglossums and Cypripediums, F. A. 

 Hindley, Esq., Bradford, for Cypripediums, 

 Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for 

 Cypripediums, Mr. Ed. V. Low, Haywards 

 Heath, for Cypripediums. A Cultural Commen- 

 dation was awarded to Mr. Low for a specimen 

 of C. minos Youngii and the Liverpool 

 Orchid Co., Gateacre, for a miscellaneous collec- 

 tion. Bronze Medals: Rev. J. Crombleholme, 

 Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall), for a group 

 of Cypripediums, J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton 

 (gr. Mr. Holmes), for a mixed group, and G. H. 

 Peace, Esq., Monton Grange (gr. Mr. Mace), for 

 a group of Cypripediums. Other exhibitors 

 were: H J. Bromielow, Esq., Rann Lee (gr. 

 Mr. Morgan), J. J. Holden, Esq., Southport 

 (gr. Mr. ^Johnson), L. Leemann, Esq., Heaton 

 Mersey (gr. Mr. Smith), J. H. Craven, Esq., 

 Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), H. Thorp, Esq., 

 Rhodes, Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, 

 Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, 

 Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Bradford, Mr. W. 

 Shackleton, Great Horton, and Mr. D. McLeod. 



AWARDS. ' 



First-class Certificates. 



Cypripedium Fairoz Maudice (Fairrieanum x 

 Maudi») and C. Pallas Athence (Ehnireanum 

 X iEson giganteum), a noble flower ; both shown 

 by W. R. Lee, Esq. 



C. Reginald Young (Elmireanum x Harefield 

 Hall), from H. J. Bromielow, Esq., a large, well- 

 marked flower. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium Juno var. " Hebencea," from 

 J. J. Holden, Esq. Odontoglossum eximium 

 " Plumpton Hall variety"; Cattleya Triana 

 var. " Britannia," a magnificent, deeply-coloured 

 flower, with well-set, broad lip ; both these were 

 shown by W. R. Lee, Esq. Cypripedium Mrs. 

 Mabel Waring (Harefield Hall x Troilus), from 

 R. Le Doux, Esq. C. Leeanum var. ''Fred- 

 erick Arnold," from F. A. Hindley, Esq. 

 Brasso Lalio-C attleya Baron Honin (B.C. 

 Leemannise X L.-C. callistoglossa), from J. 

 Leeman, Esq. Odontoglossum crispum var. 

 11 Reine Blanche," a fine flower measuring 

 3jj> inches across, from R. Ashworth, Esq. 0. 

 Ruby King, a good flower, with dark-coloured 

 lip ; a very distinct variety, from A. "\\ ar- 

 burton, Esq. Cypripedium viridissimum (C. 

 villosum auriferum x C. aureum virginalis), a 

 bright flower, resembling auriferum in form and 

 habit of growth, from Mr. W. Shackleton. 



COVENTRY CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



December 21. — The annual meeting of the 

 members of this society was held on the fore- 

 going date. The committee's report and balance- 

 sheet w r ere presented. It was stated that, after 

 years of hard work and many disappointments, 

 the anmial exhibition had proved a gratifying 

 success. The financial statement showed that 

 the total income, including a balance from 

 1910 of £15 7s. 4d., amounted to £161 18s. 2d. 

 After defraying liabilities, there was a credit 

 balance of £43 4s., and it was stated that, since 

 the preparation of the balance-sheet, other 

 amounts had been received, which would in- 

 crease the above balance by several pounds. 

 Alderman Drinkwater was elected president; 

 Alderman Batchelor, treasurer; and Mr. George 

 Griffin, Coundon, secretary. 



