March 9, 1912.1 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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R.H.S. Examination of Public Parks 



Visitors to Kew Gardens During 1911. 



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appeared last year are strongly advised 



Employees. -The results of the Koyal Horti- The number of visitors to the Royal Botanic Gar- not to plant Tomatos in the same soil, unless 



cultural Society's seventh examination of em- dens, Kew, during the year 1911 was 3,704,606. 

 ployees in public parks, held on January 8, have These figures represent an increase of 158,304 per- 

 just been published. As previously, the ex- sons over the year 1910, when there were 



amination was partly 



viva 



voce and partly 



written. Forty-nine candidates entered, and 

 of these 17 secured places in the first, 7 in the 

 second, and 16 in the third class. The ex- 

 aminers report that the average quality of the 157,425 visitors on June 5, 1911 



written answers equals that of former years, no 

 marked general improvement being noticeable in 

 the work of the candidates. Many cases of 

 individual improvement, however, were noticed- 

 candidates of past years being found to have con- 

 siderably extended their knowledge. The identi- 

 fication of specimens was better, the names being 

 generally given unhesitatingly and correctly. At 

 the request of the London County Council, the 

 former division of the candidates into two groups, 

 A and B, had been discontinued. The list is 

 headed by Mr. J. Nash, Leicester, who thus 

 wins the Society's Silver-gilt Medal. 



The Royal Society. — Among the candidates 

 recommended by the Council for election to the 

 Royal Society are Mr. L. Cockayne, whose work 

 in the botany of New Zealand has added greatly 

 to our knowledge of the flora and ecology of those 

 islands; Mr. R. C Punnett, who has made 

 valuable contributions to the science of genetics, 

 and Prof. Newstead. 



Prof. R. Newstead.— The nomination of Mr. 

 Robert Newstead to the Fellowship of the Royal 

 Society is a signal honour for a gardener, and 

 is thoroughly well deserved. Mr. Newstead is 

 Dutton Memorial Professor of Entomology, and 

 Hon. Consulting Entomologist to the City of 

 Liverpool and the Institute of Commercial Re- 

 search in the Tropics. He has made three expedi- 

 tions abroad in the interests of scientific investi- 

 gation. The first one was to Jamaica, where, on 

 behalf of the Government, he went to study the 

 insects infesting cattle. The second expedition 

 was to Malta, to enquire into the conditions 

 under which sandfly fever is disseminated, and 

 the third expedition, from which he returned 

 only at the end of last year, was to Nyassaland 

 to investigate the part that is played by the 

 tsetse fly in the transmission of sleeping sickness. 



it has been adequately sterilised, and to spray 

 all their plants during the early part of the 

 season with Bordeaux mixture or a solution of 

 liver of sulphur (1 lb. to 32 gallons of water). 



The School of Agriculture, Cambridge. 



-Though it is but a few years ago that the 



agricultural laboratories of the University of 



Cambridge were erected, it is now found neces- 



Cucumber Canker. — The Board of Agri- sary to enlarge them to double their present 



culture and Fisheries desire to warn all growers size. This is clue not only to the natural growth 



of Tomatos that the disease known as Tomato of the School of Agriculture, but also to the fact 



3,546 ? 302 visitors, and are the highest yet re- 

 corded. The month in which the largest number 

 of persons visited the gardens was July, when 

 737,946 visitors w r ere recorded. There 



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National Chrysanthemum Society.— This 

 Society will hold two exhibitions at the Crystal 

 Palace on October 2 and 3 and October 29, 30, 

 and 31 respectively. A third exhibition and 

 conference will be held on November 20 at Essex 

 Hall, Strand. 



The Surveyors' Institution. — The next 

 ordinary general meeting of this society will be 

 held on Monday, March 11, when the adjourned 



Savili/s naner on 



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discussion on Mr. Edwin 



paper 





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" The Single Tax Movement " will he resumed. 

 The annual dinner will be held at the Whitehall 

 Rooms, Hotel Metropole, on Tuesday, April 23. 



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United 



Provident Society. 



Horticultural 



— The 



Benefit and 



annual meeting 



CATTLEYA ERENDA (c. DUSSELDORFEI UNDINE X C. GASKELLIANA 

 *"- A PURE WHITE VARIETY. 



(Received R.H.S- Award of Merit on the 20th uit. See report on p. 126 an e.) 



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will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, and Cucumber canker (Mycosphaerella citrullina) 

 Vincent Square, Westminster, on Monday, is ; nc i u ded among the diseases which, in pursu- 

 March 11, at 8 p.m. * """ * " ** " 



that Cambridge has been selected by the De- 

 velopment Commissioners as the centre for the 



"."he D„t?„ctiv«T»T;cr, inT PesU Order special institute, for.rese.reh in plnnt-breeding 



Southampton Royal Horticultural 



Society. — This society celebrates its fiftieth 



anniversary this year, and, in order to mark the 



occasion, several exhibitions have been arranged. 



A Eose show will be held on June 26 'in connec- 



The Jub'lee 



The sche- 



tion with the National Rose Society. 

 show will be held on July 16 and 17. 

 dule includes 36 classes for Carnations, 12 for 

 Sweet Peas, and over 60 for plants, miscellaneous 

 cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables. The au-umn 

 exhibition includes many classes for Chrysanthe- 

 mums and fruit. 



of 1910, must be reported to the Board by the 

 occupier of any premises on which they appear. 

 A description of the disease is given in the 

 Board's leaflet No. 230, copies of which may be 

 obtained free of charge and post free, on appli- 

 cation to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 

 Growers who are in doubt as to whether or not 

 the disease is present on their premises should 

 submit specimens of affected plants to the Board 

 for determination. Up to the present the disease 

 has been chiefly confined to Tomatos grown under 

 glass. Occupiers of premises on which the 



and in animal nutrition. 



Presentation to a Nursery Employee. 



AMT7EL 



Begonia socialist in Messrs. Thomas S. W are s. 

 Ltd nursery at Bexley Heath, after upwards of 

 50 years' service with the firm, the principals and 

 his* fellow-employees have made him a present of 

 a marble clock. * Mr. Pope commenced his gar- 

 dening career in the nurseries of the late Messrs. 

 Lucombe, Pince & Co., Exeter, and for several 

 years was with Messrs. John Laing & Sons, 

 Forest Hill. He retires on a pension. 



