APKIL 6, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



231 



Messrs. Robert Veitch & Son, Exeter 

 Bhowed Rhododendron Smithii aureum, Erica 

 niediterranea, Hydrangea Mme. E. Moulliere 

 Prunus Parkmannii, P. pendula, P. triloba, Cor- 

 real, Enostemon linearifolium, Jasminum prirau- 

 linnm, Hibbertia dentata, Gerbera hybrida, 

 Acacias, Exochorda Alberti macrantha, Osman- 

 thus Delavayi, Cyrtomium Rochfordii (new), 

 Eupatorium ionantha, Magnolia nigra, and Ericas. 

 Mr. ^ . B. Smale, Torquay, showed Anthu- 

 rnim Andreanum, Spiraea japonica, Primula 

 obconica Queen of Roses, Amaryllis, Cleroden- 

 dron Balfouri; and a collection of Cinerarias. 



Messrs. Barb, & Sons, King Street, Covent 

 Uarden, staged a superb collection of Daffodils 

 among them being Vesuvius, Amazon, Sir Gala- 

 had, Ariadne, Queen Sophia, Blood Orange, 

 Pedestal, Bloodstone, Sunbeam, Buttercup 

 \ an Waveren's Giant, and Dante. 

 Messrs Burridge & Sons, Paignton, showed 



Rhododendrons (Azaleas) arranged with Palms 

 and Ferns. 



Mr. H. Mayne, Torquay, staged Hyacinths, 

 luhps, Carnations, Hydrangeas, Acacias 

 Azaleas, Lihum longiflorum, Camellias 

 Irimulas, Zonal Pelargoniums, Mignonette 

 Narcissi, and small Orange trees in fruit 



name was known and honoured throughout the 



S * t. hortlcl \ ltu ,' e > and in business circles 

 both at home and abroad. 



Sock* G ^ 8km next P r °P° s ed ' ' The Officers of the 



Replies were made by Messrs. Caspari, Hiehle 

 and Ripard, Mr. Caspari concluding his remarks 

 by referring to the services rendered to the 

 Society by the Press, to which Mr. C. H. Curtis 

 responded. Mr. Caspari then presented Mr. 

 bchneider, in the name of the younger members 

 of the Society, with a salad bowl. 



An excellent musical programme was provided 

 by the chairman, and the dinner was regarded 

 as one of the most successful the Society has ever 



AtHtitHrg 



SOCIETE FRANCAISE DH0RTI- 

 CULTURE DE LONDRES. 



March 30.— The annual dinner of the members 

 oillZf\ 0i i he : French Horticultural gde* 



C\ iv , to o k Place . 0n Saturday last at the 



Th VM t H '. Prided over a large company. 



Ihe guests mcluded Messrs. W. A Bilnev 

 Eaward White, H. B. May, Thos, Bevan E F. 

 Hau-es, C. Harman Payne, C. H Curtis a 

 Monro, Junr., E. Sherwood, W Sherwood, f. 

 A\ atkins Brian Wynne, G. J. Ingram D 



J™' J McKerchar, T. Stevenson, Guillond 



fese'ur an ° Ue ' PariS ' Arthur T " rner ' an <* 

 After dinner the Chairman proposed the 



a f nt S I'st 6 "SV* ^ F — h P^esTdent' in 

 a joint toast which was heart ly received He 



next proposed the toast of the evenin" - Pros! 

 r nt / <?> the French Horticultural Society Tf 



ft t n r C oMlP^ 6 S b + rIef T ieW ° f the * [ ™™* 

 side, pH f i, I Vlf SoClety - He ' the weaker, con- 



toan for 1 ?! there Wa f " 0t * in S m ™ miserable 

 wan tor a young man to find himself landed in a 



FrS C S try Wit t° Ut a si "S le fr -"d. Young 

 trench gardeners however, who came to Eng- 

 land were sure to find a friend in Mr. Schneider 



ted "he ^ nt °K f th6 + *"&' Mr - Sherwood in- 

 h firm nt Tf / *°, V1 - Slt the Seed S round * ° f 



Sti„ *w¥ Tedon dunn S th e coming summer, 



a^Sa^Utinr 1 " * ^ ^ * "^ S 

 in J h !.£ hairman tilen aIluded to las t vear's meet- 



8£J rf m. m 4T e ?? at cl ^ ded ¥ the seri ^ 



have him wrth f Schne , lder - Th . e y all rejoiced to 

 and he Vulf £* m thlS year in renewed h ™^, 

 toa^gtst^h.^^ t0 j ° in Wlth hi ™ in 



^'n r onteha^f er of r Th P r?^' t than ^.the chair- 

 hi< U a uenai \ ot the bocietv anj himself for 



K U" doV 6 M r rk |' , alS °;° r hi i station to 'viS 

 wwTS*! • Sc , h neider said that the members 



Prese n g c r e ea fc t lnd€bt ed to Mr. Sherwood for h 

 hastened hfc L^T* e u s P eciaI1 y as he had 



order to be wfth T OI ?r the o South of Flance in 

 CT-ttPd ♦£ , them - Mr - Schneider greatly re- 



t - inXtitt SenCe ° f JIr - *«* V ^ owing 

 -^lislf h" P ; . d l r n. the " P-P-?d 



attended 



a 



E^dish~Hort,vT,H lne ". P * POpo , s ? d "Prosperity to 



"»ey said that some years ago he 

 everything " Fr ^ Sh ° W in Paria > whi ^. like 



a Sr5LT3i h vas b f autiful and "*iffi 



visited the Temnle Shn Urn *£ Eng , land he 

 Produce of f, C P b how, where he 



effect Waa °Li^.- fine , r l^ity, of which 



saw 

 the 



whibitors at X* Temnl 4? CUlt} ; under which 

 ?"ouU be avoided in A? Sh °7 al r a y s laboured 

 ^ternational Show L "^ when the Royal 



^ he felt sure thJt ^°? d * be he - Id at Ch ^», 

 f^erB would S W ^ «* ^^f ^^ English 



The? ^ °*S nation" ^^ ^"^ - 



^ O. ? wLm Th t Chairman M wa « given by 



ingram, who said that Mr. Sherwood's 



^ ^f, ,LL i A ! fl , Gow> ~" We re e ret t0 rec °rd the 

 death of Mr. William Gow, gardener at Camp- 



muir near Coupar Angus, on the 26th ult., in 

 his 91st year. Mr. Gow was a native of Coupar 

 Angus. He served his apprenticeship in the 

 gardens at Hallyburton, and obtained further ex- 

 perience at Hamilton Palace and several other 

 establishments in the west of Scotland. In 1861 

 he was appointed by Lord Frederick Gordon to 

 take charge of the gardens at Hallyburton, which 

 was then undergoing extensive alterations. Those 



THE LATE WILLIAM GOW. 



who had the privilege of viewing his extensive 

 ribbon borders and flower gardens in the height 

 of the season were astonished at the excellent 

 results he obtained. He continued in the ser- 

 vice of Lord Gordon until that nobleman's death 

 .then with the Marquis of Huntlv until the place 

 was sold. In 1881, Mr. Gow was appointed land 

 steward and gardener to Peter Carmichael, Esq 

 of Arthurstone, in whose service he continued 

 until the death of that gentleman in 1891. Re- 

 tiring at that time, Mr. Gow went to live with 

 his younger daughter, first at Belmont Castle 

 and latterly at Campmuir. The end came sud- 

 denly, for he was out in his little garden on 

 the evening previous to his death. The funeral 

 took place m the churchyard of Kettins. Mr. 

 Andrew Gow, superintendent of Craightori 

 Cemetery, Govan, and two daughters survive of 

 a family of seven children. 



Francis PENTLAND.-Thedeath of Mr. Francis 

 Pentland is recorded in the American papers 



He was born in Edinburgh, in 1828, and after 

 obtaining experience in gardening in this coun- 

 try, migrated to America. After working for a 

 time for Mr. Eobert Buist in Philadelphia he 

 moved to Cincinnati, taking with him the Victoria 

 regia, a plant previously unknown in that 

 locality. About 10 years later he founded at 

 Lockland the business now known as the Bloom- 

 hurst Floral Company, from which he retired 

 14 years ago. 



MARKETS, 



COVENT GARDEN, April 2. 



1 W< reMK S 0t r C h e . Pt a " y / es P°ns<bil.ty for the subjoined 

 w-5 a u ey are fu »»slied to us regularly every 



S a \ by " le ki,ui,less ° f ^veral °< ^ pr.nS 

 mi« hT™, ° K fe "»P° n «We for the quotations. It 

 Elm £ ' beted that these quotations do not repre- 



£n«ll . PnCeS °r" a u y P ar£ 'cular day, but only th. 

 feoort aV r e h ageSfor l ^ e week Preceding the date of our 

 «E°fL .1 P 1( r es depend upon the quality of the 



nT L u^'V", Wh Ch the ? are P ackeJ . «»« supply 

 no o„ vfrom f Ud , th f de :" anii ' a,,d the 7 ,na y Actuate, 

 . P n or^e day.-E Ds y i occasionally several times 



Cut Flowers, Ac: Aiarage Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Azalea, doz. buchs. 



— mo lis, p. bnch. 

 Camellias, per box 



of 18'sand 24" s 



Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 



American vat 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



Eticharis, per doz. 

 F re e si a refracta 



alba, per dozen 



bunches 

 Gardenias, per box 



of 15 & 18 blms. 



Iris (Spanish), per 



doz. bunches : 



— white ... 



— mauve, yellow 

 and blue 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Liliuin auratiiin" 



per bunch ... 



— Iongi riorum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— lancifolium 

 alba, long ... 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, dz. blooms: 



— J °ng 



— short 



Lily of the Valley, 

 p. dz, bunches: 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 

 Marguerite, per 



doz. bunches: 



r Yellow 



M\osotis (Forget- 

 ine-not), p. dz. 

 bunches 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches: 



— Double Van 

 Sion 



Hmperor 

 Empress 

 Golden Spur... 

 Poeticus 



s.d. s.d. 

 3 0-50 

 3 6-40 

 10-19 



16-20 



10-19 

 10 0-15 



6 

 3 0- 



3 6 



13-16 

 2 6-36 



- 15 0-18 



w 



-. 18 0-21 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



« - • 



A. 



• • • 



4 0-50 



3 6-40 

 3 0-36 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



19-20 



9-lu 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



8 — 



2 0-20 



3 0-40 



10-16 

 2 0-26 

 16-20 

 10-16 

 16-20 





Narcissus, per doz, 

 bunches : 



— Princeps 



— Sir Watkin ... 



— Victoria 



— Parrii 



Orchids, Cattleya, 

 per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pelargoniums, 



p. dz. bunches : 



■— Double Scarlet 



Primroses, per doz. 

 bunches 



Rotes, 12 blooms, 



— Bridesmaid, 



— C. Mermet ... 



— Ce leral Jac- 

 queminot 



— Liberty 



— Madame 

 Chateney 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



— Sunrise 



— La^y Roberts 



— Lady Hilling- 

 don 



— Franz Detgan 



— Kaiserine 

 Spin i(Astilbe) ja- 



ponica, per. doz. 

 bunches .. 



Sweet Peas (white), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— double pink ... 



yellow 



scarlet 



— p. dz. bunches : 



— white 



— yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze... 



— pink 



— Darwin, p. bch. : 

 ~ Pink 



— mauve 



— red 



Violets, p. dz. bchs. 



— Princess of 



Wales, per doz. 



bunches 



— Parma ... 

 Wallflowers, per 



dozen bunches 



s.d. s.d« 



1 0- 



1 6- 



2 0- 



1 8 



2 



2 6 



16-20 

 12 — 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 

 13-16 



2 6- 

 2 6- 



3 



3 



10-16 

 2 0-40 



2 0-40 

 16-26 



2 0-36 

 10-16 



2 0-26 



2 0-26 



3 0-86 

 16-30 



4 0-60 

 2 0-26 



8- 



1 0- 

 1 8- 



1 3 

 1 6 

 1 6 



7 0-80 

 6 0-70 

 6 0-80 



8 0-90 

 6 0-80 



10-13 

 13-16 

 13-16 

 13-2 



■ • • 



3 0-40 

 2 0-26 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



2 0-26 



2 0-40 



A J • . ^ S ' d " Sd ' 



A d ian t um Fern 

 (Maidenhair), 



best, dz. bnchs. 7 0-80 

 Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, long 



trails, pr.Jdoz. 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprergeri ... 



Carnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



s.d. s.d. 



12 0-15 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



4 



Plants In Pots, Ac. : Ave 



s.d. s.d. 

 Acacia lineata,48's a 



per cozen ... 18 0-21 

 Araha Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 6 0-70 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen ... 18 0-21 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 10 0-12 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 



ficial f per doz. 3 0-12 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch ... 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 



(Englis h), 



small-leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 

 of 6 trails 



1 0- 

 6 



1 6 



6 

 I 



1 6 



12 0-20 

 60 - 



. 8 0-12 



per 



- io o-ia o 



8 0-90 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 



— variegated 



Azaleas, per doz. 36 0-42 

 Boronia Megastig- 



ma, 48's.p, dz. 21 0-24 

 Cinerarias, pr. dz. 8 0-90 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



— 60's 



— larger, each ... 



Croton, per dozen 18 0-30 

 Cy perus alterni- 



folius, per doz. 



— laxus, per doz. 

 Daffodils, per doz. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 

 Ericas, per dozen : 



— Willmorei, 48's 15 0-18 



— persoluta ... 27 0-30 

 Ferns, in thumbs, 



Per 100 8 0-12 



per 



9 0-12 



... 10 0-12 



0-80 

 2 6-76 



6 0-12 

 2 6-10 6 



5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



6 0-80 

 -' 10 0-12 



rage Wholesale Prices. 



rcrns, in small and 

 large 60*s ... 



— in 48'c, doz. ... 



— choicer, sorts 

 per doz. 



— in 82s, 

 dozen ... 



Pious elastica, 



dozen ... 

 Genistas, 48's, per 



Geon m i gracilis, 



6u s t per dozen 



~ larger, each ... 



Hyacinths white & 



c!rd.,p. dz. pots 10 0-12 

 Hydiangeas, white, 



48's, per dozen 18 21 

 Kentia Belmore- 



ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen _ . 



— larger, per doz. 18 0-60 

 Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 

 Li lium longi 



florum, p. doz. 20 0-24 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 



er dozen .. 15 18 

 anc i f ol ium 



alb * - ... 15 0-18 



5 0-42 

 4 0-60 



• t « 



12 0-30 



I 



