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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 25, 1912, 



EDITORIAL NOTICE. 



ADVERTISEMENTS should be sent to the PUB- 

 LI5MHR, 4U Wellington Street, Covent Garden, 

 W.C. 



Letters for Publication, as well as specimens of plants 

 for naming, should be addressed to the EDITORS, 



41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London. 



Communications should be written on one sidb only of 

 thk paper, sent as early in the week as possible and duly 

 signed by the writer. 1/ desired, the signature will not be 

 printed, but kept as a guarantee of good faith. 



£ditors and Publisher. — Our Correspondents would obvi- 

 ate delay in obtaining answers to their cemmunicaiims, 

 and save us much time and trouble, if they would kindly 

 observe the notice printed weekly to the effect that ad 

 letters relating to financial matters and to advertisements 

 should be addressed to the Publisher; and that all 

 communications intended for publication, or ref erring to 

 the Literary department, and all plants to be named, 

 should be directed to the Editors. The two depart- 

 ments, Publishing and Editorial, are dietinct, and much 

 unnecessary delay and confusion arise when letters are 

 misdirected. 



Special Notice to Correspondents.— The Editors do not 

 undertake to pay for any contributions or illustrations, or 

 to return unused communications or illustrations, unless by 

 special arrangement. The Editors do not hold themselves 

 responsible for any opinions expressed by their correspon- 

 dents . 



Local News.— Correspondents will greatly oblige by sendingto 

 the Editor* early intelligence of local events likely to be of 

 interest to our readers, or of any matters whichit is desirable 

 to bring under the notice of horticulturists. 



Illustrations.- The Editor swill be glad to receive and to select 

 photographs or drawings, suitable for reproduction, of 

 gardens, or of remarkable plants, flowers, trees, &c 9 but 

 they cannot be responsible for loss or injury. 



Newspapers. — Correspondents sending newspapers should be 

 careful to mark the paragraphs they wish the Editors to see. 



high order of excellence, but also the ex- were those of the Chairman ot the Dir 



hibition, as a whole, presents the most tors, Mr. Gurney Fowler, Mr. Edwa J 



artistic display of flowers that has ever White, Mr. May, and that hale and uni- 



been seen in this country. More than once versally-esteemed 



we have had occasion to deplore the lack Veitch. 



veteran, Mr. Harry 



However tempting and fitting it may 

 be to indulge in retrospect, the present ia 

 too fraught with important possibilities 



of skill with which our British exhibits But whilst all must join in the tribute of 



are sometimes staged ; but it is now de- grateful thanks which is due— and more 



monstrated beyond all doubt that the than due — to these gentlemen, it must not 



lack of artistic staging often seen on pre- be forgotten that other of the Directors 



vious occasions has been in large measure have worked with whole-hearted devotion 



due to the overcrowding consequent upon on behalf of the Exhibition, and have 



the confined space within which the ex- played a vital part in ensuring its success, 

 hibitions were held. The great tent, 

 which covers several acres, provides a 

 noble amplitude of space. Green walks 



surround the several displays, and allow of for horticulture for us to dwell longer 



a real inspection, and not merely a hustled among the memories of the past. There 



glance. The spacious paths, which run is a great work to be done for horticulture 



the full length of the great tent, provide The educational house of horticulture must 



innumerable vistas of singular charm and be put in order. Horticultural teaching 



beauty. In thus providing the exhibitor and research have to be provided for on 



with an ideal setting for his plants Mr. generous and broad lines. Therefore, 



Edward White has rendered a signal ser- though the Exhibition of 1912 were of im- 



vice to us all, and has deserved and won portance in no other direction, it would be 



universal encomium. an event of signal moment because of the 



This is no place to deal in detail with pronouncement made on the opening day 



the various exhibits ; but we shall express 



Walte 



the feelings of all horticulturists in con- dent of the Board of Agriculture. Mr. 



APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUIN6 WEEK, gratulating Sir George Holford on winning Runciman and the Permanent Secretary of 



the King's Cup. Nor in this connection the Board of Agriculture, Sir Thomas 



may we refrain from noting with satisfac- Elliott, who showed their interest in th 



THURSDAY, MAY 30— 



Manchester and North of England Orchid Soc. Ann 

 Meet. 



Average Mean TempkratuM for the ensuing week 

 deduced from observations during the last Fifty Year- 

 at Greenwich— 54 2°. 



Actual Temperatures: — 



London.— Wednesday t May 22 (6 p.m.): Max. 67°; 



Min. 55°. 

 Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, London. —7' hu rsday t May 23 

 (10 a.m.) : Bar. 29'3 W ; Temp. 55° ; Weather— 

 Sunshine. 



Provinces.— Wednesday, May 22: Max. 62° Norfolk; 



Min. 49° Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



tion the generous tribute w 



hich Sir Exhibition and made a careful examina- 



George, in the course of a brief and happy tion of the scientific exhibits, recognise 

 speech at the jurors' lunch on Wednes- that the time is ripe for action with 

 day, paid to Mr. Alexander, to whose skill respect to horticultural education and re- 

 is due the magnificent collection of Orchids search. The President is now in a posi- 



which gained the premier prize. 



tion to give effect to his appreciation of 



sently. Hence it is desirable to put on 

 record — albeit briefly — the circumstances 



SALES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



TUESDAY— 



Choice Orchids from the " Oakwood " collection, by 

 order of the executors of N. C. Cookson, Esq., deceased, 

 at 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., by Protheroe and Morris, 

 at 1. 



WEDNESDAY — 



Rare Orchids, by order of Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans, by Protheroe and Morris, at 67 and 63, Cheap- 

 side, E.C., at 1. 



Hardy Bulbs and Liliums at 1.30; Palms and Plants at 

 3.30 ; at 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., by Protheroe and 

 Morris. 



THURSDAY— 



Valuable Orchids, by order of R* Brooman White, Esq., 



at 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.G., by Protheroe and Morris, 

 all. 



FRIDAY— 



Choice Hybrid Orchids, by order of R. G. Thwaites, 

 Esq., also fine Cypripediums and other Orel ids from 

 various sources, at 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., by 

 Protheroe and Morris, at 1. 



The exhibition of 1912 is memorable for this fact, and announced on Wednesday 



yet another reason, to which we refer pre- that it is the intention of the Board to 



establish a Horticultural Branch of the 

 Agricultural Department. That branch will 



to which it owes its origin. As all know, undoubtedly take the lead in giving effect 



despite the splendid exhibitions which are to the recommendations of the committees 



held annually under the auspices of the which have been studying the method 



R.H.S., no International Horticultural Ex- whereby horticulture may be aided. Hor- 



hibition has been held in this country since ticulture has shown that it can help it- 



1866. Of recent years the feeling has been se ]f : i t has achieved a great place among 



growing that well-nigh 50 years is too long the industries of the nation. The lead- 



a time to lapse between one International i ng exponents of the industry have shown 



Exhibition and the next. None felt this that they can hold their own against all 



more strongly than British horticul- 

 turists who, as exhibitors and mem- 

 bers of juries, were called abroad from 

 time to time to take part in foreign 

 International Shows. These feelings, to- 

 gether with the suggestion of a British 



comers. The R.H.S. has proved itself 

 alive not only to the interests, but also 

 to the needs of horticultural art and 

 science. Thus it is amply demonstrated 

 that such a vigorous department of the 

 world's work as that embraced by horti- 



International Exhibition, were, we be- culture has won a right to State assist- 



~"~ "" For these reasons we hail with pro- 



lieve, first expressed publicly by Sir Daniel 



The 



The International Exhibition Morris and Mr. Hooper Pearson. 



Sir 



ance. 

 found 



satisfaction Mr. Runciman's an- 



Exhibition. wafi opened on Wednesday, in Daniel brought the proposal before the nouncement that help from the State is 



the cool greyness of a typic- Council of the R.H.S. , and we in this jour- forthcoming. 



ally-English spring morning, and from the nal urged strongly the desirability of hold- Nothing remains to be added except to 



ing an International Exhibition. The pro- urge everyone— in his own interest— to 



4-* ««. -,:«;■!- 4-^^ "EWiiVnfinn. It IS 



moment of opening its success was as- 

 sured. Even the staid and reminiscent 



juryman— intent on judgment— was lost 

 in admiration of the amazing beauty 

 of the exhibits. Their Majesties the King 

 and Queen, during their prolonged tour 

 of inspection, declared themselves de- 

 lighted with what they saw 

 the opening day drew on, all realised 

 that they were witnessing a veritable 

 triumph of horticulture. 



posals met with immediate and cordial ac- 



and 



ceptance, and on the instruction of the the world of horticulture in epitome. The 

 R.H.S. a strong committee was formed to magnificence of the floral and other exhi- 

 give effect to the proposition. The mem- bits are not the sole, although the most 



bers of this committee became subse- 

 quently the Directors of the Exhibition, 

 and, as and it is due to the gentlemen on the 



fascinating attraction. The show offers 

 something for all : the lover of new plan's 

 will find innumerable specimens on whicn 



It is no 



aggeration to say that the 1912 Exhi- 

 bition will be for ever memorable in the 



Directorate that the enterprise has been he may lavish his attention ; the budding 

 carried through to its happy issue. As exhibitor may learn how to show his sub- 



was stated at the lunch to the jurors, 

 the heavy work of organisation has been 



jects ; the man of science may learn muci 

 from the instructive displays to be founo 



. -- borne by many shoulders. Among the in the scientific part of the Exhibition. 



annals of horticulture. For not only are names specially mentioned in the speeches and those in search of a floral paradise wm 

 the chief exhibits of an extraordinarily delivered at the function just referred to discover it at Chelsea. 



