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had that day received a first-class certificate 

 for a beautiful Odontoglossum. He sincerely 

 hoped Mr. Runciman would be successful in 

 what he had mentioned. Anything the R.H.S. 

 could do to assist would be done. 



The Duke of Portland, responding, thanked the 

 company for the warmth of their reception of the 

 toast, and on behalf of the promoters of the ex- 

 hibition he heartily endorsed the welcome which 

 fell from Mr. Runciman and Sir Jeremiah Col- 

 man to those who had come from other countries, 

 and who had given their inestimable services as 

 jurors. He regretted he possessed no scientific 

 or skilled knowledge of the problems involved 

 in the cultivation of flowers, but he could say 

 that, as one who dearly loved a country life and 

 all that pertained to its rational and sensible 

 enjoyment, and to all lovers of flowers, a well- 

 kept garden always must be a source of the 

 highest pleasure and contentment. He believed 

 that exhibition would advance the objects they 

 had in view, and it certainly afforded a first-class 

 opportunity of seeing the vast progress that had 

 been made since 1866. For that reason it gave 

 him exceptional pleasure to have presided over 



such a function. 



Mr. Harry Veitch, responding to calls from the 

 assembly, said that was a solemn occasion for 

 him, as he remembered very well the exhibition 

 of 1866, and he was thankful he had been spared 

 to take part in the exhibition of 1912. He could 

 not hope to be present at the next exhibition, 

 but if he happened to be he would give his best 



services- 



Sir George Holford, also responding to calls, 



said he was proud to have won the King's prize, 

 and he had the satisfaction of knowing that his 

 pleasure was rot marred by jealousy on the 

 part of anyone else, because horticulture was 

 Buch a splendid pursuit that there was no room 

 for jealousy. Their Majesties in their tour that 

 morning had expressed their admiration and 

 amazement at all they saw. 



©bttttary 



Charles Smith. — The many friends of Mr. 

 Charles Smith, of the Caledonia Nursery, Guern- 

 sey, will be deeply grieved to learn of his death 

 by his own hand on the 10th inst. Mr. Smith 

 had been in ill-health for a considerable time. 



At the Caledonia Nursery, Mr. Smith had 

 amassed a most interesting collection of the 

 more uncommon hardy and half-hardy plants, 

 trees and shrubs. Mr. Smith had a charming 

 personality, and he always took delight in show- 

 ing garden lovers over his nursery, when he 

 would freely give of his large store of know- 

 ledge. We learn that the business will be carried 

 on by his nephew, who has been associated with 

 the firm for some time past. B. 



jects were often under discussion in which she 

 was conducting research. According to the con- 

 stitution of the society, she was debarred from 

 being in the rooms during the progress of the 

 meetings, notwithstanding that she was an 

 acknowledged authority. In 1885 Mrs. Farqu- 

 harson was asked to become the first lady Fellow 

 of the Royal Microscopical Society, but the sex 

 barrier still prevented her from taking a per- 

 sonal part in the meetings of that society. She 

 was a daughter of the late Rev. Nicholas J. 

 Ridley, of Hollington. 



F. M. Burton. — This gentleman died at 

 Highfield, Gainsborough, on the •16th inst., at the 

 age of 83 years. Mr. Burton was educated under 

 " Arnold of Rugby," and was articled to a lead- 

 ing firm of solicitors in Grantham. Later he prac- 

 tised at Uppingham, and was appointed Registrar 

 of the Gainsborough County Court. The collection 

 of herbaceous and other hardy plants which Mr. 

 Burton formed at Highfield included many speci- 

 mens collected by himself during his travels in 

 various parts of the world. About 30 years ago 

 he took up the cultivation of Orchids, and he 

 raised many hybrids, including Epidendrum 

 Burtonii. For many years a large number of 

 visitors availed themselves of the opportunity 

 afforded weekly of visiting Mr. Burton's garden. 



Mrs. Marian Sarah Farquharson.— 

 Amid many manifestations of sincere regret from 

 a large circle of friends, there were laid to rest 

 in the little country churchyard of the Vale 

 of Alford, Aberdeenshire, on Tuesday, 21st inst., 

 the remains of Mrs. Marian Sarah Farquhar- 

 son, widow of the late Mr. Robert F. Ogilvie 

 Farquharson, of Haughton, Aberdeenshire. 

 Early in life deceased made a study of botany 

 and in this science she occupied a prominent 

 place, discovering in the course of her researches 

 many new species. In 1881 she wrote a hand- 

 book entitled A Pocket Guide to British Ferns; 

 this work was followed by another on British 

 Mosses. She married in 1883 the late Mr. 

 Farquharson, of Haughton, and their combined 

 researches resulted in the discovery of numerous 

 species. A list of 184 species of Desmidie, 

 besides numerous varieties compiled by the late 

 Mr. John Roy, were almost entirely from material 

 gathered by Mrs. Farquharson. One beautiful 

 Desmid, of the genus Docidium, of which Mrs. 

 Farquharson found numerous specimens on Tent's 

 Moor, St. Andrews, was named " Farquhar- 

 sonii " by Dr. Roy, in compliment to its finder. 

 About this time, through the influence of the 

 late Lord Farcer, Mrs. Farquharson was enabled 

 tn makp- visits to the Linnean Society, where sub- 



GARDENING 



NTMENTS 



[Csrrespondents art requested to writ* lh* mmmejM ofptrsmms 

 and ptmcss mm Uglbly ms possible. No charge it 

 made for these announcements , but if a small contribution 

 is sent, to be placed in our collecting Box for the Gardener*' 

 Orphan Fund, it will be thankfully received, and an 

 acknowledgment made in these columns.] 



Mr. William Cairns, for the past 1 year and 10 months 

 Gardener to F. A. Deline Radcliffe, Esq., The Priory, 

 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, as Gardener to S. Whitbread, 

 Esq., Southill, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. 



Mr. Harry Tidman, for the past few years Gardener at 

 Cregg, Fermoy, Co. Cork, as Gardener to A. Buckley, 

 Esq., Galtee Castle, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary. 



Mr. G. Rutherford, previously Outside Foreman at Morton- 

 hall, Midlothian, and at St. Mary's Isle, Cullen House, 

 and Norwood, as Gardener at Holme Priory, Wareham. 

 Dorsetshire. 



Mr. F. V. Kemp, for the past 4 years General Foreman to 

 the late Mrs. M. Mitchell, Mayford House, Mayford, 

 Surrey, as Gardener to the Right Han. Dowager Countess 

 of Wharncliffe, Woodhill, Send, Surrey. (Thanks for 

 2s. for the R.G.O.F. box. -Eds.) 



Mr. A. Newnham, for the past 7 years Foreman at Godding- 

 ton Hall, Chelsfield, Kent, as Gardener to Mrs. Robinson, 

 Fircroft, 84, King's Avenue, Clapham Park, S.W. 

 (Thanks for Is. received for R.G.O.F. box.) 



Mr. A. E. Jackson, for the past 2 years Foreman at Culham 

 Court, Henley-on-Thames, and previously Foreman at 

 Stokesay Court, Onibury, Salop, and Bosworth Park, 

 Nuneaton, as Gardener to W. W. Boulton, Esq., 

 Braxted Park, Witham, Essex. (Thanks for Is. 6d. for 

 R.G.O.F. box.—EDS.) 



Mr. James Heath, for 6 years Gardener to the Hon. F. 

 Forester, Shelton House, Shrewsburv. **■ Gardener at 

 Decker Hill, Shifnal, Shropshire, with the same 

 employer. 



Mr. W. Watson, for the past 6 years Gardener to J. Rank, 

 Esq., Bushey Down, Tooting Common, as Gardener at 

 Kingswood Warren, Tadworth, near Epsom, with the 

 same employer. 



Mr. B. Webster, for the past 3 years Foreman at Kedleston 

 Hall, Deiby, as Gardener to H. M. Luckock, Esq., 

 Brynderwen, Usk, Monmouthshire. (Thanks for Is, 6d. 

 which has been placed in the R.G.O.F. box.— Eds.) 



TRADE NOTICE. 



WILLIAM TRESEDER, LTD. 

 A private company has been registered with a capital 

 of £3,000 in £1 shares, to take over the business of nursery- 

 men, seedsmen and florists, carried on by F. G. Treseder 

 and R. W. Treseder, at Cardiff, and at Llandaff, White- 

 church, and Monachty, as William Treseder. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Robert Veitch & Son, Exeter— New Calceolarias. 



FOREIGN. 



Saitamaengei & Co., Toyono, Kitakatsushika, Saitamaken, 

 Japan — Nursery Stock. 



Publications Received.— The Story of My 

 Rock Garden, by Reginald A. Malby. (London : 

 Headley Brothers.) Price 2s. 6d. net.— A Year s 

 Gardening, by Basil Hargrave. (London: T. 

 Werner Laurie.) Price 6s. net. 



ComApoTtiUnU, 







* # # The Editors will be glad to receive, for 

 consideration, large photographs of horticultural 

 subjects, suitable for reproduction in thi$ 

 Journal. 



Manure for Onions : E. E. B. Either nitrate 

 of soda or sulphate of ammonia may be applied 

 to the crop of Onions, affording the first dreti- 

 ing as soon as the seedlings are thinned. Apply 

 the manure at the rate of one pound per rod 

 every fortnight until the bulbs are a suitable 

 size. Sulphate of ammonia may be used for 

 other crops at the same rate. 



Names of Fruits : W. G. H. Northern Spy. 



Names of Plants : F. E. 1, Ribes aureum : 2 

 Pyrus species, flowers fallen on arrival ; 3, Ber 

 beris Darwinii; 4, Taxodium distichum; 5, 

 Azara microphylla; 6, Berberis vulgar* var.— 

 D. G. Upton. 1, Pyrus floribunda atrosan- 

 guinea ; 2, Cydonia japonica var. ; 3, Prunus 

 species ; 4, send when in flower ; 5, Cydonia 

 japonica var. alba ; 6, Pyrus spectabilis flore 

 pleno ; 7, Eupatorium trapezoideum ; 8, 

 Cuphea species ; 9, send when in flower.— 

 H. B. Saxifraga muscoides atropurpureum.— 

 R. G. H. Daphne Cneorum.— J. E. 1, Pru- 

 nus Padus; 2, Lonicera tatarica; 3, Saxifraga 

 Geum var. ; 4, Iris cristata ; 5, Anemone coro- 

 naria fl. pi. ; 6, Silene maritima fl. ip\.—Kcnt. 

 Rhododendron fulgens.— M. C. 1, Lilac 

 Mme. Lemoine ; 2 and 3, unnamed varieties of 

 the Common Lilac ; 4, Lilac Charles X ; 5, L. 

 Michael Buchner ; 6, Spiraea van Honttei ; 7, 

 Clematis Lady Londesborough ; 8, Ornithoga- 

 lum arvense.— Wokingham : 1, Pyrus Ana; 

 2, Gaultheria Shallon ; 3, Thuya phcaU; 



4, Amelanchier alnifolia ; 5, Acer monspessula- 

 num; 6, Castanopsis chrysophylla.— J. Mard- 

 lin dk Son: Prunus Padus (" Bird Cherry ). 

 — H. F. Z. 1 and 2, Leucothce Catesbtei ; d. 

 Cryptomeria japonica; 4, Vaccinium ovatum; 



5, probably a species of Ligustrum ; send wh« 

 in flower.— Cockle. Akebia quinata (not a fu- 

 sion Flower).— Genista Yellow. Cytisus sco- 

 parius.— E. L. 1, Muscari comosum ; 2, 1 run 

 Padus.— R. P. B. Rhododendron Keysn.- 



A 



3 



I. O. 1, Tamariz tetandra; 2, Prunus nana: 

 , Lonicera japonica variety aureo-reticulata. 



Darwin 



4, Skimmia japonica. 



Darwin Tulips Under Grass : H. B. 



Tulips will not adapt themselves so reach to 

 culture in grass as Daffodils and Crocuse, 

 They would do well enough for one season, .pro- 

 vide! that special stations of soil were made 

 for them in the grass. , 



Vermin Killer : H. D. The address of the 

 manufacturers of Steiner's Vermin Pw to i h 

 believe, Henry Street, Limehouse London £U 

 A correspondent informs us that m » 

 years he has used phospho nicoty 1, m xed ^ 

 Barley-meal or middling,, for destroj . ng *«* 

 lice and other troublesome creature, * t 

 satisfactory results. Phospho nicotUu, ma 

 factured by Messrs. Walter Voss & Co., U« 

 Millwall, London, E.C ^ 



Market Gardening : G. /■ B. In * e J^% B . 



circumstances indicated in ? ou . r "Jd'ninfi M » 



not advise you to adopt marke tgard mn 

 profession. The work is very arduous, w 

 the best, not very remunerative ^o,. 

 farming, we should think, wouldl be more^ ^ 

 to suit your requirements ine of 



light and in the open air, and > our en 

 earning a living thereby ™*^Jfonwa| 

 mising In making a start mjjjj^ „ 

 you should consult an exper in the^ and 

 the most profitable breed of birds to 

 their general treatment. ^ It i» 



The Strawberry Crop: ^Xl'T'eeneral &° r 

 anticipated that there will be a j R ,. 



age in the Strawberry crop, ■ especw . ^ 

 Outdoor Strawberries are expect* froD1 



from Southampton at the end 01 - 

 Kent at the middle of June. 



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