

June 15, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



393 



are far more valuable when rotted 

 in a heap instead of being burned, 

 though, of course, if there should happen 

 to be seed 

 safe thing 



Flowers in Season. — Messrs. Kelway & 



Son, Langport, Somersetshire, have sent for our 



inspection flowers of choice varieties of Peonies 



among them, the only and herbaceous Pyrethrums. We have received 



to do with them is to fr °m Mr. H. Rabjohn, of the Twickel Gardens, 



The Gardeners* Royal Benevolent In- 



stitution. 



The 



seventy - third anniversary 

 festival dinner of the Gardeners* Royal Benevo- 

 lent Institution will take place on Tuesday, 

 June 25 next, at the hall of the Worshipful Com- 

 pany of Grocers, Prince's Street, E.C. The fol- 

 again, the good gardener— unless per- Twickel, which was the subject of a Supplemen- lowing letter has been addressed to supporters of 



chance he happen to be a much over- ■—---- - - — - 



worked man — needs no Rxmisp fnv V»urn- 



commit them to the flames. Yet here, Holland, a large box of Senecio glastifolius var 



ing. And that is because the few weeds 

 that manage to find a footing in the bor- 

 ders that he tends so carefully are never 

 permitted to reach the stage 



tary Illustration in Card. Chron., July 16. 1910. 

 The flowers received from Mr. Rabjohn 

 arrived very fresh, and have continued to be 

 decorative for several davs. Thev »r* very 



and 



the Institution by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., 

 who will preside at the dinner : 



days. They are 

 freely borne on long, branched stems, 



desirable species. 



perp 



which is even more attractive in artificial 



light than in the 



daytime 



Although 



these 



"Gatton Park, 



at which provide an uncommon shade of mauve-purple of 



" Dear Sir, 



"May, 1912. 



-I am anticipating the pleasure 

 presiding on the occasion of the 



festival 



occasion 

 versary lestival dinner of the 



Royal Benevolent Institution 



anni- 

 Gardeners' 



on Tuesday, 



- 



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Fig, i88, — el^ocarpus cyaneus: flowers white. 



(Received R.H.S. Award of Merit on the 4th inst. See p. 380 ante.) 



Royal Horticultural Society.— The next 

 meeting of the Committees will take place in 

 the Society's Hall, Vincent Square, West- 

 minster, on Tuesday, the 18th inst. At the 

 3 o'clock meeting, in the Lecture Room, the Rev. 

 Professor G. Henslow will deliver an address 

 °n " Professor J. S. Henslow as Ecologist." 



HorticulturalClub.— There will be a House 

 dinner of the Club at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 

 a- the Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, S.W., 

 wien a lecture will be given by Mr. Horace J. 

 Wright, entitled, " Pictures from a London 

 garden" The lecture will be illustrated with 

 coloured lantern slides. 



flowers were gathered from plants growing in the June 25 next, which will be held in the ancient 

 open air, the species has not proved to be gener- hall of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, 

 ally hardy in this country, but it is an excellent through the courtesy of their Court, and I much 

 plant for the cool greenhouse, and requires the hope that you may be able to accept the accom- 

 same treatment as that given to Cinerarias. The panying invitation. The institution has for its 



laudable object the permanent or temporary 

 assistance of gardeners and others, including their 

 widows, engaged in horticultural pursuits, who, 

 through fortuitous circumstances, have become 

 incapacitated, or are in distress. No fewer than 

 253 persons are at the present time receiving 

 permanent aid at a cost of upwards of £4,500. 

 The great work accomplished in the past has 

 been recognised by the substantial support 

 accorded by lovers of horticulture, and to-day it 



type is a native of eastern South Africa, and is 

 much more rigid in habit than the more desirable 

 variety under notice. 



Manchester Summer Show.— We are in- 

 formed by the secretary, Mr. P. Weathers, that 

 the dates of the summer exhibition of the Man- 

 chester Botanical and Horticultural Society have 

 been altered from July 19 and 20 to July 12 

 and 13. 



