750 
THE GARDENERS’ 
fam migating cones heeds for ‘this | purpose. The weak 
should be done after sunset, and a good syringing 
ld 
found n en in growing Teas 
and perpetuals in the same Tea varieties 
like more sun than the ge bat by tanting the 
H. P.'s in tho bere! ‘ton ouse could be 
shaded i little by means of roller-biinds The shoots 
s appear, and after- 
wards the number of bude should be reduced 
lso, Roses grown ences e cool conditions 
descri ibed above will n Ty econd crop 
owers before those add i om, Feeding 
should not bs practised until the flo buds have 
appeared, and the best liquid for the purpose was that 
to be got fro she pos une. This l dil 
might be and 
alternately w ith pte tiles te plants in borders. 
preferr use soot. A few ks 
2 hybridiaton perdido, the lecture. 
a, E. * _who becupied the chair, 
said yc Pome paper ae most u seful 
and ind 1 
than did 1 any of the larger prach on the Rose, The 
ustomary vote of thanks was then accorded to the 
lecturer, ‘the publication of whose paper in the 
Journal will be awaited with interest. 
VIOLA CONFERENCE AT 
BIRMIN 
GHAM. 
May * from p. 721.) 
VIOLAS. 
E next paper was on iii ba by Mr, R. DEAN. The 
* to employ Pansies in the flower garden for the purpose 
of for sses of Sa was Mr. John 9 
France. 
wild. It 
where it was said to ve been discov 
vereign, sent out in 1874, was 
rarity About 1876 the Royal Horticultuřal Societ 
The paper concladed the erting weston of a high 
of quality for 
rigidly adhered to; what is gang is d 
Pactness of habit, continuity of foring, 
aud usefal and effective end 
the iastitation, in co-operation with the Royal Horticultural 
Swiety, of a com ve Gardens in 
1393, of the leading sent out within the past fifteen 
ye * r a Viola ia London, to 
veg A e lib 1 dressing of cow-manure, 
1 faat a Thechiefdraw- 
back „ is loss 2 oolour al prs fareti lighter 
2 * bazh and . e that the ate 
to planting, t 
t 3 a 
aly, = transferred to o, wen permanen e 
than old. ones, A selection of the most b suitable v 
dedding is not an easy task, but for bedding Ather “sell or 
those varieties i in which there are twosh 
for ca. suc. 
securing a 
better Rly 3 Grant, Crimson King. Lord 
Elcho, and White the latter with me e the 
i edin flower as Coun- 
f co 
the other. I have used for this purpose (an rst-rate 
ers), White Swan, e Annie King, Winam na 
è ina, . H. Bellam 
not sufi ciently pronou unced i 
NEw VIOLETTAS. 
Dr. STUART'S paper on Newer Varieti the Violetta 
Type,“ read by Mr. Rowberry, follows next. Among white 
in iteness i 
imrose, and greatly refined. Q 
lows is very clearin colour, and with. Golden Slipper will 
make telling flowers. For spring bedding purposes, Dr. 
er e Blue 0 e Goma ond Bedding Rose in the front rank, 
y stating that | many 222 which make a 
* 
oe 
Wirrau TREATMENT OF VIOLAS. 
The last paper Mr. A. J. Ro-] nERRT, on the tee 
i: sanguin snag 5 directions laid down were, he 
said, for amateur gro trade the rale w was to 
take —— in — year, winter them in fram 
was gone 2 plants had 
began to . e trade growers raed weal a bare their i? thet 
ready out in S ey would not have the trouble 
of wintering the plants, and the amateur, under th 
h mend, Id reap a great advantage by having 
under bis care all the winter. The ment he recom 
mended is as wa:—In August a space is cleared on a shady 
er, and well forked over, a layer an inch d of leaf- 
sandy compost. The cuttings are previously dipped in 
n tnem of aphis ; good one c an be 
Prepared i 
character they display in the open ground, 
SURREY Vio 
As Mr. J. D. — ab “Fia Sports” was not 
peace e RELL’S paper on Violas that do well 
in Sarrey” was rea d by Me. A J. l Rowberry. Mr 
in the south of Eagland that a cooler climate was necessary 
— as well a 5a moister an d heavier soil, but he was 
After the 
tia tias h a 
U 
if possible. If the 
the east wind, ground be not 
well drained, the beds should be raised somewhat; it should bs 
y * goon trsated 
up again as soon as the 3 ey are 
1. was then resolved that the ——ͤ— of the Confereace 
a 
... of fe Onto 1a D, 
CHRONICLE. 
(June 15, 1895, 
2 
BATH, AND WEST AND SOUTHERN 
COUNTIES SHOW. 
Max 30.— This famous society, formerly k 
the Bath and Wostor E — opened ite dail aoe 
isely, the counei 
8 
E 
the 
bole and the "Boner = Wa 
well — — fille a with plants and flowers, 
he most meritorious collection sent by a 
was unquestionably — t o ILFRID 
Norton „ Taunton (gr., Mr. Thomas), w 
of well- aoe specimen plants. Amongst 
At acia cristata, L 
down from a nydra-like head, the leaves resembling those of 
a Funkia. T 
and on 
Cattleya labiata i æ, 
ia tenebrosa, Dendrobium Dearii, D. thyrsiflorum, Cypri- 
pedium Rothschil sree 
ru risma W. H. FOWLER, Esq., of Clare- 
mont (Mayor of — and Steward of the 
tent), showed a grand collection of pot Roses. 
ng the e coll s, the Pelargoni Mr. 
CHARLES TURNER, Slough, were especially fine, as were those 
of colour; his Carna 
e 
Mr. R. B. Davis, of Yeovil, had some fine double tuberous 
Begonias; Baron Schroder, Mrs, — * E. Lascelles, 
* Dora Hope, and Mrs. Stothert being of 2 
* 
essrs. GEO. COOLING & one Bath, had a splendid caller 
tice, tN Noisette Roses a latter were 
Penzance's new v He some fine bunches of 
Copper Austrian ellow Austrian Briars; The Pet, Fairy 
Rose, Yello Yellow were also very 
fine, 
Messrs. P. BARR & Sox, Covent — had a large ool 
lection of Iris, Saxifrages, Florist Tulips, and a very goo 
single Anemone called Giory of the South, vivid ce wih 
rounded 
mas eat 
- 9 These “hase 
in a perfectly heal 8 and flowering bien.. 
ROYAL BOTANIC SPECIAL roa 
FET ee 
* 12.— The greater number of classes 
ar were devoted to a Children’s Floral 
few being reserved especially for specified | 
these latter, however, evinced bat li 
Nevertheless, the large marquee was fi 
ably well — 
ander the — Pa ~ Me. Coomber 
a brilliant display. 
the previous day, and demand no farther 
From Messrs, Sa & Co. and 
and New and a PLANTS. 
fice masses of 
nantes aio also a id plant, fall of flower, 
