194 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
р ое sn if the fruit is to be picked 
cotine is used, a fortnight 
й elapse haloes the гыр are gathered. 
Retirement of Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H.- 
retirement of Mr. й, Hudson from the 
exam! 
first See pod ys. as head gardener was with Mr. J. 
C. im Thurn, at Champion Hill, and from pm ; 
e, in July, $ 
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being a keen дидер. gave Mr. n every 
opportunity for the expression of “hid genius. 
Mr. Hudson has m o mark in all branches 
ing, but has excelled Сорос їп Ше 
cultivation of indoor and. hard М 
Lilies, boos, and specimen plants Durin; 
his stay at — Mr. e- 
ntly spent his holidays on the Continent, 
gone so far afield gay d 
in these countries, as h 
has invariably acquired new horticultural know- 
during his travels. ' separate 
occasions he has judged a Quinquenn 
cities of his native land. It is a matter of in- 
terest that one who e list in the 
R.H.S. examination of nearly fifty’ ye o 
snould n e of the Society's examiners, 
position he h ince 1904. urther 
evidence of the high est in which he is held 
gal from the facts that he has 
mem e Royal Horticultural So- 
ciety’s Cow about years 
the Victoria Medal of Honour in Horti- 
as 
_ treasurer = the United Horticultural Benefit 
and Provident ape his пак rng years; 
s mei a member 
of the Committee of the Contes? S Royal ree 
р 
vegela aia wa on all s 
anxious to id r. Hudson has been always 
y to give the benefit of his experience, and 
he wrote uently in the horticultural Press 
on the pomi ial e he employed; indeed, his. 
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work of the premier horticultural ў 
which he has been identified’ for so be эн 
It succeeds better 
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and Dr. Jo hn Мас\ўа в. 
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т ers of Cal ornia, and it 
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