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ROYAL HORTICULTUR 
rE ҮҮ nee: scout not re impossible to find another secretary 5 ln agito ot а Кесе: ее. 
залок (р sper кене г ы? m in to darini ir gt one 915 "he = y of revious week end and a by mo 
Luxford's Vinci litt ora of Reigate, *" its futu вуеорше - hitistruethe means PA vi: like day the London, Га) Drill 
40), may be of int west to Mr. C. Nichol. Stpport is only comparative, though 1 ia шу Hall, Buckingham Gate, filled. with 
м [p mes 3m robable that ociety has not Sie: such wide and general exhibits on this Vom I uid fom noon to 
this Doe is c ong ng Trish Sh mrock, as ir. АЗ a S ee 1 capra spin E “р nearly closing time {һе ш was crowded with 
s i i OESE ARETE 5 4sitors. The meeting was larger than usual as 
Biche othe T ingeniously a Сы oe m these grounds, would it not be best to look Eor узт СА eh > nes am kae 
on Salm 7 on, ique ete T for the possible causes of ‘them, and endeavour Auricula and Primula Societies held small shows 
- by an alteration of poliegiend шпгарреа ucc in conjunction with the R.H.S. meeting 
UU ute possible that the Wood interests to met he membership. First and 
Sorrel (Ox: alia Асека) may have been the foremost, I would urge hat the жо, pce Floral Committee 
Еи Be aces de e гуй cot "d E Ep es ittee. n ru EA wa iis pee Present :—Messrs. H. B. May (in the chair), 
1 ndant in Irish woodlands, and . è "ape ‘ 
Eu quite к dE s ю towns and thickly-inhabited embers of the V toast are [F Should be E 2. d boy iu ier os Sy ay Моны АШ John 
places, Mead ihe oil is fairly moist, s mewhat trade bem 2s st опе сары i: Cuthbertson, Ty. Howe; ‘Tho, etii n is 
shady раена suitable. ts Irish name sentative Interes Gad . Fie Bag te ee тт rlin mo 
x: d the Gaelic Seamr n amateur and phere partie who gitirátely nc ol foe g 
Р ато S i os I d they cannot be nected to take t George Paul, J. W. Moorman, C. Dixon, 
Hooker and Arnotts British Flora, under the money, an y 536 yrs fave xi СУЙ P ЖОБО ao ERSS Jus Hodi 
Oxalis Acestosella, the following passage ur an interest in the society unless they 
* This appears to be the original Seamrog o 
Shamrock of Ireland; although the name has 
long been applied to the much less beautiful Tri- 
folium repens or Dutch Clover, h in the Trish 
and Gaelic languages." Gaelic and Irish names 
ior the White Clover (T. repens) are Seamar 
than, Sameir, Siomrag, Seamrag, and Seamrog. 
In ancient Irish literature the name is spelt in 
any other ways the Itinerary of Fynes 
yson, written in ,in a description of the 
1, it is said: ‘‘ They willingly eat the herk- 
Schamrock, being of a sh taste, which, as 
hey run and are chased to and fro, y snatch 
like beasts of the ditches.” The sharp taste 
here m finge gave ris the belief that 
Watercres were me cant, others assu 
that a recie ed plan th a sharp taste, 
must deu esie no эс p the Wood rel. 
жа Pat is to have lived about 377 
sgi appa rently us legend of :he Sham- 
roe a in connection him does n pear in 
the literature of Trend till 1681. In such cir- 
cumstances the difficulty of fixing the identity 
of the original з is great. Trifolium 
minus has been adopted p = d amr 
within the last twenty yea was cul- 
tiva es eady to welcome ‘the. Trish v warriors as 
they returned irom the Boer War.—J. F. 
% of Parsnips.—in many рат vts of the coun- 
try т are damaged or red to a 
greater or less extent by what is toni rust. 
This is not caused by any organism 
either animal or fungus, but is the result of a 
number of concomitant causes, st which 
nimal pests are the t numerous, Parsni 
are. usually n tly, and k growing 
throughout the summer, until seriously checked 
by a period of drought. They then crack in a Fic, 105.—opontiopa LADY VEITCH. 
variety cf ways, either лочок selv or longitu- (See Awards by the Orchid Committee, p. 219.) 
dinally, and the cortex, or thick outer rind, i : > Page 
unable to heal ae od portions, which t үени of дипёреш its policy. At present J W. Barr, E. Н. Jenkins and Rev. F. Fag 
Carrot can do. e soft interior of the Parsnip less than 30 per of the apen Roberts. 
is then eve o à great variety of soil pests а mig of ke: yemainder тоге than Awarps ОЕ MERIT 
and decay results from the two forms of mjury per cent, are of foreign nationality! I think LG lendens г wing 
the flesh at the same time assuming a ru that the ph should be made as ae national Sis Жашы а S P ded flowers of rich, 
colour. In my rier Julus pulchellus is іп effect as its title implies, and though all апе ty кошл junge jose with a satiny sheen 
the most troublesome soil pest, apart from slugs might be welcome to join as general subscribers, deep i 2 1 gn E i us ; useful plant for spring 
e edy is to reduce ad bo] by trenching, participating 1 all the advantages offered by his shoul prove a ve tien is needed, as it 
ind the judicious use o Ж Another the society, the Council s d be composed o displays where rose со её by Mr. № 
is to sow th 5 бө. so that the дәг members of British origin only. Other details PTS finer than the type. ` 
pu 
will have pass od 
in fall growth, and 
sed dro ая 
havin ng plenty of soil pests, pm nd good ake. 
with very iittle rust, and Julus ges ce was 
the only offender. J. 
Saione Society.—A circular has 
position 0 ылу. тарзы its 
issolution owing to the resignation of the secre- 
d lack of general s rt. ere is ad- 
r а Gladi and the 
that th е me of 
the founders of the society ^ venture е жеө to 
lovers of the Gladiolus to support The 
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M policy which might conduce to a wider po 
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arity а ipport are properly matters for the 
nsideration of the Council or vem mittee, and 
I wil y pd A maral way to one which 
I think is the n important of all. At presen 
too much peter is given to the florists’ or 
exhibition varieties, whereas the general garden- 
ing publie are more interested in the less formal 
and more easily grown border variet; first- 
class border variety is as deserving of honour a 
a first-class ariety, and should re 
exhibition v y; 
ceive equal putt "and awards. At the 
shows there might well be man 
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speak without bias 
flew dt and my — interest. is i de 
mi pur йок bat us n appreciate the other 
of v ie St gen a decorative 
"В; jas. 
Mrs. Adelaide Clow.— 
free- flowering ‘variety (White 
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oe ds with fri 
are comparatively narrow, еер ЕТ 
зх margin, and the habit of the p 
R. Mrs. Tom ph ini is 
the same s da the 
differ therefr m in having у 
3 T nite Bowers outside: 
тора: da ed f ross qe is 
caster and R. Aucklandi. , oe P 
habit. and bears large, 
flowers are broadly mis EE de 
in loose trusses, and the our is Bis is 
with brighter flushing at t the margin 
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