Janltauy 20, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



50 



that will take place at Carr's Restaurant on 

 Monday, February 5, at seven p.m. Tlie 

 rioral Committee members projjose to dine 

 tog^etlier on February 19 at six p.m. One 

 iww member at a guinea, and three new ordi- 

 nary members were elected, and a donation 

 of one guinea to the prize fund of 1912, from 

 an anonymous donor, was handed in by Mr. 

 Frogbrook, and thankfully acknowledged. 



Chester Paxton Society. 



Under the chairmanship of Mr. A. W. 

 Arms^trong, the annual general meeting was 

 recently lield in the Groc^venor Museum. 



In presenting the annual report, Mr. G. P. 

 Miln, the hon. secretary, reported an in- 

 crease in the number of members, and stated 

 that the courise of winter lectures was pro- 

 bably the most successful in the society's 

 liistory. He also reported that the exhibi- 

 tion of fruits, chrysanthemums, etc., held 

 last November w^as admitted by all to be 

 one of the best on record, the quality of 

 both fruit and flowers being of a very high 

 t^tniidard. The decorative effect was aliso 

 !m tter than at any previous exhibition. He 

 regretted to have to report that the exhibi- 

 tion was a financial loss, which was mainly 

 accounted for by reduced takings at the doors 

 and the loss of iseveral subscriptions', which, 

 lie lioped, however, would be remedied 

 another year. Tlie officers and committee 

 were thanked for their services, a special 

 tril)ute being paid to the hon. secretary for 

 l.is valued services and continued interest in 

 the work of the society. 



The following officers and members of com- 

 mittee were elected for the ensuing year; 

 Prmident. Mr. T. Gibbons Frost, C.C., vice- 

 presidents; Major McGillycuddy, J. P., Mr. 

 James G. Frost, J.P., Eev. Canon L. Garnett. 

 M.A., and Mr. E. Peter Jones, J.P. ; chair- 

 uian of committee, Mr, A. W. Armstrong. 

 l-Acnitive Committee: Messrs. N". F. Barnes, 

 J- < iack. O. Edwards, W. Evans, J. Fleet, 

 T. Gilbert, W. H. Little, S. May, E. Palin, 

 H. Plant, W. Pringle, J. Ryder, W. Sed- 

 dou, E. Stubbs, E. Wakefield, A. Walker, J. 

 ^V^'iiver. and J. Wynne; Districts Com- 

 in;tti-: Messrs. J. Breen, J. Clarke, F. Eno-- 

 Jand, C. Flack, A. Grimsditch, E. Jones, J. 

 Saundei^on, W. S. Sharp, J. Shaw, J. H. 

 laylor, and J. Thompson; Consultinp- 

 naturalist: Profes=sor R. N^w^tead, M.Sc!, 



^^e ; hon. secretary and treasurer, G. P. 

 Mdn. 



tion. 



Ihe members of the Reading and District 

 waraeiiers' Association reviewed another suc- 

 Vt"^i y^^^ annual meetin<y held on 



Mv" ^^^^y Hall. Tlie President, 



V" TT was in the chair, 



lae Hon. Secretary introduced the report 

 ^ 1 acl iHTjiared, and which had been passed 

 '> the committee, reviewing the doings of 

 ' Association during the vear 1911. The 

 ^ )U revealed the excellent work done by 

 dir^,r*'^''' tourteen lectures being given 

 v io^^; . '1*''"" ''''^ autumn mo-nths and 

 dnZ^^^^ excursions taking place 



-i- Uo!^i ''IT'^'- Uufortunately,^the as- 

 ^;^t urn luvd l<..t .everal prominent mem- 

 Yea; "^^^V^^^ ^'7 d^ath during the 



>ta„H,f7"r'^ statement revealed tlie sub- 

 ' • J mlance in liand of *5() lis. ke 



iM w ic h l"""^'^.*? 11^-' included 



7s ill ""^ >l^nce brought forward 



«"d >o„;J;V. r^'' «,"bscript,ons 435 15.., 

 Tl,; 442 5s. lid. 



^I'nt tlu> i. '"^"^^'^^T'"'-'^^'-""- ^'"^ added 



1>1 m ^44-.. * -1 1 * - 



yiii Tiiat ot any prvvum, v;'ar. 



'tliat 



• t" rt>-tH'lio the statci.UM.t 



f.i 

 II . 



^'■^ )uue^f ^^^^ soriety" depcud^d 



<'tion To r'7">^ momU^v. In this 



overcnV .1 ^ vounger members 



^on at the meetings, as to 



profit by the experience of their older 

 'brethren. 



The report and balance-sheet were adopted 

 on the prcpociition of the President, 6econded 

 'by Mr. F. Town send. 



The election of officers followed and in 

 every case was unanimous, the feeling being 

 one of satisfaction at the excellent choice 

 made. iMr. Partitt was re-elected president, 

 and Mr. Leonard Sutton vice-president whi.v 

 Messrs. A. C. 13artholomew and M, J. ,^^utton 

 were reappointed trustees. The new chair- 

 man is Mr. F. G. Drew, and the new vice- 

 chairman Mr. E. Blackwell, who succeed Mr. 

 F. Townsend and Mr. H. Goodger re.^pec- 

 tively. Mr. E. J. Dore continues xn office as 

 Lbrarian, being assisted by Mr. Durrant. 

 wiiile the auditors are Mei^srs. A. H. Leaver 

 and W. J. Taylor, the latter in place of 

 Mr. A. Smith. Messrs. L. Castle (hon. secre- 

 tary) and F. W. Macdonald i^hon. trea-,urerj 

 were again chosen. 



Balloting for the committee resulted in 

 the election of Messrs. A. F. Bailey, F. 

 Barnes, G. Carter, H. G. Cox, D. Dore, F. 

 Goodger, H. Goodger, R. A. Hatton, G. Hin- 

 tan, vV. Hulbert, P. Judd H. C. Loader, 

 W. C. Moles, T. Neve, T. J. Powell, G. 

 Stanton, F. Townsend^ \V. J. Towir-.end, T. 

 Tunbridge, and H. Wilson. 



The meeting voted the following subscrip- 

 t.ons: Eoyal Horticultural Society £2 2s. 

 (delegates, chairman .and vice-chairman). 

 Gardeners' Orphan Fund £3 3s. (Mr. Neve)^ 

 Gardeners ' Royal Benevolent Institution 

 2s. (the hon. secretary), Roval Berkshire 

 Hospital £1 Is. (Mr. Dore), and Universitv 

 CoLege, Reading, £3 (the hon. secretary). " 



A hearty vote of thanks to the President 

 concluded the meeting. 



Kew Gardeners' Social 



Meeting:. 



The gardeners employed at Kew held their 

 15th social gathering at the Boat House, 

 -Kew, on January 12. The hall of this build- 

 ing was tasteiully decorated with evergreen>s, 

 plants, and flowers, and the usual greetings 

 "Welcome" and '* Floreat Kew" were pro- 

 minent on either side of the hall. The at- 

 tendance was large, and among tho=e pre- 

 sent were many past Kewite^s, including 

 several from the Colonies. 



Anglian Horticultural 



Club. 



This club held its 23rd annual dinner on 

 \A ednesday, January 10, at the Criterion 

 Restaurant, Norwich. Mr, AY . Rush, gar- 

 dener to F. P. Hinde, Fsq., Tliorpe, presided, 

 and the company included the prominent 

 amateur and professional gardeners of the 

 diir>trict. After the loyal and patriotic toasts 

 had been duly honoured, Mr, A. \V. Preston, 

 in some well-chosen and encouraging wwds, 

 gave Success to the East Anglian Horticul- 

 tural Club." This was responded to by the 



President, tlie vice-president (Mr. F. Wil- 

 liauiH), and flic .secretary. Mr. \\ . L. Wallis, 

 each of whom gave ^souk' interesting I'aets ol 

 the growth and useful work the club had 

 achieved since it^^ formation. 



Mr. H. Perry gave The Norfoilc and 

 Norwich Horticultural Soi-ietv/ ' and re- 

 marked that this was one of the oldest so- 

 cieties in the kingdom, and^ could trace back 

 its existence to the time when the weavers 

 grew their flaked and biazzare tulips, laced 

 pinks, and other well-known florists' flowers 

 of the early part of the nineteenth century. 

 He was glad that the falling off of income 

 bad been checked and that the society was 

 able to again report progress. 



Mr. C. F. Pilling, hon. .-ecretary^ replied 

 most suitably. Mr. J. Forder gave "The 

 Roval Horticultural Societv," to which ^Ir. 

 Chaib'^ Danit'Is n'>])ondid. aiul iu so doing 

 dt'tailcil a v'--it he uiadc diirius^' the ]»ast .>uui- 

 nuM' t<> tilt' \V!.-.]oy (Iar:h'fi>. " Succc-.s to tiie 

 Royal Intrj'uat ioiial ILip-t icult ural I-]xh:bi- 

 tioii." was ably jjropo-cd by Mi-. ,1. Clayton, 

 who sjHtkc of t!i;' magii'tudv of tlio ])ro])osed 

 exhit)itioii, and urged ev'.^ryoiie to make a 

 |)oiiit of going. .Air. L. Smith resj>onded, 

 and as tho representative of the club upon 

 the local county committee, was able to 



give some useful information to admis- 

 sion, etc. Mr, J. F. Bettg gave " The Nor- 

 wich Museum Association," to which Mr. K, 

 Peake responded; other toasts being *' The 

 Prize Donors '' and "The Press." A capital 

 Leal profi-ramme had also been provided. 



Edlnburg^h Market 



Association. 



Tile P]dinburgh Market Gardenei^s' held 

 their annual dinner in the Imj>erial Hotel, 

 Market Street, Edinburgh, on the 12th inst.! 

 under the presidency of Mr. David King, 

 president of the association. 



Mr, Thomas Russell, Glasgow, took occa- 

 sion, in projiosing the toa^t of I'he l^^ruit 

 Growers," to point out that the frnit which 

 came to tlie Glasgow Market from Fa-^t 

 Lothian wa^ of extra fine quality, but that 

 ^ome of the land on which sucli fruit was 

 produced in the East of Scotland wa.s rented 

 as high as £10 an acre, while land in Ayr- 

 shire, which was used for this purpose, and 

 was q u i te as sa t is f ac to ry as r e g a r drs the 

 quantity of fruit produced, was rented at 

 £2 lOs. to £3 an acre. With such high- 

 priced land and dear labour growers could 

 not compete with those who rented land at 

 the lower figure. Mr. George Sinclair, East 

 Linton, who replied, thought that the oppov. 

 tunity should lie taken under the Scotti.sh 

 Smallliolders' Act to increase the fruit-grow- 

 ing area, and he would prefer to see some 

 of tlie best land iu the Lothians uised foi- tliis 

 purpose instead of sending growers to the 

 Highlands. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



DICKSONS, CHESTKK.-^G.nW.n i„ great 



ClUv-trr huiii^c. unci- th** 

 Jeiiding kmck, and ^arietie^ are illustrated. Collt-- 

 Uons of setHlis for various purp^see and for ganl^^np 

 of varioiks bizas ure n feature of the o.itaWir- 



\V. DRUMMOXJ) AND SONS. MM D \\V*^0\ 



STREET, Dl-BLIN.-^TiiM ol,l-;M.Mi-h, [ri^h firm 



i-s»5ues a capitally illustrated citil.-uc of ^eltH-t-pd 



varieties of flower anW v.-o-i-tabie .s, ,-.!.-^. and aVn "ivcvs 



an unueuaily j^ood list .f t<uA. mi.l iMrticuitural 

 iSi'.iidriPf;, 



BAKU AND SONS, COVENT G AJ{DEN.- I Ju' vorv 

 breiness-like sie^ a-nd arran^^Miient of n irr .- S.^-d 

 Guide canncrt fail to ai^pral to those who iov*' <adfr 

 and nu-thod. Everything is arning-ed in alphabetical 

 Older, brief cultural not^s are givi-n for each subject 

 and in every ca^ the botanical uAmv and or(h^r of 

 the plant is appendtd. 



ALEXANDER AND BKOWN IM-ltTH. - \n ^.xceJ- 

 lent catalogue of flower and vc^etabh^ _vt a> and VLSes 

 It iK freely Ulu^^trated with eharmin^^ views in a 

 liiro-e number of ,Scot:tish garden.s. many of the pic- 

 ture^ (^howin^ the firin't? .spfH-ialities under cultivation 



THOMAS WARE, LJM., FELTHAM.-Froni th? 

 lelthani firm we have received two catalogriiefi one 

 dealing- with seeds of flowers and vi-oetablcv^ in yr it 

 variety, a.nd the -.tlirr d-voted to the -].]ri:did 

 tuberous begonias for uhidi the firm ie fx\m< 



DANIKLS BKOS., MM.. NORWirH. Th.-u ^h 

 chiefly devoted to .^eeds and containin- iMiusriaT mi- 

 of soyevAl of the finn*^ .n>^ti:alitieh- in ti -wrr^ :,nd 

 vegetabies. a. considcrabU- .^\m:-e is .ir\ .{.mI to har.!v 

 climbers. Jruir tii\.~. (n-iiani iitn' T[ ^ ihjias. an'l 

 lu rJbat-iHius ]dant>--, 



VILMOIIIN ANDIMKI \ \\[) or \i dp t * 



MKJI.^SKKtK. I'AIMv llii. i n . ; y:illu.strated and 

 cli M-Iy-printcd ,-^,.,1 .aT-tln-ih' i- .>ii the ii^ual oom- 

 ])reht'n.Mve Inir. i, llou, d \>y ih.^ Pwh firm; it is 



ject usually raided f:xnn 

 i-eedis and fail to fir.i] it lifted 



H. CANNELL AND S)NS. SWAXLEY.-Once mnn- 



thi re coiiir.-i from >\vaiil. y t!ir H*,Tafd of 



wlii.'li k> a very prai-riJa] ami !nt/t\'- nn- l:>t ''.';f 



HKNHY KC KFOIM). WKM. -ALOP-A^ b,-eoin-'> a 

 iii lUH' fainous for tlic " niakin,!; " aiij dcvfj^j-moiit of 

 «-weet peac. the new .sft-d \u^X lias a (■o\;-r lijatn which 

 new^ and beautiful ,^w('et p<-ai> ar,' ]ii:r'ray,\i in ctdnir. 

 A5 already notified . the li rm i.^ ot^'i • i 1 1 XCC i li 

 prizes for fiwet^t jx^a.s in 1!)I2, hut it -iiotild imt ),,• 

 fori^'otten that culinary i)ea-s an- :i -j .rialiTy oi 



the Wem s'^{'e<Jisnian. 



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HATH. — Til borons lH'i>Miiin'- k ' ]^v\i\o 



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this tirniV i';ita!oL''iie and our i-rA.U v- lu'c well awar' 

 uf the liiL'-h iMi.-ition th/ T"' rtnri >rr,iiii> -md va^irtS . 



now o(aMipy. Otlicr .sUMin t 



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H'i-ialisiMl in art- oar- 

 prjinr-c.-o,^. and i id \ - 



nations, dtd ohin t uiii,-. 



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w. Ari.KK. BrnrKK. am)([>. philadklphja. 



r. ^. A. - There it< ]di^nfy of t vidonco of Auif-rit-an 

 uo-a h(^ad!vemv^s ni rUo liandy >m' I oatai-ii^U" K^>uod 

 liy tht^ Philaili'lrli:ari tir in, Tli ' li^t i.^ crowdot! u itJi 

 i I ie.-tra tion - _ r h^* d - r-fidp' loi; - a r.' si n iii nr. a rii ! novid - 

 T:<'< and sp: rialitio arc vM"y nmrli m <"'vidonof_ n*>t- 

 atilv in .'\vi>. t Ilia- a^nd voL't.taI'Si (- 



WIM.IAM liri.r. AND SON^. ('HKP<i:\. Tho 

 l.nniliar red-c"Ov<_M'ofI ' ' i^uo from thr nnr.- rv 



i\-niirrod famous b\ introdiu-tion., yif w 



|daiit>. containkS a * iiUy scire tod ^ : - t 



varieties of the b;'^t Ki;:;,- i t flowfr and vrL'etaMo 

 t-t^cdt', 



H. W. CHnU H.MAN. ,SAAVST(^N.- A handy and 

 de criptivc kittle ]i.-t o] .^weot pea,s. 



