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THI 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



January 20. 1912. 



their <liversity of character, as well as 

 coU)uriiig. and inchnh^ several that have 

 <leM'eri(h'd fi-oin some oi the more notal)le 

 ot tin' Hinndayan species. Therefore, they 

 arr <'>|»rciai[y (h'sei-\in<i of tiie attention 

 of those \\\u) ha\e (^arden.s in those ])arts 

 of the West of Kni^laml \vhei-e the com pai-a_ 

 tivelv tender rhododeiu 1 rons are ktrown to 

 grow fieeK'. ami to produci^ an ahnmlance 

 of til. Ml Ijold ;ind alTra^-tivelv-fohmred 

 flow<M' trossi's. Koiir i;n!v <if the new nai- 



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ciss- that w.-re jiresented to puhltc notii-e 

 in the spring of ITMl wei-t> snccessfid in 

 oht-iinniL!: d ist iri'-t ion , which is a c!)m|)ara- 

 ti\'»'ly s.hidi nninher, considering how great 

 is lite :icli\ity in tin* I'aising of see^llings. 

 ( )n ih*' othc!' hand, the hard\' ;n)d tropical 

 w;i t I tl o^ that wci'c shown i'ecei\eil 

 .■iw.ud^ with only nnt- or two exrojitions. 

 .ircl ^»-\*Mal thai faih-tl to find tln^ snp})ort 

 necesnrv to iheii- ohtaining distini'tion were 

 of niiieh merit. W*' ntiMit'on this as evi- 

 dence ot the ad\;in:-os ihat are h-tdrrj; i;:ade 

 in the le\ cl ipnh'nt nl thi' n\"'iii>!];e;is. and 



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the widt'j n\ sclrpft:*)] th;'l is ihii< 



afl'oi rhv I \\ hrn t ii ! n shing lake n nd pool 

 M ith aeqnati -s. 



IVSr. Georg^e Keif, lu^ad gardener to 

 A . W . Merry, Esq., Daneshuiy Park. 

 Welwyn, Herts, whose ])Ortrait wo piescnt 

 to onr j'eaders in the present issue, is well- 

 known to most horticidturist.s in the home 

 counties. For many rears he was head o;ar- 

 <lener ;u Soutli laulge. Regents ]*ark, a 

 gai iloii right in tlie inner circle^ and wheie 

 gardening was carr'cd on under exccji- 

 tionsilly <lifficnlt foiuiitious. Here Mr. 

 Keif made a consi(hual)i(' name for himself 

 hy (Mdtivating a large ninuher of suhjects 

 exceptionally well. Perhaps he was then 

 most tanioiis for his nmtmgcment of fruit 

 tIce.^^ :n pots, and for the first-rate collec- 

 tion of fruits, hardy and t*uider^ that In^ 

 from time to tmio exhibited before tln^ 

 Hoyal Horticultural Society. Mr. Keif is 

 now w()/ king under kindlier conditions of 

 light and atmospluu-e at Danesbury Park- 

 He is a member of the T?oyaI Horticultural 

 Society's Fruit and Vegetahlo Committee, 

 and has long held a so;it o?i that hodv 

 for a long number of ye;n s he was also a 

 most regular and useful member of the 

 Connnittee of the I'nited Horticultural 

 Benefit and Provident Society. 



Our Sweet Pea Number.— Con- 

 sequent on the great desire that is at the 

 present time being expressed for tho fullest 

 possd)!^^ infojiuiitifui on tlie seie^-tiiMi and 



etdt:vai:<ni of .sweet peas. \Vi> sha ll" <lev;)te 



our next is^iue Mannaty 27) < hieflv to these 

 fragrant flowers. The\several articles will 

 he written by well-known experts and will 

 <iea! with both the seientifi<- aspe-ts of 

 sue.^t peas and the practical details of their 

 cnlt;v;ition. and such information will he 

 given on the novelties and standard var e- 

 t:es as wdl greatly faeilitate the making of 

 selections adapted to the requirements of 

 the various classes of eultivators. The 

 uiunber will be profusely illustrated. 



Plants in Flower at Nuneham 



Park, Oxford. -Tlie Rt. Hon Lewis 

 Harcourt, VX\. wviU's ii<. under date 

 of January 9, 1912 : " It mav be of interest 

 to re,.)rd, as I did to-day, the plants and 

 shrubs now ju flower in the garden here ■ 

 Ins stylosa. Myrtus apiculata, aubrietia 

 Eeptosp-rmuni stoparium. Ccstrum luri- 

 d'lin (sf.nth wall). Dapline indica rubra 

 (uesi wall), antirrhinu'u, Anrlromeda flori- 



A. japonica. Menzi.^sia poliffd a 

 winter a.onite. Jasmlnnm niidinorum 

 J^apugeria r<,<ea (north wall), E. alba (nortli 

 wall). I.onicera f ra-ran t ^.sin.a Veronic-, 

 Antmnn <'Io,■^. V. sp.-ei.sa. V. Cauntletti, 

 V. hyl.rida Dnunant, Daphne me/ereum 



al bu m , D . Blagayana , Cydonia japonica 

 Simoni, (ialantluis Elwesi, Iris retictdata, 

 1. Danfordia?, I. persica Hildreiclii, I. 

 alata, Ad(mis vernalis, Eleganns niacro- 

 phylla, Cok'hicnm cydrophilum, Sciila 

 sibirica , Erisymnin Golden Gem, Hehan- 

 tluMiium amabiliSj Rtjsmarinus prostrata, 

 arabis. Leycesteria formosa, Cyclamen 

 coum, C. euro])feum^ auricula, yellow, red, 

 and AVilsiui's blue ])riniroseSj Sareoeccca 

 ruscifolia , l*otentilla form-osa, Achillea 

 tometjtosa , U hndodendron XoJ^leanum, 

 Helleboi-us niger, H. n. altifolius gigauteus, 

 H. n. maximus, violets, winter heliotrope 

 (petasites), Colletia eruciata, Berberis Dar. 

 wini, Arbutus andrachne, A. Milleri, Pho- 

 tin'a serrulata. Hammamelis ja|Mmi;-a. H. 

 ZiH'clutriinana. H. arhorea, Erica codon- 

 oidcs, E. arborea, E. carnea, E. carnea 

 ;dl»a. E. Maweana, E. mediterrauea 

 hyht Ida, iMahonia ja])onica Beali, Tr'toma 

 n \ a l iii . Berber s Aldeuliani hybrid, Tberis 

 (iibralt;irica, Cbu rya elli])tiea. Solanu-n jas- 

 minoides. A;'a;-ia deaibata (in full bud- 

 almost open), and Eaurestiniis. Altogether 

 seventy-three kinds of flowers.'' We are 

 greatly obliged to Mr. Harcourt for this 

 interesting note. 



Horticultural Club« 



The next 



hoirse dinner of the club wdll take place on 

 Tin^sday, the 23rd inst., at the Hotel 

 Windsor, Victoria Street, Westminster. 

 1 he dinner will, as usual, commence at 

 sx ]).m. Foilowing the dinner a lecture 

 Avill be given by Afr. Charles Pearson, en- 

 titled -Birds Eggs: Some Remarks on tlie 

 E\'oliiiion ot Colour." The lecture will be 

 jl'iisira^Ml by lantern slides. The annual 

 Jiieetingand diiuierwill take place on Tues- 

 ilaw February 20. Ladies are invited to 

 hnth monthly ami annual dinner, but the 

 hitter will, in accordance with the usual 

 custom, be a special ladies' night. 



British Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion. - A general meeting of the menibeis 

 of this association will be held at Carr's 

 Kestaurant, 204, Strand, London, on 

 Thursday, the 2oth hrst., ^' To consider 

 alterations of rules, receive the resignation 

 of the general secretary, and to confirm 

 the sulwommittee's report as adopteil by 

 the Executive Council." The chair will be 

 taken at se; en p.m. Mr. E. F. Hawes, 

 lortune (d-eeu. has been ap])oiuted editor, 



pro tern., of the Journal " of the associa. 

 tion. 



Mr. J. D. Crozier, forester to Mr. 



Ban-d, of Dnrris, near Aberdeen, has been 

 appouited to the Gov(uinnent Forestry De- 

 partment in Ireland. A prominent office- 

 bearer of the Royal Scottish Aboricultural 

 Society, and one who has taken a keen in- 

 terest in the affairs of the Aberdeen, Banff, 

 and Kincardine branch of the society. Ah-. 

 Crozier has been a frequent contributor to 

 the " Transactiims of the par(>nt MK- etv 

 nnd one of his pap<u-s on - The Douglas F 

 as a Commer<ial Tind)er Tree," attrar-ted 

 much attenti(m. Mr. Crozier's opini(,n of 

 the noughts fir is ai-tlv sn.umarisi>d in the 

 <oncliHl)ng paragraj.h. --1110 practical ex- 

 ]>oyru:v of the Douglas fir in this coiuitrv 

 points it out as one of the most valuable 

 timber trees ever introdu-erl, and when its 

 suitabd:ty for conunerciaJ ])mp.:;ses lias 

 l:e*ui fully realised, there can b.. no doubt 

 It Will b(^ oue of tlie most largelv planted 

 of a I our timber tre<^s." On th^ occasion 

 of the visit ot the English Arboricultural 

 Soc-ety to the north-east of S<-otlanrl some 

 years ago. Mr. Crozier conducted a lar<re 

 |>:nty of the members nwr the i^xteiisive 

 WHids of Durris. and sliowed thiuti a num- 

 of ,M.w fe-iiiires uh.h h(^ hnd intro- 

 <luced. and lih' sll,^'..^sf iij expcM-inients ear- 

 ^■'od ofit with phintatimts of the F^nudas fir 

 ■""I the .lapanes<' larch. In all inatters 

 '■<'M. ernmg foresiry, Mr. Crozier has nuut- 



fested a keen and practical interest, and 

 his many friends in the north-east and 

 north of Scotland, while readily congratu- 

 lating him upon liis appointment, greatly 

 regret his departure from Durris. ilVh. 

 C'rozier was entertained at a complinK^ii- 

 tary luncheon at the Imperial Hotel, Aber- 

 deen, a few days ago, and was piesenteil 

 wdth a silver tea service. 



Resigrnation of the B. G. A. 



. — : ^Ve have received fron, 



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Mr. J. Weathers the following copy -of , 

 letter sent by him to the chaii-man of t 

 Executive Council of the British (hi: 

 cleners' Association : 



Dear iMr. Frogbrook, — On January 9 I ten- 

 dered my resignation as secretary and editor 

 to the iExecutive Council. To you now, a> 

 chairman, I again formally tender niy r-esi:>- 

 nation in writing-. Kindly place it betoie 

 the Executive Council at the next meeting. 

 I have taken this wtep in conseqitence of 

 what I consider to be the unreasonable, un- 

 generous, and suspicions attitude taken up 

 hy a few members of the Exeeittive Council 

 in regard to the way I have conducted the 

 bnsinesi^ of the association. I am not coii- 

 scioius of having done anything that was 

 not for the welfare of the association, and 

 for the cause for which it was iustitutei] 

 during the six yeart^ I have l)eeu lion, sct i;- 

 t-ary. I cannot, however, in justice to my 

 h-elf , hold office any longer whilst thei'e is tlii 

 slightest disposition to sus])ect the nn-J 

 innocent actions, and to distort the mo-' 

 t^imple phra-es. I am thei^efoi'e having 

 the property of the association forwarded i 

 you, and as soon a.s the accounts have l:r: 

 audited by a chartered accountant. I sha' 

 also forward you all receipt books a^i 

 votichers, and correspondenc^e that may com 

 to hand. Kindly acknowledge the receipt < 

 this letter, and believe me, yours faithfully, 



John Weathers. 



A Conference on Dahlias w 



be held under the auspices of the Nation.; 

 Dahlia Society at Carr's Restaurant, 2(! 

 Stiand, London, on Friday, March 8. Tli. 

 proceedings will commence at ()M) p.ni 

 when several pajjers connected with dahli;i^ 

 and tlieir cidtivation will be i-ead. 



Monsieur Anatole Cordon 



nier.— The twenty-fifth annual volume ( ■ 

 our contemporary, Le Jaidin." of l*ar ^ 

 is just completed, and we notice that th- 

 Editor dedicates it to iM. Anatole Cordon- 

 nier^ of Bailleul, the eminent horticidturi^i. 

 whose exhibits of grajies and foi'ced fruib 

 attract so much attention at the Contin- 

 ental shows. A portrait and a short bin- 

 graphical notice accompanies the dedica- 

 tion. Some of our readers may remembe: 

 that over twenty years ago f December 

 1891) the Gardeners' Magazine" ga\e a 

 portrait of M. Cordonniei", and a few notes 

 concerning his horticultHral activities. la 

 tlie light of what has since tr;i nspii-ed, oiir 

 aiticle of that date nuiy lie considered 

 ahnost prophetic. 



Presentation to Mr. W. B. 



. The recent annual meetin : 

 of the Croydon Cli rysanthenuun Socit^l) 

 was of exceptional intorest. fioin the fa 

 that the membeis had to tnko lea\e of Mi 

 Jietkett, who has occupied the ])osit!:m ei 

 lion, seci-etary since the fornuiticui of th« 

 society in 1887, and to elect liis successor. 

 In view of this, there was a large attentl- 

 anceof members, with the president. Alder, 

 man Allen, in tlu' chair. At the clo.se n: 

 the formal business, the Fresi.h'iit ex 

 pressed the regret that all felt at losing 

 tlie services of their able and highlj 

 esteemed se; ret:uy. \\hicb, they \vert« glad 

 know, wa.s dne t(t tlie increase in his busine 

 Mg great(u- 4lcniands upon his tinie 



Hesnnl that assof-iated with tin* regret W 



feelin_^ thai they <-iMild not all<7w Mr 

 I'eckrH's twenty-four voa r.s' servi:'e to jiJi^l 

 witlnnit presonting him with ,some t<d:(Mi of' 



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