FEBirrART 17, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



143 



XTATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



i.^ Great Exhibition at I^oyal Horticultural HaJl, 

 \V*istmin6ter, July 9 and 10. Join now. Minimum 

 Annual Subscription, Se. Sc-hedule on Application, 

 Sweet Pea AnnuaJ/' free to members; 3s., poet free, 

 to non-members. Li«t of Sweet Pea Karnes," free 

 to new members. OHARLES H. CURTIS, Hon. Sec, 

 Adelaide Road, Brentford, Middllesex. 



TATIONAL 



VEGETABLE 



SOCIETY. 



Schedule of Olaissee and Prizes offered at the Society's 

 GRRAT KXHIBITION OF VEGETABLES, 



to be held in the 

 CLARENDON HALL, WATFORD, OCTOBER 2 next, 

 Are now ready ajid can be had on application to 



B. G. QUICK, Hon. Sec. 

 Kelmscott, Harrow View, Wealdetone, Harrow. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultura.1 Society. 



The blackness of darkness ovemhadow-ed 

 Westminst-er on Tuesday afternoon laet^ 

 when, at three o'clock^ Sir Trevor Lawi^ence, 

 Bart., took the chair at the society's annual 

 general meeting. Sir Trevor wae supported 

 by Sir Albert Rollitt, Lord Balfour of Bur- 

 leigh. Sir J. T. D. Lewellyn, Bart., Lieut. - 

 Colonel Sir George Holford, Mr. J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Mr. Harry J. Veitch, Mr. H. B. 

 May, Mr. E. A. Bowles, Mr. Jas. Hudson, 

 Mr. W. A. Bilney, etc., and among those 

 present at the meeting we noticed the Rev. 

 G. H. Englelieart, Me&^rs. H. J. Cutbush, 

 W. Howe, J. F. McLeod, G. Gordon, E. H. 

 Pearson, J. T. Bennett-Poe, Alexander, R. 

 Pinches, J. Green, G. J. Ingram, J. Cheal, 

 Thcs. Bevan, E, F. Hawes, C. H. Curtis, 

 J. H. Dick, and A. Bartlett. 



'The usual formalities having been disposed 

 of, the President expressed the regret all 

 felt at the absence of the Rev. W. Wilfcs, 

 owing to indisposition. 



Tlie report of the Council, of which we 

 give an abstract, having been circulated, 

 was taken ae read. 



EXTRACTS FEOM ANNUAL REPORT. 



common 

 soils 



WISLEY GARDENS. — In 

 with most gardens having sandy 

 in the South of England, the Society's 

 (Jarden at Wisley suffered from the 

 exceptionally hot and dry summer. The 

 heavy rains of OetoTber, November, and De- 

 cember have been motjt welcome. A large 

 rock garden, including a small bog garden 

 and a miniature moraine, has been con- 

 structed by Messrs. Pulham. It covers what 

 was formerly a rough grass-grown hill above 

 the water hly pook in the south-west corner 

 ot the old garden, to which it will when 



!""y Pi?n^«<l- make a most attractive addi- 

 "on. The planting has been begun, but is 

 necessarily a womewhat lengthy proceeding, 

 and the full effect of the new work will 

 "'Tdly be apparent until the plants have had 

 -ome years growth. It should be remem- 



^ft A 1?* garden is not designed to 



^nord the most artistic arrangement of 

 stonework, so much as a suitable home for 

 1 ^ '''P'"^ plants. The Council gratc- 

 ;T 4'.^^»"^^-ltd8:e the gift^ of rock plants 

 a f ''^nd Mr. E. A. Bowks, 

 aii.i ot ferns fromTVIr. W. Marshall, V.M.H. 



tocfT A Mr. D. Sarsons, lately 



ha^K!'''"'^'^?''' ^^^retham Hall, Norfolk, 

 nas been placed in charge of this depart- 



K ^-^ ^^^^ f"" confidence 



^dt under his superintendence it will soon 



+he Felloir and instruction to 



i-abor?torT t«o™culture and 



"cientifi; valuable practical and 



at \V ^'^-''^'^t'onal work being conducted 



widelv V ' ■ b^^o'n'na: more and more 



^i^m abont ^"^^'"^•y lo«k upon informa- 

 acquiJrl^fA";"^,^^ the one thing to 



knowledge ^ 

 > convinced 



<Sl> b^ Im. W. r ^-W''? d^^'^l^Pment should 



the 2 ^'^^^ ^o"nd knowledge 



^J-aft and^? 1? P^'"'"'l<^^ underlying hi,. 

 ■ and also have acquired (2) a consider- 



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able de g re e o f a n d a p p re*:' i a t io ji for tec h - 

 nical skill, which can only be derived from 

 the actual and continual performance of the 

 various operations. The more closely these 

 two are connected with one another in time 

 and place, the more capable each is of aiding 

 the other, and this is the aim of the 



students' course inaugurated at Wisley in 

 1907. 



During the past year Sir Albert Rollit, a(> 

 a member of the Senate of the University 

 of London, and also a member of the Council 

 of our society, lia^ been endeavmiring to 

 secure the University's recognition of our 

 School of Horticulture at Wisley. Tlie mat- 

 ter has made considerable progress and hopes 

 are entertained of its reaching a successful 

 issue, though yet it is too soon to 8peak 

 at all confidently. 



The increased demands upon the time of 

 the director, and the necessity for his con- 

 stant presence at the gardens to watch ex- 

 perimental w^ort, has necessitated both the 

 appointment of an assistant lecturer — Mr. 

 Arthur S, Horne, B.Sc, F.G.S.; and also 

 the building of a house on the .spot for the 

 director. 



THE CORONxVTION 

 tion of the Coronation 



CUP.- 

 of their 



In celebra- 



Majestiert 



King George and Queen Mary, patron.s of 

 the society, the Council caused a special sil- 

 ver-gilt challenge cup to be designed at a 

 cost of sixty guineas. It will generally be 

 offered for competition at the summer show, 

 and will be adjudged directly by the Council 

 to whatever in their opinion is the best ex- 

 bibit in the show. A small replica of the 

 cup will each year be given to the winner, 

 together with the cUiStody of fhe larger cup 

 for twelve months. 



LIBRARY.— The annual report for 1910 

 recounted the steps which had been taken 

 by the Council and trustees to secure a closer 

 identification of the Lindley Library with 

 the society, wiiilst at the same time preserv- 

 ing it as a perpetual trust. This action 

 paved the way for the appointment of a 

 Special Library Committee, which now con- 

 sists of Messrs. J. T. Bennett-Poe, E. A. 

 Bowles, E. A. Bunyard, J. Gurney Fowler, 

 Dr. Daydon Jackson, J. R. Lowe, Arthur Paul^ 

 C. H. Payne, H. J. Veitch, and Rev. W. 

 Wilks The committee meets fortnig^htly and 

 recommends to the Council the acquisition of 

 desirable new or rare old books which may 

 h app en to be ob t a i n a b le at t he mome n t , 

 together with those suggested by any of the 

 Fellows. About 300 volumes have been pur- 

 chased thiei amongst them being Re- 

 doute's " Les^ Liliacees," Dr. M. C. Cooke's 

 " Original notes and drawings of Parasites 

 of Cultivated Plant-s," Sibthorps "Flora 

 Graeca," Mas' "Pomologie; Pomologie de la 

 France," Mas' " Le Verger," Besler's " Hor- 

 tus Eystettensis," Bury's " Hexandrian 

 Plants," Trew's " Plantae Selectee/' Descour- 

 tilz's "Flore des Antilles/' Maund's "Bo- 

 tanic Garden," Andrews' " Heathery," and 

 many others. The amount expended on 

 books has been between £m) and £9(X). llie 

 whole library is being i^earrangcd. classified, 

 indexed, and catalogued, under the super- 

 v:.^ion of Messrs. Wesley. 



The necessity of putting uj) additional book 

 cas-es having come to the knowledge of Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, nephew of the late Bai-on 

 wdio so generously fitted up the library at 

 his own exipense. Baron Bruno offered to 

 take upon himself the provision of the ncAV 

 oak cases, in order that the whole of the 

 furnishing of the library might continue to 

 be identified with his family's name. The 



exceeded £100. The Council 



kind 



genero 



total cost 



greatly appreciate this most 

 sitv. 



PLANT COLLECTOR —Tlie appointment 

 of a Plant Collector wall be considered by the 

 Council at an early date. 



TRANSACTIONS.— At the last annual 

 meeting it was suggested that, in addition to 

 the present " Journal/' " Transactions " 

 should be issued from time to time, devoted 

 exclusively to scientific matter, and sent to 

 those only of the Fellows who would like to 

 subscribe^^an additional £1 Is. a year for the 

 purpose. A communication was therefore 

 sent to all the Fellows of the society setting 



forth the proposal , but as less than sixty 



favourable replies w^ere received out of 12,000 



Fellows, the Council have decided to allow 



the proposal to stand over at least for the 

 present. 



PRESENTS.— Many gift« have been made 

 to the society during the year. Baron Bruno 

 Schroder's munificent gift to the library has 

 already been mentioned; as have also the 

 plants from Sir Frank Crisp, Mr. Bowles, 

 and Mr. Marshall. 220 books for the library 

 have been received under the bequest of the 

 late Mr. Gumbleton; 150 volumes from the 

 late Colonel Beddome's library, presented by 

 bin widow ; a collection of dried specimens of 

 British plants frcm Miss F. M. Hudson; a 

 fine old steel engraving of Linnaeus from 

 Mr. Christopher J. Sandberg; an original . 

 autograph engraving of William McNab, of ' 

 Edinburgh, from Mr. Chas. Ross, V.M.H., 

 and two silver cu]xs, one from Mr. A. L. 

 Wigan as an annual prize for roses at the 

 summer show, llic other for Alpines pre- 

 sented by Mr. Reginald Farrer. The Coun- 

 cil take this oppotunity of expressing their 

 cordial thanks to the donors. 



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Sir Trevor Lawrence referred biietiv to 

 few pointts in the rejjort, and Miid that 

 rock garden at Wi.slcy was now in l)eing, and 

 was being steadily furnished, thanks to the 

 generosity of many members. The School 

 of Horticulture at Wisley Avas progressing, 

 as would be gathered from the report, in the^ 

 most satisfactory manner. TTie society '& 

 e xh i b it ion s h ad , with one ex ce p tion , 

 Olympia, been a success, but the in- 

 tensely hot weather had a trying effect 

 upon both flowers and visitors at Addieon 

 R^oad. The librai'y was progressing, nearly 

 .£1,<K!() had c.\i)cnded upon rare books 



during the ycai'. aiul the Council was pre- 

 pared to do all it could to make the library 

 one of the finest of its kind in the world. 

 Baron Bruno Schroder had generously given 

 new shelves for the library. The President 

 expressed regret that in the report, in con^ 

 nection with lihraiv matters, the name of 

 Mr. C. llannan I*avne. who had rendered 



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able it^erviee. had ht'eu accidentally omitted. 

 Sir Trevor had nuthing further to say about 

 the appointment of a plant collector than is 

 contained in the report. In the present 

 year, he said, a new departure would be a 

 two days' orchid show in the autumn. Tlie 

 society had sustained a gi^at lo^s by the 

 death of Sir Joseph Hooker, a great botanist 

 and a foremost scientist. The pa.>sing of M. 

 Lemoine. of Nancv. who had done so much t<v 



improve garden plants, sucli as syringas and 

 l>egonias, wa^ sympathetically adverted to. 

 The President pointed out that the financial 

 position of the t^ociefy was excellent ; he re- 

 membered the time when the society could 

 not pay its tradesmen's bills; but in the past 

 year they had finished up with a surplus of 

 £8000. Sir Trevor concluded with a vexy 

 hearty appreciation of the services of the 

 staff at Wcstminfster and Wisley, paying spe- 

 cial compliments to the Rev. W. Wilks, Mr. 

 S. T. Wright, and Mr. F. Peader. The 

 motion for the adoption of the report and 



