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February 24, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



151 



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meats, a lialf-page of weddings^ accounts of 

 annual meeting and annual dinner, cricket 

 news, and a livst of names and addresses 

 and positions of Old Kewites, all go to 

 make the Journal " that cementing power 

 so essential in a guild with members spread 

 over the whole world. 



Gilbert White Relics.— The exhi. 



bition of relics of Gilbert White, the natu- 



and of objects associated with 



the Selborne 



ralist, and of objects 

 his writings, organised by 



at the offices of the Civil Service 



was of 

 The exhibition 

 , and extended 



Societv 



Commission, Burlington Gardens 

 quite exceptional interest, 

 was opened on the 15th inst 

 o^'er several days, and among the more 

 important of the contributions were the 

 . of ''The Natural History of Sel- 

 borne " and of the '^Nature Calendar " for 



17()<), which has recently been 

 in fai'simile by the Selborne Society 

 nuich interest was the natural historv note- 



published 



Of 



l>ook, kept by his future 

 Barker Avhich is probably 



brother-in-law, 

 Avhich is probably the earliest 

 existing record of Gilbert White's taste for 

 natural historv. The initials " G. AV." are 

 appended to some of the entries, and these, 

 it is assiimed, record observations of his 

 own, some early in 1736, -when he was in 

 his sixteenth year. LeaA'es were also ex- 

 hibitetl of the Garden Kalendars.'' in 

 which, from the year 1751, he recorded his 

 gardening operati(ms and eA ents of interest 

 in the carden. interspersed with natural 



There was also exhibited 



his 



historv notes. 



copy of Hudson's Flora Anglica,'' 

 which led him in later life to take great 



interest in botanv. and induced him to 



in botany, 

 expand the garden 

 ' ' Nature Calendar " for 



calendars into the 



1706, 



at 



which 



one time he intended to make the ground- 

 work of his Natural Historv of Selborne.'' 

 Of th is work there w^as a large collection of 

 editions, of which upwards of 100 have 

 appeare<] since his death, and many illus- 

 trations of Selborne. 



Testimonial to Mr. Silas Cole. 



Mr. Silas Cole, the raiser of Countess 

 Spencer Sweet Pea, has left the service of 

 Lord Northcliffe, and intends to commence 

 business for himself in a small way. It is 

 considered by many that the present would 

 l>e an opportune time to do Mr. Cole a 

 gowl turn. Although Mr. Cole has helped, 

 by his introduction, many sweet pea 

 growers and dealers to enlarge their trade 

 profitably, he has not reaped much of the 

 golden harvevst himself. Mr. Mackereth, 

 with whom the idea originate^l, approached 

 a few friends in Ameri-ca and at home, and 

 received promises of supi>ort. Any of the 

 signatories wnll ]ye glad to hear of promises 

 of help^ but it will be most convenient to 



communicate 



with 



Hugh 



Mr, Mackereth, Mr. 

 Atlee Burpee, Mr, R. Bolton, Mr, C. H. 

 Jnrtis, Mr. W. Cuthbertson, Mr. 

 Oxksoii, Mr. Alex. Malcolm, Mr. R. Syden- 

 hJ^m. and Mr. G. H. Mackereth, Market 



1*1 9Q^i ^ are the signatories. About 



has already been paid or promised. 



entations at Beverley.— 



^ few evenings since Mr. Hodgson the 

 ^Hauman of the Beverley Chrysanthemum 

 ^ociety, entertained the officials and mem- 

 ^l^rs at dinner, and advantage wa^ taken of 

 t^ie opjK)rtunity for lacknowledging 

 services rendered by the secretary and 

 treasurer. 



the 



Chairman 



secretary 

 Following the dinner 

 on behalf of the members 



r- J' <^ X 1 ' -^iirxij. KJL lilt; lutein Ut;i » 



: i fr" 1? - P''^P«' secretary, 

 ;ih ' "i ^»"ith, the hon. treasurer, with 

 I'" and sil"'-" 1 — 1 



the 

 pre- 

 and 

 gold 



M n mounted umbrellas respectively. 



'of^ f -F"^ position of secretary 



. lor eighteen years, and Mr. Smith that of 



^ cl,?'"^, y^^'-S' «»d have dis- 



• ^. ^"'\'"ge<l their duties with .< 



, 5 liave ohtaine<l the 

 114. cernfHl with the society. 



0 much ability as 

 respect of all 



con- 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



niere wa« a crowded meeting on Tuesday, 

 February 2(); the exhibits were numerous and 

 good, and the attendance large. One end of 

 the hall was occupied by the stage used in 

 connection with a pageant dealing with the 

 History of Nonconformity, and there were 

 many expressions of dissatisfaction with its 

 presence, chiefly because it curtailed the 

 exhibition space, and because the dull red 

 curtain was the worst possible colour for 



it prevents a similar hapi^ening in the 

 future. 



FLORAL COMMIITEE. 



A superb exhibit of carnations, from Mr. 

 AV. S, Wallace, I^ton Bray, Dunstable, was 

 a great attraction. It was a grand display 

 of tine flowers, all splendidly arranged in 

 vases of various sizes, in ba«ket>s and 

 tall stands, the whole associated with 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, A. plumosus, and 

 smilax. lliere were dozens upon dozens of 

 such varieties as Gloriosa, Marmion, Lad 

 Audley Nield, Carola, Mrs. H, Burnett, Pin 



PERPETUAL CARNATION LADY MEYER. 

 Flowers bright pink. A.M., R.H.S., February 20. Mr. E. Guile, Newport. 



week 



the flowering plants on view. It appears 

 that the pageant should liave finished on the 

 previous Saturday, but the attendance was 

 so good that the pageant authorities wished 

 to retain the use of the hall for another 



this not being possible, owing to the 

 Tuesday meeting, the pageant was held over 

 until Wednesday, February 21, and, we 

 understand, the financial result of this ar- 

 rangement was excellent. If such a curtail- 

 ment as this were a matter of common, or 

 even frequent, occurrence, we should add 

 our protest, but the grumbling on this occa- 

 sion was scarcely to the point, unless, maybe, 



Delight, Winsor, Enchantress, Una Wallace, 

 May Day, Bonfire, Beacon, and White Won- 

 der. A few baskets and vases of lovely Rich- 

 mond roses completed this tine exhibit, which 

 was a centre of attraction all day long. 



Indian azaleas, charming flowering plants 

 Oi the double rose-coloured peach, and of the 

 popular wistarias, were pleasingly grouped 

 by Messrs. James Veiteh and Sons. Chelsea; 

 this firm al-o arrantred a bank of Azalea 

 amoena Hexe, the fragrant Boronia mega- 

 stigma, Tillandsia Lindeni, with vivid blue 

 flowers, Coleus thyrsoideue, Libonia flori- 

 bunda, cvclamens, etc. 



