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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



February 24, 191^. 



D. Ingamells, H. J. Jones, F. W. Ladds, 



J. W. Moorman, and G. Prickett form the 

 Schedule Committee; while Messrs. C. H. 

 Curtis, D. B. Crane, A. J. Foster, D. In- 

 gamells, J. B. Eiding, and F. W. Ladds form 

 the Publication Committee. 



The secretary, Mr. E. A. Witty, presented 

 a budget for 1912, which showed an estimated 

 balance of about ,£20. Outings and annual 

 dinner were matters left for further con- 

 sideration. 



Following this meeting the members of the 

 Floral Committee dined together at Carr's 

 Eestaurant, a^ is their annual custom, and, 

 with a few friends, made up a party of about 

 three dozen. Mr. D. B. Crane presided. 

 After the loyal toat^ts the Chairman pro- 

 posed ** Success to the National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society,'' and to this Mr. T, Bevan re- 

 sponded. Mr. C. Harman Payne gave *^ The 

 Exhibitors," to which Mr. H. J. Jones re- 

 plied on belialf of the trade, and Mr. W. 

 Howe on behalf of private growers. Mr. 

 McKercher very ably proposed The Floral 

 Committee,'* and in response the Chairman 

 reviewed the work of the committee during 

 the year 1911, and remarked that he had 

 just completed twenty-five yeare^ connection 

 with the committee, and had had the honour 

 of being chairman for ten years. ** The 

 Market Growers," proposed by Mr. E. F. 

 Howes, was very suitably replied to by 

 Messrs. P. A. Cragg and F. W. Ladds. Mr. 

 John Green gave *'The Press," and the re- 

 sponse was in the hands of Mr. C. H. Curtis, 

 of the Gardeners' Magazine, and Mr. J. B. 

 Riding. 



Bristol Gardeners' Association. 



Tlie usual fortnightly meeting was held 

 the other evening at St. John s Parish Eoome, 

 and Mr. A. Perry presided over a good at- 

 tendance. Mr. Sydney Hills, al Newport, read 

 a paper entitled, ** Would they have been 

 pest.s if left alone? " The lecturer took an 

 unusual course in defending the birds which 

 the ordinary gardeners generally look upon 

 ae enemies to be relentlessly destroyed. He 

 said man only seen the evil in them, and 

 does not take into account the great amount 

 of good they do. In destroying owls, hawks, 

 ^sparrows, starlings, and other birds, the 

 lecturer said, the balance of Nature had been 

 upset, and man had only made things more 

 diflScult through having to adjust that 

 balance as best he could. 



A lively discussion followed, and this was 

 taken part in by Messrs. Perry, Ayres, House, 

 Jennings, Young, Springham, Garnish, Bin- 

 field, AVoodward, Lee, Hayball, and Zhoday. 

 Mr. T. Clark was awarded a first prize for 

 two bunches of violets. 



Dundee Horticuitu 



Association. 



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The ordinary monthly meeting was held in 

 the Technical College, Dundee, on the even- 

 ing of 8th inst., when Mr. George Scott, 

 Leatliwood Gardens, was the essayist, his 

 subject being. " Floral Decorations." As 

 might be expected from so successful a com- 

 petition, the essay contained admirable word- 

 pictures of the decorative art in bouquets, 

 wreaths, baskets, and table decoration eet 

 up by the essayist in competition at Edin- 

 burgh, Dundee, and Dunfermline flower 

 shows. An ardent admirer of bronze and 

 yellow shades in combination for baskets 

 and bouquets, and table decoration, Mr. 

 Scott practices what he preaches, and 

 preaches what he practices, particularly dur- 

 ing the chrysanthemum treason, when these 

 shades are perhaps more appreciated, and 

 fehow to the greatest advantage. 



The e<^say was exceedingly well read by 

 the secretary, Mr. John Summers, while the 

 only critics in discussion were Messrs. W. P. 

 Lawee, Wm. Grant, J. C. Brown, and Alex- 

 ander Macrea, the latter calling for a vote of 

 thanks to essayist and president, Mr. Wm. 

 Christison. 



The annual social and dance came off on 

 the 9th ixv^K The Hon. President, Bailie 

 Melville, presided, and wa*i supported on the 



platform by Messrs. William Christison, D. 

 C. Hutcheson, William Grant, W. P. Laird, 

 and James Bethel. After tea there was an 

 excellent concert, which was enjoyed by the 

 large company. Subsequently the young 

 folk enjoyed the gaiety of the ballroom until 

 the small hours of morning. 



The Leeds Professional 

 Gardeners' Society. 



Tlie members of this society held their an- 

 nual dinner at the Griffin Hotel on Februarv 

 15. F. B. Hudson, Esq., presided, supported 

 by Wm. Green, Esq., J.P,, and the Rev. Ber- 

 nard Hall, B.A., secretary of the North of 

 England Horticultural Society. 



Tliere were about 50 members present, and 

 after the usual loyal toasts were given, an 

 enjoyable smoking concert was provided by 

 Mr. J. R. Groundwell. During the course 

 of the evening Mr. Carver, the secretary, 

 appealed to gardeners, who, not being mem- 

 bers of friendlv societies, could with advan- 

 tage fall into line with the above society, 

 which would in due course become approved 

 under the National Insurance Act, and 

 thereby gain additional benefits which this 

 society, being on a sound financial basis, 

 would provide. 



his subject was soon evidenced as the paper 

 progressed. It is not difficult to note a prac- 

 tical man dealing with a subject he under- 

 stands. All points of culture were abiv 

 treated, as were also pests, both insect and 

 fungoid. 



A capital discussion followed, in wliicli 

 Messrs. L. Smith, Frank Neave, H Perrv 

 C. Fox, J. €. Abel, T. Notley, J. Clayton! 

 and others took part. The exhibits were good 

 and in great profusion, special praise bein^ 

 due to Mr. W. vShoesmitli, gardener to F. W. 

 Harmer, Esq . , for his fine specimen of 

 Coelogyne cristata, Mr. F. Williams, for 

 bulbs in pots, and to Mr. S. Hunt, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. AYillis, for bulbs in pot6, 

 especially his pot of Iris reticulata. Mr. J. 

 H. Willis sent his monthly weather report 

 and also a most interesting photograph of 

 his grass thermometer, taken on the morn- 

 ing of February 3, showing the reading at 

 half a point below zero. 



Anglian Horticultural 



Club. 



This club still maintains its popularity. 

 Over a dozen new members have been en- 

 rolled already this year. At the February 

 meeting, before a very large audience, Mr. 

 W. Messenger, The Gardens, Woolverstone 

 Park, read a thoroughly practical paper upon 

 "Chrysanthemums and their Culture." He 

 said he thought that, even if the day of the 

 large exhibition blooms was on the wane, the 

 popularity of the chrysanthemum for de- 

 corative purposes was still as much alive as 

 ever. That Mr. Messeno-er was a mncitPT' nf 



Warning:lid and District 

 Gardeners' Society. 



At the recent meeting of thie association 

 the president, G. Favork, Esq., occupied the 

 chair. 



A lecture on " Hardy Shrubs was de- 

 livered by Mr. W. A. Cook, F.E.H.S., Leo- 

 nardslee. Mr. Cook, before delivering the 

 lecture, strongly advised young gardeners to 

 interest themselves in this branch of garden- 

 ing, which, year by year, is growing in popu- 

 laritv. Mr. Cook showed that with such a 

 selection of choice shrubs procurable at the 

 present time no part of a garden throughout 

 the year need lack beauty or interest. He 

 enumerated &ome of the choicest kinds of 

 shrubs that are suitable for open, sunny, 

 shady nooks, and dry and moist position:^ 

 He also pointed out that any difficulty wit is 

 the few subjects that will not grow in t]]* 

 ordinary garden soil could be overcome l y 

 forming beds of a suitable rooting mediuni. 



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