March 9, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



191 



cent years. 

 the lion, secretary, 

 I'lvsses. Fortune Green 



Schedules may l>e obtained of 



Mr. E. 



F. Hawes, 



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British Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion. — The first dinner of this association 

 will l>e held at the Holborn Restaurant on 

 Tliursday next, March 14. The Earl of 

 Plymouth will preside, and in the course 

 of the after-dinner proceedings, a 

 medal and address will he presented to 



J. Weathers, the retiring general 



secretary^ and the gold medals and 

 diplomas awarded to the successful candi- 

 dates at the first examination w^ill be pi'e- 

 sente<:l to them. The dinner will commence 

 at 6.30 p.m., and applications for tickets, 

 4s. 6d. each, should be made to Mr. A. E. 

 Cresswell, 44, Albert Road^ Leyton. 



Mr. 



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Pope 



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ist, of Messrs. Thomas S. Ware, Lim., has 

 so long been associated with, tuberous be- 

 gonias, and has done such splendid work 

 ill their improvement, that his manj' 

 friends will regret to learn that he has 

 found it necessary to retire from business 

 life. For upwards of half a century Mr. 

 Pope has made the raising and cultivation 

 of begonias his chief study, and his latest 

 achievement, the beautiful double variety, 

 Lady Cromer, may be mentioned as a proof 

 of his success in the creation of new forms 



these 



He commenced 



his career in the nurseries of Messrs. Lu- 

 coml>e, Pince, and Co., Exeter, and for 

 sevei al years was with Messrs. John Laing 

 and Co., Forest Hill. In 1890 his services 

 were secured by Messrs. Thomas S. Ware, 

 Lim., in whose emiiloynient he has been 

 iluring the past twenty-one years as 

 begonia specialist at their Bexley Heath 

 nursery. To his success in this posi- 

 tion the fine collections of begonias exhi- 

 bited by the firm at the Temple and other 

 shows have amply testified. Latterly Mr. 

 Pope has been in indifferent health, 

 and, acting under medical advice, he 

 IS retiring to Torquay, his native place. 

 As a mark of the esteem in which Mr, Pope 

 is held by the firm and their employees, 

 he was last week presented with a hand- 

 some marble clock bearino; a suitable in- 

 script ion. The presentation w^as made by 

 ^fr. W. G. Valentine, the managing direc- 

 tor of the firm, and in a few w^ell-chosen 



and 



pressed 



ed 



*>y all. We learn with pleasure that Messrs. 

 \Vare have recognised the splendid ser- 

 vices of Mr. Pope by granting him a pen- 

 '^on for the remainder of his life. Mr. 

 ^ope is succeeded by his son-in-law^, Mr. R. 

 l^astui. who has l>een trained by him, and 

 ^•'r siuuo time has h(^cn h:s rin;ht-band man. 

 -ur. RiKstiji has indeed achieved so much 

 MKxess in connection with begonias that 

 t lere is full justification for anticipatin 

 that the fame of the firm in connection with 

 tliese flowers will be fully maintained, if 

 not greatly enhanced. 



The 



'^^*>'""ary in the North.^ 



^jeather during February, writes our 

 11 .,^^^^Pondent, has been un- 

 "^ually mild for the season of the year, 

 ^ne amount of rain and melted snow has 

 ^een about 2J inches, falling in measur- 

 ^oie quantity on nine days, and distributed 



iJri'^xf^^'^'^y ^^^^ i^onth from the 



Jst to the 29th. What fell during the fir ' 

 ^ <lay^ of the month was in the for 



ram 



After that we had only 

 <loL'"'l.^^^^""^ continued white for seven 



hn^^,^ keen on the 4th, 



ut otiu^rwise it was not strong. February, 



fro^f ' ^ ^'^^^^^ greatest 



»ost^ are apt to occur, but during the last 



three weeks of tlie month the temperature 

 was very mild and springlike. The absence 

 of persistant or hard fimt has allowed the 

 husbandman to proceed with his work. 



No Salisbury Show in 1912.-^The 



Wilts Horticultural Society has decided to 

 suspend operations for the present year 

 owing to lack of support. An attempt was 

 made to arouse public interest in the 

 society's work^ but without success. Lord 

 Pembroke^ wno presided at the meeting 

 held to consider wavs and 



H.— Anthropology, Professor G. Elliot 

 i^mith. M.D., F.R.S. ; I.— Physiologv, L. 

 Hill, M.B., F.R.S. ; K.— Botany, Professor 

 F. Keeble, Sc.D. ; L. — Educ^ition, Professor 

 J. Adams, M.A. ; M. — Agriculture, T. H. 

 Middleton, M.A. It will be seen from the 

 list of sectional presidents that this year 

 there will for the first time be an agricul- 

 tural .section at the forthcoming meeting. 



National 



mum 



ways ana means, con- 

 sidered suspension better than dissolution, 

 and promised that if in the future it was 

 decided to revive the society and sliow he 

 would give all the assistance in his power. 



Society. — ^The s<*hedu]e of prizes oflFered 

 by this society is before us, and w^e are 

 reminded that the exhibitions will be held 

 on October 2 and 3 and (k^tober 29, 30, and 

 31 at the Crystal Palace, and on Novem- 

 ber 20 at Essex Hall. Sii:ind. Some of 



CORYLOPSIS IMULTIFLORUS. 



\n ele^-ant hardy shrub, bearing racemes of pale green flowers. A.M., R.H.S.. March 5, 



Miss Willniott, Great Warley (gardener, Mr. C. R Fielder). 



British Association. The annual 



meeting of this body will be held at Dun- 

 dee, beginning on \Vednesday, September 

 4. The president-elect is Professor E. A. 

 Schafer, LL.D., DjSc., M,D., F.R.S., and 

 the Sectional Presidents are: A.— Mathe- 

 matical and Physical Science, Professor H. 

 L. 



Callendar, LL.D., F.R.S.; B.— Cliemis- 

 m try, ProfessoV A. Senior, M.D., Ph.D.; C. 



Geology, B. N. Peach, LL.D., F.R.S.; 

 —Zoology, P. Chalmers Mitchell, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S. ; E. ' 



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the class specifications have been made 

 easier, and there is an intimation that 

 prizes for the best see<lling plant of ane- 

 mone, anemone pompon, and pompon chry- 

 santhemums will bo awarded in 1913; ex- 

 hibits for tbis competition must be staged 

 befoi-o tlu^ sm-iety's Floral Committee in 

 1918. Following thv plan that has prove<l 

 so siHi t^sst u! in coniHM tion with otlier .so- 



Thc N.C'.S. will issui^ the ''Trans- 



t)it^ ^ocit^iv in Mav. New 



oi 



K.C.M.G., C.B., R.E.; 



Geogr 



F. 



Economic 



cietH'-^, 

 action^ 



members joiiiing now will hh-(mvc a <<>py of 

 '^The Culture and KxbilHtion of Large 



Scien 

 G. 



] Sir H. H. Cunynghame, K.C.B. ; 



ofessor A. Barr, D.Sc. 



Oirysantheniiuns, 

 literature of the year. 



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