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March 23, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



231 



e>peciaily in the fruit growing <li.stricts <>f 

 Ontario and Quebec, where it forms a i^se- 

 ful adjunct to fruit growing. 



The 



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Horticul 



tural Society, which celebrates its 

 jubilee this year, has lately issued its prize 

 .schedule for the several shows arranged to 

 l)e held. First and foremost is the rose 

 show, to be held jointly by the National 

 Rose Society and this Society on June 26. 

 The ]>rizes are numerous, and arranged to 

 suit all classes of growers. This also applies 

 to the prize list for the Jubilee Show, to 

 be held on July 16 and 17, comprising 36 

 classes for carnations, 12 for sweet peas, 

 and over 60 for miscellaneous plants, cut 

 flowers, fruity and vegetables, in addition 

 to provision for cottagers and juveniles. 

 The autumn show schedule includes the 

 usual classes for chrysanthemums and fruit. 



A Co-operative Kitchen Gar- 

 den.— In the development of the St. 

 (George's Hill estate, near AVeybridge, for 

 Iniilding purposes, it is intended to proceed 

 on wholly new lines in making provision 

 for the supply of the prospective residents 

 with fruits and vegetables. The houses 

 to be built will chiefly be of large size, rang- 

 ing in cost from £2,000 to £10,000 each; 

 and it is desired to avoid breaking up the 

 areas of woodland for the purpose of pro- 

 viding space for kitchen gardens in con- 

 nection with the residences. It is therefore 

 proposed to establish a large kitchen gar- 

 den, fully equipped with plant and fruit 

 houses, and an extensive orchard. The 

 garden will be in telephonic communication 

 with the houses on the estate, and the pro- 

 duce will be supplied at market prices. 



Garden Plots for Scholars.— 



Many of the schools in the populous 

 parts of London have plants in pots and 

 window lx)xes, and thus have enabled the 

 scholars to obtain some knowledge of 

 ardening^ but an addition to this training 

 an experiment of much interest is about to 

 be made at Canning Town, The vicar 

 of the parish has secured a piece of 

 land that has been laying idle during the 

 past twelve years to be chiefly used as 

 allotments for the working men of the 

 neighbourhood. Part of this land will be 

 devoted to the provision of gardens for 

 children, and about sixty scholars attending 

 the schools in the neighbourhood will be 

 provided with plots. The land is now b(^ing 

 prepared, and the children are anticipating 

 ^v|th much interest the time when they 

 will have gardens of their own. 



Antidote for Rhus Poison. 



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cull the following from our American 

 contemporary, The Weekly Florists^ Re- 

 view " : E. O. Orpet, of Lake Forest, III., 

 speak.ng of ivy poisoning, says that last 

 summer, when Rhus toxicodendron was just 

 budding forth wdth blood-red shoots four 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



In spite of unpleasant weather and the dis- 

 location of train services owin^ to the coal 

 strike, there Avas a first-rate exhibition at 

 the Eoyal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, 

 on Tuesday, March 19. Daffodils and early 

 spring flowers were in great force, and 

 flowermg shrubs were especially good. 

 Orchids again proved a great attraction, and 

 carnations were much in evidence. Tlie at- 

 tendance was again very large. 



FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 



Rose 

 H.T 



Queen, a finely-shaped, fragrant 

 variety, with rich silvery-rose colour- 

 \^}g^ gained an A.M., as shown by Mr. W. 

 E. Wallace, Eaton Bray, Dunstable. Mr. 



usual, an exliibitor of very fine perpetual 

 carnations, and staged grand bunches of 

 Mrs. Tatton, Mrs. H. Burnett, E. F. Felton, 

 Mandarin, Marmion, Carola, and Mrs. C. F. 

 Eaphael. Messrs. W. Wells ^nd Co., Mers- 

 tham, had Scarlet Glow and White Wonder 

 carnations in good form in their exhibit. 

 Mcissrs. Allwood Brothers, Haywards Heath, 

 disposed good blooms of carnations in attrac- 

 tive fancy vases and bowls, thus demon- 

 strating once more the decorative value of 

 the flowers. Messrs. Young and Co., 

 Hatherley, presented fine vases of Cliel- 

 tonian. Mikado, Lady Neeld, Winsor, En- 

 cliantretss, Eose Enchantress, Britannia, and 

 Afterglow perpetual carnations. An inter- 

 esting exhi])it from Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., Enfield, included camellias, cyclamen, 

 acacias, and a selection of perpetual carna- 

 tions. 



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ODOXTOGLOSSUM QUEEN OF GATTOX. 



men \yere employed to root it up, for un- Flowers yellow, heavily marked with brown. A.M., E.H.S., :\larL'k lU, Sir Jvremiah 



Colman, Bart., Gatton Park. Eeigate. 



^ -.-^^ ^^^^ ^i^j^ ^yj^ till- 



less given something to climb upon, it he- 

 comes a pestiferous ground weed. Tliese 



all 



were seemingly immune until hot 

 ^\»':>tli(.r. but when perspiration was free 

 were badly affected. The face sw«>lls 

 sucli an extent that the sufferer can 

 !^eareely .see, and other portions of the Ixxly 

 are als„ affec^ted. Onr physician recom- 

 mended as a remedy tincture of Sangu naria 

 ^^nnadensis, applied with a soft cloth, 

 •^-afii man ^as cured in four davs bv the 

 >ise of tins simple remedy. The blordroot 

 ^ rows plent:fully here with the rln.s ,n 

 • ..Uar situations, and a pint of the tinc- 



e L ^ff^'^t- « ^"'■^ of n serious 



ex-tract -.fp"'"'! 1?^ recommend the fluid 

 olon f ^^'ir^^^^^ ™'5"sta for cases of 



r ""s of the two species. 



G. Prince, Longworth, exhibited roses, and 

 made a very pretty show of the lovely For- 

 tune's Yellow. The roses from Messrs. G. 

 Mouiif and Sous, Canterbnrv. consist-cd 

 ahno.-,t i'utirely of the varieties Lady Hill- 

 ing-don and Mrs. G. Shawyer, both being- 

 shown in fine condition. 



Greenhouse plants in great variety from 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. Chelsea, com- 

 prised gorgeous amaryllis, a splendid tstrain 

 of Primula obconica. Azalea amoeiia Hexa, 

 oreenliouse rhododendrons, and Amphicome 

 Emodi . In another group the firm had 

 a splendid lot of lilacs in pot^, Indian 

 n zaleas, the new double Prunus Pivssardi 

 Moseri fl.-pl. (A.M.). a lovely flowering 

 shrub; and Primula Knufhiana (A.M.), with 

 rosy lilac flowers. The same firm had al60 a 

 splendid bank of cyclamens. 



Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, was, as 



A finv fine liippeastrums (amaryllis) were 

 -t;to(Ml hy Mr. Dye, gardener to Lord Poth- 

 scliild, Triiin^ Park, and two of tlieso — Rose 

 du Barri, deep -a!in<m vo>i\ and Musigny, 

 deep crimson— each gained an A.M. The 

 green- tbnvoixd >hin)). Corvlopnis Yeitchi 

 (A.-AL). wns exhibited hy Mr. E. Beckett. 

 y.^LlL. gardenvM; to tlic Hon. Yicary Gi^tJis. 

 A hlt'.3li:nn ll(>ii>^t\ I^Istrce. ^fr. (foldston. 

 gardenL'i to Ladv ^Marv Holland, Easton 

 Place. London, S.W., i-^iibmitted a few well- 

 grown aniarylliis, chiefly orange and white 

 varieties. 



Flowering shrubs from Mr. L, K. Euj^elL 

 Richmond, made a brave sliow. the mollis 

 a zaleas , lilacs , f o r> v t h i a s , I a I > n r u u m s . etc.. 

 beinsr maririned bv Primula obconica and 

 Francisea flm-ibunda — the latter a fine plant. 

 Messrs. R. and G. Cuthbert, Southg-ate, 

 showed Ghent and mollis azalear-. li'acs, 



