March 23, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



247 



tin, Esq. (gardener, Mr. F, C. Eiddle), Eil- 

 lington) ; to Carnation Lady Nortlicliffe, 

 from Mr. C. Engelmann. 



Second-Class Diploma. — To Dendrobium 

 nobile Thwaites var., from J. Hartley, Esq., 

 Morley (gardener, Mr. Wm. Coupe) ; to Den- 

 drobium Cliessingtonense, from J. Hartley, 

 Esq., Morley; to Amaryllises Pink Perfec- 

 tion and Euby Qneen, from Messrs. E. P. 

 Iver and Son. 



Croydon Gardeners' Society. 



" The Culture of the Grape Vine under 

 Glass" was the title of the lecture given to 

 the members of this society at the Sunflower 

 Temperance Hotel, George Street, llie lec- 

 turer, Mr. W. Eawlings, Heathfield Gardens, 

 Addington, is an active member of the so- 

 ciety, and in this his initial attempt at lec- 

 turing he entertained a good audience. 



To grow grapes well and to advise the 

 proper treatment requires several years of 

 careful study, and Mr. Eawlings, altliough 

 only a young man, appears to have devoted 

 very close attention to this phase of garden- 

 ing. Permeating his whole discourse were 

 the many details so necessary for successful 

 culture, and entering into these details so 

 lucidly his lecture was exceedingly instruc- 

 tive to those who h^ve not had much experi- 

 ence in growing grapes, at tlie same time 

 appealing to those who are acquainted with 

 their culture. 



A pleasing collection of miscellaneous 

 plants, including azaleas, deutzias, acers, 

 etc., was staged by Mr. T. Butelier. From 

 Coombe House Gardens Mr. Mills brought 

 two exceedingly well flowered pans of Saxi- 

 fraga oppositifolia alba and S. Burseriana 

 grandifiora. Mr. W. Paullev was in evi- 

 dence with a dish each of Catillac pears and 

 Sturmer Pippin apples, and Mr. F. W. Moore 

 put up three dishes -of young carrots. Tliese 

 exhibits were a great attraction, and the ex- 

 hibitors were the recipients of warmest praise 

 for their efforts in making the meeting a 

 siicce.-sful one. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



MAECH 19, 1912. 



CERTIFICATE AXD AWAEDS. 



First Class Certificate —To Odontoglcs- 

 sum crispum Samuel Gratrix, from S. Gra- 

 trix, Esq., Manchester. 



Award of Merit.— To Cattleva Dirce Wes- 

 tonbirt variety, from Lieut. -Colonel Sir 

 Wge Holford, Westonbirt, Gloucester; to 

 Udontoglossum Queen of Gatton, from Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Eei- 

 gate; to Amaryllis Eose du Baxri and 

 Jliisigny, from Lord Eothschild, Tring Park 

 vf''^' ^.^.^'^^^Tlopsis Veitchi, from the Hon! 

 vicary Gnbbe, Aldenham House, Elstree; to 



Mt'^''T*''^T ^.^.^^^'P^^^ ""'^^ Eubalite, from 

 Vn • Miison, Shorel, Bridgwater; to 



^arci^sus Helios, from Messrs. Walter T 



nulTlf'' .1^*"- Inglescombe, Bath; to Pri- 

 mula Knuthiana and Prunus Pissardi Moseri 



Chekea T ^^^^ ^^itch and Sons, 



frTm at' Donglasi Fletcheriana, 



O H ^ Fletcher Brother.., Ottershaw ; 



^^ailace, Eaton Bray, Dunsta})le. 



mi:dals. 



nxlut~}'' J'-i^. Veiirh and 



i'ug lh%^' gr^^enhouse plants and 



Son^Cov?V' ,?^^-'^-To Mes.r.. Barr 



^nv^ CU^ daffodils. 

 ^Vil on eS l^^,^^'ksian.-To Mr. 

 J- HiH a>^^^^c^^^^^ for daffodils; to Messrs. 



Silver ri ^^'^'Jo^^ carnations, 

 ^^^ns St \u Messrs. Sander and 



^o^^ orchid?, r f^o<^dson, Esq., Putney, 



Syw^rd^ (^^^il^^sworth and 



Mossrs.T n ^""'^ orchids; to 



^^^ip«andd.ffA^M ^' ^^""^ Wis1>ech, for 



I'rich-Hr l • \ ^""^ daffodils ' 



' *^>r Howerrng shrubs 



Sons, 

 flower- 



and 



A. M. 



to 

 to Mr 



Mr. 

 L. 



M. 

 E. 



Silver Kniglitian, — To Messre. Sutton and 

 Sons, Eeading, for vegetablets and ealading. 



Silver Banksian.— To Sir D. Gooch, 

 Chelmsford, for apples; to Mr. Weinholdt, 

 Ehodes Fruit Farms, S. Africa, for apples; 

 to Messrs. Dianellon and Vergopoulos, 

 Cyprus, for oranges; to Messrs. Stuart Low 

 and Co., Enfield, for orchldcs; to Messrs. J. 

 and A. McBean, Cooksbridge; for orchids; 

 to Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, for 

 orchids; and to G. H. Smith, Esq., Finch- 

 ley, for orchids; to Mr. H. Burnett, for car- 

 nations; to Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, for 

 pelargoniums; to Messrs. Gill and Son, for 

 rhododendrons; to Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., for carnations, etc; to Messrs. H. B. 

 May and Sons, for ferns; to Miss Ough, for 

 floral paintings. 



Bronze Flora. — To Mr. Box, for hardy 

 plants. 



Bronze Banksian. — To Mrs. Charrington, 

 for cyclamen ; to Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, 

 for rock garden; to Lady Holland, for 

 amaryllis; to Mr. Eeuthe, for hardy plants; 

 to Messrs. Lane, for rock work; and to 

 Messrs. E. and G. Cuthbert, for azaleas. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS 



TAKEN IN THE UOYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLEY, SURREY. 



Height above Sea-level, 150 feet. 



Date, 



Sunshine. 



Temperature of the 



Air. 



1912. 

 March 10 



TO 



March 16. 



At 9 a.m. 





Night 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



Hiirh- 

 efct. 



Low- 

 est. 



Mar. 10— Sunday 



„ la— Tuesday 

 ,» 1 3 -Wednesday.. 

 „ 14) -Thursday.... 



16— Saturday 



hr, m. 

 I 54 



1 54, 



0 12 



2 0 



1 30 

 5 42 



deg. 



42 

 39 

 48 

 49 

 48 

 41 



desr. 

 43 

 4J 



39 



47 

 4^ 



47 



3S 



54 

 51 

 48 



52 



57 

 49 

 48 



deg. 

 42 

 38 



38 

 48 



47 



33 



Means 



(total) 

 13 12 



44 



43 



51 



40 



Date. 



1912. 



March 10 



TO 



March 16. 



< 



Temperatitre of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 a m. 



Mar. 10— Sunday 



11— Monday 



12 Tuesday 



13— Wednesday.. 



14— Thursday..,. 



15 — Friday 



16 Saturday .... 



» » 



ft 



» 

 1 1 



Men na 











At 



At 



At 





1 ft. 



2 ft. 



4 ft. 





deep. 



deep. 



deep. 



ins. 



cleg. 



deg. 







deg. 



0-01 



4i 



44 



■15 





45 



44 



45 



'J-07 



45 



44 



45 



trace 



■j5 



45 



46 



O'Ol 



47 



45 



4f> 



0-06 



48 



46 



46 



0 08 



44 



46 



46 



(total) 









1 0-23 



45 



45 



45 



^1 



^ § < 



^ g K 



o as 



I-:; ph 



deg. 

 31 

 28 

 37 

 37 



41: 



39 

 24 



34 



COMING EVENTS. 



''■MMi'tli V\<\<>' Sh(.\v, July ;i. 



M ■('ilriiu! mat ion and l'ir<.itre >hiiw. July 111 and 



AllLMtht I. 



t r.'U'j-v-iiLin. U>)rtivii]tii!':il '*'ofi:*tv. Jiilv 17 in the 

 Town H:i!i. LlriiiJuiiiin. 



Chislelmrst H<'rt icuitur:) i Sir t ry : >]irin;j- FL^wrr 

 ^Iio«- Aiiril::{]; Sunmior Show, .I'.ily at Ki fiin;*] 

 A\'::rrcn. 



AVtvt IJirniin"-ham Horticultural i-it tv. Aiiiru^t 24, 



LiLihtwood.'^ Park. 

 Sovcno.ikrt Hortionltural Soi-ii tv. Jiilv ]C in KnowU* 



Park and Oruvloiis. 

 Dnndeo FloraJ Fero. St'iitLMnlii-r ~>. (i. ciii^l 7. on ^|;i«r- 



<lalen G roen I JiiiiJt'o. 



* 



Le.aniini,'ton ;nu! Coinity Fhiwi r Sii^w. .1 uly -21 \ 



1.'). :ii Viotorin IViik. 

 Xntionnl ('ambition nnd V'u ^ - , -f iiiy 2^, 



lloyai Hniti(uItiira-[ lini:, 



Lflirsti-r K^nvrr Show . \uiri;.-T t: n :i ; 7 i:i tIh' Ah' - V 



Park. 



Hawick il< rticu'.tm ai Soi 't'ty ; ^nimiirr ^ )u>\\\ 

 Aiii^-iKvt -^4 ; Chrwaiithcinuui ^ hnw. .N iv.Miihr r 

 and 2;h 



Torinhv llortiriilti.rnl So<'!('tv "^11111 i " Imw, .1 uly 



» " . ■ 



!i : Aiitiunri >]iow_ Novoiiinor 

 Woyhridi^-t' Moi-ti;-ult"iiral Sori^'ty. July in the Old 



I'ahu'i* (ialMh'iii-. 



liirntinirham Hortioiiltural >ociity. .luiy 19 and '2Q. 

 in H a Tu Is w o rt h Pa r k . 



ANSWERS TO 



CORRESPONDEISTTS, 



Editorial Communications should be addressed to the 

 Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, 148 and 149, 

 Aldersgate street, E.C. 



Secretaries of horticultural eoeieties are invited to 

 send early notification of forthcoming exhibitions 

 and meetingvs. and are requested to advise us con- 

 cerning changes of dates. 



t^pecimenis of plants, flowers, and fruits for naming 

 or opinion should be sent to the Editor of the 

 Gardeners' Magazine, '* Endeleigh," Prior Park, 

 Kew, Surrey, and as early in the week as possible. 

 A..1 ])arcel6 must be tutticientJy j)rei^>aid. 



LABGE-FLOWERED VIOLAS.— M. S., 

 Saxmuudham : Plea.s<^ give me the names and 

 descriptions of a few very large-flowered 

 violas as I wish to grow some for exhibition. 

 —A few very large- flowered, varieties are 

 Kate Blythe, white, edged pale blue; Lizzie 

 Wallace, heliotrope self; "Maggie Melvillj, 

 violet and purple; Duchess of Norfolk, 

 creamy-white; Mary Burnie, primrose and 

 heliotrope; Andrew H. Fisher, purple and 

 rose; General Baden Powell, orange; Mag- 

 gie Chinas, primrose self; Mrs. Chichester, 

 white and mauve; Willie Far/inM\ white, 

 edged purple; Bessie Murray, wliilv and 

 Ijlue ; White Knight, 

 Loekwood, yellow. 



WOODLICE IN" 

 Hibernia writes : In 



wliit 



c ; and William 



GREENHOUSES, 

 further rer)lv to 



reply 



A. J. B.," Cardiff, I would advise vour cor- 

 respondent to obtain a number of toads, and 

 ])lace them in his greenhouses, and he will 

 soon find the number of woodlice diminish. 

 It is interesting to watch the toads pick up 



the woodlice with their tongues with light- 

 ning speed, 



GLOBIOSA SUPERBA. — D. H. W., 

 Wales : Kindly give mo a few particulars con- 

 cerning the cultivation of Gloriosa superba. 

 — Start the tubers in comparatively small 

 IX) tp; in a temperature of 55 to 65 degrees, 

 placing the tuliers crown end upwards. When 

 8ome progress has been made and more room 

 ic5 necessary for the root^s, place several of 

 the plants in a large pot to form a specimen. 

 Use a compost of two parts good turfy loam, 

 and one part each of peat, leaf-soil, and dried 

 cow manure, adding sand liberally to keep 

 the whole porous. Water sparingly for a 

 little while after each potting. Train the 

 growths to a trellis^, and, later on, train 

 them round the balloon trellis if for show 

 purpose*. When the large ]yot is fairly well 

 tilled with roots, give liquid cow manure 

 twice weekly. An intermediate house or 

 warm greenhouse will t^uffice when the plants 

 are coming into bloom. Carefully reduce 



after flowering is Over, 

 soil and tubers dry 



the water supply 

 eventually keeping 

 throughout the winter. 



APRICOT 



MOORPARK 



All)ans : Was tht 

 in this country, or was 



L. P., 



Mo(>r])ark apricot 



it iiitnidm rd - 



St. 

 raised 

 -Ac- 



cording to the late Dr. Hogg, " th^ MooriKirk 

 apricot is said by some to have hccu intro- 

 duced by Lord Ansr>n from tho Continent, 

 and planted at Moorpark. near Watford, in 

 Hertfordshire. By others its introduction is 

 ascribed to Sir Thomas More, who, in the 

 l>eginning of the last [ISth] century, is a]*o 

 >aid to liave ])lar,tcd it at Monrjiark; and a 



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rayms ^ 



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Use'only the reliaWe testtd ^^„n QJ^|(§'' 



\\hi<. h have wi n 20 

 Ccia Silvtr MeJals, 

 n;any in open coinpeti- 

 ti- n with other makes. 

 The machine illustrated 

 is the Four Oalcs Gold 

 Medal Knapsack Spray- 

 er, 45/-* No rubber 

 \alves. Compltte Cata- 

 logue of Spraying: and 

 Limewashing Machines 

 find Svriniies of every descripti<Hi free on application to 

 the Sole Sfanufacturers-THE FOUR OAKS SPRAYING 

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