Apeii- 20, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE, 



329 



for ffivinff publicity to the fortlicomiu^ 

 pvent But what little information has 

 reached us we have published, ' and in our 

 issue of March 2 we issued a list of the 

 county secretaries, a list supplied at our 

 request and on behalf of a correspondent. It 

 is we understand, to the count}^ secretaries 

 o-ardeners should apply for cheap tickets. 

 You should apply to Mr. W. JefEeries, Ciren- 

 cester who is the county secretary for 

 Gloucestershire; or to Mr. F. W. Cooling, 

 11, Northgate Street, Bath, who is county 



secretary for Somerset. 



EMPLOYMENT AT KEW.— J. C, Slough : 

 Kindly tell me how to proceed for the pur- 

 nose of obtaining employment in the Eoyal 

 Gardens, Kew.— Apply for employment, and 

 address your letter to the Curator, Eoyal 

 Gardens, Kew, Surrey. State age and 

 perience. You will then receive a form to 

 fill up and return, and if everything is satis- 

 factory you will then wait your turn for 



^^£Slio-cattleya whiteleggel- 



M. B., Swanley: Please tell me the parent- 

 age of L.-c. Whiteleggei, or L.-c. G. G. 

 Whiteleggei — L.-c. Whiteleggei was raised 

 by crossing Cattleya Hardyana with L.-c. 

 callistoglossa, and is named after Mr. White- 

 legg who was formerly gardener to Mr. 

 Bradshaw, and is now a nurseryman at 

 Chislehurst. Cattleya Hardyana is a hybrid 

 between C. Dowiana and C. Warscewiczi, and 

 L.-c. callistoglossa is derived from C. 

 Warscewiczi and Lselia purpurata, the latter 



being the seed parent. 



EUST ON PINKS.— S. E. J., Coventry : I 

 have some pinks in pots, and have been grow- 

 ing them in frames; they looked very well 

 until lately, when the leaves became rusted 

 like the enclosed specimens. Please tell me 

 the cause and cure of the trouble.— The 

 disease is due to the presence of the Pink 

 Eust (Puccinia arenariae), which invariably 

 makes itself evident by means of circular 

 clusters of small blackish spots. A moist and 

 close atmospher^e weakens the tissues and 

 encourages the disease, so that opposite con- 



ditions militate against the disease. Your 

 best plan is to frequently sponge the leaves 

 with a rose-red solution of permanganate of 

 potassium. 



SHOET-LIVED DAFFODILS. — S. S., 

 Cambridge : Can you suggest a reason for 

 the especially short daffodil season we are 

 experiencing this year? — Many circumstances 

 have combined to make the daffodil season 

 of 1912 a very short one. The hot summer of 

 1911 ripened leafage and bulbs excessively, 

 and so perhaps there was less substance than 

 usual in the bulbs. Then the ground was 

 dry at planting time in many cases, and so 

 rooting did not immediately commence. A 

 wet, comparatively mild winter induced 

 early growth, and the daffodils were forced 

 into bloom in a mild, early springtime, and 

 as soon as the bulk w^ere in flower the bril- 

 liant sunshine and drying winds quickly took 

 all the brightness out of the flowers, so that 

 individual blooms were not long available for 



exhibition 



well 



purposes, though looking 

 the mass. One large grower and 

 already labelled 1912 as ** a most 

 impossible season for daffodils. 



enough in 

 raiser has 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



W. C, Epsom. — Davallia hirta cristata. 

 J. B., Cirencester. — 1, Odontoglossum cris- 

 pum; 2, a good Cattleya Trianse. 



E. C. W., Woking. — 1, Pieris japonica; 2, 

 Prunus triloba; 3, not recognised; 4, pro- 

 bably an Uvularia. 



S. E. G., Andover. — 1, Erythronium Dens- 

 canis ; 2, Erica mediterranea ; 3, Epieoia 

 chontalensis ; 4, Begonia fuchsioides. 



W. E. H., Kingston Hill.— 1, Spiraea pruni- 

 folia; 2, Pieris japonica; 3, Pyrus mains 

 floribundus ; 4, Berberis Darwini ; 5, poor 

 specimen, probably Epimedium Perralderi- 

 aniim. 



F. W., Oxon.— 1, Triteleia uniflora; 2, 

 Helleborus foetidus; 3, a Fritillaria, possibly 

 F. Meleagris; 4, looks like the root stock of 

 Eodgersia podophylla; 5, not recognised, 

 should have been sent in flower. 



OBITUARY. 



ME. GEOEGE WEEN PIPEE. 



With much regret we have to record the 

 death of this veteran rosarian, which oc- 

 curred at Uckfield on the 9th inst. in his 

 74th vear. For a long period Mr. Piper was 

 a frequent exhibitor of roses at the shows of 

 the National Eose Society, and other of the 

 leading societies. Some years ago he intro- 

 duced to commerce the well-known tea- 

 scented rose Sunrise, and later he distributed 

 the variety known as Peace. Owing to fail- 

 ing health Mr. Piper had lately lived in com- 

 parative retirement at Uckfield, Sussex. He 

 leaves three sons and two daughters, and 

 the business established at Uckfield by him 

 about 1860 will be carried on under the man- 

 agement of Mr. Thomas W. Piper. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



TlTiSDAY, April 23.— Broconshire Daffodil Show. 



WEDNESDAY, April 24.— Royal Botanic Society 

 Meeting:. 



North of Emgland Horticultural Soci-ety, at I>cds. 



THURSDAY. April 25.— Midland Daffodil Show at 

 Birmingham ; two duye. 

 Xtrwich Spring" Show. 

 Falmouth Spring Show; two days. 



TUESDAY, April 30— Royal Horticultural Society; 

 Naroi.s«us Committe^^ meeU at 11. 1)0 a.m.; Fruit, 

 Floral and Orchid Committ^ at 12 o'clock; 

 lywture at 3 p.m. on " Potatooe " by Dr. Red- 

 cliffe Salmon; Sci<?ntific C-ommittw at 4 o'clock. 

 National Auricula and Primula Society's Show at 

 the Royal Horticulturnl Hall, 



WEDNESDAY, May 1.— National Auricula and Pri- 

 mula Society, Midland Section, at Birmingham. 



THURSDAY^ >Iay 2. Linnean Society Meeting. 

 Manchester and North of England Orchid Society. 



SATURDAY. May 4.— French HorticuHural Society 

 of London. 



North of England Horticultural Society; Confer- 

 ence on " Horticulture in Secondary Sehoole and 

 Farm Inetitutee,'* at Newcastle. 



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