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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Mat 18, 1912. 



loss was inflicted upon the owners of w^orn- 

 out orchards, for the result was a 

 revolution in apple culture, which greatly 

 improved the quality, and enormously m- 

 creased the quantity, to the gain of the 

 community. So far, the general aspect of 

 international exhibitions has had reference 

 made to it, and it has been briefly shown 

 that while they may have a disturbing 

 effect upon some industries and individuals, 

 their influence in relation to the community 

 at large Is highly beneficial. If this be 

 true of international exhibitions of a 

 general character, and we have no doubt 

 upon the point, it is doiddy so in the case 

 of those wholly devoted to the products of 

 the garden, orchard, nursery, and market 

 establishment. International horticultural 

 exhibitions have but little disturbiug in- 

 fluence, directly or indirectly, upon tlie m- 

 dustries imnv^diately associated with hor- 

 ticulture, but they have a highly stimula- 

 tive effect upon horticidturists in their de- 

 siro t I brcomr fully acquaintetl with all that 

 is 1h'>i in the art in whicli tln'V are en- 



considerable importance, and during the 

 next twenty years many hundreds were 

 formed, that did, and a^ large proportion 

 are still doing, excellent w^ork. On the 

 Continent, where many international 

 gatherings have taken place during the 

 past thirty or more years, their utility is 

 fully acknowledged. It would be of in- 

 terest to give the views that have been 

 expressed by some of the leading authori- 

 ties on the Continent on this point, but it 

 must for the present suffice to say that they 

 are in full accord with our own. 



Directors of the Royal Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exiiibi- 



tion.— In tlu' present issue we have the 

 pleasure of giving a page illustration con- 

 taining the portraits of the directors of 

 the Royal International Horticultural 

 Exhibition. We regret that the whole of 

 the members of the executive were lunble 



i\ niTMi brother- 



- ^ — — - — a 



g;i»;ed. They also enforce the fj;re;»t h-sson 



wiTh singular powM' that tin' gardening 

 eomnuuiitv does not belon*:; \n nnv nation 



■ — 



or people, but tnrnts 

 hood undividtnl by any boundarv of sea 

 or laiul, and imbued with one de.>iri\ and 

 that to increase the beauty and tlie ])ro- 

 ductiveness of the world at large. In 

 visiting an exhibition that is international 



to he present when we had the ])h[)togra})h 

 taken, and we have, as far as j^iaefeable, 

 given separate portraits of those mtMnbers 

 who weie unavoidablv absent. The ma- 



* ' 



jnritv of the directors ai'e so well known to 

 our readers that there is no occasion to 

 make sjXK-ial reference to them or their 

 work in the s^^veral de]:)artments of horti- 

 <'ulture in which tliey aie engaged. 



Higrh Temperature on May 



11. — ^The temperature in the Meti opolis on 

 Saturday, the Hth inst., was 16 degrees 



m its scope and purpose, we meet men ^^^^ ^j^^ average, the reading at South 

 from countries different to otu* own, but Kensington beinff 79 decrees. but 



^^^b ^ 1 — ' ^^^^ ^ I 



povssessing precisely the same sympathies as 

 ourselves, taking much the snnie interest 

 in the various classes of plants as \\v do, 

 and equally I'cady to give, ami ()i)tain, in- 

 f(U-mation on the questintis that an^ e(ni- 

 tinually arising, and ])erph'xing even those 

 with long experience. These (*xhil>itions 

 possess a high degtee of utility, from an 

 e<lncational standpoint, and every gar- 

 dener, whatever may be his ]>resent posi- 

 tion, should take advanta^ie ot the oppor- 

 tunities he may have tor visiting them, 

 and certainly those who are engaged in 

 Cfimmercial horticultuie should not fail to 

 visit such exhibitions, and learn some at 

 least of the many object-lessons that are 

 so attractively presented to tUo notice of 

 visitors. The ordinary flow er show must be 

 of a very commonplace character if it does 

 not afford some lasson worth learning, but 

 a great international gathering such as 

 that at Chelsea, will afford a splen- 

 did opportunity for becoming acquainted 

 wnth all the most recent intr{!ductions of 

 special merit, and of seeing them at their 

 best; and also of obtaining information 

 of value relating to cultural practice, and 

 the best methods of presenting plants, 

 fruits, flowers, and vegetables to public 

 notice. At Chelsea tliere will also be an 

 excellent opportunity tnr the study of de- 

 sign in rock and water gar(Uuis, for the 

 work now in progress suggests that these 

 will be of quite exceptional excellence, if 

 not surpassing all previous efforts at 

 public exhibitions. But one international 

 horticulticultural exhibition has been held 

 in this country, and that nearly half a 

 century ago, therefore it is not easy to 

 give proofs of the value of exhibitons at 

 which the competition is open to the whole 

 world, that have been obtained from ex- 

 perience gained at home. Proofs, however, 

 are not wholly wanting, for it not only 

 had an enormous influence for good upon 

 horticulture generally, but it stimulated 

 in a remarkable degree the formation of 

 societies in the provinces for the encour- 

 agement of the gardening art. In 18(56, 

 the vear of the exhibition, there were com- 



being 



degrees, 



but 



an equally high temperature has been 

 registered at the London stations dur- 

 ing May in seA cral recent years. At 

 Margate, Nottingham, and Oxford the 

 nniximum temperature was 77 degrees, and 

 at Yarmouth the thermometer in the shade 

 rose to 81 <h*grees. Tlie lattei* was the 

 highest tempeiature in May that has been 

 registered the [)ast forty years. On the 

 following day some h'gh temperatures were 

 recorded in the South of Europe, the ther- 

 mometer reading 95 degrees at two or three 



stations. 



Royal lnternationa.1 Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition Conferences.— 



Two important conference w:ll be held dur- 

 ing the International Exhibition at Chel- 

 sea on subjects connected with horticul- 

 ture. Both will l>e. presided over by the 

 Rt. Hon. A. H. Dyke-Acland^ chairman of 

 the Science and Education Committee, and 

 will be held in the Recreation Hall of the 

 Chelsea Royal Hospital. Admission is free 



Agriculture, on The Aim of Legislation 

 in Great Britain''; H. Maxwell Lefrov 

 Esq., M.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S., Imperial Ento- 

 mologist for India, on " Leg'slation in Con- 

 nection with Insect Pests'' Mr. H. J. Giis- 

 sow, F.R.M.S., Botanist to the Canadian 

 Government, on ''Legislation in Connec- 

 tion with Fungoid Diseases " ; and A. W. 

 Sutton, Esq., V.M.H., of Reading, on Im- 

 port Dues and Regulations.'' Reports are 

 being prepared by the S-cience and Educa- 

 tion Committee on the present condition of 

 both horticidtural education and legislation 

 against plant pests, and will be printed with 

 the papers and discussion. 



Chestnut Sunda.y at Hampton 



Court.— For a very long number of years 

 it has been the custom for the residents in 

 and around London to visit Bushey Park, 

 which forms so important a part of the 

 Hampton Court domain for th^ purpose of 

 enjoying the charm of the famous avenue 

 of chestnuts when the trees are in bloom. 

 By large numbers the visit is made on 

 a Sunday, and by common consent the third 

 Sunday in May is regarded as ''Chestnut 

 Sunday/" for in the majority of seasons the 

 trees are then at their best. This year, 

 owing to the mild weather that has been 

 experienr^ed since early in the year, the 

 trees are about ten days earlier in flowering 

 than usual, and accordingly the second, in- 

 stead of the third, Sunday was adopted 

 as Chestnut Sunday. The trees are bloom- 

 ing witli exceptional profusion this \e\u\ 

 and, notwithstanding the drouglit, the 

 flower spikes have attained to a high state 

 of development. The people, both on the 

 Saturday and Sunday, went to Bushey 

 Pai-k, in tens of thousands, by train, electric 

 trams, motors, motor-omnibuses, taxi-calis. 

 and other conveyances. It is conjecture<:l 

 that both on Saturday and Sunday tliere 

 v,eve thousands of con^'eyances at iHampton 

 Court, and as a large^ proportion of the 

 vis-tors, after enjoying the great l>eauty ot 



strolled through the Palace 

 o:ardens, the glorious display of Darwin 

 and other INfav-flowering tulips wore not 

 wanting admirers. The avenue was phuuiecl 

 by Sir Cliristopher Wren for Wilham 111- 



of 1G99, and planted lat^ 

 in the following autumn, and consists ot 

 one row of cliestnuts and four rows of hmes 

 on either side. The length of the aveftue is 

 a few yards over one mile. 



the avenue 



in the summei 



and all interested in the subjects are cor- 'the ^^^^J^ 



dially invite<l to attend. Those attending ^" 

 the exhibit i(m may enter the conference 

 hall from the exhibition grounds (gaining 

 re-admittance to the exhibition by the same 

 means). Those not attendiiig tlie exhibi- 

 tion may enter the conference room from 

 the Royal iHospital entrance. The first con- 

 ference will be on Thursday, the 23r<l 

 inst., at 2 p.m., the subject being '^iHorti- 

 cultural Education,'' speakers : Prof. L. 

 iH. Bailey^ Cornell T'niversity^ U.S.A., on 

 Horticultural Education in America " ; 

 Herr K. AVeinhausen, of Berlin, on ^' Horti- 

 cultural Education in Cermany " ; W. 

 Hales, Esq., of Chelsea Physic (larth-n, on 

 The Education of a (iardener " ; and Prof. 

 A. Buyssens, of the School of Horticulture, 

 Vilvorde, Belgium, on " Hort 'cultural 

 Education in Belgium.'' The second con- 

 ference is arranged for Friday, the 2-lth 

 inst., at 9.30 a.m.. on ''Legislation in 

 Connection with Plant Diseases and Pests." 



Horticultural Education- The 



conference on horticultural education thai 

 was held the other day under the allspices 



^ ■ Hortifidtiiial 



hut 



Enghiiul 



Society, at the Armstrong College 

 castle-on-Tyne, was of much interest 

 the discussion on this all-important subjeci 

 did not succeed in carrying it much 

 The sul)ject for discussion as set t"itn 

 the programme was '■ HorticuUnre 

 Secondary Schools and New Farm In^^' 

 tutes." Mr. C. W. Harker, as representing 



the Board of Agrieiilture, reforied to i^^^ 

 work tliat liad Iveen accomplislied 

 Board. tiie great need for furtlici 

 cation. What, in his opinion wa.> >\- 

 cially needed were c«>ntral colleges 

 trained horticulturists to instruct 

 deners in the way of f^omhatmg <nse. .^^^ 



F. B. Stead .suggested that it 

 ri„L the luisiness of elementary or se 

 dai y schools to turn out profes-sionai 

 deners, but they should give a c 

 illustratiye of the general F'^"^;!'' ,.e. 

 quifred in th.. or K tice of hortu-" 



(rar- 



not 



The Key. J. B. Hall expressed the op 



Holland on The Value of Importation 

 Regulations as a Means of Preventing the 

 Introduction of Plant Pests from Ahroad ; 



that there 



ought to 



paratiyely few proyineial societies <.f any A. (i. L. Hogens/ Esq., of the Board ot 



be centres aU^ ^^^^^ 



the country \\diere people f,^'''"'", J. 'ivo- 

 to go and see things. Mr. (iill""^^^' 

 cated training gardeners m |,e 

 scopic research. Profes.sor Seton - 



