jrxE 1, 1912, 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE, 



417 



po 



Horticultural Sundries. 



(Continued from Supplement, page 20.) 



The Climax specialities of the Boundary 

 Chemical Company, Liverpool, were supple- 

 mented by the newly-introduced Simplicitas 

 netting- and pea supports. This netting, fixed 

 upon suitable framework, has already proved 

 to be an excellent substitute for pea sticks. 

 Messrs. Bentley's insecticides and manures 

 were brought in sample tins, and, of course, 

 their weed killers were given a prominent 

 . ;>ition on the stand. Messrs. Walter Voss 

 iiud Co., Lim., Millwall, London, East, had 

 the largest stand in the tent, which was of 

 excellent design, and was replete with 

 chemicals of many uses. The Woburn Bor- 

 deaux paste, Voss's winter wash, and banding 

 grease, and the Carlton fertilisers made quite 

 an imposing show. 



Lawn boots were, of course, the principal 

 feature of Messrs. H. Pattison and Co.'s 

 stand, who, however, also showed the well- 

 designed and constructed " Max lawn 

 sprinkler, and a number of other useful im- 

 plements. Messrs. Eobert Sydenham, Lim., 

 Tenby Street, Birmingham, made their stand 

 of rustic floral decorations very attractive 

 by the use of sweet peas, carnations, and 

 other light and elegant flowers. 



Mest^rs. James Carter and Co.'s exhibit took 

 the form of a cleverly constructed model of 

 their Raynes' Park premises^ and also of 

 their modern seed-testing apparatus, which 

 were recently described in the Gardeners' 

 Magazine. An ingenious one-man spray 

 pump on wheels came from Berger's, Homer- 

 ton, N.E., who also showed their various 

 fluids and preparations for wood preserving . 

 Evans' Challenge ventilating apparatus, from 

 the Quaker City Machine Company, Rich- 

 mond, U.S.A., is a clevely-deeigned arrange 

 meut for the adjustment of ventilators in 

 glasshouses by simply turning a wheel. 



Wakeley's Hop Manure w;as ishown in loose 

 samples, and in bags by Messrs. Wakeley 

 Bros., Ldm., Bankside, London. This hop 

 manure, which undergoes special treatment 

 by which it is impregnated with essential 

 plant foods is especially valuable where soils 

 are deficient in humus. Another good fer- 

 tiliser on view was Barr*s Phytobroma in 

 two distinct forms, the one for general use 

 and the other Sipecially adapted as a lawn- 

 grass manure. Messrs. Barr and Sons also 

 brought from their Covent Garden Ware- 

 house a comprehensive display of tools and 

 appliances. Plants Plantoids, the new tab- 

 loid fertiliser put up in tins like biscuits or 

 tea, brought forth a good many amuj^ing re- 

 marks, some critics considering the idea 

 simply fanciful, while other apparently con- 

 sidered that for plants in rooms and con- 

 servatories the tahloid food would be useful 

 and convenient. 



Messrs. Alex. Cross and Sons, Lim., Glas- 

 |:ow, had sundries of all descriptions. 

 \^hether one required fertilizers, insecticides, 

 shears, knives, labels, and plant supports, or 

 baskets, boxes, and packing material, this 

 hrm can evidently supply the need. Mr. J. 

 Haws, Clapton, N.E., sliowed the water-cans 

 that have been for many years associated 

 ^ith his name. They are now made in a 

 raiore extensive range" of sizes and (patterns 

 than ever. The "Little Gripper " fruit 

 gatherer, was shown ;by Mr. A. C. Harris, 

 Howard Road, Leicester. By the aid of this 

 handy little device, an a,pple, ipear, or other 

 *ruit can he detached from a tree, and 

 •^rougiit to hand with ease and without fear 

 ot damaging the fruit. 



Mr. C, F. Edwards, Leeds, has for several 

 years made and vended a very good cyanid- 

 ing machine, but he had on view for the 



•X ^^^^ ^ gi'eatly improved machine fitted 

 ^[h a clock-'work fan, by which the gas is 

 J><>th cooled and evenly distributed. This 

 machme is an important development in the 

 ^rection of safety and efficiency in the 

 fiitherto somewhat risky oi>eration of cyanid- 

 of^fif houses, and was, in our opinion, one 



3^ ^ost serviceable novelties in the show. 



in germicides, and up-to-date 



^«secticides were exhibited by the Sanitas 

 ^ompany, Lim., Bactox liquid soat) Okol 

 germicide, and " 



soap, 



Sanitas powder for 



slug? 



being worth notice. Jeyes' horticultural 

 washes were also well shown^ both winter and 

 summer washes prepared by this well-known 

 firm being well to the fore. Messrs, W. Bull 

 and Sous, the Chelsea nurserymen, had a 

 stand to show their tobacco extract for 

 fumigating. This is put up in bottles and 

 canisters of various sizes. 



Other exhibits in the tent were folding 

 garden tables from Messrs, Abbott Bros., 

 Southall, French gardening requisites from 

 the Halliford French Garden, Shepperton, 

 and the French Cloche Company, Caxton 

 House, Westminster. Horticol, the prepara- 

 tion for preserving seeds from the depreda- 

 tions of ;birds, and the various preparations 

 for horticultural use made by Messrs. W. 

 Cooper and Nephews, Berkhampstead. 



Mr. Leslie T. Greening, 6, Park Hill, Rich- 

 mond, exliibited plans for the modelling of 

 gardens and laying-out of estates, most of 

 them being actual plans of work carried out 

 by the exhibitor. 



Other plans of an elaborate character were 

 shown by Messrs. G. Jackman and Sons, 

 Woking, and Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron 

 Walden,* who has added a landscape depart- 

 ment to his already large business in carna- 

 tions. Excellent little glass plant protectors 

 and hand-lights were shown by Mr. A. 

 Overend, High Road, Streatham. S.W. Tlie 

 movable panes of glass were simply held in 

 position by grooved triangles of wood at the 

 corners. 



The Potash Syndicate, 117, Victoria 

 Street, Westminster, had in the tent a most 

 interesting stand u^pon which examples of 

 fruits, flowering, and foliage plants were 

 shown, which had been fed scientificaUy with 

 potash. Useful pamphlets dealing with scien- 

 tific feeding were available on the stand. 



In the open the Syndicate had another 

 highly instructive exhibit, which practically 

 demonstrated the im^portance of potash as a 

 manurial agent. Forest as well as fruit 

 trees showed in no uncertain manner that 

 their progress is far away more satisfactory 

 when scientifically fed on manures contain- 

 ing a proper proportion of potash. 



Messrs. W. Duncan Tucker and Sons, Lim., 

 27, Cannon Street, London, E.C., brought a 

 large show of horticultural buildings, com- 

 prising an ornamental conservatory, well- 

 built orchid houses, a good plant house, a 

 small suburban house of good construction, 

 and some capital span-roof pits and frames. 

 The Tottenham sectional boiler was exhi- 

 bited, and such things as tree tubs, dove- 

 cotes, and summer houses made up a praise- 

 worthy exhibit. Glasshouses of roomy de- 

 sign and substantial build came from Messrs. 

 J Crispin and Sons, Nelson Street, Bris- 

 tol, and also from Messrs. Skinner, Board, 

 and Co., of the same city. Messrs. J. Weeks 

 and Co., Chel^a, showed small models, as 

 well as actual houses and boilers, their de- 

 signs being excellent, both from an artistic 

 and practical point of view. 



The well-known firm of C. P. Kinnell and 

 Co., Southwark Street, London, had their 

 Anglian and Horse Shoe boilers on view, 

 which appeared to attract a good deal of 

 attention from the nurserymen present. A 

 big exhibit of boilers and heating appara- 

 tus came from the Thames Bank Iron Com- 

 pany Lim., Upper Ground Street, S.E., the 

 Crown sectional boiler being a powerful- 

 looking apparatus, capable of doing good 

 work. The Economic and the Waltham are 

 other boilers for large houses. ^ , ^ 



The Chase Continuous Cloche, exhibited by 

 the Three C's Company, Dale Street Liver- 

 pool, is an ingenious device. As herewith illus- 

 trated, it is the simplest and best we have 

 seen for the protection of tender seedlings or 

 the cultivation of small crops on French 

 gardening lines. The panes of gia^s 

 are held in position by wires twisted and in- 

 terlaced in a manner that makes a rigid 

 framework without obstruction of l^g^t- 



George Blay, fencing contractor. New Mai- 

 den, had gates of both substantial and orna- 

 mental character. Extremely beautifiil were 

 some of the stone ornaments, well heads, and 

 vasec3 put up by the firm of T. Crowther 

 and Sons, North End Road, Fulham. Every 

 piece was a work of art, fit for the grounds 



of any mansion. Messrs. Drew, Clark, and 

 Co., Leyton, had theii- Diamond step ladders 

 and extension ladders on view. The Fold- 

 ing Spanlight Company, Slough, brought 

 their convenient little lights and frames, 

 which are very suitable for French garden- 

 ing and the protection of small plants. 

 Another exhibit of ladders and steps came 

 from the Acme Patent Ladder Company, 

 Earlsfield, S.W., and still another from Mr. 

 H. C. Slingsby, of Manchester and Liverpool. 



The Four Oaks Spraying Machine Com- 

 pany, Sutton Coldfield, had sprayers of many 

 siz^es and styles also the undentable 

 syringes and the Dreadnought digging tools, 

 which are useful for hard or harsh soils. 

 A good knapsack sprayer had a pump fixed 

 that could be worked over the shoulder, 

 making the task much easier than with the 

 former side pump. Messrs. Drake and 

 Fletcher, Maidstone, had a large space on 

 either side the approach to the Japane&e 

 section, in which they showed various styles 

 of pumps and sprayers, and a very smartly 

 constructed fruit cleaning and grading ma- 

 chine that should appeal strongly to all 

 commercial fruit growers. 



Mr. John Pinches^ 3, Crown Buildings, 

 Crown Street, Camberwell, had Acme labels 

 in great variety, and also rose shades, flower 

 supports, etc., but a new machine for pack- 

 ing roses, trees, and shrulxs was the novelty 

 of the exhibit, and greatly interested the 

 nurserymen. Messrs. S. and E. Collier, Lim., 

 Reading, were exhibitors of garden pottery, 

 and Messrs. Walters and Co., Croydon, 

 brought artistic trellis work and garden fur- 

 niture. The Hardy Patent Pick Company, 

 of Sheffield, had their excellent spades, forks, 

 and other garden tools on view. 



One of the largest exhibits in the open 

 was that of Messrs. Watkins and Simpson, 

 the wholesale steed merchants. Ardiitec- 



ted 



turally, their pavilion, which \vi 

 by Messrs. Duncan Tucker, was of imposing 

 aspect, but from a purely horticultural point 

 of view the great interest centred in the 

 wonderful display o^ annuals, wli^ch we 

 might almost describe a^ the richest in 

 variety of form and colour we have ever 

 seen. Almost every species of annuals worth 

 growing were represented by the grand varie- 

 ties which this well-known firm supply to the 

 trade throughout the kingdom. 



In the Lime Avenue. 



ITie spaces on either side of the historic 

 avenue were filled Avith miscellaneous groups, 

 mostlv conifers. Near to the upper end of the 

 avenue, Messrs. John Waterer and Sons, 

 Lim., Bagshot, exhibited a group of ornamen- 

 tal hollies, in which numerous fine forms were 

 represented. Near at hand, the same firm 

 had a collection of conifers, amongst which 

 Abies Nordmanniana, Abies concolor, and 

 Sciadopitvs verticillata w^ere conspicuous. 

 On the opposite side, this firm had a group 

 of ornamental evergreens, and in this Cupres- 

 sus obtusa Crippsi was very fine. An 

 interesting little collection of conifers 

 in pots was shown by H. S. Elwes, Esq., 

 of Colesborne. The tall pyramid and 

 mop-headed bay trees exhibited an the avenue 

 attracted much attention, and here were some 

 splendid specimens exhibited by Messrs. F. 

 Sander and Co., St. Albans. A hig display of 

 Japanese garden furniture and the inevitable 

 pigmy trees was made by Messrs. Liberty 

 and Co. London. Conspicuous amongst the 

 most effective of the groups of conifers wa^ 

 the one exhibited bv Messrs. J. Jeffenes and 

 Son Cirencester. It wa^s evident from the 

 health V look of the plants that they had 

 flourished well in the elevated nursery on the 

 Cotswold Hills, where they were grown ^ and 

 amongst the choicest of those shown were 

 \bies Kosteriana pendula, Cedrus atlantica 

 fflauca, Cupressus Lawsoniana Stiiarti, 

 Cedrus deodora aurea, but underneath the 

 trees the light was not good as it might 

 have been for showing off the colour. Very 

 laree mop-headed hay trees were exhibited 

 in quantity by Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Son. 



Messrs. Fromow and Sons, Ohiswick. 

 adorned the way into tlie tents with a large 

 collection of their well-known hardy plants, 

 in which acers figured quite conspicuously. 



