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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



I 



June i, 1912. 



The schedule for the autumn show, to be 

 held on August 13 at the Eoyal Horticul- 

 tural Hall, on the occasion of one of the 

 fortnightly meetings, was then drawn up, 

 and it is hoped that the classes will attract 

 a number of exhibitors. A very fine collec- 

 tive exhibit from the growers in Holland will 

 be a feature of this show, and the competi- 

 tive classes offer scope for all. 



Mr. Lionel Perkin kindly offered a silver 

 medal for competition at this show, which 

 was gratefully accepted, and Mr. Warnaar, 

 of Warnaar and Co., Sassenheim, Holland, 

 said he w^ished to offer a silver cup. Mr. 

 Hopman also expressed his wish to offer a 

 prize and as Messrs. Kelway and Son, ard 

 one or two other memhers have already re- 

 corded their wish to give prizes^ Ihe list wall 

 be a'ttractive and interesting to competitors. 



The schedule being completed, the ques- 

 tion of awarding certificates to new varieties 

 then oame up for discussion, and it was 

 finally decided that two forms of certificate 

 should be in future awarded: 1, To good 

 market varieties; 2, to good exhibition 

 varieties. This received unanimous appro- 

 val, as it is well known that many of the 

 fine' exhibition varieties are useless for 

 arket purposes. 



Tlie committee then awarded a certificate 



arket 



to Gladiolus Pink Beauty as a good 



This was raised, and on this occa- 



Firma P. Vos Mz. Sassen- 

 This gladious is a mosl 

 on account of its early 

 be bloomed outside in 



when its 



variety. 



shown, by 

 heim, Holland, 

 valuable variety, 

 flowering. It can 



early 



Julv, 



deep 



June and early in 



pink colour and fine markings are a most 

 attractive feature in the garden, and for 



trade it is supremely useful, 

 then decided that the Council 

 to consider new varieties for oer- 



cut flower 

 It was 

 should sit 



tificates on July 3<J, August 13, and August 

 27, all of which dates are occasions of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's meetings. ITie 

 time and place of meeting will be announced 

 later, and the Council will also sit on June 

 18 for the same purpose, and on this date 

 the show for early-flowering varieties will 

 be held in Vincent Square. 



The annual general meeting of the society 

 will be held on August 13 at the Eoyal Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. 



It was resolved that, in submitting new 



for certificates, trade growers are 



and must be 



varieties 

 required 

 prepared 

 it is felt 



to show six spike.s, 

 to put the variety on the market; 

 that no good purpose is served by 



new varieties! of 



awarding eertificatf/s to 

 which there is no stock and cannot therefore 

 be bought and sold. Amateurs submitting 

 new varieties are required to show three 

 spikes only, a,nd will receive a different form 

 of certificate. Mr. Lionel Perkin, of Berry- 

 lands Road, Surbiton, -wa:* enrolled a mem- 

 ber of the Council, and the proceedings then 

 terminated. All applications for member- 

 be sent to the Honorary Sec- 

 Locks he at h , near 



ship should 

 retary. The 

 Southampton. 



Flagstaff, 



Perpetual Flowering: Carnation 



Society. 



Not one of the many functions held in as- 

 sociation with the Royal International Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition was more homely and 

 characteristically British than the dinner at 

 the Holborn Eestaurant on May 23, which 

 was given by that young but ex- 

 tremely enterprising Perpetual Flowering 

 Carnation Society, for the purpose of extend- 

 ing a hand of welcome to the florists from 

 the Continent and America, who were over 

 for the big show. France, Belgium, Italy, 

 and the land of the Stars and Stripes were 

 represented amongst the guests, who helped 

 to make up a large company, and seated at 

 the table we observed Mr. Richard Vincent, 

 jun., the President of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists; Mr. W. A. Manda, of New- 

 Jersey, who brought over Polypodium Man- 

 daianum to the show; Mr. E. G. Hill; M. 

 Maumene, Editor of "La Vie a la Cam- 



" the Brothers Dailledouze, cut- 



pagne 



flower growers, of Brookland; C. H. Trotby, 

 of Madi^n; J oil Evans, Eichmond, Indiana; 



Louis Doupez, White Stone; Harry Bunyard, 

 of the States, and many others. 



Mr. J. S. Brunton, who made an admir- 

 able chairman, welcomed the foreigners to 

 our land, and spoke of the perpetual flower- 

 ing carnation as being a flower not of one 

 nation, but of many nations ; for, while France 

 was responsible for introducing the perpetual 

 carnation, America had given us good 

 things, and England had improved on what 

 the Americans had done. 



Mr. Eichard Vincent, jun., the genial Pre- 

 sident of the Societv of American Florists, 

 who replied to the toast of " Our Guests," 

 had very little to say about carnations, but 

 he was feelingly sentimental in respect of 

 the good fellowship existing between the 

 nations that grow the flower, and, Yankee 

 though he is to his finger-ends, it was ob- 

 vious that he has a warm corner in his heart 

 for the old country. 



Mr. E. G, Hill 

 Flowering Carnation 

 that at one time it 

 flower could not be 



gave the " Perpetual 

 Society,^' and observed 

 was thought that the 

 successfully grown in 

 Great progress, however, had 

 been made by English growers ; but Mr. 

 W. H. Page, who replied, paid Americans 

 the compliment of being the pioneers in per- 

 petual carnation culture. 



Other speakers were Mr. H. T. Mason, the 

 Eev. J. Jacob, Mr. H. A. Bunyard, Mr. E. F. 

 Hawes (lion, secretary of the society)^ and 

 Mr. W. A. Sherwood; and the intervals be- 

 tween the speeches were occupied by songs 

 and music. Everybody was in the best of 

 good humour; an air of jollity prevailed, 

 jokes were cracked, amusing stories were 

 told, and but for the latter some of the rather 

 long speeches would have been a trifle weary- 

 ing. The presence of many ladies added 

 brightness to the proceedings. It may be 

 observed in passing that, in addition to the 

 banquet, excursions were arranged to dif- 

 ferent places of interest on four days, all 

 tor the benefit of foreign visitors, and it may 

 be fairly said in compliment that the Per- 

 petual Flowering Carnation Society did its 

 share in entertaining our friends from across 

 the seas. Doubtless they will carry back with 

 them happy impressions of the 

 nature of British hospitality. 



this country. 



genume 



British Gardeners' Association. 



A large number of members from all parte 

 of the country attended the eighth annual 

 meeting of this association, which was held 

 at Carr's Restaurant on Saturday, May 25, 

 and a more representative meeting of the 

 association has not been held. The members 

 were well satisfied with the balance-sheet and 

 report, the few criticisms made being satis- 

 factorily answered. By a unanimous vote it 

 was decided to hold the next annual' meet- 

 ing in Birmingham. The question of the 

 association's journal cropped up. Many excel- 

 lent suggestions were made, and eventually 

 the matter was left in the hands of the Exe- 

 cutive. Altogether the meeting was a very 

 hopeful sign of the future. The new members 

 of the Executive Council are : Messrs. J. D. 

 Jones, J. Lodge, W. B. Child, and E. Small- 

 man, Birmingham; Bertram Tindall and 

 G. W. Butcher, Kew ; T. G. Friend and I E 

 Little, London; W. H. Paine, Kildare; E. H. 

 Chitty, Highgate; and T. Aley, East Finch- 

 ley. Mr. T. Winter again accepted the posi- 

 tion of treasurer; and Messrs. J. Weathers 

 and Parrott are the new auditors. Mr. T, 

 Roberts, of Sandy, retired from^ the Execu- 

 tive, to make room for Mr. W^'inter. The 

 usual votes of thanks concluded a successful 

 meeting, which was presided over by Mr. J. 

 Collier, of Gatton Park Gardens. 



GARDENING ENGAGEMENT. 



Mr. W. J. Middlebrooke, who for the past 

 eight years has been fruit expert' to the 

 King's Acre Nurseries, Lim., and who was 

 previously with Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 has been appointed horticultural adviser and 

 fruit expert to the Locksheath Nurseries, 

 Lim., whose nurseries are situated at Lock- 



ANSWERS TO 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



SCABIOUS.— S. L., Yalding: Two amateur 

 friends were discussing plants the other day 

 and one ass-erted that all scahious were an- 

 nuals; the other being equally emphatic that 

 they were perennials. I pointed out that the 

 genus included both annual and perennial 

 species, but, as we were all readers of the 

 "G.M.," we decided to refer the matter to 

 you, so that an authoritative answer could 

 be given. — The very popular Pincushion 

 Flower of gardens is an annual, and the spe. 

 cies from which the fine flowers and varied 

 colours we now possess have been evolved is 

 Scabiosa atropurpurea, an annual species 

 that has the curious popular name of Mourn- 

 ful Widow. One of the commonest of peren- 

 nial border plants is Scabiosa caucasica, and 

 though it is thoroughly perennial in manv 

 parts of the country, it is a quite oommon 

 practice to grow it as a biennial. There are 

 many other species, both perennial and an- 

 nual, but not a large number are in general 

 cultivation. 



PELARGONIUMS PAUL CEAMPEL AM 

 PAULCRAMPTON.— J. W., Lines. : 



tell me the difference between Paul 

 and Paul Crampton pelargoniums? 

 the former is a double, and the 

 single; our stock is mixed. — We do not know 

 Pelargonium Paul Crampton, and have 

 vainly searched through a long list to find 

 such a name. Paul Orampel is a fine rich 

 scarlet variety, with large trusses of bold 

 rich scarlet flowers, and it is at present one 

 of the most popular of bedding pelargoniums. 



Can you 

 Crampel 

 I fancy 

 latter a 



EEEMURUS.— A. W 



B., Hounslow : I a 

 eremuruses. 



so 



very unsuccessful with mv 

 that I should be very glad indeed if you 

 would kindly give me a few hints as to the 

 proper cultivation of these plants. For 

 two years in succession fine healthy shoots 

 have pushed up through the ground, and have 

 been protected by litter from frost. Gene- 

 rally, when the flower shoots are just visible 

 (about April), the leaves turn brown at tie 

 tips, and ultimately die away about May. 

 The tubers seem still unhurt. They are 

 planted in a border facing south west, ia 

 light and fairly rich soil, and they are pro- 

 tected from the north east. E. robustus 

 suffers much more than E. himalaicus, for 

 the latter, although it© flower spike dies, re- 

 tains its leaves through the summer.— 

 Eremuri need light, well-drained, and quite 

 rich soil, but there seems to be very little 

 wrong with the soil or aspect in your case. 

 The great difficulty lies in keeping the ground 

 free from frost just when the growth starts 



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