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THE GARDENERS^ MAGAZINE. 



June 22, 1912. 



two classes for new roses, one for varieties 

 of value for exhibition or garden decora- 

 tion and the other for those specially 

 adapted to glass culture. The innovation 

 is a good one, and should be useful in ob- 

 taining proper recognition for the second 

 of the two classes of roses which have be- 



increased 



recent years. 



Mr. Alg^er Petts is an enthusiastic 



and exceedingly clever amateur gardener, 

 residing at Chelmsford. He has become 

 familiar to the readers of the Gardeners' 

 Magazine for the last ten or twelve years 

 by reason of his contributions to our pages. 

 He believes his great love for gardening is 

 largely due to hereditary influence, and 

 he tells us that his father cultivated one 

 hundred varieties of roses half a century 

 ago. Mr. Petts was born and brought up 

 on an Essex farm, and has always lived 

 in the county. With a wet, clay soil, in 

 which to practice his hobby, he has secured 

 surprising results, especially with hardy 

 flowers and small fruits. When reading 

 Mr. Petts' cultural recommendations it is 

 as well our readers should bear in mind 

 the kind of soil with which the writer has 

 to do. Mr. Petts studies his hobby ^ and 

 takes a scientific, as w^U as a purely prac- 

 tical and economic interest in it. Not 

 only is he a contribxitor to our pages, but 

 he contributes to the " Notes and Ab- 

 stracts " published in the " Journal " of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. 



closely in the Jiuuiber of points awarded 

 were Mrs. Edward Powell, a fine red H.T. ; 

 Erna Teschendorff, a brilliant dark-red 

 polyantha; Ethel Malcolm (H.T.) ; Mrs. 

 Herbert iStevens (Tea) ; Ellen Poulsen, a 

 soft pink polyantha ; and Eodhatte, a crim- 

 son hybrid polyantha. Of the varieties of 

 1912, provisionally examined, with a view 

 to granting awards next year, the following 

 appeared the most promising : Madame 

 Faucheron, a light-coloured H.T. ; Yvonne 

 Lornago^ an orange-red hybrid of Tea and 

 Noisette; Madame C. Chambard, a pale 

 pink H.T. ; Madame Charles Lutaud, a deep 

 yellow H.T. ; Madame Edmond Rostand, 

 H.T., flesh colour, with orange centre; 

 Melody, a fine yellow H.T. ; Merveille des 

 Rouges, crimson polyantha ; Mrs. Amy 

 Hammond (H.T.), and Mrs. Joseph Welch 

 (H.T.)." 



Presentation of Garden Pro- 

 duce to the Lord Mayor.^The 



Master of the Worshipful Company of Gar- 

 deners (Alderman Sir Horace Marshall), 

 together with the Wardens^ following an 

 old custom, recently presented to the Lord 

 Mayor a basket of British-grown floweis, 

 fruits, vegetables, and herbs. To the Lady 

 Mayoress a splendid bouquet of orchids was 

 presented. After a suitable acknowledg- 

 ments of the gifts, the Lord Mayor enter- 

 tained the Master and AVardens at lun- 

 cheon. 



tor of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 

 We need not now refer to Sir David Praia's 

 remarkable capacity for work, as evidenced 

 by what he accomplished during the eigh- 

 teen years over which his appointments in 

 Calcutta extended^ neither is it necessary 

 we should say that this capacity has been 

 made abundantly manifest during the seven 

 years he has been Director of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew. This is admirably exem- 

 plified by the splendid manner in which the 

 traditions of this great establishment air 

 being maintained. 



— The medical officer of tlie 



Watercre 

 to Disea.se. 



Croydon Rural District, in his annual re- 

 portj states that he has given much atten- 

 tion to watercress beds, as the typhoid bacil- 

 lus almost invariably gains access to the 

 ham.an bady by the digestive track — amon^ 

 other ways, by the eating of watercress; 

 and he adds : It should be clearly under- 

 stood that it is extremely advisable that 

 any persons buying watercress should not 

 only have some idea as to where it was 

 grown and through whose hands it may 

 have passed, but should assure themselves 

 before eating it that it has been thoroughly 

 waslied in running water." As we have 

 previously stated, the impoi^tance of tho- 

 roughly washing watercress that is pur- 

 chased cannot be too strongly insisted upon, 

 and Dr. Feo:en renders good service in 



Cereus amecaensis [Heese]. directing attention to the point. 



With reference to this beautiful species 

 recently illustrated in thewe pages. Mr. A. 

 Worsley writes: "In Schiunann'$ classifica- 



An 



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Rose Garden. 



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Holland House Show.— The sum- tion, this species appears thus placed: Sub- 

 mer show, which has for many years past 

 had a prominent position in the annual 

 programme of the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety, will this year be again held in the 

 beautiful grounds of Holland House, Ken- 

 sington. As the society did not hold an 

 exhibition in the gardens of the Inner 

 Temple this year, the Holland House show 

 is likely to be of exceptiona-l importance^ 

 and Fellows and the general public alike 

 should make note of the dates, which are 

 July 2, 3, and -4, the admission on the third 

 day being one shilling. 



New Roses at Bagra-teile.- 



Arthur W. Paul F.L.S., who, as for some 

 years past, has this year been one of the 

 judges of the new roses grown at Bagatelle, 

 very kindly sends us the following particu- 

 lars of the awards made by the judges at 

 the recent meeting. ''The beautiful rosery 

 in the gardens of Bagatelle, now included 

 in the Bois de Boulogne^ at Paris, was at 

 the height of its beauty on the morning of 

 June 13, when the annual judging of the 

 new roses sent for trial took place under 

 the direction of the authorities of the City 

 of Paris. The judges consisted of well- 

 known French and foreign rosarians, both 

 amateur and professional, and some 85 new 

 varieties of roses sent in 1911 wereexamined 

 with a view to be awarded gold medals and a 



genus speciosus.* Characters — Rooting on 

 the branches, climbing or hanging down, 

 often epiphytic plants. Branches without 

 nose-like appendages under the aureolse, 

 spines multiplied in old age. Branches 4 to 

 5 angled, ovary spiny, sepals and petals 

 generally red. Habitat Mexico. Specific 

 characters— Branches pale green when 

 young, flowers white. My plants were given 

 to me many years ago by Mr. H. J. Elwes^ 

 V.M.H.^ who gathered them in Mexico^ at 

 some elevation in the temperate zone, grow- 

 ing on the stumps of trees. They grow 

 vigorously, and flower freely every year 

 in May and June in a cool house. Each 

 flower lasts about three days. 1 have raised 

 and flowered coloured hvbrids between this 



and garden cacti." 



*0f Salm. Dyke. 



Sir David Prain, LL.D., F.R.S., 



etc., has rendered such splendid service in 

 the cause of botanical science during the 

 twenty-eight years that have elapsed since 

 he entered the Indian Medical Service in 

 1884, that his inclusion in the list of those 

 selected for the honour of Knightliood on 

 the occasion of the Kins s birthday 

 has afforded satisfaction to his 



certificates. As the result of a rule pro- 

 hibiting the same raiser from receiving a 

 gold medal more than two years in suc- 

 cession the varieties of M. Pernet-Ducher 

 were not eligible for this distinction, but a 

 special Diploma of Honour was awarded to 

 his new H.T. Sunburst, and the red H.T. 

 President Vignet, of the same raiser, was 

 in fine condition. None of the other varie- 

 ties were considered to be of sufficiently 

 outstanding merit at the time of the judg- 

 ing to receive a medal, but three Certifi- 

 cates of Bagatelle were awarded, viz., to 

 Madame Jules Bouche, a flesh-white H.T. ; 

 Fru Marijretha Moller, a fine rose-coloured 



and to Orleans- 



many 



friends, and^ indeed, to all who are ac- 

 quainted with his work. A native 

 of Kincardineshire, Sir David Prain had 

 brilliant career at Aberdeen Uni- 



and. after fillinfr 



and 



appointments 

 Kdiiihnrgh, he 



of 

 a 



Danish origm 



H.T, 

 Rosp^ 



been' frequently finely exnimte<i m 

 country. Some other kinds that followed 



rose-coloured polyantha that b;i^ 



exhibited in tli . ^ 



versity, 



at his University « 



entered the Indian ^ledicil SiTvite, and for 

 two or three years \\ ;i.s in nHMlical charge of 

 native regiments in varioiH ])'irtrs of lndia. 

 Possessing a titsto with a stion^; trend for 

 botanical work, he was, houie tiiree years 

 after entering on his Indian career, ap- 

 pointed Curator of the Herbarium and 

 Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cal- 



and xhis iX)sition he held eleven 

 years. On the retirement of Sir George 

 King in 1898, Sir David Prain was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the Oalcutta 

 Botanic Gardens and of Chinchona cnltiva- 

 tion in Bengal and Dire-tnr oi thr- Hotnm- 

 ral Snrvev of India, and these positions he 

 In ld until towards the close of 1905, when he 

 succe(Hl(Hl Sir W. Thiselton Dyer as Direc- 



With reference to the old-time rose gar- 

 den that has been formed in the gardens of 

 the Palace of La fMalmai^ion, Mr. A. W. 

 Paul, F.L.S., writes: *'An additional at- 

 traction to rosarians in the neighbourhood 

 of Paris is this year open for the first time 

 in the gardens of the Palace of La Mal- 

 maison, where a beautiful rose garden has 

 been laid out, and where Mr. Gravereaiix 

 is forming a collection of old roses that 

 may be supposed to have heen flowering n\ 

 the gardens in the time of the Empress 

 Josephine, one hundred years ago. This 

 collection is already very interesting, and 

 will no doubt improve both in the number 

 of the plants .and the quality of the flowers 

 as time advances." 



The Yorkshire Rhubarb Indus- 

 try.— Although it is well-known that enor- 

 mous quantities of early-forced rhubarb are 

 produced in Yorkshire to meet the demancts 

 of the great markets of the Tnited Kmg- 

 dom. and some on 



SO generally known that the industry is 

 still growing, and that almost all the suit- 

 able available land in Hunslet, St-ourtoii, 

 Rothwell Ha gh, and Rothwell is bem^ 

 utilised for the cultivation of rhubarb tor 

 forcing. At this season of the year tlie 

 district just south of Leeds reveals grej"^ 

 tracts of vivid greenery produced by tJu 

 large leaves of finely cultivated rhubarb. 



Prudhoe 



Norman ^ ■ 



Cookson, of Wylam, prn^•ed tliat the l.t'^t 

 workmen among the miiLeis ot the I rudtn 

 <lislrict were those who took up gar< eiiuv 

 ;, l,,vl>1w F.viflpntlv the same liaiM'-' 



Prizes 

 Miners. 



for the 



The late Mr. 



,1^ biibliy. Evidently — ai- i-Iv 



state of affairs fontinues, for the -""".'^'^^ 



valuable pnzt^s 



the famous 



through 



of 



cutta, 



Coal Company \s offering 



the committee 

 Prudhoe Flower Show, for the best vege- 

 table and flower garden, the best ^'t^^^fl'':^ 

 garden, and the best kept garden, ift^s 

 competitions are open to the ff>"iP'^"^ 

 w(u-kmen resident at AVest Wyburu I 

 hoe, Low Prudhoe, and Half-way Houf^e. 



Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., ex presi- 

 dent of the Linnean Society, has 

 elected a foreign member of the 

 Danish Academv of ^c.vurv and also ot tne 

 Royal Society of Sciences. I'psala. 



Roval 



