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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 6, 1912. 



some other of the subjects that come under 

 the gardener's care, but he is in no sense 

 a speciaHst. At Dover House every de- 



trial could be held amid more pleasant or 

 interesting surroundings. Those who are 

 concerned with the method of utilising 

 partment is maintained in a manner that strong-growing roses for filling beds by the 



proves to demonstration that Mr. McLeod 

 is a master of it, and in a walk through 

 the pleasure grounds, the kitchen garden, 

 and the plant and fruit houses those who 

 appreciate high-class cultivation do not 

 trouble about determining whether one 

 is better than the others, but ad- 

 mire all that comes under their notice. 

 Mr. McLeod has duties to perform 

 other than those connected with the gar- 

 dens, and among these is the management 

 of the live stock, which includes one of 

 the finest herds of Jersey cattle in the 

 kingdom, and serves to show^ that the train- 

 ing in agriculture, as well as horticulture, 

 which he had early in life has stood him 

 in good stead. As a member of the com- 

 mittee of the Royal Gardeners' Fund Mr. 

 McLeod has done good service in the cause 

 of gardening charity, and in the position 

 he occupies on the Royal Horticidtural So- 

 cietv's Floral Committee, he has shown 

 a thorough acquaintance with the various 

 classes of subjects that come before that 

 body, and gained the esteem of his fellow 

 members of that body. 



New Knights-— On Monday morn- 

 ing, the 1st inst., the King held an investi- 

 ture at Buckingham Palace. With the 

 other gentlemen w^ho had been -selected for 

 similar distinction, Mr. Harry J. Veitch and 

 Lieut. -Colonel Prain were introduced into 

 the King's presence, when His Majesty con 

 ferred upon them the lionour of hnight- 

 hood. 



.R.S. Metropolitan Exhibi- 

 tion. — With reference to the metropoli- 

 tan exhibition of the National Rose Society 

 to be held on Tuesday next, Mr. E. Mawley, 

 V.M.H., the hon. secretary, reminds us that 

 as the present season is the most favour- 

 able for roses known for manv vt'ars, an 

 unusually large and varied display of all 

 types of roses may be anticipated at the 

 eociety's exhibition in the gardens of the 

 K-oyal Botanic Society on Tuesday next. 

 Years ago rose shows cH)nsisted of long lines 

 of boxes containing ' exhibition ' roses 

 and little else, whereas now these long lines 

 of matchless specimen blooms are relieved 

 by tastefully arranged displays of decorative 

 joses — roses which depend for their popu- 

 larity more on their w^ealth of colour and 

 elegant habit than on the size, fulness, and 

 regularity of form of the individual bloom. 

 This year these roses will be more freely 

 in evidence than ever before, and, among 

 other ways, staged in i-ound baskets, which 

 allow them to be seen to the greatest ad- 

 vantage. Another special feature will be 

 the number of roses to be seen of that new 

 type, the Pernetiana.s, with their entranc- 

 ing . shades of mingled yellow, pale rose, 

 fawn, orange, and pink. It Is at this exhi- 

 bition that the finest new seedling roses of 

 the vear are generally to be seen, as the 

 award of the gold medal of the society, the 

 highest honour obtaiiiable anywhere, is 

 eagerly sought after by the raisers." 



Beddins Roses at Kew.— During 



the past fortnight the roses in the numer- 

 ous beds around the palm house at Kew 

 have been aglow with colour, and have 

 afforded an object-lesson of much value to 

 those who are interested in the varieties 

 specially adapted to the maintenance of 

 a continuous display of flowers during the 

 snmmer months. A considerable proportion 

 of the beds have been recently replanted, 

 and many of the newer varieties that are 

 used as bedding varieties are represented. 

 A more comprehensive trial oF bedding roses 

 could not well be desired, and certainly no 



practice of pegging down the growths made 

 the previous season j^Jiould not mis;^ the 

 beds of Clio, Frau KaxvI Druschki, and 

 Gloire de Dijon by the palm house, and the 

 beds of Frau Karl Druschki and William 

 Allen Richardson on the main walk 



Roses and 



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Peas.— Two 



important exhibitions will be held in Lon- 

 don next week, and in one sense it is un- 

 fortunate that both occur on the same day^ 

 though, perchance, some enthusiasts will go 

 to both on Tuesday, July 9. The National 

 Eose Society holds its great exhibition at 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, 

 and we understand it could not fix a date 

 other than that already fixed hy the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society, which holds its 

 London exhibition at the Royal HorticuL- 

 tural Hall, Westminster. The latter 

 society, however, holds a- two-days' show, 

 whereas the rose show lasts one day only. 



Manchester and North of 

 Engriand Orchid Society. 



Rev. J. Crombleholme has been reappointed 

 chairman of this society for the ensuing 

 year, and w as presented with a special gold 

 medal, on the occasion of the annual meet- 

 ing, for his exhibits during 1911-12. Mr. Z.. 

 A. Ward is the vice-chairman; Mr. R. 

 Ashworth, treasurer; and Mr. H. Ai-thur^ 

 secretary. The medals and trophies won 

 during the season now ended were distri- 

 buted at this meeting, and the principal 

 recipients were: Colonel Rutherford and 

 :\[essrs. W. R. Lee, Z. A. Ward, J. 

 ArcCartney, G. H- Peace, A. Warburton, 

 W. J. Hargreaves, F. A. Hindley, and 

 Arthur. The society's next meeting will 

 take place in the Coal Exchange. Manclics- 



ter, on July 11. 



Severe Hailstorm in North- 

 umberland. — The gardens in some 

 parts of Northumberland have suffered con- 

 siderable damage from a hailstorm that 

 passed over the county on June 25. With 

 reference to the storm, Mr. C. L. Cawkill, 

 Angerton Gardens, Morpeth^ writes: "On 

 June 25 we had a severe hailstorm be- 

 tween 4.30 and 5.30 p.m., and considerable 

 damage was done to crops, both in garden 

 and field. Fruit on -both garden and or- 

 chard trees was badly bruised, #hile kitchen 

 garden crops are completely spoilt, onions, 

 spinach, Brussels sprouts^ and cauliflowers 

 being torn and battered to the 

 Annual flowers, which were promising well, 

 will be of little use, the hardy plants 

 in herbaceous borders are broken down, and 

 the anchusas, verbascums, and delphiniums 

 are torn to shreds. Japanese chrysanthe- 

 mums are stripped of nearly all their foli- 

 age, and a goodly number have their stems 

 broken, and will have to be thrown away. 

 The bush plants of the various varieties of 

 chrysanthemums may break again if we 

 have favourable weather. The storm came 

 from the south, and missed the gardens a 

 mile to the east and west of Angerton. 

 The hailstones w^ere as large as nuts, and 

 OR the north side of the huildings they laid 

 until noon of the day following the storm. 



Royal International Horticul- 

 tural Exhi bition. — On the opening 



day of the Holland Park Show, Mr. Gur- 

 nev Fowler, chairman of the Royal Interna- 

 tional Horticultural Exhibition, presented, 

 on behalf of the exhibitors at Chelsea, a 

 lart^e silver cup of the exhibition with a 

 vnvse to :^Ir. Edward White, hon. manag- 

 incr director, Mr. T. G. Henslow, secretary 

 ■ind Mr S. T. Wright, supermtendent ot 



ground. 



the ground arrangements of the Interna- 

 tional ExhibitioiK The directors have 

 issued a brochure coutainiiig a list of tli^ 

 exhibitors and of the prizes awarded, wixh 

 the members of the jury arranged in the 

 several sections in which they served. The 

 brochure is illustrated with portraits of the 

 directors, and a portrait group of the com- 



mittre of the International Horticultural 

 Exiiibition of 1866. 



York Gala and Floral Fete.^ 



We are pleased to record the fact that the 

 York Gala was a greater financial success 

 than the gathering of the previous year. 

 The attendance on the first day estabhshed 

 a record , tlie number of visitors beins 

 11,794, and tlie amount taken at the siate 

 £661 8s. On the second day the visitors 

 numbered 27,455, and the amoimt received 

 for admission wa^s £844 6s. 6d. These 

 figures represent an increase for the two 

 davs of 3,040 visitors, and of £98 4s. 9d. ia 

 ■each, as compared with 1911. 



It is very 



Sawd 



Manure. 



genei'ally believed by both gardeners and 

 farmer;^ ui this country that farmyard 

 or iitable nianuxe made with sawdust as 



litter is not so valuable as that made with 



same 



straw. The 

 classes of cultivators in the United States, 

 and in: order to ascertain if there is any 

 real foujidation for the belief so general 

 some experun^ents were begim at the Mary- 

 land E^rperimental Station in 190&,and con- 

 tinued on a large £cale for three years with 

 floAvering plants grown under ^ass-houses. 

 Comparisons were made between (1) cow 

 manure made with sawdust as litter; (2) 

 cow manure made with straw or chopped 

 maize stalfe as litter ; (d) cow manure free 

 from litter of any kind, the cows benig 

 kept on a cement floor without bedding. 

 The manure was collected and left in a. 

 heap Tintil some fermentation had taken, 

 place. This broke down the strawy httef 

 considerably, but the sawxlirst had quite a 

 fresh appearance wdaen it was applied. The 

 .same amounts of the different manures 

 were used, and they were all thoroughlv 

 worked into the soil. The plants tested 

 were roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 and sweet pea.s. In no case could any 

 harmful effect of the sawdust be detected, 

 and, in fact, taking the average of the 

 three years, the niannre containing it gave 

 slis;htlv the largest number of blooms. For 

 r+her reasniis, however, it was conchidert 

 that for the particular circnmstances 

 manure without litter of any kind was the 

 best. 



Memor . 



A cer<^mony unique in the history of frmt- 

 growing took place at Dumlela, near Mor- 

 risburg, Ontario, a short time smce. --^ 

 monument was unveiled to an apple tree. 

 The farmers of Dundas County by popular 

 subscription have placed a marble stone 

 close to the «pot where stood the origins 

 Mcintosh re<V apple tree that succiinibeU 

 only recently after braving the storms ann 

 its enemies for over 100 years. About 

 years ago John Mcintosh, who went to 

 'Canada with the Cnited Empire Loyalihcs 

 and settled in Matikla township, found 

 number of apple trees while clearmg a place 

 for a homo. One of them produced triut 

 of such superior colour and quality that ne 

 named it the :\l(Intosh Red. It ioon at- 

 tractetl attention . and his son Allan pi J 

 pagated it and commenced to disst'iu - 

 nate the variety. In recent years it 



been widely circulated, and now is pla^i^f" 



American contment 



vas partly iniure<l bv fire, but continued to 

 )oar on one side until 1908. when it failta 



in all parts of the - , i ,^^A 



where apples flourish. In 1896 the old t 



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altogether. 



