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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZIN 



JuLT 13, 1912. 



this manner would be amply justified. But purely educ^itional, and the committee 

 when, as is at present the case, the leaves 

 form a settino; to some tens of thousand 



s 



of bloom, the efFe-ct is startling in it« great 

 -beauty. Two years since the display pro- 

 duced at Kow l)v the two ramblers men- 

 tioned was very fine, and we illustrated a 

 portion of the rose-covered balaustrado on 

 the northern side of the lake. In the summer 

 of 1911 the great heat so seriously affected 

 the colour and duration of the flowers that 

 they were very pale, and soon lost their 

 freshness and beauty. At the present time 

 the flowers are abundant, of full size, and 

 brilliant in colour, and may be expected 



to retain their freshness for a considerable 

 period . 



Gcirdeners a.nd National In- 



surance. 



We are glad to learn tluit the 



United Horticultural Benefit and Provident 

 Society has been approved under the Na- 

 tional Insurance Act, and at its monthly 

 meeting on Monday, July 8, no fewer than 

 eighty-two new members were elected. 

 This is a great record for one meeting, and 

 we hear that applioations are coming in so 

 fast that the committee proposes to meet 

 once a fortnif^ht lor a short time to come. 

 Our referen:'e to this sph^nrlid s^ociety, in 

 the issue of June 29. has, wi* are pleased to 

 learn, helped materially to swoVl the num- 

 ber oi' a]»pli( at ions for member-ship. 



Presentation to Mr. J. 



Gurney Fowler.— On Friday evening, 

 the 5th iiist., the directors of the l^oval 

 International Horticultural Exhibition 

 -colebraied the completion of the most im- 

 portant of their duties by dining together 

 at tho Hotel Cecil, with the president, the 

 Duke of Portland, in the chair. The after- 

 dinner proceedings were of an informal 

 character, the only toasts being ' ' Tli 



Kin 



courise 



is large 



^ e 



and ''The Directors/' In the 

 of the proceedings, the Dnke of 

 Portland, on behalf of the directors, pre- 

 sented ^Ir. J. Gurney Fowler, chairman 

 of the board, with a hand.some silver cigar- 

 box. In making the presentation, he said 

 that the directors so highly appreciated 

 both the ability and the courtesy shown 

 by Mr. Gurney Fowler in the discharge 

 vof the arduous duties associated with the 

 important position he occupies, that they 

 felt they should like to ask his acceptance 

 of some token of their esteem that woidd 

 remind him of their pleasant assor'iation 

 during the long period ever whi -h the 

 preparatory work of the exhibition ex- 

 tended. Tlie silver cigar-box that was pre- 

 sented to Mr. Gurnev Fo-wler is remarkable 

 for its handsome design, and 

 enough to hold three or more boxes of 



'Cigars. 



Lancashire Experimental 



ion. — A few davs since the members 

 of the Preston Gardeners' Association^ to 

 the number of about sixty, visited the hor- 

 tieultural experimental station, which has 

 recently been established at Hulton by the 

 Lancashire County Council. Mr, A. G. 

 Sowman, the horticultural instructor for 

 the county, met the members and con- 

 ducted tliem over the station, and ex- 

 plained the experiments that -are being 

 ma-de. He was so ^ ucc<^ssful as a guide that 

 the visitors wer^ >o interested in the work 

 that is being done that they expressed a 

 wish that they might have an opportunity 

 of seeing the plots when the work has 

 reached a more advanc(d stage. At the 

 close of the inspection Mr. Philip Park, the 

 Tiee-chairman of the Lancashire Cbunty 

 Council, expressed the pleasure he had in 

 meeting so representative a body of prac- 

 tical horticrdturists, and hoped thev had 

 heen interested in what is being done at 

 Hulton. The work that had been under- 

 taken was in its infancy ; its object 



would be ready to give full consideration to 

 any suggestions the members of the society 

 may make at any time. Votes of thanks 

 were accorded the committee and the staff, 

 and the members returned homewards fully 

 satisfied with what they had seen at the 

 experimental station. 



Excursion of the Horticul- 

 tural Club. — The annual excursion of 

 this club has been arranged for Thursday, 

 July 18, when Burnham Beeches, Cliveden, 

 and East Burnham Park will be visited. 

 The members and their friends will meet at 

 Paddington Station, G.W.R., and proceed 

 by the 10.40 a.m. train to Slough, whence 

 the party will proceed by the conveyances 

 waiting in readiness to Burnham Beeches, 

 calling on the way at Stoke Poges church. 

 After luncheon the party will drive to 

 Cliveden, the residence of W. W. Astor, 

 K;^:q., and make a tour of the gardens. 

 The memhers will then proceed to East 

 Burnham Park, where they will be enter- 

 tained at tea by Sir Harry and Ladv 

 Veitch. 



Presentation at Holland 



Park. — In oui' issue -of the 6th inst. we 

 recorded the fact that exhibition cups were, 

 on the first day of the Holland Park 

 Show, presented by Mr. J. Gurney Fowler 

 on behalf of the exhibitors at the Royal In- 

 ternational Horticultural Exhibition, to 

 Mr. E. White, Mr. G. T. Henslow, and Mr. 

 S. T. Wright. We now wish to sav that Mr. 

 \\ hitc was also presented with a handsome 

 rose bowl for Mrs. White. Purses of gold 

 w^'re presented to Mr. Henslow, and Mr. 

 Henslow only. It is much to be regretted 

 that those who had charge of this matter 

 did not take the trouble to notify the 

 time of the presentation that we might 

 have arranged for a representative to be 

 present. 



mo 



and Phloxes. 



were 



Prominent among the many attractive fea- 

 tures at the recent exhibition held by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at Holland 

 Park, was the large and finely-grown col- 

 lection of herbaceous phloxes and pent- 

 stemons contributed by Messrs. J. Forbes, 

 Lim., of Hawick. Additional interest was 

 given to this exhibit from the fact that the 

 firm has for a long period devoted much 

 attention to the improvement of these beau- 

 tiful classes of flowers, and introduced a 

 considerable numher of varieties possessing 

 much merit. The oolleetion included many 

 of the fine pentstemons of Messrs. Forbes* 

 introduction, and the visitors had an op- 

 IM>rtimity of seeing these beautiful border 

 flowers at their best. With the finest of the 

 florist 's varieties of these flowers 

 several of the elegant " Gem pentstemons^ 

 which have within recent years attained' to 

 a high degree of popularity, both for bed- 

 ding purposes ancl for contributing to the 

 attraction of the mixed border. 



■ 



Botanical Magrazine.' — The 



plants figured in the issue of this publica- 

 tion for tlie current month comprise 

 Agave marmorata, a handsome species col- 

 lector! by Rozel in the Piovince of Tehua- 



can. Mexico, and conip u atively rare in 

 gar(I^M!^. Krica cilia ri.s is a beautiful 

 s]>(h ;('> iiu'igonous to tlii^s and some other 

 co^nIl■;^^^, anrl ,in jPortugal there is be- 

 sides the ordinary form, one that is far 

 superior to it for garden planting. This 

 fine geographical form was described in 

 1832 under the name of Erica Maweana, 

 and of late years has been largely propa- 

 gated and planted at Koav. where it pro- 

 duces a fine display of flowers from July 

 to Octo-ber. Styrax Wilsoni, a compact- 

 growing shrub, bearing rather small white 

 flowers which was discovered by Mr. E. 



H. Wilson when collecting for the \rnoll 

 Arboretum in 1908; Cotyledon subrigida 

 a distinct and handsome succulent bear' 

 ing large floTvers, with orange-tinted 

 corolla, and Pseuderanthemum lilacinum 

 a handsome stove plant, producing spikes 

 of lilac-coloured flowers, and rather closelv 

 related to Eranthemum Teijsmanni under 

 which name it was received at Kew from 

 the Singapore Botanic Garden three vears 

 since. 



Mr. and Mrs. Orpenhave exhibited 



at the metropolitan exhibitions of the Na- 

 tional Rose Society for so long a periixl 

 without a break that their absence from 

 the society's exhibition on Tuesday gave 

 rise to many enquiries from the rosarians 

 present. Their ahsence was not in any 

 way due to any decrease in their interest 

 in roses, but we regret to say that Mr. 

 Orpen has during the past two months been 

 suffering from a nervous breakdown. He 

 is now much better, and, in common with 

 ourselves, his many friends will be glad to 

 hoar of his speedy restoration to health. 



Flower Show in a City Bank. 



To encourage the married members of their 

 staff to cultivate heautiful flowers at home, 

 the directors and manager of the British 

 Linen Bank have assisted in the institution 

 of an annual flower show, and this is held 

 at the offices of the bank, 38, Threadneedle 

 Street, E.C. The second exhibition was 

 held on Saturday afternoon last, and ai! 

 the members of the staff, with wives ami 

 children, were present to see who were the 

 most successful competitors. Exhibitors 

 are usually cleared out of the hall or tent 

 when horticultural exhibits 



are 



being 



judged, but on this occasion the judge per- 

 formed his duties under the keen eyes of 

 the whole staff. The chief classes were for 

 six roses, a vase of roses, a vase of garden 

 flowers, a vase of sweet peas, six bunches 

 of sweet peas, and six varieties of violas. 

 The flowers were well shoAvn, and did great 

 credit to the cultivators. Mr. Andrew 

 Kingsmill, of Harrow, has taken a great 

 interest in this bank flower show, and it 

 would be a capital thing if other bank offi- 

 cials would foster an interest in gardening 

 on similar lines. 



Regulations Relating to the 

 Importation of Plants-— Tbe sum 



mary of the regulations relating to the im- 

 portation of plants, weeds, insects, etc., 

 from Great Britain into certani other 

 countries that has been issued by the Boara 

 of Agriculture, should prove of much use 

 to nurserymen and seedsmen who have 

 business transactions with the colonies ana 



This publication is in 

 nurserymen and 



foreign countries, 

 tended for the use of 

 others in Great Britain wdio wish to ex- 

 port vegetable produce, and only "th^se 

 gulations have, as a rule, been printed 

 which affect importation from this country. 

 As, however, those clauses would often be 

 unintelligible by themselves in nuinv cases 

 much matter has been printed which is not 

 directly relevant to the subject, but wlucn 

 appears to be necessary for the context. 

 In order to guide readers as to tlie natnie 

 of the regulations, and to lielp in a com- 

 parison ])(^tween the laws of different coun- 

 tries, a l)rief abstract has l>een ad<lcd under 

 the nann^ of eacli country des(M*iI»ing vcn 

 sliortlv wliicb ])lanrs are refused admission, 

 wliich' are accepted, and und*^- Avlnit con- 

 ditions. The reader should, liowcver. 

 alwavs consult the text for details, as tne 

 abstract is not intended to be exhaustiY. 

 and only gives a general indication ot tne 

 nature of the regulations and the more ini- 

 nortant plants affected. The summary, 

 which extends over upwards of 100 pages, 

 has been prepared from authoritative 

 sources, and is piddished at one penny. 



