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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 27, 19 



specially engaged in the encouragement of 

 the cultivation of the products of cottage 

 gardens and allotments are a class by 

 themselves, and we do not suggest that 

 they should be altered except as far as may 

 be necessary to avoid the products of the 

 cottagers' skill heing overpowered by ex- 

 hibits from great gardens, which are 

 usually sent with the best possible, if 

 mistaken, intentions. Neither do we sug- 

 gest there should he any change in the 

 petit 



doners' associations, for, 



at present con- 

 duct(Hl, they do much goo<l at a small cost. 

 What wo are anxious to see accom- 

 plished is the largo sum of money annually 

 absorbed by bodies incapable of useful work 

 utilised in the creation and maintenance of 

 s(x:ieties possessing suflBcicnt strength and 

 vitality to exerciise a decided influence for 

 good upon the advancement of high-class 



gardening. 



Mr. E. Harriss, who has succeeded 



his father-in-hiw, the late Mr. Fyfe, as 

 head gardener to Lady Wantage, at Lock- 

 inge Park, is quite familiar with the fanious 

 gardens now under his charge. His first 

 gardening experience was gained at lnipn»'y 

 Hall Gardens, Droitwich, whine he served 



Richard 



for nearly six years mider i>ir. 

 Parker. In 1894 he went to LfX'kinge as 

 journeyman, and remained throe yea i s 

 under Mr. Fyfe, leaving to take 

 a charge in the fruit houses, imder Mr. 

 Ow(^n Thouias, at theEoyal Gardens, Wind- 

 sor. A year or so later Mr. Fyfe offered 

 him the position of general foreman at 

 Ijockinge, and this he ac-eepted, filling it for 

 three years, when, at the request of Mr. 

 Owen I'lionuus. he returned to Windsor to 



take charge of the fruit department und* r 

 glass. This onerous position Mr. Haniss 

 fil[e(J to the great satisfaction of Mr. 

 Thomas, an<l smbsequently to ^Mr. MackeU 

 hir, for a period of twelve years, and now, 

 foi* tli" third time, he has ^onr to l.n<'kiiwj;e. 

 It is liMnarkahle that jus jnunn^vnian, tore- 

 niaii. and as IhnhI (^ardetuv. Mi'. Harriss has 

 entrred M^rvi<f^ at I^K'kinge upon invita- 

 tion. Mr. Harri.ss's ability is of such a 

 higli order, and his knowletlge of Lockinge 

 so considerable, that we are quite certain 

 the high position Lady Wantage's beauti- 

 ful garden occupies in the horticultural 



world will be fully maintained under his 

 management. 



ire 



17, 



was a great 



success. 



Show, held on July 



The leading 

 rosarians were present in large numbers, 

 and both roses and sweet peas were well 

 and extensively shown. There was a bril- 

 liant assemblage for the oi)ening ceremony, 

 performed by the Lady Mayoress of Brad- 

 ford, 'Miss Moor house, who was accom- 

 panied hy the Ivord (Mayor, Alderman J. 

 B. Moorhouse. The receipts amounted to 

 £294, rather less than last year, and it is 

 estimated that 8,308 persons paid for ad- 

 mission. 



The Cla.rence Elliott Trophy 

 for Rock Garden Plants. — Mr. 



Clarence Elliott, Stevenage, has presented 

 a silver trophy to the Council of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, and this is to be 

 offered to amateurs for an exhibit of alpines 

 and plants suitable for a rock garden. The 

 plants to be arranged with rock work, as a 

 small rock garden, on a space 6ft. by 3ft. 

 There must be not less than 18, or more 

 than 24 species or varieties. Herbaceous 

 plants, ordinarily excee^ling 12in. in 

 height, buLbs, and variegated or double 

 plants to he excluded. The subjects shown 

 need not all be actually in flower. The com- 

 petition will take (place on Wedhiesday, 

 May 14, 1913, and all the [plants exhibited 

 must have been grown by the exhibitor 

 fiiiice March 1 at least. Beauty of arrange- 



ment, the real suitability of the plants to 

 rock work, rarity, culture, and correct 

 naming, will he most taken into considera- 

 tion by the judges. It is suggested that 

 the plants should be grown m pots, not 

 lifted from the open ground, but the pots 

 should in all cases he removed before stag- 

 ing. A background of dwarf shrubs and 

 conifers may be added. The Council will 

 award a suitable medal according to merit, 

 at their discretion, to the exhibitor ad- 

 judged second, and possibly also to the 



third. ^ ^_ 



Proposed Rose Show for the 

 City of London,— Mr. A. E. Piotheioe, 



of 07, 68, Cheapside, writes: It has been 

 suggested to me by several amateur rose 

 growers that a rose society should be formed 



^ople. The primary. 



is elliptical, with three ribs, for which Lord 

 Avebury believes there is as yet no explaaa- 

 tion. Such pollen was originally spherical^ 

 and only assumed the elliptical tluee- 

 ribbed form after leaving the anthers -and 

 losing a certain amount of moisture by de- 

 siccation. Compositse for the most part have 

 spiny pollen and are entomophilous, but 

 the Edelweiss and some allied species are 

 anemophilous and smooth. The Rosacefe 

 are abnost all entomophilous, with elliptic 

 pollen, but Poterium is anemophilous witi 

 spherical pollen. The willow is entomophi!. 

 ous, with elliptic three-cribbed pollen; th^ 

 poplars are anemophilous with sphericai 

 pollen. TTiough the size of pollen does not 

 depend entirely on the length of the pistil, 

 and the length therefore which the pollen 

 tube has to traverse, still, as a general rule, 



object would be to hold an annual §how the longer the pistil the larger the grains, 

 in the heart of th? City. I am convinced Ca.rlisle Show and the 



in the heart of th? City, 

 that there is ample room for such a society. 

 There must he a very large numher of 

 keen rosarians amongst our City workers, 

 as, indeed, a casual examination of * but- 

 tonholes ' during the rose season amply 

 testifies. They would, I am sure, welcome 

 an exhibition of roses in their midst, for 

 only a comp^iratively small number can 

 atFfird the time to attend the metropolitan 

 rxliii)ition of the National Rose Society or 

 similar slio\\s. The schedule would natu- 

 rally include classes to suit the smaller as 

 well as the larger growers, and, I think, 

 should ako have special ones for those 

 dwelling within five and ten miles of the 

 City boundary. 'Thus exhibitors would be 

 competing against those who have to culti- 

 vate their roses under similar conditions, 

 and this would footer ^ spirit of keen hut 

 friendly rivalrv- between the 



suburbs. 



various 



I shall be very pleased to receive 

 names and City addresses of those who 

 would be willing to join in the formation 

 of such a society, from iwhich a committee 

 could be formed to carry out the working 

 details." 



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for Cattle ^Mi 



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Bat hurst, M.P., 



recently asked the President of the Board 

 of Agriculture, whether potato tops were 

 as useful food as hay for farm <stock, and, 

 if so, what treatment was necessary to 

 render the 2,000,000 tons of haulm annually 

 thrown away, fit for food. The reply 

 was that green potato tops are edible, and 

 sometimes fed to stock, hut the use of 

 such tops would injure the crop of tubers. 

 Potato haulm, fully ripened, is quite unfit 

 for stock feeding. 



Variation In Boskoop Giant 



Black Currant.— >Mr. Chas. Pearson 

 sent shoots of black currant Boskoop Giant 

 to the recent meeting of the R.H.S. Scien- 

 tific Committee, to illustrate a variation 

 which had apparently suddenly arisen in 

 several localities. The leaves become much 

 more dentate and the hushes fail to fruit. 

 Sometimes only a portion of the bush is so 

 affected, hut frequently the whole, and in 

 one plantation 50 per cent, of the bushes 

 showe<l the variation. The Committee will 

 welcome any observations that would throw 

 light upon the phenomenon. It has been 

 suggested that possibly hard pruning may 

 h<ave brought about the result, but there is 

 no record so far of reversion. 



Development of Pollen.— In a 



communication read at the recent monthly 

 meeting of the Eoyal Microscopical 

 Society, Lord Avebury gave a short account 

 of the development of pollen and of recent 

 researches on fertilisation. Lord Avebury 

 divided pollen into: aerial pollen carried 

 by the wind, aerial pollen carried by in- 

 sects, and subaqueous pollen. The various 

 forms of pollen were described and their 

 distribution in the different orders enu- 

 merated. The most common form of pollen 



Carlisle 

 Northern Fruit Congress, to be 



held ioonjointly on Septemher 4 end 5, 

 promise to be of gieat interest, and tk 

 exhibition should be unusually large. The 

 Speaker of the House of Commons, the 

 Rt. Hon. J. W. Lo\^i:her, will open the 

 ' exhibition and congre^ss. 



Gardeners and the U.H.B.P.S, 



■We are glad to learn that so many 



erftelcS Man 



readers have acted upon onr advice and 

 applied for particulars of the benefite 

 offered during sickness to those who be- 

 come memhers of the United Horticultural 

 Benefit and Provident Society. This society 

 has now become approved by the National 

 Health Commissioners, and there were no 

 fewer than a hundred and thirteen applica- 

 tions for memhership at the recent special 

 meeting of the committee: at the previous 

 meeting eighty-two new members joined. 



Carpenteria calif ornica at 



S h e rfi e I d IVE ano r . — ^'Chis handsome 



flowering shrub has seldom heen seen to 

 such advantage as during the present suin- 

 mer, and wherever there are esta-blished 

 specimens there has been a wonderful 

 wealth of its heautiful white iblooms. At 



near Basingstoke, two 

 plants are growing against a south wall, 

 and each is clothed in hlossom. The un- 

 usual freedom with which the flowers are 

 produced is probahly due to the great heat 

 of 1911, and the consequent ripening of tltf 

 growth. Possibly many lovers of floweTiug 

 shrubs may he induced to plant this Car- 

 penteria hecause of its good behavious this 

 year, but they must not expect to see sucb 

 a profusion of flowers each season, unlesa 

 the preceding summer is a hot and brig 

 one. 



M. Lucien Chaure, editor of the 



French ^SAIoniteur d^ Horticulture, has 

 recently heen awarded the rosette ot an 

 Officer of the Legion of Honour. 



Exhibition of Forced Spring 



Bulbs in 1913.— A special exhibition 0 

 forced spring hulbs will be held at the 

 Horticultural Hall on March 4 and 5, 



the obje<t being to demonstrate the varie- 

 ties most suitable for gentle forcmg- 

 hihits of small and large collections are J 

 vited from amateurs and the trade, a 

 R.H.S. medals will he awarded accormn, 

 to merit. The General Bulh Growers ^ 

 ciety of Haarlem have ipresented P^i^; 

 totalling 21 guineas for eighteen hyacintn- 

 15 guineas for twelve hyacinths ; £5 ^s. 

 six hyacinths ; and 11 guineas for four P ,^ 

 of hyacinths, ten roots of one ^''^"^rf j 

 each pan. The blooms in each pan to o^. 

 distinctly different colour to those of w 

 other three pans. For trade growers t , 

 will be a class for the finest decorative 



play of hyacinths grown 



from first's'*^ 



bulbs, and the prize will he the g«ld m^*^!} 

 of the General Bulb Growers' Society 



Haarlem. 



