September 7, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



691 



A T I O X A L CHEYSANTHEMUM 



SOCIETY. 



to 



THE EXHIBITION OF 



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OCTOBEU 2ml and 3rd 1912. 

 Write for Schedule &nd piirticulars, post fr<^? 

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 MEiNTS are ineerted in this t>olumn at Six- 

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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27. 



Present: A. E. Bowks, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 

 (in the chair). 



SWEET PEAS FROM MR. DIPNALL.— 

 The specimens submitted to the committeo 

 were damaged by the "Streak" disease 

 Thielavia ba^icola. Many of the leaves and 

 parts of the etem had also patches of Botry- 

 tus cinerea growing on them. Tlie root^^ 

 were poorly developed, and showed signs of 

 6ome check earlier in the season, probablv 

 overwatering in the early summer. It ils 

 suggested as a. method of preventing the 

 attack, deep and early-autumn cultivation of 

 the ground intended for next season's crop of 

 sweet peas, a very moderate use of organic 

 manure, thin seeding, and frequent use of 

 the Dutch hoe in place of watering during 

 early droughts, 



EPIDENDRUM LATERALE. — Mr. 

 O'Brien showed for Mr. Keal, Penarth, a 

 plant of Epidendrum laterale (Central 

 America), and remarked that the infloresence 

 1.S produced on a rudimentary pseudo-bulb, 

 as in E. Stamfordianum (probably the only 



similar ca^c), a peculiarity that seems to 

 show that the normal mode of flowering- is 

 from the base of the mature pseudo-bulb. 

 A Botanical Certificate was awarded to this 

 plant on the proposition of Mr O'Brien 



MUMMY PEA.-Mr. A. Sutton showed a 

 series of photographs illustrating several 

 crosses with the so-called Mummy pea Pisum 

 umbeliatum. ' 



LILY FASCIATED. _ Mr. Bowles showed 

 a remarkable photograph of Lilium candi- 

 dum showing a fasciated double form, a 

 condition figured in Dr. Masters* "Terato- 

 logy." 



ARAIEXA ABNORMAL.— Mr. Van der 

 Wyre sent specimens of thrift with abnormal 

 pollen and petals. Referred to Mr. Hill for 

 report. 



VARIATION.— Rev. Geo. Henslow wrote 

 with reference to non-scented musk, a con- 

 dition due to the cold and wet weather. Mi' 

 Henslow also drew attention to the tendency 

 to variegation in aspidistra when removed 

 from a partly-shaded position to the full li^ht 

 of a conservatorv. 



PEAR WITH\4XIAL GROWTH. _ Mr. 

 Ockenden sent a pear with elongated axis, 

 sliowing the formation of three fruits, as a 

 result of the elongation. Messrs. Bu'nyaixl 

 sent a drawing of a pear fruit showing a 

 -similar elongation, resulting, however, in a 

 tuft of leaves beyond the fruit. 



Messrs. Robinson Bros.' Horti- 

 cultural Show at Edgbaston. 



Considerable interest, not unmixed with 

 curiosity, has for some time past been evinced 

 in the prospect of a horticultural show on a 

 large scak being held for commercial rea- 

 sons by a firm of horticultural sundriesmen. 

 The enterprising firm who undertook by 

 ]ueans of an exhibition to show the public 

 the excellence of the produce that can be 

 grown by the aid of their various specialities 

 are Messrs. Robinson Bros., Lim., Ryders 

 Green, West Bromwich, who engaged the 



society 



Botanic Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 

 and held the show on August 28 and 29.'' 



From all points ot view the show was a 

 brilliant success. A\ itli a schedule of con- 

 siderable extent, and cash i)rize« of unusual 

 value, exhibitors were drawn from all parts 

 ot the country, and quite a number of the 

 giants among exhibitors came down in force 

 and competed in the big classes for flowers, 

 Iruits, and vegetables, the result lieine a dis- 

 play of which any hort ic itlt ural 

 might well be proud. 



The vegetables formed, undoubtediv, as 

 fine a display as could l>e ])roduced at any 

 August show, aiHl in Ww flower section the 

 border exhibits ot haiily How. i's wvrv a ])at- 

 t( rn to tlios{' wiio Irlune s<'lHMlule-, and 

 jioiuti'd till' way to ihv ijio>t t-Hcct i vi- a jran^e- 

 ii:ci)t |)o.-^->ii»I<' ot tlic I()v<'ly liowcrs tlial adorn 

 li.'t i-;iC(MMis iionh'rs. Tlie^tai)!es of fruit, the 

 rotv-^. aixl tlie Ia!g<' tentful of decorated'din- 

 i'<' ' tallies were all of a very high order of 

 UH'rit. and even in the cottagers' chisses there 

 v.ere \ i-^h^I al»los of n-allv gcuxl (lualilv. Every- 

 body was in grt'at gixnl iiuuiour. and at the 

 excclleni luncheon provided for judgt's and 

 exliiUitors many compliments were paid to 

 ill- Jiini of Messrs. Robinson Bros., to their 

 manager (Mr. A. W. Evanr.). and hi., aoie 

 holjxrs (Messrs. Fleming and ILuhb u '. 



OPEN SECTION CUT FLOWERS. 



Tlie leading class in this s?ction was for a 

 collection of border flowiM.. arranged on a 

 ^;pace of 20ft. by 8ft., to represent as nearly 

 as possible, a growing border. It wats cer- 

 tainly a line class, and the general comment 

 was that thi^ style of exhibiting was a great 

 improvement on the orthodox arrangement 

 on tables. The w^inning exhi))it contributed 

 by Mr. Frank Bouskeil, :\larkvt Hosworth, 

 was a delightful arrangement of choice, well- 

 grown flowers. Among many go<xl things in 

 the foreground were Potentilla Gibson's Scar- 

 let, varieties of Veronica elegans. Achillea 

 alpina, and several other dwarf plants of 

 merit, whilst the central portion was taste- 

 fully filled with phloxes, heiianthuses, double 



FIEST PEIZE COLLECTION OF VEGETABLES SHOWX BY MR. J. GIBSON AT MESSES. EOBINSON BROTHERS' 



EXHIBITION. 



