October 12, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



85 



The 



have come out looking 



NORTHERN COUNTIES 



FRUIT CONGRESS. 



I have recently received a command from 

 the R^v. J. Bernard Hall, secretary of the 

 Xorth of Engflish Horticultural Society, to 

 fix up a Congress on Fruit or Fruit and 

 potatoes for the four northern counties of 

 England, to be held in 1914; and further, a 

 recjuest that I should appeal to the Durham 

 County Council for funds to meet various 

 expenses. 



I am wondering if I may have the assist- 

 ance (in the first instance) of your valuable 

 paper to ventilate this scheme, and as re- 

 gards the Congress to come into touch with 

 horticulturists and others in the North, who 

 would intimate their willingness to work 

 with me to run the said Congress. 

 Northern Fruit Congress, so called, of the 

 past years, has l>een, more or les^s, a one- 

 man scheme, and a financial failure. In 1910 

 Captain Cuthbert had to pay a deficit balance 

 of £bO, In 1911 the Eev. J. B. Hall was 

 responsible, and had to meet a deficit of ^30. 

 In 1912 the Kev. J. B. Hall and Professor 

 W. B. Little were conjointly responsible at 

 Carlisle, and they 



rather blue ; still, they are going to keep 

 running and organise a conference at Kendal 

 in 1913. This procedure seems to me very 

 unwise. If a congress on fruit, or a horti- 

 cultural congress in any form is wanted, why 

 should there not be a proper representative 

 congress committee or council to carry on 

 8uch a movement on similar lines to which 

 any other congress is managed, and make it 

 peripatetic — annual meetings in different 

 centres? The request for me to approach the 

 Durham County Council or any other 

 county body for cash — and more particularly 

 the Council in question, as not one of the 

 members are horticulturists— is not the right 

 course to take. Mr. Hall argues that the 

 Yorkshire Agricultural Society arrange and 

 provide many years in advance; they and 

 other allied societies have the interests of the 

 work at heart, understand and provide in ad- 

 vance; not so a county governing body. To 

 ask a County Council to organise a show or 

 prepare a scheme amongst whom no one is 

 enthusiastic, two years hence, and out of the 

 rates, is not the proper course to take. If 

 a body of ladies and gentlemen can be found 

 to work together I will gladly work hard 

 with them. ^ 



A^hilst writing in connection (although in- 

 directly) with the North of England Horti- 

 ultural Society, it may not be out of place 

 note the progress of this northern societv 

 >inee its inception. One wonders sometimes 

 |i^it is wanted. The secretary often states 

 tnat existing societies and others must in- 

 cite them to come out if they are to visit 

 a centre. The mission of the North of 

 i^f' Horticultural Societv should be to 

 f^u societies that they aee coming to their 



Jf. ^ given date, create interest, and 



finance the concern. If this is 

 plf horticulture will advance. The old 



Judging from the Monthly Magazine 



th^ n! ^"^^ •^"t appear on the first of 

 e month), no progress has been made: 



th 



ffivl Fellows and others were 



is l^J^^? original reading— lately it 



tiBemS%]^^PJ' .'""^ begging and adyer- 



not 

 abl< 



hav 



good 



and 

 bee 



people suggests that Leeds 



nageme 



that Rv«r ^- T^wenty-nve years ago, but 

 good f 1^ obsolete. It would be a 



tured n ^^^^ f^^^^ manufac- 



«3 and fewer commands sent forth. 



John Smith, 

 Fellow of the N.E.H.S. and Horticultural 

 UcUxmr for County of Durham. 

 Shire Hall, Durham. 



R Y S T A L 



P A L ACE . 



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of 



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%vill be held by tlie 

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at tile 

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on 



OCTOBEl? 29. 30, 31, 19V1. 



No extra charge to view this magn ifi cen;t nhow. 



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72, Siivernake Hoad, Gcksik'! Oak, 



J^ondon. N.W. 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



There vias a reinarkal>ly fine exhibition at 

 Vincent Square on October 8, the Royal 

 Horticultural Hall being packed from end to 

 end, each annexe containing a number of 

 bright exhibits. The newer trees and 

 shrubs, bamiboos, Michaelmas daisies, chry- 

 santhemums, dahlias, orchids, and fruits 

 were all present in great force. There were 

 a number of good novelties and a large at- 

 tendance of visitors. The collection of 

 heaths from South Africa, tseut by Lady 

 Grey, gained the high appreciation of the 

 Floral Committee. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Lady Grey, 22, South Street, Park Lane, 

 contributed a particularly interesting collec 

 tion of heaths, all Cape s]>ecies, and the 

 specimens had been exhibited at an exhibi- 

 tion of wild flowers held at Caledon, Cape 

 Colony, on September 14. Tliere was a pro- 

 tea at the back (possibly P. cynaroides), and 

 then there were a;bout forty va^s of flowers, 

 and probably three dozen distinct species 

 were represented , but , a 1 a,s , not one wa s 

 laibelled. Some few had a familiar look, but 

 the majority were unknown to most people 

 who saw them. Two kinds attracted general 

 attention; one with slender growth and a 

 prof usion of sim all golden-yellow flowers ; 

 and one with dense clusters of tiny ventri- 

 cose, greenish -cream flowers. A most inter- 

 testing exhibit that won the appreciation of 

 the Floral Committee. 



Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 

 fJled a large corner with great mounds of 

 Michaelmas daisies, Liatris j'ycnostachya, 

 Kniphofia tricolor. K. Glow, and the quaint 

 Phytolacca decandra. Among the Michael- 

 mas daisies Desire, P^ggy Ballard, St. 

 Egwin, Climax, Delight, Chastity, and Ame- 

 thyst were specally good. In every case the 

 height of the variety was stated on the label. 

 In another corner Mr. James Box, Lindfleld, 

 had a fine exhibit of hardy flowers. Soli- 

 dagos, heleniums, and Michaelmas daisies, in 

 tall stands, made a fine background for 

 masses of early chrysanthemums. Perle 

 Chatillonaise was very fine. Gladiolus priii- 

 ceps, G. America. Heliantluis spansifolius. 

 A\'atsonia Ardernei, and phloxes, tlie latter 

 vei^ good for so late a date. 



Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg dis- 

 played grand bunches of such fine market 



chrysar,themums a-. Juliet, Crandfordia. 

 Moneymaker, Mrs. Roots, Pha-be, Miss Col- 

 lier, H. W. Thorjje, and Cranford Yellow. 

 Messrs. Barr and Sous. Covent Garden, exhi- 

 bited a selection of early-flowering chrysan- 

 themums and Michaelnia^s daisies, with a 

 quite good lot of spikes of Dr. Hulot, Ame- 

 rica, La Luna, The Dawn, and Afterglow 

 gh^dioli. In the same exliibit tliere were a 

 few norines and little l)atehes of flowering 

 plants of Acidantliera uicolor, and Schizos- 

 tylis coccinea. Messrs. Carter Page and Co., 

 l^ndon Wall, were represented by violas and 

 Michaelmas daisus. 



A large collection of graceiul l)aiiih<M)s, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. L. R. l{u..s.^]l. Richmond, 

 gave a very fair id< a of the elegance and 

 l>eauty of thes<^ plants; Piiyllostaclnv aurea, 

 P. Quilloi. P. nigra, P. I^^iyana. AruiHliji- 

 aria nigra, A. auricoma. \. iio.^.i . A. 

 SiuHini, Hanibasu jialniala. aini l>. (jiia<iian- 

 gularis. were among t 1m' jMo^^t attract ive 

 kinds. 'ihe ferns Irom Me^s^sis. ]]. H. May 

 i;nd Sons, Edmonton; consisted largely of 

 the newer nephrolepises and choice adian- 

 tums and davallias. 



Messrs. James V<m:.1i .m;! ^ou-. ^'li- Nra. 

 pivst^nted some cliarniiiiii^ v;iru-ti4'> ui on -n- 

 lious^* rhodoclemlnms. ;i haliii oi Xvi me 

 Fothcrgilli major, the lovely old Amarvllis 

 reticulata, and collections of bouvardias and 

 abutilons. This firm had also a large ex- 

 hibit of choice tr?es and shrubs, fiilin'g the 

 v.'hole side of the hall oj)]i()si1<' the entran<'<\ 

 Berried plantt> \\ert' vi iy lai^t jy >]io\\n. ;iiid 

 some of the most att i act iv<- iu t \n re 



(!rat«gus Ix^Iaudi» Syniphoricarpus (.d idcn- 

 talis, Hippophae, rhamnoides, Eleul lu ro* (.e- 

 cus Ileurvi (with clusters of black fruits), 

 Stanae-sia undulata, the bright coral red 

 Herberis Stapfiana, B. Wiisona% Cotoneaster 

 Inillata, C. acutifolia, C. rug<Ksa Henryi, and 

 I'yru;^ Yoitchi. Other Hue tilings were Libo- 

 cedrus niacrolc))!-^. a (riaccful conifer; Eleag- 

 nus pungvMis auii^iv-iiiaculata, bright with 

 golden^ variegation, Eucalyptus (mm . ifri. a. 

 the crimson-leaved Nandina domeslit i. ( u- 

 pressus macrorarpa lutea. Viburninn rhvii- 

 dophyllum. Ilex Pernyi, scarlet oak>. ^ilv.'xd 

 ivies, " blue'' abies. crimson and pinple- 

 leaved vitis, and a Itost of other good things. 



Mr. W. E. Ingwerson, Hare wood Road. 

 South Ctoydon, showed a collection of 

 Mich'aelmas daisies raised l)y Mr. E. Ballard, 

 of Colwall; Glory of Colwall, a new large 

 double form; Nancy Ballard, Rosy Morn, 

 Moonlight, and Peggy Ballard were the varie- 

 ties staged. The tirst-named attiactcd a 

 good deal of attention. Messrs. J, Love and 

 Son, Westbury, Bristol, showed a new varie- 

 gated form of Galega officinalis named 

 Lovei. Maxime Kovalesky is a splendid light 

 scarlet zonal i)elargouium. and one well shown 

 by Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, SwanIey,wlio 

 also displayed the fine late sunflower, Helian- 

 thus spar^ifolius. 



Roses were delightfully ^Imwu iiv Messrs. 

 "N^ illiam Paul and Son, Waltham Cros^s. tlie 

 firm using tall bamboo stands as well as the 

 familiar round baskets for the dis])lay of 

 their flowers. Varieties of special Ijeauty 

 were Richmond, Lyon, Sulphurea. Pliarisaer, 

 Juliet, Florence Haswell Veitch. L-lx^rtv, 

 Ophelia, Corallina, and Madame Abel Cliate- 

 nay. Messrs. Benjamin Cant and Sons, Col- 

 chester, exhibited roses finely, as though the 

 fogs and frosts of early autumn counted for 

 nothing. The varieties Hugh Dickson. Lady 

 Hillingdon, Papa Gontier, Irish Elegance, 

 Jctosie, St. Helena (very fine), La Tosca, Gus- 

 tav Nabonnand. Lyon Mrs. W. Christie 

 Miller, and the bright Alexandra Zarizi, 



A pretty group of roses came from Meesrs. 

 Frank Cant and Co., Braiswick, Colchester, 

 and thi3 firm showed beautiful bunches of 

 Comtesse de Cayla, Lyon,Quecn Mab, Madame 

 Jean Dupuy, Frau Karl Druschki, Gustave 

 Regis, Lady Hillingdon, A. R. Goodson. 

 I'apa Gontier, and Dorothy Page Roberts. 

 The roses from Messrs. W. and J. Brown, 

 Stamford, were reminiscent of summer time, 

 and tho exhibit contained l>eautiful blooms 

 of Lyon. Liberty, La France, Juliet, Duchess 

 Oi Wellington, Sunburst, and other fine 

 varieties. Messrs. E. Jackman and Son, 

 A^^oking, were represented by roses, the l^est 

 of the autumn bloomers being set up in good 



