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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 12, 1912 



Woolton Mutual Improvement 



Society. 



TliG wintcr'ti work of this society com- 

 menced on the 1st inst., when tlie secretary, 

 Mr. E. G. Waterman, gave an excellent ac- 

 count of the Eoval International Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition of 1912. The lecturer hav- 

 ing held the responsible po.sitions of county 

 secretary for Lancashire, and member of the 

 jury, had opportunities of submitting details 

 that proved interesting and instructive. The 

 lecture was much appreciated, both by those 

 who visited the great show, and those, who 

 were unable to do so. A discussion followed 



■ 



in which visitors emphasised and enlarged 

 upon the information of the essayist. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. 

 Cromwell, who occupied the chair, and to 

 Mr. \V:i1trman. 



Scottish 



Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



The monthly meeting of this association 

 was held in the Goold Hall, 5, St. Andrew 

 Square, Edinburgh, on the l«t inwt. Mr. 

 MaFsie, the president, was In the chair, and 

 there was an attendance of 105 members. 

 The Secret^rry, Mr. A. D. Eichardson, gave a 

 lecture, illustrated by a large uinnl>er of 

 lattern slides, on " Edinburgli V Park and 

 other Trees." He pointed out that, though 

 l^dinburgh was very much behind some of 

 the other cities in the United Kingdom as 

 regurds f^treet planting, there was a very con- 

 sideiiible variety of tree^s which grew well in 

 the city, and, even in the most c^ntral parts, 

 many good specimens occurred in the i^arks 

 and gardens. Some of the pyruses, nuch af^ 

 P intermedia, P. aria, P. pinnatifida, and P. 

 rotundifolia di 1 well, and thorns and labur- 

 nums also withstood the smoke-polluted at- 

 it'osphere very well. JJut the tree which suc- 

 c<eded bet^t in the city wat> Platanus aceri- 

 lolia, the so-called London " plane, though, 

 owing apparently to some unintelligible j)rc- 

 judice against its use as such, it had l)een 

 very little planted as a street tree. Amongst 

 the old treeis the anh, elm, beech, sycamore, 

 and lime were the principal species, and 

 there were still somv tine s])iM iniciis of the 

 oldest of them. T\w Irhh-Ii was graduaUy 

 disappearing, h<nvevir, ;ind it would never 

 be replaced by tlir >ani kind of tree. Cnri- 

 out^ly enough, many oi the oldest elms were 

 not the Scotch spet-i+^.s (Ulmus montana), but 

 the EngH*^h elm {V. campestris) and forms of 

 it. and young trees of the latter species were 

 thriving well. Amongst the soft-wooded, 

 bvoad-leaved trees, the AVhite or Hunting- 

 don willow (Salix alba) gave most promi&e 

 of becoming a good tree, and the white 

 poplar (Popiilus alba) seemed to deserve 

 more attention than it got. On the motion 

 of Mr. Todd, the secretary received a very 

 f:earty vote of thr.nls. 



The President gave a short but interesting 

 account of a visit to Xonnandv last moiith. 

 The agricultur.- there, he safd, wa.s very 

 similar to our own, excepting that a con- 

 siderable area was devoted to the cultivation 

 of buckwheat and Indian corn tor fodder. 

 Tlie methods ol cnll ivation, liowever. weie 

 very primitive as eoiiij)ai\'<l with (turs. 



The exhibits were: New eollarette. eaetus, 

 pompon, dAvarf bedding, paeonv-tiowercfi and 

 double fancy dahlias, and earl v-Howeriiig 

 chry^anthenuHM Cvnthia, exhibited by 

 Messrs. Dob>)ie and Co. Each of the following 

 v^as awarded a certificate of merit : CoUarettl 

 dahlia Princess Louise, paeony-fiowered dahlia 

 Jvakadee, dwarf bedding cactus dahlia Mari- 

 ianee, and chrysanthemum Cynthia. New 

 Michaelmas dair>ies Glory of Colwall and 



1 'S*'?n?'*l^^'''^* exhibited by Mr. Ernest Bal- 

 lard, The Court, Colwall, Herefordshire, were 

 each awarded a first-class certificate. Knipho 



bit-ed by MeL^__ _ 



^ons and Co., Edinburcjli (avvard<>d a certifi '"''■■'Wy armngWrand atZnt^rf'^Mi "''^P*'. id- 

 eate of ^.ritK larg. c;,l,ition1?s^ri7^ or u llS^Jl'^'^^t^^^'^^ 

 ohap (in-..nv.w,th fruit, of haidv tlv.; and .l. ';n "It. '^^-'rr.ultn^l~^ 



lUb., and Messrs. Todd and Co. showed a 



vase of Michaelmas daisy. Beauty 

 of Colwall. 



At the meeting on November 5 Mesers. 

 A. Eddington, F.J.I., and James Hay, 

 F.E.P.S., will give papers on Villa Gardening 

 and Window Gardening respectively. 



ANSWERS TO 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Bolton Horticultural Society. 



The winter session of this society opened 

 on the 3rd inst. at the Spinners' Hall, Bolton 

 by Mr. R, G. Waterman, the Woolton secre- 



who eravp his " Imnrcssion.ti nf the 



Mr. 

 the 

 Mr. 



t^ry, who gave his "Impressions of 

 Eoyal International Exhibition of 1912." 

 H. Shone was voted to the chair in 

 unavoidable absence of the chairman 



E. Smith. There was a fair attendance, and 

 the lecture was thoroughly enjoyed. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS 



TAKEN IN THE ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLEY, SURREY. 



Height above Sea-level, 150 feet 



Date, 



temperature of the 



Air. 



1912. 

 September 29 



TO 



October 6. 



Sept. 29 



„ 30 

 Oct. 1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 



19 



Means 



-Sunday 



-Monday 



-Tuesday 



-Wednesday.. 

 ■Thnrsday .... 



-Friday 



-Saturday.,.., 



Date. 



1912. 

 September 29 



TO 



October 5. 



< 



Temperature of 

 the Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



Sept. 29 



» 30 

 Oct. 1 



3 

 4 

 5 



1 1 

 II 



» I 



-Sunday 



-Monday , 



■Tuesday 



■Wednesday.. 

 ■Thursday.... 

 Friday 



Saturday,... 



ms, 

 1-58 

 1-10 

 0-56 

 0-08 



Means 



(total) 

 3-32 



At 



1ft. 



deep. 



deff. 

 53 

 oi 

 66 

 55 

 51 



49 



62 



At 

 2 ft. 

 deep. 



63 

 54 

 54 



53 

 62 

 51 



53 



At 

 4 ft. 



deep. 



deg. 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 54 



EH K 

 H 



Editorial Oommunications should be addressed to tti 

 Editor of the Garden'ers' Magazine, 148 and iiq 

 Aldea^ate Street, E.G. 



Secretaries of horticultural societicfi are invited tfv 

 send early notification of forthcoming- exhibitions 

 a-nd meeting's, and are requested to advise us con 

 ceming changes of dates. 



Specimeais of plantis, flowers, and fruits for naming 

 or opinion should be^ sent to the Editor of tie 

 Gardeners' Magazine, " Ends.leigh," Priory Park 

 Kew, Surrey, a-nd as early in the week as po&sibk' 

 ALL parcels must be sufficiently prepaid. 



The Editor will be glad to receive photographs of 

 gardens, plants, flowers, tree^, fruits, etc., for 

 reproduction iu the Gakdeners' Magazine. He will 

 also be greatly obliged by correspondents sending 

 ea-rly intimation of inteiresting local events relating 

 to horticulture. In sending newspapers containing 

 matter to which they wis'h to draw attention, cor- 

 respondents are requested to distinctly mark the 

 paragraph. 



DISEASED CARNATIONS.— 0. R. : Would 

 you please inform me, through the "O.M./* 

 what is amiss with the carnations I am send- 

 ing? I have not seen the disease before, but 

 have recently purchased a new variety^ and 

 found it was similarly affected. What must 

 I do to cure the disease? An early answer 

 will oblige one of your oldest readers.— The 

 carnations are suffering from debility and 

 disease, which came first we cannot say, prob- 

 ably the former. Cuttings and layers should 

 never be taken from plants that show the 

 least signs of disease, or which are not first- 

 class as regards robustness and freedom of 

 flowering. A weak plant and a weak cut- 

 ting are predisposed to disease. Layering was 

 not commenced sufficiently early to produce 

 the be^t results. Young plants like those 

 sent will never become good specimens^ and 

 should be burned at once. Others, with only 

 slight signs of disease, should be sprayed 

 with a solution of sulphide of potassium after 

 all the rusty and badly marked leaves have 

 been cut away^ and burned. If the plants are 

 to be kept in frames during the winter, 



them on a well-drained base, well 

 and so ventilate the frame that an 



stand 



apart, 

 ample 



among them. 



56 



deer, 

 45 

 50 

 42 



46 

 25 

 24 

 25 



circulation of air can be provided 



Ventilation over the tops of 

 the plants is not sufficient. Water sparingly, 

 and when it is necessary to give water apply 

 it early on fine days. 



HOUSES.— 



CONSTRUCTION 



OF COW 



Some time ago a cor- 

 information concerning 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVEa 



from the ''Hom^ of Floweri 



fuliy-i,rvpartxl lists 

 ir.Tirral cultivation 

 plantvs, et<'. 



MESSRS. DICKSONS 



n catalogue r€€ently issued 

 er&'' will be found care- 



Ix. \ ^""^'^^ bulbs in 



Witt fihort lists of gr^^nhouse 



C. G. G., Minehead 

 respondent asked for 



the erection of cow-houses, and I believe you 

 referred him to a government publication. I 

 cannot find the answer, so perhaps you will 

 be good enough to say where I can'^get the 

 needed information. — Apply to the Secretary 

 of the Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall 

 Place, London, S.W., for Leaflet No. 241, 

 dealing with "The Construction of Cow 

 Houses." You need not stamp the letter or 

 enclose any sum for the pamphlet. 



of bulbous plan^r^^u^ b^th^^m^^^^ 



Hcn'm-iuiv/- CHUHOH STREET 



bulbous ^ow^^^^ ^'"^"^ '''''' ->ll-l)r.i>arcd li.t of 



A ua^tuland fre^iv-dtl&crintiv.. li^t nf V ' 



k indicatf-fl ' ^ ^^^ni the flowom 



CHRISTOPHER BOURXE BlFTrRrrx- t 

 dition to his iiMil li.t Mr 



neat little cat^W,,^ LuJ' ^^^rne bae i^smd a 



HORTICULTURAL 

 LANTERN SLIDES. 



LECTURES AND 

 R. D., Templecomhe : 



A^ question frequently asked in connection 

 with gardeners' associations is: Where can 

 lantern slides be obtained for illustrating 



horticultural lecture 



s 



could say 



H ^'^'^Zr^- CARTER 



fron. Rayne. Pa^U com ^^^^ 



ot 



l.d.iihursrh (hii,rhly ,<,iHn,en.l,.d). Mr Thom- 

 ■"». also shmvi^d ..,uic hiu" ^piki-s <,t pent^W. 



Mrs. F. 1-ultmd. Provide,! t ^xh . 



W magn.hc^nt fruit.s of r,tmaKt , 

 Luches. pears, each Iruit weighing abo 



If you 



where such slides can be purchased or hired 

 at a moderate rate you would, I am sure, 

 be helping many of your readers.— Those 

 qualified to lecture on horticultural subjects 

 and who are in some demand as a conse- 

 quence, usually provide their own lantern 

 slides. A good set of slides illustrating any 

 given branch of horticultural etudy or ac- 

 tivity is generally accumulated in the course 

 of many years, the slides being made from 

 photographs of suitable subjects that come 

 under the notice of the lecturer. W'e have 

 m mind a popular lecture that is illustrated 

 by about eighty slides. Some of these elides 

 were made about a score of years ago. but 

 rarely does a year ^ass without the addition 



to fruit, a.; u oatalog-u.> <|.vot.> 



' ^ buhjrctb the fim specia-iisr^ in. 



NOTTS. 

 Hi 



T;rrEsrs patent garden sundries 



' ▼ have been invented during 30 y^'ars of prac- 

 tical ©xf>prieno«. By better cultivation, and pl«** 

 sure by which gardens are kept in order, their ei- 

 r**n*e ie doably rcoaid. i5araples and Illustrated Oata. 



logae frt^. C. E. WEST, Higham Hill London, 



