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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



October 19, 1912^ 



large portion is being dealt with, and the 

 old methods of forming a rock garden are 

 being revealed as great masses of sand- 

 stone, hitherto completely buried^ are being 

 brought to light. These are being set aside, 

 and for the new work many tons of old, 

 weathere<l stone, brought from Cheddar, 

 are ready to hand. 



Flowering; Trees a.nd Shrubs. 



— -Owing to our persistent advocacy during 

 the past twenty years of tlie merits of the 

 treos and shrubs remarkable for the bc^auty 

 of tbeir flowers, and our efforts in giving 

 jHoniitu'tK e to the finest of the s( veral kinds, 

 they liavt^ now attained to a high position 

 amoii^ tlic various forms of arborescent 

 and li^Il^ous \t'm^tation available for fui- 

 iiisliiriLi [\\ty j^ai'drn. Their attainment t<> a 

 liiub <lo^rt't' ot p;;|)ula]ity has (^ivon rise to 

 many rr(|Ut'sts for fnith^M- Iniorniation on 

 the all-impoi tant qn* stions ol" x^hwtion and 

 ]>lantin^, and. with a \i*'\v to ii'ndiM' our 

 rra (h'i's i ht ' i nl h'.^t nossl l)h' a^^isi a nee, we 

 ha\o ;i ri;i n L::tM 1 lo dr\'ote onr next issue 



(th*^ 2i)lh inst.) ( Int (ly to tiets and shrubs 

 wi* li a I tract i\T ilo .voi s. Chief among the 

 (M)nti i;ts of ih(^ issne will ho a nioTU)a;ra]>li 

 of the mil I moil I a I raa lis . and a rt i<-h's on 

 flowoi-inM ; 1 or> and sliruhs suiiahlo for hiwn 

 sp<'( inion^ and spaciiius iioidoi s; Iniidy aza- 

 l*'as ; trtu'N and >hrnhs s\^)^v growth, spe- 

 cially a*hiptod for srnad f^ardons ; the new(M' 

 buddh'ias ; and llowor i?!^- slirnlis that mav 

 he successfnlly utilise<l in fnrni»shing rock 

 gardens. Tho is>no will l)(' freely illus- 

 tratod. a?id tho illustrations will include 

 so\»'ial now and lit t !<^-knowii kinds. 



reminded the delegates that there was less 

 than an hour in which to discuss the four 

 subjects on the agenda, some of them at 

 once saw the difficidtv thev Avould have in 



discharging their duty to the societies which 

 they represented. The inclusion of 

 the exhibition of colour photography in the 

 programme was of much value, as it gave 

 the delegates an opportunity of becoming 

 acquainted with the best of all methods for 



The proper course 

 haA'e arranged two 

 meetings — ^one in the forenoon, for the con- 

 sideration of matters relating to the work 

 of the societies that were represented at 

 thi> conference ; and the other in the after- 

 noon, for the exhibition of coloui 



raphy. 

 cussion 



illustrating lectures, 

 wotdd have been to 



[-1 



phnto- 



The questions arranged for dis- 

 were — attracting yoimg men to 

 meetings, the admission of lady gardeners 

 to meetings of mutual improvement socie- 



cluhs and the iudffino: of 



ties, garden 

 bottle<l fruits. 



judging 

 At the close of the confer- 



are being tranied as gardeners from partioi 

 pating in the advantages that result from 

 the attendance at meetings of mutual in? 

 provement societies. In some instances th' 

 subscription was said to be only one shi]^ 

 ling, and yet the attendances of young men 

 were not satisfactory. Several delegates 

 stated that with an annual subscription of 

 half-a-cro'wn they had no difficulty in ob- 

 taining young gardeners as members, but 

 they made their meetings as interesting and 

 varied as possible by arranging at frequent 

 intervals during the .scission lectures illus- 

 trated by lantern slides, and for the most 

 part by men occupying prominent positions 

 in the world of horticulture. Probably if 

 this practice became general theie would 

 be less difficulty in securing good attend- 

 aneeSj but the change would necessarily in- 

 volve additional ex]:)enditure. Howvtr 

 that may be, an endeavour to increase the 

 interest and usefulness of meetings rather 

 than a reduction of the subscriptions is 



ence Dr. Hamilton and Sir Daniel Morris likely to produce the most satisfactory re- 



were accorded hearty votes of thanks. 



City of London Rose Society. 



- -We iu informed bv Mr. Ernest Protheroe 

 that a geiu'i'al meeting of this newly-formed 

 SfK'iety will be held on Wednesday, October 

 30, at 5 p.m., at the Cannon Street Hotel, 

 for the purpose of framing the rules and 

 tho ekx'tion of committee and officers. Mr. 

 Protheroe's address is 67 and f:8. Cheap- 

 side, E.C. 



The Senses of Plants.— All 



students of vegetable life must have some- 



tnnes ( 



ed the 



Conference of Horticultural of plants, their behaviour under certain cir- 



suits. 



Aids to Colour in Fruit.— Mr. 



P. Berry considers that although emi- 

 nent authorities state there is always mudi 

 more iron in the soil than is necessary for 

 the colouring of fruits, there are certain 

 districts and certain soils where colouring is 

 very marked. At the Carlisle Fruit Con- 

 gress he iuvstanced the great variation of 

 colouring found in the East of Scotland, 

 from Berwick to Kincardine. He always 

 added four stones per acre of sulphate of 

 iron when preparing for fruit planting, and 

 in nine 2^l3iitations under his care, in dif- 

 ferent counties, he found that in the sec- 



In m („r<lance with the cunustancf^s.their arrangements for securing ^""^^f , .ff r^^^^ ™ tne cc^ 



(,l,t uhmI for sPVfirnl v«nr« fh^ h,. „-.vt n.n.n.f '.1 +1.' '■ ' ? "tions fertilised With potash there was eariier 



gMiW li 



'■iistom iliat lia^ olitnitird for several years 

 p;ist a < (>nti'i(MH r ot' tlie garih^UM's' iussrioia- 

 tioiis atul liortu'iilt ni al societit^s in adiliation 

 with tlio IJoyal Hor ti<ul t ii la 1 Sociitv was 

 \w\i\ at tli(v Hnrtirultiiral Hall on tlir m cond 

 <lay (<h*t()))rr 11) of tlu^ rxfiiln'tion of Britisli- 



tViiits. Sir- l)atii(^I Morris, 

 K.C..M.(;., V.M.H.. prosidrd. and about 120 

 dele;i;atr.s \\oti« pic-cni, a < oiisi* Icrahle i?i- 

 creast^ upon tlio numlMTs pitycnt at any 

 ]>r('\ ions confereno'. With an ideal chair- 

 man, a programme im iuding several sui)- 

 jects of considerai)le importance, and a 

 large gathering of horticulturists from 

 v arious parts of the country who are deeply 

 interested in the work and tlie welfare of 

 the various organisations engaged in the 

 advancement of the gardening art, a bril- 

 liant sure(\-< was anticipated by not a few 

 present. That their eX])eclatdTis were not 

 fully realised was unfortunate, and due to 

 tlie faet that too much wascrowdtMl into the 

 tA\ o hours set aj)art fr)r the eoiifei'ence. 

 In additi*)n to the four sul>jeets arranged 

 for discussion, tlie ])rogranHne included an 

 exhibition of <*<)l()ur photogra phv. bv Dr. 



G. (i, Hamilton, the liotKuary srcretarv 

 of the Hour neinoutli ( ia n h>ners* Societ v. 

 Dr. Hannltori had a large nund)er of slifles 

 showing ros*>^^ ort li'ds, hardy flowers, ohl- 

 world ga rfh^ns, and scenes in the New 

 Fore^^t. in their iiatural colours, from photo- 

 graphs taken l)v himself. These were by 

 far the finest set of slides representative of 

 the garden and itvS occupants from direct 

 enlour ])])otographs that we have as yet had 

 an opportunity of seeing. The slides repre- 

 sented much artistic taste as well as mani- 

 pulative skill of a high order, and the 

 colours of the several subiects e^'inced a 

 remarkable fidelitv to nature. The colours 

 were not only true, but they were charac- 

 terised by extreme clearness, in which 

 respect they differed materially from many 

 of the lantern slides from colour photo- 

 graphs, ft was an interesting, instructive, 

 and delightful exhibition, which all the 

 delegates enjoyed to the full. The exhibi- 

 tion must have extendfxl over nearly an 



the lai g(vst amount of light, and the various 

 meth(Kls of climbing and twining, resisting 

 drought, etc., etc. So many of these things 

 seem to point to sense or instinct, and when 

 We find the Fly Trap (Dion^ea muscipula) 

 exercising great cunning in the capture of 

 insects for food, we begin to wonder where 

 the plant's brains are. Anyhow, the whole 

 subject is vastly interesting, and no one 

 can make it more interesting than the Rev. 

 Professor G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., who 

 is to lecture on The Senses of Plants/' at 

 the Royal Horticultural Hall, on Tuesday 

 October 22, at 3 p.m. 



Lcndon's Surplus Bedding 



Plants will be distribute<l at the various 

 parks and gardens managed by the London 

 Ceunty Council, on Saturday, October 19. 

 The distribution commences at 9 a.m., and 

 closes at 11 a.m., and pers:nal application 

 must be made for the plants. Children 

 under U will not receive plants unless they 

 |>resent a note from a teacher or otlier re- 

 sponsiblo person. 



Young: Gardeners and Horti- 

 cultural Associations.— In rai ing 



the question as to the best means of attract*^ 

 iiig young gardeners to the meetings of 

 mutual improvement societies, the Lough- 

 borough Society followe<l the' eourse that 

 has usually been taken at previous eonfer- 

 ences. Instead of a delegate stating the 

 Views of the society on the question in a 

 carefully-prepared paper or well-reasoned 

 s}>eech, the question w;]s merelv asked 

 whether something could not be done to 

 attra<>t young gardeners to the meetings in 

 larger numbers than was at present the 

 case. A short discussion followed the rais- 

 ing of the question, and widely divergent 

 views were f^x])ressed. Some of the dele- 

 gates tliought the annual snl\sr'ri])tion was 

 O'fteii more than young i-anlentM s <- oulfi 

 afford, but from tlu^ statemtuits madf. by 

 thf^ speakers it appeared that not more than 

 half-a-crown is usually charged them. If 

 this be really the case, the annual sid)srrip- 



maturity and finer colour than in the case 

 of the phosphate and nitrogen plots. He 

 advocated the application of IJcwt. of sul- 

 phate of potash per acre as a good average 

 dressing to secure good colour in fruits. 



The Kent Commercial Fruit 



Show, to be held at Maidstone on 

 October 29 and 30, is chiefly for the pur- 

 pose of showing hoA\- well apples can be 

 grown in Kent, and how skilfully they <;in 

 be graded and packed for home distribiuioii 

 or export. The exhibition of 1911 laid the 

 foundation of an export trade to the Argen- 

 tine and South Africa, and good prices 

 resulted. This year it is anticipated that 

 about 20 tons of apples will be staged, re- 

 presenting fruit from Hereford, Worcester. 

 Devon, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Sur- 

 rey^ and Sussex, as well as Kent, these 

 former counties liaving now come into the 

 movement. 



Lady Gardeners and Mutual 

 improvement Societies. - Tlu 



by Mr. Bullen. of the 



to ''the tie- 



question raised 

 (iuildford Society, as 

 sirability of admitting lady gardeners to 



mutual 



societies. 



was "t 

 ident 



caust 



was nor ])art ir*nlnrly fortunate m 



Ar fit. St the deleffU'^ 



.- tion is not so high as to prevent any <'on- 



hour, and when, at its close, the Chairman si-derable projxu-tion of the young men who 



improvement 

 consid(M"al)lt' im]>ortant c. and it u ns ev 

 the discussion w n!d 1ki\ (^ Inn ii hrisk anji 

 intfM-esting Iwid time ])ermitted. Mr. hnl- 

 h^n. wIh) ctiani j)ioned the -"-^ii^" 

 ladies, 



presenting his < a-*' - . 



were under the impicssion th;it Afr. Ihi le" 

 hnd a mandate from tlie- (iuildford Society 

 asking for the admission of lady giU'deiier^ 

 as members to all mutual improvement so- 

 cieties, but he had not proceeded far hetore 

 it became evident that this was not theca^e- 

 Subsequently Sir Daniel Morris elicited th^^ 

 fact that when the nr<itter was disrnssrtl ijt 

 Ouildford there was a majo] ity of two oii }^ 

 in f n'our of admitting ladies. '''V'^ * 

 voting was of mor** than nsnal interrs^ 



from tho fart tlint tlu' so-ietv Inis f<>'' '^"^ 

 presidfutt ;i lady not less r(wnai-k;d)le 1or 

 chinniinii; jxMSonalitv tlinn foi- ll'r keen i" 

 terest i)i hortieultnre. Mr. Hnllen 

 prepared a written statement of his ea^t, 



