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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



October 26, 1912. 



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Cypripediiim Pallas Athene (F.C.C), a big 

 flower, parentage unknown, with purple spot- 

 tings on the white, green-based lip, attracted 

 a great deal of attention; this was from W. 

 R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heyivood. 

 Cymbidium Dorics (F.CC), cream, pink, and 

 buff, with brow^n markings, was a fine hybrid 

 between C. insigne and C. Traceyanum, 

 shown by Messrs. J. and A, McB-ean, Cooks- 

 bridge, Comte Joseph de Hemptinne, St. 

 Desint^, Ghent ^ sent over several l>eautifid 

 orchidSj all unnamed, save the rich orange- 

 yellow La?lio-cattleya Hemptinne (A.M.). 

 Two good white forms of Cattleya labiata 

 wi're sliown by Mr. E. V. Low, Hay^vards 

 Heath; C. 1. Lady Duff was very chaste. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, submitted Cattleya Portia with a 

 head of eight light purj^le flowers; Odonto- 

 glossum grande with a spike of 

 iiowevt>; Oncidium splendidum aureum, etc. 

 Varieties of Cattleya labiata, a good C. 

 Hardyana and C. Sylvia came from Messrs. 

 Ha-sall and Co., Southgate; and Mr. E. H. 

 lJavi(l>i>ii, Twyford, showed Sophro-laelio- 

 cattleya Zondhage (A.M.), with rosy flowers, 

 and other good things. Tlie qi?aint Cirrho- 

 petalum refractum and tlie white form of 

 Oncidium ornithorhynchum came from 

 Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Eawdoii. 



Messrs. Sander and Son, St. Albans, .showed 

 eome very fine forms of Cattleya Tahia^ the 

 beautiful Lselio-cattleya Nysa superba, C. 

 Portia magnihca, Cypripedium Goldfinch, 

 etc. Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 

 ham, presented cypripcdiums largely, notably 

 C. Fairrieanum, C. Sir Redvers Euller, C. in_ 

 signe Harefield Hall, and C. i. Sanderse ; 

 Dendrobium formosum giganteum was also 

 Avcll shown. Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. 8 

 exhibit of orchids was gay Avith Oncidium 

 varcosum, Cattleya labiata, Vanda cserulea, 

 Dendrobium formosum giganteum, etc. 

 Sophro-cat.-laelia Mcnippe var. H. S. Goodson 

 (A.M.), with small ruby-crimson flower, wa.s 

 a feature of the group of orchids from Air. 

 Day, gardener to H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fair- 

 lawn, Putney ; Phaio-cymbidium Chard- 

 warense was akso conspicuous in this group^ 

 and so was Cattleya Maggie Raphael Good- 

 soii*s var. (A.M.). 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMiVnTTEE. 



A very fine collection of apples and peans 

 grow^n under orchard house conditions was 

 submitted by Messrs. G. Bunyard and Co., 

 Maidstone. The fruits were all of fine size^ 

 clean, and handsome, and staged in baskets. 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Emile d'Heyst^ Doyenne du 

 Comice, Beurre de Jonghe, Charles Ernest, 

 Beurre Diel, and Marie Benoiet pears were 

 very finely shown, and the examples of King 

 of Tompkins County, Golden Noble, Twenty- 

 ounce, Norfolk Beauty, Emperor Alexander, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin ^ and Cox's Pomona 

 apples were excellent, 



Erom the Purfleet Scliool Garden, Essex, 

 came some capital applcvs. pears, plums^ and 

 nuts, all grown by lads from 11 \o M yoars 

 of age. Royal Muscadine and lv^])orioiie 

 grapes grown against a woodeii fviicc were 

 quite good, and attracted no f^^mall amount 

 of attention. Mr. E. G. Walker, gardener 

 to C. Baring Young, Esq., Oak Hill Park, 

 West Barnet, sent a few dishes of apples and 

 pears, and among the latter Beurre Diel wa8 

 good. 



About three dozen really handsome plants 

 of Dobbie's Exhibition Pansley^ from Messrs. 

 Dobbie and Co.. Edinburgh, made up a very 



attractive exhibit, and the plants were quite 

 as elegant as many ferns. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



First Class Certificate. — To Scolopendrium 



vulgare crispum nobile, Bolton's Broad form, 



from Mr. W. B. Cranfield, Enfield Chaee; to 



Cattleya labiata Opal and to Brasso-cattleya 

 Queen Alexandra, Dell var., from Baron 



Bruno Schroder l'p-ard*^ncr Mr. D 



Leatherhead; to Laelio-cattleya Golden 

 Oriole, Holford't> var., from Sir George Hol- 

 ford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Westonbirt^ 

 Tetbury ; to Sophro-laelio-cattleya Heaton- 

 ense Zandhage, from Mr. Davidson, Twyford; 

 to Sophro-cat.-laelia Menippe var. H. S. Good- 

 son, and Cattleya Maggie Raphael Goodson's 

 var!, from H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, 

 Putney; to Laelio-cattleya Hemptinne, from 

 Comte Joseph de Hemptinne, St. Denis, 

 Ghent; to decorative chrysanthemum, Mrs. 

 John Maher, from Mr. Thos. Page, Hampton; 

 to single chrysanthemums Mi^s. Loo Thom- 

 son and Charles Kingsley, from Mr. Norman 

 Davi8, Framfield, Sussex; to Japanese chry- 

 santhemum Hon. Mrs. John Ward^ from Mr. 

 C. Beckett, Chilton Gardens, Hungerford; to 

 single chrysanthemum Miss Borrer, from Mr. 

 L. Harrison, EavSt Grinstead; to Japanese 

 chrysanthemum Bob Pulling from Mr. H. 

 J, Jones, Lewisham ; to incurved chrysanthe- 

 mum J. W. Streeter, from Messrs. Cragg, 

 Harrison^ and Cragg, Hounslow ; and to 

 Nephrolepis Millsi, from Mr. W. A. Manda, 

 St. Albans. 



MEDALS, 



Gold.— To Mr. L. R. Eussell, -Richmond, 

 for evergreen and berried shrubs; to Messrs. 

 J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for stove plants. 



Silver-gilt Banksian. — To Messrs. G. Bun_ 

 yard and Co., Maidstone, for orchard house 

 fruits; to Messrs. Stuart Low and Co.^ for 

 carnations, crotons, etc. 



Silver Flora.— To Messrs. H. B. May and 

 Sons, Edmonton, for ferns and chrysanthe- 

 mums; to Me.-^srs. W. Wells and Co., Merst- 

 ham^ for chrysanthemums; to Messrs, J. 

 Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham^ for orchids; 

 to Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, for 

 orchids; to Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans, for orchids; to Mr. Shill, gardene 

 to Baron 

 orchids. 



Silver Knightian.— To the superintendent 

 of the Purfleet School Garden, Essex, for 

 f luits. 



Silver Banksian. — To Mr. Day, gardener to 

 H. S. Goodson, Esq.. Fairlawii,' Putney, for 

 orchids; to Messrs. Hassall and Co., South- 

 gate, for orchids; to Messrs. H. Cannell and 

 Sons. Swanley, for succulents ; to Messrs. 

 Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg, Hounslow for 

 chrysanthemums; to Messrs. W. Cutbush and 

 Son, Highgate, for carnations and roses; to 

 Messrs. Young and Co., Hatherley, for ca>'- 

 nations; to Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Edin- 

 burgh, for parsley. 



Bronze Flora.— To the Misses Price and 

 Fyf e, for chrysanthemums and carnations • to 

 Messrs. T. S. Ware, Feltham, for hardy 

 plants. 



Bronze Banksian. — To Mr. P. Purnell, 

 Streatham, for celosias and crotons; to Mrs' 

 Percy Westmacott, Ascot, for begonias. 



closing the accounts about the same number 

 of old members had omitted to pay thdr 

 subscription for 1912. Doubtless many of 

 these omissions will be rectified before the 

 new list of mem^bers is isBued. There are 

 over 1,200 members, and theise include some 

 resident in Japan, Peru, Russia, Switzer- 

 land, France, Germany, Australia, New Zea- 

 land, Canada, South Africa, and the United 

 States. 



Arrangements have been already made for 

 holding the Society's trials at the Burbage 

 Experimental Station, Hinckley, in 1918, 

 under the conduct of Major C. C. Bimt] 

 F.L.S. The committee understands that 

 it will not be possible to hold trials at 

 Sutton Green again, therefore a larger test 

 will be made at Hinckley. The "Annual" 

 and Schedule for 1913 will be issued to mem- 

 bers during the first week in December, 1912. 

 Mr. Lester Morse will contribute his "Im- 

 pressions of the London Show"; Dr. Boxall 

 has promised Notes on Sweet Peas in New- 

 Zealand/' and in addition to the Reports, 

 Audit, Prize List of 1912, and List of Mem- 

 bers, the " Annual " will include the Confer- 

 ence Proceedings and many items of special 

 interest. 



The London Exhibition of 1913 will be held 

 on Thursday, July 17, and will continue for 

 the one day only. Arrangements are in pro- 

 gress for holding a provincial show in the 

 North of England 'ibout the second week in 

 August. The Carlisle Horticultural Society 

 has promised a hearty welcome to the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society, and as Carlisle is 

 very centra], both for the North of England 

 and the Scottish and Irish mem^bers, and 

 moreover is in a district where there is 

 plenty of enthusiasm for sweet peas, a splen- 

 did exhibition and a large accession of mem- 



Bruno Schroder, Eghani, for bers may be anticipated! 



Schroder (gardener, Mr. D. Shill), 

 Egham ; and to Cyrabidiiim Doris, from 

 Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge. 



Award of Merit.— To Cypripedium Pallas 

 Athene, from AV. R. Lee, Esq. Plumpton 

 Hall, Heywood; to Cattleya Princess Marv, 

 from Pantia Kalii, Esq.^ Ashstead Park 



National Sweet Pea Society. 



There was a fairly good attendance at the 

 annual meeting of this society, held at the 

 Hotel Windsor, Westminster, at half-past 

 two ]).in. on Thursday, October 17. Mr. 

 Roller;: Sydenham pre->idod. 



Alter minutes, letters, and other prelimi- 

 ninj matters had been disposed of, the Re 

 port of the Committee and the Financial 

 Statement for 1912 were read. We append 

 an abridged account. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR 1912. 



Following the usual and excellent custom 

 the Report was circulated among the mem 

 bers present and its division into special 

 subjects rendered ^reference easy Of the 

 Trials Awards to Novelties, and the London 

 Exhibition we need say little, as we have 

 dealt with these matters in due season. Re- 

 lerence was made to the wonderfully inter 

 national character of the annual dinner 

 owing to the presence of so many members 

 from over the ^as, and, might have been 

 expected the succe^ of the members of 

 the Society at the Great International Ex- 

 hibition in May, 1912, called for special com. 

 ment. ^ 



One hundred and eighty-six new members 

 were added to the list, and at the time of 



FINANCE. 



The Society is to be congratulated upon its 

 sound financial position. Early in the year 

 ■MoO was placed on deposit, this amount 

 bringing the Society's reserve fund up to 

 £2D0. The profit on the year's working was 

 les^ than in 1910 and 1911, but this may be 

 largely accounted for by the shortening of 

 the financial year by two months. Accounts 

 were closed on September 30, instead of Nov- 

 ember 31, The Society has no outstanding 

 liabilities except in respect of members who 

 have already paid their subscriptions for 

 1913. Holding two sets of trials has neces- 

 sarily increased the expenditure in this 

 direction, and the alteration of the tiered 

 staging for the exhibition is an extra item 

 of expense. On the other hand the item for 

 " Priaetg Presented " ishows a decrease of 

 -631 4s., as compared with 1911, the suras 

 being M9 9s. and ^90 13s, respectively. But 

 this decrease is more apparent than real, 

 because many friends purchased and pre- 

 sented plate to the value of ^28 7s., for com- 

 petition in the district classes. 



The turnover for the year was £892 Is. 4d., 

 and the chief items of income were: 



Sub- 

 scriptions, dfc335 19s. 9d. ; fees from affiliated 

 societies, ^59 6s. 6d.; prizes presented, £o9 

 9ii.; trials charges, ^57 5s. 9d.; gate money, 

 ^36 8s. 6d.; adverti«5ements, J48 14s. 6d.; 

 and vase hire, £16 9s. 4d. The chief items of 

 expenditure were : Purchase of medals, etc., 

 Mo 19s. 6d.; trials expenses, ^68 3s. 3d.; 

 printing and ntationery, £224^ 6s. 5d.; hono- 

 rarium to secretary, ^73 10s. ; London Show, 

 prizes and expenses, i;il3 4s. 8d.; postages 

 and carriage, £46 Is. 6d. ; annual meeting 

 and conference expenses, £9 Is. 9d. Besides 

 putting away £50, the Society carries for- 

 wards a balance of £53 lis. 5d., and the 

 Secretary stated that .£32 15s. 8d., due on 

 1912 account, had been received since Sep- 

 temiber 30. 



The President moved the adoption of the 

 report and financial statement, and these 

 were adopted. A vote of thanks to officers 

 and committee, moved by Mr. John CoUing- 

 ridge, and seconded by Mr. C. Foreman, was 

 heartily passed, ^ind on the motion of Mr. 

 >V. Cuthbertson and Mr. Stevenson it was 

 unanimously agreed that the Eight Hon. Sir 

 George O. Treveilyan, Bart., be elected 



