QO 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



February s> ^ 



Horticultural Exhibitions and Meetings 



IN 1898. 



Most of our readers will at this season desire to make up, as far as possible, a 

 list of the various horticultural exhibitions and meetings for the present year, and 

 to enable them to do so we append as complete a list of fixtures as possible. ^ We 

 wish to express our obligations to those secretaries who have so kindly furnished 

 us with dates, and we hope that others will forward, as soon as decided, similar 

 particulars of the society to which they belong. In this matter the lar^e general 

 fxxly of our readers may also help us and each other considerably by forwarding 

 dates of exhibitions tint come under their notice. 



FEBRUARY. 



Tuesday, 8. — Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet and Annual General 

 Meeting. 



Saturday, 12. — Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 



Monday, 14. — Smoking Concert in connection with the N.C.S. at Anderton's 



Hotel, E.C. 

 Thursday, 17. — Li nnean Society. 



Friday, 18. — Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund : Annual Meeting and Election. 

 Thursday, 24. — Kew Guild : Annual Meeting at eight p.m. 

 Monday, 28. — National Chrysanthemum Society : Annual Meeting. 



MARCH. 



Tuesday, I. — Scottish Horticultural Association. 

 Thursday, 3.— Linnean Society. 



Tuesday, 8. — Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 



Annual 



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Saturday, 12. — Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 

 Mondiy, 14. — United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society : 

 Meeting at Caledonian Hotel, eight p.m. 



Tuesday, 15.— -London Fruit and Potato Trades Benevolent Society : Annual 

 Dinner. 



Thursday, 17.— Linnean Society. 



Tuesday, 22.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Wednesday, 23.— Torquay Gardeners' Association : Spring Show. 

 Saturday, 26.— Royal Bnanic Society : General Meeting. 



Tuesday, 29.— Shropshire Horticultural Society: Spring Show. Southampton 



Horticultural Society (two days). 

 Wednesday, 30.— Royal Botanic Society's Spring Show. 



APRIL. 



Tuesday, 5.— Scottish Horticultural Association. 



Wednesday, 6. — Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society's Spring Show (two days). 

 Thursday, 7.— Linnean Society. Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland : Spring 



Saturday, 9.— Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 



Tuesday, 12.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 



Saturday, 16.— Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition (open till April 24^ 



Wednesday, 20.— York Spring Flower Show. Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund : 



Annual Dinner. r 



Thursday, 21.— Linnean Society. Newcastle Spring Show (two days). 

 Saturday, 23.— Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 

 Tuesday- 26 — Knvnt 1 r nrfi^nU.i^i c~~: A * . 



MAY. 



Tuesday, 3.— Scottish Horticultural Association. 

 Thursday, 5.— Linnean Society. 



Saturday, 7.— Royal Botanic Society: General Meeting. 



Tuesday, 10.— Royal Horticultural Society: Committees meet. 



I-nday, 1 3. Royal Botanic Society : Lecture. 



Wednesday, 18.— York Florists' Exhibition. 



Friday, 20.— Royal Botanic Society : Lecture. 



Saturday, 21.— Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 



Tuesday, 24.— Linnean Society's Anniversary Meeting. 



Wednesday, ^.-Temple Show (three days). Bath and West of En-land 

 Society s Exhibition at Cardiff (five days). 



*fc ^ t 1 ~ JUNE. 



Thursday, 2.— Linnean Society. 



Friday, 3.— Royal Botanic Society Lecture. 



Tuesday, 7.— Scottish Horticultural Association. 



Wednesday 8 -Royal Bo unic Society's Summer Show. Gardeners' Royal 



Benevolent Institution : Annual Dinner. 

 Friday, 10.— Royal Botanic Society Lecture. 

 Saturday, 11.— Royal Botanic Society : General Meeting. 

 Tuesday, 14.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Wednesday 15.— Grand Yorkshire Fete and Gala (three days). 

 Thursday, 16.— Linnean Society. 

 Friday, 17.— Royal Botanic Society j Lecture. 



Monday, 20 '.-Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Birmingham (four days). 



Royal (Oxfordshire Horticultural Society 

 Wednesday, 22. -Jersey Horticultural Society's Rose Show. 

 Thursday, 23 —National Rose Society's Show : Conference at Bath, 

 hnday, 24.— Royal Botanic Society : Lecture. 



^"g,^ 25 - -110 ^ Botanic Society ; General Meeting. Windsor and Eton Rose 



Tuesday 28 -Royal Horticultural Society: Committees meet. Southampton 

 Horticultural Society (two days). ouuinampion 



Sodety. 29 '~ Cr0yd ° n Ikrticultural Societ y- Richmond Horticultural 

 Thursday, 30.— Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



rSSS 9 t mr i£^^9 Societ y at Crystal Palace. 

 wS£*S 5 '~ Sco ,sh Horticultural Association. 



Thi^v Y ; & -^8h of Hanley Floral Fete (two days). 

 Thursday, 7. -Norfolk and Norwich Rose Show. 



Wednesday, 13.— Newcastle Summer Show 



wSnSaf ' 27 Tr uV™ Sr 1 , Societ y : Committers meet. 

 Wednesday, 2 7 .~Bnghstone (Isle of Wight) Flower Show. 



Headington Horticultural 



AUGUST. 



Monday, 1. — Northampton Floral Fete (two days). 

 Society. 



Tuesday, 2— Scottish Horticultural Association. 

 Wednesday, 3.— Ancient Society of York Florists : Carnation Show 

 Tuesday, 9.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Wednesday, 10.— Bishop's Stortford Horticultural Society. TI^QtJn^ 



Leonard's Summer Show. # y ilaslln gs and St. 



Saturday, 13.— Royal Botanic Society General Meeting. 



Wednesday, 17.— Shrewsbury Floral Fete (two days). Shankhn (I 0 f ty 



) 



''cultural 



R °yal Oxfur,!. 



Summer Show. 



Thursday, iS.— Jersey Horticultural Society. Niton (I. of W ) Hnrt 

 Society. Abingdon Horticultural Society. *' UFl 



Friday, 19.— Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society. 



Tuesday, 23.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet, 

 shire Horticultural Spcie'y. 



Wednesday, 24.— 'larpenien Horticultural Society. 



Thursday, 25.— Ellesmere Horticultural Society. Grandpont and South n t 



Summer Show. Uxtor <i 

 Friday, 26.— Roval Horticultural Society of Ireland. 

 Saturday, 27.— Worsley Flower Show. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Friday, 2.— National Dahlia Society at Crystal Palace (two days). 



Tuesday, 6.— Royal Horticultural Society: Committees m^et. Chryian^hem 

 and Dahlia Show, Royal Aquarium (three days). Scottish HorticultuH 

 Association. Durham Floral Society. ral 



Wednesday, 7.— Ancient Society of York Florists : Dahlias. 



Monday, 12.— United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society s Commit 

 Meeting. 



Wednesday, 14.— Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (three days). 

 Tuesday, 20. — Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Monday, 26. — National Chrysanthemum Society: General Committee. 

 Thursday, 29. — R.R S. Fruit Show at Crystal Palace (three days). 



OCTOBER. 



Tuesday, 4. — Scottish Horticultural Association. 



Tuesday, 11.— Royal Horticultural Society: Committees meet. National Chry. 

 santhemum Society (three days.) 



Monday, 24.— National Chrysanthemum Society : Floral and General Committee 

 Meetings, 



Tuesday, 25.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Monday, 31. — National Chrysanthemum Society : Moral Committee. 



NOVEMBER. 



Tuesday, 1.— Scottish Horticultural Association. Croydon Chrysanthemum 

 Show (two days). Torquay Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Southampton 

 Chrysanthemum Show \two days). 



Wednesday, 2.— Isle of Thanet Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Kent County 

 Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Dorchester Chrysanthemum Show (two 

 days). Jersey Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Wolverhampton Chrysan- 

 themum Show (two days.) 



Thursday, 3.— Exeter Chrysanthemum Show (two days). North Peckham 

 Chrysanthemum Show (four days). 



Saturday, 5.— North of Scotland Root, Vegetable, and Fruit Show. 



Tuesday, 8.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. National Chrysan- 

 themum Society (three days\ Highgate Chrysanthemum Society (three days). 

 Birmingham Chrysanthemum Society (three days). Yeovil Chrysanthemum 

 Society (two days). Oxford Chrysanthemum Society. 



Wednesday, 9.— Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Society (two days). Jersey 

 Chrysanthemum Society (two days). Wisbech Chrysanthemum Society (two 

 days). Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland Chrysanthemum Society. 



Thursday, 10.— Harrogate Chrysanthemum Society (two days). 



Friday, 11.— Nottingham Chrysanthemum Show. Leicester Chrysanthemum 

 Show (two days). 



Monday, 14.— National Chrysanthemum Society : Floral Committee. 



Tuesday, 15.— Leeds Chrysanthemum Society (two days). Folkestone Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society (two days). Winchester Chrysanthemum Society (two days). 



Wednesday, 16.— York Chrysanthemum Society (three days). Hull Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society (two days). Bristol Chrysanthemum Society (two days). Buxton 



Chrysanthemum Society (two days). Banbury Chrysanthemum Show (two 

 days). 



Thursday, 17. —Edinburgh Chrysanth emum Society (three days). 

 Friday, 18.— Stockport Chrysanthemum Society (two days). 

 Monday, 21.— National Chrysanthemum Society : Floral Committee. 

 Tuesday, 22.— Royal Horticultural Society : Committees meet. 

 Thursday, 24.— Dundee Chrysanthemum Society (three days). 

 Monday, 28.— National Chrysanthemum Society : General Committee. 



DECEMBER. 



Tuesday, 6.— Scottish Horticultural Association. National Chrysanthemum 



Society (three days). 

 Tuesday, 13.— Royal Horticultural Society: Committees meet. 

 Monday, 19. —National Chrysanthemum Society: General Committee. 



Obituary. 



Mr. Charlfs Gunthorpe, of the Old Fleece Inn, Buckingham, died, 

 regret to learn, at Westminster Hospital, succumbing to an operation }<* 

 removal of a growth in the throat. He was seventy years of age, and, during 

 the past half century, has been well known as a ir.ost successful cultivator 

 Of Bowers and vegetables. His chief favourites were asters, verbenas, *W 

 French mangolds, the latter being generally wonderful developments. W 

 a large prize-winner in the amateur classes at Buckingl am, Brackley, *w 

 Banbury shows, and formerly at Oxford. 



A WONDERFUL INVENTION is one which, whilst being useful to the world, has haij 

 .fore been dreamt of by scientific men. Many astonishing proposals have frequently been: m 

 ltn reference to a revolution \ n ~ LtA ™~ — ~r 1 — r^flv'no- n metier 



befi 



with reference to a revolution in our a 

 yet been effected. No doubt the time 



seem like a pleasant excursion of a , C w «iuu«* uuu.m,, *« 



wonders, ami there tl no telling when its limit will be reached. 



produce anything more wonderful than Holloway's Pills and Ointment. As sterling re 

 all complaints nothing can equal them.— [Advt.] 



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