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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



26, 



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gardener This should be sufficient to prove that there is an Succulent Plants ot aU kinds are , em arkaH y lnteresU i ^^ 



trnce of ertde soil untilled ft* with judicious cu.tiva.ion, might be then,, TC-£*^£**H"-t ll^T* < 



abundance of fertile soil untilled that, with judicious cultivation, might be 

 made to bear abundantly. Not only is there necessity for increased 

 individual effort ; but it is especially desirable that the various societies 



ft* 



associated with gardening should assist as far as possible, in the good nd requirements . The 0UtCQme of ^ th ' ^ 



u*, ~f ™ii^fino- hnYPs. hv flower stalls at their annual „ . r ? „ _ M +wi« ^us^i vi-* , , * c establish 



work, by means of collecting boxes, by flower stalls at their annual 

 exhibitions, or by arranging entertainments. With but little effort on the 

 part of the general body of gardeners and departmental foremen in com- 

 mercial establishments, the income could be so increased as to admit 

 each year of the whole of the eligible candidates being placed on the 

 pension list and thereby prevent the disappointment that must of 

 necessity have been felt this year by a large proportion of the candidates. 



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Affairs of N.C.S. — As a complement to the discussion on the question of 

 holding the exhibitions of the National Chrysanthemum Society at the Royal 

 Aquarium, Mr. J. W. Moorman has issued an eight-page pamphlet in which he 

 quotes a number of anonymous writers in support of the views to which he has given 

 expression, in consequence of " the feeling expressed privately by committeemen 



and others. '* Committeemen have, of course, a right to express their opinions pri- succulents generally, and cact 

 vately, as have other individuals ; but we are fully persuaded that the world at future for the Cactus Journal. 



special hobby 



the range of species, that many are yet imperfectly understood, both 



JV ' 7 J r ' r-*— «™ u > w. Alien, 4, Ave \\ Z 



Lane, E.C., and, so far as we are aware, this is the first effort made in th" 

 dom to establish a journal for cactus specialists, though Germany has 1 0 w^" 

 Cacttmkande. The first number of the Cactus Journal contains admirabl • ' 

 by Mr. W. Watson, Professor Luis Murillo, Dr. Dixon, Mr. F. A. H 

 and others well qualified to contribute to our knowledge of cacti. * The ^ 

 tions are mostly old friends, but doubtless original ones will be used infcS^ 

 issues. The double-page illustration of two bowls of curious cacti, one cont2l! 

 opuntias and the other mammilarias, is, however, beautifully executed ^2 

 on stout paper, and valuable for purposes of identity. The issue concluded 

 Exchange columns and offers for sale of duplicate specimens by amateurs. 

 size it is small quarto, and contains sixteen pages, exclusive of covers. The 

 of capital initial letters to the specific names is in very many instances enooa* 

 but this matter can be remedied in the next issue; for, as an authorit? 



— \ ama11m n m /1 /-» . 1 />! 1 m *^ r\ v f i I* • _ * 



profhkk 



large will not attach much value to the opinions of gentlemen responsible for the 



— — " — «~ r & r— — — — Palm House for Stanley Park, Liverpool.— un tne 23rd tost 



government of a great society who indulge in grumbling among their friends Henry Yates Thompson, of Thingwall Hall, near Liverpool, and of B™ 



i r> *ao A r\f cnKmiftin/r f /-\ »Vt*» rnm rm" tf P A frVl r utf>wc C\Y\ onv r*»fr\rmc \\\e>xr mow cr\r\ _ /-+ t -i j_ a_ ±. ! i ri« 1 « w . 



instead of submitting to the committee their views on any reforms they may con- 

 sider desirable, that an opportunity might be afforded for discussing them at the 



Icq 



Liverpool 



str: : 



committee table. On the last page of the pamphlet Mr Moorman asks, What is ture presente d by him to the corporation, and erected in Sefton Park in 18* h 



to be done? and then &ays that the following suggestions " appear to require 

 ventilating at the annual meeting" : (i) Whether the time has not arrived for the 



whereas me ooe t 



will 



society to have a paid secretary and no vote ? (2) That it be an instruction to £ 6$00 & MeS srs. Mackenzie and Moncur, of Edinburgh, are the designers oi 

 the committee to inquire and report on what other places (if any) can be obtained builderS) and the ir plans met with the approval of the corporation. It is al 



unnecessary to add that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Liverpool borfh 

 thanked Mr. Yates-Thompson for his princely gift. 



for our exhibitions, either by a subsidy, as now, or otherwise ? (3) To consider if 

 the time has not arrived when in reliance on our own resources we can proceed 

 on independent lines, like most provincial societies which are in a sound financial 

 condition ? (4) As there appears to be much disquietude arising from the fact 

 that the secretary is the delegated referee at all our exhibitions, whether the 

 advisability of a change should not be considered in the form of a small Reference 

 Committee or otherwise ? (5) That as the custom of selling the floor space of the 

 Aquarium to trade exhibitors (some of whom are not bona fide growers of chrysan- 

 themums), and that inasmuch as such sales have driven competitive exhibits of 

 chrysanthemums into semi-dark galleries upstairs, whether such custom of selling 

 space for a different purpose than that for which the National Chrysanthemum 

 Society was established shall be seriously considered with a view to its discontinu- 

 ance ? (6) That an Exhibition Committee be appointed to closely examine the 

 question of minor shows with the object of ascertaining their advantages or other- 

 wise to the society, and report the results of their investigations to the General 

 Committee. Mr. Moorman does not state whether he intends submitting 

 the questions embodied in the suggestions before the members at the annual 

 meeting in the form of resolutions, that they may be properly discussed by the 

 members. They contain much that is deserving of the most careful consideration, 

 and we are in full agreement with him as to the desirability of effecting several of 

 the reforms indicated, and regret they should have been brought forward in 



manner that will render it difficult, if not impossible, for them to obtain proper 

 attention. 



The Stratford Market, instituted by the Great Eastern Railway Company, 



Classification of Chrysanthemums. 



Genarf 



Committee of the National Chrysanthemum Society on Monday evening, tk 



le sact 



varieties 

 i lunioL 



M. L. Faure, Madame Ferlat, M. Desblanc, Owen's Crimson, W. Carpcata; 



Lawreoct 



The Classification Committee also recommended that, with a view to prevent, ■ 

 the case of varieties possessing a considerable degree of similarity, the staging 4 

 duplicates, a regulation should be inserted in the society's schedule to the Act 

 that the blooms staged in classes for distinct varieties must be shown in a conditio 

 to admit of their being readily distinguished by the judges, or the stands will he 

 disqualified. The recommendations of the Classification Committee were accepted, 

 and that body was instructed to prepare a list of too-much-alike varieties. Ai 

 certain varieties at certain stages bear such a close resemblance to each othtt, i 

 will be necessary for exhibitors, in making up their stands, to select bloomi tk 



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are sufficiently distinct to prevent any doubt arising as to the question of dupS- 



cates. 



chrys: 



themum societies generally should adopt it, more particularly those in affilttofll 

 with the National Chrysanthemum Society. 



Lilium auratum at Oakwood, — In a communication of the 19th ins., 



Weybrid 



has become the immense distributing area of vegetable foods it now is largely T , \ ~ ""^"2' Weybndge HeaU, U. . *Z'„Zu 



owing to the failure of the company to establish a vegetable market at Bishoosga e ^ ^ ^ Z * "F ^ , , °L 7^7^* 



w ,u; n i , *rZ . . kwwwj^w not been disturbed for ten vears. Manv of the hi v stems had been brounea oji 



not been disturbed for ten years. Many of the lily stems had been browned by t 

 hard frost, late in last May, which lasted all night. We found many fine hfc 

 and more small ones made from large bulbs which had broken up. 



ran 1 



carrots 



Association 



- - . w- ^ The market traffic at Stratford in 



l»97 shows very plainly that fruit culture has increased, and that the demand has 

 also increased for it and other vegetable products even more than the increase ot 

 population would lead one to expect. The figures for 1897 are 30,074 tons of 

 potatos, 12,544 tons of vegetables, 5,691 tons of cattle feeding stuffs, 2,553 tons 

 of carrots, and 1,162 tons of fruit. At first sight these figures are startling, but 

 »f we remember that Stratford is, after all, only one of the distributing centres of 

 vegetables and fruits, and supplies but a small portion of the metropolitan popula- 

 tion, we have some idea of the amount of food London needs. 



nnK . , mucn interest. The number of species enumerated, ncluding should be y-> cm 



ssssffitfisss* «* wooing - t:i w^r 



w 



within the area of the Spitalfields monopoly. Stratford commenced as a hay, 

 straw, and cattle feeding stuffs market, but since 1882 it has enlarged its borders 

 and increased its business in a remarkable manner. In 1881 the traffic to Stratford 



Market was 9,665 tons, but, owing to the dose of Bishopsgate Market the follow- & T.~, 1 — wr- * — ** " & ; ~ ""To.. Jl Sift- 

 ing year, the tonnage rose to .2,549 tons in 1882, this amount including x < cog ** f - *** entomolo S lst telIs me are £ «"** A ° f thC ^ 

 tons of potato 5,536 of vegetables, 4 ,797 of cattle feeding stuffs, ,,907 of caL* ^f - * a deStrUCtive beaSt ****** ™ d< * 

 and 473 of fruit. Ten years later the tonnage had risen to 38,738 £2 contS ^ eXpe " enCe 1 W ° Uld adviSG CXamining ^ ° f ^ Wy ^ - * 

 of: Potatos, 24,853 tons ; vegetables, 5,990 tons ; cattle feeding stuffs, 4,740 " ^ T!?* g ^ bs are not P re ^ e f L n ***** . # >• a anA inst *«i« 



»^n«. - - ^ * . — . & ' b »/*p j Mr AHhn, \\r C4.4.~~ c i ^ g ave ^ interesting ana insri«^ 



it, and Future," before the Bournem^ 

 As usual, Mr. Sutton illustrated taj 

 manes Dp excellent lime-light \aews, ana the large meeting did not fail to 

 the lecturer its heartiest thanks for his attendance. 



Churchyard Bottom Wood.— At the meeting of the London 



Council, on Tuesday, the Parks and Open Spaces Committee brought up a _^ 

 report recommending the contribution by the Council of £5,000 towards * c ™£^ 

 the acquisition and laying out of Churchyard Bottom Wood, Highgate, the 

 of Zio,ooo beincr fnnnd by public subscription and the local authorities. 



amendment that the amount of the proposed co Qtn , 



, • • . * >u«t the ChurcflF* 



genera 

 paradise of the earth 



London 



The amendment having 



bees 



botanical 



mountains 



(| 1 — — w * * IV F 1U11 America as tne 



The larger number of these were collected by the 

 ion undertaken for the University of Iowa. The high 



r . ^ * / to the sea afford a climate remarkably well adapted 



or the growth of ferns, which are stated to form the most conspicuous feature of 

 he vegetatron exceptmg palms. A large number are epiphytic, and they vaTy in 

 hetnT? ^ SPe °ff ° f T ^ oa ^ ^ f'onds only a fraction of an in"h n 

 ex«ed ItlTetln "? B1CChnUm V ° Iubile ' S ^ Ie f '° nds of 



acwiiueu, ivir. ^naw L,etevre gave nis positive assurance iinu n ^ - o 

 £5,000 were not granted, and the amendment was agreed to, the w ho *,^| 



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money elsewhere. Mr. Idris said that the people of London woum ~- ^ 

 vocable loss if the opportunity of acquiring this large open space was ^ 

 slip by. The price asked for it was most reasonable, being less t , han ^ 5 0ntS ^i 

 There were a number of precedents for the proposal of the committee. ^ 

 of hands only five voted for the amendment, and the recommendauon ^ ^ 

 bute £5,000 was agreed to, with the result that this fine open space 

 secured for public use. 



