THE 



GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S these respects, we are anxious that they should evince taste of a high 



order, and afford object lessons of special value to those who are 



ELEVENTH GREAT ANNUAL 



T? LOWER SHOW 



M IN THE INNER 



A TEMPLE GARDENS, 



Thames Embankment, 



will be held on 



AY 25TH, 26TH, AND 27TH, 1898. 



R. H. S. Offices : 117, Victoria Street, Westminster. 



responsible for provincial exhibitions. 



We 



ROSE EXHIBITING. 



nIi ; FW SBURY GREAT FLORAL FETE, 



ri ^ August 17 and 18, 1898. 



P in the Schedule amount to £950, with Gold and Silver Medals, &c. 

 IrJi ! rv*t free on application to the Hon. Sees., 



Scfceauies \» Messrs Adnitt. and Naunton, The Square, Shrewsbury. 



ORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted in this 



column at One Shilling per line, the minimum charge being Five Shillings. Advertise- 

 Officc 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C. 



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 



Owing to the continued increase in circulation, the 11 Gardeners' 

 razine M now goes to press on Wednesday. No advertisement can 



indeed other classes of flowers, to public notice in their most attractive 

 guise, that we are pleased to observe in glancing through the schedule of 

 prizes offered for competition at the exhibitions of the National Rose 

 Society that the decorative aspects of roses is being more fully appreciated 

 by the leading rosarians. The Society has not, perhaps, gone so far in 

 this direction as we could have wished ; but in view of the objection 

 which so many have to a material divergence from well beaten tracks, it 

 is no doubt wise, on the part of the executive, to proceed slowly in effect- 

 ing reforms in methods of staging. We have considerable sympathy 

 with our distinguished coadjutor, the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, in 

 his desire to increase the interest and relieve the flatness of the seventy- 

 two's by the introduction of sprays of the beautiful garden roses, but 

 we are more strongly impressed with the importance of abolishing 

 the use of boxes of the orthodox pattern in the classes for small numbers 



be guaranteed insertion, or altered, unless received before Four p.m. of blooms. For example, it would be an exceedingly pleasing c inge to 

 on that day. have the contributions to the open classes for twelve blooms of the same 



variety staged in plain substantial vases or other receptacles, with stems 

 of moderate length, and carrying rich green foliage. Equally pleasant 

 would it be to see the sixes and fours in the amateurs' classes staged in a 

 similar manner. The rosarian, when he cuts his roses for the enjoyment 



Notes of the Week. 



TEMPLE SHOW 



_ , , ^ v.-!-*- n v u 1 » 1 u s 1 of his friends and himself does not remove them from the pants with a few 



So popular have the exhibitions annually held by the Royal Horticul- . . , . JA llt . , , , „ . , 



. _ r : . . , . . — . . ' .. inches of stem and thrust them into holes cut into a flat board. Hecutstlicm 



i 1 



\\ Society in the gardens of the Inner Temple become amongst all . . ~ . , . r . , 4 , U1 , # 



rv • , • , . * 1 %r wlt " a sufficient length of stem for the blooms to have several leaves as 



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sscs of horticulturists, and an important section of the general public, 

 I it is highly gratifying 

 ich opens on Wednesd 



t of the series. It will not surpass in extent the largest of the 



a contrast to their varied hues, and inserts them singly or several 

 together, in neat but elegant vases. In taking this course the rosarian 

 acts wisely, inasmuch as he presents the products of his skill in a 



. . , . . . .1 « , r A , . . . . manner likely to give the greatest pleasure, and this is exactly what 



lety's gatherings in these gardens, for that is an impossibility, in con- T ■ j 1. j \ „• u u r 1! • *• \ a 1 



0 r JJ should be done at the public exhibitions. It is sometimes contended 



juence of the restrictions imposed upon the Council by the Temple ^ T u ^ V 7 ' t ™ UM " -~ 



A ... . ^ , . r Al _ • , t • r , , that it would be impossible to determine with the proper degree of 



thonties m generously granting the use of the gardens. It is felt by * v 



. 7 j , 0 . , , & t * exactitude, the relative merits of roses so staged, ibut we attach no import- 



governing body, and properly so, that as much space as can be well WdLlUUUC, U1C 6 1 K 



pared is given up to the tents, and that it is therefore not desirable 

 here should be an increase in either their number or dimension. Had it 

 *en possible to increase the accommodation under canvas to that 

 tent there would have been no difficulty in increasing the display to at 



ance to these contentions as we are fully persuaded that those 

 qualified to judge roses, would just as readily pronounce an opinion 

 upon six or twelve blooms arranged in a vase, as they would upon the 

 same number placed on the orthodox box. We are pleased to observe 

 that garden roses receive largely increased encouragement at each of the 



been applied for. Therefore, whatever superiority the exhibition 

 may possess over the best of those previously held, will be in interest and 

 attractiveness. Judging from our correspondence of the past few weeks 

 we have reason to believe that there will be a considerable accession of 

 new exhibitors, and we shall be pleased if our anticipations upon 



point are justified by the results, not because 



we do not 



appreciate to the fullest possible extent the efforts that have been 

 made by those who have contributed so materially to the splendid 

 access that has been achieved in past years, but new exhibitors are 

 l*ely to considerably enhance the interest of the exhibition by presenting 

 jew objects and by staging their products on lines differing from those 

 followed by the regular exhibitors. Freshness in public exhibitions we 

 jegard asofprimary importance, and any departure that may be made 

 nun the stereotyped arrangements will be as welcome in the Temple 

 gardens as elsewhere. We cannot hope for such a richly diversified 

 * lbition as that which produced so profound an impression upon 

 tors to Hamburgh twelve months since, or so brilliant and tasteful a 



that the classes would have been still further increased, and. the value of 

 the prizes augmented, had the funds of the society permitted. In future 

 years we hope to see a further development in this direction, and trust 

 that increased support will be forthcoming to permit of this being done, 

 for, arranged in light bouquets, the garden roses add immensely to the 

 interest of the sh ows, and greatly enhance the artistic effect, which is so 

 desirable at rose and other exhibitions of cut flowers. 



ARTIFICIAL ROOT PRESSURE. 



ONE of the most interesting facts relating to vegetable physiology .s 

 unquestionably the remarkable absorptive action of roots, and the power 

 they possess of forcing up the moisture they have taken from the so.l 

 throughout the system of the plant. This power, ^^ k ^ " 

 root pressure, which has so important a bearing upon the fafc of the pL nt 



has lone been recognised, and so far back as 1*37, Hales published the 

 has long been recogn , ^ conducted for the purpose 



™ « namuurgn twelve months since, or so brilliant and tasteful a results 01 some 1U K CU '" , M]re the case 0 f the grape vine 



Play that filled with admiration the minds of those who had the satis- of measuring the force of the pressure. j J J* 



to assisting at the Ghent Quinquennial a month ago ; but it is not 

 easonable to suggest that the Temple Show might be rendered more 



'os.T ! r 15 USUaUy the Case * !t is im P ossibIe > '» the space at the 

 exhibit- Cou ncil, to produce the picturesque effects for which the 



sho.,iHT Sat Hambu rgh and Ghent were remarkable, but exhibitors 

 would have no difficulty in 



tateto th c Unate, y> a considerable proportion of those who contri- 

 wdin car CSC exhlbltl0ns re &ard mere quantity as of primary importance, 

 lu ggest J 0 '" 8 0ut lheir views so crowd the space allotted them as to 

 bit 'on of th neS p° f Stal ' S ' n Covent Garden Market rather than an exhi- 

 exhibitorc . 6 i?° yal Horticul tural Society. If the general body of 



Ha~r.h P r«s»r. sufficient «o force ad- of mercury ,o a 



arranging their products with some degree 



WHO puonsneu » <rr- birch is nearly doub ie that of the grape 

 ^V^M^ nave been made, boO, in this country 

 Z on the continent of Europe and America, but until the experiment 

 fnitiated by Professor Goff, it does not appear that any endeavour was 



lnuuueu uy § ^ ^ arrnnnt It is generally 



made 



to turn the knowledge to practical account 



root 



been 



it thev W ° Uld Sta ^ C ab ° Ut lw °- tn irds the quantity of plants and flowers disturbed, and 

 ». ... L y , now consider desirable, and be rareful to seWt th*. v#a rv h^t. to the reducti 



known that .. - tra „ sp |»„«ing, the leaf buds expand much 



retardation of development is undoubtedly due 



A ■ I 1 _ 1 



more 



cir exhibit * C ° nsider desir able, and be careful to select the very best, 

 ch of th* ♦tJ?!?" e irnmen sely improved and the general effect in 



the reaucuo a . t ^ distributed ovcr the S y St cm. 



hsorbed 



os 



UI l ^e tent*; h» n ^ • .. ; r b — •'-^r ~ „ £ ^ u*,Aq ran readily ansoro water anu mc iw» 



sible to set ; T l f r,all y enhanced. Nowhere on the Continent is The cells of the bud can y ^ with 



and 6 l U n C n h ,ar ^ displays of orchids, of hardy plants, or of take up the water ^^^A the supphes necessary for 



*» and, knowing the superiority of the Temple gatherings in sufficient rapidity to ensure tne ou b 



