THE 



GARDENERS 



7 



MAGAZINE. 



SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898. 



rrKENHAM HORTICULTURAL 



^ GRAND SUMMER SHOW (OPEN). 



SOCIETV. 



WEDNESDAY, July 27, 1898. 



Schedules, 



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live/ unun, *wxx»., v,i.~ .j l6. AND 17, 1898 

 •^ ND <r ^V;n MM^jSoo^for'orchid, Stove,' and Ctaeenhonse Plants, &c. S ^ao for 

 V £7 - 5 ifc^on%gom*->, &c. j /160 for Ro^es, Cut Flowers, &c. ; ^90 for Fruits and 

 Pelargoniums, Three Gold Medals for Trade Exhibits. Apply for schedules to Chas. W. Simmons, 



1898. 



Vegetable;. W 

 HarkersHojeUYork. 



^iEAT^FLOWER SHOW, RICHMOND (SURREY), June 29, 



( - /300 ii PRIZES. 



V-J CHALLENGE CUP for ROSES. 



S chedules and ^^^^^c,^ H on. Sec, i, King Street, Richmond, Surrey. 



HORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISEMENTS arc inserted in thii 

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

 sent Office, 148 and M9t Aldersgate Street, London, E.C. 



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS 



Owing to the continued increase in circulation, the 11 Gardeners 1 



Am>gdalus Davidiana alba, and these were followed in raoid 



STE " / Plnk blOSS ° mS ° f the a,mond and the slight 



tinted bloom of the purple-leaved plum. Later on came the sl2 and 



double flowered cherries, which have no superiors in beautyTthe various 

 pec.es and vanet.es of pyrus, of which S0 P many hands J e ' f Z s ^ t 



£L s Lest to t ^ ""T ^ SWayed ^ the winds th * 

 flowerLf t 'U 1 ? ^^ation fountains of gold. The procession of 

 flowenng trees belonging to the spring is practically brought to a close 

 by the single and double flowered thorns, which, if blooming less fredy 

 han for some years past, are sufficiently attractive to contribute materially 

 6 en [°y™ nt of the garden or park in which they have a place 

 Much might be said in praise of the finest of the trees remarkable for the 

 beauty of their flowers, and in these pages much has been written advoca- 

 ting an extension of their culture, and with, we are pleased to know, good 

 effect Thousands of trees of the more beautiful kinds have been planted 

 as the direct result of the advice given editorially and by 



Magazine 



gucw cuuuriauy ana oy our 



Wednesday. No advertisement can valued coadjutors ; but they have not as yet been planted 

 d, unless received before Four p.m. so largely as we could wish, and more particularly in 



be guaranteed insertion, or altered, unless received before Four p.m. 



we could wish, and more particularly 



on that day. 



N 



of the Week 



THE TEMPLE SHOW 



suburban gardens of comparatively small size. In these the finest only 

 of the trees should be planted, and yet we see garden after garden filled 

 with trees that are, comparatively speaking, so uninteresting and un- 

 attractive as to add but little to the enjoyment of the garden. Why this 

 is so is not difficult to understand, and it will perhaps suffice to strongly 



t . advise owners of gardens of limited dimensions to root out at the proper 



As so well shown in our report, th7 amicipations to which we gave "ZT ** elm s, limes, sycamores, and other timber trees, and replace 

 expression in our issue of the: 21st inst. have been amply justified by the , m ™ tre f dlstin & u ' shed the beauty of their flowers or elegance 

 event, and the exhibition which during the past week has been held ™ d ^ tW ° attnbutes are C0I » bined «■ many of the 



under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society in the gardens "of J^J^Sf ? * W ^ J he owners °f suburban 



the Inner Temple must be described as one of the most successful, !1Z t t° T ^7 floweri ^ trees for their 



horticultural^, of the series. Of the financial results we are not at the l^TT * T < ? P ^ * ™ Y ^ ° f th ° U " 



foe of writing able to speak, but with the continuance of the weather ™* t jlt ZT^Zl a T'a" S ° "f °t *! * 

 which prevailed on the first and second days it is reasonable to hope that f^L^t 'T ^ * T ? * development In the Kew 

 .hey may prove satisfactory. By these results the question as to whether ?Z ™£ flowering trees have, in accordance with the fitness of 

 It was wise to arrange the exhibition for the same week as the summer ' T Y ,a ? dy ? f ' d ! SP ' ay ° f fl ° WerS duHng April 



meeting at Epsom must be answered, but having regard to he facTtha T ,7 * P^ipal roads is so surprisingly 



the great Whitsun exhibition at Manchester opened ^the 2 ;t , ft s no SESSK. T th ' ^ ^ acCOm P lished at 



unreasonable to assume that there would have been a manifest advantage " ^ * " ^ SUbUrban dlStnCtS ' 



in fixing the gathering for a week earlier. Regarded as a whole, the " 



products were of a somewhat higher quality than usual, and orchids, - - 



roses, ana caiadiums have probably not been presented in larger numbers From a manifesto that has been issued by the East Cowes Horti- 

 r in finer condition than on this occasion, while fruits and vegetables cultural Association it is evident the members of that body are greatly 

 re exceptionally meritorious, and it was gratifying to observe that perturbed by the efforts that are being made in certain quarters to give 

 of th e C F contnbu ted liberally to these two important sections women a horticultural education, and very indignant with the horti- 

 *ork on l?' 110 "' T f he arran £ em ents represented a large amount of cultural Press for not having given to these efforts the most uncom- 

 carrvin C P if rt j several officials engaged in planning and promising opposition. In the course of the manifesto, which has been 



WOMEN GARDENERS. 



carrying out the details, and 



we should have been immensely 



cufe 2fh ' he : r ! ab °" rS SiVe " more factory results. The diffi- 



Wight 



^ey can hard! ^ ^ h Con( ^ ltlons l ^ at obt ain must be very great, but gardening rress 01 tnis country, jrruceeamg, mey siate "11 

 arrangement of th Stents 8 -" Vent some iy chan ^ being made in the to suppose that a woman afterreceiving three years' training 

 accomphshm 



Picturesque effect is perhaps difficult of 



astonishing to find that this question of women gardeners is allowed to 

 proceed with, to our mind, its damaging effects, uncriticised by the 

 gardening Press of this country." Proceeding, they state " it is ridiculous 



_ x knowle w 



garden in all its cultural details." Then, after a tilt at the County 



fficult to obtain, much of the flatness in the two Councils for allowing women to participate in the advantages resulting 



^TeSS^SL^- b6en g0 J Hd ° f ' ^thing should also be 



greater ^7^11^ Pr ° dUCtS in the lon ^ tentS with a 



Gained, iore ^ ZZl , Z P ° SSlblC Under the conditions that 

 effect Ja . °™ ? W J lcuIa f 1 y m relatl on to ventilation. In the matter of 



from the disbursement of the educational grant, so far as relates to horti- 

 culture, we are told that " If technical education grants are to eventually 

 become the means whereby the hard-working gardener, after years of 

 deep interest in and devotion to his profession, is to be supplanted by a 



. 1 i- t i» • am +li a rv\ An £*\t ♦T-.iic rr first** A Y\iA fir Koffnt- Ua 



effect and the r f . ' 111 rei auon to ventilation. In the matter of deep interest in and devotion to ms proiession, is to De supplanted by a 

 exhibition necesT 1 W1 i- h Which the coIIection s could be inspected, the vouthful feminine population, the money thus granted had far better be 

 quenniai _ Y . Suffers m coming so soon after the Ch^nt n'nm. diverted to other channels." These are the main points, and taking them 



V"**, and ^ p„: s X U r S m C T ing 1° S00n aftCT toe Ghent r^uin 



tatherin. ^.Jlir^.toe journalists who »ere present at that great 



they 



reived the~ee d ec h \ ^ ° f the COUrtesi « 



^entofthe Ghen SocietT ^ ^ the gCnia1 ' la ^-hearted pre- 

 t«on Uhent Societ y- However that may have been, the exhibi- 



diverted to other channels." These are the main points, and taking them 

 in reverse order, we at once say that the last proposition is not so self- 

 evident to us as it appears to have been to those responsible for the 

 preparation of the manifesto. We, indeed, are wholly unable to accept it, 

 for if " technical education grants " are to become the means, eventually 



1 _ • 1_ • 4. A.^ 1 4- 1 J 1 _! 



* as so extensive ™a , " l£tl IIia y oave been, the exhibi- »r ir -reenmcax e—;- -7 ~ rrrrr — **— 



e«mplifyi nK th h t • contained so mud - that was of interest in or otherwise, of enabling girls in their teens to supplant hard-working 



Cou ntry, that we P° Sl t'on which horticulture has attained in this men who have & iven many yearS ° f interest and devotion t0 the wor k of 



^fort of visit arC anxious that in the matter of tasteful effect and the the garden, they are far too good to be diverted into other channels. 



"rough, Z £ "^"f «*» toading hor.icu.tura. society ^~ ~ ~ 



ght more i„t« 1: - 7 \ a C< tujng Horticultural soc 

 8 more ,nto l lne wrth the great Continental gatherings. 



Were 



both men 



Though the FLOWERING TREES. 

 tl ht fl0 *ers of hSv 0 t n r. haS M 0t beCn favourabl e for tne development 



'T CSSi0n of wonS I \ °°T 8 * ^ they have formed a 

 *** » the m^;I°" S beaut y' and Win reminded us of their ™t 



the development 



taking 



reminded us of their great 

 The year had hardly ^ began _to 



lllWii XXIV^A X^UWW • — M %J 4 — — — ' 



and boys to take full advantage of them, that they might not only be 

 able to hold their own in the battle of life, but obtain results that under 

 the existing state of things are properly regarded as impossibilities. These 

 results, however, are not probable or possible, and we can assure our 

 friends at East Cowes that they can pursue their avocations without the 

 slightest fear of being supplant ed by a- " youthful feminine population." 

 With the second proposition we are in full agreement,- for as. we_have 



