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June 2$, 1898- 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



401 



Of 103 



. 6d. to members and of us. to non-members. If a guarantee can be given Boycotting Potato Growers 

 hundred and fifty passengers a special train of saloon carriages and a 1 — ^ 



1 J. ...ill tin «->1rt/«As3 of f C«3»»T-I.-.« C vmvfcT • /~»fVl CP tVl/a T\0*»f«» 



for two nunareu a»u po.oow.Lgwo « o^vwdi uaiu ^"^^ w «.»i* & >^ » 

 saloon steamboat will be placed at the service of the party ; otherwise the party 

 will travel by ordinary trains and steamboats. Several affiliated societies have, 

 we understand, expressed their intention of taking part in the excursion, and it 

 has been arranged that their members shall be supplied with tickets at the same 

 rate as members of the parent society. As it is important the executive should 

 have some idea of the probable number forming the party by July I, it is desirable 

 those who intend taking part in the excursion should communicate with Mr. R. 

 Dean, Ealing, by that date. 



New Public Park at Tipton.— In connection with the proposed public 



park for Tipton the authorities instituted a competition, offering a first prize of 



£2$ for the best plan for laying out the New Victoria Park. Ten competitors DD WIULC LO mm : You will be pleased d th f 11 * 



entered, and Messrs. W. Barron and Son, Elvaston Nurseries, Borrowash, Derby, extract from a letter dated Marrh \* *aaL* a u° IT e ollowin g 



nrize for a nlan th*t all^ myself- 'The rnJ ? 7 ' u addressed b ? Mr ' Gladstone to 



myseij . rhe rose is m addition to other merits an English flower, almost an 



tactics adnnfpH h„ th* u ^ "^'^"s * owiiuaa contemporary the 



are now tVf.'A m ****** to influence auctioneers and farmers 



are now being tried in relation to the sale of new potatos. A circular has been 



£ £ZE a r d . Pw r ire poul ° st °™ b * te D *°« 



Ud Ut a ? T. g that the members of the P° tato trade se *ion will not 



a e IcZeT A 1 ^ 0fferS ° f -P^entatives of Co-operative societies 



Zlh I 7' ° r r WUh any famer who seIIs his P° tatos directly or indirectly to 

 sucft socie les. It ,s to be hoped that neither the auctioneers nor the growers will 

 submit to this attempt to interfere with their business. 



Mr. Gladstone's Favourite FIower.-Recently Mr. Ellis Lever 



made the suggestion that on every 19th of May, the anniversary of Mr. 

 Gladstone s death, the English rose should be worn. On seeing Mr. Lever's 



eased 



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gained the first prize for a plan that allowed for a lake of about three acres, cricket 

 and recreation grounds, lawn tennis courts, bowling greens, band-stand, shelters, 



&c 



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the firm also furnished plans for lodge entrance-gates, and ornamental 

 fencing to surround a large part of the thirty-three acres. Messrs. Barron and 

 Sons' approximate estimate of cost is ^3,990. * ri 2 



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Knghsh institution, and I am glad you have made it the subject of special study 

 and commemoration."' We observe that Mr. Christopher Molesworth makes 

 the absurd suggestion that the most suitable flower for commemorating the late 



Sons' approximate estimate of cost is £990. T he winner of the second prize in statesman is the Monk's-hood [Acmiium nafellus). In discussing the que Son he 



COmpetlU ° n WaS Mr ' J ' Perry ' archlt6Ct ' Tl P ton - » What 15 WantCd iS aD iDdi * en0US flower in «■« -'out the middle 



The Nursery and Seed Trades have been well represented at the * ay ' and to . be had from a farthing to a penny the bunch or sprig. We have 



. e _ t ..„ . ~. . . Messrs. James Carter and SUC f a , l° we , r , in the Ac °nitum napellus, sacred to St. Dunstan, whose day is the 



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Co. exhibited large collections of garden and farm seed, and the produce grown 

 therefrom, the display of annual and other flowers from St. Osyth being 

 especially attractive. Messrs. Sutton and Sons contributed large collections of 

 grasses, seeds, roots, potatos, peas, tomatos, which, arranged on their handsome 

 stand, produced a remarkably good effect. Messrs. Webb 



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19th of May. Mr. Molesworth is obviously ignorant of the fact that the Monk's- 

 hood does not come into bloom until quite the end of June or early in July, and 

 that the plant is so poisonous that the merest scrap of the root is sufficient to cause 

 the death of an adult in a few hours. 



- _ ~ Q f een Shading.-In discussing the influence of coloured light upon the 



attractive stand, on which flowers and vegetables were conspicuous ; the new 8*°* * of plants at Chiswick the other day, the Rev. G. Henslow stated as the 



peas, Pioneer and Senator, in pots, attracting much attention. Messrs. Dicksons. resul t of experiments he had made, that green glass was the least desirable 



Chester, and Messrs. Harrison and Sons, Leicester, with other firms had * 



interesting and attractive exhibits. 



History of Cultivated Vegetables. -The second of the 



series of 



for plant structures. He also pointed out that there was exactly the same 

 objection to green shading materials as to green glass 

 audience to avoid their use. 



lectures now being given by the Rev. G. Henslow at Chiswick was devoted to a Cit *er and Perry were contributed to the Royal Agricultural Society's 



sketch of the history of cultivated vegetables. Mr. Henslow passed in raoid Show in Ifger quantities and in finer condition than in any previous year, 



ffi m . t . 11. _-~.w^v.v-*. aci^ikx «-> 1 - — ww..v*.v.av»u wuau in Ally VCai, 



review the facts relating to the history of the several groups of esculents now in a fact of interest as showing that these beverages are obtaining more atten- 



general cultivation, and directed attention to the conditions under which some of tion «* &e result of the prominence we have given to orchards and their pro- 



the more important changes had been brought about. There was (again a large ducts - There were twenty-six entries of cider in cask, and the varities of apples 



attendance. nresidpH nvpr Kw w \/Tr.^u^n tt» _„i__ - . . _ _ _° c 1 • i_ .» . + . ... • . , . ^ 



Henslow 



lor his interesting lecture, expressed the satisfaction he, in common with other J erse y> R *d Jersey, and Cadbury. The second prize cask is the produce of Royal 



members of the council of the Royal Horticultural Society, felt in the interest that J«sey, White Jersey, Chisel Jersey, and White Close Pippin. The third prize 



was Demg shown in the lectures by the gardeners in the western districts of the was awarded to the produce of Red Jersey, Nortons' Bitters, and Gins. All the prize 



metropolis. In consequence of the exhibition of the Richmond Horticultural ' ' " ' " " 

 Society being fixed for Wednesday next, the lecture arranged for the evening of 

 that day has been postponed until the following week. 



casks 



Bottled cider of 1 897 was represented by forty- 



awarded 



Somerset and Hereford. The first prize lot was made from Cowarne Red, and 



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A Jersey Potato Competition.— With a view to testing the earline« FoxWhe, P>* the third prize lot from Styre Wilding and Cowarne Red, and the 

 cropping powers, and general usefu(ness of the new Fidler's Oueen ootat in SeC ° nd P " Ze bt fr ° m mixed & CtkS ' ° f ° Wer bottIed cider there were twenty- 

 Jersey, Messrs. Fidler and Sons, Reading, instituted a comoetition JL«r rt, ° nC entries ' and the first P rire was awa ^ed to produce of Fox Whelp and 



££'l m « ?° nS ' ReadiDg ' iDStitUted a """Potion among the 



lZrs S TJ:^ n !!f meda ! S a . nd mone y P rizss for the best and heaviest dozen 



with the r T eS,Tr,f ° n t0 ° k P . kCC a feW da y sa g° in the Lyric Hall, St. Heliers, 



with the result that there were thirty-six entries, representing all the varieties of " ' ' r-v. 



soil found in the island. Dr. Powell, St. Lawrence • Mr T . r^u Ct x. , > the first P nze for wh,ch was awarde d to produce of mixed fruit made in 1804, the 



t.^_„,_ . .' ^-coresiey, ac. reter s ; wnn A nr ;„ tn n r nWfipHs mnrlp in ^ *u:.a _r 



Skyrme's Kernel, made in 1895. The second prize was awarded to produce of 

 Kingstone Black, Dabinet, and Chisel Jersey, made in 1896, and the third 

 prize to Norfolk cider made in 1896. There were twenty- one entries of periy 



and Mr. Le Masurier, St. Peter's, were respectively the' winners of' H S ' second P rize to P'o^uce of Oldfields made in 1896, and the third prize to perry of 

 sTntinlT mCda,S J LaUrCaS ' St ' HdierS ' g ainin S a ^cial prize! ' ^ 



<a»nfin#r fk« _ • ^ _ .' 7 t> «s ** ■3M^-»-icti unzc. In pre - 



introduced new 



ast year's make. 



A New London Garden.— The long disused burial-ground which lies at 



varieties of potatos into the island deserved the thanks oixZ 7 a *17 the of the Robert Brownin S HalI « York Street . Walworth, was opened as: a 

 pother varieties than the Royal was to be the future £Jo To Sep Ice W^uta. — — " ' 



spedmeL of thl / , thoro ^ h ^faction a t seeing such fine 



seemedTo him to ? h ^ ^ ^ ^ FidIer ' S QueeD Was a P**° that 

 emed to him to be exactly what was wanted as a seed tuber for the Jersey crops. 



Wind 



logical Soeieiv . « -;~ At ^e monthly meeting of the Royal Meteoro- 



She^i T WaS , read by Mr ' R ' °- M ° SSman ' F - R -S-E., in which he 

 Krin g the ^ ^ ? a,yS1S ° f the direCtbn ° f the surface ™* observed 

 a«rorf Low T ° f T W ' hale ' ^ thunde ^tor ms , lightning, fog and 

 ^r^^i^l^ -rth and east tind^ and 



and N winn, r i r " ail showers occur most often with W., N.W., 



numb;; Tf b0 h ,? "'J 11051 ffeqUent Whh W " and S ' wind s ' The neatest 

 the values in so J ^ thunderStorms occ « with W. winds, although 



of 4s ar record^ ^ ^ E ", S - E -' and S " Winds " Thegreatest number 

 ^\Z\Z ^ d ° n Calm ^ cto "'y'°»^ed by days on which the wind 



public garden the other day. The garden has been laid out under the direction of 

 Miss Wilkinson, the landscape gardener connected with che Metropolitan Gardens 

 Association. The association itself has contributed a portion of the cost, t)ie 

 major portion being given by Mr. John Newberry, of Whyteleafe, and the 

 remainder by the Rev. J. J. Curling, vicar of Hamble. 



Carnation Rust.— Some experiments have been conducted at the New 

 York Experiment Station with a view to determine the efficiency of spraying car- 

 nations with salt water in checking the rust which in some cases is so destructive 

 to these beautiful flowers. So far as could be ascertained the spraying with salt 

 water did not impose the slighest check upon the disease, but the application of 

 the salt to the soil was found to be decidedly injurious to the plants 



Fossil Forests have special attractions for those who take an interest in the 

 vegetation of prehistoric times, and it is, therefore, not surprising to hear that a 

 party of Swedish scientists are preparing to visit Northern Greenland for the 

 purpose of making investigations in the fossil forest of Atanakerdluk. This won- 

 derful spot is about 70 degress N. latitude, and is considered the most perfect 

 remains of its kind in the world. An earlier report places the date of its origin in 

 the Miocene period, for out of the sixty-six species of plants which have been 

 snared pounds of fine ^"ITV" JUUC ^ ra,iy one recognised in it, noless thaneigteen belong to that period. Among the trees 



specimens being thirteen inch^^ ? T u andlng graSS ' some of the found there are early representatives of the Sequoia gigantea of the Yosemite 

 Smart's fruit 3L*n fciJ^^.^ft The crop was displayed in Mr. H. V alley. Another tree family flourished in this forest, viz., the Salisburia ; the 



single modern representative of this group is Silisburia adiantifolia, a native "of 

 Northern China znd widely distributed in Japan, where it is probably an intro- 

 duced plant. As a fossiliferous exhibit, the forest of Atanakerdluk is unique. 

 Many of the leaves of the trees discovered are so perfectly preserved that fragments 

 of insects are plainly to be detected on their surface. 



Pyrethrum roseum is evidently declining in popularity as an insect 

 destroyer, for in 1896 the prices for the flowers in Montenegro, where the plant 

 is largely grown, showed a falling-off of about seventy per cent. The produce 

 for 1897 was only about fifteen tons, of the value of ,£1,800, and of this quantity 

 ten tors were sent to Great Britain. 



Mr. W . Henman M ^ USh ™ ms - As a ^ of the late heavy rains, 



^ndred iu^ds o^fi ' ^ ^ ° Xf ° rd ' 8 * hewd ° n J Une 8ch > ™7 

 •P^-JS^"™ 01 ^^ am ° n * his Standin S grass, some of the 



Wt's fruhlnn ^ nC ^V n J diameter - The Cr ° P was dis P ,a * ed in Mr. H. 

 -usual Z£££ Z oft*, ^ ^ " ^ rCgarded - a S — 



As in the case 



P a nth^Htrit t Jf Ped , R ° u Se - Und « the designation of Captain Christy 

 been h ' ^ e J ar d*n. 



in the" Soured n. ^ ^ ^ fixed in the USU&1 Wa ^ The flow «^ "'^n 

 a 'e pleasine ; n ' paIe pink « marked wkh ™" ow Iines of carmine, and 



n «ghbourhood ^ nace ' a The s P° rt originated some five or six years ago in the 

 th»t city. aen » and has **** introduced by M. M. Letellier et fils, oi 



