AUG05T 13: 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



? vers and also for the same number of yellow grounds and fancies, and though 



"° Uc finp smH nromisinir variefips wprp stored. In the classes for six 



r oodford 



Plan 



Thomson 



EStShib or, fine and promising varieties wire staged. In the classes for six and Future/ Mr ^SS^I! t^S^^F^ prohferum, Past, Present, 



td «M Weguelin, Teignmouth, was first; and Mr. A. J. Rowberry, South from the fi^dii^rf^^^^'^ « hl S m ?^ f com rnencing 



SSSSd. second None of the varieties were named. in the thirties eoinT on ♦« P £ Y r S*' ? r ° blbl ? s ° mewhere 



Woodford, se represented by two half-dozen specimens. Messrs. and others, and th S, a " °/ he /£ d,t, ? , F ° f »° ther for - mS , by WoIIas t°n 



and Co. were first, having principally yellow grounds and fancies ; and lobum, mu tHobum dhSlZ nd fi P rohferum acutilobuni, conspicui- 



II, R Sydenham second, whose leading varieties were selfs. The prizes offered the origin of thVSst mos rte'f ? £ * plumoso-divisolobum -the details of 



£ Mr.' Ernest Benary, Erfurt, for six pots of his varieties brought no competition. Jones and Mr E F Fox subsection, » the hands of the late Colonel 



tj Floral Decorations with carnations appeared as tables prepared for dinner, and taken from his decoSnn^ g / en k Tu JameS Moly 



the first prize going to Miss Monk, who had a light arrangement of white and Mr. PhiilipsXstiteJ ^ hU P n k P t" f 5 '^ 1 ^ T^fi a ° d a f ccuratel y P™. 



X and appropriate foliage ; Mrs. Lovatt was second, but, to our own ^^o!^^^^^ Kfc^d^S S 



XiCL ^^^V A pa P? r byMr ' C Druery on «' Ferns 

 Druerl iSL ?u d '- ? the abseDCe of the writer - b >' Dr - Stansfield. Mr. 

 fulTSZl J/ 00 thC '"P 01 ^ of ferns bei «g g'own so as to display their 



u* ice had hinH ^u"? an - d cont,asted tb e appearance of ferns to which 

 justice had been done with the miserable specimens often seen. 



Mr T rZl J g y f d m ™ d beautifuI new form ° f Athyrium was exhibited by 

 lineal A n.t'h 7* &ad duly named and ^gistered as A. 14. ramulosum 



T^rSifnn /p ? i° f J? U "§ f0 ? r ? and beautifVil cut fronds were exhibited by Mr. 

 d^Tm'o^ Mr - L-elady (Haling- 



taste, empioyea 100 mutii srai ici ; aim miss awinaen was iu 



shower bouquets of carnations were staged ; Captain Shawles wa» mm, a , 



salmon-pink carnation and appropriate foliage being employed ; Mr. M. R. Smith 

 was second, and Messrs. Thomson and Co. third. Sprays and buttonholes 



were 



Mr 



One class was for 



collections. 



also staged. ™~ 



Special Prizes were offered for the other exhibits. 



nine bunches of sweet peas, which brought several charming 



. W. Bellamy was first ; Mr. A. Bessell, second ; and Mrs. Lovatt, third. 

 Eckford's varieties were employed. Epergnes of sweet peas were also invited, 

 most of them very good. Mr. E. Romolo, who employed mixed varieties, was 

 first; Mrs. Lovatt was second, who employed carmine, pink, and blue; and Mr. 

 A. Bessell, third. Mr. Eckford also offered special prizes for twelve varieties of 

 sweet peas, and several charming collections were set up ; Mr. V. B. Johnston 

 was placed first ; and Mr. A. Bessell, second. Mr. Lovatt had the best twelve 

 hinches of herbaceous and perennial blooms, competing for special prizes offered 

 by Mr. W. B. Child ; Mr. L. W. Lees, Tettenhall, was second. 



The Sydenham Amateur Challenge Cup was awarded to Mr. C. Blick ; the 

 Midland Counties' Challenge Cup to Messrs. Thomson and Co. ; Mr. R. Syden- 

 ham won the Birmingham Botanical Society's Bilver medal, and Messrs. Thomson 

 and Co. their bronze medal. 



No certificates of merit were awarded to new varieties, though a fair number 

 were staged. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits included a magnificent group of begonias from 

 Mr .B. K.Davis, nurseryman, Yeovil, which was awarded a silver-gilt medal. 

 Collections of hardy plants from Mr. W. F. Gunn, Olton, and Messrs. Hewitt 

 Md to., Solihull awarded silver medals ; also one from Mr. T. H. White Wor- 



fu'^u- r f0nZe medal \ whiIe a si,ver medal was awarded to Mr. Henry 

 Lckiord, Wem, for a superb collection of sweet peas. Mr. R. Sydenham also 



StE? ' and Mr - James DougIas and M * Cba ' les 



the?xWh? t rr in ? ° f the ° peDing da} : of the show Mr - R ' Sydenham entertained 



LlJSteA'i;*' ** ^PPfjf ^ ha ^ oa «■*. wb en various sugges- 

 uons were thrown out with a view to the improvement of the exhibition. 



THE BRITISH PTERIDOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Bo J^Tto-SI Au F 5t u B%Dk Ho,ida y. the members of this society met at 



^^^^ifS^^r 1 ^ Whkh WaS fa ' rlv wditLnd d, 

 lo»en. It eems neS to L ?^ SSri^ r ^. rese P tat ive body of British fern 



British peo i K?^ t ^ , 3^SSSl ** hnQ z. ho ™ to lhe minds of the 



«pecies, far and I awai eel ™ ?n i P T S f* 1 ° U - r natlve ferns ' few as are in 

 Si outs de "work \ t ' f r V , Var ] etal forms those Produced by the 



those of^^^f^*^; ro ^ 1 f n d sub-tropical islands, as well as 



hundreds of ^IpecS manvTf \ ° m f sub tro P ica l to temperate, boast their 

 * the botanisTo, fore"™ or ml ™w ^ Whe ^ er " is the fault 



<h Wts, curious or bt*Xl ' • , kn °7 u 0t ' but the fact remains, 

 In *e ike E J*?* have y ie . lded *™ thousand . 



registered hv rb. c • f J -' ?°"' ° f Kenda1 ' that new ferns » " amed a ° d 



™L 7 * S ° Ciety ' shou,d in future be fi g ured ' and prints issued to the 

 members, gave rise to considerable discussion. The idea was generally approved 



makTSirie^ r 11 U,d,M ft reS ,° lved that the committ « e be instructed to 



Sriou To el^n r hC ° f ilIustrat i^, and to submit specimens of 



various processes to the next meeting. 



Law 



DAMAGE TO IMPORTED ORCHIDS. 



fh*iU h of L ™!i S Assite % ° n ^ Ugust 5 ' before Mt - T«tice Day and a special jury, 



the case of Moore v. The Great Eastern Railway Company was heard 



3£X S ^ K° n br ° Ugh i i° r t C ° Ver damageS for the Ioss of a number orch Ids 



r^S^^^ffi^ b ^ ^esentroy" S? 



in mbe p 6 ' l897 ' tbirty s J ix ,. bo,tes of orchids, which had just been landed 



in London from Rangoon were delivered to the defendants for the purpose of 

 being earned to the plaintiff at Bradford, instructions being given that the San ts 



Ir r h? bC T - eyed - m a b ° X aDd d ^P a tched as soon as possible There 

 not being suftrcient time to provide a box truck before the next goods rain left 

 Bishopsgate for Doncaster the plants were despatched in an open fruck icked in 



on Sunday, November 7 and the truck in which they were was left stal dine Tn 

 an open yard until eight a.m. on November 8, when they were 1 taken o the 

 plaintiffs premises. Rain fell very heavily in Bradford on November 7 the 

 result being that ten out of the thirty-six boxes were saturated with rain o w ng 



L tn % V COndm ° n of , th f . tar P aub ? b y which they had been covered. Whef 

 he ten boxes were unpacked it was discovered that all the plants in th-m z a-t* 



^ anda Kimbalhana, were destroyed. The plants in the other twenty-six boxes 

 were delivered generally in good condition. The plaintiff estimatedh loss Tt 

 is per plant, or ^BJ I> in all, and it was not disputed that if Mr. Moore was 

 entitled to recover at all his sum represented the amount for which the eES 

 would be liable. The only question which the jury had to decide was whether or 



In the lake district and Z'eZu ts a " W „?JS2? J* thousands. not the condition il^L£^S£^^ iu/to tne °r^7n *W S^I °i 



before reaching England. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the 



of many of th f aS decorat ive plants, and in the v 



a nurelv K 1 r f, SuIt , 0 . f thl . s wa « the formation some 



British 

 s, who 



F«n ago of a purely 1 

 Ptendolopcal Society, an 

 m only cultivated these ft 

 J^and vales of lakeland. 



^om^ and near, and the ♦« Nonhe^" Wer ^ SWelled b ? other fern ^vers 



*«i;o J0in . Once a year the memLrs m e ^ t ^ 50 « to embrace all who 

 « old varieties for naminc ^ or id?Z?<tZ* I' b ™S ln Z P^nts and fronds of new 

 ^cults, and affording ISZ^^Snl thus forming a legitimate centre for 

 tiSSt T (U5ioa ™* cSKSed'&SfSl^ nomenc l a tu'e and accordance 



^S'S 1 ^ j ^ dges ' wh0 narae 



listed in lc g u }ar lines, and we are ennM«*. .u_. ^ . ^ s 



» t ■ 5 X 1 • j . : V a vciuict ror tne plaintitt for the 



for a spSj^Jr ^ J ° ^ gIVCn aCCOrdin g 1 y« the learned J«dge certifyin| 



Ob 



'egular lines, and we are confident That hS P T t0 impr -° Ve " 



"-uS Med" W T ° h U,d ha - uS ^whfoh ?nd ng ^ 



fc»otfd „ .! The subscription of n,»r ™i • hlch mdi scnmmate culture 



to the p U bl ication of K B °phS ^ivin^ m 15 P ractica »y nominal, and is 

 3SS U ? ,n "* interesting infoSon "The J Se ; eral P a P«s by experts, and 

 £ n£V^ nda V s one oflhe o S, Zt^f^ Mr " Whirwell, Serpentine 



mm 



S^on (SheffieTd?' T'^ ' Me / Srs ' Pease 



<"rissiM« .l. , a >' He also reffrrf.^ ^ *v 



of 



the k- j / aiSO r ete 

 the hands of xM r . c. T 



coarse 



and 



sports were *Ja V' an gul 



■Stained an ??u the {or ™ 



- .wpiuuucuoD, lvioiy s vane- 

 The secretary's and treasurer's 



^ *« 'iS.S 8 ^ M tC new prelXr c ?-quen1ly 



-/i iem <r,„ ■ »"<mtiee. A nanp, ■ ^ onie changes were also made 



• ^ f - •< r. in th, manu^cturirrg-^;^ ? ad { ,T Mr. Atkinson, of 



ms had d ng fedin e I y to the diffi— - ns ° f Yorksb tre and Lancash 



fteie 



tc *ns had 

 works, Sec 

 le recornn, 



diffln,u; . *' m Tr* K ana i^ancasnire. 

 ^™tl?* h , whi ? h the fern grower 



a north-westein 



S^fil f ^ raS mus * be g row n under 



4e 



^ ^ E?, a Sin g'= -w of°ho e t r wate 8 r lV n e 3 '^ !e SUnshlce " a ^ ^01 



b « f«r no other purpose? A SKw? 11)6 PUrP ° SC ° f keeping 



f t~ valuable paper was read bv Mr. 



— ■» ■ 



Mr Adam Forsyth, who for some years, previous' to his leaving England for 

 the purpose of taking up his residence m New Zealand, occupied a foremost 

 position amongst chrysanthemum specialists, died, we regret to learn, on June 

 10 from Bright's disease m his sixty-eighth year. Under date of Jn/yT 

 Mr. Tames Mitchell, of Oamaru Otago, New Zealand, writes: " It is mv 

 painful duty to convey to you, and, through the Gardkners' Magazine to 

 the many horticulturists to whom he was known, the news of the death of Mr 

 Adam Forsyth, who passed away peacefully on June 10. Poor Fors/th had 

 been failing for some time, and had really never been the same man since th- 

 death of his wife some three years ago. But none of us— that is, intimate 

 friends— had any thought that his death was so near at hand. His condition 

 however, grew rapidly worse towards the end, as you may readily imagine* 

 when T mention that he was out and about up to within a few days of his death' 

 though really unable to do anything. He was suffering from an acute form of 

 Bright's disease, and was fully aware that recovery was hopeless, and that death 

 might supervene at any time. We laid his mortul remains in their last 

 resting place on Sunday, June 12, in the pretty little Oamaru Cemetery, and 

 that he was held in high esteem amongst the gardening fraternity was shown by 

 the fact that everyone connected with horticulture, however remotely, was 

 present at the funeral. I enclose you a paragraph from the Oamaru Mail re- 

 porting a meeting of the committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society 

 at which a resolution on the subject was passed. Mr. George Brownlee (seeds- 

 man) and myself are the executors under his will, but I do not think our duties, 

 will be very onerous. Mr. Adam Forsyth, who was a native of Kelso, at an 

 early age devoted himself to horticulture. After serving his apprenticeship, and 

 filling positions as under gardener m some of the best gardens in Scotland, he 

 came to England, and m due course obtained a position as head gardener, in 

 which he specially distinguished himself. He eventually engaged in business as . 

 a nurseryman in Shackiewell Lane and on the land being required for the pur- 

 ooses of a new railway, he founded the Brunswick Nursery at Stoke Newington. 

 Here Mr. Forsyth specially distinguished himself as a cultivator of specimen 



^7«^ n u ^_^J , r ft I S^JS ' n introducing several valuable incurved 

 varieties. In 1S74 he left England for New Zealand, and after beine with 

 Messrs. Law, Somner, and Co., Dunedin, he was aooointed Wi «w^LT£ 

 the Hon. M. Holmes, at Awamoa, where, todSoteK rtwTrE gardener to 

 "he did a ereat deal to create a taste for H^Ltta* 0 " 1 the 0amaru Mm ** 



