THE 



GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1898. 



. attON\L CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY, 



\ bL. \ovkkivm, Westminster.-EARLY CHRYSANTHEMUMS, DAHLIAS. 

 ;> Royal a « uak £ l AdIOLI, &c, September 6, 7 , and 8, 1898. ; ' 

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fcfcccules Of mzes on w Ealing, W. 



ERBY SHIRE AGRICU 



AND 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



L T U R A L 



ANNUAL SHOW, DERBY, September 7 and 8. 



UPWARDS OF ^250 IN PRIZES FOR HORTICULTURE. 



Open to all England. 

 GROUPS, £65; DECORATIVE DESSERT TABLE, ^19. 



Entries positively close Wednesday, August 31. 



Schedules and all particulars of 

 Oral Office, Derby. Sidney Burton, Secretary. 



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1\ HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— ANNUAL SHOW on WEDNESDAY, 24th 

 ArccsT, 1898, at Kingswood. Over ^200 in Prizes, in addition to Four Silver Cups for Open 

 Aaaiecr Competition. 



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it should be borne in mind that while the liberal use of stable manure to 

 strong, retentive soils may promote excessive luxuriance, yet, in soils 

 aencient m humus, its use in the form suggested will be highly beneficial. 



THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S PROSPECTS. 



In one important respect the proceedings at the annual meeting of 

 tne Koyal Botanic Society were hardly so satisfactory as could have been 

 desired, inasmuch as but little was said with reference to the prospects 

 of the society or the steps it is proposed to take with a view to place it 

 in a position to carry on its work in a vigorous manner. It is pleasant 

 to learn that there had been an increase in the number of Fellows and in 

 the income from subscriptions ; and also that there was a small balance 

 at the close of the financial year in favour of ^the "society. There are now 

 2,050 Fellows on the books, and of this number 167 joined during the 

 year, or 36 in excess of the previous year, and 83 above the average of 

 the past ten years. These figures are of interest as indicating the vitality 

 of the society, and its possibilities under vigorous management carefully 

 adapted to present day requirements. With an income of nearly ^3,000 

 and so substantial a list of Fellows there should be no great difficulty in 

 preparing a programme for next year that would result in the society 

 accomplishing much useful work and obtaining still larger accessions of 

 new Fellows. The School of Practical Gardening has, it was stated, 

 been successful, and this so far is satisfactory ; but we do not look to 



Owing to continued increase in circulation, the " Gardeners' Magazine 99 thlS sch ° o1 or t0 the holding of dog shows in the gardens as the means of 



restoring the society to prosperity. We, indeed, fail to see how, 



under existing conditions, the students attending the school can be 

 thoroughly grounded in the practical details of the culture of hardy fruits 

 and vegetables, and we are unable to recognise a very close relation- 

 ship between botanical science and pet dogs. There was one matter 

 which we regard with some pleasure, and that was the statement by Mr. 

 C. Brinsley MarIay,'who presided at the meeting, to the effect that he 



MAIDENHEAD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — The ANNUAL 

 SHOW will be held in Kidwell's Park, on THURSDAY, September i, 1898. 

 Schedules may be obtained from Chas. A. Vardy, Hon. Sec. 



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Notes of the Week. 



WATERING FRUIT TREES. 



*tcks 



With so small a rftiitfefl ac f^of mm^^A^A a ' a*l . - should like to see relations existing between the society and the kindred 



-in so sman a rainfall as that recorded during the past six or seven . A , TT , . 4 , . , , , c J 4U , „ , , ^ 



4r< »k*«~ — °. h .r association at Westminster, which would permit of the latters fort- 



««* pans of England suffered somewhat from an insufficiency of meetings being held * the Regent's Park garden. It is some- 



-«turcatthe roots at a period when a great strain is imposed upon th,ngt ° h *V ad « / . the des.«bd,ty of these two great 



n in nrm'rlmr, *v_ . . _ r "^^*x cnn#>H#Ms wm-lrmor tno*t h«M». and it is esneriallv eratifvintf to l 



•mm providing the nutrient matter required in building up the new S ° detieS W ° rkin ? t0gether ' a ? d * j S **P^Y t0 u * as a P ro ° f 



l*»»th and the develoDment of th* fr„; tc w- k- t, j that our suggestions as to the advantages that would result from the 



***** combioa.iof of » force, of t he ,„■„ bodies is slowly b* sorely beari„ t 



Ejected to a greater deeree of nftrin. f™m A J I 1 t u fruit - It would, of course, be an advantage to the visitors were the 

 fcmsihi.i.J ^- de 5 ree 0 : s ,uffenng from drought than has been magnificent and ' interest ing collections that are sent to the Drill Hall to 



be arrayed in the spacious conservatory of the Regent's Park gardens ; 

 but it is not to be expected that the Royal Horticultural Society will do 

 anything so unwise as to take steps that will result in its most impor- 

 tant work being partly obscured. A much closer relationship than was 

 suggested by Mr. Brinsley Marlay is, in the interest of botany and hor- 

 ticulture, required ; and we consider the complete fusion of these 

 societies essential to horticulture attaining to a position commensurate 

 with its importance in the metropolis. The great need at the present 

 time in London is one powerful general society with a spacious and 

 attractive garden, which would admit of the several special societies 

 holding their annual gatherings in it with advantage to all concerned, 

 and be regarded ' both at home and abroad as the head-quarters of 



aloniyern* i i V y 1 urou &nts extending over 



«er period, but the trees have in some dry seasons been more heavily 



Sate 1,T < b n0t the SlighteSt nccessit >' for ala ™ m to the 

 awances^ t conditions that have obtained ; but in numerous 



rfdistre« L ^ eC ° me under our ^tice the trees have evinced signs 

 "Bethink ™E >!♦ a ? PC f S an °PP° rtune t»me for considering whether 

 SSS sh<£ 10 aSSiSt thC trees t0 pass ^ough com- 



*3lWs tl Pen ° dS ° f dry WCather With0ut an appreciable check. 



« win b, T 'Z ng ^ gard ^ ns of which the soil is natura "y light have > 



^■minTT ' y tU unaers tood, suffered the most, and the trees we now 



*• *«, of d?„ k,'.? Ch by reaSOn of the li « h,ness of the soil feel 



suffelf 2** h .!. most W-ere the ,rees have appre- 



e at th* nr.c. * V n * vvuuiu aenve suDstantiai 



co^iderable I ? timC fr ° m a liberaI water ing. To supply any 

 *e«a tn ?S er ° f : rees at one time with enough water to moisten 



practical and scientific horticulture in the United Kingdom. 



i?» to be carried 



help 



no 

 all 



* Vi * 4 »^iig yv IXv^ll L1IC 1 1 LI 1 vl 



liecause of this it must not be assumed 



A 



A CURIOUS HARTS-TONGUE. 



the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society's Scientific 



the 



• e -" stance wi 

 taxed. Th 



Llili ^ must not he assumed n mccu.^ ^* . 



can be given, for by watering a few e^ch Committee on the inst, Mr. W. Marshall exhibited a very curious 

 more important peach and nectarine . <- -,«♦.#}« in a olant of Scolopendnum vulgar* no 



trees can re- 



lathe 



*iU grea'tlv 'Z *Z aaaitl0nal moisture placed within reach of 



J* lay the fonnd J 'T* * com P letin g their season's growth, 

 T^b^; ho j;~ - ol a good cop for next year. Reliance 



uc garQen SIan le X ss t Ln three distinct and widely divergent ^.^^^^ 



It wheLr the crop ha! as originating from one and the s f e -ofg^Tbeta^^ 



Jjtage were 

 J* "^ure. 



^**» for whi 



from 



£rCatlv aMl ? - * * from a ramo-cristate variety, m which the fronds ramify repeatedly into 



i fanshaoed arrangement of very narrow segments, which are profusely 

 • feXoten on both surface, A fron i of this when layered developed 

 , . *w .^,r*c and the plant in question was developed from 



To 



~. wwer sons mat rapidly part one oi mem, »u wai «- >i-—- «* . ™.,i.;fr,rm 



over est.mate their value would be extremely justify any reference to multiple parentage as conducive to a multiform 

 bord*»rc o« j w WUU1Q De extremely jusuiy any n r th . ^orfntai form, but subsequently 



stage 



••vim lour tn c* • i — wiui a. 



dori "g the s!J' X 5 in depth eva P<>ration 

 the LI . 7 mer ' and as the manure decavs 



result. 



plant was at first of the parental form, but subsequen 



wanon is materially revenea iu uic ^ * : _ w . . ■ . 4 «i r rrr . lf 



decays and becomes 5 ; b.ood or sap ^»«^ ZZ'JZSZZ 



normal 



2J2?5 the latt/ r fo I ^ nhv,0rm ^ 'ncorporated with the soil, the 



. * ' ■ *m: , K r sro ^ " **** Stable 



' . ah'so rb2£ P ' nV< r - M pr ° Ved b >" the t^t that .hen in 

 ^Pere*!* ■ iror " the atmosphere and 



shaped 



shaped 

 Three other fronds start 



ana Diunuy pu^^u, ^- * 



with normal bases, but bear fohose branching crests, while still another 

 frond is of a true crispum or frilled form, with a digitate tip. None of 



r thf> nar<»ntnl narrnw ramo-rristate tVDC and 



