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GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



October , s> ^ 



attack, and thus we had the fungus at our doors ready to attack our chrysanthe- 



In its native land the chrysanthemum was peculiarly enough free from 



the'attack of this ' pucdnia, but in its present cultivated condition the "fungus found 

 it a splendid hos', and, judging from the wide area of attack, had made good use 

 of its opportunities. He also stated that by careful attention the fungus might 

 be kept in subjection. On the motion of Mr. George Gordon, V.M.H., a hearty 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Waterer and Mr. Massee was passed. Mr. R. Dean 

 moved a vote of thanks to the Aquarium Company for the use of the St. 

 Stephen's Hall, and Mr. Cannell moved one to the chairman, this concluding 



the proceedings. 



New Plants, Flowers, and Fruits. 



Dracaena Eeckhauti. 



An elegant dracsena haviDg long recurving leaves of a deep metallic m » 

 leaves are about fifteen inches to eighteen inches in length anr l~. . f Cn ue - ^ 



• 1 J. lL-.'« m m - A . . , . S AU U bCarCCly 1110^ \\\%] 



an inch across at their widest part. A stately plant, and one kCIT*? morc 

 usage. A.M., R.H.S., October „. Messrs'.). VritS^SsS? 3 ^^ 



Alocasia spectabilis. 



Sons, Chelsea. 



A bold and effective aroid producing saggitato- cordate leaves measuring 

 ghteen inches in length by about ten inches in breadth. The mid.rii ^ 



over 



Scottish Horticultural Association. 



At the recent monthly meeting held at St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, Mr 

 M. Todd, the able and genial president, presided. The exhibits consisted of 



*— — 1> j — '"vara in uieaucn. The mid rili A 



branches are very prominent and of a very pale green colour ; the veins are » 



"' " A.M., R.H.S. )0 8 S 



and show up clearly on the dark slaty-green ground, 

 n. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Soph ro- cattle ya Cleopatra. 



several interesting displays of small flowering early chrysanthemums grown in the * W J? T smal J *<T rS M ^ave been 



open air ; these were shown by Messrs. T. Methven and Sons, Mr. Chaplin, St. grana itiora ana uutieya guttata i^opoldi. It is remarkable how little the" TP* 

 Leonard's Park, and Messrs. R. B, Laird and Sons. Mr. A. Mackenzie, of the influences the sophronitis. The flowers are barely three inches across kjJd 



* T - * : 41 — 1 J - — ^ petals are rather broader and more rounded than the sepals ; the latter are bright* 



soft scarlet with a tinge of rose, while the petals have a deeper rose suffusion to 



expected from such parentage, for it is the result of crossing Soohro^ 

 grandiflora and Cattleya guttata Leopoldi. It is remarkable hn W linu fu/^T 01 



Warreston Nurseries, gave some interesting notes on these welcome and useful 

 favourites. The president contributed some choice vases tastefully furnished with 

 cut blooms ; these consisted of a vase of gaillardias, one of pure white pyrethrums, 

 a great improvement for decorative purposes over the choicest white asters, and a 

 fine display of roses, chiefly the old General Jacqueminot, with a few pink and 

 fuller coloured dark roses, that made a deep, choice mixture. As a groundwork for 

 all these Messrs. James Grieve and Sons sprayed the table over with a fine 



collection of showy pansies, that gave a rich effect. With the election of the 



members nominated last month and the nomination of others the general business 

 was concluded, and the president called on the secretary, Mr. R. Laird, to read 

 the paper for the evening, "The Horticultural Press," in the absence 

 of Mr. A. Gait, of London. There was a good attendance, close 

 attention, and the paper occupied over three quarters of an hour. 

 At its conclusion there followed one of the most earnest discussions that have 

 lollowed any of the meetings of the association. Some members condemned the 

 accounts of the daily Press as worthless, while others maintained that gardeners 

 and nurserymen were indebted to the lay Press for many valuable suggestions. As 

 your correspondent took a vigorous part in vindicating the power and tne place of 

 the horticultural Press, which is now well assured —whether we will or not — I will 

 use the space at my disposal with a brief epitome of Mr. Gait's lecture without 

 further reference to the discussion, only adding here, instead of at the end, that the 

 business concluded with hearty votes of thanks to Mr. Gait, Mr. Laird, and to 

 the President. 



After a few general remarks on the power of the Press in determining the 

 destinies of individuals, and of families, and of nations, the endless multiplication 

 of books (the more the better, of good), Mr. Gait hastened to divide the Press 

 into two sections — the lay, or general ; and the special, or horticultural. Horti- 

 culture is essentially the industry through which we are fed and clothed. Horti- 

 culture is likewise an important science claiming relation with many other 

 sciences, and has a close connection with mind as well as matter, though yet, as a 

 rule, the lay or general Press has little to say about horticulrure ; and when it does 

 voice its views not seldom makes mistakes, and is perhaps more amusing than 

 instructive through being buttonholed at times by one or more cranks. It seem* 

 high time that most of our great dailies had one or more gentlemen on their staff 

 aMe and willing to do justice to all matters horticultural. To the many other 

 experts on our great dailies, surely it is high time to add horticultural experts, and 

 that in their own interests as well as those of the public at large. There is no need 

 for the general Press to compete with the special in copiousness, rather it should 

 be truly accurate and truly educational, so far as it goes. 



He considered it convenient to divide the horticultural Press into the following 

 three divisions : First, the periodical Press, mostly weekly; second, books deal- 

 ing with special subjects ; third, trade literature, such as seed and fruit lists, 

 catalogues, pamphlets, &c. The periodical Press is generally run, first of all, 

 on sound trade principles. It is also a great and, in fact, the most potent educa- 

 tional agency among gardeners ; it keeps them up to date in their information 

 over the wide field of horticulture ; and now we have a Press and papers to suit 

 all classes and conditions of people, as gloves fit our hand?. No trade or pro- 

 fession is better served with handy manuals and weekly papers than horticulture. 

 Encyclopedias, popular compendiums abound, and some of them are being 

 pulled up to date through new editions. Nicholson's " Dictionary of Gardening," 

 44 The Treasury of Botany," Thomson's "Gardener's Assistant," 41 The Fruit 

 Manual," are but samples of useful books that abound, and that have proved 

 companions and mentors to thousands of gardeners. Special books, manuals, 

 genre to horticulture, crowd the highways and byeways of our craft on fruit, 

 vegetable, and flower culture, fern?, roses, herbaceous plants, hardy and exotic 

 plants, coniferous trees, shrubs, &c. Principles are also freely expounded, as 

 well as sound practice taught, in all directions, and fully expounded as well as 

 advocated through the Press ; and, unless this is done, the gardener becomes the 

 mere slave of his predecessors. Subsequently the Press quickens dull brains, 

 fosters dullards into students, and presents each with a set of keys that virtually open 

 the closed doors, he meets with in his everyday life, enabling him to find that what 

 he reads has a direct bearing on what he does— the trivial round— the common 

 task of his daily gardening. 



The highly educational and other advantages of our greatly improved trade 

 literature must be obvious to all. The descriptions of most of these are true to 



£ Ct V the ill . ustrat * ons true facsimiles of Nature, and the cultural instructions 

 the best available, contrasted with some of their survivors from olden times, we 

 see boine fast and borne far ; we have travelled in higher and better directions, 

 i.ardencrs should make their wants known thoroughly by advertising, and perhaps 

 this is be it done by following the lead of an American journalist, who expressed 

 it thus : Let us know what you are doing." The effect of the Press on the 

 individual appears, as we remember that nothing develops the individual like 



ISSS^i! . £ 15 1 trUC i L U ° nly fools en g a g e » Press controversies. Discus- 

 ^^tV ne f w l, Bht f and all who engage in it often do become gainers. 



?he ennl Sift S OUr fim Salification for Press work of any sort. 

 ereaUv and it L. H '? 2 ******* as a profession has been to raise it 

 C StmmP^K a ,UUe to ^se wages, but the battle is not yet over, 

 ^r.«^ WOn ' P «tly through having the educational standard 



coiuukS sKmL c W ^ Wond the standard of Scotland, Mr. Gait 



ft- 



narrow, side lobes palest yellow or cream coloured, tipped with red ; centralTobZ 

 narrow rich rosy scarlet, stained at the base with bright yellow. A XI 

 R H.S., October II, Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Bradford, Yorks. 



Linospadix Petrickiana. 



A neat little palm, which in the young state produces its fronds in quick suc- 

 cession ; these are of a bright green hue, and the pinnce are long, narrow, and 

 very stout and leathery. This can scarcely as yet be called a graceful palm 

 F.C.C., R H.S., October II, Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans. 



Angr^ecum ichneumoneum. 



A curious orchid, and one of more interest than beauty. It has stout leafage, 

 and long depending spikes of palest creamy-green flowers that have by their 

 curious shape gained for the plant the name of the Ichneumon Fly Orchid. B.C., 

 R.H.S., October n. Mr. Elphinstone, Shipley Hall, Derby. 



L.ELIO-CATTLEYA HENRY GREENWOOD. 



A splendid orchid, having long and rather narrow sepals of a pale lilac hue; 

 petals pale lilac down the centre, but surrounded by a deep veining of bri 

 purple. The lip is large, side lobes paler purple, but with their tips bright 

 purple, this colour shading into the intense violet-purple of the broad and rather 

 square-cut apec of the lips. The throat is bright yellow save for a few bright tints 

 of purple. A.M., R.H.S., October n. Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, 

 Holloway, N. 



L^ELIO-CATTLEYA DOMINIANA VAR. LONGLE YENSIS . 



A very fine form of a well-known hybrid, secured between Cattleya Doweana 

 and Laelia purpurata. Whether the variation, noticeable in increased sire and 

 bright colour, is due to anything more than high cultivation, is perhaps an open 

 question, but at any rate, the flowers were very fine indeed. The light purple 

 sepals and petals form a grand setting for the rich crimson-purple lip. F.C.C., 

 R.H.S., October II. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. 



Dendrobium rhodostoma. 



A pretty but somewhat sparse- flowered dendrobe, obtained by crossing I>. 

 Haltoni with D. sanguinolentum. The flowers are just over an inch across, the 

 segments close together, white, with a tip of bright -red purple to each organ. The 

 flowers are produced in twos and threes along the slender growth. A. M., K.H.S., 

 October n. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Dahlia Ebony. 



This is an exceptionally dark blackish crimson cactus dahlia with panted 

 segments ; the central florets are a shade darker than the outer ones. A.M » 

 R.H.S., October ii, Miss S. Mortimer, Farnham, Surrey. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Crimson Pride is a very early flowering chrysanthemum, coming in to flower 

 >*r^#>mK*r u ifkA,i» - it Knt inrrrp flat segments of a DOC*" 



Mr. W.NNel 



cutting 



Ear Is wood. # - » 



Jules Mary is an early flowering Japanese variety of good habit ; VCIV ^ 

 producing useful flowers ot a rich and bright crimson colour, the reverse ^ ^ 

 florets being old dull gold colour. A.M., R.H.S., October II 

 Earlswood. ^ 

 Rayonante is a charmingly light and elegant Japanese ch ^^ t ° emu J , c P s M 

 ducing large blooms of a pretty soft rose-pink shade, r.^ t 

 October ii. Mr. II. G. Jones, Lewisham. . u^ind m<* 



Soliel (TOctobre, a splendid soft yellow Japanese variety of fine snapc mu ^ s 



pleasin s appearance ; florets of fan length and good breadth 

 October u. Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth. 



— — • " • j • uuuiitj i ~ # • i ]}\\t soft IX* 



Reginald Godfrey, a handsome Japanese Chrysanthemum wlt £ nc £ JT sboW i 

 crimson florets that are dull old gold colour on the reverse, this sna 

 through in some cases. F.C., N.C.S., October II. Mr. W.J. 



Exmouth. 



Apples. 



but not pro 

 closed eye. 



me 



ridges, these forming a~c7owrT around the large, deeply-set, and c^/J^ j, 



r» . • erte(L Skin bright green, covered ^ 



I. _j th* ennnv Side. A.->l-» ^ 



«ivgv tuiuuug d. crown arc 



stalk is small and slender, deeply 



considered Scotsmen and V i j y na inc scanaara OI ocuuanu, mr. uau meumrn size, and lightly 



nrst chss situations in ^ f ? cotiand . ha d lost their almost exclusive monopoly of A.M., R.H.S., October ii. 



fcllen away, but th** 7L WU f ountrie s ; thi3 is not that the northerner has not 

 on the Press with a fc fc^ Ut bcn5er I has gone up. Mr. Ga!t concluded his paper 

 tion of the gardening chariti ^ advertisements, and a hearty commenda- 



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M a'»<«i anu sienaer, deeply inserieu. am*u b 

 dots of ru»«et, and having a bright red flush over the sunny side. 

 October n. Mr. D. Bodaly, Green's Norton, Towcester. en*"* 

 Mrs. John Seden.-A most interesting apple, and one obt» ne j ^ 

 Transcenciant Crab with Kin ? of the Pippins. The fruits arc small, ■» 



with scarlet cheek, and possessing a rather acid but nevertheless a pic«— 

 A.M., R.H.S., October 1 1. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Melons. Tbene»i«l 



Wythe? ScarUt.-K richly-coloured and goodly-flavoured melon. 

 is light coloured and closely covers the dull yellow skm. A. m. , £ 

 1 1 • Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to Earl Percy, Syon House Bre°«o ? ^ ^ 



Gunton Scarlet.— A good scarlet fleshed melon of farst " r *^, aen .-Uo» 

 medium size, and litrhriv h„t prominently netted over a goiu / 



Mr. W. Allan, Gunton Park. 



Plum Primate. 



A large plum of a 

 are elliptic, and very 



bloom 



the 



A.M., R.H.S , October ir. Messrs- T. Rivers and 



i cuiiruo* 

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