THE 



GARDENERS 



9 



MAGAZINE 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1898. 



ATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 



ROYAL AQUARIUM, WESTMINSTER, 



SOCIETY. 



GREAT 



November 8. 9, and 10, 1808 

 JTUMN CHRYSANTHEMUM 



M FESTIVAL. 



Specimen Plants, Uroups, lui diuoois, r ruir. ana Vegetables. The Largest Chrysanthemui 



Show in the United Kingdom. 



Schedules of Prizes from 



Richard Dean, V.M.H., Secretary and Superintendent, 42, Ra^elagh Road, Ealine, W. 



BOLTON HORTICULTURAL AND CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. - 

 The TWELFTH EXHIBITION will be held in the Town Hall, Bolton, on 

 November 18 and 10. 



£130, a Ten Guinea Challenge Cup. two Five Guinea Cups, and Medals are offered in 

 prizes for Plants, Flowers, I' ruit, and Vegetables. Schedules from 



James Hicks, Sec. 



BRIXTON, STREATIIAM, and CLAPIIAM HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY.-The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ORCHIDS 

 STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, FRUIT, &c, November 2 and 3 StreaVham 



Hall. The Show will be opened at Two p.m. 



W. Roupell, Hon. Sec. 



DROMLEY and DISTRICT CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY.— The 



D S ^?Jr E x?c N ^ A u N ,? UA xV EXHIBITION of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. FRUIT 

 and VEGETABLES will be held on November 9 and 10, 1898, in the Grand Hall. Bromley, 



Kent. Entries close November 5. Schedules and particulars of the Hon. Sec, 

 _ W. Weeks, 29, Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent. 



ORN EXCHANGE, BURY ST. EDMUND'S. -GRAND CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM FLOWER and FRUIT SHOW. 

 THURSDAY and FRIDAY, November 10 and 11. 

 The Show will be opened on Thursday, at Half-past Two o'clock. 

 1 ntries close November 4. For Schedules apply to the Hon. Secretary, 



Walter Noeton, 



Bury St. Edmund's. 



12. 



DERBY CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION. 

 ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 

 « . , « Royal Drill Hall, November ii and 

 Entries close November 7. Schedules and particulars from 

 H. J. Bell, F.R.H.S,, Hon. Sec. Normanton Road. Derby. 



T7CCLES, PATRICROFT, PENDLETON, AND DISTRICT CHRY- 



IL SANTHEMUM SOCIETY.-The TWELFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION will be 

 held in the Town Hai l, Eccles, on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, November ii and 12. 

 Prizes to the : amount of £130 are offered. Entries c'ose on Thursday, November 3. Schedules 

 may be obtained from H. Ruber, Hon. Secretary, 



Hazeldenc, Win ton, Patricroft. 



H^vw™J5^ ND DJ STRICT CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY'S 



II EXHIBITION of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, TABLE DECORATIONS, &c , 

 November 8, 9| and 10, at the Holloway Hall, Holi.oway Road. 



W. E. Bovce, Secretary, Highgate. 



MonS S v e r f f Stred r ck v - D wn, heard in the Hastings County Court on 



the subject T C ° nfirms this view > and as illustrating the law upon 

 anH ™» «i l alS ° the im P°rtance of clearness of expression in rules 



them,^ ? ° f gCneral interest Las t >ear the National Chrysan- 

 tinn in vT? dCcided t0 incrcase the classes at their November exhibi- 

 ting i ♦ u Com P etition would be limited to those who either grow 

 T« I J? 7 S themselves °r who do not employ more than one gardener, 

 in accordance with this decision the committee provided in the schedule 



h 21 T SSeS ' Whi0k were ^ranged in two sections, one of these 

 3 a amat J eUrS Wh ° em P ! oyed a gardener and the other for those 

 wno nad no pa ,d assistance. Mr. Stredwick, who is engaged in business 



f rt. K° na aS 3 horticul tural builder, and is a successful cultivator 

 ot the chrysanthemum, competed in the first of the two sections, and was 

 awarded several prizes. Subsequent to the awards being made a protest 

 was lodged against Mr. Stredwick's qualification to compete as an 

 amateur, and having considered the protest and ascertained that he issued 

 a catalogue the committee withheld the prizes. Some correspondence 

 touowed, and, as stated in our issue of the 22nd, Mr. Stredwick entered 

 a plaint in the Hastings County Court for the recovery of the value of the 

 prizes, and the case was heard on Monday, with the result that the 

 decision of the committee was upheld, and judgment given in favour of 



^TTT.-rtrT.x-rtx * o • Wh °' aS secretar y, represented the National Chrysanthe- 

 FOURTEENTH mum Society. The question was raised at the commencement of the 



proceedings whether Mr. Stredwick was not debarred from taking legal 

 proceedings by the fact that the rules stipulate that the decision of the 

 Arbitration Committee, to whom the question had been submitted, shall 

 be final. But the judge having ascertained that Mr. Stredwick had not 

 been invited to attend the meeting of the Arbitration Committee when the 

 protest was considered, decided to hear the case, observing that in 

 accordance with a well-known principle of common law no deci- 

 sion m cases of this kind should be decided without both 

 parties having an opportunity of being heard. Mr. Stredwick 

 readily admitted, in the course of his evidence, that during 1897 he had 



IR EMH: s K c[ KS ^ UU ', on WEDN ESDAY ^ TOTJ RSD A Y? Novfmsmr "th Za 7 Z 



entries close November yth. ' 



Schedules free frcm the Hon Sees , 



Edward Hakland, \fanor Street, Hull. 

 James Dixon, F.R.H.S , 2, County BuiMings, Hull. 



BEDS PAXTON SOCIETY'S CHRYSANTHEMUM^ SHOW, Town 



of/.B?inrW^; EE ^ DS, rl U i? SDA 7 and . WEDNESDAY, November 15 and 16. Upwards 

 of including four Challenge Cups, will be given in prizes. Schedules from the Hon. Sec, 



, James Campbell, The Gar dens, Methley Park, Leeds. 



M"ffiL 0 ^n^ C - , -„ CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. - FIRST 



\ \ ember it, 1898. d m the LARGE Saleroom . ° ld Hall Street, on 



2 ap P li 5? !ion & F - 5 NT \ VI JT. L /y Secretary, Westfield, Middleton, 

 AHm A c ' u '.t 1 reasurer . Masons' Arms Hotel, Middleton. 1 

 M. ; after 3 3 d? UbsCnbcrs and IS ' Ticket-holders frcm 2 o'clock ; General Public from 3 o clock, 



F. Entwistle. Hon. Sec. 



SHOW 



gHEFFIELD CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. -ANNUAL 



jC*x> in Pnvh 0 *^ 3 ! ;, CI J AK ? E > Sheffield, November 11 and 12, 1898. 

 m ±-nzes. bchedules free on application to 



W. Hoitslev, Secretary, 

 'tTyr— ■ 28, Joshua Read, Sheffield. 



*V Ph-mSS tt E ^ L i^D CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY, Guildhall. 



^bffi 0 ^^ ANNLAL SHOW wObe held on November 3rd and 4 th. Over 

 m ^nzes. Entries by post up to Saturday, October 29th. 



4, North Hill, Plymouth Schedules and particulars of Ch as. Wilson, Hon. Sec. 



he was still an amateur, and as fully entitled to compete in the amateurs' 

 classes in 1897 as in the year previous to his issuing a catalogue, as he 

 sold plants and cuttings "for the purpose of recouping the expense to 

 which he was put in the purchase of novelties," and with a view "to make 

 a business for his son." The judge said an amateur might be permitted 

 to occasionally sell a few surplus cuttings or plants, but immediately he 

 issued a catalogue he became a nurseryman, and was barred from 

 competing in classes limited to amateurs. The judge commented on the 

 regulations relating to the definition of amateurs in the N.C.S. schedule, 

 and strongly advised the representatives present to take the necessary steps 

 to have them amended and rendered more intelligible, and with this 

 advice we heartily concur. The ambiguity has arisen in consequence of 

 a want of appreciation, on the part of a section of the committee, of the 

 fact that all cultivators who do not grow for sale are amateurs. The 

 erroneous view is held that an amateur is a cultivator with limited resources, 

 whereas, both from the common sense and legal 



DO 



owner 



owns 



W CHrysanA^S^S^ association.-fiftii annual 



?**3..39« Utth^Eu Cu,™ SHOW WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, November 



k ' ^anthemums Fruit lnH C V Sfw? Wo £ l «Z\ Chal | eDge Cu P s and P^ es 



■ urns, r ruit, and V egetables. For Schedules apply to 



. W. I. Neal, Chesalon, C laremont Avenue, Woking 



s h 0 nL S £$Z B E M u « SHOW.-The NINEICT^H ANNU^ 



m aoil Proper tionrfor" 1 b2S?S l6, ' 7 ' 2^ l8, ^ U ??«* of ^200 offered in Pr'zes, 

 ScheduleV &r \l l \T n }h Cut Flowers » Frujt, and Vegetables. 



1 «*v», 10 De had from 



K «*th. R 



plot and does all the work himself. What is much required in the 

 Society's rules is a clear declaration that no one who systematically 

 sells cuttings, plants, or blooms shall be allowed to compete as an 

 amateur, and^ this having been provided it will be a very easy matter to 

 solarrange the sections as to enable the several classes of cultivators to 

 compete under conditions as nearly equal as it is possible to make them. 



INFLUENCE OF MANURES ON POTATO DISEASE. 



IT is a matter of common knowledge that the weather is the most im- 



m * in gham 



CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES.-For PROS- 



of PRIZES apply T. H. Smith, 18, Somerville Road, Small 



be 



potato 



manures have a direct influence in its development 



report 



potatos 



Note s of the W eek. 



THE AMATEUR QUESTION. 



shown that during the period over which the investigations extended the 

 proportion of diseased tubers was the smallest where non-nitrogenous 

 manures were used ; or, in other words, the crops which made a short 

 sturdy growth, and attained maturity at a comparatively early period of 



# v ** 1t ***icuk ^ucdiiUHi sturdy growth, ana auamcu ui^»ijr aid lumparauveiy eariy penoa 01 



nsider^K i i0n ° f the ama *eur question has long been regarded bv a the season, suffered the least from the attack. On the other hand the 



^ of the m0 c H°I t10 ? ° f the commi "ces of horticultural societies as 

 Nation of \ Tl C problems with which they have to deal in the 

 m > f or the d ,* hl . b,tlon regulations ; yet the question is simplicity 

 th * rank h } l0n of an amateur to be found in any dictionary of 



growth 



Q «J W 



which was continued until late m the season, and in consequence of the 



fungu 



over the whole plant. 



r *nk ha* uluolv,ul lw ^ iwuiiu in any aictionary 01 — r 



the sanction of common sense and legal authority tion of diseased tubers. 



was, indeed, 



»t propor- 

 unfavour* 



