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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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n gave many pleasant reminiscences of his connection with the society, and in 



elusion bespoke the hearty support and encouragement of all classes of the 

 C °mmunity on behalf of the society, and declared that, although he was retiring 

 from active duty, he should ever retain a warm corner in his heart for the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of Aberdeen. 



Mr. J. S. Bulchart, advocate, proposed "The Society/' and the Chairman in 

 reply said it had been in existence for seventy-four years. Its membership was 

 about five hundred, the reserve fund amounted to ^200, and they had H.R.II. 



Prinre of Wales as their patron. 



New Plants and Flowers. 



Cypripedium insigne, IIarefield Hall var. 



This is one of the very largest forms of C. insigne yet brought under our notice. 

 The plant is robust, and carried six blooms, each measuring four and a-half inches 

 from the tip of the dorsal sepal to the apex of the lip, and four and three-quarter 

 inches across the petals. The dorsal sepal is almost three inches broad, and has a 

 very broad white apex, the white area extending some way down the sides ; the 

 basal area is very pale, transparent, and yellowish-green, over which is strewn a 

 large number of big purple spots, a few of these extending upward into the white 

 apex. The petals are wholly pale-green, with a few darker veins ; lips large and 

 fall, pale-green, with dark-green veins ; ventral sepal, very pale-green, with a few 

 purple dots; peduncle rich and blackish purple. F.C.C., R.H.S., December 13. 

 Mr. E. Ashworth, IIarefield Hall, Wilmslow. 



LasliA Digbyano-pdrpurata. 



A handsome orchid, whose parents are L. Digbyana and L. purpurata. The 

 flowers are very large, and resemble a fine form of L. purpurata. The sepals are 

 narrow, faintly blush-tinged on a white ground. Petals broad, white, with rosy, 

 purple streaks at the margins. Lip very broad at the apex, rich purple, margined 

 with paler purple. Throat yellow, tube cream coloured. There is not much 

 evidence of L. Digbyana in the flower, but this species has dwarfed the habit of 

 the plant and modified the growths and foliage. A. M , R.H.S., December 13. 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Calanthe reyertens. 



A handsome calanthe, producing its flowers rather closely together on the spikes. 

 The colour is intense rosy-red, almost approaching a scarlet shade, and very effec- 

 tive. The usefulness of this gay orchid can scarcely be exaggerated. A.M., 



R.H.S., December 13. Mr. White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 Dorking. 



Asparagus Sprengeri com pacta. 



This is a most distinct form of a now well known species, producing shorter 

 growths, on which the leaves (phyllodes) are larger than in the type, and placed 

 closely together. It is a graceful basket plant, and one of great beauty and us3- 

 fulness. F.C.C., R.HJ3., December 13. Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton. 



The Rochford Tubular Boilers, as supplied by Messrs. C. r. Kinnell 



and Co., Southwark Street, S.E., are [becoming increasingly popular owing to 



their simplicity, the ease with which they are managed, and their quick-heating 



power. Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. have recently erected a considerable 



number of new glass houses at their East Farnham nursery, and these are being 



satisfactorily heated by double sets of Rochford tubular boilers, so fixed that each 



boiler can be readily disconnected for cleaning and repairing, or during warm 



weather, when but one boiler in each pair is needed to provide the requisite tem- 

 perature. 



Market Gardeners 9 Rights at Covent Garden.— A short time ago 



several market gardeners trading at Covent Garden sued the Duke of Bedford, as 

 owner of Covert Garden, on behalf of themselves and all other growers of fruit, 

 "owers, and vegetables, for a declaration that he was not entitled to exclude them 

 forn certain preferential rights as to stands conferred by the Act for the Regula- 

 tion of Covent Garden Market (9. Geo. IV., cap. cxiii.), and they also claimed 

 consequential relief. The defendant applied to set aside the proceedings on the 

 pounds that the plaintiffs, as having separate and distinct causes of action, could 

 Jl ot J°' n » t and also could not, as private individuals, sue on behalf of a class of 

 m e public, /. f '., growers of fruit, flowers, vegetables, &c, in respect of public or 

 per statutory rights. Judgment was deferred until the 7th inst., when Mr. 

 Justice Romer said that the first point was to consider whether the plaintiffs were 

 entitled to sue on behalf of themselves and all other growers of fruit, flowers 

 ^getables, roots, or herbs within the meaning of the Act (9 Geo. IV., cap. cxiii ). 

 *ow, as pointed out in " Temperton v. Russell" 1893, 1 Q.B., 435), 



<Jer \\ I , rule 9, which provides for persons suing or being sued as represent- 

 ° a class, enly extends to cases where the class have or claim some beneficial 

 dietary right which is being asserted or defended. He had, therefore, to 

 nsider whether the growers in question as a class have a beneficial proprietary 

 ;v't under the above Act which is being asserted in this action. ( )n considera- 

 j" n of the provisions of that Act in favour of the growers with regard to Covent 

 clal h ^ Iarket » he was un able to come to the conclusion that the growers as a 

 PM' any P ro P rieta,v "ghts in respect of the market. All members of the 



Wa° C a r ' 8 - ht to g ° to and Use the market » and lt a PP e *red to him that, by 

 . Ac |» a 'l that in substance is provided is that those members of the public coming 



L se ^ market who are growers shall have preference over the rest of the public in 



D gand having let to them certain parts of the market. Of course, if any individual 



jLj r had let to him under the Act a part of the market he would, during the 



l t* trf in res P ect of the P art ,et > have a Proprietary right. But he could not 

 - rut growers as a class can be said to have a proprietary right in respect of the 

 :rar'. Ct ™ erel y because if any member of the class chooses to go to and use the 



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' aered that such right as the growers as a class have under the Act is in the 

 * e y a public rght, which must be enforced when necessary by the Attorney- 

 ral. Of course any member of the class who has been injured by the pro- 



lid 1 l — Act ***** disrc g arded wil1 have his rer &edy in respect of his own 

 °ual injury. Rut *here the complaint is that the rights of the growers as a 



fccla • d| sregarded and relief is sought on behalf of the class by way of 



ProrwI aUon of n 6 ht or ^junction then he thought, the Attorney-General is the 

 rv i*r person to sue. 



NSWERS TO 

 : CORRESPON DENTS 



Editorial communications should be addressed to the Editor of the Gardeners' 

 Magazine, 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 



Specimens of plants, flowers, and fruits for naming or opinion should be sent to 

 the Editor of the Gardeners* Magazine, " Endsleigh," Priory Park, Kew, 

 Surrey, and as early in the week as possible. All parcels must be sufficiently 

 prepaid. 



The Editor will be glad to receive photographs of gardens, plants, flowers, trees, 

 fruits, &c, for reproduction in the Gardeners Magazine. He will also be 



greatly obliged by correspondents sending early intimation of interesting local 

 events relating to horticulture. In sending newspapers containing matter to 

 which they wish to draw attention, correspondents are requested to distinctly 

 mark the paragraph. 



Secretaries of horticultural societies are invited to send early notification of forth* 

 coming exhibitions and meetings, and are requested to advise us concerning 

 change of dates. 



Crinodendron Hookerianum. — B, C, Ryde : The correct name of this 

 Chilian shrub is Tricuspidaria hexapetala. You might apply to Mr. William Bull, 

 536, King's Road, Chelsea. 



Rustic Adornments. — S. L., Forest Hill: We believe 11 Rustic Adorn- 

 ments for Homes of Taste " will suit you exactly, for besides treating upon summer 

 houses, garden seats, rockeries, ferneries, and window boxes it deals with floral 

 decorations, balcony gardening, and garden aquaria, also giving advice con- 

 cerning pleasure and flower gardening and the management of an amateur's green 

 house and conservatory. The work is published by Messrs, W. H. and L. 

 Collingridge, 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, E.C, price 6s. 



Half-inch Bones for Hoses.— E. L. M., Surrey : We recommend 

 quarter-inch bones for mixing with the soil in the preparation of rose beds, rather 

 than those of larger size. As the ground has already been well prepared by 

 digging arid trenching, it will perhaps be the best plan to apply the bones when 

 planting the roses, giving a good handful to each station. These prepared bones 

 can be readily obtained through any of the horticultural sundriesmen who advertise 

 In our columns or through most nurserymen. Plant the roses as quickly as 

 possible ; if they seem very dry on receipt, put them in a tank of water for an 

 hour or two before planting. Be careful not to make the soil pasty by too much 

 treading upon it during the present wet weather, and though it may not be too 

 wet for planting, you will save much trouble later by using a few planks to walk 

 or wheel upon. 



Woodlice, or H Slaters." — M. B., Glasgow: We believe the pests you 

 allude to as M slaters " are what are known throughout the southern counties as 

 woodlice (Oniscusasellus). If allowed to remain and multiply in your rock fernery 

 under glass they will do an immense amount of damage next spring when growth 

 commences. There are various means by which woodlice can be exterminated, 

 or, at least, so reduced as to be almost harmless, but persistent efforts are needed 

 in every case, coupled with patience. Select a few dry and dirty flower-pots, the 

 dirtier the better, and into these place some dry, but also dirty, moss ; then place 

 these traps where the woodlice congregate. Early in the morning, or late at 

 night, provide yourself with a pan of boiling water or strong brine, and into this 

 quickly shoot the contents of the pots, taking care no woodlice are left behind. 

 The moss may be subsequently dried and used again and again. Shift the traps 

 occasionally, and after a fortnight's trapping there should be few woodlice left. 

 Raw potatos, halved and scooped hollow, also serve as traps, and are very useful 

 in the case of plants in pots. Dusk and dawn are the best times to examine the 

 traps. 



Autumn and Winter Berries. — T. M., Winchester : The following 

 list, if not a complete one, is probably quite as extensive as you could wish, and it 

 will serve to show what a wealth of berried subjects is available during autumn 

 and winter. Not all those mentioned are still in condition, but a considerable 

 number could be obtained in southern gardens and utilised for Christmas and 

 other decorations : Crataegus prunifolia, C. orientalis, C. o. sanguinea, C. punctata 

 splendens, C. cordata, C. coccinea, C. oxycantha, C. melanocarpa, C. pyracantha, 

 C. Leelandi, C. glandulosa, C. tomentosa, Hippophoea rhamnoides, Gleditchia 

 triacanthos, Pernettya mucronata, P. m. speciosa, P. m. angustifolia, Arbutus 

 procera, A. Unedo, Cotoneaster affinis, C. frigida, C. horizontalis, C. microphylla, 

 C. Simonsi, C. bacillaris, C. buxifolia, Berberis asiatica, B. vulgaris, Rosa rubi- 

 ginosa, R. simplex, R. canina, R. rugosa, in variety ; Magnolia purpurea, 

 Viburnum rugosum, V. opulus, Skimmia japonica, S. j. fragrans, Pyrus floribunda, 

 P. malus nigra, P. Bertini, P. salvifolia, P. Ringo, P. terminalis, Hypericum 

 androssemum, H« pyramidatum, Rhamnus cathartica, Euonymus europoeus, E. e. 

 fructo alba, Trochodendronaralioides, Cornus sanguinea atro-sanguinea, Symphoni- 

 carpus racemosus, Ilex Perado, I. aquifolium vars., Styrax obbassa, S. japonica, 

 Rhamnus fragula, R. f. variegata, Hedera arborea chrysophylla, Laurus nobilis, 

 Alnus pendula Van der Bom, A. cordifolia, Cerasus Lauro-cerasus, Leycesteria 

 formosa, Quercus Ilex, and X inthocerus sorbifolia. The common privet also 

 provides fine clusters of black berries that are finely decorative and the honey- 

 suckle yields red ones. Apart from hardy trees and shrubs there are Physalis 

 Alkekengi, V. Franchetti ; the open pods of the wild iris, with scarlet berries ; 

 and then also such tender subjects as the capsicums, Solanum capsicastrum, 

 Ardisia crenulata, Callicarpa purpurea, and Rivina humilis. The late and long- 

 continued summer of the present year ripened up the fruits of hardy passifloras 

 freely in the southern counties, and these could be utilised with considerable effect.. 



Names of Plants.— Under this heading we can only undertake to name 

 species and specific varieties of plants, and not florists' flowers. Specimens should 

 be packed in stout boxes with damp moss or leaves as packing material to ensure 

 their reaching us in a fresh state. It is essential that flowers must accompany 

 specimens of flowering plants, that fern fronds be fertile, and that the numbers be 

 legible and firmly attached to the specimens. We cannot promise to name more 

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



C. II., Roehampton: I, Linum trigynum ; 2, Poinsettia pulcherrima; 3, 

 Euphorbia jicquincefl )ra. 



L. T. G., Sheffield: 1, Maxiilaria picta ; 2, Didymochbena lunulata ; 3, 

 Gymnogramma Mayi; 4, Nephrolepis Bausei ; 5, Symphoricarpus racemosus. 



