THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



name<l establishment Mr. Hay went to 

 Hopetoun House as foreman, and on the 

 retirement of Mr. Smith, who was then in 

 cliarge, he was appointed hiead gardener. 

 Long well known for their extent, dis- 

 tinctive characteristics, and high keeping, 

 the gardens of Hopetoun House have, under 



throughout the Cnited Kingdom. Mr. 

 Hay <l()o.s not make a pretence of suggest- 



genorous support he has received 

 is noble employers and the great 

 : they have shown in their beautiful 



nd passed ? 

 al Rose Soc 



ardy flowers ; he has developed a metho< 

 f using tender plants in the flower gardei 

 uring the summer months by which effect 



Wye Agricultural College.— 



^he South-Eastern Agricultural College, 

 Vye, will commence the 1909-10 session on 

 )ctober 4. The full complement of -stu- 

 ents, 120, will be in residence, and it is 

 atisfactory to record that all the places 

 eserved for Kent and Surrey ratepayers 

 all be filled. Three scholarships have been 

 warded by the Kent County Council, and 

 wo of these have been won by East Kent 

 armers' sons, and in one case it is the 

 bird and in the other the second member 

 f the family attending the college. The 

 irizes and diplomas awarded during last 



oteworthy were the collections 

 arieties exhibited by Messrs. T. 

 im., of Feltham, and Mr. J. T. 



Iceland Poppies are so highly a 

 ractive when they represent a good strai 



:;;;um^^'ftl;^w'oJ^i::Lf^e::^! 



Chrysanthemur 



2 p.m. by the princi 

 5ity (Dr. H. A. Mie 

 the college forms 



Trial of Pompon Dahlias.— Dur- 



ng the past summer Mr. Charles Turner 

 las, on behalf of the National Dahlia So- 

 lety, carried out a trial of Pompon 

 lahlias in his nurseries at Slough, the ob- 



f varieties for^garderdecoration" ^^fthe 



LL.D., D.C.L. The s 



than other 



T. Bev 



extend 



will be read at the afternoo 

 deal with Chrvsanthemums as Ar 

 and " Early Single Chrysanthemum 

 at the evening session the papers 

 on "Late Market Chrysanthemum 

 "The Best Chrysanthemums fc 

 Flowers" The readers of papers 

 as announced, will be Mr. W. Wei 

 P. A. Cragg, Mr. J. B. Riding, a 

 D. B. Crane. There will be a specia 

 ing of the Floral Committee and an 



: at 6 p.m., and at this Mr. 

 piesKle Each session ^ull 

 papers ' 



Our Autumn Planting Number 



oted to the impoi 



Icfud^al^iS'^specially 



veeping trees, flowering crabs, 

 iping, and olimr 

 making and pL 

 ng herbaceous borders, and golden flowt 

 ;electing and planting bush apples, pi 

 or the garden, orchard-house fruits, s 

 ner and autumn raspbei 



inst., the committee of the National Dahlia 

 Society, accompanied f " 

 V.M.H., president of t 

 George Gor< 



Slough 



objectionable appearance. Some 



Floral Committee of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society on Tuesday last that bore 

 evHlcnce oF - <lrossincr." although they had 



as many roses that are annualfy submitted 



picturesque woodland seen 

 by Mr. G. A. Wills to the City of ] 

 had been transferred to the Na ' ' ' 

 for Places of Historic Interest 

 Beauty. This body would b 

 owners, but the management 



which TouW te^app"ofnfed*^ Mn' WHl 



£4,010 ha<l ])eeii raised for providing the 

 amount annually required for the upkeep 

 of the property. 



