THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



SM\Srst,':TnVt\: eTot^ Sf^tX.tJ'itow^rd^s^r or goosebernes we J i.pSe^*^,^ 



a^ement to pUnters to a^^^ resulting blooms were very deficient in coft £l86,''L 'advancT^^loS*^ andl 



vice, It may be stated there is very little colour, so much so that m^ny really good enumerat^ fruits cost £37 684 or .V 



iZfr^f.i^tf ^r^S-r^"^^ came into bad repute. I)Lp, £1,300 more than Tn tS'^/riUdi 



Ihere is one other detail of general apph- so far, has not been so destructive as usual, month of 1908. correspond, 



cation that should receive close attention, Much has tended, in recent years, to dis- Ornamental t- 



not sway about with the wind, or have bined with th ' eiestine- .iihj nist,iu>+„r^ 



their bark injured by abrasion. There are ' 



the meniberi 



details of more or less importance, has, in some measure diminishpd tllp nn^-T ^^ilt^ral Association at their monthly meet- 



tis^:^'^:^.r\:?t!^:^ ;^24e%^!s:-tr;:i^.u?rif-f; TB^?PPt^'"^^ 



s difficult to pro- 3 ;/vi^ ^^'^^> 



ut ripened wood,' it is difficult to pro- and advised nla 



luce good hlooms. It looks as if this idea t^e of thl^- 



nil prove tn ho falln^iniiQ fnr- r,^^ 

 nly h 



)rd Hotha 



sugg^ted that i„ »'»™'°<^<i - 



Secretaries of Horticultural 



Mr. Allsops earliest instructio.i ripened growth this season." wl^f 'f Itf J l?!'" 



head gardener Societies are reminded that the " Gar- f'«ely utilised 

 fu^U 1. ' 7V ^'^^^ Book " is in an advanced stage <^h"ice subjects, 



1 Hall he -(vent to >..-eparation, and that it is important objects. Mr. 



charge of they should return the 'forms "sent to 



, under Air. them *inmr. tU>ia <.,«^^ « +1, Ti.j.i ^^ 



attended the ereat shows at IfiL!?™! ^^^^ ^^^ J^^^ - Hortfcu^ 



tS^xMr.^AU^pTas yXfn SJteen^^ so ^isefu^r"'^^^ f^^'f^^/r'". T^'^-^ Flower Gardening in Batter 



l— For the 



llsop was yet in his 



where he prepared plans for, and ji^s oeen reoeivp^i ^-^ ^ - ""^^ 



took the laying out of the gix)unds around omitted We shVll ha ""tin f °f®^^"®"Py Ji«"ses and tenements (351 in number) on 

 the new mansion then in course of erec- notification of the formrt.Sl f Latchmere and Town Hall Estates in- 

 tion. It was here that Mr. Allsop must ?S and t^e names of .ffi "^^_f<>"e- voked tlie aid of the liattersea and Wands- 

 have felt deeply grateful to his fatLr for as in the case of the formf should b"^/ TV' Amateur C luysanthemum and Hor- 

 thecare and interest taken with him when once sent to the EdiSr of '^^^^/^.^^ ticultural Soc iety in anangii.g, under cer- 

 still a schoolboy, as he at that early date Year Book/' 148 anT U9 mfZZl t^^'l ^'^^"/V'""'^ oompetitions for the best 

 had o keep the trees and plants properly Street, E.g! ' ^^^^^^^S^^^ kept outdoor and indoor flmver, etc., gar- 



labelled, and measure up portions of the t^L m^*s . « -The society willingly undertook to 



garden, and place these, to Sale, on paper, S Jciltv u^ll h 7f . ^'^i®®^ u ''''"^^ "^^^^^^ arrangements, and tho 



after measurement. By the time h'e ift fgTo !t "^hr mS^^^^^ -^^titio-s were arranged a^ follows: 



school he knew more plants and more w».;.„;., j-^f/ tioi ticultural Hall, Class A, Upstairs window si 1 gardens; 



about the fundamental work of la.ulM ap. ' =1"^, the dates fixed are Tues- Class B, Indoor window gardens ; Clasps C 



gardening than most young men of Uvenrv- ' "'y 12 and 13. (a) Centre; (b) Gardens nearest hou.srs. 



one. After ten years with Lord Port in:in Foreign Fruit Supplies—The '^i^^e total number of entries were 43. I'lHicr 



Mr. Allsop left Bryanstone with tlu- iiitoi- \-:iln<-ot r.nv tiuiis imported into this ^ conditions the society have awaidcrl 



tion of commencing business as a la ruLsciipc <"iinii-v <luriiii; ilu- month of September P'"i^^^ and certificates as follows: Class A, 



gardener, but the post of superintendent of "'"'^ ^^j^'^^l^ -'-^ compared with £701,706 ^ P"z«s and certificates; Class B, 3 prizes 



parks at Leeds was then vacant, and he '^"^1 i'681,840 in the corresponding month ^"^ certificates; Class C, (a) Centre 



applied for it, feeling that perhaps here «^ 1^08 and 1907 respectively. There has '^^^"^^ ^ prizes and 11 certificates ; (b) Gai- 



was an opportunity for his taste in laying been a falling ofl= in apples, grapes, bananas ^^"^ nearest houses, 7 prizes and 8 coi-- 



out public parks. There were two hundred '^^^^^'herries, but very considerable advances *ifi«ates. The judges appointed by the 



applicants, and he secured the position in plimis, pears, oranges, nuts, and lemons «^iety were Mr. J. Brown, Mr. W. Flood, 



1901, and has retained it ever since witli -^Pl'h's < <..st iis L-G0,559 for 104,564 cwts as '^"^ ^- J- Saunders. The presentation 



great credit to himself and advantage to the < ■""I'a rrd u itli £98,810 for 178,532 cwts' in V^'^^-^^^ and certificates by the Mavoress 



town, as everyone will admit who has Mvn ^"l't<''n Ix^r of last year. Grapes amounted l?^'"^" ^™^^) took place on ThnVsdav, 



the Leetls parks in spring and summer. , 'r;l'*^~ * - costing £103,264, while g^tober 14, in the Small Hall, Latchmere 



Geogrraphicai Distribution of '""" ''''^ bananas were valued at , Baths, Battersea, at 8 o'clock, an<l 



PiantS.-It is with great pleasure f >-'_^. as against 682,276 bunches,valued presentation was made the occasion of 



learn that a free course of ten lectures on 'ly "i September of last year Public meeting. 



the Geographical Distribution of Plants ha , ' V''^^' ^^herries, instead Botanical Appointments.-Dr. 



been arranged by the T'nivorsity of Lom- these cost £30. Ifc is Jessie S. Bayliss ha" been appointed lec- 



don, and will bo delivered by Prof<-s.<„. ^ ^ ;^;;;■'■;'V"^• «"ch a good plum turer in botany at the Birmingham Univer- 



Pen.y Gnxmi, M.A.. D.S... Assistant P,,,- ' 'i^;" "^^-'f >S,747 cwts. . the sity. Mr. F. T. Brooks, of Emmanuel Col- 



N-M.r <>t H-.tanv ai ihr Im[)..rial (oil,..,' „l ' ' r^^-n^, J',"''"- •'--'•'1 cwts., valued loge, and Mr. D. Thoday, of Trinity Col- 



><-H-nrr aii.l l..<hnol,,"v. aii.l Mr. .\ . W . (■:]> <-n '''' being lego, have been respectively appointed 



Hill. .\ssistaMi Dnvr tur. Kovai (iar- j, " " ■ '"^■'.uam,- „t lir <-ost of imported senior and junior demonstrator of botany 



' I 'i — ' ! iirt'N (.oniin(MH <-,I J..,,,,.,^,! ' l-'08. Grapes ad- at Cambridge University, 

 t m,',!!!' nn ' i, ^^'■"l''"'" , " . n.t in.' ( )(T( i. '>•>'' i i, VHH i '^ported Vegetables. - Our 



in the I n^Mir.I Iv, ."-'rV'' K''']' ''o'^' 'LMO-Vi | W H " n ^'^getable importations during the month 



M tn. li-^ianna! I ). |.a ) Mii. •„ t . Iw.yal ( nl- • x „ , ^ ^j,^^^;" ' '"""S I ho recent of September were valued at £236,019, 



'" """ ^" vaiur,! .,t''rs-%'-,- 7,"^ while in the corresponding month of 1908 



num Prospects, 



£97.21!) aiHl i'K 



.735. a> com,)ar«Ml 

 led at £27.791 in 



