THE GARDENERS- MAGAZINE. 



fn^rt^emla^kf^^^^^^ ^:'S^:n^^.%^aJ^e NOTES OF OBSERVATION. 



as the Lenten roses may be treated from Droitwich next year in the blossoming and 



September to March and April, their root autumn seasons. NarciSSUS Macieaii. — One hears 



system differing from the aforesaid section. but little nowadays of this small hybrid daffo- 



S^en :?tlt ^st^rni?'fort:ns^lLlL^^ ROYAL HORTICULTURAL re"L:irtrfeuS"whijh '^l 



them. The best time to deal with the flai SOCIETY'S SCHOOL OF Sow so numerous. Yet those who like a ty^e 



irises (Iris germanica) is March and April ; HORTICULTURE. not met with every day, and yet not so ex- 



these should be denuded of a good deal of ^ . _ . . _ ^ pensive as most of the new flowers, might 



the back growth, and several of the young In view of the wide interest of the general ^.j^-^ interesting little plant which 



leads placed together for a clump. public in the Royal Horticultural Society's ^^^^ g^^^ received in thi^ countrj bv Mi 



The Anemone japonica, phloxes, delphi- fecW of Horticulture at ^\isley (near \\ey- Alexander Macleay, as far back a.s" isio" 



mums, and pyrethrums were instructively bridge), where both the science and practice , .. ^ France. It has been wpII 



treated. At the close Mr. Jenkins was of gardening are taught to thirty young men j^g^^ited as " a charming little cha^cteris 



very heartily applauded, and a vote of thanks almost entirely at the society's expense, the ^.^ daffodil," and it may be selected as one 



accorded him. following list of successes gained this „ T.pnrp«*>Titati'v(v rnllPpl-mTi ^^wrw.^.i-iiw J 



Mr. V. B. Chalk exhibited from his farm summer by the second-year students will be f^e .oXrSng tie Sst o ?he dCart Lr 



a very fine sample (half-bushel) of Dalmeny of interest to your readers : ^ ItJ height is given as some fou? incie " 



Acme potatoes, which have turned out ten Diploma Examination (in order of merit).— ^ i.„_ i-^.^,^ 



A. W. Simmonds (diplo: 



irded to Mr. Cha 



£4J() for one year)- W G Kent ^^^^ ^'^^ ' , ^^^""t^ci, 



(diploma and prize); J. Ridley (diploma and Jf^ "jrin^Vf-XeVrmalf Cel^'^vS^ 

 • H, W.^Abbiss (diploiaVa^pri^); ]L ^^^^^^^^^ 



K>kes (diploma); S. B. Gorringe 

 ^ " ^ ' 'oma); N. A. 



goblet-sl 



i Royal Gardeners' PMlUps (diploma). ana in xiie oomer is suitaoie lor planting 



tcluded in the half- Nicholson Prize for Observation.-A. W. the margin, while it ooks exceedingly 



tines of the above Simmonds. ^^^^ M^^^ also. Its price is mode- 



October 



amination — T W McCaitr ^ate, somewhere about threepence each. 



- ...... ,..........^./i^"pe"annumfoVtwoyS the wonder is that one which has been g 



The different items made up a long silver-gilt medal, certificate, and prize); W. «° ^^.^S^ ^ P^,^" cheaper It appea 



mme. both ladies and crentlemen Mile« rnertificate pr,^ nrizi\ • W ft K«.r,t require no special soil.— S. Arnott. 



prize) ; and twelve other certificates, f rlaimefl to he 



^s^™?d^ wereXfrifutld\^7ew '^^""''^ ^ 

 behalf of the funds of this most deserving days ago' by Harry J. Veitch, Esq.. ^PPK^^" 



programme, both ladies and gentlemen Miles (certificate and pr 



giving solos, which were greatly appreciated (certificate and prize) ; H, 



~nd vigorously encored. The conjuring tricks ' - - - • ^ - — 

 nd character songs were highly amusing 



npence was collected. No charge is made members of the council, together with the Jf J^^H l^if I 



admission. Right Hon. Arthur C. Dyke Acland, ex- ^17 ^TJl^J^ti^Tt^^ll 



H. Ralph Smythe, Esq., J.P., the presi- Minister of Education, who gave a short ; Norfolk Beauty, 



was chairman, and very ably conducted address. Mr. James Hudson, V.M.H., also ^ . 'f 



proceedings. He made an eloquent ap- gave advice arising from a life-long experi- ex^erien'^e^" f wltf^LtVn!".! 



peal to those present to support the Royal ence as a practical and scientific gardener. "^fl i„T wen-Kuovvu uiu 



Gardeners' Orphan Fund according to their It is also worthy of note that Mr^ Seaton, he could not ge 



ability, and remarked that, thou^ garden- 



sidered to be a very healthy oc- appointed by th< 



iupation, gardeners were only human after ment to superintend one of their public o^A"^! ^ vximion idXK inib yeai m 



»11, and they succumbed to diseases and old parks, at a commencing salary of £2i)0 a ^^I" f i"^' ^"^^ impressed with its 



,s?,.5:."°^r.'^=z^jf,j;xrv?.^°?- obituary. ^^x^ijp^^^y^ 



rhen, said Mr. Smythl, this society steps » !? " ^. ^he habit of growth is de.sir- 



^hiMren'^l's Sr t't li'lblv'can do ^so' ^^'^^^^ THOMSON, V.M.H. prun^^f rK aM t^T b^rtcles allovS:! 



n furthW remarkrtheSrman iStim^ It is with much regret that we have to pl<^nty of space, full crops of fruit will be 



Lt tw7Jhildierfrom ^'^^ord the death of Mr. David Thomson, assured. Its cooking qualities are beyond 



ourhZd S lioi^^rneZuth V.M.H. , which occurred at his residence, at qiiestion, and are such that it is an apple 



•ent thSe receiv^nr^s.isT^^^; Vnr^ Eskbank, on the 22nd inst., in his 86th y;ar. that requires no sugar to make it palatable, 



'und receiving assistance tiom the n^omson obtained prominence in ho: 



In 'addition to the gardeners' wives and ticultural ^circles when^gaixiener 

 Tiends, there was a good attendance of the 

 )ublic. On the motion of the chairman, a 

 rery hearty vote of thanks was accorded the 



BirmingrHam Gardeners. 



OCTOBER 18. 

 [r. J. Udale, Instructor in HorticuH 

 he Worcestershire Education Commit 

 e a lecture on the result of ten years' 

 iments with hardy fruits and vegeta 

 the County Experimental Garden, Di 



