Norember 13, 1884, ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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- A PAMPHLET on the Fobest Areas in Eubope and Amebica 
AND Pbobable Futube Timbeb Supplies, by Dr. Lyons, M.P., is 
just issued, and contains a large amount of important informat’on in 
relation to this subject. Dr. Lyons has been engaged for two years, 
through the agency of the Foreign Office, in investigating the matter ; 
but a large portion of the inquiries in reference to Canada has not yet been 
completed. The concluding paragraph, in reference to the importance of 
the subject, is as follows :—“ With every State in Europe and America 
•alive to the urgent necessity of forest work, and with the example of the 
great forest system of India before us—not yet forty years under con¬ 
servancy, but already controlling 00,000 to 70,000 squares miles of forest 
—shall these islands alone stand aloof from the great work of forest 
conservancy and extension? Out of 77,000,000 acres it is possible for 
England, Ireland, and Scotland to contribute, with advantage to their 
industries as well as their agriculture, something like £20,000,000 sterling 
per annum. The day her industries are paralysed by failure of timber, 
now within measurable distance of us, this Empire must descend from her 
high place amongst the nations.” 
- Mb. Joseph Mallender sends the following summary op 
meteorological observations at Hodsock Priory, Worksop, 
Notts, in October :—” Total duration of sunshine in month 76 7 hours, 
or 2f per cent, of possible duration. We had six sunless days. To^al 
rainfall in the month 1 inch. Rain fell on eleven days ; maximum fall in 
twenty-four hours on the 26th, 0 26. Average velocity of wind 10'4 miles 
per hour; it exceeded 400 nudes on five days, and fell short of 100 miles 
on five days. Mean temperature of month 48 3^; maximum on the 18th, 
fi3’7° ; minimum on the 'Jth, 29-6°; maximum in sun on the 4th, 109’6®; 
minimum on the grass on the 0th, 25 6°. The warmest day was the 18th, 
the coldest day the 11th. Mean temperature of air at 9 A.M. 48'G. Mean 
temperature of soil 1 foot deep 50 6°. Nights below 32° in shade, 1 : on 
grass, 13. Another dry but rather dull and culd month. Rainfall less 
than in any of the previous nine Octobers, except 1879. Velocity of 
wind 15 mile per hour higher than last year, the lad week very st rmy.” 
- Reports on Losses and Injuries to Plants in Severe 
Winters. —We are requested to state that a large mass of materials 
having been compiled by Rev. Professor Henslow, Honorary Secretary to 
the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, referring to 
injuries and losses of plants in the severe winters 1838—1861, it is pro¬ 
posed to print it in its entirety, if sufficient encouragement be forth- 
■coming. Mr. Henslow would be glad, therefore, to receive the names, 
addresses, and number of copies desired by anyone who will favour him 
with a post-card tj that effect, addressed to Drayton House, Ealing. It 
will form an 8vo volume of about 450 pages. The price will be moderate, 
but cannot be fixed as yet. As only a limited number of copies will be 
printed, as early a communication as possible is requested. 
- The annual meeting of the members of the Durham, North¬ 
umberland, AND Newcastle Botanical and Horticultural 
Society was held last week at the Alexandra Hotel, Clayton Street West, 
Newcastle. Councillor Thomas Gray was Chairman. The Secretary 
(Mr. Jas. J. Gillespie) read the sixtieth annual report, in which the 
Council stite '■ that they cannot but regret that the year’s proceedings 
have resulted in a considerable deficit, entirely due to the adverse wea¬ 
ther which prevailed during the three days of the summer show, the gate 
money for which, as compared with last year, shows a falling-off of 
£202 Gk. Id. Commencing with a balance in hand of £57 ds. 7d., the 
year closes with a debt of £92 6,y. \\d., or an excess of expenditure over 
income of £149 16 a’. (VZ. The shows for 1885 have been fixed to be held 
-as follows :—Spring Show in the Town Hall on April 15th and 16th, and 
the Summer Show oo July 22ad, 23rd, and 24Lh. In conclusion theCom- 
mittee would again urge the importance of a largely increased members’ 
roll, and tru^t the best efforts of all interested in the Society’s welfare 
will be devoted to this end.’’ Alderman Joseph Cowen, M.P,, was unani¬ 
mously elected President, and the Mayor of Newcastle Vice-President for 
1885 ; and the following retiring members of the Council were re-elected : 
—Messrs. R. Beall, M’. Dinning, W. C. Forster, W. Magall, 1. Nairn, A. 
Tindall, and W. J. Watson. 
GUMMING ROSES. 
I should think the Journal could hardly contain the indignant pro¬ 
tests of lovers of the Rose at ihe bare thought of blooms being gummed 
and tricked out for show. It is degrading and deceitful, and is besides 
unnecessary. No Rose in proper condition requires such aid. Those who 
cannot grow Roses properly should not attempt to show them by keeping 
the eye closed with gum. No doubt others may have more to say, and 
with more authority ; for mysolf I should turn from a Rose so artificially 
treated as I would from a rouged cheek or a painted Lily.—A. M. B. 
In reply to the communication which you have received from Mr. 
.lohnson, Hon. Secretary of the Leek Rose Society, and published on 
page 214, we are requested by the Committee of the National Rose 
Society to say that they, in their decision, expressed no opinion whatever 
upon the practice of gumming Rose blooms, there being no law which 
could guide them in the matter. 
After taking all the circumstances of the particular case submitted to 
them into consideration they came to the conclusion that the exhibitor in 
question had infringed no existing regulation of either Society, and that 
the prize could not be withheld from him. 
When tbe new bye-laws and regulations which the Committee have 
for some time past bad under consideration, and which will be submitted 
to the Society at their next general meeting, are in print, it will be seen 
that the Committee of the National Rose Society discountenance the 
practice of tampering in any form or shape with Rose blooms intended 
for exhibition. At the same time they wish it to be clearly understood 
that in their opinion it is but very seldom indeed that any such practices 
are resorted to by exhibitors.— H. Honywood D’Ombrain, Edward 
Mawley, Hon . Secretaries . 
SWANMORE PARK. 
During the last three years the name of Mr. E. Molyneux, gardener 
to W. H. Myers, Esq, has figured prominently in the reports of the 
Chrysanthemum Shows that have been held at Southampton, Winchester, 
and Kingston-on-Thames; indeed, his signal achievements have placed 
him in the very foremost position among growers of cut blooms of the 
commanding autumn flower. His great success, too, ought to be en¬ 
couraging to others, especially young growers, as previous to 1880 he 
never grew any Chrysanthemums for exhibition, nor had he ever been 
engaged in a garden where any special attention was devoted to the 
plants. He is thus entirely a self-taught grower. His engagements near 
Liverpool enabled him to see the splendid flowers grown and exhibited 
there, and no doubt awakened a desire which grew into a determination to 
equal them, and he has succeeded. 
He commenced showing at Southampton in the year named, winning 
the first prize in the premier class. In 1881 he was again the victor, also 
in the class for twelve. He also appeared at Kingston the same year, and 
was first with twelve incurved blooms in a splendid class of ten com¬ 
petitors. In 1882 he took the first prizes in every class in which he com¬ 
peted at Southampton, and this against first-class growers; indeed, of 
such high quality were his flowers that it was said in the report of the 
show in this Journal that “'Mr. Molyneux must rank amongst the fore¬ 
most growers of the day.” That estimate was well founded, for in the 
following week he won (for the year) the second twenty-five-guinea chal¬ 
lenge vase at Kingston against four other competitors, also the first prize 
for twelve incurved blooms, the first for six of any variety with superb 
examples of Princess of Wales, and the corresponding class in Japanese 
with the finest examples of Madame C. Audiguier that have ever been 
staged. These two stands have never been forgotten by those who saw 
them, and it was said of the exhibitor in the report of the Show that he 
would “ prove a formidable adversary ” in future. He did prove formid¬ 
able, for he won all the first prizes for blooms at Southampton and Win¬ 
chester last year, also the challenge cup at Kingston, thus securing it; 
also the first prize with twenty-four incurved blooms, first with twelve 
Japanese, first with twelve reflexed, first with twelve Anemones, and first 
in each case with the best six incurved and best six Japanese of any one 
variety in tbe Show. That is a wonderful record fora ” self-taught ” man. 
He has commenced this year by again “sweeping the board” at South¬ 
ampton, securing all the first prizes, and in any other great contest in 
which he may enter it is not very probable that he will be outside the 
charmed circle of prizewinners. However, without forecasting the future, 
sufficient has been accomplished to invest Swanmore Park with a certain 
amount of interest, and there are many readers of the Journal who may 
naturally like to know “ what kind of a place it is,” and especially to hear 
“ how the Chrysanthemums are gi-own.” 
Swanmore Park, then, is the residential estate of W. H. Myers, Esq., 
and is splendidly situated in Hampshire, two or three miles from Bishop's 
Waltham, a sleepv-looking little country town, of which the grand old 
abbey mantled with Ivy is the most commanding feature. It is a magni¬ 
ficent ruin—a great 1 istorical relic of bygone days. The mansion at 
Swanmore is modern, the substantial Gothic building only bavinz been 
erected some half dozen years, and the pleasure grounds planted aud the 
gardens made withiu that time. Considering that fact, no one can 
examine the mansion covered with climbers from base to roof and the 
well-fu'nished pleasure grounds wdthout being impressed with the excel¬ 
lence of the work in every way, for it is only by the highest culture that 
so much could be eft’ected in such little time, and a new place made to 
look very like an old one. There was, however, plenty of (dd timber to 
begin with, but the progress of ornamental trees, shrubs, and Conifers has 
been quite remarkable. This can only have been produced by much and 
well-applied labour, for the soil is naturally very far from genial, being in 
fact more like clay than anything else, and can only be worked for some 
considerable time after rain. 
The site is elevated, being 450 feet above the level of the sea. For 
miles on every side a well-wooded and beautifully undulated country is 
