August 3 , 1882 . ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 99 
(silver medal) Mr. William Storrie, Lenzie Junction, the most note¬ 
worthy blooms being J. P. Barbour, J. Dalziel, Alexander Watt, D. 
Malcolm, G. McMillan, W. Crockhart, Snowball, Mrs. Cadzow, Mrs. 
Ritchie, Mrs. D. Wallace, Miss Ritchie, Captain Speirs, Jeannie Grieve, 
R. Pollock, Mary M’Comb. Second Messrs. William Paul & Son. 
Twenty-four Fancy Pansies, distinct varieties. First (silver medal) 
Mr. William Storrie with magnificent flowers of W. McIntosh, James 
Reid, Catherine Agnes, A. Stephen, Mrs. Scott Plummer, Mrs. Barrie, 
Mrs. Kidd, R. Goodwin, Mrs. Taylor, Earl Beaconsfield, Mrs. McTag- 
gart, Luck’s All, Mrs. Jamieson, J. C. Murray, L. Y. Heathcote, G. H. 
Gill, Mrs. Main (seedling), Bob Montgomery (seedling), Mrs. Storrie 
(seedling), R. Cowan, Perfection, Mis. E. II. Wood, W. Cutbbertson, 
and W. Dickson. Second Mr. John Stewart, third Mr. A. Duncan. 
PINKS. 
Nurserymen's Classes. —Twenty-four blooms, distinct varieties. First 
Messrs. William Paul & Son with Wm. Paul, W. Murray, D. Saunders, 
Premier, W. Bruce, Dr. Masters, Henry Cannell, Col. Holms. Emme¬ 
line, Bertram, Egeria, Nelly, Modesty, Emily, Captivation, William 
Kilgour (seedling), and eight seedlings. Second Mr. W. Dickson, 
third Messrs. Dicksons & Co., Edinburgh. 
Gardeners' Classes .—Twelve blooms, distinct varieties. First Mr. 
A. Duncan withWm. Paul, W. Murray, Bertram, Tottie, Modesty, 
Enid, Mrs. G. Dickson, Dr. McLean, Ada Louise, W. Bruce, Egeria, 
Teaser. Second Mr. J. Stewart, third Mr. J. T. M’Crorie, Kilbarchan. 
Amateurs' Classes .—Twelve blooms, distinct varieties. First Mr. 
W. McIntosh, Glasgow, with Wm. Paul, Oimara, Adela, Ada Louise, 
Wm. Edmiston, J. Carswell, Kittiwake, John Facer, Fireman, Mary 
Auberton, John Ball, Bertram. Second Mr. A. Borrowman, Glasgow ; 
third Mr. D. Dalglish, Glasgow. 
Roses. —As before mentioned, Mr. Hugh Dickson and Messrs. A. 
Dickson & Sons secured the chief honours in the nurserymen’s class, 
the former being placed first in the class for forty-eight blooms, the 
latter having the premier position with twenty-four blooms. In the 
gardeners’ classes the prizes were secured by Messrs. Wm. Parlane, 
Row ; John M’Coll, Row ; and John Stewart, Campsie. In the ama¬ 
teurs’ classes the successful competitors were Messrs. D. Wallace, 
Rothesay : D. Black, Blairmore ; and John Kidd, Rothesay. In the 
class for twelve blooms Tea or Noisette Roses, distinct varieties, Mr. 
A. H. Gray, Dunkeld, was first with beautiful flowers ; and Mr. Wm. 
Parlane second. 
Hardy Herbaceous Flowers. —For twelve distinct, first (silver 
medal) Mr. Peter Sinclair, Campsie, with large spikes and trusses of 
Linaria purpurea, Actaea spicata, Stenactis speciosa, Achillea ser- 
rata, Alstromeria aurea, Potentilla Wm. Rollisson, Coreopsis lan- 
ceolata, Lychnis chalcedonica fl.-pl., Gaillardia Admiration, Mimulus 
cardinalis, and Lychnis dioica alba fl.-pl. Second Mr. D. Findlay, 
third Mr. J. Stewart. 
THE GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT 
INSTITUTION—A GARDENER’S APPEAL. 
The Committee of the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution 
have made another praiseworthy effort to augment the pension 
fund, and it is hoped the money required will be secured. There 
are many gardeners not in a position to do much. Several have 
large families, some with a heavy doctor’s bill, almost yearly ; 
others assist in maintaining an aged father or mother, perhaps 
both ; some have an invalid brother or sister ; education for the 
children and periodicals for himself that he may know what is 
going on in the gardening world have to be provided, all of which 
prevent a man from doing what he would in other matters. 
Whether in spring, summer, autumn, or winter a gardener’s 
work is never done. He must face all weathers—hail, rain, 
storm, and tempest, heats and cold : no wonder so many of the 
craft suffer so much with rheumatism, &c. 
There are many pleasures in gardening and many disappoint¬ 
ments, great responsibility, and many enemies to contend with. 
No one but the gardener himself knows the hundreds of jobs 
which are daily staring him in the face, many of which he knows 
can never be done, and others are hurried over too quickly to 
his liking. As gardeners have contributed much pleasure and 
information to the masses, I think it would be a good thing if all 
the gardeners in the United Kingdom were to ask their employers 
to allow their gardens to be open to the public for one half day. 
I believe most if not all would agree to the same if it was put 
fairly before them. 
There are upwards of 2300 noblemen’s and gentlemen’s seats 
in this country, aud the sums obtained by admission fees would 
be from £1 to £50 according to the size of the grounds. Supposing 
it averaged the low sum of £5 all round, it would come to the 
handsome amount of £11,500 ; or should it reach £10 on the 
average, it would be £23,000 (I hope I am rot building castles in 
the air). This would, as all will agree, put the institution on a 
good sound footing, and would make the pensions £25 for old 
gardeners and £20 for their widows. 
I would suggest that as many gardens as possible should be 
open on bank holidays ; if not convenient to the proprietor on 
those days, then any time n May, June, July, August, or September. 
No two gardens within ten miles of each other should be open on 
the same day. 
There are plenty of people who would gladly pay their shilling 
to look round a large garden, many for the sake of information, 
which would, therefore, pay in a twofold way. 
I would propose the admission fees to be 1 .?. from 1 to 4 p.m., 
and 6d. from 4 to 8 P.M. ; children under twelve half price, and 
the village school children free. Non-alcoholic drinks (tea, coffee, 
&c.) should be provided at cost price, gardeners to get all tickets 
and bills printed, the latter to be well posted two or three weeks 
before the event, and well advertised in the local papers. Music 
I think will be indispensable, as flowers and music always blend 
well. Flags can often be borrowed or hired for a trifle. Lawn 
tennis, cricket, and summer games for the youngsters would make 
up a good afternoon’s amusement. In agricultural districts it will 
be advisable to have what I will call “ the grand fete ” either 
before or after harvest. 
All gardeners who will be able to send up to headquarters the 
sum of £10 10s. aud upwards to be qualified for such sum as a life 
subscriber with all its privileges from the date on which the above 
sum was paid. 
And now, as a start, I have asked my noble employers Lord 
and Lady Henniker to comply with this project, and their answer 
was, “ Yes, with very great pleasure.” 
We hope to have our half-day the early part of September, or as 
soon after harvest as possible. 
I feel sure my brother gardeners will do their best for a good 
cause, and I hope by the end of September, 1883, the worthy 
secretary, Mr. Cutler, will be able to give a very satisfactory 
report.— John Perkins, The Gardens, Thornham Hall, Eye, 
Suffolk. 
[We commend this excellent suggestion to all owners of gardens 
and their gardeners. The object for which support is needed is so 
worthy and the method of increasing the funds so appropriate, 
and further the pleasure that thousands would derive by a visit to 
the best gardens in their districts would be so great, that on every 
good ground the project is deserving of encouragement. In the 
meantime Lord and Lady Henniker with their excellent gardener 
Mr. Perkins deserve a hearty vote of thanks from the entire gar¬ 
dening community for their willingness to inaugurate a scheme 
which, if it can be well and systematically carried out, will be 
fraught with pleasure to the healthy and substantial benefit to the 
afflicted and infirm who have been prevented making provision 
for their needs when their strength fails them. We shall await 
with interest the results of the experiment at Thornham Hall.] 
LILIUMS AND HYACINTHUS CANDICANS IN POTS. 
I desire the advice of some of your contributors as to what 
is best to be done with Lilies, such as the L. lancifolium, L. umbel- 
latum and others, when they have been forced in pots so as to 
make them available for another year. 
Hyacinthus candicans alms, I believe, Galtonia, is well worth 
pot culture, three bulbs in a 7 or 8-inch pot. I have never grown 
it before this year, but it has done very well with me, and pro¬ 
duced tall free-flowering spikes from 3 to 4 feet high, which do 
well as a centre to other plants. I wish to know whether the same 
bulbs are of any use for blooming another year, or whether it is 
better, as with other Hyacinths, Narcissuses, &c., to plant them 
out in a perennial border to make fresh bulbs to bloom in another 
two years or so.— C. P. P. 
PLAGIARISM. 
I beg to direct vour attention to an article on page 69 of the 
Garden of the 22nd ult. on the Culture of Allamandas, written 
by some needy individual signing himself “ D. D., Nash Court, 
Faversham, Kent." Almost the whole of this article has been 
stolen from my article under the same heading that appeared in 
the Journal of Horticulture, August 7th, 1879, page 101. This 
certainly is one of the most glaring examples of plagiarising I 
have seen for some time. You will observe that “ D. D.” has 
altered a word or two here and there, shortened a few sentences, and 
transposed others ; but no one can doubt that he has substantially 
copied my article, and palmed it on the public as his own. For 
my own justification in preferring a charge so discreditable as 
this is I must request that you publish the two articles in parallel 
columns. I question if a more flagrant example of literary pilfer¬ 
ing or a more clumsy attempt at altering has ever been seen. It 
would be interesting to know if this is the first attempt of “ D. D.” 
