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folium, a most showy looking plant and very suitable for a shrubbery 
or the background of a border.—D., Deal. 
(To be continued.) 
Events of the Week. —To-day (Thursday) there will be Shows at 
Maidenhead, Faringdon, and Taunton; on Friday at Cheadle; on 
Saturday the National Co-operative Flower Show will be held at 
the Crystal Palace. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 
20th, 21st, and 22nd, will be held the great autumn Show at 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and on the 20th and 21st the Shrewsbury Floral 
F£te will take place. 
- The Proposed Fruit Show in the Guildhall, London. 
—This Exhibition, which is being organised by the Fruiterers’ Company, 
with the object of encouraging the culture of useful fruits in the home¬ 
steads and cottage gardens in the United Kingdom, will be held on the 
Gth, 7th, and 8oh of October. Schedules are in the course of prepara¬ 
tion, and classes are provided for cottagers, tenant farmers, gardeners, 
amateurs, and nurserymen. Prizes in the form of medals, money, and 
certificates will be awarded on the occasion. Sir James Whitehead, 
Bart. (Master of the Company), is Chairman of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee. 
- Beauty of Bath Apple.—M essrs. Cooling & Sons, Bath, 
send us specimens of this early desseit Apple. They inform us that 
fruits were quite ready for use on August 1st, and the crop a full one. 
The specimens are of good size for dessert, being from 2£ to 3 inches in 
diameter and about 2 inch's deep. They are very symmetrical and 
handsome in appearance, being reddish crimson in colour. The flesh is 
tender, juicy and refreshing, rather than rich in flavour. We are 
told that this Apple only requires to become known to be a favourite 
with private as well as market growers. Such fruits as those before us 
would undoubtedly be acceptable on many tables and find a ready sale 
in markets. 
- Pea Carters’ Anticipation. —Medium height Peas, as a 
rule, have done badly with us this season, but Anticipation is a note¬ 
worthy exception. It attained a height of about 3 feet, was very pro¬ 
ductive, and the pods were well filled with large and very sweet peas. 
Evidently it is a thoroughly reliable variety, and one of the best for 
small gardens. We find it does well grown in the market gardeners’ 
fashion—that is to say, without stakes.—W. I. 
- Aster Yeitch’s Empress. —Asters are very effective when 
planted in masses, especially if the heights of the respective varieties 
can be properly guaged. The new Empress, we find, is all that the 
vendors say of it—viz., dwarf, robust, and compact in habit, and also 
early flowering. With us the plants scarcely attain a height of 
12 inches ; they branch freely and produce very fine reflexed blooms. 
For bedding-out purposes they are particu’arly serviceable, and it is 
to be hoped that more colours will soon be aided to this useful 
section. At present there are only crimson and white forms, the 
former being very effective when edged by the latter.—W. Iggulden. 
- Apple Duchess of Oldenburg.— For several seasons past 
I have taken every opportunity of writing and speaking in favour of 
this excellent variety. With us it rarely, if ever, fails to bear well, and 
this season some of the branches are weighted down to the ground with 
fine fruit. When ripe it is of very attractive appearance, being almost 
transparent and richly striped with bright red on the most exposed side. 
It sells readily for dessert purposes, but is somewhat acidulous in 
flavour, and it is a3 a culinary variety that it finds most favour here. 
The middle of September is as a rule quite late enough to keep it.— 
W. I., Somerset. 
_ The Fruiterers’ Company in Kent. —We are informed 
that several representatives of this Company recently visited some of the 
fruit gardens in Kent, also the extensive nurseries of Mr. George Bunyard 
at Allington, near Maidstone, with which they were much pleased. A 
fruit feast followed, and was much enjoyed by the visitors. 
- Williams’ Memorial. —A meeting was held at the rooms of 
the Horticultural Club, Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, London, S.W., 
on Tuesday, the 12th inst., to consider the form of the proposed 
memorial to the late Mr. B. S. Williams. Dr. M. T. Masters occupied 
the chair, and there was a good attendance. Letters were read from 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Baron Schroder, Mr. Thomson of 
Clovenfords, Sir Joseph Terry, Dr. Hogg, Mr. J. Watson, Mr. W. Robin¬ 
son, Mr. Reginald Young, Mr. J. Vere Goodman, Mr. H. Perkins, Mr. 
Sander, Mr. W. Bull, Mr. W. Smythe, Mr. Stephen Osborne. Mr. Jas. 
Coombes, Mr. E. Pidsley, Mr. Bruce Findlay, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Pyneart 
Van Geert, Mr. Eckford, and several other gentlemen, expressing, 
approval of the scheme, and offering various suggestions as to the form 
it should take. The Chairman stated that they were all at one as to the 
proposal to establish a fund, and invited discussion as to the character 
of the scheme that should be placed before the public. Messrs. Cannell r 
William Paul, Pearson, II. J. Veitch, B. Wynne, Shirley Hibberd, Herbst, 
Outram, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and eventually the 
following resolution was proposed by Mr. Henry Cannell, seconded by 
Mr. H. J. Veitch, and carried unanimously:—“That this Committee 
desires to raise a sufficient sum to perpetuate Mr. B. S. Williams’” 
memory by investing an amount sufficient to put a certain number of 
orphans on the Gardeners’ Orphan Fund as Williams’ Memorial Orphans,, 
and also to give prizes in money with Williams’ Memorial certificates 
for excellence in the cultivation of plants.” A list of subscriptions was 
read over, and will shortly be published, while others will be invited to 
further the object in view. 
- The Proposed Hall of Horticulture. —We have plea¬ 
sure in giving publicity to the following letter in furtherance of thi3 
project:—“ You have, doubtless, heard of the scheme for building in, 
London a Hall of Horticulture, with suitable premises, to form a centre 
for all the horticultural interests of the United Kingdom. Such central 
buildings, on a large scale, already exist both in France and in the United 
States, and have been found to be of the utmost value in promoting and 
advancing the gentle craft of gardening. Considering, therefore, that 
we English people claim to be the pioneers of horticulture, it appears' 
little less than a public reproach that we are so far behind our neighbours 
on both sides of us in the lack of any central buildings. A project to 
supply this want was put forth a short time ago, and nearly £20,000 has 
been promised out of the £40,000 required. At the present moment a 
grand opportunity exists of acquiring a most advantageous site on the 
Thames Embankment, if only the remaining £20,000 can be raised to- 
at once close with the offer, and it is in the hope that many will 
help us to raise this sum that I write this appeal. All that is asked 
is the loan of money free of interest, and the Trustees anticipate being- 
able to begin to pay off the money lent in two years from the com¬ 
pletion of the buildings. May I impress upon all the utmost importance 
of immediate action, as the offer of the site may, at any moment, fall 
through, and an opportunity be lost such as would probably never occur 
again in our lifetime. If every friend and lover of gardens would only 
lend the Trustees an average of £10 a piece, the thing would be done.. 
The sums lent vary from £1 to £1000.—W. Wilks, Shirley Vicarage , 
Croydon." 
- National Exhibition of Preserved and Dried Fruits.— 
The Royal Horticultural Society being desirous of doing everything in 
its power to promote the extended cultivation of fruit, and having 
already held three Great Exhibitions of Apples and Pears, in 1883, 1885, 
and 1888, at which not far short of twenty thousand dishes of fruit were 
exhibited, and holding smaller exhibitions every fortnight throughout 
the year of the smaller and more perishable fruits, wishes now to draw 
attention to the great advance that has been made during the last 
quarter of a century in the preservation of fruit for winter use, and 
invites the co-operation of all who are interested in the subject. For 
convenience in comparing the different exhibits, it is proposed to divide 
them into the following classes :—Jams, Jellies, Syrup, Fruit Vinegar, 
Bottled Fruits, Fruits Preserved Whole in Syrup, Fruit3 in Spirits, 
Crystallised and Candied Fruits, and Dried Fruits. All kinds of British- 
grown Fruits are invited, also Colonial and Foreign-grown Fruits. The 
Exhibition is to be held in the Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on 
October 14th, 15th, and 10th. Medals, certificates, &c., will be granted 
by the Council on the recommendation of the Judges. Exhibitors are 
invited to send everything, as far as possible, in threes, any one of which 
the Council (or the Judges delegated by them) must have full right to 
open and taste at their discretion, the remaining two being left on 
exhibition. All intending exhibitors must give notice in writing to Mr. 
Barron, Superintendent Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Chis- 
