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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Michael, Albert D., F.L.S., Cadogan Mansions, Sloane Square, S.W. 
Morris, D., M.A., F.L.S., 11, Kew Gardens Road, Kew. 
Muller, Hugo, Ph.D., F.R.S., 13, Park Square East, Regent’s Park, 
N.W. 
Oliver, F. W., D.Sc., F.L S., Kew Gardens Road, Kew. 
Pascoe, F. P., F.L S., 1, Burlington Road, Westbourne Park, W. 
Plowright, C. B., F.L.S., 7, King Street, King’s Lynn. 
Russell, Dr. W. J., F.R.S., 34, Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. 
Salvin, Osbert, F.R.S., Hawksfold, Fernhurst, Haslemere. 
Scott, D. H. Ph.D., F.L.S., The Laurels, Bickley, Kent. 
Symons, G. J., F.R.S. 62, Camden Square, N.W. 
\eitch, H. J., F.L.S., Royal Exotic Nursery, King’s Road, Chelsea, 
Vines, Professor, F.R.S., Fairacres, Oxford. 
Ward, Professor Marshall, F.R.S., The Laurels, Englefield Green, 
Staines. 
Wilson, Geo. F., F.R.S., Ileatherbank, Weybridge Heath. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Chairman. —Crowley, Philip, Waddon House, by Croydon, 
Vice-Chairmen. —T. Francis Rivers, Sawbridgeworth ; John Lee, 78, 
W arwick Gardens, Kensington ; R, D. Blackmore, Teddington. 
Secretary. — Archibald F. Barron, Royal Horticultural Society, 
Chiswick, W, 
Balderson, H., Corner Hall, Hemel Hempstead. 
Bates, W., Poulett Lodge Gardens, Twickenham. 
Bennett, W., Rangemore Park Gardens, Burton-on-Tient. 
Bunyard, George, The Nurseries, Maidstone. 
Cheal, J., Crawley, Sussex. • 
Cliffe, G., Shoreham Place Gardens, Sevenoaks. 
Coleman, W., Eastnor Castle Gardens, Ledbury. 
Cummins, G. W., The Grange Gardens, Wallington, 
Dean, A., Bedfont, Feltham. 
Denning, W., Heathfield Nursery, Hampton. 
Dunn, Malcolm, The Palace Gardens, Dalkeith, N.B, 
Fairgrieve, P. W., The Palace Gardens, Dunkeld, N.B. 
Hogg, Dr., LL.D., F.L.S., 92, St. George’s Road, Pimlico. 
Haycock, C., Goldings, Hertford. 
Hudson, J., Gunnersbury House, Acton. 
Lane, Fred, Berkhampsted. 
Mclndoe, James, Hutton Hall Gardens, GuiabOTOUgh, 
Miles, G. T., Wycomb Abbey, High Wyconob. 
Moss, A., 39, London Bridge, E.C. 
Norman, G., Hatfield House Gardens, Hatfield. 
Pearson, A. H., The Nurseries, Chilwell, Notts. 
Penny, C., Belie Vue, Salthill, Slough. 
Reynolds, G., The Gardens, Gunnersbury Park, Acton. 
Ross, Charles, The Gardens, Welford Park, Newbury. 
Saltmarsh, T. J., The Nurseries, Chelmsford. 
Smith, James, The Gardens, Mentmore, Leighton Buzzard. 
Sutton, A. W., F.L.S., Reading. 
Veitch, J. H., Royal Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea. 
Veitch, P. C. M., The Royal Nurseries, Exeter. 
Watkins, A., Exeter Street, Strand. 
Warren, W., Worton Gardens, Isleworth. 
Weir, Harrison, Sevenoaks. 
Willard, Jesse, Holly Lodge Gardens, Highgate, N. 
Woodward, G., Barham Court, Teston, Maidstone. 
Wright, John, 171, Fleet Street. 
Wythes, G., Syon Hoixse Gardens, Brentford. 
Floral Committee. 
Chairman. —Marshall, William, Auchinraith, Bexley. 
Vice-Chairmen. —Masters, Maxwell T., M.D., F.R.S., V.P.L.S., 
Mount Avenue, Ealing, W. ; Fraser, John, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton- 
stone, E. ; Paul, George, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt. 
Secretary. —Archibald F. Barron, Royal Horticultural Society, 
Chiswick, W. 
Bain, W., The Gardens, Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
Baines, Thomas, Fern Cottage, Palmer’s Green, N. 
Bennett-Poe, J. T., 29, Ashley Place, S.W. 
Burbidge, F. W., Trinity College Botanic Garden, Dublin. 
Brycesson, — Flora Villa, Plumstead. 
Cannell, H., Swanley, Kent. 
Castle, L., Hotham House, Merton. 
Dean, R., Ranelagh Road, Ealing, W. 
D’Om brain, Rev. H. H., West well Vicarage, Ashford, Kent, 
Druery, C. T., F.L.S., 25, W'^indsor Road, Forest Gate. 
Furze, W., Roselands, Broom Road, Teddington. 
Girdlestone, T. W., Sunningdale, Berks. 
Gordon, G., I, Stile Villas, Gunnersbury. 
Goldring, W., 52, Gloucester Road, Kew. 
Herbst, H., Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
Ingram, W., Bel voir Castle Gardens, Grantham. 
Jeffries, C., Boston House Gardens, Brentford. 
Kelway, W''., Langport, Somerset. 
Laing, J., Forest Hill, S.E. 
Leach, W. C.. Aldbury Park Gardens, Guildford. 
Lindsay, R., Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 
Lowe, R. B., Ashbridge Gardens, Berkhamsted. 
May, H. B., Dyson’s Lane, Upper Edmonton. 
Mawley, E , Rosebank, Berkhampsted. 
Molyneux, E., Swanmore Park Gardens, Bishops Waltham-. 
Nieholson, G., Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Noble, C., Sunningdale Nursery, Bagshot, 
Pearson, C. E., Chilwell, Nottingham. 
Phippen, G., Victoria Nursery, Reading. 
Ross, F., Pendell Court Gardens, Bletchingley. 
Thomas, Owen, Cbatsworth Gardens, Chesterfield. 
Turner, H., Royal Nurseries. Slough, 
Walker, J,, Ham Common, Surrey. 
Watson, W,, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Williams, W. H. (Keynes & Co.), Salisbury. 
Wynne, B., 17, Catherine Screet, Strand, W.C. 
Orchid Committee. 
Chairman. —Veitch, H. J. F.L.S., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea> 
S.W. 
Vice-Chairmen. —Lawrence, Sir Trevor, Bart, M.P., 57, Princes Gate,, 
S.W.: Douglas, J., Great Gearies, Ilford; Masters, Maxwell T., M.D..,. 
F.R.S., Mount Avenue, Ealing, W, 
Secretary. —O’Brien, James, West Street, Harrow-on-the HilL 
Baines, Thomas, Fern Cottage, Palmer’s Green, N. 
Ballantine, H., The Dell Gardens, Staines. 
Castle, Lewis, Hotham House, Merton. 
Crawshay, De Barri, Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 
Cookson, Norman C., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
Courtauld, Sydney, Booking Place, Braintree. 
Dominy, John, 11. Tadema Road, Chelsea, S.W. 
Haywood, T. B., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. 
Hill, E., Tring Park Gardens, Tring. 
Kinleside, Rev. R. V. C., Sunbury House, Tunbridge Wells, 
Latham, W. B., Botanic Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
Le Dout, G. R., Langton House, East Moulsey. 
Lindsay, R., Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 
Moon, E., Cassiobridge, Watford. 
Moore, F., Blendon Hall Gardens, Bexley. 
Philbrick, F. A., Q.C , Oldfield, Bickley Park. 
Pilcher, Charles. 84, Ringford Road, Wandsworth, S.W. 
Pollett, H. M., Fernside, Bickley, Kent. 
Sander, F., St. Albans. 
Schroder, Baron Henry, The Dell, Staines. 
Smee, H. J., Wallington, Surrey. 
Tautz, F. G., Dibdin House, Hanger Hill, Ealing, 
Williams, H., Victoria Nurseries, Holloway, N. 
Roseland.—Hyeres. 
I CAN well understand that the ancients were at a loss to coin a word' 
sweet enough for this enchanting spot. They called it Olbia, The Happy, 
and they named the new settlement Eros, or Love, and one of their- 
poets, standing in the Palm groves under the warm shelter of the castled 
mountain that had resisted so many invaders, and looking out to the 
long islands of the Mediterranean glittering with bright rock and 
micaceous sand, called them the Isles of Gold 1 It is only early yet in 
the cold and cheerless month of January at home, but, as I write, the 
sun is streaming in to the tall French windows of our castellated hotel 
on the warm hill side. It is dancing and sparkling on the distant 
Mediterranean ; it is cheering the hearts of the invalids, and there is 
not a red roof, or turret, or church spire, or Palm-divided avenue that, 
as I look over the smiling plain, is not literally bathed in sunshine as 
warm as any August at home. 
I have been puzzled ever since I came here to account for the* 
exquisite flower scent that perfumed the place and literally impregnated 
the air with varied sweetness. There are breezes that come to you softly 
and sweetly laden with Rose scents and Narcissus bloom, and deep 
undergrowth of Violets and Mimosa, for Hyeres is the very headquarters 
of the flower-growing districts of the South of France. More cut flowers 
go to Paris and London from the nursery gardens in and about Hyeres 
than from all the other favoured districts of the Riviera. They are all 
grown in the open and on the sheltered hillside. There is not a green¬ 
house or conservatory in the place. There they are, acres upon acres of 
sweet smelling Tea Roses, rows upon rows of variegated Anemones, 
Pinks, and Jonquils, Orange trees and Myosotis, Bluets, or Cornflowers' 
—as we call them at home—interminable beds of Violets and the ex¬ 
quisitely scented Scilla, that perfumes the place for miles and miles 
around. Space fails me to describe what they really do grow in a dis¬ 
trict of four square miles. Most of the early vegetab'es, such as 
Artichokes and salads, go hence to the Paris market; but the suii- 
kissed tract of land over which I look from time to time as I write is 
wholly devoted to flower culture. I strolled over to visit one of the 
