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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ March 12, 18M. 
Eucharis, however, have suffered from the ravages of the dreaded ‘•'mite,” 
but thanks to careful nursing and the aid of “ Clibran’s Mite-killer” 
they too are themselves again. Ornamental foliage and flowering 
Anthuriums, flne pieces of Adiantum farleyense and Calanthes also 
were noticeable in the stoves, whilst in an adjoining cooler house 
greenhouse Rhododendrons are being well cared for, with Azaleas, 
Heaths, and a host of other useful plants. 
Fruits indoors in the way of Grapes and Peaches have hitherto not 
been largely grown. One house of young Vines looked most promising, 
and a Peach house adjoining was in very good trim. Cucumbers and 
Melons in bulk were over for the season, but good fruit of the latter 
among other good things in the fruit room testified that they are grown 
and not played with by Mr. Williams. The conservatory, a spacious 
and convenient structure—“few conservatories are convenient ”—is near 
the house on the south-west front, and is the receptacle for Avhatever 
flowering plants may be in season. We have seen it gay with bulbous 
plants and forced plants, with Zonal Pelargoniums and Fuchsias, at other 
seasons with Chrysanthemums again, but one of the prettiest arrange¬ 
ments we call to mind was a group of Tuberous Begonias, double and 
single, with Liliums of sorts interspersed, smaller plants, Ferns, and 
as an edging, whilst above Passiflora Constance Elliott, Tacsonia Van 
Volxemi, and Coboea scandens depended gracefully from the roof. 
Roses, too, special kinds—viz., Marechal Niel and W. A. Richardson, find 
a home here, and clothing the back wall are Camellias, Asparagus 
plumosus, with Lapagcrias, which are destined to cover the back portion 
of the roof. Chrysanthemums have been casually mentioned, and no 
garden is now considered complete without a collection of these ; 500 
have been grown last season, and well grown, too, of the best kinds. 
Some stands from here entered the lists in competition last season, and 
doubtless another season we shall see and hear more of them. 
Immediately fronting the conservatory is the flower garden proper, 
which at the time of our visit, though so late, was clothed in almost tropical 
luxuriance. Palms in vases surrounding an ornamental fountain, and 
foliage plants dotted here and there, and a few Gum Trees fully justify 
that description. Various styles of bedding are adopted. Tuberous 
Begonias, however, will in future occupy first place, his lordship 
having made arrangements already for masses of these in colours. In 
the accompanying illustration (fig. 37) a path is shown extending from 
the fountain and crossing through an avenue of Limes, beyond which it 
enters the newly made grounds by some ornamental steps in a terrace 
of masonry. This terrace wall is crowned by a balustrade, and harmonises 
with the stonework in the other terraces. An avenue will be planted 
of Wellingtonias and Cryptomeria japonica. There are already very 
fine specimens of these trees in the grounds, and also of Araucarias, 
Sequoia sempervirens, Cedars, the Weymouth Pine, Picea nobilis, P. 
Nordmanniana, Cupressus and Thujopsis; fine old Elms, too. Scotch 
FirSj and the Limes already mentioned in the avenue, are grand pictures. 
Rhododendrons are quite at home ; immense masses in the old grounds 
are supplemented in the new by the best and newest hybrids. Azaleas 
too of the Ghent and Pontica type are equally at home ; huge plants of 
these have been removed and planted in new beds in company with 
Kalmias, Skimmias and Ericas. The display when in bloom can better 
be imagined than described, 
A Rose Avalk leading up to the summer house, shown in the illustra¬ 
tion, is a treat to rosarians. The border is planted Avith the very best 
dwarf H.P.’s, and an ornamental wire trellis at the back is covered with 
Teas and other climbers ; part of the trellis, too, is devoted to Clematis, 
which are very effective. The summer house is a splendid piece of 
workmanship in octagon form, encircled outside its own walls by a 
verandah. It commands on the upper side the new extensive tennis 
lawns, serves as a capital finish to the Rose walk, and forms a happy 
transition from the old free style in the upper grounds to the “ line and 
angle ” style in the new portion. Great credit is due to his lordship’s 
agent, Mr. Gardiner, who has taken a great interest in the new 
work, and proved himself a thorough landscape gardener in preparing 
his designs in so practical a manner under conditions not particularly 
favourable ; and of Mr. Williams, the head gardener, it must be said 
that the work altogether is a testimonial to his ability and care, for out 
of the hundreds of trees planted there was but one failure through 
death. This is saying a good deal, bearing in mind that many were 
bushes from 10 to 15 feet through, and had not been moved probably 
since first planted many years ago, among them being plain and varie¬ 
gated Hollies, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and various Conifers. These, 
of course, were taken from other p’antations, and some removed a con¬ 
siderable distance. It may be our pleasure in the no distant future to 
chronicle large additions to the glass departments ; in the meantime 
we may rvish his lordship a full measure of health to carry out these 
improvements. —Beadwen . 
Horticulttjbal Club. —Sir John Lewellyn, Bart,, the recently 
elected President, took the chair at the irsual monthly meeting of the 
above Club, and a wide subject for discussion was opened by the paper 
read by Mr. Geo. Bunyard of Maidstone, on “ Seeds ; Curiosities of 
Germination, Vitality, ani Distribution.” A most interesting evening was 
spent, and some further facts were elicited by the remarks of Rev. W. 
Wilks, Messrs. D. Morris, G. Paul, A. H. Pearson, P.Crowley, T. W. Girdle- 
stone, Jas. Walker, Cousens, and others, and at the close a hearty vote 
of thanks was accorded to the reader of the paper. At a Committee 
meeting held previously we learn that Mr. Harry Veitch of Chelsea 
was elected Vice-Chairman of the Club. The esteemed Secretary was 
detained at home by the snow, to the regret of those present. 
ARRANGEMENT OF HOT-WATER PIPES. 
I AGREE with “Heating Reformer,” page 179, where he says that- 
hot-water pipes might often be better arranged and the heating surface 
mere evenly distributed, but I do not consider his plan of placing six 
pipes at 2 feet apart on the surface of the Vine borders is a good one to- 
follow, as I am quite certain it would he no easy matter to lift the 
Vine roots and renew a border under such conditions, unless the pipes 
were taken out, which would be an expensive addition to border making. 
They would also be in the Avay during other operations connected with 
Vine culture, and in many cases 'would prove a greater evil than the one- 
he attempts to cure.- It is quite true that several pipes at the front 
of the house often dry the border very much, but as a rule there is not a 
great number of feeding roots close to the stems of the Vines, and the 
feeders would be put to much greater inconvenience by spreading the 
pipes on this plan. Again (unless very near to the boiler) I very much 
doubt if five flow pipes working into one return would give enough- 
circulation. I have never had anything approaching to this, but on the 
contrary side, in a serious case of insufficient circulation which I once 
had to deal with, one of our highest authorities on the subject recom¬ 
mended the addition of an extra return where the flows and returns^ 
were equal before, and this made matters right at once. 
There is also one great objection to self-acting air pipes—viz., they 
occasionally get blocked at the top by accumulations of spiders’ webs, 
and then give far more trouble than taps ever do. I much prefer 
the latter, as if by any chance they are forgotten for a few days and air 
accumulates in the pipes we naturally try the taps at once, as soon as 
defective circulation commences, and all is soon right again. At any 
place Avhere there are several valves and air taps, it should be part of 
one man’s duty to regularly inspect them at a stated time every week,, 
or as often as may be found necessary, moving everything to the full 
extent both Avays, and replacing it as found, and stopping all leaky 
valves, &c., as required. If this rule is strictly enforced much trouble 
and annoyance with hot-water apparatuses may often be prevented.— 
W. H, Divers, Eetton Hall Gardens, Stamford. 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
MR. MORRIS’S RESIGNATION. 
The brevity of this note will, I hope, prove the sincerity of my 
intention that the last should have been, on my part at least, the con¬ 
clusion. I only feel it necessary to distinctly contradict your statement 
that I informed you Mr. Morris had “ resigned.” I may possibly in 
private conversation have used the word “resigned,” as it is more 
convenient than “ become incapable,” but I have been very careful 
from the beginning of this controversy to use the technical word 
“incapable.” At the annual meeting of the Society Dr. Hogg asked^ 
“ What is the name of the gentleman referred to ?” and I answered, 
“ The gentleman’s name is Mr. Morris.” I did not use, nor did I hear 
Dr. Hogg use the A\mrd “ resigned,” and you will search my written 
utterances in vain for the use of this misleading, though convenient,, 
term. 
“If a member of Council die or become incapacitated, &c., the 
Council may fill up the vacancy.” You assert the 6’()?tjunction “ or ” is- 
^f/ijunctive. Surely, on reflection you will allow me to designate this 
an u?idacious argument ? At least, your readers may form some idea of 
the strength of your whole case from this example of the foundation it 
rests on.— W. Wilks. 
[Quite so. Our readers may safely be left to form their conclusions- 
in this matter, and they will no doubt observe that Mr. Wilks makes no¬ 
allusion to one of his proved inaccuracies last Aveek. In reference to 
the definition of the word or, of course we know that it is ordinarily 
used as a conjunction, but as used in by-law G8 it is undoubtedly dis¬ 
junctive, and what grammarians call a disjunctive particle marking an 
alternative (see “Johnson’s Dictionary,” original edition, and the 
“Encyclopedic Dictionary” recently published). Surely the member 
of Council who dies is in another category to him who becomes inca¬ 
pacitated “ from any other cause (than death) whatever,” and the 
nature of AAffiose incapacity is set forth in by-law 69. 
We agree with Mr. Wilks that the word “resigned” is a convenient one 
to employ in a discussion of this nature, and shouhl not think of taking- 
advantage of the mere use of a word introduced for convenience in ex¬ 
pression. A great deal more than a mere word is at stake in this case—a 
great principle is involved, and the non-adherence to the law provided for 
the governance of our Chartered Society may have important issues whicR 
cannot at this moment be fully appreciated. The Secretary evidently 
did not hear the terms of Dr. Hogg’s question at the meeting. His 
question was framed with the object of reassuring himself whether 
Mr. Morris’s retirement was regarded as an ordinary or as an extra¬ 
ordinary vacancy by the Council. He did not ask the name of the 
gentleman who had retired, but resigned, and for this reason—namely, 
that the notification of Mr. Morris’ “resignation” (not retirement) had 
been officially announced and published in the gardening Press. 
We are noAv tcld we shall have to “search in vain for any written- 
utterances in which the use of the misleading term ‘resigned’ was 
used ” by the Secretary. 0 Mr. Wilks ! listen to this, which appeared 
on page 357 in the Journal ofllorticulttire, October 23rd, 1890, and 
AA'as received officially from the Secretary :— 
Royal Horticultural Society.—We are requested by the Secretary 
of the Royal Horticultural Society to publish the following announce- 
