May 7, 1891. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
365 
- A SPECIAL display of Cattleyas and Odontoglossums is 
expected at the approaching meeting of L’Orchideene, the Amateur 
Orchid Society of Brussels, which will be held in the Parc Leopold on 
May 17th, 18th, and 19th next. 
•- The nORTicULTURAL Club. —The usual monthly dinner and 
conversazione will take place at the Hotel Windsor on Tuesday, the 12th 
inst., at 6 p.m.. Sir J. D. T. Llewellyn, Bart., in the chair. The subject 
for discussion will be “ Gardens and Plants in the West Indies,” illus¬ 
trated with lantern slides, to be opened by Mr. D. Morris. 
- The Death’s Head Moth and Honey Bees. — Some 
entomologists are anxious to clear up the mystery that attaches to the 
proceedings of the death’s head moth, and they hope for the assistance 
of the many bee-keepers who read the Journal. This moth emerges 
from the chrysalis in June or July. The points of importance to know 
are :—1, Does it haunt the vicinity of bee hives ? 2, If so, is it 
merely attracted by the smell of the honey, or does it go there with 
the express intention of entering the combs ? 3, How are the bees 
affected by the moth—are they alarmed by its cry and lustrous eyes, 
or will they attack it as a foe '1 
- The Yellow Anemone.—A. alpina sulphurea makes a good 
show on the rockery when planted in conjunction with other members 
of the family. As yellow flowers during the month of April are scarce, 
this Anemone is all the more welcome. The foliage, which is plentifully 
produced, is deeply cut, and enhances the appearance of the deep yellow 
flowers, which are not too abundantly developed, as in the case of others 
of the Windflower family.—M. 
- Mr. J. W. Moorman, who had the immediate supervision of 
the laying out of Camberwell Park (Myatt’s Fields) for the Metropolitan 
Public Gardens Association, which after completion was taken over by the 
London County Council, has been recently promoted to be superinten¬ 
dent of Brockwell Park, a valuable addition of seventy-eight acres to the 
South London recreation grounds. Mr. J. Pallett from Battersea Park 
succeeds Mr. Moorman in charge of Myatt’s Fields. 
-The total rainfall at Cuckfield, Sussex, during 
April was 0'37, being 1'38 inch below the average. The heaviest fall was 
0'30 inch on the 4th. Rain fell on four days. The total fall for the four 
months is 3'll inches below the average. Highest temperature, 62° on 
28th and 29th ; lowest, 30° on the 2nd; meaii maximum in shade, 51 T°; 
mean minimum, 34‘2° ; mean temperature, 42'6°. Partial shade readings 
a little below the average.—R. I. 
- The Weather during April, 1891.—The past month was 
remarkably dry, with a very low temperature, and sharp frosts in the 
early mornings. There has been very little sunshine on the whole ; in 
fact, during twelve days the sun was scarcely visible. Vegetation is 
very backward, but fruit trees are promising remarkably well. Rain 
fell upon ten days during the month ; maximum in any twenty-four 
hours was 0 33 inch on the 4th ; minimum, O'Ol on the 7th ; total for 
the month, 0-90, against 0’77 of 1890.— E. Wallis, The Gardens, 
Hamels Park. 
- The most recent issue of the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Journal, part i., vol. xiii., March, 1891, which is just to 
hand, contains much of an interesting character. It includes the papers 
read at the Dahlia and Grape Conferences, also those read at the ordi¬ 
nary meetings of the Society during last year, together with extracts 
from the proceedings of the several committees, and a list of certificated 
plants. We shall have occasion to refer at a greater length to this part 
of the Society’s Journal another week. 
- Accompanying the volume is a leaflet giving the following 
particulars concerning the Temple Show this month and the Society’s 
dinner in June :—The date of the Temple Show has now been definitely 
fixed for Thursday and Friday, May 28th and 29th. The Show will be 
opened at 1 o’clock on Thursday, May 28th, by Her Royal Highness the 
Princess Christian. The band of Her Majesty’s Scots Guards will be in 
attendance each day. Admission : Fellows, free on either day, on show¬ 
ing their Fellows’ tickets. The public by purchased tickets : For Thurs¬ 
day, 3s. ; for Friday, Is. To avoid the inconvenience of crowding, these 
tickets may be obtained beforehand at the Society’s Oflice, 117, Victoria 
Street, S.W. On the days of the Show they will be on sale at the 
entrance to the Gardens only. Gates open on Thursday, 1 to 8 p.m. ; 
on Friday, 10 A.M. to 6.30 P.M. On Tuesday, June 23rd, a dinner of the 
Royal Horticultural Society will he held at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel 
Metropole, Charing Cross, at 6.30 for 7 p.m. precisely. Tickets 12s. 6d. each, 
not including wine, may be obtained on or before Saturday, June 20th, 
on application to the Secretary, 117, Victoria Street, Westminster. Early 
application is particularly requested. N.B.—All applications for tickets 
for the R.H.S. dinner or the Temple Show should contain postal orders 
and a stamped and directed envelope. 
- The Late Mr. John Wilson. —We regret to announce the 
death of Mr. Wilson, at his residence in Maida Vale, London, on the 
28th ult., after a short but painful illness. Mr. Wikon was for a number ' 
of years in business in York, and was one of the founders and guarantors 
of the Great York Gala, and for about twenty-eight years its Secretary. 
Many old exhibitors and judges will feel regret at his death, for pleasant 
memories remain of his kindly attention and courtesy to exhibitors and 
others, by whom especially he was much esteemed. 
-The Ware Horticultural Mutual Improvement 
Society. —At a meeting of this Society, held on the 28th ult., an able 
paper was read by Mr. Alexander on “ Peach Culture.” A lengthy dis¬ 
cussion followed, in which Messrs. Brown, Smith, King, and others took 
part. Mr. A. King exhibited a dish of line Scakale and some fresh 
Camellia blooms cut from plants in the open, where they have been 
growing for the last five years with no more protection than a mat 
placed over them during severe weather. Votes of thanks to the essayist 
and to Mr. Brown, who presided, brought the meeting to a close. 
- Cross-bred Auriculas. —The cross-bred Primulas, shown for 
me by Mr. Douglas at the Scientific Committee of the R.H.S., were not 
Primroses, but self Auriculas. The parent was the lovely blue Simonite’s 
Mrs. Douglas, the pollen used having jpesn that of a dark maroon 
coloured kind, with rich golden eye. These two types, I believe, always 
preserve their characteristic eye colours respectively. The crossed 
seedlings have dark flowers of a sort of mixed tint, showing both brown 
and purple. The eye is either a fairly clear lemon or partially dusted 
with white. Now, here is a curious deadlock at the first start. If I 
cross again with the golden eye the blue will be extinguished, if I cross 
with blue the white eye will come back again.—R. Trevor Clarke. 
- Strawberries Bothwell Bank and President.—T hanks 
to Mr, Doughty and “ W. T.” for their reply to my query “ Is Bothwell 
Bank not President under another name ? ” By Mr. Doughty’s note it 
is qirite evident that what he has for Bothwell Bank is distinct from the 
variety I have. “ W. T.” suggests that Mr. Doughty must have either 
Admiral Dundas or Dr. Livingstone, which he knew to have been grown 
at Bothwell Bank. Seeing Mr. Chisholm has made no reply, I will 
endeavour to cast some light on the origin of Bothwell Bank. 
Whether the original plant was a chance seedling or an accidental 
runner dropped at the root of a Gooseberry bush I know not. The 
plant was—as my informant who had seen it, told me—growing for 
some years without any notice being taken of it, until one year it 
fruited splendidly. The plant disappeared from its old home on the 
Tay, whence no one knew, until one of the young men was some time 
after visiting his old bothy mate at Bothwell Bank, to whom Mr. 
Chisholm related his triumph in sending out as a new Strawberry that 
to which no heed had been paid at Camperdown.—G. McD. 
-At a recent meeting of the Dutch Horticultural Society 
the Floral Committee awarded first-class certificates to Messrs. E. H, 
Krelage & Son for Chionodoxa gigantea ; to Mr. H. J. Van Ileijst for 
Arum palEestinum, Veltheimia curvifolia and latifolia ; to Messrs. 
De Graaf Brothers for Hippeastrums Koningin Wilhelmina and Con¬ 
queror and Tulipa Kaufmanni ; to Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, Jun,, for 
Chionotloxa gigantea and Iris Rosenbachiana ; to Mr. J. Dibbets for 
Tulip Pink Beauty. Second-class certificates were accorded to Messrs. 
E. H. Krelage & Son for Fritillaria Walujewi ; to Messrs. De Graaf 
Brothers for Hippeastrums Hercules and Shakespeare ; to Mr. J. C. De 
Lange for Odontoglossum crispum var. ; to Dr. J Th. W. Neeb for 
Cymbidium ensifolium ; and to Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, Jun., for Iris 
reticulata var. major. Botanical certificates were granted to Messrs. 
E. H. Krelage & Son for Allium Regelianum, Chionodoxa cretica var. 
albiflora, Ornithogalums exscapum and Kotschianum ; to Messrs. De 
Graaf Brothers for Tulipa turkestanica ; to Mr. H. J. Van Heijst for 
Primulas Palinuri and frondosa ; and to Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, Jun., 
for Cyrtanthus angustifolius. 
- Summary op Meteorological Observations at Hodsock 
Priory, Worksop, Notts, for April (56 feet above sea level).— 
Mean temperature of month, 41'7°. Maximum on the 30th, 64‘2° ; 
minimum on the 1st, 23'4°. Maximum in the sun on the 30th, 116T° ; 
