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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 3, 1893. 
Events of the Week. —The ensuing week will be rather a busy 
one amongst horticulturists. To-morrow (Friday) there will be a 
sale of Orchids and animals at Messrs. Protheroe and Morris’ 
Auction Rooms in Cheapside, E.C. On Saturday Shows will be 
held at Croydon and Southampton, the latter continuing on Monday, 
August 7th. The Exhibition of the Beddington and Wallington 
Horticultural Society will also be held on the 7th inst. As announced 
in another paragraph the Committees of the Royal Horticultural Society 
will meet at the Drill Hall, James Street, S.W., on Tuesday, August 8th. 
On the 9th and 10th inst. a special Show of flowering and foliage plants 
will be held at the Gardening and Forestry Exhibition, Earl’s Court, a 
class being also provided for six dishes of hardy fruit. 
-The Weather in London. — The past week has been 
characterised by changeable weather in the metropolis. Sunday was 
showery, rain falling heavily at intervals. Similar weather prevailed 
on Monday, Tuesday was fine and warmer, but much rain fell during 
the night. Wednesday opened bright, and at the time of going to 
press it is fine. 
-Royal Horticultural Society.—T he next meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 8th, in the 
Drill Hall, Westminster. Mr. J. J. Baker, F.R.S., of the Royal 
Herbarium, Kew, has promised to deliver a lecture on “ Cannas ” at 
3 o’clock, and the Council will feel obliged to exhibitors who will make 
a special feature of these plants on that day. There will not be another 
meeting in the Drill Hall until September 12th owing to the four- 
days show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, from August 29th to 
September Ist. 
- Death of Mr. W. Thomson, jun.—W ith great regret we record 
the death of Mr. William Thomson, son of Mr. W. Thomson of Cloven¬ 
fords, whieh took place on July 30th, from pleurisy. Mr. Thomson was 
in his forty-fourth year, and his untimely decease will be regretted by 
numerous Scotch and English horticulturists. 
- National Amateur Gardeners’ Association. — The 
members of this Association held their monthly meeting at the Memorial 
Hall, Farringdon Street, E.C., on Tuesday, August 1st, Mr. T. W. 
Sanders presiding. There was a large attendance, and some excellent 
exhibits were staged. Silver medals were awarded to Messrs. H. A. 
Needs, G. Bell, A. G. Rowberry, G. Stevens, and Cook. Mr. J. Bateman 
of Highgate read an interesting paper on “ Roses for Exhibition,” 
dealing with the subject in a practical manner. A vote of thanks to 
Mr. Bateman for his essay concluded the proceedings. 
- Shropshire Horticultural Society. —We are requested 
to correct the statement made on page 75, that the Carnation prizes to 
be offered at the forthcoming Shrewsbury Show are withdrawn ; all 
classes stand as in the schedule. The special new class is only to provide 
for a contingency. Should any Carnation collections come, and we 
hear some will be staged, these prizes will be awarded just as if no special 
class has been offered. 
- A Good Action. —At the Committee luncheon of the Reigate 
Show last week a letter was read by Mr. Wells from a gentleman stating 
the very deplorable condition through ill-health of a local gardener 
whose name was given, and asking for pecuniary assistance. A list was 
handed round the table, and some 35g. collected by Mr. Steer. The 
case seems to be a very distressing one, as the poor man is in consump¬ 
tion, and there is a large family to be maintained. 
-Wakefield Paxton Society. —At the usual weekly meeting 
of the members of the above Society on Saturday, 23rd ult., the subject 
for discussion was “ Carnations and Picotees.” A large table was filled 
with beautiful specimens, some being the old-fashioned varieties and 
others were examples of the florist flowers. There were also on the 
table Stephanotis and Allamanda flowers. The discussion was opened 
by Mr. Haddock of Lofthouse, who is an extensive and successful 
grower of Carnations and Picotees. Mr. Haddock strongly recommended 
his friends to grow Carnations and Picotees. He said they were good 
town flowers, as they will withstand the effects of smoke, and by a little 
arrangement it was possible to have plants in bloom all the year round. 
- The Dutch Horticultural Society.—W e are informed 
that members of this Society have intimated their intention to visit 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons’ establishments on Saturday, the 12th inst., 
together with a few other friends. 
- Gardening Appointment. — Mr. C. Page, for some years 
gardener to H. P. Leschalles, Esq., Highams, Ascot, has been appointed 
to succeed Mr. Lee as gardener to J. B. Fortescue, Esq., Boconnoc, 
Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 
- Bulbs for the Royal Parks.—W e understand that Messrs. 
W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, have been favoured with an order for 
bulbs for the Royal Parks, including St. James’s, St. Margaret Square, 
Regent’s Park, and Hampton Court Gardens. 
- Grapes at Trentham. —Through a clerical error on the 
exhibition card the first prize for four bunches of Grapes was credited 
to Mr. Crawford in our report on page 82 last week. The winner was 
Mr. J. J. Craven, The Gardens, Allerton Priory, Liverpool. 
- Wasp Nests. —Mr. Edward Gristwood, The Gardens, Hearts 
Hill, Loughton, Essex, informs us that himself and Mr. W. Dickens, of 
Dibden Hall Gardens, have destroyed sixty-three wasp nests by pouring 
petroleum into them, applying a light and burning them out, 
- Border Maid Viola.— Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, sends us 
some blooms of a splendid Viola to be named “Border Maid.” It is to 
be a close compact grower and a free fiowerer. The blooms are large and 
beautiful, of a rich orange colour, with a distinct purplish blue margin. 
- Mushrooms in the North. — Mushrooms have been very 
plentiful in Westmoreland, large quantities being sent away for sale to 
large provincial towns. In the district around Kirkby Lonsdale, says 
a writer in a local paper. Mushrooms have been selling at li per lb. 
- The Proposed Floral Contest at Chicago. —We under¬ 
stand that in view of the small amount of encouragement received the 
Chicago Committee has deemed it best to abandon the project of an 
international contest in the arrangement of flowers at the World’s Fair 
in August. 
- Early Pears.— “ J. H. W.” observes ;—“ As evincing the 
extreme earliness of this season we have been obliged to gather the fruit 
from two trees of Jargonelle Pears on July 27th, which in 1891 were not 
ready until September 12th. From two horizontal trained trees on a wall 
with a west aspect we have gathered IJ cwt. of very fine fruit. All 
our bush and pyramid Pear trees are loaded with fruit this season. We 
have given bushels of fruit to the pigs, but still there are bushels too 
many left.” 
-English Horticulturists in America.—A n American 
exchange to hand says : “Among notable visitors to Boston during the 
first week in July was Mr. Nicholson, of Kew Gardens, England, on his 
way to Chicago. He visited, as does everybody nowadays, the Arnold 
Arboretum, and spent a few hours among the trees and shrubs. Mr. W- 
Goldring, brother of the Messrs. Goldring, of Albany, N.T., honoured 
Buffalo with a very short visit on Saturday, July 1st. Mr. Goldring has 
just returned from India, where he has been laying out grounds for 
some of the native princes.” 
- Trade in Covent Garden Market. —As a specimen of how 
the trade in this market has been developed, we understand, says a 
daily contemporary, that last week one firm alone dealt with 64,734 
packages, including—Green Gages, 27,583 ; Orleans and other Plums, 
15,138 ; Pears, 8,043 ; Peaches and Apricots, 5,002 ; Tomatoes, Salads, 
and Cucumbers, 4,077 ; Nuts, 2,098; Cherries, Black and Red Currants, 
Apples and Grapes, 645 ; Bananas, Melons and Lemons, 995 ; Potatoes, 
Pea? and Onions, 1,153. Ten years ago it was considered a wonderful 
business for one single firm to turn over 20,000 packages in a week. 
- Stuartia pentagyna. —One of the most beautiful American 
shrubs now in flower is Stuartia pentagyna ; its large creamy white 
flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, with scalloped margins resembling those of 
some Camellias, to which, indeed, the Stuartia is related. Perhaps, says 
the “ Garden and Forest,” the slow growth of this plant while it is young 
has discouraged growers ; at all events, it is so rarely found in gardens 
that it has never received a common English name. When fully 
established, however, so that its beauties are developed, this Stuartia is 
one of the most pleasing of all hardy shrubs which flower in summer, 
and it should be omitted from no carefully selected collection. It 
appreciates liberal treatment, and when planted in good loam mixed with 
peat and enriched occasionally with a dressing of old and well-pulverised 
manure it will always repay such attention. 
