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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ December 15, 1992. 
- Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.— It has been resolved that an 
election for eight children to be placed on this Fund shall take place at 
the annual meeting in February. 
- Death op Mr. H. T. Stainton. —We regret to record the 
death of this eminent entomologist, which took place recently. Mr. 
Stainton was in his seventieth year, and for a long period he acted as 
Secretary to the Linnaean Society. He was well known among 
scientific men. 
- A Bouquet for Mrs. Gladstone.—W e are informed that 
during the Premier’s visit to Liverpool recently to receive the freedom of 
the city, Mrs. Gladstone was pleased to accept a very handsome bouquet 
of choice Orehids, presented by a daughter of Mr. John Cowan on 
behalf of the Liverpool Horticultural Co. 
- National Footpath Preservation Society.—T his Society 
continues to do good. According to the annual statement just issued 
the cases of footpath interference and encroachments dealt with from 
October 1st, 1891, to September 30th of this year were 157. Since its 
foundation eight years ago the Society has dealt with 880 cases. 
- Outdoor Roses in December. —A correspondent writes:— 
“ I notice that people in various parts of the country are writing to the 
papers, stating that they have Roses growing in their gardens at the 
present time. It may interest your readers to know that on Saturday, 
December 3rd, I saw Roses in full bloom on the walls of several houses 
in villages on the foot of the Yorkshire wolds.” 
- Jasminum nudiflorum and Cotoneaster microphylla. 
—What a delightful contrast is made by the bright yellow of the 
winter Jasmine and the pleasing red of the Cotoneaster berries, enhanced 
also by the dark green leaves of the latter. I have these two shrubs 
so growing together that it makes one wish to see more similar examples. 
I never saw the Jasmine flowering more freely than now.—M. S. 
-Another Yellow-flowered Calla. — Yellow-flowered 
Callas will soon be as common as the white forms. I am informed that 
Mons. J. B. A. Deleuill, a well-known nurseryman of Marseilles, has 
a splendid yellow Calla of hi3 own raising. The new hybrid is said to 
be a cross between C. hastata and C. albo-maculata, and is of dwarf 
habit with chrome-yellow spathes. The foliage is spotted, like one of 
its parents. It will be known as Richardia aurata.—H. 
- National Amateur Gardeners’ Association. — The 
members of this Association held their second annual dinner at the 
Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday, December 13th. Mr. T. W. Sanders, 
the President, occupied the chair, and there were upwards of 100 ladies 
and gentlemen present. Alluding to the Association, the Chairman 
said, although started but two years ago, unprecedented progress had 
been made, there being 408 members on the books. There were 
also one branch of the Association at Liverpool and several affiliated 
societies, including one in Tasmania. The medals and certificates won 
during the year were distributed, and with the aid of a capital musical 
entertainment a most enjoyable evening was spent. 
- Berry-bearing Shrubs.—T he note by “ T. A.” (page 510) 
referring to berry-bearing shrubs calls to my mind a beautiful sight that 
I saw in Kent in the autumn. This was on the road leading from 
Eynsford railway station to Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons’ seed farm. The 
hedges were literally aglow with berries of many kinds and shades, 
from a bright crimson to a dark purple, forming a sight better imagined 
than described. The soil appeared to be dry, light, and rather chalky, 
which to a certain extent may account for the profusion of the berries 
and the luxuriance of the wild Clematis, that made an additional charm 
to the lovely scene. Perhaps Messrs. Cannell can tell us something 
about these wild berry-bearing shrubs.—C. 
- The Wakefield Paxton Society.—A t the recent meeting 
of this Society Mr. Pitts, gardener to Dr. Kendall (Walton), read a 
practical paper on “ Winter Digging and Manuring.” In the course of 
his remarks, Mr. Pitts strongly recommended the carrying out of all 
digging and trenching operations before the close of the year, in order 
that the soil might be well aerated and broken down by the frosts. He 
enumerated most of the leading manures used in farming and gardening 
operations, explaining the results of their application upon the various 
crops; but, after all, he pinned his faith upon ordinary farmyard 
manure. In the course of a long and interesting discussion which 
ensued, some exception was taken to the lecturer’s dogmatism in the 
latter respect. Mr. Pitts, in reply, maintained his position, and showed 
he had good grounds for his faith in farmyard manure. 
- Apples in Ontario. —It is estimated that Ontario, Canada, 
had an Apple crop this year, including the autumn and winter varieties, 
of 3,384,179 barrels. 
- Bauhinia grandiflora. —According to the Revue Horticole 
this plant has flowered for the last few years in the open air at the 
Botanic Gardens, Lisbon. It is a magnificent stove plant, and is not so> 
generally grown in this country as it might be. 
- Death of Dr. Hawksley.— Mr. Thomas Hawksley, M.D. r 
founder of the National School of Handicrafts for Destitute Boys at 
Chertsey, at a cost of £30,000, and formerly in extensive practice in 
London, died at Chertsey on December 13th, at the age of seventy. 
- Baldwin Apples. —It is stated that the original Baldwin 
Apple tree was discovered in Wilmington, Mass., in 1784. In 1835 it 
was recorded that William Winn of Woburn sold 400 barrels of Baldwin 
Apples to a dealer in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, which was said to- 
be the largest crop raised by any person at that time. It is at the 
present time one of the most popular foreign Apples sold in our markets. 
- Croci.—I am glad to see that Mr. Arnott is keeping up the 
Croci, and shall be pleased to send him a batch of Ochroleucus when lifting¬ 
time comes. I flowered the first bulb of Scharojani seen in England 
from an odd bulb amongst some others sent me by our poor invalid 
friend Maw. I sent him the bulb, but never got the sort again. It 
flowered in July.— R. T. Clarke. 
-Narcissi in the Scilly Islands.—I t is said that in the 
Islands of Scilly it is not a rare sight to see hundreds of thousands of 
beautiful Narcissi in bloom in the field in February and March months,, 
and the Narcissi crop now takes precedence of the Potato. Many who 
grew Potatoes largely a few years ago now grow none at all. One 
grower, Mr. Francis Watts, will have under cultivation this season 
twenty acres of Narcissi alone, comprising over 100 varieties. 
- Artificially Coloured Flowers. —An American contempo¬ 
rary regrets, and rightly, that artificially coloured flowers are again 
becoming fashionable in New York. Not many months ago green 
Carnations were popular in London, but in due course the public taste 
changed and the artificially coloured blooms gave place to those of a 
natural shade. The fashion, however, has re-appeared in trans-Atlantic 
circles, and we are told that bluish-green Chrysanthemums have been 
prevalent in the capital of the United States this autumn. They are 
described as looking “ like paper flowers manufactured by some artisan 
with uncommonly bad taste.” 
- Glass Bricks for Greenhouses.—A new feature in the 
construction of greenhouses has recently appeared in Europe, says the 
“ Garden and Forest.” Mr. Falconnier, an architect at Nyon, Switzer¬ 
land, has invented a hollow brick, which is made of glass. These bricks 
are not only capable of being used in greenhouse construction, but 
there already exists a house in the park Tete d’Or, at Lyons, France, 
in which such bricks have been used in connection with iron for the 
arches of the framework. The bricks are used as ordinary bricks 
would be, and are fastened together either with lime, cement, or plaster. 
They are translucent, and are blown in the same manner as glass 
bottles are, in order to make them hollow. They are 20 centimetres 
long, 14 centimetres wide, and 115 millimetres thick (say 8 inches long, 
5 5 inches wide, and 4'5 inches thick), and sell for 24 francs a hundred ; 
this price, however, could be much reduced in case of a growing demand 
for them. 
- Liverpool Horticultural Association. — The sixth 
annual dinner in connection with the above Association, held at the 
Grand Hotel, Lime Street, on Saturday evening, was a distinct success, 
the attendance numbering about 130. W. Fletcher Rogers, Esq., the 
Hon. Treasurer, presided, and he was supported by Mr. Thomas 
White, Chairman of the Association, and Mr. R. W. Ker. After the 
usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been proposed, Mr. R. W. Ker 
gave that of the Liverpool Horticultural Association, and spoke of several 
who had passed away since the last annual gathering, and also paid a 
tribute to the memory of the late Mr. John Downie of Edinburgh. 
He went on to speak of the class of plants which used to be exhi¬ 
bited in bygone years and those of the present day, and urged gar¬ 
deners not to forget some of their older friends, which had had to 
give way to the prevailing fashion of the day, which might only be of 
a fleeting character. Mr. T. White briefly followed, stating that this 
year was the best both as regarded finance and quality of exhibits 
that the Society had ever had.—R. P. R. 
