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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 10, 1892. 
- The Weather Last Month.— October was a wet month 
with very little sunshine. We only had nine bright days during the 
month. The first snow of the season fell on night of the 21st. Wind 
was in a westerly direction for twenty-one days. We had galea on the 
9th and 29th. Total rainfall was 4*03 inches, which fell on twenty- 
two days, the greatest daily fall being 076 inch on 13th; this is 
I. 09 inches above the average for the month. Barometer highest 
reading 30 30 at 9 A.M. on 19th, lowest 29 28 at 9 P.M. on 28th. Highest 
shade temperature, 60° on 29th ; lowest, 24° on 26th ; lowest on grass, 
17° on 26th. Mean daily maximum, 50 61°; mean daily minimum, 
37*67° ; mean temperature of the month, 44*14°. The garden spring ran 
18 gallons per minute on the 31st.—W. H. Divers, Ketton Hall Gardens, 
Stamford. 
- The Weather during October at Kipley, Yorks. —This 
was a very dull month, and will long be remembered in this locality owing 
to the heavy rainfall and great floods. At 8 P.M. on the 13th rain com¬ 
menced falling heavily, and continued without cessation unt’l 5 P.M. on 
the 15th. During that time (forty-five hours) we registered 3*75 inches. 
The river Nidd rose to an abnormal height, flooding a great extent of 
country, and causing a sad loss to those farmers who had land abutting 
on the river side. The total rainfall for the month was 6*54 inches, 
which fell upon twenty-two days, the greatest daily fall being 2 44 
inches on the 14th. Frost was recorded on fourteen days, the most 
severe being 15° on the 26th. Mean reading of barometer, 29*72 ; mean 
maximum temperature, 512° ; mean minimum temperature, 31*4° ; mean 
temperature of month, 41*3°. On the 18th, 11° of frost put an end to 
the present season’s display of Dahlias and other half-hardy flowers.— 
J. Tunnington, Ripley Castle Gardens, Yorks. 
Winter-blo®ming Carnations —There seems to be no flower 
so universally required by those who can afford to grow or purchase 
them as Carnations. That applies especially to the winter-blooming 
section. Thus at Downside, Leatherhead, where there seems to be almost 
a wealth of plants of every description to furnish beautiful flowers in the 
winter, a large portion of a span-roof house is filled with plants in various 
sized pots of that fine deep scarlet Winter Cheer ; Alegati&re, Madame 
Carle, white ; Improved Miss Jolliffe, a good salmon ; Colonel Cox, deep 
red; Pride of Penshurst, yellow, and others. Winter Cheer is a 
peculiarly good grower, and produces very fine robust plants from spring- 
struck cuttings. These are either planted out, then lifted and potted in 
September, or are grown in pots in cool frames. These flowers seem 
to be indispensable for buttonhole purposes, and really give in blooms a 
large return for the labour and expense given to their cultivation. 
—A. D. 
- Summary of Meteorological Observations at 
Hodsock Priory, Worksop, Notts, for October, 1892. — Mean 
temperature of month, 44*9°. Maximum on the 28th, 59*6°; minimum 
on the 26th, 23*2°. Maximum in the sun on the 1st, 108 1° ; minimum 
on the grass on the 26th, 17*7°. Mean temperature of air at 9 A.M., 
44*1°; mean temperature of soil 1 foot deep, 47*3°. Nights below 32° in 
shade four, on grass fifteen. Total duration of sunshine in the month 102 
hours, or 3.3 per cent, of possible duration. We had eight sunless days. 
Lainfall, total in the month, 4 39 inches. Bain fell on twenty-three days. 
Average velocity of wind, 9*1 miles per hour; velocity exceeded 400 
miles on one day, but fell short of 100 miles on four days. Approximate 
averages for Oc'ober.—Mean temperature, 48 1°; sunshine, eighty-three 
hours ; rainfall, 2 73 inches. A cold and wet month, but a fair amount 
of sunshine. The mean temperature is as low as any October during the 
last sixteen years.—J. Mallender. 
Devon and Exeter Gardeners’ Association. — The 
members of the Devon and Exeter Gardeners’ Association held a 
meeting at the Guildhall on November 2nd, when an excellent paper 
on “ How a Scientific Knowledge of Plant Life can Help a Gardener,” 
was read by Mr. J. Stoneman, teacher of botany at the Exeter 
Science School. The lecture was illustrated by several plants lent by 
Mr. Bartlett (gardener to Lady Duckworth, Knightleys), and Messrs. 
Veitch & Sons of the Loyal Nurseries. A beautiful collection of Gloxinia 
blooms was also shown. Before the commencement of the lecture the 
Hon. Secretary (Mr. A. Hope) announced that he had received a commu¬ 
nication from Mr. F. Pullinger, Secretary to the Devon County Council 
Technical Instruction Committee. It would be remembered that on 
September 16th he wrote to the Committee for a grant towards technical 
instruction in gardening. The reply was to the effect that the Com¬ 
mittee regretted they were unable to recommend a grant to the Asso¬ 
ciation for the purpose required. Still, he might state that with regard 
u this matter something would ultimately be done by the County Council. 
Chrysanthemum Shows. 
The following Chrysanthemum Shows, which have been advertised 
in our columns, will be held during the ensuing week. For the con¬ 
venience of readers we append the names and addresses of the respective 
Secretaries :— 
Nov. 10.—Caine. Fred C. Henley, Caine. 
„ 11 and 12.—Bradford and District. G. B. Taylor, 102, Goodwin 
Street, Bradford. 
„ II and 12.—Derby. H. J. Bell, Normanton Boad, Derby. 
„ 11 and 12.—Leicester and Midland. W. Bell, Knighton Boad, 
Leicester. 
„ 11 and 12.—Sheffield, Hallamshire, and West Biding. W. 
Housle.v, 172, Cemetery Boad, Sheffield. 
„ 11 and 12.—Eccles, Patricroft, Pendleton and District. H. 
Huber, Hazledene, Winton, Patricroft. 
,, 15 and 16.—Liverpool. W. Dickson, 35, Victoria Street, Liver¬ 
pool. 
„ 15 and 16.—West of England. Messrs. Wilson and Damerell, 4, 
North Hill, Plymouth. 
„ 15 and 16.—Wimbledon. Dr. Walker, 12, Lingfield Boad, 
Wimbledon. 
„ 15 and 16.—Beading. W. L. Walker, Dunollie, Bulmershe Boad, 
Beading. 
,, 16 and 17.—Hull and East Biding. E. Harland, Manor Street, 
Hull. 
,, 16 and 17.—Bugby. W. Bryant, 19, Oliver Street, Bugby. 
,, 16, 17 and 18.—York. J. Lazenby, 13, Feasgate, York. 
„ 17, 18 and 19.—Edinburgh. B. Laird, 11, South Frederick Street, 
Edinburgh. 
The National Chrysanthemum Society and its Certificates. 
In the last issue of the Journal there is a letter on the above subject 
from Mr. B. Dean, and also a copy of the resolution adopted by the sub¬ 
committee which was appointed to inquire into circumstances detailed 
in your issue of October 27th. 
I trust you will give me space to offer some little explanation which 
Mr. Dean’s letter demands. 
1, Apparently Mr. Dean wishes to make something out of the fact 
that the 12th of October was not the first time Beauty of Exmouth had 
been before the Committee. I have not suggested that it was. In 
Beauty of Exmouth I knew well I had a variety which would make its 
mark, and I wrote you asking particulars as to illustrating it, if you 
deemed it worthy of such honour. Your reply was, “ First get it 
certificated by the N.C.S. and B.H.S.,” and you certainly were quite 
within your right in thus advising me. You were not supposed to 
know that it had already been before the Floral Committee. But all 
this is immaterial to the point in question. 
2, Mr. Dean says the action of a member of the Floral Committee 
in speaking disparagingly of my blooms is regretable, but it is nothing 
more than what he has observed at the meetings of the B.H.3. Surely 
“ two wrongs do not make a right” is applicable in this case. I quite 
concur in what Mr. Dean says as to his opinion being asked by exhibitors 
prior to blooms being placed before the Committee. If he had advised 
me to put my blooms “ under the table ” I should have done so without 
a murmur, and feel confident he was advising me for the best. But the 
member in question afterwards exhibited several varieties, which in my 
opinion were greatly inferior to mine, of which he spoke disparagingly, 
and as the action of the Floral Committee testified by a request to see 
my Duchess of Devonshire again, whilst, I believe, only one out of his 
several had this honour conferred on it. 
3, Here again I quite agree with Mr. Dean, and do admire anyone 
who has the courage of his convictions, and, in spite of all consequences, 
will do his duty ; but the member complained of could not think Beauty 
of Exmouth was similar to any other variety, or he would not have 
offered to have purchased the stock at a big price. 
4, The only objection raised to the awarding of a first-class certificate 
to Beauty of Exmouth was, “ It is Florence Davis, or very like it.” 
Nothing was said about its being a foreign variety. Mr. Dean replied 
to this objection in rather an indignant tone, “ But Mr. Godfrey says he 
raised it himself from seed of his own saving.” Mr. Boyce then sug¬ 
gested that I, being present, should be called forward, and he repeated 
this suggestion several times. Ultimately I was asked by Mr. Dean to 
give an explanation. I did so, adding, “ If it was Florence Davis, as 
alleged, how is it that no blooms of that variety were exhibited ? ” Mr. 
Cannellsaid there was one, and upon comparison my seedling was found 
to be decidedly superior. Still, the award of a first-class certificate was 
objected to by the member, who afterwards wished to purchase the stock 
“ at a big price.” 
Mr. Dean considers I should have lodged the complaint with him, 
he being the Secretary. Well, perhaps I ought to have done so, for the 
charge is a serious one, and its truth is yet undenied. On the other 
hand I did not consider I was compelled to keep silence, and if the 
