March 1,1894. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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especially in the colder parts of our islands, but after this the dates 
were everywhere in advance of the average, and during the height of 
the flowering season the departures from the mean were often con¬ 
siderable. 3, “ Comparative Observations with two Thermometer 
Screens at Ilfracombe,” by Mr. W. Marriott, F.R.Met.Soc. 
THE EARL’S COURT PRIZE MONEY AGAIN. 
I SHOULD feel greatly obliged if you would kindly insert in your 
valuable paper these few lines on the late fruit and floral exhibitions 
at Earl’s Court. I am aware there have been several articles in the 
and presentations the prize money should have been paid, and then 
if there was any surplus they might have feasted to their heart’s 
content. 
I have the names of several exhibitors who like myself have been 
put to great expense in the conveyance of exhibits, and in the event of 
a test case being instituted to see who is responsible for paying the prize 
money I shall be very willing to subscribe towards defraying such costs. 
—William Howe, Park Hill Gardens. Streatham Common, Surrey. 
[If our correspondent had read all that has been published in this 
reference he would have found Mr. Turner’s announcement of the death 
of the accountant long ago. We fear most or all the money may be 
dead too. We should be surprised if Mr. Milner did not reply to 
Fig. 26.—SENECIO GRANDIFOLIUS. 
various gardening journals respecting the exhibitions, which had the 
effect of bringing a reply from Mr. H. Turner, in which he publicly stated 
the prize money would be paid as soon as the accountant was better, 
but as such a long time has elapsed sinee that announcement was 
made, 1, in common with many other exhibitors, think it is time the 
prize money should be paid, which is due to us by those who were 
responsible for the issuing of the schedule and organisation of the 
various exhibitions, such as Messrs. Milner and Turner. It seems to me 
a very flimsy excuse that because one man is ill that everything should 
be at a standstill. If they know there is no money to pay the prizes 
with, why do not they publicly announce it in a straightforward 
manner / 
I am afraid that any future exhibitions in which Messrs. Milner and 
Turner have any responsibility will not be patronised by the general 
body of exhibitors. Before the exhibitions were over I wrote twice to 
Mr. Milner, and he did not trouble to answer either letter, and to 
totally ignore, as he has done, those who assisted him at Earl’s Court, is 
not what anyone would expect from a gentleman in his position. 
I think before Messrs. Milner and Turner were feasted to dinners 
courteously written letters, and agree with our correspondent that if 
there is no prize money to distribute, either Mr. Milner or Mr. H. Turner 
should make a public announcement to that effect. This, if the facta 
are as surmised, ought to have been done long ago.] 
SENECIO GRANDIFOLIUS. 
A LARGE specimen of this Senecio, better known perhaps to some 
readers as S. Ghiesbreghti, was exhibited at the Drill Hall, Westminster,, 
on the 13th ult., by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., and a first-class certifi¬ 
cate was awarded for it by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society. It is an old plant, and in former years was more 
extensively grown than is the case at present. The flow'ers are bright 
yellow, and borne in a huge corymbose head, as depiclei in th; illustr; - 
tion (fig. 26). The leaves, too, are very fine, and, under favourable cond - 
tions, grow to large dimensions, enhancing the appearance of the 
plant considerably. 
