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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
March 15, 1894. 
- The summer Exhibition of the AYLESBURY Floeal AND 
Horticultural Society will take place on July 5th, and a Chrys¬ 
anthemum Exhibition will be held on November 14th and 15th. 
- We are informed that the annual Show of the Fawsley and 
District Cottage Garden Society will be held on Monday, August 6th, 
when prizes will be offered for home-made jams of 1893 and 1894 made 
by cottagers’ wives. 
- Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society.—T he next 
summer Show of this Society will be held on August 17th. A Chrys¬ 
anthemum Exhibition will also take place under the auspices of the 
Society on Friday, November 9th, 1894. 
- Ancient Society op York Florists.—W e understand that 
this Society will hold exhibitions during the current year on April 25th, 
May 30th, July 4th, August 15th, September 5th, and on Wednesday, 
Thursday, and Friday, November 14th, 15th, and 16th. 
- An Address on Injurious Insects.—A few evenings ago 
Mr. J. R. Riddell, head gardener to the Earl of Carlisle, delivered to a 
large meeting of cottagers on his lordship’s estate at Bulmer, near 
Castle Howard, an interesting address on insects injurious to fruit trees. 
- Scottish Pansy Society.— The Jubilee Show of this popular 
Society will be held this year on a day not yet fixed, and in view of the 
interesting fact that it has existed for so long a time, is desirous of 
obtaining a liberal and an early response from admirers of this beautiful 
flower, so as to make the Show a large and attractive one. Mr. William 
Mackinnon, 144, Princes Street, Edinburgh, is the Secretary. 
- WooLTON Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Society. 
—The second of the prize essays was read by the winner, Mr. F. Clark, 
on Thursday last, at the Mechanics’ Institute, Mr. H. Middlehurst, the 
donor of the prize, presiding. The paper was on “ Hardy Herbaceous 
Plants,” and was admirably written. Mr. Middlehurst kindly offered 
to the Society a prize of 1 guinea for the best essay on “ Hardy Bulbous 
Plants.”—R. P. R. 
- Wilts Horticultural Society.—A t the annual meeting 
of this Society, held in the Council House, Salisbury, the Mayor 
(Charles Hoskins, Esq.) presiding, the Assistant Secretary, Mr. 
H. Nicholson, read a letter received from Mrs. Walter Henry Williams, 
feelingly acknowledging a letter of condolence which the Committee 
at its previous meeting caused to be addressed to her on the occasion of 
the lamented death of her husband. 
- Daffodils and Dry Summers.—A Gloucestershire correspon¬ 
dent tells me that Daffodils are going to flower badly with him this year, 
whole clumps showing no flowers. The drought last summer was very 
severe in that neighbourhood. Can any readers of the Journal speak 
of a similar experience ? In my garden the Narcissi will flower as well 
as usual, but although the weather was drier than usual we did not 
suffer so severely as many places did.— S. Arnott. 
- Red Spider on Gooseberry Bushes. —As “ A. D.,” page 
184, while admitting that it is quite right to “warn growers” against 
this enemy, yet politely holds me up to derision as having “ insects on 
the brain.” I thought that everyone would understand that the object 
of catching the red spiders on the cloths was to prevent their ascent 
and to prevent the “ good cultivation ” recommended by “ A. D.” of 
forming a quagmire under each bush by turning over the saturated 
ground, as I formerly did and now avoid. I am always ready to learn, 
but find nothing in “A. D.’s ” note which I did not know before, 
except the remarks already alluded to. —James Hiam, Asttoood Bank, 
Worcestershire. 
-Presentation to the Baltimore University.—C aptain 
John Donnell Smith has signified his intention of presenting to the 
Baltimore University his valuable botanical library and herbarium, as 
soon as a suitable building shall be offered for their reception, and 
provision made for their maintenance in connection with a department 
for instruction and original work in botany. They are already open to 
students in botany at the University. The herbarium is one of the 
largest and best selected private herbaria in existence, and is especially 
rich in the flora of Guatemala and other parts of Central America, 
where Captain Donnell Smith has made large collections himself, 
including a great number of new species and some new genera. This 
indefatigable collector has again started on another visit to Central 
America.- (Aaijtrc.) 
- Richmond Horticultural Society.—A complimentary 
dinner wa* given to Mr. J. H. Ford last week, on his retirement from the 
secretaryship of this Society, in recognition of his valuable services. He 
is succeeded in the office by Mr. Capel Smith. 
- Presentation.—M r. W. Brown, after many years’ service 
in the establishment of Mr. Thomas Rochford, is leaving to take a 
nursery of his own. A watch, by Benson, subscribed for by his fellow 
workmen, and bearing a suitable inscription, was presented to him 
last week in token of their esteem. 
-Astwood Bank Horticultural Society.—A t the annual 
dinner of this Society (W. E. Perkins, Esq., in the chair), the Secretary, 
Mr. H. Woodward, submitted a statement of accounts, showing that the 
income for the past year had been £100, and the expenditure, including 
£7 to the Birmingham hospitals, £90, leaving a balance of ten guineas 
to the Society. 
- Citrus trifoliata.— This Japanese plant does not appear 
to be generally cultivated in gardens. It is quite hardy in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of London, and during the early summer bears a profusion of 
white fragrant flowers. The leaves'are bright green, and the branches 
are covered with long sharp spines. In habit of growth the plant is 
dwarf, and it will thrive in any ordinary garden soil.—C. 
- We learn from an American contemporary that one of the 
beautiful trees on the grounds of the United States Botanic Garden at 
Washington is a Wahoo, Ulmus alata, which even in the winter season 
has a peculiar grace on account of its very slender branchlets. A little 
more than 7 feet from the ground the trunk divides regularly into 
branches which spread over a circle 60 feet in diameter. The tree is 
55 feet high, and its trunk girths 5 feet at 2 feet above the ground. 
- Hibbertia dentata. —This beautiful old greenhouse ever¬ 
green twiner, studded as it is at this early part of the year with its 
bright yellow flowers, is the source of great admiration. When trained 
under the rafters of a greenhouse by means of three or four wires it seems 
to be quite at home, and attains a great length in the course of a few 
years, even if allowed but very limited root room, provided watering be 
carefully and judiciously done. Loam and peat seems to suit it.— 
J. S., Grimston. 
-Nasturtium for Winter Salad. — A correspondent of 
“ American Gardening ” “ finding some chance seedling Nasturtiums in 
his greenhouse, allowed them to grow, which they did with a will, 
sending out long slender vines and tendrils and producing a rank 
growth of light colour. These shoots were tried as a salad, and every¬ 
body who tasted it seemed to want more of this cress. We should 
welcome Nasturtium, with its pleasant pungency, as a desirable addition 
to oar rather limited list of profitable greenhouse crops and salad 
materials,” and as Nasturtium (Tropseolum) leaves are commonly used 
as cress in some parts of England. 
- Shorthand for Young Gardeners.—Y our correspondents, 
“ W. P. W.” and “ F. D.” (pages 123 and 190), are apparently in doubt 
as to the advisability of recommending young gardeners to learn short¬ 
hand. To a certain extent I agree with them that the time required to 
become an expert in the “ winged art ” might be more advantageously 
employed by garden assistants. That some gardeners have derived 
benefit from it there can be no doubt, and in my own case it has proved 
specially useful. At Southampton Show last August, too, I noticed on 
the prize-winning cards of a well-known exhibitor some phonographic 
characters, which to many gardeners were probably as indistinct as 
Egyptian hieroglyphics, but were readable to— Phono. 
- Camellias. —Showy as all Camellias are at the present time 
of the year, there are many varieties occupying space that might be 
better utilised with choicer sorts. Amongst the best may be mentioned 
Chandleri elegans. There are two plants here of this exceedingly fine 
variety which have been for some time past, and are at the present time a 
“ perfect picture ” with their large pink flowers. One of these plants 
is about 8 feet in height, growing in a pot 18 inches in diameter, 
on which I counted close upon eighty expanded blooms, to say nothing 
of what had been cut and buds that are yet to open. These plants have 
been liberally treated with Standen’s manure. This variety when not 
in flower stands out conspicuous among the rest, particularly so when 
the foliage, which is so handsome is kept clean. Other showy varieties 
are Duchess of Westminster, very handsome with extra large flowers ; 
Beali, Mathotiana rubra and alba, the old imbricata. Jubilee and alba 
plena.—J. S., Grimston. 
