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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ September 17, 1891. 
Blackwater was found in the fact that the trees were too old, and were 
never removed, Mr. Hartland had said that the Government should 
help them in that matter, but he (Sir George Colthurst) would like to 
know what the Government of Australia did to foster the industry in 
that country. They were too fond of ascribing everything that went 
wrong to the Government of their country. However, he thought the 
Government could and should do something in the way of instruction 
(hear, hear). If they could get school teachers thoroughly “ ground ” 
in the culture and growing of vegetables and in the practice of good 
pruning and good cultivation then they might hope in the near future 
to do some real good in the matter. 
The Dean of Boss seconded the proposition, and hoped they were 
inaugurating a new era in the fruit growing industry of their country. 
The proposition was carried unanimously. 
On the motion of Mr. B. Hall, “ The County of Cork Fruit Growing 
Association ” was formed in connection with the County Cork Agri¬ 
cultural Society. Mr. Hall promised to give a donation of £10 and 
an annual subscription of £5. 
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Mayor, the Conference 
terminated .—(Cork Examiner.') 
Events of the Week.— The Royal Horticultural Society’s Fruit, 
Floral, and Orchid Committees will be held in the Drill Hall, James 
Street, Victoria Street, at twelve noon, on Tuesday, September 22nd, 
and at the afternoon meeting papers by Mr. R. Lindsay of Edinburgh 
and by Mr. Lewis Castle will be read concerning Insect-eating Plants. 
Upon Friday, September 18th, Messrs. Protheroe & Morris will hold an 
important sale of Orchids at their Cheapside Rooms. This will comprise 
an importation of the true old autumn-flowering Cattleya labiata from 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co. It is the species upon which Dr. Lindley 
founded the genus Cattleya, the plant having been found by Mr. Swain- 
son, and introduced in 1818. The present plants are said to have been 
brought from the same district over which Mr. Swainson travelled. 
- Brilliant summer weather was experienced over England 
on several days last week. In London the thermometer in the shade 
rose to 82° on Saturday, or 16° above its average maximum height for 
September, and 1° higher than at any time during the previous three 
months, and on Sunday it rose to 88°. Although a cool wet summer is 
more often than not followel by a fine warm September, it is seldom 
that the thermometer at this time of year rises much above 80°, but 
it has done so on four successive days in London, a circumstance that 
has not occurred for twenty years. There have been eight Septembers in 
the course of the past twenty years in which the thermometer in London 
has exceeded 80°, but only four in which it has reached a higher level 
than it did on September 10th and 12th, During the whole of the 
twenty years, 1871 to 1890, there was only one instance in which the 
extreme warmth of the summer months was exceeded by that of 
September. This was in the year 1880, when the thermometer on the 
4th September rose to 87°, or 6° higher than at any time in June, July 
or August. Heavy showers fell on Monday and Tuesday this week, 
and there has been a great fall in temperature, the minimum yesterday 
(Wednesday) morning being 53°. 
- A new Tea Rose.—A n attractive new Tea, named Corinna, 
was shown by Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, at the recent 
Aquarium Show, It is a wonderfully free bloomer and a good grower 
The colour is salmon. If good in the bud state it will prove a valuable 
variety for cutting, as the tint is popular and pleasing. 
- An increase of premises has again been found necessary 
by Messrs. Carter & Co., and they have secured the huge building lately 
occupied by Messrs. Day & Martin in High Holborn, which will add 
largely to the conveniences at their disposal for coping with their large 
and growing trade. 
- Fruit in Kent.—A good deal of damage was caused to the 
fruit crop in Kent by the very boisterous and wet weather recently, a 
large quantity of Apples, Pears, and Plums having been blown from 
the trees, and in consequence coming on the market in such quantities 
as to keep prices on a low level. In the fruit-growing centres of the 
county most remarkable sights are presented by the Damson and Pear 
trees, which, generally speaking, are loaded to almost a phenomenal 
extent, while Plums are also very plentiful. Apples seem fairly plen¬ 
tiful, but they are “ patchy,” some parts having abundance, and others 
just the reverse. 
- The Potato Disease.— Mr. Robert Fenn writes :—“ My 
Potato haulms (dressed as described on page 193), where they are not 
ripening off a proper yellow, still maintain a remarkable greenness 
amidst the blackness of desolation around. Most prominent are the 
Woodstock Kidney, the Sir Charles Douglas, and the second plantings of 
Early Border and Ringleader. I do not propose to dig any of my trial 
rows till every green leaf has ripened, thus giving the tubers a test to- 
appear at their best or worst.” 
- Gardening Appointments. —Mr. A. Abrahams, for the last 
twelve years gardener to T. H. Wilson, Esq., Hazelholt Park, ha9 been 
appointed gardener to Lord Clifford at Ugbrook Park, Chudleigh, 
Devonshire. Mr. Robert Raisbeck, general foreman at Witley Court,, 
has been appointed gardener to Lord Heytesbury, Heytesbury, Wilts. 
Mr. J. Brand, who has been for thirteen years gardener to the late Mrs. 
Gardiner, has been engaged to continue his services at Essendene-, • 
Caterham, Surrey, by the present occupier, C. Warren, Esq. 
- The Beddington, Cabshalton, and Wallington Horti¬ 
cultural Society have decided to hold an Exhibition of fruit and 
Chrysanthemums, also a Conference on Apples and Pears for the district 
on similar lines as adopted by the Royal Horticultural Society at Chis¬ 
wick in 1888. A sub-committee has been appointed to draw up the 
schedule. The date of the Show is not definitely fixed, but it is. 
expected to be towards the end of October, in the Public Hall, 
Carshalton. Mr. G. W. Cummins, The Grange Gardens, Carshalton, is- 
the Honorary Secretary. 
- Flower Show Fund at Newcastle. —It is very gratifying 
to learn that the Newcastle-on-Tyne Horticultural Society has been- 
speedily relieved of the financial troubles brought upon it by the storm 
which compelled the Committee to abandon the autumn Exhibition^ 
At a recent meeting it was announced that, after all the Society’* 
liabilities had been discharged, there would remain a balance of some 
£200 to go on with. It will not therefore be broken up. We are glad 
that the appeal made on its behalf has been so successful. The sugges¬ 
tion that a substantial sum should be subscribed, and kept in hand as a 
sort of insurance fund, is a good one, and deserves to be acted upon. 
- The Gala at Gateshead. —A northern daily asks what is- 
to be done for the Gateshead Flower Show Society. They have been 
quite as unfortunate as the Newcastle Society, for their tents were 
blown away by the gale ; and, although some portion of the exhibit* 
were shown, it is understood that the financial results of the venture 
were most discouraging. A hope is expressed that the Gateshead 
Society will receive the generous consideration of the? public, and that 
those who intended to visit the Show, but did not on account of the- 
weather, will forward to the Secretary the sum which they intended to 
pay at the gates of Saltwell Park. 
- Weather at Liverpool. —Very agreeable is the change in 
the weather since I last wrote. Instead of storm we are having a calm, 
continuous sunshine prevails, and altogether we are having the most- 
delightful weather. Short though the time has been since the welcome- 
change we can see the beneficial results on the fruit trees, and Apples 
are already beginning to assume a rosy tint, whilst Pears are swelling- 
fast, and Plums ripening. Harvest operations are in full swing, and 
bad as the outlook seemed such a very short time ago it is brighter now. 
The thermometer has registered 88°, 90°, and 86° on three of the days in¬ 
last week.—R. P. R. 
- Hardiness of Campanula pyramidalis. —There seems to 
be a doubt prevailing as to the hardiness of this species of Bellflower, 
but with us it is perfectly hardy. I have repeatedly kept it through the 
winter in the open borders, and for several years past we have had one 
or more self-sown plants in flower that have wintered with their roots 
well established in rough stone walls. If a plant will live through such 
a winter as that of 1890 and 1891 unprotected, it must be considered 
perfectly hardy, and although we had none of the Campanula pyra¬ 
midalis in the borders, a strong wall plant came out of the ordeal quite 
uninjured, and is flowering well at the present time. Although quite 
hardy, I yet prefer the species for pot culture as it is most effective in 
conservatories while those in the open are nearly always spoilt in 
appearance by either strong sunshine, wind, or rain.— Somerset. 
