July 4, 1889. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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inhabitants of the adjoining town of Kingston. Here, then, the sewage 
question is solved in a practical manner, with safety to the public and 
advantage to the soil. It ought to be considered elsewhere, for millions 
of pounds are wasted when the greater portion of the sewage of a nation 
is consigned to the sea. 
Events of the Week. —To-day (Thursday) there will be shows 
<(chiefly Hoses) at Bath, Canterbury, Hitchin, Chertsey, Norwich, 
and Wanstead. The National Bose Society’s Metropolitan Show 
will be held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on Saturday, July 6th, 
when a good display may be expected, though the season has 
been a trying one, and rosarians are complaining that they cannot count 
-on a long continuance of bloom supplies. The Koyal Horticultural 
-Society’s Fruit and Floral Committees will meet at Chiswick on Tuesday, 
July 9th, w r hen the Chiswick Horticultural Society will also hold their 
annual show in the same gardens. There will be Rose Shows at Brockham, 
Diss, and Hereford on the same date. On Wednesday, July 10th, the 
Teddington Horticultural Society will hold their summer Show in the 
.-.grounds attached to The Grove, and there will be Rose Shows at 
Brighton, Dursley, Ealing, Ipswich, and Tunbridge Wells. 
- The Weather. —The weather in the south during the past 
Tew days has been cooler than it was towards the close of last week. 
Mr. Molyneux informs us that the shade thermometer registered 90° on 
^Friday (June 28th) at Swanmore, Hants. Rain is much needed by 
growing or languishing crops. 
-To Contributors.—I n consequence of the space occupied by 
-the index to the last half-year’s volume and reports of Rose shows, the 
[publication of several articles in hand are deferred to a future issue. 
- Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.—W e are 
■requested to state that the amount collected by Mr. Crawford, Cod- 
dington Hall, Newark-on-Trent, in aid of the Jubilee Fund of this 
^Institution, exceeded £10. 
- Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, who exhibited a bank of 
-Herbaceous Pmonies, Delphiniums, Pyrethrums, and Gaillardias at the 
Paris Exhibition, from the 21st to the 27th of June, have been notified 
sby Count Horace de Choiseul, President of the Jury, that a first prize 
has been awarded to them for their collection of cut flowers. 
-Peaches by Post .—“ A Cornishman” will be obliged if those 
■ of our readers who are in the habit of sending Peaches by parcels post 
will inform him of their method of packing, and where he can obtain 
! the most suitable boxes. 
- A Floriferous Azalea. —This ^designation may be fairly 
-applied to a fine specimen of the old A. indica alba which I recently 
-observed in Mr. Prewitt’s nursery at Hammersmith. The plant in ques- 
-tion was in a 20-inch pot, and had borne 150 dozen blooms.—J. B. 
- Roses and Chrysanthemums. —A Cheshire reader desires to 
know which of the above flowers are represented by the greater number 
-of varieties and colours. We imagine Roses are the more numerous, but 
have not time to count, and as some of our readers may have the desired 
information at their fingers’ ends, they will perhaps oblige our corre¬ 
spondent by imparting it. 
-In our report of the York Show last week the awards in the 
■class for ten varieties of fruits should have been—Mr. Mclndoe, first; 
Mr. J. Edmonds, gardener to the Duke of St. Albans, and Mr. Dawes, 
gardener to The Hon. Mrs. Meynell Ingram, equal second ; and Mr. 
'Blair, Trentham, fourth. The Fete was a great pecuniary success, the 
-receipts amounting to £1431 18s. Gd. 
- Strawberries. —At page 512 I observe “ W. D. S.” mentions 
'Garibaldi. Are we to infer from what he says that the variety he men¬ 
tions is distinct from Yicomtesse Hericart de Thury ? I grow a few 
plants of both. I prefer Garibaldi. I observe it is ripening its fruit 
■earlier than the Yicomtesse. The first ripe fruit from the former was 
gathered six days earlier than from latter.—W. T. 
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- The collection referred to in this Journal as that of Italian 
Plants at Oxford I have seen within the past month. It is the one 
containing the MS. notes formerly attributed to Dillenius, the con¬ 
temporary of Linnaeus, and Sherard, from the latter of whom the 
professorship of botany at the Oxford University derives its title. The 
volume bears on its outside front cover some observations relating to its 
perfect condition when examined by a former famed curator of the 
garden, the author of “ Baxter’s British Flowering Plants,” in whose 
handwriting they are made above his signature.—G. 
- Leeds Paxton Society.—A t a largely attended meeting of 
the Society, held on the 22nd ult., Mr. Joseph Smith was presented with 
a portrait of himself, subscribed for by the members, as a token of 
respect and appreciation of valuable services, rendered by him as 
President during the past three years. The presentation was made by 
Mr. W. Grix, the Chairman, in appropriate terms, and was suitably 
acknowledged by the recipient. An illuminated tablet at the foot of 
the portrait bears the inscription, Presented to Mr. Joseph Smith by 
members of the Leeds Paxton Society, in recognition of his services as 
President for the last three years, June 22nd, 1889.” 
- Mr. R. Gilbert sends us from Burghley a box of very fine 
Strawberries. The varieties are A. F. Barron, Burghley President, 
Sir Joseph Paxton, and Aberdeen Favourite. The last named is by far 
the richest in flavour, indeed of first class quality, though Burghley 
President is very good. A. F. Barron possesses much of the briskness of 
Sir Joseph Paxton. Ou page 520 last week we remarked, “ It would be 
interesting to know if A. F. Barron grows freely at Burghley.” As M’-. 
Gilbert is silent on the point, we add that it neither grows well in the 
somewhat heavy soil at Chiswick nor the light sandy soil at Girtford, 
and if it is not more satisfactory elsewhere we are bound to doubt if it 
is worthy of the name it bears. 
- Fruit Prospects.—T he abundance of blossom on nearly 
every kind of fruit tree, which gave a hope of a good crop of fruit 
generally, is not now likely to be realised. The absence of frost in the 
month of May and the otherwise genial weather during that period 
helped to develop the blossom considerably, the result being a good set 
all round; but the dry weather setting in—for we have had but one 
shower for six weeks, accompanied with an unusually high temperatuie 
—caused most of the fruit to fall. Apples and Pears are about a third 
of a crop. Plums of the Victoria type are the only sorts generally well 
cropped. Green Gages on wall trees are also good, but out in the open 
very poor. Others have nearly all fallen. Cherries of the Bigarreau 
kind are thin, other sorts very fair. Apricots very poor. Peaches very 
fair at present, but as the stoning process is now going on many fruits 
m-»y fail to swell. The only satisfactory crops are Strawberries, 
Gooseberries, Raspberries, White and Red Currants. Black Currants 
set well, but owing to the drought the fruit will be small and poor in 
quality. Figs show a go d crop, especially upon tho.-e trees allowed 
freedom in growth, while trained trees the fruit is larger but very thin. 
Should the dry weather continue a much lower estimate will have to be 
taken at the end of the season, for with a little wind I see the fruit is 
still falling.— Thomas Record, FvlMngtm Manor, Sussex. 
- The Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. —The usual monthly meet¬ 
ing of the Committee took place at the Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, on 
the 25th inst., Mr. George Deal presiding. The minutes of the last 
meeting having been read, the Hon. Secretary reported that the last 
two investments of £500 each had been effected, the total sum in the 
funds being £2500. The report of the Sub-Committee, proposing an 
addition to Rule 12, bearing on the mode of election, was passed. The 
details of the coming election and annual dinner on July 19th were 
considered, and special Committees appointed to carry out the same. 
Mr. F. Q. Lane, Berkhampstead, and Mr. George Gordon, Gunnersbury, 
were elected upon the Committee in the place of Mr. C. Howe, late of 
Benham Park, deceased ; and Mr. H. Williams of Holloway, who has 
resigned through press of business. The Hon. Secretary reported that 
the income of the Fund from all sources during the last financial year 
just closed amounted in round numbers to about £2000. Of this sum 
nearly £350 was in the form of annual subscriptions ; £900 or so as 
donations ; £260 from local secretaries ; £45 as interest ; and £400 
from miscellaneous sources, including the Covent Garden Fete. A 
cheque was ordered to be drawn for the sum £35 15s., the quarter’s 
allowances to the children who are upon the Fund. It may be again 
mentioned that the annual dinner and election of children on the Fund 
takes place at Cannon Street Hotel on Friday, July 19th. The election 
commences at 2 P.M., and the dinner will be held at 5 p.m. Sir Julian 
Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., the President, takes the chair at the dinner, and 
