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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ April 28, 1887. 
Rose feasts, and, since Ipswich is a moveable one, use jour influence to 
get it “translated.” 
Wliat leading people they are at Moreton-in-Marsli ! A £10 jubilee 
prize offered for twenty-four Roses, and the fixture in time. They arc 
well ahead of other Societies in more ways than one. How are other 
people’s Roses I wonder, ours are severely crippled by the frost, especially 
H.P.’s.— Essex Curate. 
Gardening Appointment. —We are informed that Mr. J. Horton, 
for several years general foreman at Welbeck, has been appointed 
successor to the late Mr. Richard Carr as head gardener to the Duke 
of Portland. We also learn that Mr. J. Thomas, who formerly 
served as a student at Shardeloes, succeeds the late Mr. Bailey in 
charge of those gardens. 
- It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that 
Mr. William Bardney seeks an appointment as head gardener. His 
work at Norris Green, his writings in this Journal, and the testimony of 
gentlemen of authority as to his habits and abilities, entitle Mr. Bardney 
to a position in the front rank of British gardeners. 
-A well-known and respected gardener, Mr. Thomas Bailey, 
who for half a century has had charge of the gardens at Shardeloes, 
Amersham, Bucks, died suddenly on the 17th inst. in his eighty-first 
year. He was born at Croydon, October 13th, 1806, and commenced 
his career in a market garden, proceedins- subsequently to Addington 
Park and Althorpe Park, and became head gardener at Delapre Abbey, 
where he remained for eleven years, leaving there for Shardeloes in 1838. 
Mr. Bailey has been celebrated as an exhibitor both of plants and fruitfj 
but his handsome specimen Pelargoniums have gained him many 
honours. Bailey’s Green Flesh Melon is one of his productions, and he 
also raised several distinct and meritorious varieties of vegetables. 
■- Presentation to a Gardener. —We are informed that Mr. 
William S. Bissett, head gardener and land steward to Sir R. D- 
Moncreiffe, Bart., of Moncreiffe, Perth, N.B., has been presented with a 
gold watch, gold pendant, and a purse of sovereigns by a large number 
of his friends as a mark of the high esteem and regard which he has 
gained during the thirty years in which he has discharged the multi¬ 
farious duties of his responsible position. 
- We are desired to state that the Southwell Horticul¬ 
tural and Cottage Gardens Society’s Show will be held on 
July 21st, 1887. 
- “As an example of The Mildness op the Climate on the 
North Wales Coast I may mention that,” “Bradwen” writes, “ a fort¬ 
night ago I saw in a somewhat sheltered position a fine Camellia loaded 
with fully expanded blooms, and was informed by the gardener that the 
fi 'st bloom on the same plant was cut on St. David’s Day, March 1st. 
Other large healthy Camellias near were also well advanced towards 
blooming. A few years ago in the same neighbourhood (near Barmouth) 
I saw several Camellias flowering at Christmas, and in the same grounds 
at that time were large numbers of Gum Trees, which in the suc¬ 
ceeding hard winters were cut down. At Barmouth now there 
are in the gardens of Dr. Lioyd some plants of the latter that have stood 
through two winters uninjured ; also we find Pansies carrying blooms 
that would be highly creditable in the height of the season. Fuchsias in 
ordinary seasons may be safely left in th; ground through the winter 
and a large hedge of Myrtle in the vicinity is a wonder. This would, how- 
ever, be far more ornamental and attractive but for the barbarous clip¬ 
ping it annually receives.” 
i - Those who are desirous of adopting the vernacular names 
of PLANTS in preference to the Latin or Greek titles in general use, can 
form an idea of the kind of nomenclature they would introduce from a 
paper on “ Chippeway Plant Names,” by Mr. L. H. Bailey, jun., that 
was recently published in the “ Botanical Gazette,” and of which we 
have received a copy. About fifty common plants are selected, and the 
names in nearly all cases are remarkable for their length. A few 
examples will indicate their character. Cornus canadensis is Shashago- 
minan, Sarracenia purpurea is Masgikwamotask, Lycopodium clavatum 
is Bashginakwambagon, Achillea millefolium is Tchatchamosikan, Clin- 
ionia borealis is Ashkashkataminakwai, and Taxus canodensis is Kakagi- 
wantag. The Elder is known as Babashgisikanatig and the Mushroom 
is termed Washashkwatan. Probably some persons will still prefer- 
names derived from the ‘ dead ” languages. 
- Celsia cretica for conservatories. —Mr. W. Jordan sends; 
us from Tilgate a flowering spike of this border plant, with the following 
remarks :—“ This old but useful plant ought to be more generally culti¬ 
vated. I have about a dozen and half of plants flowering in the conser¬ 
vatory here, arranged with Ferns and various flowering plants, that are 
much admired. The seeds were sown towards the end of last June, and 
the plants grown in a cool house through the winter ; in fact the same 
treatment required to grow herbaceous Calceolarias will suit the Celsia 
in every respect.” The spike referred to is 2^ feet long, two-thirds of 
the length being covered with soft yellow flowers, 2 inches in diameter,. 
and expanding buds. We can quite understand how effective such 
spikes must be towering above Ferns and other dwarf plants in conser¬ 
vatories at this period of the year. 
- Daffodils.—“ S.” writes, “ Visitors to the metropolitan shows- 
during the past month have had ample opportunities of judging the 
respective merits of the multitudes of Daffodils now in cultivation.. 
Many of these are so beautiful and graceful that it is not surprising 
their popularity has increased so rapidly ; but there is perhaps too great 
a tendency to multiply minute variations, and it is to be feared that 
this will exercise some check on would-be purchasers. Those who 
exhibit would do well to render their contributions more like selections, 
than collections, and by only representing the more distinctly marked 
forms they would be less likely to perplex the uninitiated. An excellent 
collection of these plants has been formed in the Trinity College- 
Botanic Gardens, Dublin, by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, and I hear that he? 
was recently honoured by a visit from Lady Londonderry and suite- 
specially to see the Daffodils. By the way, how is it that we hear 
nothing of the work of the Daffodil Committee appointed by the Royal 
Horticultural Society ? Their labours can be of little use if they are not 
made public. If the Hon. Sec. could provide us with a resume of their- 
work for the present season it might be of some service.” 
- Narcissus cyclamineus.— “ M. S.” writes:—“In reference- 
to this plant, concerning which I sent you some notes last week, I find 
that in some of the statements I have been misled by information from 
a private source which I had no opportunity of confirming at the time- 
Neither of the Budbecks had aught to do with the ‘ Theatrum Floras ” 
mentioned, nor did Farkinson describe a figure among Narcissus in the 
Theatrum Botanicum,’ Haworth’s reference only relating to Rudbeck’s, 
‘ Campi Elvsi.’ The elevation at which the plant grows should have 
been 300 instead of 3000 feet.” 
-- - The Lindley Library. —Owing to the death of Mr. Thomas 
Moore, the number of trustees (other than the official ones connected 
with the Royal Horticultural Society) had become reduced to two—viz., 
Dr. Hogg and Dr. Masters, the only survivors of the original seven > 
Under these circumstances it became, in the words of the trust deed, 
“ a moral obligation ” to fill up the vacancies. This has accordingly 
been done by the election of three new trustees in the persons of 
William Carruthers, Esq., President of the Linn;ean Society, Keeper of 
the Botanical Department, British Museum ; George Maw, Esq., F.L.S., 
of Kenley, Surrey ; and Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., of Chelsea. The 
official trustees are the Treasurer and Secretary of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society for the time being. Though connected in a measure with 
the fortunes of the Royal Horticultural Society, the library is essen¬ 
tially an independent institution, and is open to the general public as 
well as to Fellows of the Society, under proper regulations, and under 
certain conditions books are allowed to be borrowed. The funds at the 
disposal of the trustees are, unfortunately, too small to allow of much 
more than the purchase of periodicals, while the room in which it is 
lodged is so inconvenient of access that the utility of the library is- 
seriously impeded. In any change of site or other circumstance con¬ 
nected with the Royal Horticultural Society, the question of adequate 
accommodation for the library and its proper maintenance must have 
earnest consideration. In the meantime, donations of books or of funds 
will be thankfully welcomed by the trustees. 
