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THE GARDENING WORLD 
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same material, and although standing on a stage close 
to the glass, shading was entirely removed, and oc¬ 
casional doses of weak liquid manure will be given 
until the flower stems are about 2 ft. long, after that 
time very little water will be needed. We find that if 
they are given plenty of light now, that the flowers 
come of a much brighter colour than when shading is 
continued later, and the foliage being very stout there 
is no fear of its burning.— TV. J. Ireland, Hcadfort. 
Vanda Sanderiana. —This fine Orchid is now in 
bloom in Messrs. Low’s Nursery, Clapton, and as there 
are several plants with spikes in various stages of devel¬ 
opment, the flowering season of it is likely to extend over 
a considerable length of time and will well repay a 
visit to those interested in the cultivation of these lovely 
and curious plants.— E. F. Kemp, Clapton. 
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FLORICULTURE. 
Picotee Liddington’s Favourite.— This charming 
light rose-edged Picotee has been seen in fine form this 
season, and was selected as the premier Picotee at the 
exhibition of the National Carnation and Picotee 
Society (Southern Section) in July last. It was then 
generally regarded as Liddingstone Favourite, but it is 
in reality Favourite (Liddington), and it was raised 
some years since by Mr. Liddington, sen., a grower of 
some repute in his day, but now residing at Thame. It 
appears to have been confounded with Mrs. Payne and 
grown as this variety ; and some of it having been sent 
to Mr. E. S. Dodwell under the name of Mrs. Payne, 
he noticed the difference in the character of the “grass” 
or foliage, and was able to get at its history. A year 
or so ago it was distributed gratuitously among amateur 
cultivators of the Picotee by Mr. Thomas Anstiss, of 
Brill, and is now, or at least will be next season, pretty 
generally cultivated. It is one of the very best varieties 
of the light rose-edged section.— E. D. 
New Carnations. —Mr. T. S. Ware, of the Hale 
Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, announces a new set of 
these, mainly of the Clove or Fancy section, and from 
what I saw of many of them on the occasion of the 
exhibition of the National Carnation and Picotee 
Society, at South Kensington, in July last, I am sure 
they are well worthy of cultivation. They are :— 
Bell Holliday. —Pure soft yellow without any mark¬ 
ings, good substance, and strong vigorous growth. 
Blush Clove. —A blush variety of the old crimson 
Clove, similar in habit, but with flowers of a beautiful 
soft blush ; finely scented. 
Gloire dc Nancy. —One of the finest white Cloves 
yet introduced, having a robust habit, and producing 
in the greatest perfection, pure white, large sized flowers, 
making it valuable for cutting purposes ; it is also 
finely scented. 
Captain Greetwood has flowers of a coppery fawn 
ground, or occasionally splashed with deep carmine, 
medium sized, and very free, and likely to become 
a great favourite. 
Florence is a nankeen yellow variety, large, fine form, 
and very useful for exhibition purposes. 
John Barnett is a very fine self Carnation, the colour 
pleasing, bright cerise, flowers very large, and of good 
form, hardy, vigorous, and very free. 
Lady Louisa Ashburton lias white flowers which are 
much fimbriated ; they are sweet-scented, and very 
pleasing. 
Madame Blechroder is a seedling from Souvenir de la 
Malmaison, the colour deep salmon-pink ; extra fine, 
and dwarf habit. 
Mary Morris, deep shining rose colour, strong, free 
habit, a fine and distinct variety. 
Miss Wheeler, pale sulphur, suffused with white. 
Queen of Yellows, deep bright clear yellow, good 
form ; andone of the best varieties of this shade of 
colour. 
Pride of Pensliurst, another yellow, of large size, and 
fine form ; very useful indeed for cutting from. 
Walter T. Ware, rich fawny yellow, with mark¬ 
ings of bright lake ; a vigorous grower, and very free 
and fine. Lastly, 
TV. P. Milner, also pure white, one of the very best, 
the flowers large, and of fine form. The pod does not 
burst, as is the case with some of the varieties. 
"We have called these new, and they are new, but, 
in this sense of the word, that they have been put into 
circulation during the last two or three years, but they, 
as yet, are comparatively little known. 
In another month or so rooted layers of these plants 
can be had, it may be that they can be obtained already. 
Previous to purchasing the plants the bed should be 
formed, and it should be made chiefly of good yellow 
loam with some rough sand and leaf-mould dug in with 
it, and also some well decomposed manure mixed with 
it. The soil should be dug deeply, and well stirred 
previous to planting, and it is well if the bed be thrown 
up 4 ins. above the ground-level. Plant deeply and 
firmly, and as soon as possible. 
Carnations of this class do best in the open. During 
the winter and spring months, when chilling winds 
prevail, it is well to place some sprigs of Evergreens, like 
Spruce Fir for instance, around and about the plants, 
as it will be found a very useful and acceptable 
shelter, and it will be useful also in times of frost, for 
the old Carnation cultivators used to say that if the sun 
fell upon the plants while the hoar-frost was upon them 
the leaves would crack. 
Every gardener should grow a few of these Carnations, 
they are so useful for cutting from, and at the same 
time so ornamental in a garden. These flowers are so 
sweetly scented also, that it is no wonder they are so 
popular ; and they can be credited with this additional 
merit that they last a long time in a cut state.— Quo. 
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EALING HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
Presentation to Mr. R. Dean. —On the evening 
of Wednesday, September 23rd, the officers and friends 
of the Ealing, Acton, and Hanwell Horticultural 
Society, to the number of 160, dined together to cele¬ 
brate the twenty-first anniversary of the society. The 
honour of presiding over this representative gathering 
was conferred upon Mr. Richard Dean, in recognition 
of his invaluable services as hon. sec. of the society for 
man}'' years. He was supported by the Right Hon. 
Spencer H. Walpole, the honoured president of the 
society, and by all the leading local horticulturists, 
amateur and practical. The platform of the Lyric Hall 
was made bright with a tasteful arrangement of Crotons, 
Dracaenas, Palms, Ferns, and other plants from Gun- 
nersbury Park, and the tables were made attractive 
with plants and flowers from other places. 
After dinner, in felicitous terms, the chairman pro¬ 
posed “The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family.” 
The gardener had, he said, shown his loyalty by 
naming after the royal family some of his choicest 
productions. The gigantic water lily of the Amazon 
was called ‘ Victoria regia ’ ; he had his Croton ‘Prince 
of Wales,’ his Odontoglossum ‘Alexandria,’ his Rhodo¬ 
dendron ‘Duke of Edinburgh,’and his Clematis ‘Albert 
Victor’ ; whilst the breadth of his political sympathies 
was indicated by his having his Croton'Disraeli,’ and 
his Dracsena ‘ Gladstoni. ’ 
Mr Willey proposed “Success to the Ealing, Acton, 
and Hanwell Horticultural Society,” remarking that 
the society, in which all of them took so deep an interest, 
had its origin in very small beginnings. Whereas in its 
first year the prizes amounted to £47 only, they would 
amount in this, its twenty-first year, to something like 
£250. This betokened not only very great success in 
the past, but an earnest of still larger achievements in 
the future. Surely the grand show held recently in 
Lord Rothschild’s ground, and the great and general 
public appreciation of the efforts the society then made, 
must be a source of the highest gratification, and induce 
all to put their shoulders to the wheel and make future 
shows, if possible, grander and more worthy of public 
acceptance. 
Mr. C. Atlee, whose name was coupled with the toast 
as hon. treasurer of the society from its commencement, 
said, “ that in 1867 the total income was £176, and in 
1876, the year in which Mr. Dean became secretary, it 
was £259, an increase of £80 in ten years ; in the 
present year they expected the income would not 
be very much less than £600. Another important 
feature was the gate money ; in 1867 it amounted to 
£32, and in 1876 to £69, whilst no less than £189 was 
taken at this year’s summer show. If proof were 
wanted that the society is doing a grand work, it was 
afforded by the total of the gate money, because that 
did not come from the elite, but from the poorer classes. 
The £189 was chiefly made up of sixpences, proving to 
how large a number was afforded a day of unalloyed 
pleasure. 
Dr. Christie next submitted “The President, the 
Right Hon. S. H. Walpole,” who, in reply, said if he 
had been of service to this excellent society, he 
unfeignedly declared that it was due to others and not 
to himself that it had prospered so exceedingly. The 
success of the society had not been exaggerated by his 
good friend, Mr. Willey, and it was due in the largest 
measure to the secretary and treasurer. Of all the men 
he had been associated with in work he had known 
none to equal his friend, Mr. Dean. That he could 
say with unfeigned truth. 
The chairman in proposing the next toast, “The 
Exhibitors—gardeners, amateurs, and cottagers,” said 
he remembered seeing the last of the series of those 
great Chiswick shows which commanded so much at¬ 
tention in this country, and he was prepared to say 
that they had at their summer show in Gunnersbury 
Park features of excellence altogether unknown in the 
days of Chiswick shows. At that time there were few 
exhibitions held, now almost every village has its 
flower show. The summer show was something of 
which Ealing might well be proud. When he went 
into the tent containing the table decorations, and saw 
what the ladies had done with such admirable effect, 
he never felt so proud of being their secretary. Their 
ladies’ tent was an exhibition in itself. The thanks of 
the meeting were due to the employers of gardeners, 
such as Mr. Nelson and Mr. Nye, who permitted their 
houses to be denuded in order that the public might 
have the privilege of looking upon their beautiful 
plants. The district had exhibitors of no common 
order. Mr. Roberts, of Gunnersbury Park, at the 
Crystal Palace the other day carried off first prizes for 
twenty dishes of fruit and ten varieties of Grapes. Mr. 
Hudson, of Gunnersbury House, and Mr. Chadwick, of 
Hanger Hill, had also won prizes at the best shows of the 
year. Some of their cottagers, too, put in an appearance 
at South Kensington, where, however, they were handicap¬ 
ped, as many of those exhibiting there were not strictly 
cottagers. And he (Mr. Dean) with his usual diffidence 
might claim to have done a little, for in the culture of 
the homely Potato and of the Primrose he had gained 
not a few prizes. He would take this opportunity of 
thanking the exhibitors for the exceedingly generous 
support they had given him during the ten years he 
had been secretary. Very desirous was he that the 
cottager exhibitors should be extended. But how 
could that be done with the limited number of allot¬ 
ment gardens ? Those who had the letting of the 
allotment gardens were at present beseiged by some¬ 
thing like seventy to eighty applications. There was 
a crying necessity for allotment gardens. Two years 
ago he asked whether a field close to the church and 
connected with Lady Rawlinson’s charity could not be 
applied to the purpose, and he hoped the way would 
be clear for so applying it before long. A gardener’s 
life was one long fight against some of the forces of 
Nature, but there was a potent spirit of emulation 
abroad ; and he hoped that the show held in Gunners¬ 
bury Park was only the commencement of a series of 
exhibitions still more successful, making Ealing a place 
to be envied. 
Mr. J. Roberts, as representing the honorary ex¬ 
hibitors ; Mr. Chadwick, as representing the gardeners 
in the open classes ; Mr. W. Abbot, of Hanwell, as 
representing the amateurs; and Mr. W. Farndon, 
for the cottagers, responded in turn ; when the 
toast list was interrupted in order that a presentation 
might be made to the chairman by the gardeners and 
cottagers. It consisted of an illuminated address, and 
a marble timepiece, a 14-day clock, standing 21 ins. 
high, and striking the hours and half hours on a 
cathedral toned gong. The centre of the base carried 
a gold plate bearing the following inscription:— 
Presented by the gentlemen’s gardeners and cottagers 
exhibiting at the Ealing, Acton, and Hanwell Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s Show, to Mr. R. Dean, for many 
years the honorary secretary, as a mark of their esteem 
and respect. — September 23rd, 1885. The address was 
as follows :—“ This address, together with a timepiece, 
was presented to Mr. Richard Dean by the gentlemen’s 
gardeners and cottagers exhibiting at the Ealing, Acton, 
and Hanwell Horticultural Society’s Shows, in token 
of their esteem for him as the honorary secretary for 
many years of the above society. The undersigned 
subscribers also wish to offer Mr. Dean their most 
sincere thanks for the kindness and courtesy he had 
always shown to them as exhibitors, and earnestly hope 
that he will remain for many years to come the 
honorary secretary of the Ealing, Acton, and Hanwell 
