.July 9, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
707 
UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. 
Begonia Exhibition 
THE GRANDEST FLORAL DISPLAY 
IN LONDON. 
Open to the Public every day (Sundays excepted) 
from June to September, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. 
ADMISSION FREE. 
Our Exhibitions of Begonias 
Have been celebrated for their varied beauty and 
extent for the past few years, but the COLLECTION 
now on view is superior to any of the kind ever yet 
seen, both in single and double varieties, the shades 
of colour being quite indescribable, and must be seen 
to be appreciated. 
All lovers of fiowers are cordially invited. 
Nearest Railway Stations are Catford Bridge, Mid Kent Line 
(S.E.R.), from Charing Cross, Waterloo, Cannon Street, and 
London Bridge ; and Forest Hill (L.B. & S.C.ll.), from Victoria, 
Kensington and West End, Croydon, Ac.; also from Liverpool 
Street. _ __ 
JOHN LAING I CO., 
Begonia Specialists and Nurserymen, 
FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E. 
ROSES 
IN POTS ; all the best New and Old English 
and Foreign sorts, from 18s. to 36s. per doz. 
Descriptive List free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & Go., 
WORCESTER. 
KELWAY 55 SON. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 
KELWAYS’ DAHLIAS 
KELWAYS’ PYRETHRUMS 
KELWAYS' GAILLARDIAS 
KELWAYS’ DELPHINIUMS. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
TO THE TRADE ONLY. 
SPECIAL OFFERof PALMS and FERNS. 
ADIANTUM CUNEATUM, strong, in 4-in. pots, well furnished, 
5s. per doz. ; 35s. per 100. A. PUBESCENS, fine stuff in 2-in. 
pots, ready for 44-in. pots, 2s. 6d. per doz. A. MACRO- 
PHYLLUM, strong, out of boxes, 2s. 6 d. per doz. 
PTERIS SERRULATA CRISTATA, fine stuff in 3-in. pots, with 
crests, on 3s. lid. per doz. P. SERRULATA, strong, 3-in. pots, 
3s. per doz.; ditto, strong, out of boxes. Os. per 100. P. HAS- 
TATA, strong, out of 4-in. pots, 3s. 6 d. per doz. P. CRETICA 
ALBO-LINEATA, strong, out of boxes, Os. per 100. 
POLYSTICHUM ANGULARE PROLIFERUM, nice stuff of 
this splendid decorative Fern, 3-in. pots, 3s. 0 d. per doz. ; 
ditto, strong, out of boxes, 2s. per dozen. P. A. P. FOOTI, 
out of boxes, 3s. lid. per doz. 
PALMS.—COCOS WEDDELIANA, strong, well established in 
3-in pots, 6s. per doz. LATANIA BORBONICA, very 
strong, in 3-in. pots, 12 to 18 ins. high, 3s. fld. per doz. SEA- 
FORTHIA ELEGANS, strong, in 3-in. pots, 6s. per doz. 
CHAMzEROPS FORTUNE!.—I have a large stock in 4-in. 
pots, which will do well for decoration next winter; low 
Offer, 6s. per doz. ; 40s. per 100. 
All the above Packo.ge Free. Terms strictly CASH WITH 
ORDER. 
J. J. UPTON, Florist, Irlam, nr. Manchester. 
I > OYAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION, 
Manchester. 
A GRAND ROSE SHOW will be held on FRIDAY, July 22. 
For Schedules, &c., apply to the undersigned, 
BRUCE FINDLAY, Royal Botanical Gardens, Manchester. 
Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural 
Society. 
ROSE SHOW win be held in The 
Gardens Edgbaston, on Thursday and Friday, 14th and 
loth of July, 1887. 
Entries close July 10th. For Schedule of Prizes apply to 
W. B. LATHAM, Curator. 
North Lonsdale Rose Society (Affiliated). 
A NNUAL SHOW OE ROSES and 
TSl PANSIES at Ulverston, Saturday, July 23rd (not 22nd 
as previously announced). Three classes open to Nurserymen. 
Value to £45 and four N. R. S.’s Medals. Entries close July 15th. 
For schedules apply to G. H. MACKESETH, Hon. See., 
Ulverston. 
The Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton. 
G 1 REAT SUMMER SHOW, Saturday and 
Monday, July 30th and August 1st. £300 in Prizes: 
including £18, £15 and £12 for twelve plants; £5 5s., £3, 
£2 10s. and £1 10s. for six dishes of fruit; and others equally 
liberal. Entries close July 23rd. C. S. FUIDGE, Secretary, 
Hecktield House, Bevois Hill, Southampton. 
The Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
T HE EIGHTH GRAND SUMMER EXHI¬ 
BITION OF PLANTS. FLOWERS, FRUIT .and VEGE¬ 
TABLES will be held in SEFTON PARK, on Saturday, July 
30th, and Bank Holiday, August 1st. Entries close July 23rd. 
Schedules of prizes can be had on application to the Secretary, 
EDWARD BRIDGE, 3, Cedar Terrace, Tarbock Road, Hayton. 
Next Week's Engagements. 
Tuesday, July 12tli.—Meeting of the Fruit and Floral Com¬ 
mittees of the Royal Horticultural Society at 11 a.m.— 
Gardener’s Orphan Fund : Public Meeting at South Ken¬ 
sington.—Rose Shows at Oxford, Brockham, and Diss. 
Wednesday, July 13th.— Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society’s Show and National Rose Show at Edinburgh.— 
Sale of Orchids in Flower at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, July 14th.—Rose Shows at Birmingham, Harleston, 
and Alexandra Palace.—Sale of Imported Orchids at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, July 15th —Rose Shows at Christleton, Hereford, Hull, 
aud Helensburgh.—Sale of Established Orchids at Protlieroe 
& Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday-, July 16th.—Rose Show at New Brighton. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 711 
Aquilegias, hybrid. 715 
Bignonia Cherere . 716 
Choisya ternata. 713 
Davallias . 713 
Delphiniums . 715 
Erica Shannoni glabra .. 715 
Flowers, hardy, at Whitton 712 
Flower Show Judging .... 712 
Foxgloves. 715 
Fruit Prospects. 715 
Gardeners’ Benevolent In¬ 
stitution . 707 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 710 
PAGE 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.. 714 
Herbaceous Plants . 709 
Law Notes . 716 
Orchids at Studley House 710 
Orchids at Sudbury House 712' 
Orchis maculata . 716 
Peaches, Mildew on. 715 
Pelargoniums, Ivy-leaved 70S 
Scottish Notes . 711 
Societies, Horticultural .. 716 
Solanum jubatum . 715 
Stephanotis floribunda .. 716 
Tree, a grasping. 715 
Tulips. 709 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
Ip §arW$gii[flrfo. 
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1887. 
The Gardeners’ Jubilee Festival. —In our 
last we were only able to announce the fact 
that the annual festival of the Gardeners’ Royal 
Benevolent Institution, held at “The Albion ” 
on June 29tli, was an unqualified success. As 
we then stated, the chair was taken by Baron 
Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P., who was 
supported by Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., 
Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P., and a large 
company of nurserymen, seedsmen, gardeners, 
and other friends of the institution. The 
tables were beautifully decorated as usual, 
and the dessert, which is always a special 
feature at the annual gathering, left nothing 
to be desired. The usual loyal and patriotic 
toasts having been given and heartily responded 
to, the chairman, in submitting the toast of 
the evening, “ Success to the Gardeners’ Royal 
Benevolent Institution,” said no institution 
could appeal more forcibly both to their 
sympathies and their imaginations as well as 
to their practical consideration than this, 
h rom time immemorial gardening had been 
an occupation of pleasure and profit, and during 
late years the progress in horticulture had 
been most remarkable. Gardening enabled 
them to pass many a happy hour; but horti¬ 
culture could not exist without gardeners, 
and in this, as with many another thing, they 
were apt to forget the producer. The gardener 
was as liable to the ills of the flesh as any 
other person, and many a professional man 
who had aided the development of the choicest 
flowers for years had unfortunately found 
himself at last in the direst straits pecuniarily. 
It was in order to alleviate such distress that 
they had met that evening. Forty-six years 
ago the institution was founded hr order to 
assist by pensions gardeners who could no 
longer find the means of earning money owing 
to ill-health or old age; and also to provide 
pensions for the widows of some of them. 
He was happy to say that the Institution was 
in a very flourishing condition—was not like 
most charitable institutions,' either on the 
verge of bankruptcy or, at least, in “queer 
street,” and it was only right to say that for 
this prosperity they were mainly indebted to 
the untiring and unfailing energies of their 
worthy secretary, Mr. Cutler. Although he 
(the speaker) congratulated his hearers upon 
this flourishing condition, do not let them 
fancy that they had only come there to eat 
an excellent dinner and drink no less excel¬ 
lent whies. Let them remember that their 
money was wanted. The Society wus 
capable of expansion. It had expanded, as 
was seen by the fact that in 1846 the con¬ 
tributions were but £400, whilst in 1836 
they were £1,300. There were two reasons 
on which he ventured to appeal to them. As 
the population increased, as lands were opened 
up, new gardens appeared, and more gardeners 
were required; consequently, the claims upon 
their benevolent funds were greater, and he 
hoped they would be able to give the garden¬ 
ers and their widows all the protection they 
needed and all they deserved. The present, 
as they were aware, was the Jubilee year of 
her Majesty the Queen; there was not a class 
of her Majesty’s subjects rvho had not received 
something on the auspicious occasion; there 
was not a village where dinners and teas had 
not been given; then why should the old 
gardeners be left out in the cold 1 ? It had, 
under these circumstances, been thought proper 
to provide a Jubilee bonus for their pensioners, 
and gifts to the candidates. They had 122 
pensioners, for whom £2,161 was annually 
needed. The committee had not the extra 
amount to meet the Jubilee expenditure (which 
was estimated to amount to some £600), and 
they consequently appealed that night for 
money. It was not only a question of charity, 
but of common sense; because it was good 
to offer a stimulus to enter such an honour¬ 
able and beautiful profession. The speaker 
again referred to the progress which horti¬ 
culture had made, which he said was due to 
the intelligence and care of men who had 
gone from amongst them, hut whose memories 
were green—viz., Sir Joseph Paxton, Sir 
Charles Turner, Philip Frost, and especially 
Zacloc Stevens. By their contributions they 
might he developing other Zadoc Stevenses, 
and, therefore, he confidently appealed to their 
generosity. 
Mr. Harry J. Yeitch (treasurer), in reply, 
said that in 1839 the total income was £136, 
and they elected two pensioners, but as years 
went on they got more money and more pen¬ 
sioners. At the present time the oldest pen¬ 
sioner was ninety-nine, and this old gentleman 
had paid into the funds £18 18s., and received 
out £400. They had many more claims for 
