December 10, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
227 
W. GOIDOR, 
IMPORTER OF ORCHIDS 
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 
AN IMMENSE STOCK 
Of recently imported plants compels a sale of the established 
plants to make room. They hare not yet flowered, but are all 
flowering plants, and must be sold at a great sacrifice. Very 
valuable varieties are certainly to be obtained, and great bargains. 
See public journals for high prices recently obtained. The 
Special Offer affords a paying investment to anyone with glass 
at command, which should not be overlooked ; such plants may 
never again be offered to the public and the trade. 
LiLIUM AURATUM forCHRISTMAS PRESENTS 
Fourth arrival of G,00Q Bulbs—the best that money can buy> 
4d., 6cl, 9d., Is., Is. 6 d. Specially imported Non Plus Ultra 
bulbs, 2s. Gd. each ; very liberal allowance to the trade. 
LILIUM ALBUM KR&TZERI. 
The most lovely white Lily grown ; throws seven to ten 
flowers, which sell in market at 2s. per dozen. Beautiful and 
rare, Is. each ; 10s. per dozen. 
LILIUM SPECIOSUM RUBRUM CRUENTUM. 
The dark form of this lovely Lily, most exquisitely marked, 
Is. each. ; 10s. per dozen. 
Lilium auratutn, platyphyllum, riibro-vittatum, 
'crimson, striped with gold. 
YIRGINALE. 
Pure white, and spotted with gold band. All these lovely 
new and distinct forms of Auratum suitable for show purposes ; 
very fine bulbs, 5s. each. 
LILIUM HARRISI. 
10s. per dozen ; and all other Lilies equally cheap. 
BANKSIAN SILVER MEDAL AWARDED AUGUST, 1SS7. 
JAPANESE NOVELTIES—80 varieties Iris, Tree Paeonies, 
Maples, Camellias, Azaleas. Please apply for Special Offer to 
W. GORDON, 
The Nurseries, Amyand Park Road 
TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX. 
Qrreat Clearance Sale of 
BARR’S 
ele ™ BULBS, 
At Greatly Eeduced Prices, * 
ALL IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
Price List free on application. 
BARR & S0N, 
12 & 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
To those about to Plant Roses, &c. 
E WING’S CATALOGUE contains short 
and plain cultural notes, besides descriptions and prices 
of the best Roses, and, in addition, 2S pages are devoted to 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Climbing Plants, Horti¬ 
cultural Requisites, &c. It is forwarded, post free, to applicants 
on receipt of three penny stamps, or gratis to customers. 
Abridged List of low-priced, carriage and package free Collec¬ 
tions of high-class Roses gratis and post free. 
Royal Horticultural Society, 
South Kensington, S.W. 
A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of 
-Al_ the Fellows will be held at Two o’clock, p.m., on 
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13th, in the Conservatory, to receive 
a report from the Council, and to consider the statements and 
proposals contained therein. 
N.B.—Entrances N.E. Orchard House, Exhibition Road, and 
east side of Royal Albert Hall. 
B irmingham and midland 
COUNTIES CHRYSANTHEMUM, FRUIT AND 
FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The next EXHIBITION OF 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FRUITS, &c , will be held in the 
Town Hall, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 21st and 
22nd, 1SSS. Schedules of Prizes will be issued in dne course. 
J. HUGHES, Secretary. 
Northwood Villas, Metehley Lane, Harborue. 
Preston and Fulwood Horticultural Society. 
President : 
Alderman GEORGE GALLOWAY, Esq., J.P. 
Treasurer: 
JAMES B. DIXON, Esq. 
T he tenth great spring elower 
SHOW AND FLORAL FETE will be held in the large 
new Public Hall, Preston, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 21st 
and 22nd of March next. Persons wishing for space should 
make early application. Schedules of Prizes and all other 
information from 
Mr. JOHN ATHERTON, Hon. Secretary. 
Fern Bank, Cadley. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Dec. 12th.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, Dec 13th.—Royal Horticultural Society: Meeting of 
Fruit and Floral Committees at 11 a.m. General Meeting 
of the Fellows at 3 p.m. National Chrysanthemum Society: 
Annual Dinner at Anderton’s Hotel at 6.30. p m. 
Wednesday, Dec. 14th.—Sale of Orchids in Flower, Lily Bulbs, 
Carnations, &c., at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Lily Bulbs at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, Dec. loth.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, Dec. 16tli.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's 
Rooms. 
Saturday, Dec. 17th.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms; and of Carnations and Picotees, Roses, 
&c., at Stevens’ Rooms. 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Aigburth Brussels Sprouts 234 
Amateurs’ Garden. 231 
Begonias, Tuberous . 229 
Birchlands . 229 
Brachysema ianceolata.... 234 
Chrysanthemum, Emily 
Dale . 235 
Chrysanthemum Flower 
Classes . 229 
Chrysanthemum Shows .. 236 
Cypripediums, Twin- 
flowered. 236 
Daphne odora rubra. 232 
Floriculture. 236 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 235 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.. 22S 
Guernsey Floral Enterprise 22S 
page 
Lapagerias at Forest Hill.. 232 
Nerine Mansellii. 234 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar. 236 
Pleroma macranthum flori- 
bundum. 234 
Primula obconica . 234 
Priorwood, Melrose. 230 
Royal Horticultural Scty. 227 
Scottish Notes.-231 
Seeds and Seedsmen. 230 
Sugar, Cheap . 22S 
Thyme, Fra-er’s Silver_ 235 
Tobacco, Home-grown_ 228 
Treboth Hall . 235 
Tweed Vineyard, the. 232 
Vanda spathulata . 233 
Viola Blue Bell . 234 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887. 
EWING & Co., 
SEA VIEW NURSERIES, HAVANT,^HAMPSHIRE. 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUIT TR EES AND R OSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
Post Free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Proses Post Free. 
THOMAS RIYERS & SON, 
NURSERIES, SA WBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
LAINC’S LARGE COLLECTIONS 
OF 
FRUIT TREES, 
ROSES, VINES, &c. 
Areexceptionallyfinethisseason; in- 
..—spection invited. Railway Station, 
^£)£ mA" Catford Bridge. Catalogues gratis. 
JOHN LAING & SONS, 
Nurseries, FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E, 
The Royal Horticultural Society.— The 
Council of this unfortunate society have 
convened a meeting of the Fellows at South 
Kensington for Tuesday next, when that 
body will lay before the assembly a state¬ 
ment of the position in which the society is 
placed, and whether or not prepared with 
practical suggestions will, doubtless, invite 
some from the Fellows. It is not so long since 
—but in a more congenial season—that tire 
Fellows were called together to hear a state¬ 
ment from Sir Trevor Lawrence, the president— 
a statement very ably and fairly put, and in 
which the grave difficulties that encompassed 
the society were clearly shown. The Council, 
having a vivid recollection of the utterly 
inane and impracticable outcome of that 
meeting can barely look to the gathering of 
Tuesday next with any degree of hope. The 
foolish suggestions put forth at the earlier 
meeting will hardly he repeated now, and it 
seems as if none whatever would be made 
from outside the Council, unless some Fellow 
or other is bold enough to submit some 
drastic proposals, such as we have from time 
to time advocated, and which largely have 
found response in the minds of horticulturists 
generally. 
At present there seems to be little evidence 
of such intention, and, indeed, we have little 
hope of such, judging by the remarkable lack 
of interest in the society’s welfare shown on 
almost every hand. Were there any general 
concern existent in horticultural circles as to 
the condition of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, the gardening papers would have 
been flooded with letters from correspondents. 
It is true that we have had some three or 
four such, and from correspondents whose 
opinions are entitled to the fullest respject; 
hut these . two or three are mere drops in 
the ocean of horticulturists, and they will 
readily admit that the response to their 
letters is disappointing. We fear that the 
Royal Horticultural Society has, by vacillation, 
incompetency, and an apparent utter absence 
of sympathy with the great body of horti¬ 
culturists of the kingdom, literally worn out 
its former popularity. A great effort made 
some few years since to have placed the 
society upon a sound and broad basis might 
have evoked some response. How, few seem 
to care, few show any concern, and, indeed, 
of those who do so the greater number 
appear to think that the complete dissolution 
of the society would be the best thing that 
could happen, because then no obstacle would 
exist to the formation of a society which 
would not only be really horticultural, but 
would be truly national in its constitution 
and aims. 
Whilst waiting the statement of the Council 
and the outcome of the general meeting, 
we may speculate as to the probability of the 
assembly of the committees on the same day 
being the last held at South Kensington. 
We believe the Council have leave to use 
the Conservatory till March for their meetings 
if they will pay the local rates, and it is 
possible, having regard to the lack of pre¬ 
paration for the reception of the committees 
at Chiswick, that such offer may be accepted; 
of course, it would be but a tentative 
arrangement, and only afford the Council 
breathing time ere the final plunge westwards 
was taken. On the other hand, we cannot 
see why the same accommodation now found 
for the meetings at South Kensington could 
not be furnished in the large Ymery at 
Chiswick, where certainly there is ample 
room, and where a genial temperature can be 
maintained. In speculating thus far we are, 
of course, assuming that the society continues 
to exist, and on that head there is still 
considerable doubt. When we learn of 
sharp divisions in the Council, and these of 
a kind which seem absolutely unhealable, 
there is afforded ample reason for asking 
whether life is worth living, much less can 
be lived under such conditions. 
Four things press heavily upon the 
society, and seem to strangle it. First, the 
charter, which holds the society in absolute 
bondage; secondly, the dead weight of 
life Fellows, of whom there are some 300 to 
400, all claiming the full Fellowship privileges 
thirdly, the society’s liabilities, which assuredly 
must now be heavy, if the statement of the 
President made in the summer was literally 
true—viz., that by the end of the year the 
society’s indebtedness would be about £1,000; 
and lastly, a Council that is wholly out of 
harmony with the spirit of the times. It need 
hardly lie said that, crushed and weighted by 
these associations, existence must he worthless 
and usefulness impossible. The dissolution of 
the society and the formation of a new 
national body in its place would get rid of 
all these encumbrances, though, we must 
admit, it would be hard upon the Life Fellows, 
who parted with their money in good faith, 
and who, probably, if some satisfactory scheme 
of reconstruction could be decided upon, 
would not look unfavourably upon any reason¬ 
able call that might be made upon them 
to contribute something again in the form 
of donations, 
