March 17, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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may be made in a book, to indicate the parentage of 
the seed expected. The results when the plants come 
into flower will be some guidance for future operations. 
As soon as it is seen what flowers have set capsules, 
thin out the remainder so as not to exhaust the energies 
of the plant, allowing in any case but a limited number 
of capsules. 
New Holland and Similar Plants. —Although 
shading may be considered necessary on the accession 
of warm weather, yet it is undesirable in the case of 
New Holland plants, unless the sun is very warm 
during the period they are in flower. Ventilate freely 
on all favourable occasions, which will do much to 
prolong the duration of the flowers. With the increase 
of warmth, ventilation, and the approach of the flower¬ 
ing season, greater attention must be paid to watering, 
as they suffer more readily from neglect in this respect 
than soft-wooded plants. The showy petaloid bracts 
of the Darwinias become much more deeply coloured if 
well exposed to light during their expansion. Other 
plants to which these remarks apply are Pimeleas, 
Dracophyllums, Epacris, Heaths, Crassulas, such as C. 
coccinea, C. falcata, and C. jasminea ; Boronias, 
Eriostemon, Grevilleas, and others. 
Forced Plants. —As these go out of flower they 
must not be stood out of doors to make shift as best 
they can, simply because their room is required for 
something else. Deutzias, Staphyleas, Lilacs, and 
similar hardy things should, at least, have the pro¬ 
tection of a cold frame, while Azaleas should be put in 
a greenhouse. 
Seed Sowing. — For early batches of Chinese 
Primulas and Cinerarias a sowing may be made at once. 
THE FORCING HOUSES. 
The Vineries. —The early Muscat and the second 
early Hamburgh houses should now receive attention 
in the matter of disbudding and tying down the shoots. 
Great discretion and care should be exercised in both 
operations, as rash haste in disbudding may sometimes 
result in the loss of a spur, or, at all events, fruit from 
it this season. The trellis or training wires should be 
15 ins. to 18 ins. from the glass, so as to allow of proper 
head room, and where such is the case, the shoots may 
be allowed to gain strength, after which there will be 
less or no risk in tying them down. The weaker shoots 
may then be broken off at once with less fear of the 
others failing. 
Peach Houses. —The second early (or third of some 
establishments) Peach houses will now be in bloom, 
and every attention should be paid them in order to 
favour a good set. The weather is now more favourable 
to a free ventilation, and should it be cloudy or wet in 
districts through local or other causes, a somewhat 
higher temperature during the day will be necessary to 
aid the dispersion of the pollen. In those cases where 
the fruit is already set, disbudding will be the next 
operation, which should be done sparingly at intervals 
of three or four days, in order to avoid a check to the 
roots consequent on the removal of too much wood at 
one time. Commence at the top of the trees and disbud 
the lower half last, after an interval of a few days. 
Strawberries. —After these have set their fruits a 
much higher temperature may be applied in order to 
get the crops in earlier. The fruit will swell freely if 
plenty of water with frequent doses of weak liquid 
manure be given. The plants should be kept close to the 
glass, and as soon as colouring commences give less 
water, withhold liquid manure, lower the temperature, 
aud give more liberal ventilation, which will improve 
the flavour of the fruit. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Potato Planting. —Since we had the advantage of a 
drying wind during the disappearance of frost in the 
soil, the latter is wonderfully dry, and it is expected 
that gardeners everywhere have availed themselves of 
the opportunity of getting in large breadths of Potatos 
in the open ground ; in fact, all main crops of the tuber 
in gardens should be got into the ground now. 
Seed Sowing. —Some have no faith in sowing their 
Onions early, but no favourable opportunity should 
now be lost in committing the seed to the soil. Main- 
crop sowings of Leeks, Peas, Beans and similar things 
should now be made. 
Brassica Tribe. —The ground on which it was 
intended to make the spring sowings of these should 
have been well manured and roughly dug up early in 
the season, so that it could be mellowed by the frost 
which we have had without stint during the latter part 
of February and the first of this month. It should 
now be finely dressed, laid off into beds according to 
the requirements, and raked fine. Sow thinly seeds for 
main crops of Cabbages, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, 
and similar subjects for summer and autumn use. 
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HORTICUL TURAL S OCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural .—March 13th. 
The most conspicuous feature of this the last meeting 
of the society at South Kensington was the large 
collection of hardy herbaceous, border, and Alpine 
flowers, the most numerous being the Daffodils and 
other species of Narcissi, the majority of which have 
been slightly forced to get them in at this early date. 
The Daffodils, however, are the most popular with large 
growers for this purpose, both on account of their 
showy character and the readiness with which they 
flower under glass. The exhibits of Orchids were not 
numerous, but very showy, as most of them were really 
useful and popular garden plants. 
The largest group of Orchids was staged by F. C. 
Jacomb, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. May), 11, Amhurst 
Park, Stamford Hill. It consisted entirely of Odonto- 
glossums, and included, amongst others, specimens of 
0. crispum Mrs. F. Jacomb, 0. crispum (May’s variety), 
both flowers of great breadth and regularity of outline ; 
O. triumphans superbum, 0. crispum roseurn, warm 
rose ; 0. Wilckeanum superbum, 0. Andersonianum, a 
rose variety of 0. Cervantesi, and others. A vote of 
thanks was awarded for the exhibit. Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., M.P., exhibited a finely-flowered 
specimen of Angriecum Sanderiana, Coelogyne sparsa, 
and a magnificent flower spike of Phaius tuberculosus 
superbus, with a large, gorgeously-coloured and widely- 
expanded labellum. For the last exhibit a vote of thanks 
was awarded. A singular and interesting exhibit was 
made by A. H. Smee, Esq. (Mr. G. W. Cummins, 
gardener), The Grange, Wallington, Surrey. This 
consisted of a huge panicle of Cyrtopodium Saintle- 
gerianum and another of a variety with darker flowers. 
The flowers were closely blotched and banded with 
reddish brown on a yellow ground, and the numerous 
large bracts were similarly coloured. He received a 
Cultural Commendation, and also a vote of thanks for 
Coelogyne cristata (Hackbridge variety). A Cultural 
Commendation was awarded to H. M. Pollett, Esq. 
(Mr. Parks, gardener), Fernside, Bickley, Kent, for a 
grandly-grown and flowered specimen of Odontoglossum 
blandum. Avote of thanks was also given for 0. crispum 
rubro-maculatum. An award similar to the preceding 
was made to F. G. Tautz, Esq. (Mr. C. Cowley, 
gardener), Studley House, Hammersmith, for Cypri- 
pedium Measuresianum, C. Dauthieri marmoratum, 
and a dark richly-coloured C. Harrisianum vericans. 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. D. East, 
gardener to F. "Wigan, Esq., Clare Lawn, East Sheen, 
for a huge, grandly-flowered specimen of Dendrobium 
Wardianum Lowi. A vote of thanks was also given him 
for Ccelogyne sparsa. A Cultural Commendation was 
awarded to Mr. H. Perkins, the Gardens, Greenlands, 
Henley-on-Thames, for Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni, 
Greenland’s variety. G. C. Raphcel, Esq., Cook Hill, 
Englefield Green, had a vote of thanks for Lycaste 
plana. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, for a large 
and showy collection of Trumpet Daffodils, including 
all the finer varieties, interspersed with Narcissus 
triandrus albus, N. cyclamineus. Iris reticulata, I. 
stylosa and its variety alba, Aceras longibracteata, 
Primula Fortunei and others. A Bronze Banksian 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. Barr & Son, 12 and 13, 
King Street, Covent Garden, for a collection of Daffodils, 
including the miniature gems Narcissus minimus, N. 
triandrus albus, N. monophyllus, N. Bulbocodium, 
large sulphur, Scillas, Iris, Crocus, Hepatica, Allium 
Neapolitanum and others. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, exhibited a batch of Early Gem Rhododen¬ 
dron, with rosy pink flowers and of dwarf compact habit; 
a basket of Primula obconica, a white-fruited variety 
of Aucuba japonica, Trillium discolor atratum, a batch 
of Azalea pontica altaclarense, a basket of Boronia 
heterophylla in very floriferous condition, Tecophylcea 
cyanocrocus, and a new variety the greater part of which 
is white, and named T. c. Leichtlinii. A special vote of 
thanks was given for the latter, and a Bronze Banksian 
Medal for the group. A similar award was made to 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for an interesting and 
varied group of Alpine plants, including several Saxi- 
fragas, a group of Cyclamen Atkinsi roseurn, Lecojum 
vernum, L. carpaticum, Galanthus Redoutei and G. 
nivalis Sharlocki, and two new Roses, viz., Lady Alice, 
and a fairy Rose, Red Pet. A varied collection of 
cut flowers came from Mr. J. Crook, The Gardens, 
Farnboro’ Grange, Hants. These consisted of the old- 
fashioned winter-flowering Fuchsia Dominiana, Primula 
obconica purpurea, an improved form, P. erosa, P. 
verticillata, Rhododendron Lady A. Fitzwilliam, and 
a good-sized group of Tea Roses in fine condition. A 
Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. J. Anning, 
The Gardens, Digswell House, Welwyn, Herts, for a 
branch of Beaumontia grandiflora, bearing two trusses of 
white trumpet-shaped flowers. The plant from which 
these were cut—struck from a cutting two and a half 
years ago—is now growing in a 13-in. pot, trained under 
the roof of an East Indian Orchid house, and has already 
given 450 blooms. Mr. J. W. Machattie, Newbattle 
Gardens, Dalkeith, exhibited a seedling Rhododendron 
with large white flowers, purple at the base. The 
leathery leaves were rusty beneath. 
At the meeting of the Fruit Committee, Mr. Crook, 
gardener to W. Sherwin, Esq., Farnboro’ Grange, 
Hants, exhibited a collection of Apples in good preser¬ 
vation, including Orange Pippin, Ribston Pippin, 
Blenheim Orange, Royal Russet, Lord Burghley, Bess 
Pool, and others. He also exhibited a bunch of Lady 
Downe’s Seedling Grape, as grown on its own roots and 
also on Cannon Hall Muscat; the latter were in best 
preservation. A vote of thanks was awarded for the 
exhibit. A similar award was made to Mr. Divers, The 
Gardens, Wierton House, Maidstone, for a collection 
of Pears, including Knight’s Monarch, Catillae, Comte 
de Flandres, Broom Park, and Chaumontel; also 
Apples, such as Northern Greening, Cellini Pippin, 
Margil, Winter Nonpareil, Cheshunt Pippin, Cornish 
Gillyflower, Winter Quoining, Blenheim Orange, and 
large Oranges of an edible variety. Votes of thanks 
were awarded to Mr. J. Hudson, Gunnersbury House, 
for a dish of Golden Noble Apple ; and to Mr. J. 
Burnett, The Gardens, Deepdene, Dorking, for a dish 
of Calville Blanche Apples. 
Council Meeting.—A meeting of the council w T as 
held on the same day, when the privileges to be given 
to the Fellows according to the rate of their subscription 
were finally settled. Nominations were received of 
thirty-six new Fellows. The Council interviewed 
several of the candidates for the assistant secretaryship, 
and after much deliberation determined to appoint Mr. 
Charles J. Graham to the post. The agreement for the 
premises, 111, Victoria Street, was finally adopted, and 
the seal of the society was ordered to be attached to it. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Professor Thiselton Dyer, Dr. 
Masters, and Mr. Veitch were appointed a deputation 
to wait on the Lord Mayor with reference to the pro¬ 
jected show in the City of London this year. The 
bye-laws, as altered and amended by the sub-committee, 
were ordered to be printed and circulated before being 
presented for adoption. The following gentlemen were 
requested to act as an exhibition committee to draw 
up a programme for the present year, viz., Messrs. 
Barron, Bunyard, Douglas, Haywood, Laing, G. Paul, 
Rivers, Turner, Veitch, Walker, and Wildsmith, with 
power to add to their number. The council will meet 
again on Tuesday, March 20th. 
General Meeting. —At a general meeting of the 
society, held the same day in the Conservatory, the 
following candidates were duly elected Fellows of the 
Society, viz :—John G. Adams, F. Hayman, A. Lovesay, 
A. S. Montgomery, T. Y. Moore, William Podger, 
John Reid, and W. G. Rowlett. It was announced 
that twenty-eight guinea Fellows, whose names had 
been received, would be proposed for election at an 
early date, _ ^ >X<^ _ 
LAW NOTES. 
The Aberdeen Seed Dispute. —In the First Division 
of the Court of Session, on the 9th inst. — the Lord 
President and Lords Adam and Kinnear on the Bench— 
judgment was given in an appeal from the decision 
of the Lord Ordinary (McLaren) in the action 
raised by Messrs. William Smith & Sons, seed merchants, 
Aberdeen, against Messrs. Waite, Nash & Co., seed 
merchants, 70, Southwark Street, London, concluding 
for payment of £2,500, as damages for alleged breach 
of contract. On December 3rd, 1885, the pursuers 
wrote to the defendants, stating that they wanted 
“ 100 bushels real true Old Meldrum Green-top Yellow 
Turnips,” and offering a certain price “if you can 
assure us of the quality of the stock.” On the 11th of 
December the defenders replied that they could book 
the pursuers 100 bushels of Old Meldrum Turnips ; 
and on the 17th of the same month the pursuers wrote 
to the effect that if the Old Meldrum Green-top Yellow 
