April 14, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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latter were well-flowered plants of Madame Joseph. 
Desbois, Madame Desir, Polyantha Anne Maria de 
Montravel, forced Solomon’s Seal and Rhododendron 
Lady Alice Fitzwilliam. Messrs. H. Lane & Son, 
Berkhamstead, also received a Silver Gilt Banksian 
Medal for a group of Roses, some of the best of which 
were John Keynes, Etienne Levet, Baron de Bonstetten, 
Marie Bauman, Beauty of Waltham, Ulrich Brunner, 
Madame Willermoz and Mignonette, one of the R. 
polyantha section. A similar award was made to Mr. 
J. James, Woodside, Farnham Royal, for a fine group 
of dwarf well-flowered Cinerarias. The flower heads 
were of great size and exhibited all the richest and best 
shades of blue, purple, red, violet, rose, and white, 
both seifs, bicolor and striped forms. The strain was 
highly commended, as also was a strain of very 
dark-coloured Cyclamens. H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fern- 
side, Bickley, exhibited a group of Odontoglossums, 
which was the largest exhibit of that class made by any 
at the meeting. The group included 0. Wilckeanum, 
0. crispum, 0. c. fastuosum, 0. Sanderiana, 0. 
Andersonianum lobatum, 0. Ruckerianum var. and 
0. Schilleriana, with a hairy disk on the lip resembling 
that of an Ophrys. All were beautifully blotched, and 
superior of their kind. A Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded. 
An interesting group came from the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, consisting chiefly of hardy plants, but including 
Rhododendron grande roseum, R. Falconeri, Asystasia 
(Mackaya) bella, Cistus Clusii, and the old type of 
Cineraria cruenta, with stems a yard in height, and 
small purple flower heads. Of hardy Primulas there 
were P. marginata ecerulea, P. pubescens, P. p. alba 
(usually known in gardens as P. nivalis), P. viscosa 
vars, P. Facchinii, P. Palinuri, with yellow flowers 
and mealy scapes ; P. Clusiana, with huge flowers ; 
and P. Allioni. Other beautiful and hardy flowers 
were Narcissus juneifolius, N. rupicola, like miniature 
Jonquils; N. triandrus, N. t. albus, and the snow- 
white Alyssum pyrenaicum. A Silver Gilt Banksian 
Medal was awarded to Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, for a fine collection of Daffodils, 
other Narcissi, and hardy flowers of various kinds, 
including N. obvallaris, N. bicolor Horsfieldi, N. 
incomparabilis sulphureus, a huge double variety ; N. 
cyclamineus, Iris stylosa alba, Sisyrinchium grandi- 
florum, Primula viscosa alba, Orchis papilionacea, a 
showy species ; 0. pauciflora, and the pretty, interest¬ 
ing Ophrys Scolopax. A smaller collection was 
exhibited by Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, who 
were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal. Amongst 
Daffodils were Golden Princess, N. pallidus prsecox, 
N. cernuus plenus Princess, N. bicolor Horsfieldii, N. 
cyclamineus, and N. minor. Hardy bulbs were repre¬ 
sented by Crocus in various forms, Puschkinia 
libanotica compacta, Leucojum vernum, Bulbocodium 
vernum, and varieties of Erythronium Dens-Canis. A 
similar award was made to Messrs. Collins Bros. & 
Gabriel, 39, Waterloo Road, London, for a collection 
of Daffodils, many of which were in quantity, such as 
N. cernuus Princess, N. Telamonius plenus, N. nobilis, 
Sulphur Phcenix, N. spurius, and N. obvallaris. 
Anemone fulgens and Dog’s-Tooth Violets were also 
exhibited. A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded 
to Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper 
Edmonton, who exhibited one of his beautiful groups 
of Ferns as grown for market. Adiantums were very 
prominent, and included beautifully coloured specimens 
of A. scutum Collisi and A. Reginae, the best of the type, 
represented by A. Victoria and A. rhodophyllum. A. 
Farleyense and A. Williamsi were also in fine form, as 
well as Gymnogramma Wettenhalliana, Cheilanthus 
hirta Ellisi, Pteris argyrea, P. tricolor, P. aspericaulis, 
and P. Mayi, all of which are beautifully coloured or 
variegated, together with P. serrulata compacta, P. s. 
gigantea and numerous other excellent subjects for 
decorative purposes. He also exhibited a fine group of 
Mignonette as grown for market. A like award was 
made to Mr. W. Hibburt, gardener to W. Clay, Esq., 
Grove Road, Kingston-on-Thames, for a fine group of 
Cyclamens of the small-flowered typical form of C. 
persicum in 48-size pots. They were dwarf and exceed¬ 
ingly floriferous, representing pure white, intense 
crimson, and all intermediate colours in great variety. 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. 
Ballantine, gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, 
Egham, for a plant of Cattleya Bluntii, which had 
large white flowers, except a pale yellow blotch on 
the lip. A similar award was made to Mc-srs. Parker & 
Sons, St. Michael’s Hill Nursery, Bristol, for Parker’s 
new Mignonette, a large-flowered and large-spiked 
variety. W. Cobb, Esq., Silverdale, Sydenham, ex¬ 
hibited a rich rose-coloured Odontoglossum vexillarium, 
named Frederick^ for which a Cultural Commendation 
was awarded. Mr. F. Ross, gardener to Sir George 
Macleay, Pendell Court, Bletchingley, exhibited some 
fine trusses of Brownea coccinea and sprays of 
Bignonia Tweediana, the latter being certificated. 
A vote of thanks was awarded to Mr. W. Kirk, 
gardener to Lady Selborne, Blackmoor, Petersfield, for 
spikes of Dendrobium nobile. A similar award was 
made to Mr. P. Davidson, The Gardens, Iwerne 
Minster, Blandford, for three varieties of Clivia 
miniata, whose flowers were of great size and richly 
coloured, and had they been under name we believe one 
of the varieties would have been certificated. They 
were raised from seeds collected in South Africa eight 
years ago, showing that little improvement has been 
made upon this species in gardens compared with the 
fine variations of the wild plant. A small group 
of border Alpine Auriculas was shown by W. Roupell, 
Esq., Harvey Lodge, Roupell Park ; one named Raven’s 
Wing was of a rich velvety purple, with a large creamy 
yellow eye. Yellow Cornish, Annesley, Nobilis, and 
other Daffodils were exhibited by J. L. Tyerman, Esq., 
Lamoran, Cornwall. Boronia megastigma was shown by 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A vote of thanks was 
awarded to F. G. Tautz, Esq. (Mr. C. Cowley, gardener), 
Studley House, Hammersmith, for Cypripedium 
Mastersiana, a distinct new hybrid kind, with a curious 
rounded standard and horizontal petals. Mr. Thomas 
Bunyard, Ashford, Kent, showed a new late-flowering 
Chrysanthemum of a crimson-maroon colour, and 
named Beauty of Lympne. 
General Meeting. —-A general meeting of Fellows 
was held at three p.m. in the new offices, 111, Victoria 
Street, about two dozen in all being present. The 
president, who took the chair, said the meeting had 
been called to consider the new bye-laws prepared by 
the sub-committee appointed by the council, but as it 
had been necessary to submit them to the society’s 
solicitors for revision and arrangement, in conformity 
with the charter, the work was so far incomplete that 
they proposed only that day to deal with those chapters 
which the solicitors had approved, and which mainly 
related to the election, subscriptions, and privileges of 
Fellows and Associates. As neither the general body of 
Fellows, nor those members of the Fellows’ committee 
who were not members of the sub-committee, had any 
knowledge of the character of the proposed new bye¬ 
laws until they entered the room, and were then given 
copies of the same as passed by the committee, but not 
as subsequently revised by the solicitors, Dr. Masters, 
as chairman of the Fellows’ committee, suggested that 
the consideration of the new proposals should be 
postponed until the Fellows had had time to examine 
them, but after some discussion the honorary secretary 
read the old and new bye-laws clause by clause, and 
chapters two, three and four were adopted. 
The president stated that the council hoped to be 
able to hold an exhibition in the Inner Temple Gardens 
on May 17th next, and nominated the following com¬ 
mittee to carry out the arrangements :—Rev. W. Wilks 
(chairman), Mr. T. Baines, Mr. H. Herbst, Mr. Harry 
Turner, Mr. H. Williams, and Mr. Howard, Southgate. 
The president had also been in communication with 
the authorities of the Corn Exchange in the City, and 
it was not improbable that they would be able to hold 
an exhibition there of autumn flowers and fruits at the 
end of September ; the council also had under con¬ 
sideration a proposal to hold a Chrysanthemum and 
fruit show at Chiswick in November. The names of 
166 guinea Fellows, and thirty-six two and four guinea 
Fellows were then read, and their election agreed to. 
Two Associates were also elected by the council in 
accordance with the new rules. 
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By the death of Mr. William Henry, the raiser of 
Henry’s Prize Leek, Berwickshire has lost a worthy 
son, and a gardener of eminent ability. Born at 
Prestonhaugh, on the banks of the Whitadder, about 
the beginning of the present century, William Henry 
was one of the four sons of William Henry, blacksmith 
there—a hard-working, upright man, long held in the 
highest respect in the district. Three of the sons took 
to the anvil with their father, but William’s taste went 
out towards gardening, and he was at an early age 
apprenticed to Mr. Munro, gardener, Duns Castle. 
After completing his apprenticeship, he was eleven 
years gardener at Cumledge, and afterwards for twenty 
years at Broomhouse. At both places he has left en¬ 
during evidence of his remarkable skill as a landscape 
gardener ; notably so at Cumledge, where the approach 
to the mansion, and grounds around the house, laid 
out under his direction, testify to his artistic taste in 
adapting rich natural advantages to the requirements 
of modern gardening, in the production of a pleasure 
garden of great attractiveness and beauty. 
Ardently fond of all the branches of his profession, 
and excelling in that just referred to, William Henry 
had at the same time his hobby. It was that of Leek 
culture. Discerning in his earlier years at Cumledge 
that the Leeks in cultivation might be greatly improved, 
ho resolved on producing a hybrid from the best Scotch 
and Dutch varieties. In this effort he was successful, 
and in 1852 astonished horticulturists all over the 
country by the Leeks of his new variety, named after 
himself, which he sent to the principal shows in 
Scotland and England. Wherever shown they usually 
outstripped all opposition, and for many years the 
“Henry’s Prize” Leek occupied a premier position. It 
was his custom to sow his Leeks in the second week of 
February, and by September they were at perfection. 
For upwards of twenty years he was a leading prize- 
taker wherever he showed his Leeks ; and until this 
day the “Henry’s Prize” Leek occupies a prominent 
position in the catalogues of seedsmen. It was not 
unusual for him to show Leeks measuring 11 ft. span 
between the tips of the longest blades on either side ; 
with a blanch of 20 ins. in length, and 10 ins. to 12 ins. 
in circumference ; while the full length of the Leek 
from root to tip of blades measured 6 ft. After leaving 
Broomhouse, Mr. Henry was for some years a market 
gardener at Horncliffe, and subsequently at Dryburgh ; 
and afterwards was gardener at Rowchester, near 
Greenlaw. He attained the ripe old age of 82, and on 
the 20th ult. his remains were interred in Preston 
Churchyard, on a wooded knoll near to the Whitadder, 
and not far from the homely cottage in which he was 
born. Mr. Henry leaves a large family who have all 
attained to manhood and womanhood. His sons, four 
in number, are gardeners, occupying honourable 
positions in Berwickshire, and upon all of them to no 
small degree has fallen the mantle of their father.— 
Berwickshire Neivs. 
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. 
To Propagate Gaultheria nummulari-efolia. — F. G. Hadley: 
You should have no difficulty in multiplying your number of 
specimens, simply by breaking up the plant, which is of a 
creeping nature. The procumbent stems readily take root, and 
should your specimens not be already rooted along the lower end 
of the shoots, peg them down and cover with some good peaty 
soil, and they will no doubt emit roots freely during the course 
of summer, when they may be taken off and potted singly till 
they become established, before being planted out and exposed to 
the drought of our summer. 
Gun License.— Must a gardener take out a Gun License if the 
gun is used only for scaring away birds and vermin from his 
master's garden?— A. B. C. [No.—Ed.] 
Mossy-stemmed Apple Trees.— E. M.: Scraping or scrubbing 
the bark of your trees would, no doubt, do them good ; but the 
beneficial results would only be temporary provided the subsoil 
into which the roots have doubtless penetrated is in a sour or 
stagnant condition. The application of a lime-wash should be 
applied to the trees either before, but preferably after, the 
scrubbing. See that the subsoil is properly drained, otherwise 
the trees can never make that vigorous growth which is desirable, 
and which enables them to throw off the outer bark, with its 
adhering inoss and lichens. The amelioration of the soil by 
drainage should be one of the first considerations if the evil 
proceeds from that quarter. 
Tenby Daffodil. — IV. J. H.: There are Daffodils in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Tenby that are often confused with the true Tenby 
Daffodil, which is Narcissus obvallaris, characterised by the 
short broad segments of the perianth spreading at right angles to 
the crown or trumpet, which is also short, stiff, and widely 
expanded at the mouth. It flowers much earlier than the 
common English Daffodil (N. Pseudo-narcissus), and altogether 
a stiffer flower than the latter, which is more plentiful in that 
part of Wales than the Tenby Daffodil itself. 
Ants and Scale.— E. Hendry.: The presence of Ants on your 
Camellias infested with scale is no indication that the former are 
destroying the latter. The reverse is really the case, as they 
give scale every encouragment, because the latter furnish a 
whitish milky-like substance of which the Ants avail themselves 
as food. Ants have been known to carry scale to fresh feeding 
ground, in order to increase their own supply of food. Sponge 
the leaves of your Camellias with Fir Tree Oil or Gishurst's 
Compound, and generally speaking Ants will do little harm. 
To flower Eulalia japonica. — R. Mason.: You might be able 
to flower it in pots, but it is hardly worth the trouble owing to 
the large amount of room both for root and top development 
necessary before this strong growing-Grass will throw up flower 
stems. Being perfectly hardy in all the southern counties we 
would advise you to plant it out in deep, rich and rather light 
soil, when strong stems about 3 ft., 4ft., or more in height, will 
be thrown up and flower abundantly. It is a striking Grass 
when in flower, but you may also plant the variegated varieties. 
Names of Plants.— E. S. K: 1, Asystasya scandens; 2. 
Asplenium Hemionitis (syn. A. palmatum); 3, Brunsfelsia 
calycina. 
Communications Received.— J. L.—W. C.—H. J. C.—W. C. 
—J. H. W.—D. G.—J. D.—G. P.—W.C.—E. S. D.—H. A.— 
J. J. K. 
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TEADE CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 
Henry Bennett, Shepperton, Middlesex. — New Pedigree 
Seedling Polyanthus Roses, New French Roses, &c. 
Herbert P. Fatt, 6, Dionis Yard, Fenchurch Street, E.C.— 
Bee-keepers' Requisites of all kinds. 
William Paul & Co., Paisley.—New Pansies for 1SS8. 
