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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 25, 1890. 
so varied, and so effective in any arrangement 
that there is little probability the public will 
tire of seeing these lovely flowers howsoever 
presented. 
Treasurership of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society. —The announcement 
made in another column, of the resignation of 
Mr. 1). Morris of the treasurership of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, will be received 
with mixed feelings. For our own part we 
have never disguised onr objection to the 
strong infusion of the Kew element into the 
Council through the making of one of the Kew 
officials treasurer. Apart from that fact there 
is still further the objection that Mr. Morris is 
a Government servant, and to dispose of his 
time (which should be at Kew of much value 
to the nation) as lie has done at the Drill 
Hall, Chiswick, and elsewhere on behalf of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, was neither fair 
to Kew, to the Government he serves, nor to the 
tax-payer who provides his salary. However, 
the connection is ended, and we are not sorry. 
The treasurer of the society occupies a 
position of more than ordinary importance, 
and one which should be held only by a 
gentleman of means and of undoubted capacity, 
and who is moreover a large-hearted horti¬ 
culturist. How far some of the recent pro¬ 
ceedings of the Council may have been 
promoted by the late treasurer we cannot say; 
but as that gentleman was the leading spirit, 
so far as there was any spirit in it, of the 
recent awful “ frost ” called a “ Great National 
Exhibition of Jam,” held last week at the 
Drill Hall, it does seem very natural that the 
announcement of his resignation should be 
co-incident with that sad failure. A splendid 
opportunity now offers, in filling up the office 
of treasurer, to give the society that which it 
has long so sadly needed —- an energetic, 
capable, practical manager and head. One 
wbo would metaphorically burn his ships, by 
cutting adrift from Victoria Street and the 
Drill Hall, and retiring permanently upon 
Chiswick, would indeed merit the thanks of 
all the Fellows and supporters of the society. 
‘TpuRiiOiNiNG Fruit at the Aquarium Show.— 
If the recent decision of a Westminster 
magistrate in the case _ of a charge made 
against, presumably, a gentleman of having 
stolen fruit from the table at the recent 
Aquarium show, does not exemplify the truth, 
as oft told and as oft denied, that there is one 
law for the rich and another for the poor, 
then must we be blind or daft ! Had a poor 
man been the person charged with the theft 
on the evidence adduced, he would assuredly 
have been punished. It is really too monstrous 
that in the case of Apples set up at 
a public exhibition, with respect to which 
visitors were in all directions warned they should 
not touch, that any person should take the fruits 
and either eat them or give them to others, 
and then plead that he thought the fruits were 
for sale and intended to pay for them, 
A more wretchedly absurd plea could not 
have been offered, and the decision of the 
magistrate in acquitting the accused is one 
which we hope in the interests of justice would 
not have been given in any other police court 
in the kingdom. Literally at no show of any 
kind, whether at the Royal Aquarium or else¬ 
where, will exhibits be safe from purloining, 
if such excuses be admitted. What if a score of 
rich gallants were to do the same sort of thing 
and plead similar excuses with success 1 Shows 
would be impossible henceforth. It is a mis¬ 
fortune that, as against a foolish magisterial 
decision of this kind, there should be no appeal 
to a higher court. What would be the case 
with promoters of similar exhibitions did 
exhibitors say, “Kow that the law throws no 
aegis over our property, even though it be but 
fruit, we can no longer trust it on your tables ” 1 
If similar cases occur at the Aquarium, the best 
course will be to inflict summary punishment 
on the offenders rather than seek for justice 
at the Westminster Police Court. 
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Gardening Engagement.—Mr. Frederick Fulford, 
for the last eighteen months foreman at Hallyburton 
House, Coupar Angus, Forfarshire, N.B., as gardener 
to the Earl of Mayo, Palmerstown, Straffan, co. 
Kildare. 
The N. C. S. Catalogue.—Chrysanthemum growers 
and exhibitors will be interested to know that the 
Centenary edition of the National Society’s catalogue, 
which contains about 1,000 new entries in the alpha¬ 
betical lists, a list of all the novelties of this year, a 
history of the Chrysanthemum by Mr. C. Harman 
Payne, and a complete bibliography of the Chrysan¬ 
themum, is now ready for publication. Readers can 
obtain copies from this office as before. 
Malting Barley.—At the Brewers’ Exhibition, which 
opened at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Monday 
last, no fewer than fifty-six English and twenty-two 
Foreign competitors exhibited samples of Malting 
Barley. The first prize and Champion Cup open to the 
World were awarded to Webbs’ Kinver Chevalier, 
shown by Mr. J. Akers, of Goring, Berks. This is the 
fourth annual competition that has been held, and on 
each occasion Messrs. Webbs’ Barley has won similar 
honours. 
Death of Mr. Anthony Howcroft.— The death is 
announced as having taken place on the 16th inst., at 
Chelsea, of Mr. Anthony Howcroft, late of the firm of 
Messrs. Howcroft and Watkins, seed merchants, of 
Covent Garden. The deceased gentleman, who had 
reached the ripe old age of seventy-five years, was well 
known in the trade many years ago in the Western 
Counties and Wales, as traveller for the now defunct 
firm of Minier, Nash k Nash, of the Strand. He 
subsequently became traveller to the old firm of 
Charlwood k Cummings, and eventually, in con¬ 
junction with his brother-in-law, Mr. Watkins, acquired 
the business from which he retired some four or five 
years ago. 
Plants Certificated in Ghent.—At the meeting of 
the Chambre Syndicate des Horticulteurs Beiges, held 
in Ghent last week, Certificates of Merit were awarded 
to Mr. Ed. Pynaert for Odontoglsssum grande Excelsior 
and Nidularium amazonicum tricolor ; to Messrs. 
Edm. Yervaet & Co. for Lselia elegans Turneri ; to 
Mr. Jules Hye for Cattleya aurea var. and Lselia 
Perrinii var. ; to Mr. A. Van Imschoot for 
Odontoglossum bictonense alba ; to Messrs. Wallem k 
Sons for Adiantopsis radiata ; and to Madame la 
Marquise de Wavrin for Cattleya Rothschildiana. 
Ware and District Gardeners’ Mutual Improve¬ 
ment Society.—At the fortnightly meeting of this 
society, held on the 14th inst., a capital collection of 
fifteen varieties of Pears was staged by Mr. R. Smith, 
of Presdales, Ware ; and from Mr. Alexander, of Poles, 
Ware, came a collection of Onions in ten varieties. They 
were fine samples, and gave abundant evidence of the 
superior culture they had received. Apples and Chry¬ 
santhemums were also staged by other members. A 
paper was read on “ Plant Stoves and their Occupants,” 
by Mr. A. King, who treated the subject exhaustively. 
We are glad to note that the membership of the society 
steadily increases. 
Royal Horticultural Society: Conferences for 1891. 
—We understand that the Council intend to hold 
the following conferences at Chiswick during the year 
1891, viz.:—July 7th, Hardy Midsummer Flowers ; July 
8th, Strawberries, Raspberries, Currants, and other 
Small Fruits ; October 6th, Hardy Autumn Flowers, 
especially Michaelmas Daisies, Perennial Sunflowers, 
Autumn Crocuses, kc. ; October 8th, Conifers as 
Ornamental Trees and for Timber. The Council 
would be greatly obliged to anyone possessing good 
varieties of Michaelmas Daisies or of perennial Sun¬ 
flowers if they would be kind enough to forward plants 
of them without delay to Mr. Barron, at Chiswick, as 
they are anxious to obtain a thoroughly representative 
collection of these charming flowers, with a view both 
to the selection of the best varieties and the correction 
of their nomenclature, which seems to be at present 
somewhat confused. 
Royal Horticultural Society: Resignation of the 
Treasurer.—The following communication from the 
Council, dated the 15th inst., was received too late for 
insertion in our last issue :—Mr. Morris is about to 
resign the post of honorary treasurer to the Royal 
Horticultural Society, which he has held for such a 
length of time. Indeed, at a meeting of the Council on 
the 14th inst., he formally tendered his resignation. 
Mr. Morris is about to sail to the West Indies on a 
Government mission, and as this will necessitate his 
absence from England for a period of three or four 
months, he feels that under these circumstances he 
could not attend to the duties of treasurer to the 
R. H. S. to his entire satisfaction. During Mr. 
Morris’s term of office he has been most energetic in 
bringing the financial affairs of the old society to a 
satisfactory state, and that he has succeeded, and his 
services appreciated, may be seen from the following 
resolution passed by the Council:—“ The Council of 
the R. H. S., in accepting with unfeigned regret 
Mr. Morris’s resignation of the post of honorary 
treasurer, which he has filled with such signal success 
and advantage to the society, beg to express to him 
their grateful sense of the value of his services, of the 
judgment and discretion with which he has conducted 
his duties, and of the devotion with which he has in 
every way forwarded the interests of the society.” 
Memorial to the Late Mr. William Holmes.—A 
meeting of the members of the National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society and friends was held at the Royal 
Aquarium on Wednesday of last week, to consider the 
expediency of raising a memorial to the late Mr. 
William Holmes. Mr. R. Ballantine, chairman of the 
committee of the National Chrysanthemum Society, 
who presided, opened the meeting by setting forth the 
objects for which they were met, and invited sugges¬ 
tions from those present, both as to the expediency of 
raising a fund to provide a memorial, and also as to the 
form the memorial should take. After some discussion 
it was moved by Mr. T. Bevan, seconded by Mr. Witty, 
and carried unanimously, “ That in the opinion of this 
meeting it is desirable to raise a memorial to the late 
honorary secretary of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society.” Considerable discussion followed as to the 
form the memorial should take, and subsequently it 
was resolved to raise a fund, to be called the William 
Holmes Memorial Fund, and that a committee he 
formed to obtain subscriptions to the same, and to 
consider suggestions and formulate a method of ap¬ 
plying the fund. It was also resolved that the 
following should constitute the committee, together 
with the officers of the society and the representatives 
of affiliated societies :— Messrs. E. SandersoD, E. 
Molyneux, J. Laing, T. Bevan, H. Cannell, L. Castle, 
Geo. Stevens, W. Roupell, W. Witty, N.- Davis, C. E. 
Shea, E. Beckett, C. Gibson, G. Gordon, G. Prickett, 
B. Wynne, R. Owen, and E. F. Kemp, with Mr. Lewis 
Castle as honorary secretary. Mr. Molyneux’s sug¬ 
gestion, which was most favourably received by the 
meeting, was as follows :—“That the memorial take 
the shape of a class or classes in the schedule of the 
N.C.S., to be called the Holmes Memorial Class, to be 
competed for at the November exhibition of the 
N.C. S., terminable at a period consistent with the 
amount of the funds forthcoming.” We understand 
that several subscriptions have already been promised. 
All communications on the subject should be addressed 
to Mr. L. Castle, Hotham House, Merton, Surrey. 
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HIGH VIEW NURSERY, JERSEY. 
The nursery of Messrs. Joshua Le Cornu & Son is 
situated at the top of Queen’s Road, Jersey, and close 
to St. Helier, the chief town on the island. Situated 
as it is at a high elevation, it is exposed to all the 
winds that blow, and to counteract this and provide 
shelter high hedges intersect or divide the nursery 
into many parts. It consists of 50 vergees or about 
22 acres. Fruit trees and bushes, as well as Roses, 
are the principal subjects grown, although a number of 
other things receive attention. Everything, however, 
is kept in good order, and cleanliness prevails every¬ 
where. The predominant idea in everything is to grow 
a selection of the best and most useful of each kind of 
tree and to grow those well. The list of varieties 
is therefore not extensive, but all the leading kinds 
find a place. 
Fruit Trees and Bushes. 
The Apple very deservedly receives a large share of 
attention, and the most useful varieties are grown in 
quantity. It is interesting to walk through the squares 
planted with maiden, or even older trees, to note the 
great difference in the vigour of the different varieties 
even under the same conditions. Some will regularly 
produce stems 4 ft. to 5 ft. high all along the lines, 
while a variety in the next row may not exceed half 
that height. The thickness of the shoots, the size and 
texture of the leaves, also draw the attention of the 
interested observer. Amongst a list of the best 
