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THE GABDENING WORLD. 
November 1, 1890. 
that a portion of the resultant profit should 
fall to horticulture. The proud possessor of 
some added wealth will have his garden and 
his trees and shrubs and hardy flowers, and 
when that is the case the nursery and florists’ 
trades benefit ; we look to these trades being 
benefited during the ensuing early winter 
season from the cause named. 
After all, very many people must come to 
the conclusion that whilst the pleasure deriv¬ 
able from ordinary sports and pastimes is 
fleeting, that produced by gardening is endur¬ 
ing and full of intellectual enjoyment. Horti¬ 
culture may have its dull times, but it is 
bound to have its active ones, and we hope 
such a time is at hand. The best encourage¬ 
ment to further development will doubtless 
be found in satisfactory serving, and to that 
end the best energies of our traders should 
be directed. 
he Hew Smithfield Market. —The laying 
of the foundation stone of a new vegetable 
and fruit market in the City of London, and 
in that incomparable central district of Smith- 
field, is a matter of considerable importance to 
all engaged in the production of the subjects 
mentioned. Owing largely to the exceeding 
encouragement which the great railway com¬ 
panies have given to vegetable and fruit 
production through transit facilities, the old 
associations of market gardening in the London 
suburbs are being fast broken down, and 
products raised fifty miles from London can be 
placed in the markets with even greater facility 
than can much of the products of the land 
comparatively near the metropolis. 
The establishment of the new market, 
therefore, is not a matter for merely local 
congratulation. It will be acceptable to 
growers over wide areas, in fact, be more 
so because the railway connection with the 
market will be so complete. "Whilst pleased 
to find that the City Fathers are performing 
their duty to the metropolis so well, in the 
provision of markets, we still have to complain 
that the primary authority of London, the 
County Council, seems to have done little or 
nothing in the direction of providing public 
markets for the sale of market garden pro¬ 
ducts in the more populous outer districts of 
the metropolis. 
The new market will be, much like Covent 
Garden, chiefly wholesale in its character. 
We want many retail markets "where the 
growers and vendors of vegetables, fruits, and 
flowers can come into immediate contact with 
the consumers and purchasers. London is in 
this respect perhaps worse served with markets 
than any other considerable town in the' 
kingdom. It is time that its civic authorities 
awoke to the need there is for so important 
a requirement being furnished. 
TsThe Conference Boom.— The latter portion 
^ of the nineteenth century will, so far as 
Europe is concerned, at least be known to 
the historian as the age of conferences. We 
have them large and small, interesting and 
the reverse, lively and flat, political and social, 
in fact, something of everything. But whilst 
the conferences of the nation generally are 
pretentious, those which we specially refer to 
are modest. Such indeed are those held at 
Chiswick under the auspices of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, but, modest as 
those are, they have more value and import¬ 
ance than attaches to some others, of which, 
perhaps, the less said the better. 
The Royal Horticultural Society, we are 
informed, proposes to hold another of the now 
customary gatherings at Chiswick early in 
July next, when the somewhat unpretentious 
subjects to be exhibited and discussed will 
be hardy flowers in season and small fruits. 
It may be that very much of interest may 
be got out of these apparently unassuming 
subjects, although it seems evident at the 
outset that they do pot offer much that is 
attractive. The autumn conference, to be held 
in October, will be devoted to certain hardy 
flowers then in bloom—rather late perhaps, 
especially if some early frosts should have 
marred the beauty of the hardy flowers. 
However, we will not anticipate a failure 
then, but hope for the best, although nothing 
heroic can be anticipated. 
If these conference reunions are to be 
continued—and it is certain they can be made 
the most pleasant of all the gatherings the 
R. H. S. does hold—all that is possible 
should be done to make them as enjoyable 
and attractive as well can be. Of course at 
both of these seasons the gardens will have 
some attractions, and with the autumn hardy 
flowers we hope to see added a specially 
attractive display of the autumn-blooming 
varieties of the Chrysanthemum. 
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Gardening Engagement.—Mr. Robert Austin, for the 
last two years foreman in the gardens of the Dowager 
Countess of Seafield, Cullen House, Banffshire, as gardener 
to William Straehan, Esq , Stroud Park, Horsham, Sussex. 
Mr. T. B. Haywood.—We regret to learn that this 
gentleman, so much respected in the horticultural 
world as the treasurer of the Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 
and of the National Rose Society, is lying seriously ill 
at his residence, Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. Just before 
going to press we learn that Mr. Haywood is improving. 
Notice of Dissolution.—We are informed that the 
partnership between Messrs. T. S. Boulton and E. D. 
Shuttleworth, who have been carrying on business as 
nurserymen at Albert Lodge, 256, Peckham Rye, 
London, S.E., was dissolved on the 7th of October, by 
mutual consent ; and that the business will, in future, 
be carried on by Mr. E. D. Shuttleworth. 
The Fruiterers Company.—We are informed 
that the Fruiterers Company, at their Court held' 
on the 20th inst., decided to confer the Freedom and 
Livery of the Company upon the following gentlemen: 
Mr. George Bunyard, Mr. Joseph Cheal, Mr. Shirley 
Hibberd, Mr. T. F. Rivers, Mr. A. H. Smee, and Mr. 
John Wright. This distinction has been conferred in 
recognition of the able services which these gentlemen 
rendered to the Company as members of the Executive 
Committee having the management of the recent 
exhibition at the Guildhall, and has not been conferred 
on any one except Sir James Whitehead during the 
past thirty years. 
The Weather.—On Sunday a complete change in the 
weather was experienced over the north of Scotland. 
A cold northerly wind had been blowing on Saturday, 
but up to Sunday forenoon the weather had remained 
dry, when, from that time towards evening, heavy 
showers of rain fell at intervals, getting colder and 
colder, and sleet and rain fell during Sunday evening, 
but soon melted. Early on Monday morning showers 
of snow were experienced and continued at intervals 
throughout the day. The country is now for the first 
time this winter covered with its winter’s garb. The 
weather still remains stormy. On Tuesday morning a 
very sharp frost was experienced in the Metropolis, 
16° being recorded in the Thames valley. 
The William Holmes Memorial.—At a meeting of 
the recently appointed committee, held on Thursday of 
last week to consider the various suggestions made at 
the public meeting on the 15th ult., and to decide the 
form which the memorial to the late Mr. William 
Holmes should take, it was unanimously resolved “That 
a portion of the fund raised be set aside for assisting 
the technical education in landscape gardening of the 
late Mr. W. Holmes’ eldest son, and the remainder be 
devoted as prizes or medals at the exhibitions of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society, and at those of 
Affiliated Societies.” Sir Guyer Hunter, M.P., kindly 
consented to act as chairman of the committee, 
and Mr. E, Ballantine as treasurer. An appeal 
for subscriptions to the Memorial Fund will be 
immediately issued, and we may add that the treasurer 
or secretary, Mr. Lewis Castle, will be glad to receive 
even the smallest amounts. 
Erchless Horticultural Association.—The promoters 
of this association have just issued their prize schedule 
for 1891, and as the show of this year exceeded the 
promoters’ most sanguine expectations, it exhibits 
considerable expansion. The chief aim of the asso¬ 
ciation is to foster a taste for horticulture in all its 
branches in the district, and additional prizes are now 
offered. One we note is for the best collection of Ferns 
indigenous to the parish of Erchless, which must have 
been grown in pots for at least six weeks previous to 
the show. This we had rather seen omitted, for if there 
are many competitors, it will lead to extermination. 
The Telegraph in Horticulture. — The Bulletin 
d’Arboriculture, de Floriculture, <L-c., says that the 
Americans have adopted a singular mode of naming 
their plants by means of one word or telegraphic 
synonym, which their customers can use in telegraphing 
for what they want. The names of many garden 
plants are often inconveniently long, and would 
therefore cause much trouble and incur some cost in 
being transmitted by telegraph. Some samples of 
names culled from the catalogue of Messrs. Ferry & Co., 
Detroit, Michigan, are as follows :—Cabbage D. M. 
Ferry, premium Drumhead or Ox-heart (telegraphic 
name, Carver); Beetroot, sugary, French-white, with 
a green top (telegraphic name, Berricu) ; and Haricot, 
wax pod, prolific, with black seed (telegraphic name, 
Albemarle). Names like the above for length might 
be mentioned by the hundred in the catalogues of this 
country, so that the adoption of telegraphic synonyms 
would often be found of great convenience. 
Brandy from Stachys tuberifera.—A proprietor 
in the centre of France, according to Le Jardin, who 
did not know what to do with a lot of sixty kilometres 
of the tubers of Stachys tuberifera, which he could not 
sell in the time wished, and could not eat them, 
said in his misfortune, “ Why may I not drink them ?” 
No sooner said than done. The unfortunate tubers 
abandoned to themselves and to germination were 
crushed and left in water at 40° for three days. Fer¬ 
mentation followed in due course, and after distillation, 
yielded eight litres of alcohol of an agreeable taste. 
Notwithstanding this new source of alcohol, the 
discovery of which had not hitherto been made, 
Stachys brandy will always be an aristocratic beverage. 
This new discovery will be a “plum” for the Japanese, 
provided they have not hitherto known it themselves. 
National Chrysanthemum Society.—At a meeting 
of the general committee held on Monday evening, 
Mr. Ballantine presiding, the members got through a 
good deal of detail work in connection with the forth¬ 
coming Centenary Festival at the Royal Aquarium, 
the arrangements for which are already well in hand. 
There is every promise of the Centenary celebration 
redounding to the credit of the society, and of being 
thoroughly worthy of the occasion. All that is now 
required is the cordial co-operation of the members and 
friends of the movement to ensure complete success. 
Lady Brooke has most kindly undertaken the duty of 
opening the exhibition on the 11th, and it is hoped 
will be present with Lord Brooke, M. P. when he takes 
the chair at the Centenary Festival banquet in St. 
Stephen’s Hall, on the 13th, on which occasion, for 
the first time in the society’s history, ladies will be 
present. The hall is to be specially decorated for the 
occasion, and a large attendance is anticipated. In our 
next we shall give the programme of the arrangements 
for the four days. 
North of Scotland Root, Fruit, and Vegetable 
Association.—Among the societies in the north of 
Scotland established for the purpose of improving the 
quality of fruit, roots and vegetables, none has done 
better service than this widely-known and spirited 
association. The object and aim of the society has 
been to encourage and stimulate the cultivation of the 
best description of roots and vegetables, and also the 
propagation of new varieties. Its success hitherto has 
been very marked, and the good that has been effected 
by it is strikingly noticeable, especially in the im¬ 
provements that have taken place in Turnips and 
Potatos, particularly the latter, alike as to improved 
kinds and better crops. The annual show takes place 
at Inverurie, N.B., to-day (Saturday, November 1st). 
Seldom can a better display be seen than that which is 
annually witnessed at Inverurie. As in former years, 
considerable encouragement is held out to the competitors 
in the shape of handsome prizes in plate and money, 
offered for field and garden produce, including Turnips, 
Potatos, Carrots, Cabbages, Parsnips, Beetroot, Onions, 
Leeks, Apples, and Pears, and a most interesting 
exhibition may be looked for. 
The most Southern Nursery in the United States.— 
Somewhat of a novelty among the many nurserymen’s 
catalogues which reach us from time to time is one just 
received from Messrs. Pearson Bros., of the Royal 
Palm Nurseries, Manatee, Florida, U.S.A., which is 
described as the most southern nursery in the United 
States, and which includes a list of tropical and sub¬ 
tropical fruit trees. The catalogue is divided into 
fourteen sections, of which the last twelve contain a 
varied assortment of plants, such as may frequently be 
seen in the stoves and greenhouses both of nursery 
