October 26, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD- 
125 
The Gardeners’ Calendar. 
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THE STOVE. 
Begonias. — Many of the winter-flowering species 
and varieties, as well as those that flower more or less 
all the year round under favourable conditions, will 
now prove very acceptable for the decoration of the 
stove, warm conservatory, or in some cases the green¬ 
house, where a sufficiently high temperature is 
maintained to keep plants in a flowering state. Some 
of the sorts best adapted for a supply of bloom in 
autumn and winter are B. insignis, B. semperflorens, 
B. s. rosea, B. s. carminata gigantea, B. Carrieri, and 
B. Knowsleyana. All of these will furnish a supply 
for weeks to come, and the different varieties of B. 
semperflorens have only to be kept growing to make 
them flower. 
Winter-flowering Plants. —Under this heading 
may be grouped a varied assortment of widely different 
subjects, including many of the Acanthads, such as 
Eranthemum nervosum (E. pulchellum of gardens), 
E. eboracensis, Libonia floribunda, L. penrhosiensis, 
Centropogon Lueianus, Plumbago rosea, P. r. coccinea, 
Sericographis Ghiesbreghtii, several of the Francisceas, 
Poinsettias, Euphorbia fulgens, Epiphyllums, and 
many others. 
Aphelandras. —The fine-foliaged species must now 
be kept in a light position near the glass, and in a 
place where an equable temperature can easily be 
maintained, because they are so liable to lose the 
lower leaves if growth is checked in any way. This 
applies more or less forcibly to all of the species, but 
the dwarf-growing ones, such as A. aurantiaca, A. 
Fascinator, and A. nitens, lose greatly in value, from 
a decorative point of view, by the loss of their foliage. 
They should also be carefully watered so as to prevent 
a check in that way. When in flower they should still 
be retained in the stove, because a sudden change of 
temperature is very injurious. 
THE GREENHOUSE. 
Chinese Primulas. —The earliest batch of these 
should now be making for bloom. They should 
therefore be^staged in the greenhouse or conservatory 
where a night temperature of 45° to 50° is maintained, 
in order to encourage a free development of their 
bloom. The atmosphere of the house must be kept as 
dry as possible, to avoid damping of the foliage and 
flowers. A maximum of light on all occasions will 
keep the plants sturdy, with short petioles to the 
leaves—a matter of no small importance if the fresh 
appearance of the plants is to be maintained. Assist 
them occasionally with liquid manure. The main 
batch that is not wanted to flower for some weeks to 
come may be placed on the shelves of a vinery or 
Peach house close to the glass, where they may have 
an abundance of light. Do not crowd them too 
closely. 
Pinks. —Plants intended for forcing should now be 
potted up without further delay, and then placed in a 
cold frame for a time, where they may make roots and 
be established in the fresh soil before they are trans¬ 
ferred to heat. 
Tuberous Begonias. — Plants that have been 
flowered late, and are now going past their best, should 
be put in a house with a warm dry atmosphere, and 
water withheld, in order to encourage ripening, which 
will be effected much more completely by that method 
than if simply placed in a cold frame or unheated pit, 
where damping would assuredly ensue. 
Mignonette. —Unless well advanced towards the 
flowering stage, Mignonette in pots should be kept as 
cool as possible, with a maximum amount of air to 
keep the plants strong and short jointed. Of course, 
during wet days the lights should merely be tilted up, 
so as to exclude an excess of moisture, which would 
render the soil sodden and injurious to good growth. 
THE FORCING HOUSES. 
Cucumbers. —Late batches to be grown on from this 
time or a little later, had best be retained in pots, using 
a large size for the final shift. If the house in which 
they are to be located is heated with pipes, then the 
pots, tubs or boxes containing the plants have simply 
to be stood on the beds or partly plunged in them. If 
the heat is kept up with fermenting material, or partly 
so, then the pots may be stood on brick piers to prevent 
their sinking, and the fresh material built up to them 
from time to time as the heat declines. A quantity of 
well-fermented material should always be in readiness 
to take the place of the spent manure removed. 
Potatos.— AVhere early Potatos are required, the 
manure and leaves should now be got together and 
fermented previous to making up the beds in the 
forcing pit. Pot culture is found to be the best for 
very early work, and offers more convenience for re¬ 
newing the fermenting material. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
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Royal Horticultural. —October 2 2nd. 
The weather on Tuesday was dull, heavy and cheerless, 
but there was a nice little display of fruits and flowers 
nevertheless. Apples and Pears again constituted the 
leading feature of the meeting. Decorative, stove and 
greenhouse plants also figured largely, and Chrysan¬ 
themums were quite noticeable, although not in great 
quantity ; and there were some good Orchids. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a large group of table 
decorative plants. They had also a fine exhibit of cut 
blooms of hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons, including 
Dante, reddish orange ; Star of India, paler ; Indian 
Yellow, deep apricot; Aspasia, luteus-yellow ; Apollo, 
orange ; Taylori, rose ; and Rhododendron Lord 
Wolseley. They received also a Bronze Banksian 
Medal for cut specimens of autumn foliage exhibiting 
some of the rich colouring that prevails amongst our 
trees and shrubs during the autumn months, aud 
which, in the present day, is almost neglected. The 
Oaks, Maples, species of Rhus, Dogwoods, Viburnums, 
and others, in their garb of crimson, orange, red and 
yellow were very striking, and ought to awaken a more 
lively interest in the planting of such subjects for 
autumn effect. A Bronze Banksian Medal was also 
awarded to Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton, for a 
pretty group of Ferns. Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, exhi¬ 
bited a small collection of cut flowers of seedling 
Pentstemons in very fresh condition, cut from the open 
ground. All the finer varieties can be raised from seed 
with some degree of certainty. He also had flowers of 
Primula obconica. Mr. A. Dean, Bedfont, showed 
some dry flowers of everlastings collected in South 
Africa, including two species of Restio, belonging to a 
small order peculiar to South Africa, together with 
flowers of an Aphelexis and a Gnaphalium. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, M. P., Burford Lodge, 
Dorking, staged a splendid sample of Epidendrum 
sceptrum, with terminal racemes from 18 ins. to 24 ins. 
in length, bearing an enormous number of medium¬ 
sized flowers, and a plant of Ccelogyne speciosa, for the 
latter of which he received a vote of thanks. The 
Duke of Marlborough showed Cattleya Dowiana blen- 
heimensis, and was accorded a vote of thanks. A 
Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. Gledstane, 
Manor House, Gunnersbury, Acton, for a handsomely- 
flowered specimen of Dendrobium formosum in a 
basket. Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed 
Dendrobium Statterianum, well bloomed, and Oneidium 
hiematochilum picturn with purple-spotted flowers. 
F. G. Tautz, Esq. (Mr. C. Cowley, gardener), Studley 
House, Hammersmith, exhibited a fine plant of 
Odontoglossum grande Tautz’s var., 0. g. aureum, 
O. Insleayi splendens, and 0. I. s. aureum, all showing 
wonderful variations of the respective types. 
At the meeting of the Fruit Committee, Messrs. 
Gayrner & Son, Bxnham, Attleborough, were awarded 
a Silver Banksian Medal for a large collection of cider 
and other Apples. They had also samples of the cider 
in bottles. Mr. J. Hudson, gardener to the Messrs, 
de Rothschild, Gunnersbury House, Acton, received a 
similar award for a large collection of Apples and 
Pears. Amongst the latter were fine-coloured Louise 
Bonne of Jersey, Beurre Superfin, Josephine de Malines, 
Flemish Beauty, Beurre Ranee, and Catillac. Fine 
Apples were Golden Noble, Cellini, Lord Derby, Gloria 
Mundi, Cox’s Pomona, Blenheim Orange, Wellington, 
Alfriston, Winter Queening, and others. A Silver 
Banksian Medal was also awarded to Mr. W. Allen, 
gardener to Lord Suffield, Gunton Park, Norwich, for 
a small collection of superbly-grown Pears, including 
Marie Louise d’Uccle (extraordinarily fine), General 
Todleben, Beurre Diel, Glou Morceau, Durondeau, 
Emile d’Heyst, Marie Louise, Doyenne Comice, and 
others. A fine collection of Pears was brought up from 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick, 
including Comte de Lamy, Yineuse, Beurre d’Anjou, 
Beurre Diel, Beurre Bose, Marechal Dillen, Marechal 
de la Cour, Nouveau Poiteau, Glou Morceau, Madame 
Treyve, Millot de Nancy, Gansel’s Bergamot, Doyenne 
du Comice, Beurre Charneuses, Deux Soeurs, and others. 
Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, showed half 
a dozen samples of Bismarck Apple grown in the open 
air, and another lot grown in an orchard house, both 
being very fine, but the first-mentioned were deepest in 
colour. A Cultural Commendation was awarded to 
Mr. W. Bates, gardener to J. S. Nicholson, Esq., 
Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, for some finely grown 
specimens of Smooth Cayenne and Prince Albert Pine 
Apples. Mr. Tice, Feltham, showed a collection of 
forty-two samples of Blenheim Orange Apples gathered 
from tall standard trees forty years old. For size and 
colour they were splendid. He was awarded a vote of 
thanks. Mr. T. Miles, Appley Towers, Ryde, showed 
three black seedling Grapes of considerable merit, and 
one was certificated. Mr. T. Laxton, Bedford, had 
dishes of Laxton’s Bergamot and the Berkeley Pears. 
Mr. A. Dean, Bedfont, showed the Mother Apple from 
trees 20 years old, and grafted on the Crab stock. Mr. 
G. Wythes, Syon House, Brentford, exhibited fruits of 
the Plantain (Musa paradisiaca), and received a vote 
of thanks. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, 
exhibited the Forge of Sussex Apple ; and Mr. Albert 
Butcher, Belle Grove, Welling, Kent, showed three 
dishes of Apples. 
National Chrysanthemum.— October 23rd. 
A Floral Committee meeting of this society was held 
at the Royal Aquarium on Wednesday, when a better 
display of bloom was made than on the last occasion. 
A good collection of varieties was shown by Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, including Eynsford White, a large 
pure white Japanese variety, which was certificated ; 
Miss Gorton, pink ; Condor, blush, very large ; Amy 
Furze, Avalanche, Swanley Yellow, and others already 
reported. A large crimson Anemone, M. Pankoucke, 
received a First Class Certificate. A similar award was 
made for Robert Cannell, a new seedling incurved, 
chestnut-red variety, tinted with gold on the reverse. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, exhibited a 
couple of stands of blooms. Good white kinds are 
Bertha Flight, Stanstead White, a quilled Japanese 
kind of great size, and which was certificated, and 
Condor, notable for its great size. Stanstead Surprise 
is also a well-formed reddish crimson Japanese sort. 
A large Anemone variety is Souvenir de Madame 
Blandineries, crimson. A large Anemone variety 
named Monsieur Charles Lebosq received a First 
Class Certificate. Flowers of a number of kinds 
were shown by Mr. William Fyfe, Overstone 
Park, Northampton. A white Japanese variety 
named Madame Louise Leroy was awarded a 
First Class Certificate. The heads are pure white, 
above the medium size, and the florets are recurved or 
slightly twisted at the tip. A vote of thanks was 
awarded to Mr. A. S. Fraser, 15, Denmark Street, 
Camberwell, for a capital stand of Japanese kinds. 
Mr. Geo. Stevens received a First Class Certificate for 
Emma Stevens, a very deep, or globular pure white 
flower, of medium size. He also showed an incurved 
variety, said to be a sport from W. Holmes. Messrs. 
J. Yeitch & Sons showed a white sort named Flora. 
A good number of varieties were shown by Mr. R. 
0 wen, Maidenhead, who received a First Class Certificate 
for President Hyde, a brilliant golden yellow reflexed 
Japanese variety of American origin, with broad florets. 
He also received a First Class Certificate for Thomas 
Stephenson, a bronzy crimson sport from Criterion. 
Anatole Cordonnier, a crimson-red Japanese sort, and 
Victorine, a bronzy crimson Pompon of French origin, 
were recommended. 
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Gardeners' Improtemeht Societies. 
Ealing, October 10th. 
Mr. George Cannon presided at this meeting, and Mr. 
Richard Dean read a paper on “The Dahlia,” dealing 
with the history and development of the flower, and 
setting forth the characteristics of the different sections 
into which the Dahlia is divided. The paper was a 
very interesting one, and gave great satisfaction to the 
members. A remarkably fine collection of Dahlias for 
the season of the year was staged by Mr. Harman, 
gardener, Crown Point, Ealing, the flowers being 
employed by Mr. Dean to illustrate certain points in 
his lecture. Mr. Gates, gardener to the Rev. Professor 
Henslow, exhibited a dish of fine Quinces ; Mr. 
Edwards, gardener to W. Owen, Esq., a twin Vegetable 
Marrow; Mr. Griggs, gardener to A. J. Dixon, Esq., 
six fine blooms of Chrysanthemums ; Mr. Chadwick, 
gardener to E. M. Nelson, Esq., J.P., bunches of 
single and Pompon Dahlias (remarkably good for the 
season of the year), and blooms of four varieties of 
Allamandas, viz., Chelsoni, Hendersoni, Grandiflora, 
and Nobilis. From Mr. Winer, gardener to R. Dawes, 
Esq., came a plant of Cattleya Gaskelliana. Mr. Long, 
the gardener at Orchard Dene, exhibited two very fine 
Ferns, viz., Pteris argyrea and P. serrulata cristata 
major ; Mr. Cox, gardener to Miss Collinson, exhibited 
a Primula with a number of self-sowm seedlings ; Mr. 
Green, of Acton, exhibited cut blooms of two pretty 
Pompon Chrysanthemums ; Mr. Abbot, of Acton, two 
dishes of excellent culinary Apples. Mr. Slatter, 
gardener to J. Moore, Esq., had a plant of the white- 
flowered Masdevallia tovarensis ; also a dish of very 
fine Warner’s King Apples. Mr. R. Dean had a small 
plant of Erica gracilis autumnalis in full bloom, to 
show the kind of plant now being sent into the market, 
and fruit of the Pomegranate. Hearty votes of thanks 
were passed to Mr. Dean, Mr. A. G. Dixon (for sending 
a copy of the Dahlia Growers' Register for 1835 giving 
about fifty coloured illustrations of the leading Dahlias 
grown at that period), Mr. Harman, the exhibitors, 
and the chairman. 
