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April 12, 1890. 
that it might long continue to flourish, long continue 
to he a notable example, and long continue to aid in the 
advance of the science of horticulture in the country. 
Mr. Thomson replied, and in so doing expressed the 
pleasure it gave the society to see so many merchants 
and manufacturers devoting so much of their time and 
a good deal of their means to such an excellent pursuit 
as horticulture—a pursuit beneficial to the country and 
to all concerned. He was proud, at the same time, to 
find that the aristocracy still held their ground. He 
maintained that if the same skill and energy were 
brought to the cultivation of their fields that was 
brought to bear on the cultivation of their gardens, it 
would be better for the nation at large. He knew no 
class of men that bestowed more energy and perseverance 
in the prosecution of their calling than gardeners did. 
Mr. Young, the secretary, in replying to the toast of 
his health, proposed from the chair, said that next year 
would be the thirtieth anniversary of his appointment 
to the office of secretary to the society. The financial 
success of the Royal Caledonian Society he dated from 
186-5, and he attributed it to judicious management, a 
careful council, and a restriction on the champagne 
drunk at the dinners. They had, he said, accumulated 
a greater sum than any of the other societies in Great 
Britain, of which they were the senior. He glanced 
back upon the foundation of the society, spoke with 
regret of the once familiar faces that he missed from 
the festive board, and recalled the days when the 
society was not so distinguished as it is now, and when 
a nobleman’s gardener “brought for exhibition a bunch 
of Grapes in a peickle straw [a small handful of straw] 
and twa green leaves below them.” There was not in 
those days, he said, the same critical examination of 
blooms. He concluded by hoping that he would, in 
his official capacity, see the international show of next 
year, which he hoped would be a great trial of strength 
between the north and south. 
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OUT-DOWN CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
In a paper on ‘ ‘ Cut-down Chrysanthemums for Decora¬ 
tive Purposes,” read at a recent meeting of the Ealing 
Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Society, Mr. E. 
Chadwick said after several trials he had found the 
cuttings strike best on the shelf of a cool greenhouse, 
placing them, after they had rooted, in a cold frame, 
and repeating the operation when the plants were 
strong enough to move into 48-sized pots. As soon as 
possible they should be moved into temporary frames 
to allow them to become strong and robust. He did 
not withhold water before cutting down, as they did 
not require watering till the shoots began to grow, but 
merely a sprinkling overhead with the waterpot with 
rose on, or with the syringe, in the evening. If the 
weather was very wet, the pots might be laid on their 
sides. He cut down the last week in May, according 
to the strength and habit of the plants, leaving from 
3 ins. to 9 ins. of stem. After they had started into 
growth again, when about 1 in. long, all weak and 
superfluous growth should be removed, and three, five, 
seven or more shoots left, according to the variety. 
"When the growths had attained 2 ins. or 3 ins. they 
should be potted, using 9-in. pots for this purpose. 
After they were established in the soil, and the shoots 
had grown from 9 ins. to 12 ins., a stake should be 
placed to each shoot, arranged so that light, air, and 
sun might reach to each branch, and having in view 
the shape the plants should be when in bloom. They 
must be supplied with water, and the syringe used in 
the evening of hot days. When the buds began to 
develop, if the grower preferred quantity to quality, 
he might rub the bud off and allow the next growth to 
come, and take the terminal bud or buds, allowing 
three or four blooms on the branch. He would not 
recommend this, however. The great secret was to try 
and take all the buds on the plant at the same time, 
so that they might develop together. The object of 
the grower must be to have a plant he could place in 
any position, and this could only be accomplished by 
having all the blooms developed at one time. Another 
system was to pot the plants in the blooming pots 
before cutting down, allowing them to lay hold of the 
soil; then cutting them down, and treating them in 
the same manner as the others. The paper concluded 
with a list of the varieties recommended for cutting- 
down purposes. 
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LAW NOTES. 
A Farmer may Grow Thistles if He Pleases.— 
In the Queen’s Bench Division the appeal case Giles v. 
Walker raised the question whether the law gives pro¬ 
tection against a diffusion of Thistles from neglected 
land. It was an action by a farmer against a neighbour 
for allowing Thistles to grow upon his land and scatter 
their seeds upon the plaintiff”s land. The case was in 
the County Court of Leicestershire, at Loughborough, 
and the plaintiff complained that in the summer of 
1887 he saw thousands of Thistles in full seed upon the 
land in the defendant’s occupation.' He had seen 
Thistles on the fences of his ground and all over it, 
and he had employed people to take them off. The 
defendant had begun his occupation of his land six 
years ago ; it was forest land, and forest land does not, 
as the plaintiffs witnesses represented, grow Thistles 
so long as it remains forest, but the defendant had 
cleared the land and then these Thistles had sprung up. 
It appeared, however, that there were plenty of Thistles 
all round, and witnesses stated that wherever the land 
was left fallow it produced Thistles in abundance. The 
Judge, however, only left it to the jury whether the 
plaintiff had suffered damage from the Thistles grown 
on the defendant’s land in consequence of his negligence, 
and they found for the plaintiff for £3. The defendant 
appealed. 
Mr. Toller appeared on his behalf in support of the 
appeal, and urged that there was no evidence of negli¬ 
gence to sustain the action. [Lord Esher : Negligence 
implies a duty. What duty did the defendant neglect?] 
It is impossible to say. 
Mr. Bray, counsel for the plaintiff, tried to support 
the action. [Lord Esher: The defendant did not 
bring the thistles there ?] No, but he caused them to 
grow by clearing the forest laud, which does not while 
it is forest produce thistles, but only when it is cleared 
and turned up. [Lord Esher : But the man has a right 
to till his land, and cannot help the thistles coming 
up. Lord Coleridge : You do not suggest that he sows 
the thistles ?—A laugh.] No. [Lord Coleridge : How 
as to poppies ? The argument, no doubt, applies to 
any noxious weeds. Lord Esher : How do you show 
any duty to keep the thistles down ? They have grown 
for ages. Have you any authority to show such a 
duty ?] No, it must be admitted that there is none ; 
but where the act of the defendant has caused weeds to 
grow and propagate, it is conceived that on general 
principles he is bound to keep them down. [Lord 
Esher : Where you bring anything noxious to your 
neighbours on your land there may be such a duty, but 
not where it is only the natural produce of the land. 
Lord Coleridge : It is what in law is called “ the act of 
God.”] 
Lord Coleridge : I never heard of such an action. 
The appeal must be allowed, and the judgment set 
aside. 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Carpet Bedding. — Constant Subscriber: They are very ugly 
beds to design neatly, but perhaps with the materials you have, 
they would look best with an outer line of Echeveria, then inner 
lines of Alternanthera, Mesembryanthemuin cordifolium varie- 
gatum, another Alternanthera, and the centre Mentha Pulegium 
gibraltaricum, dotted with Echeveria and Sempervivum 
arboreum variegatum. 
Names of Plants.— R. H. R.: Phallus impudicus, or the 
Stink Horn, in the young state. S. W. : Boronia megastigma. 
Shading. — A. W.: If the whitening mixed with milk or a little 
size does not answer your purpose, you cannot do better than 
use either 'Williams’ Eureka, or Summer Cloud, put on with a 
brush. Both are cheap and excellent articles. 
Young Gardeners as Volunteers. — Inquirer: Young gar 
deners are, of course, as eligible as any other class of young men 
to become volunteers, and there is not the slightest reason why 
they should not do so, provided they have their employers’ 
sanction, and can stay in one place long enough to enable them 
to serve the time they engage themselves to wear the uniform. 
As a rule, young gardeners do not stop in any one place long 
enough, and that is the difficulty to be got over. 
Communications Received. —E. H.—J. L.—W. B. H.—J. T.— 
C. T. D.—W. A, A.—J. L.—T. B. (quite correct)—F. C. G. — 
E. S. D.—C. B. G. 
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TRADE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 
George Humphries, Kington Langley, Chippenham, — 
Dahlias, Bedding Plants, &c. 
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OOVENT 
GARDEN MARKET. 
April 9 th. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 
Asparagus ....per 100 8 0 
s.d. 
0 Herbs ....per bunch 0 2 
0 Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 
6 | Lettuces ..per dozen 1 6 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 3 
Onions.... per bushel 3 G 
Parsley... .per bunch 0 6 
Radishes .. per dozen 1 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..20 
Tomatos _per lb. 1 6 
Turnips _per bun. 0 6 
s.d. 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 6 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... .per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 0 GO 
Celery .. ..per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .... each 0 G 10 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 
Potatos.— Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
2 0 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d s.d . s.d. s.d. 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 1 G 
— St. Michaels, each 2 6 7 6 
Strawberries., per lb. 4 0 6 0 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 7 0 
— Nova Scotia, barrel 12 0 18 0 
Grapes .per lb. 3 0 5 0 
New Grapes . 50 SO 
Plants in Pots.—Aver. 
s.d. s.d. 
Azalea .. ..per dozenlS 0 36 0 
Aralia Sieboidi.. doz. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies..per doz. 8 0 12 0 
Bouvardias ..perdoz. 8 0 12 0 
Cyperns, ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 30 0 60 0 
Drac®na viridis, doz. 12 0 24 0 
Erica, various ..doz. 12 0 IS 0 
— Cavendishii, doz. IS 0 36 0 
— ventricosa.. doz. 18 0 30 0 
Cineraria., per dozen 8 0 12 0 
Dielytra _per doz. GO 9 0 
Evergreens,invar.,doz.6 0 24 0 
Ferns,invar.,perdoz. 4 0 18 0 
Roots for Bedding 
Out Flowers.—Averj 
s.d. s.d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms ..2 0 5 C 
Azalea-doz. sprays 0 6 10 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 10 
Camellias, 12 blooms 10 4 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 10 2 0 
Daffodils,doz.bunches 8 0 6 0 
Eueharis ..per dozen 4 0 SO 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 3 0 6 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Hyacinth, French, 
per bunch 10 2 0 
Hyacinth, Dutch, in 
boxes, White, box 2 0 4 0 
Hyacinth, various, 
per box 16 3 0 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Lilac, white, per bun. 4 6 0 
Lilium, various, 12 bis. 2 0 8 0 
Lily of the Valley do. 0 6 10 
MaidenhairFern,12bns.4 0 9 0 
,ge Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s. d. 
Genista.... per dozen S 0 12 0 
Heliotrope, per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Hyacinths, per dozen 6 0 9 0 
Marguerites per doz. 6 0 12 o 
Mignonette, per doz. 6 0 10 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums ..doz. 12 0 24 0 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 6 0 9 0 
Primula _per doz. 4 0 6 0 
Roses.per doz. IS 0 30 0 
Roses, Fairy_doz. 8 0 10 0 
Spiwea _per doz. S 0 12 0 
Tulips.12 pots 6 0 SO 
in boxes and pots. 
3E Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0 6 0 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 2 0 4 0 
— (French)..per bun. 16 2 0 
Narcissus ...doz. bun. 3 0 6 0 
Orchid bloom in variety 
Pelargoniums,12spys. 0 9 10 
— scarlet ..12 sprays 0 4 OS 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 16 
Primroses, doz. bun. 0 6 10 
Roses.per dozen 16 3 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 10 3 0 
— Red.per doz. 4 0 6 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 10 2 0 
Stephanotis,12 spraysl2 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 10 2 0 
Tulips ....12 blooms 0 6 10 
Violets... .12bunches 10 2 0 
— French, per bunch 10 2 6 
-Parme, per buch. 3 0 4 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amaryllis at Upper Hol¬ 
loway. 506 
Auricula in April, the .... 504 
Arachnanthe Lowii . 509 
Berberis, the . 507 
Blue Navelwort . 502 
Boronia serrulata . 50S 
Bouquets . 505 
Carnations, Seedling. 503 
Chinese Sacred Lily. 507 
Cineraria, the. 501 
Olivias, notes on. 503 
Collinsia verna and„C. dis¬ 
color . 508 
Currant, red flowered _503 
Cypripedium Godefroym 
Laingi . 509 
Dianthus species. 503 
Disa graminilolia .509 
Ferns and Ferneries. 504 
page 
Gardeners’ Calendar.50S 
Gardeners', examination of 50S 
Garden walks. 502 
Hippeastrum Grand Mo¬ 
narch . 50S 
Law notes. 5io 
Narcissus conference, the.. 501 
Onion culture.50S 
Plant life . 5C6 
Polyanthus Terra Cotta .. 50S 
Primrose Oak wood Blue .. SOS 
Pyxidanthera barbatula .. SOS 
Quince, the Japan. 502 
Rhododendron Countess of 
Haddington. 505 
Salmon Berry ....... 502 
Seed sowing, on. 504 
Spring flower gardening .. 507 
Weather, the . 501 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 
E. Robinson . 
R. Smith & Co. 
Catalogues. 
J. Forbes .. 
Kelway & Son. 
Chrysanthemums. 
J. Carter & Co. 
De Reydellet . 
J. Laing & Sons. 
R. Owen . 
S. Shepperson. 
Climbers. 
R. Smith & Co. 
Cut Flowers. 
Gregory & Evans ... 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead 
Smith. 
Florists’ Flowers. 
S. Baldwin . 
J. Cheal & Sons . 
J. Downie. 
J. Farmer . 
J. Galvin . 
Humphries . 
J. Laing & Sons. 
Alex. Lister. 
G. Wigley. 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co. ... 
R. Neal. 
Fruit Trees and Roses. 
R. Smith & Co. 
500 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
Agri - Horticultural 
Chemical Co.. 
512 
497 
Corry,Soper,Fowler & Co 
499 
Benjamin Edgington. 
511 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst .. 
497 
A. Potter. 
497 
R. Sankey & Sou . 
498 
H. G. Smyth . 
49S 
The “ Stott” Distributor 512 
C. G. Warne. 
512 
Hardy Plants. 
Blair .. 
497. 
J. Cornhill ". 
497 
H. English . 
499 
Hooper. 
497 
Kelway. 
500 
S. Shepperson. 
499 
Stansfield Bros, ... 
497 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 
512 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 
512 
C. Toope & Co.. 
497 1 
PAGE 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 497 
C. Frazer’s Exors . 512 
J- Gray. 497 
Mellowes & Co. 497 
A. Peel & Sons . 500 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 497 
J. Weeks & Co. 97 
Insecticides. 
J. Bentley . 511 
Bridgford's Antiseptic ... 497 
Corry, Soper, Fowler 
& Co. 512 
Dicksons, Limited. 512 
Fir Tree Oil...;. 497 
Gishurst Compound_.. 497 
Horticultural & Agricul¬ 
tural Chemical Co. 49S 
Picrena. 499 
Lawn Mowers. 
' Chadborn & Coldwell 
Manufacturing Co. 497 
Manures. 
W. H. Beeson. 497 
Clay’s Invigorator. 497 
W. Colchester. 512 
Native Guano Company 511 
H. Richardson & Co. 497 
Standen’s. 497 
W. Thomson & Sons. 497 
Miscellaneous. 
Colville & Co. 500 
Epps’ Cocoa. 511 
Gishurstine. 497 
Harrison's Knitter. 512 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 497 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Win. Cutbush & Son. 500 
Dicksons, Limited. 511 
Orchids. 
P. McArthur .. 497 
Roses. 
H. English ... 497 
J. Walters . 497 
Seeds. 
Allen. 497 
Barr & Son . 497 
J. Carter & Co. 500 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 497 
S. Shepperson. 499 
R. Smith & Co . 500 
Sutton & Sons. 497 
R. Sydenham . 501 
J. Veitch & Sons. 501 
Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants. 
H. English . 499 
Peacock Nurseries. 497 
Trees aud Shrubs. 
R. Neal. 500 
R. Smith & Co. 500 
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Small Advertisements, solid type, 6 d. per line of about nine 
words. Displayed Advertisements, per inch, 6s. ; per column 
(12 ins.Iong), £3 5s. ; per half-page, £5 ; per page, £9. Special 
quotations given for a series. Gardeners and others Wanting 
Situations, thirty words for Is. 6d., prepaid. 
Postal-and Money Orders to be made payable to B. Wynne, 
at the Drury Lane Post Office, W.C. 
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