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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 21, 1890. 
one’s labours. A practical gardener may tell 
the amateur of the need in all cases for ample 
light and air, of cleanliness, of sufficient heating 
power in the winter, of the necessity for clean 
pots, sweet turfy loam, peat and leaf-soil, of 
sharp sand, and of attention to watering, &c., 
hut still have very little practical knowledge 
himself of the plant culture under difficulties 
presented in the amateur’s case. 
The amateur whose innate love for flowers 
has enabled him from out of comparative 
ignorance to create perhaps his own greenhouse, 
raise and grow admirably his own plants, to 
have these clean and healthy, and always to 
present his house in a creditable condition, is a 
man to he regarded with admiration. What is 
accomplished by such gardeners as these under 
the greatest disadvantages would often astonish 
professional gardeners of high reputation. 
Such amateurs merit every encouragement at 
the hands of managers of horticultural societies. 
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Gardening Engagements.—Mr. Donald Clunas, as 
gardener and forester to the Earl of Leitrim, Milford, 
co. Donegal; and Mr. John McDougall, as gardener to 
D. McGregor, Esq., Ardgarten, Argyleshire ; both from 
the nursery of Mr. John Downie. 
Highgate Horticultural Society. —The annual exhi¬ 
bition of this society will take place on July 17th iu 
the grounds at Northfield, the residence of A. J. 
Reynolds, Esq. 
Demlrobium MacCarthke.—We learn from Mr. G. 
Cypher, gardener to Mrs. Studd, Royal Crescent, Bath, 
that the specimen of this Orchid, certificated at the 
Temple show, was exhibited by him, and not by Mr. 
J. Cypher, of Cheltenham. We regret the error, and 
hasten to make the needful correction. 
Ealing District Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement 
Society.—The second annual excursion of members 
and friends of this society will take place on Monday, 
July 28th, 1890, when a visit will be paid to the 
extensive seed stores and trial grounds of Messrs. 
Sutton at Reading. 
Harefleld Grove Gardens.—We understand that 
Mr. J. Dough’s successor in the charge of this remark¬ 
ably extensive gardening establishment is Mr. Edward 
Bennett,, of Potters Bar, and formerly well known as 
gardener at Perdiswell, Enville, and Hatfield. Mr. 
Bennett, we believe, will still keep on his two nurseries 
at Potters Bar. 
Hartland’s Daffodils is the title of a little book just 
issued by Mr. W. B. Hartland, of Cork, and which 
contains illustrations of some forty-nine species and 
varieties of Narcissi, beautifully drawn by Miss 
Gertrude Hartland, and engraved in the best style by 
Mr. Welch. The little work is dedicated to Mr. C. W. 
Cowan, and will be welcomed by Daffodil lovers. 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.—At a committee meeting 
held on Friday evening last, the accounts of the recent 
Pete in Covent Garden were presented and adopted. 
The receipts amounted to £262 185. , and the expenses 
to £91 15 s. 5 d., leaving a balance in favour of the 
Fund of £171 2s. 7 d. This enabled the committee to 
allot thirty-four special life votes for distribution among 
the stand-holders, and these were subsequently drawn 
for, and their election carried unanimously. 
London Fog.—At the last meeting of the Scientific 
Committee Mr. D. Morris called attention to the fact 
that the Royal Society has assigned £100 “ on the recom¬ 
mendation of the Government Grant Committee, for an 
inquiry into the composition of London fog, with special 
regard to the constituents of fog injurious to plantlife.” 
An informal conversation followed with reference to 
chemical investigations to he undertaken at the 
laboratory of University College, under the super¬ 
intendence of Dr. Oliver. 
The late Mr. Janies Vair.—A short time ago, Mr. 
A. Evans, Lythe Hill Gardens, Haslemere, with the 
laudable object of putting a memorial stone on the 
grave of the late Mr. James Yair, who for thirty-five 
years was gardener to Lady Dorothy Nevili, at Dang- 
stein and Stillyans, Sussex, made an appeal for 
subscriptions among his many friends, which resulted 
in a sufficient amount being raised to pay for head and 
foot stones, which now mark the resting place of the 
worthy old gardener. There was a balance left of 
£3 8s. 6 d., which has been paid over to the Gardeners’ 
Royal Benevolent Institution. 
The Studley House Collection of Orchids.—We 
note with regret the dispersion of another noted col¬ 
lection of Orchids—that of F. G. Tautz, Esq. of Studley 
House, the first portion of which will be sold at Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms, on Tuesdayand Wednesday 
next, and the second on July 8 th and 9th. An admirable 
catalogue of the first sale has been issued, and includes 
700 lots, among them being a great number of rare and 
scarce plants, for it is well known that Mr. Tautz 
bought with great judgment. 
Mr. John Clieal, senior member of the firm of 
J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, attained 
his 90 th year on the 7thinst., and was presented by the 
employes of the firm with a handsome brass chandelier 
lamp and an illuminated address. On the following 
Monday the event was celebrated by an excursion to 
Brighton, in which all the employes joined at the 
invitation of the Messrs. Cheal. In the afternoon the 
party dined together, with Mr. Joseph Cheal in the 
chair, when the nonagenarian employer’s health was 
drank with the utmost cordiality, and amid many 
expressions of goodwill from the employes to the 
employers. 
Cardiff Horticultural Society.—The Old Glamor¬ 
ganshire Horticultural Society for a number of years 
held a flower show at Cardiff, which had a great local 
reputation. Then came a time of decline— a period of 
adversity which comes to almost every society—and it 
became extinct. Last year some energetic townsmen 
banded themselves together, and formed the Cardiff 
Horticultural Society, and held a first exhibition, which 
proved so encouraging that they have arranged a second 
one for August 13th, which is to be held in the Sophia 
Gardens, Cardiff. A good schedule of prizes has been 
prepared, and valuable prizes are offered in a few 
leading classes for stove and greenhouse and foliaged 
plants, Fuchsias, exotic Ferns, and zonal Pelargoniums, 
open to all comers. 
Messrs. Richard Smith & Co.'s Annual Excursion. 
—The fifteenth annual excursion of the employes and 
friends of this firm, numbering 450, left Worcester at 
4 a.m. on Monday, June 16 th, for Portsmouth and the 
Isle of Wight. A very enjoyable day was spent, some 
visiting the Dockyards and H. M.S. Victory, while 
others went to Southampton, or round the Isle of Wight. 
The party returned from Portsmouth at 8.10 p.m, 
arriving home at 1 o’clock, all highly delighted with 
the day’s outing, thanks to Mr. Aylett, one of the heads 
of departments, whose admirable railway and boat 
arrangements greatly added to the comfort and con¬ 
venience of the excursionists. 
A Holiday Excursion to Bournemouth.—The ex¬ 
cursion given annually by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Reading, to their employes, took place on Tuesday, 
June 10th, to Bournemouth. A special train was 
engaged by the firm to convey the party, numbering 
upwards of 500, and in consequence of the excellent 
arrangements, the journey both ways was accomplished 
in remarkably good time. Each employe received a 
free railway ticket and a liberal sum of money for 
refreshments, boating trips, &c., and in addition each 
married man was allowed a railway ticket for his wife. 
Mr. Martin Hope Sutton, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, Mr. 
Herbert Sutton, Mr. A. W. Sutton, with several 
members of their respective families, accompanied the 
party, and everything was done to insure the comfort 
and enjoyment of those who take part in this annual 
outing, which Messrs. Sutton have given for more than 
thirty years. 
Hall and Fraser Fund.—It will be in the recollection 
of our readers that a fund was opened some time since 
for the benefit of the widows and families of Mr. Hall 
and Mr. Fraser, who, by an unfortunate accident, were 
drowned in the Clyde in September last. The total 
amount collected was £460 17s. 6d. ; the expenses for 
printing appeals, postage, &c., £6 17s. 6 d. ; thus 
leaving a balance of £454, which has been equally 
divided between the two families, and the amount 
invested in Grand Trunk 4 per cent. Debenture Stock. 
Mr. William Thomson, Jun., of Clovenfords, N. B., 
has consented to act as joint trustee with Mrs. Fraser 
for the amount invested for her benefit. The thanks 
of the committee are due to Mr. Fred. Horsman, who 
carried out the onerous duties of secretary, and to Mr. 
Harry J. Veitcli and Mr. W. H. Protheroe for the great 
pains they have taken in securing such a good in¬ 
vestment. We trust the subscribers will be well 
satisfied with the arrangement. 
A Superintendent for the London Parks.—The 
Parks and Open Spaces Committee of the London 
County Council submitted an important proposal in 
reference to the future management of the parks and 
open spaces, at the meeting held on June 10th. A 
reorganisation of the staff concerned was necessary in 
order to secure uniformity of system and unity of 
direction and control. During the last twenty years 
the area of the parks and open spaces of London, under 
municipal control, had increased from 178 acres to 
more than 3,000 acres, and the number of persons 
employed was now nearly 400. The annual expen¬ 
diture for maintenance alone was nearly £50,000, 
whilst the combined expenditure on capital and working 
accounts amounted to no less than £100,000, a sum 
which did not promise to diminish. The Committee 
were of opinion that the necessity thus arose for a 
separate parks and open spaces sub-department, though 
it was not meant by that term that it should be 
subordinate to any other department. For the head of 
the new department the committee thought they 
should have a professional landscape gardener of a high 
class, and having thorough technical knowledge, 
together with business capacity and experience. The 
Committee further recommended that the head of the 
new sub-department should be designated the “ Super¬ 
intendent of Parks and Open Spaces,” and that his 
salary should he £600 a year. After some debate the 
first part of the recommendation was approved, but the 
question of salary was left to the consideration of the 
Standing Committee. 
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PROPOSED FRUIT SHOW IN 
THE CITY OP LONDON. 
Ox the invitation of Sir James Whitehead, Bart., 
Master of the Fruiterers’ Company, the following gen¬ 
tlemen assembled in the Guildhall on Monday afternoon 
last to confer with the committee of the Company on 
the advisability of holding an exhibition of home¬ 
grown fruit in the City of London during the ensuing 
autumn—namely, Messrs. A. F. Barron, G. Bunyard, 
J. Cheal, J. Emerson, Shirley Hibberd, Faunce de 
Laune, J. Laing, G. Paul, T. F. Rivers, A. H. Smee, 
H. Turner, and J. Wright. Dr. Hogg, Mr. W illi am 
Paul, and others, who approved of the action of the 
Fruiterers’ Company, were unable to attend. Dr. 
Fotherby, R. S. Mason and H. R. Williams, Esqs., 
Past Masters, with Mr. O. C. T. Eagleton, were present 
on the occasion. 
Sir James Whitehead presided, and in a lucid address 
explained the objects in view. He pointed out that 
the cultivation of useful hardy fruits is not now 
practised in nearly so many gardens of cottagers and 
farmers as was the case a generation ago. He did not 
know the reason of that, hut his observations, in the 
northern counties more particularly, led him to believe 
such was the fact. He thought it must be to the 
advantage of families in rural districts to have a larger 
and better supply of fruit grown on their homesteads. 
During his mayoralty last year he made an appeal to 
the public to raise a sufficient fund for yielding an 
annual income to be applied to the furtherance of that 
object. At the present time subscriptions amounted 
to about A?l,500. He wished to draw public attention 
to the desire of the Fruiterers’ Company to increase 
that fund, and the best method of doing so was the 
question they had to consider. The proposition to 
hold a fruit show under the Company’s auspices in the 
City had been favourably received, and if it was con¬ 
sidered practicable by the practical men around him he 
should do his best, as would his colleagues, to make it 
a success. He wished it to be distinctly understood 
that they had no idea of being in opposition to or acting 
in conflict with any existing society or association 
which was working to the same good end, but the 
Fruiterers’ Company had done a little, and desired to 
do more, and he therefore asked for co-operation and 
suggestions. 
The first question that arose was whether there 
would be any fruit to show this year, and it was stated 
that seveial districts were practically destitute of fruit, 
especially of the larger kinds ; but when Mr. Smee 
ventured to say that he could fill half the Guildhall 
with Apples from one county—Surrey—and Mr. 
Bunyard said that the other half could be filled from 
Kent if needed, the question was settled, and there was 
a general consensus of opinion that, no matter how 
sparse the crops, sufficient fruit was always forthcoming 
for exhibiting when adequate inducements were offered 
to cultivators. 
A conversation ensued on the advisability of the 
Royal Horticultural Society assisting in the project, 
Mr. George Paul remarking that he believed the Council 
would regard the matter favourably, but he had no 
authority to give any definite pledge. Mr. Shirley 
