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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June so, 1894. 
fairly gauged by this test, and it is pleasing 
to find so many able to stand it. No 
inconsiderable number of our finest Roses 
may be claimed by home raisers. 
Beauty of Waltham, Charles Darwin, 
Countess of Rosebery, Crown Prince, 
Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Duke of Connaught, Duke” of Teck, Earl of 
Dufferin, Earl of Pembroke, Her Majesty, 
Jeannie Dickson, Marchioness of Dufferin, 
Mrs. John Laing, Pride of Reigate, Pride 
of Waltham, Prince Arthur, and Sultan of 
Zanzibar, are only a few of the good hybrid 
perpetuals. 
Among hybrid Teas we have Grace 
Darling, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, and Vis¬ 
countess Folkestone. In the beautiful 
class of teas and noisettes, we have Cleo¬ 
patra, Devoniensis, Ethel Brownlow, Prin¬ 
cess of Wales, and Souvenir de S. A. 
Prince, notwithstanding its Gallic name ; 
while in Mrs. Paul we have one of the very 
finest Bourbons. 
All of those named are recognised as 
exhibition varieties, but among garden 
Roses we are also well represented with 
Bruce Findlay, Cheshunt Scarlet, John 
Hopper, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 
Cheshunt Hybrid, the Waltham Climbers, 
Paul’s Single White, Allister Stella Gray, 
Carmine Pillar, Spencer, Clio, Duke of 
York, Mrs. Harkness, Media, Corunna, 
Charles Gater, and several from Ireland 
which should not be overlooked. The 
Continental growers may be more prolific 
in their introduction, but there is also a 
much greater proportion of chaff among 
their good corn. It is pleasing to our 
insular vanity that we can cultivate our 
national flowers to the highest perfection, 
and also compete favourably with others in 
the production of new varieties worthy to 
take the place of some older favourites. 
^HE Fragrance of Flowers is one of 
their best charms, and few can surpass 
Roses for delicacy of scent combined with 
exquisite shadings of many colours. We 
find a few, but fortunately a very limited 
number, of Roses without any perfume. The 
best example of these may be found in 
Baroness Rothschild. Yet who can discard 
this grand Rose simply because it does not 
possess scent ? White Baroness, Mabel 
Morrison, and Merveille de Lyon are so 
closely related to Baroness Rothschild that 
we do not wonder to find them also deficient 
in sweetness. But what Rose can compare 
with the beauty of Baroness upon a showery 
summer morning ?—a time when the 
majority of our light-coloured favourites are 
often seriously affected. 
We must not forget that many persons 
differ considerably in their selection of the 
sweetest flow'ers. We have met with those 
who cannot distinguish any perfumes in the 
Banksians, while most others discover a 
powerful scent of Violets. In Cyclamen 
and Lily of the Valley we also have good 
examples of difterence in the olfactory 
nerves of various persons, some considering 
them very sweet and others condemning 
them for lack of scent. Mignonette, Carna¬ 
tions, Roses, Honeysuckle, and a few more 
are universally popular, but such powerfully 
scented subjects as Tuberoses, Stephanotis, 
Gardenias, and Hyacinths become objec¬ 
tionable in a room after the first few 
minutes. 
Among Carnations none can beat the old 
Clove, although the new Uriah Pike runs 
it very hard, while Roses have so many 
splendid examples that it is somewhat risky 
to select from them. L’Ideal, Socrates, La 
France, Viscountess Folkestone, and that 
old and now so seldom seen favourite, 
Baronne Prevost, are five of the very 
sweetest. 
Derby Horticultural Association.—The first annual 
exhibition of this new Association will be held in the 
Athenseum Room, Derby, on August 6th next. 
Mr. William Hunt, late of Mr. John Downie’s 
Beachhill Nursery, Edinburgh, has been appointed 
gardener to Mrs. Sanders, Sander Park, Co. Cork. 
Mr. Charles Newman, late gardener at Oak House, 
■ Hounslow, has been engaged as gardener to T. O. 
Clarke, Esq., Mountain Ash, Addlestone, Chertsey. 
Mr. John Baxter, from the Clyne Valley Nurseries, 
Swansea, has been engaged as gardener to C. W. 
Hill, Esq., Arnot Hill, Arnold, Nottingham. 
Mr. A. F. Willet, lately foreman at Milton, Peter- 
’ borough, has been engaged as gardener to H. Gilliat, 
Esq., Abbot’s Ripton Hall, Huntingdon. 
Mr. George Cooke, late of Quorndon Hall Gardens, 
Loughborough, left England on Saturday last for 
New York, with a view to taking up the duties of 
gardener to Mr. Twombley, at Madeson, Summit, 
New Jersey, where we understand he will have full 
scope for the display of his undoubted ability as a 
gardener. 
Death of Mr. Robert Bargus.—By the death of 
their ground foreman on Saturday last at the age of 
sixty years, the Brothers Turner, of the Royal 
Nurseries, Slough, have lost an old and much 
respected member of their permanent staS. Mr. 
Bargus had never been employed anywhere else, for 
he entered the Slough Nursery as a boy, and had 
been ground foreman there for over forty years. 
Messrs. Peed’s Employees’ Excursion.—Through 
the kindness of Messrs J. Peed & Sons, their 
employees at the Roupell Park and Streatham 
Nurseries had their Annual Excursion on Wednes¬ 
day, the 20th inst,, to Hastings. Unfortunately, 
the weather was not all that could be desired, but 
notwithstanding this, all thoroughly enjoyed them¬ 
selves in visiting the different places of interest. 
The Crystal Palace Fruit Show.—The schedule of 
prizes offered by the Royal Horticultural Society in 
conjunction with the C'ystal Palace Company for 
the show of British Grown Fruit to be held at the 
Crystal Palace on September zgth and October ist 
and 2nd, has just been issued, and provides for 141 
classes, viz., in Division i, open to all—two for col. 
lections of fruit, nine for Grapes, two for Peaches, 
two for Nectarines, one for Figs, three for Tomatos, 
one for a pot Vine, and one for a collection of hardy 
fruit grown in Orchid houses. Division 2 : open to 
nurserymen only—three for collections of fruit, three 
for collections of Apples, two each for cooking and 
dessert apples, seven for Pears, two each fcr 
Peaches and Nectarines, eight for Plums, Prunes, 
&c., and one each for Nuts, Quinces, and small 
fruits. Division 3 : for single dishes of fruit grown 
in the open air, open to all—fifty-one for Apples, 
and twenty-four for Pears. Division 4 : five classes 
for dried fruits. Division 5 : special prizes, eight 
classes. 
The Fruit Growers of San Jose, California, have 
established a Fruit Growers’ Co-operative Associa¬ 
tion worked somewhat upon the following lines : — 
The growers first incorporated themselves, and took 
stock in the Association. Every person delivering 
fruit receives a receipt for his fruit, stating 
the grade and the number of pounds. When the 
fruit is sold, the money is paid according to grade 
and amount. On delivery of fruit, money to a 
limited extent, say from 25 to 50 per cent, of market 
value, is advanced when the contributor needs it. The 
great success of the institution lies in the fact that 
it has prevented 500 or 600 growers going into the 
market and competing with each other for sale. The 
Association this year concentrated for selling 
8,500,000 lb. of dried fruit, and had in direct control 
as much more by keeping stockholders who did not 
patronise the institution informed as to the condition 
of the market. 
The Chrysanthemum in New Zealand.—The Annual 
Chrysanthemum Show held in Wellington on April 
25th was an encouraging success, both as regards 
the advanced quality of the blooms staged and the 
larger attendance of the general public. Mr. John 
Earland and Mr. J. J. Kerslake were the most 
successful exhibitors, the first-named gentlemen 
being especially strong in all sections. Besides 
many other first prizes Mr. Earland also secured 
that for the best new varieties raised from New Zea¬ 
land saved seed ; and the N. C. S. Silver Medal 
for having scored the largest aggregate of 
points. At the Cambridge Show held on April 
27th, the quality of the blooms staged was markedly 
in advance of anything previously seen in that town. 
Here the N. C. S. Silver Medals for thirty-six 
incurved and Japanese blooms were won by Mr. T- 
Whiteley, Nurseryman, and Mr. T. Wells, gardener, 
and these exhibitors also scored the highest aggre¬ 
gate of marks in their respective sections. 
Cattle dying from eating the leaves of trees.—In 
the districts of Comrie and Muthill, Perthshire! 
which was so terribly smitten by the great storm, 
recorded in our columns at the time, thousands of 
the trees are still lying as they fell, and at present 
many of them are in full foliage. The cattle in the 
fields where trees are there lying have been eating 
freely of the green leaves, which has caused the 
deaths of a number of milch cows and stirks belong¬ 
ing to farmers and cottagers in those districts. It 
is also reported that a considerable amount of 
disease which is amongst the animals is the result 
of the same cause. 
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GARDENERS’ ROYAl BENEVOLENT 
INSTITUTION. 
The fifty-fifth anniversary festival of this Institution 
took place in the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, 
on the 2ist inst. under the presidency of Sir Julian 
Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., president of the Royal 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. The tables were charm¬ 
ingly decorated with Orchids and other choice 
flowers kindly contributed by Messrs. F. Sander & 
Co., Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Messrs. 
W. Cutbush & Sons, Mr. Charles Turner, and the 
Messrs. Paul; and there was a large company, 
including Mr. L. N. Cohen, Mr. J. Sebag Montefiore, 
Mr. Czarnikow, Mr. N. N. Sherwood, Mr. H. J. 
Veitch, Mr. James Veitch, Mr. P. Crowley, Mr. 
Fremlin, Mr. G. Dickson, Chester, Mr. W. J. 
Nutting, Mr. G. Bunyard, Mr. T. Peacock, Mr. 
Cathie, Dr. Gorton, Mr. C. E. Osman, Mr. Albert 
M'Cullough, Cincinnati, U.S.A., Mr. A. W. G. 
Weeks, Mr. H. B. May, Mr. A. F. Barron, Mr. John 
Laing, Mr. F. Q. Lane, Mr. W. Y. Baker, Mr. Lynch 
White, Mr. W. Iceton, Mr. Melady, Messrs. H. and 
A. Turner, Mr. R. Cannell, Mr. W. L. Corry, Mr. J. 
Douglas, Mr. J. W. Wimsett, Mr. H. J. Cutbush, 
Mr. Hogg, Mr. R. P. Glendinning, Mr. G. Monro, 
Mr. J. Webber, Mr. T. A. Dickson, the Messrs. T., 
J. and J. Rochford, Mr. P. E. Kay, Mr. J. Sweet, 
Mr. Mott, Mr J. Walker, Mr. G. Butt, Mr. Tiffin, 
Mr. W. G. Head, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Glen, Mr. 
Woodgate, Mr Hudson, Mr. Wythes, Mr. Osborn, 
Mr. A. Watkins, Mr. G. W. Ryder, Mr. W. Jefferies, 
and the secretary, Mr. G. J. Ingram. 
The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, 
the Chairman, in proposing" Success to the Institu¬ 
tion,’’ reminded his hearers that the Institution was 
established in 1838, and that it had been the means 
of doing a great amount of good. He had long been a 
witness of its growth and prosperity, but it ought to 
prosper more. It had been said that poets found 
great consolation in a beautiful landscape, but they 
all found pleasure in a beautiful garden. A cultivated 
taste whether it was in art or literature was most 
valuable, and should receive the utmost appreciation. 
In the same degree those who studied and brought 
to perfection the beauties of Nature were equally 
deserving of recognition. Those who take an interest 
in gardening are gratified when something fresh is 
brought to their notice, and those who cultivated 
flowers and fruits to perfection did much for the 
improvement of humanity, and derived pleasure from 
their work themselves. But there was an alloy even 
in the delights of gardening, for it was often accom¬ 
plished under the most trying circumstances, frost, 
cold, rain, and hail frequently destroying his 
labour, he being powerless against the forces of 
nature. He had, himself, but little leisure for the 
enjoyment of his garden, and it was only at rare 
intervals that he could spare a few hours to visit 
such establishments as that of his friend, Mr. Veitch, 
where they would see the choicest floral products of 
the world displayed in the richest profusion, and 
where efforts were made to improve upon the 
ordinary work of nature by placing plants in the 
most favourable conditions under which they could 
arrive at and attain the greatest beauty. The Chair¬ 
man then referred more particularly to the Institu¬ 
tion, on whose behalf he made an earnest appeal. 
Special privileges, he pointed out, were given to 
those who had subscribed for a number of years, 
