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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 22, 1895. 
ling, President and Sir Joseph Paxton are 
still with us, and merely testify to the 
survival of the fittest ; lor all of them are 
highly esteemed for one quality or another. 
All are heavy croppers, and while Sir 
Joseph Paxton is extensively cultivated by 
the market growers, because it travels 
well, the rest are of excellent quality. 
Auguste Nicaise, Stevens’ W onder and 
several others of large size have been 
proved to be highly suitable for forcing 
purposes, and hence they find a place in 
modern collections. Several are notable 
for their earliness in the open ground; 
hence their serviceableness in the garden. 
Amongst these we should name Royal 
Sovereign, King of the Earlies and Noble. 
The latter is very poor in flavour compared 
with the previous two, and no earlier; 
therefore it has been superseded by them, 
and in some establishments is already 
discarded. Latest of All, Waterloo and 
Elton Pine recommend themselves for the 
production of late crops, and for this 
reason many gardeners continue to grow 
them. Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury, in 
the opinion of many, is considered the most 
serviceable and all round useful sort 
either for heavy or light soils or for forcing 
purposes. 
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Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.—At the 
instigation of N. N. Sherwood, Esq. (Renter Warden), 
the Worshipful Company of Gardeners have given 
a donation of £5 5s. to the funds of the Gardeners’ 
Royal Benevolent Institution. 
National Amateur Gardeners' Association.—A con¬ 
versazione in connection with this Society will be 
held at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, E.C., 
on Tuesday evening, July 2nd. The reception by the 
President, Mr. T. W. Sanders, will commence at 
7 p.m. This day, Saturday, the members of the 
Society will pay a visit to Aldenham House Gardens, 
Elstree, Herts. 
Paintings of Orchids.—Early in July Mr. William 
Gale will have an exhibition of paintings in oil of 
Orchids, sketches of the Swiss Oberland, and Eastern 
and other subject pictures, at the Gainsborough 
Gallery,Old Bond Street. 
Devon and Exeter Rose Show.—The Rose Show of 
the Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society is to be 
held on Northernhay, on Friday, 28th inst. The full 
band of the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 
from Plymouth, has been engaged. 
Double Gooseberries.—Thinking it must be rather 
an unusual occurrence for a Gooseberry tree to bear 
double Gooseberries, I send you a few which a tree 
of mine is bearing. Almost the whole of the berries, 
and they are many, on the tree are double. It has 
borne fruit in previous years, but never nearly all 
double like this year.— F. Arnold Baker, in the 
" Field." 
Early Vegetables —At Devonhurst, Chiswick, the 
first dishes of Pea Ringleader, Potato Ringleader, 
and Cauliflower magnum bonum, were gathered on 
the 31st May. The Cauliflower was sown indoors 
in January and planted out the third week of March. 
Royal Sovereign Strawberry has been ripening from 
the 1st of this month both at Devonhurst and at 
Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill. 
The Strawberry Supply—An enormous quantity 
of Strawberries is now being sent away daily from 
Swanwick, Botley, and neighbourhood to the London 
and provincial markets. Some idea of the traffic 
may be gained from the fact that special trains are 
regularly running, conveying this fruit only, and on 
one morning no fewer than ninety pair-horse vans 
were required to convey the fruit from Waterloo 
Station to the markets, the task of checking and 
making out the accounts being, as may be imagined, 
no easy one for the staff of the Parcel Department at 
that station. 
Wolverhampton Gardeners' Society.—The Wolver¬ 
hampton Gardeners’ Society held their June meeting 
at the Midland Cafe, Queen Square, on the 4th inst., 
when the Chairman (Mr. Carter, head gardener to 
the Hon. Philip Stanhope, M.P.) read a paper on 
» Strawberries.” The lecturer exhibited eight re¬ 
markable fruits of the Auguste Nicaise Strawberry, 
weighing Jib., grown by himself in pots at the 
Wodehouse Gardens, Wombourn. The fruits were 
well formed and finely coloured. Several speakers 
stated they had never seed such fine Strawberries 
grown in pots before. Owing to the summer shows 
and other attractions the next few months the meet¬ 
ings were postponed till October. Members propose 
to arrange an excursion to Chatsworth or some 
other noted gardens. A hearty vote of thanks to the 
Chairman closed the meeting. 
Orchids for the Queen.—Dr. Paterson, Fernfield, 
Bridge of Allan, having forwarded his usual loyal 
offering of a box of choice Orchids to Balmoral for 
Her Majesty’s gracious acceptance on the occasion 
of her birthday, has received the following reply on 
the Queen's behalf from the Hon. H. C. Legge, the 
Equerry-iu-Waiting :—" Balmoral Castle, on the 5th 
June.—-The Equerry-in-Waiting presents his compli¬ 
ments to Dr. Paterson, and begs to inform him that 
he is commanded to thank him very much for the 
lovely Orchids he was good enough to send the 
Queen, with which Her Majesty was greatly 
pleased.” The Orchid flowers consisted of very fine 
Catileyas, Laelias, Vandas, Odontoglossums, &c. 
Syndal Chamber of Belgian Horticulturists.—At 
the meeting of this Society, on the 9th inst., Cert’fi- 
cates of Merit were awarded to 25 plants of Pelar¬ 
gonium Odier by M. Emile Lossy; to Anthurium 
Scherzerianum pomponatum rubrum and A. S. p. 
album shown by M. De Smet-Duvivier ; to Philica 
elegantissima and Nidularium acanthccrater shown 
by M. Petrick; to Anthurium Madame Wallem shown 
by M. A. De Smet; to Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) 
splendens, shown by M. Pynaert Van Geert, to 
Impatiens Sultani salmonium grandifloruir. and 
Hypericum Moserianum tricolor, shown by M. 
Debois; to Anthurium Scherzerianum Madame 
Edgard Wartel, presented by the Ghent Horticul¬ 
tural Society ; to Odontoglossum crispum Janssens 
and Vincent and O. Pescatorei Janssens and 
Vincent, presented by MM. Janssens and Vincent; 
to Odontoglossum crispum guttatum, shown by MM. 
E. Vervaet & Co.; and to Laelia grandis tenebrosa, 
exhibited by M. Jules Hye. 
Dutch Horticultural and Botanical Society.—The 
Floral Committee on May nth awarded First-class 
Certificates to Messrs. E. H. Krelage & Son, of 
Haarlem, for the following varieties of Darwin 
Tulips ; Paul Bandry, Tra Angelica, and Marcella ; 
and for the varieties of Flemish Tulips : Boscette, 
Henri Jules, and Annie Marie ; and to Mr. F. Van 
Der Wissel, of Epe, for Picea excelsa fastigiata. 
Certificates of Merit were also awarded to Messrs. 
E. H. Krelage & Son, of Haarlem, for the varieties 
of Darwin Tulips : Gretchen and Jhr. Schorer; and 
for the Flemish Tulips: Dolobella, Palma, and 
Dolores, and to Tulipa Franconiana ; to Messrs. A. 
Glijm de Vos & Co., of Utrecht, for Annysogonum 
decussatum and Begonia decora, and to Messrs. 
Peter Van Velsen & Sons, of Overveen, for Myosotis 
alpestris umbellatus. 
Certificates awarded at Brussels.—At the sixtieth 
meeting of L'Orchideenne, a society of lovers of 
Orchids, Brussels, on the gth June, the following 
awards were made : Diplomas of Honour of the 
First-class for novelty were awarded to a hybrid 
Odontoglossum (crispum x luteo-purpureum ?) and 
Acineta eburnea, irom M. Linden ; and to Cattleya 
Albertii, from M. Van Imschoot. Botanical Certifi¬ 
cates were accorded to Bulbophyllum Dearei and 
B. anceps, from M. Linden. Certificates of Merit 
were awarded to:—Odontoglossum crispum and 
Odontoglossum crispum from M. Madoux ; 
to Cattleya Mossiae chirguensis, from M. 
Van Wambeke; to Laelia purpurata princeps, 
Cattleya Mendeli Empereur, and Laelia elegans 
var., from M. Linden; to Cattleya Mendeli var., 
from M. Madoux ; to Cattleya maxima Leopoldi, 
from M. Knight ; to Odontoglossum crispum var., 
from M. Madoux; to Cypripedium selligerum 
majus, from M. le Dr. Capart; to Cochlioda Noetz 
liana var. aurantiaca, from M. Knight; to Odonto¬ 
glossum crispum var., from M. de Lombaerde; to 
Odontoglossum crispum var., from M. Madoux; to 
Odontoglossum crispum, from M. Van Wambeke ; to 
Odontoglossum crispum var., from M. Madoux ; to 
Cypripedium ciliolare var., from M. Linden, to 
Cattleya Mendeli, from M. de Lombaerde ; to a 
group of three Odontoglossums, from M. De Craene, 
to Anguloa Madouxiana, from M. Madoux ; to Laelia 
purpurata var., from M. Miteau; to Phalaenopsis 
Luddemaniana, from M. Madoux; to Vanda 
Marriottiana, from M. Linden; and to Cattleya 
Mossiae var., from M. Varjenevsky. Certificates of 
Culture and of good flowering of the first class 
were awarded to three plants of Laelia purpurata, 
from M. Van Wambeke ; to Cattleya Mossiae var , 
Thunia Marshalliana, and to Saccolabium ampul- 
laceum, from M. Linden. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ Annual Excursion.—This 
most pleasant excursion was held on Thursday, June 
6th, when for the first time Folkestone and Dover 
were visited. Starting punctually at 7 a m., a heavy 
special train conveyed members and employes of the 
firm and friends with absolute punctuality over the 
long journey, the South Eastern Railway Company 
having, through Mr. J. W. Trowbridge, the new 
station-master at Reading, made the most perfect 
arrangements for the journeys. The party, which 
numbered just over 600, was accompanied by Mr. 
and Mrs. Herbert Sutton, Mr. Arthur Warwick 
Sutton, Mr. Leonard G. Sutton, and the Misses 
Sutton. Folkestone was reached at 10.15 and 
Dover shortly after, and the happy party dispersed 
to enjoy themselves in various ways until the return 
journey which was commenced at 7. 30 and concluded 
at 11. Many visited the great military camp at 
Shorncliffe, inspected the Admiralty Pier, the Castle 
and Forts of Dover, and the pretty little hamlet of 
St. Margaret's Bay, many drove to Sandgate and 
Hythe, and many others betook themselves to the 
beautiful downs behind Folkestone, bent, and success¬ 
fully, upon collecting interesting botanical specimens 
which abound in that favoured region. The 
majority, however, found full occupation for a 
pleasant day in Folkestone itself, the harbour, the 
beach, the pier, and the magnificent Leas affording 
them plenty of points of interest. The day proved 
fine, though dull and not very warm, and there was 
a very boisterous wind, so that only a few ventured 
on the steamboat trips to Calais and Boulogne as 
arranged. As usual, each married man received an 
invitation for his wife, and with the liberality which 
marks the firm on all occasions, not only was the 
train provided, but every person was presented with 
a sum of money sufficient to fully defray the expenses 
of the day. 
Veitch Memorial Medals —At the Royal Horticultural 
Society's meeting on Tuesday, June nth, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence being in the chair, the ceremony of for¬ 
mally presenting three Veitch Memorial Medals to 
their respective recipients was performed. The 
three gentlemen so honoured were Mr. James Bate¬ 
man, Mr. Moore, of Glasnevin, and M. Victor 
Lemoine, of Nancy. In a short but appropriate 
speech, the chairman said that it gave him peculiar 
pleasure to be able to hand a Veitch Memorial 
Medal to Mr. James Bateman, who had a spent a 
long and useful life in horticultural and botanical 
investigations, and who had as far back as the year 
i 8 43> given to the world that valuable work the 
Orchidacese of Mexico and Guatemala, a book 
characterised by the thoroughness with which 
it had been prepared, and the minutely correct 
plant description it contained, and which had so far 
not been surpassed by any of the more recent 
productions. Mr. Bateman replied at some length 
and said how sensible he felt of the honour that was 
being paid to him in thus presenting him with a 
Veitch Memorial Medal. Mr. Moore, of Glasnevin, 
also acknowledged the presentation of the medal to 
him, and said that it would be a great encouragement 
to him to make still more strenuous efforts in the 
future to assist horticulture by every means in his 
power. M. Victor Lemoine was unfortunately 
unable to be present, and Mr. Veitch received the 
Medal for him from the hands of the chairman, re¬ 
marking upon the pleasure he felt that M. Lemoine s 
services to horticulture had been thus acknowledged. 
Edinburgh Botanical Society.—The Edinburgh 
Botanical Society met on the 13th inst. in the Royal 
Botanic Garden—one of the vice-presidents, the Rer. 
Dr. Paul, Roxburgh, in the chair. Mr. R. Lindsay, 
curator at the Garden, read his monthly report on 
vegetation, which stated that the weather of May had 
been warm and dry, and, if not all that could have been 
desired, had been very favourable to vegetation 
generally. No frost occured during the month, and 
vegetation made very rapid progress. The foliage of 
all the ordinary deciduous trees and shrubs was now 
in perfect condition, being most luxuriant and 
healthy. Ornamental and fruit trees had flowered 
