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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 13, 1895. 
turned to advantage in the advancement of 
gardening in many ways and possibly in 
ways and methods of which we have not 
yet dreamed. It is worse than idle to rest 
and maintain an attitude that we already 
know as much as science can tell us, for 
future generations say a hundred years 
hence—will probably look upon our 
methods as antiquated and old fashioned, 
just as we regard those of our ancestors a 
century ago, in many respects. For in¬ 
stance the new teaching has already been 
a great guide to us in the improvement of 
cultivated plants by hybridisation, cross¬ 
breeding and selection. It is our own fault 
if we neglect or ignore the lessons it holds 
forth to us in making a selection of those 
plants which will give us the healthiest and 
most vigorous progeny. By the adoption 
of carefully conducted scientific methods 
we can the sooner get the desired results 
than by trusting to haphazard methods 
which are practically synonymous with 
blind chance. We cannot properly 
estimate the advantages that may accrue 
in the near future to the workers in the 
humbler fields of life from such men as 
Huxley, who gradually communicate their 
knowledge to their fellow men in the form 
of instruction, precepts, example and 
demonstration. 
1 ■ ■ 
Sunshine. —Everywhere in the United Kingdom 
last week bright sunshine was above the average. 
There were 39 hours of it in the north of Ireland, 40 
in the north-west of England, 62 in the south of 
England, and 66 in the Channel Islands. 
Orange groves have increased euormously in 
Syria and Florida. Quite one-half of the supply of 
Oranges still, however, comes from the Azores. 
Pickle Growing. —Over 160 acres of land are given 
up to Pickle growing in the neighbourhood of the 
Camden, Maine County, United States, and the crop 
is stated to be a profitable one. 
The ocean is without vegetation, without life, and 
without light at a depth of over four miles. 
Harvesting Operations were commenced about the 
end of last week in Essex. 
A White Marechal Niel Rose is a novelty announced 
by a German Rose grower. 
The Park Commissioners of New York City have 
decided to establish a Palm garden in Central 
Park. 
New York Botanic Garden. —The money necessary 
to be obtained from the public toward the establish¬ 
ment of New York’s Botanical Garden has now been 
subscribed, and the work of construction will shortly 
be begun. 
Business Plants. —The most successful business 
plants of the country have been well fertilised with 
printers' ink.— Printers' Ink. 
Turner's Crimson Rambler Rose has already got 
corrupted into Twiner’s Rambler in some collections 
in Devon. 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. —The usual *■ Rose 
Fair " in aid of the Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund 
was held in connection with the Croydon Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s show last Wednesday, and the 
amount taken for the sale of flowers was £7 16s. 
Among the contributors of blooms were Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., Hugh Low & Co., Laing & Sons, B. 
Cant, T. B. Haywood, H. V. Machin, M. Hodgson, 
E. M. Bethune, W. Mease, C. J. Salter, J. Slater, 
E. Lane and Rev. J. H. Pemberton. Mrs. W. 
Gunner kindly undertook the sale of flowers. 
Another Horticultural J P —We learn that Mr. E. 
J. Beale of the firm of Messrs. James Carter & Co., 
Seed Merchants, High Holborn, London, has on the 
recommendation of the late Lord Chancellor been 
placed on the Commission of the Peace for the 
County of Middlesex. In 1892, when Mr. Beale was 
a candidate for Parliamentary honours, we had the 
pleasure of issuing his portrait in these pages. 
Long Names.— We often complain of the extra¬ 
ordinary length of names given to their favourites by 
British raisers ; but gardeners will have to use long 
labels to accommodate such as Chrysanthemum 
Souvenir de Mademoiselle Helene Ambanopulo, 
Souvenir de sa Majeste Alexandre III., and S. M. I. 
la Tzarine Marie Feodorowna, taken from French 
catalogues. 
Honours at University of Oxford. —Mr. J. F. 
Hudson of Jesus College, son of Mr. Hudson, 
Gunnersbury House, Acton, has just taken his B.A. 
degree in the Honours School of Mathematics, 
taking First-class Honours in the recent final 
examination, as he also did in Mathematical 
Moderations in 1893. 
Hurst & Son versus Grindley C. C. —A cricket match 
was played between the above teams at Snaresbrook, 
on Saturday, July 6th, resulting in the favour of 
Hurst & Son by 72 runs. Only one innings was 
played, when the latter made 120 runs, while the 
Grindley C. C. made only 48. 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution. —The 
Worshipful Company of Skinners have given a 
donation of £10 10s. to the funds of the Gardeners’ 
Royal Benevolent Institution. 
Photographic exhibition.—The annual photographic 
exhibition at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, 
opened on Thursday last. The whole of the Main 
Hall is crowded with exhibits of the latest and most 
approved apparatus. 
Bird’s Nest Beside a Volunteer Target,—A yellow 
hammer's nest, with four tiny eggs in it, was recently 
found four feet directly behind the second-class 
target of the New Deer Rifle Company at the Den 
of Culsh, Aberdeenshire. This is the third year a 
nest has been built close to the target. When 
class firing is in progress the birds cannot have 
much peace, but it is hoped they will not be injured. 
Strawberry Crop in Kent. —The Kentish Straw¬ 
berry crop (according to a Dover correspondent) has 
been extraordinarily heavy, and the picking is still at 
its height. Reports from the Maidstone, Sandwich, 
and Swanley districts agree that the crop is about 
double the average. From Sandwich alone upwards 
of 100 tons were despatched last week. There is a 
great increase in the acreage under Strawberries this 
year as compared with last, and cultivation is 
increasing in a remarkable way. The satisfactory 
feature is that cultivation is likely to be paying to 
the farmer, as the demand for the fruit increases 
remarkably also. 
Haileybury College Flower Show. —This annual 
show was held on Monday, June 24th, in the Bradby 
Hall, Hertford Heath, and has seldom appeared 
to better advantage. Perhaps the leading features 
of the show were the decorated dinner tables, which, 
eight in number, extended from one end of the hall 
to the other, and the various Rose classes, which 
for amateur growers were of a high standard of 
excellence. The judges had great difficulty in coming 
to a decision in the dinner table class, but eventually 
Mrs. Russell was placed first, Dr. Savory second, 
and Mrs. Bell third. In the Rose classes, which 
Mr. George Paul, of Cheshunt, had kindly come 
over to judge, Mr. Bowyer took three firsts, and 
Mr. Ford, Miss Burnard, and Mrs. Couchman also 
won prizes. The arrangement classes were a 
bewildering mass of beauty, and in all the competi¬ 
tion was very keen. Among the servants, Mr. G. E. 
Peters, Mr. Croft, and Mr. Webb did well, and Ser¬ 
geant Bryant’s Strawberries were very much ad¬ 
mired. 
Strawberries from Cornwall.—Many tons of 
Strawberries have been sent away from Saltash 
Railway Station, Cornwall, during the last fortnight 
of June for the London and provincial markets. 
Reports from the banks of the Tamar state that the 
crop has been a most abundant one, but the prices 
rather low. • Favoured by magnificent weather the 
fruit has arrived at the most distant towns in capital 
condition, the Great Western Railway putting on a 
special service of trains between Saltash and Ply¬ 
mouth, and making arrangements to cause no delay 
in the traffic. 
Messrs. Dobbie’s Employees in Kent.— On Satur¬ 
day, 22nd June, the employees of Messrs. Dobbie & 
Co.'s seedgrounds, Orpington, Kent, had a pleasant 
outing. Leaving Orpington in the afternoon they 
drove to Sevenoaks, and had a picnic within the 
Knole Park there, and afterwards had a look round 
the noble park and historic buildings. The return 
journey was made in safety, and the weather all that 
one could wish for in the circumstances. 
Royal Botanic Society.—On the 29th ult. it was 
decided, at a meeting of the council of this Society, 
to open their gardens in Regent’s Park to the public 
every Monday during July, August, and September, 
at a fee of is. for admission. A military band will 
form an attraction on August 5th, the next Bank 
Holiday. 
Annual picnic—The employees of Messrs. W. P. 
Laird & Sinclair, Nursery and Seedmen, Dundee, 
held their annual picnic on Wednesday 3rd July. 
The party, numbering about fifty, drove to Glamis 
Castle where a most enjoyable day was spent. 
After dinner the health of the Messrs. Laird was 
pledged and a very hearty vote of thanks was 
accorded them for their handsome donation towards 
the expenses. Home was reached at 10.30, every¬ 
body being pleased with their day's outing. 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s Annual Outing. 
—The annual picnic and outing will take place on 
Monday, July 22nd next. The members will travel 
to Boxhill, near Dorking, by the London, Brighton, 
and South Coast Railway, to visit the gardens and 
grounds of Burford Lodge, Dorking, the residence 
of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., one of the Vice- 
Presidents of the Society, and the beautiful scenery 
of Boxhill, to which easy access can be had from 
the grounds of Burford Lodge. Dinner will be pro¬ 
vided at the Burford Biidge Hotel, and Sir Trevor 
and Lady Lawrence have very kindly invited the 
members to partake of tea on the lawn of Burford 
Lodge. Ladies are, as usual, specially invited. The 
charge for the day—including return fare from 
London to Boxhill and back, with dinner and tea— 
will be six shillings and sixpence to members, and 
seven shillings and sixpence to non-members. 
Members not using railway tickets, but joining the 
party at intermediate stations, or at Boxhill, will 
pay four shillings and sixpence, and non-members, 
five shillings. As this is certain to be a highly 
popular trip, early application must be made for 
tickets so that the necessary arrangements may be 
made, more especially in reference to ample accom¬ 
modation by rail, and for dinner and tea. A train 
leaves London Bridge at 10.45 a.m. '• from Victoria 
at 10.43 I from Addison Road, Kensington, at 10.13 
(members changing at Clapham Junction); and from 
Clapham Junction at 10.52 a m. 
Sale of Orchids.—The Broomfield collection of 
Orchids, belonging to Mr. M. Wells, of Sale, near 
Manchester, was disposed of by Messrs. Protheroe 
& Morris, on the 26th and 27th ult. Among th e 
principal prices realised were the following:— 
Odontoglossum crispum, like Apiatum, three bulbs, 
one lead, 63 guineas ; Cattleya Hardyana (Wrigley’s 
variety), six bulbs, one lead, 55 guineas; Cattleya 
Lord Rothschild, three bulbs, one lead, hybrid C. 
Gaskelliana x C. aurea, 60 guineas ; Laelio-Cattleya 
Seedling, unflowered, eight bulbs, one lead (Laelia 
purpurata x C. gigas Sanderiana), the longest bulb 
and leaf measure 21 in., 44 guineas; Cattleya 
Mossiae alba, fourteen bulbs, 10 in. across the 
flow-ers, 34 guineas ; Laelio-Cattleya broomfieldense, 
four bulbs, one lead, hybrid Laelia praestans x 
Cattleya aurea chrysotoxa, 35 guineas; Cattleya 
Mossiae Wageneri, eight bulbs, two leads, 30 
guineas ; Cattleya labiata alba, four bulbs, one lead, 
50 guineas; Odontoglossum Wriglej r anum, two 
bulbs and lead, part of the Tyntesfield plant, 34 
guineas; Laelio-Cattleya Arnoldiana, seven bulbs, 
two leads, 30 guineas ; Cattleya exoniensis superba, 
five bulbs, 55 guineas; Cattleya Mossiae alba, 
twelve bulbs, two leads, 33 guineas; Cattleya 
labiata var. alba caerulea, six bulbs, two leads, 40 
guineas; Cattleya hybrida Kienastiana, four bulbs, 
one lead, hybrid C. speciosissima x C. aurea, 45 
guineas; Cattleya Trianae Reine des Beiges, nine 
bulbs, one lead, 50 guineas; Cattleya Trianae 
Measuresiana, four bulbs, one lead, 30 guineas; 
Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, four bulbs, one lead, 3S 
guineas; Cattleya Mossiae Reineckiana, fourteen 
bulbs, three leads, 42 guineas ; and Cattleya Men- 
delii Bluntii, two bulbs, one lead, 30 guineas. 
Goi’ey Rose Show.—A Rose Show under the 
patronage of the Gorey Horticultural Society was 
held in the grounds of Knockmullen, near Gorey, on 
Thursday, the 27th June, and for a first venture 
proved a remarkable success. The prizes were 
presented by Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belmont, Belfast; 
