October 30, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Thomason, Paroquet, Nanny, Frogmore Prolific and 
Bismarck were some of the finest Apples; and 
Doyenne du Comice, Durandeau, and Bpine Dumas 
some of the best Pears, 
A Silver Gilt Knightian Medal was voted to Mr. 
W. Taylor, gardener to C. A. Bayer, Esq , Tewkes¬ 
bury Lodge, Forest Hill, for an excellent collection 
of Grapes Muscat of Alexandria, Gros Maroc, 
Trebbiano, Alicante, Gros Colman, and Black Ham¬ 
burgh which were all in remarkably good condition. 
A seedling Grape Marchioness of Downshire was 
sent by Mr. T. Bradshaw, gardener to the Marquis 
of Downshire, Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down. 
Mr. J. Crook, Forde Abbey Gardens, Chard, sent a 
dish each of Plums—-Coe’s Late Red and Coe's 
Golden Drop. 
There were eight dishes of Apples submitted for 
the Veitch flavour prizes. Mr. C. Herrin, gardener 
to the Hon. G. M. Fortescue, Dropmore, Maiden¬ 
head, was placed first with Cox’s OraDge Pippin. 
Mr. G. Woodward, gardener to Roger Leigh, Esq , 
Barham Court, Maidstone, was second with Ameri¬ 
can Mother. 
Eight dishes of Pears were also shown, the first 
prize going to Col. Brymer, M.P., Islington House, 
Dorchester, with Doyenne de Comice. Second came 
Mp. G. Woodward with Emile d’Heyst. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay and Orpington, 
showed clean and shapely samples of Turnips— 
Dobbie’s Model White, and Golden Ball, and 
Parsnip Dobbie’s Selected ; also Dobbie’s Selected 
Parsley and Victoria Kale. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons received a Silver Gilt 
Knightian Medal for a grand collection of vegetables 
that comprised magnificent samples of Onions of 
various sorts, Cauliflower Autumn Giant, Leeks, 
Cabbages, and Potatos. 
Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co , High Holborn, obtained 
a Bronze Knightian Medal for a collection of Beet, 
and some clean and heavy roots of Red Elephant 
Carrot. 
THE YICTORIAN MEDALS OF HONOUR. 
The presentation of the Victorian Medals of Honour 
to the sixty chosen recipients took place in the end of 
the hall where the lectures are usually held at three 
p.m. Sir Trevor Lawrence Bart., occupied the chair, 
a numerous attendance being present. 
On rising to address the meeting, Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence called attention to the fact that the council of 
the Royal Horticultural Society had decided to in¬ 
stitute this medal in order to celebrate Her Majesty’s 
long and glorious reign. Her Majesty had been for 
many years patron of the society, and the Prince 
Consort had for a number of years presided over its 
fortunes. The medal after due consideration had 
been distributed to every form of intellect that had 
been devoted to the interests of horticulture. There 
were, he regretted to say, only two ladies on the list. 
Of botanists there were eight, headed by the greatest 
botanist in the world, Sir J. D. Hooker. Of collec¬ 
tors and hybridists there were six ; of nurserymen, 
fourteen; of gardeners, twenty-seven, including 
fifteen amateurs and twelve professionals ; of lands¬ 
cape gardeners, one; and of gentlemen connected 
with the press, two. 
The medal itself was the work of a lady, viz , Miss 
Margaret Giles, who had accomplished a great deal 
in a small space. 
The names of the various recipients were then 
read out by the Rev. W. Wilks, and the medals 
were handed to the gentlemen in person by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence.There were a few absentees, including Pro¬ 
fessor M.Foster,Mr. Herbst, Mr. W. Paul, Mr. David 
Thomson, and Mr. Wm. Thompson. The follow¬ 
ing is the list of the recipients of the Medals ;— 
Miss Jeykyll 
Miss Willmott 
Mr. J. G. Baker 
Professor I. Balfour 
Mr. P. Barr 
Mr. A. F. Barron 
Mr. Ed. John Beale 
Mr. W. Boxall 
Mr. Wm. Bull 
Mr. Geo. Bunyard 
Mr. F. W. Burbidge 
Mr. W. Crump 
Mr. R. Dean 
Mr. Geo. Dickson 
Rev. H. H. D’ Ombrain 
Mr. Chas. Druery 
Mr. Malcolm Dunn 
Rev. Canon Ellacombe 
Mr. H. J. Elwes 
Mr. J.Fraser, (Leabridge) 
Professor M. Foster 
Mr. G. Gordon 
Mr. John Heal 
Rev. G. Henslow 
Mr. Herbst 
The Very Rev. Dean Hole 
Sir J. D. Hooker 
Rev. F. D. Horner 
Mr. J. Hudson 
Mr. Peter Kay 
Mr. John Laing 
Mr. Maries 
Mr. Mclndoe 
Mr. H. E. Milner 
Mr. Ed. Molyneux 
Mr. Geo. Monro 
Mr. F. Moore 
Dr. D. Morris 
Mr. Geo. Nicholson 
Mr. J. O'Brien 
Mr. Geo. Paul 
Mr. Wm. Paul 
Mr. T. Francis Rivers 
Hon. Walter Rothschild 
Mr. F. Sander 
Baron Schroder 
Mr. John Seden 
Mr. N. N. Sher^ocd 
Mr. Jas. Smith 
Mr. Martin R. Smith 
Mr. Wm. Speed 
Mr. A. Sutton 
Mr. Owen Thomas 
Mr. David Thomson 
Mr. W. Thompson 
Mr. H. Turner 
Mr. G. F. Wilson 
Rev. C. Woolley Dod 
Mr. John Wright 
Mr. G. Wythes 
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OBITUARY. 
Mr. E. J. Baillie. 
As announced in our last issue, we now place on 
record a few facts relating to the late lamented Mr. 
E. J. Baillie, F.L.S., who died at his residence, 
Woodbine. TJpton, Chester, at the age of forty-six, 
on the morning of the i8th inst. He had been 
ailing for some time past but treated the matter 
rather lightly, and returned to business the day after 
he had consulted his doctor, but scon returned and 
had to take to bed. This was on Wednesday and he 
died on the following Monday. 
Mr. Baillie was educated at Tarvin. A little over 
thirty years ago he commenced as a junior in the 
correspondence department of Messrs. F. & A. 
Dickson & Sons, Eastgate Street, Chester, where his 
business capacity secured him rapid promotion. He 
ultimately had the full charge and supervision of the 
establishment. He next rose to be cashier and con¬ 
fidential adviser of the firm and later on became the 
managing partner of the business. When the two 
firms of the name of Dickson became amalgamated, 
Mr. Baillie became deputy chairman and one of the 
managing directors of Messrs. Dicksons, Limited. 
His management extended more and more into the 
extensive nursery department after the death of Mr. 
Alfred Dickson. 
Independently of his business in which he was 
intimately wrapped up, he was closely connected 
with various other organisations which prospered on 
account of the whole-hearted way with which he 
took them in hand. For some time he had been 
honorary secretary and treasurer to the management 
of the Grosvenor Museum, and laboured hard for 
the good of that institution. He enjoyed a consider¬ 
able amount of reputation for his knowledge of 
plants, as was well known to the members of the 
Natural Science Society of Chester, to whom he 
acted as “guide, philosopher and friend,” while 
making an inspection of the living specimens grown 
in the nursery, or during their rambles in the sur¬ 
rounding districts. He was a Fellow of the Linnean 
Society of London, as well as of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society. Locally, also, he will be remem¬ 
bered for the little book he wrote on the flora of the 
district. The Kingsley Memorial Medal was 
awarded him for his services to natural science. The 
Chester Paxton Society owes him a debt of gratitude 
for the aid he rendered the formation of the same. 
Mr. Baillie was also a prolific writer on all sorts of 
subjects he had at heart; but was best known about 
London for the papers he read on fruit culture at the 
conferences and meetings of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. As might be expected his contributions to 
the subject of fruit culture appeared in various 
publications. Consistently with his opinions on the 
value of fruit as food, he was an enthusiastic vege¬ 
tarian and a vice-president of the Vegetarian Society, 
taking an active part in the conferences of that body 
both by his presence, his active assistance and in 
the reading of papers relative to views held by this 
society. The latter was celebrating its Jubilee at 
Manchester on the day of Mr. Baillie’s death, and 
singularlj enough, a paper by the latter was read at 
the conference before the Vegetarian Society was 
made aware of his death. The paper was entitled 
“A Guild of Good Life,” and in it the deceased 
author referred to the issues at stake in opposition to 
the ethics of vegetarianism. While in Ireland 
recently he was struck with the abundance of Black¬ 
berries that lined the hedgerows, and the abundance 
of Mushrooms that were allowed to waste while the 
rural population was often in a state of poverty, and 
threatened with famine on account of the failure of 
the Potato crop. He contended that with proper 
oiganisation all this food might be turned to account 
as a source of income. 
A personal friend and an enthusiastic disciple of 
John Ruskin, Mr. Baillie offered much assistance 
both by word and example in spreading a love of the 
fine arts. Yet in the midst of his extensive business 
engagements aud the many sidedness of his accom¬ 
plishments and his labours for the good of many 
causes, he was noted for his courteousness and 
affability, not cnly to his friends, but to strangers on 
matters even of the most trivial importance. By his 
attentiveness to and sympathy with all with whom 
he came into contact, he endeared himself to a wide 
circle of friends. Chester has lost much by his 
death. Though thus cut off in the prime of life, be 
leaves a widow and a family of ten to mourn his un¬ 
timely departure. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 
BY TELEGRAM. 
STEYNING. — October 27th and 28 th. 
There are good all round exhibits. The entries ex¬ 
ceed by sixty-five more than ever they have done 
before. Class one, best group Chrysanthemums, 1st, 
Mr. C. F. Knowles ; 2nd, Mr. G. Phillips ; 3rd,Mr G. 
Treagus.. tor the best three Chrysanthemum 
plants, 1st, Mr. C. F. Knowles ; 2nd, Mr. A. 
Worthington ; 3rd, Mr. G Phillips. For the best 
twenty-four Japanese varieties distinct, 1st, Mr. G. 
Hart ; 2nd, Mr. J. White ; 3rd, Mr. A. Slaughter. 
For twelve incurved blooms, distinct. 1st, Mr. G. 
Hart ; 2nd, Mr. C. Knowles ; 3rd, Mr. R. Botting. 
For six bunches of Pompons, 1st, Mr. J. Mannings ; 
2nd, Mr. R. Botting ; 3rd, Mr. E. Cripps ; 4th, Mr. 
P. Breach. In the class for a group of Chrysan¬ 
themum plants Mr. H. Joyes was first ; Mr. H. 
Goatcher, second. For eighteen blooms, 1st, Mr. H. 
Joyes. For the best bouquet of Chrysanthemums 
Mrs. Searle was first ; Mr. C. J. Hole, second ;and 
Mrs. G. Phillips, third. 
A fine display of wreaths, Chrysanthemums, 
Heaths, Solanums, and other plants not for compe¬ 
tition was shown by Mr. Walter Hills, florist, 
Steyning, who also decorated the platform. Other 
exhibits not for competition included those of Mr. 
C. Kilmister, The Nurseries, Steyning, and the 
Ichthemic Guano Company. 
Questions aqd snsraeRs 
Dendrobiums showing flower buds.— Constant 
Subscriber : The usual flowering season of Dendro- 
bium nobile is from January to March, but this can 
be prolonged by cultural treatment as to temperature 
and the moisture given them. The method you 
have pursued as to temperature and the water you 
have actually applied to them seems to be correct 
enough, but it strikes us that the cool Odontoglossum 
house is not the best that could be selected for 
ripening off Dendrobiums. Although you applied 
very little water to the roots there would always be 
a considerable amount of moisture in the atmosphere, 
and the roots of Dendrobiums would absorb it as 
easily as if it were applied to them artificially. 
This, together with the mild autumn we have been 
enjoying, no doubt accounts for your plants starting 
into growth prematurely. Another year you would 
do better to hang the plant 3 up in a vinery or Peach 
house after the fruit is gathered and the ventilators 
thrown open, so as to secure a free circulation of 
air. This would hardly be the case in an Odonto¬ 
glossum house. So long as the autumn remains 
open you should keep the Dendrobiums' relatively 
cool, so as to retard them, but not actually check 
growth where the plants are really started. By this 
means you may be able to tide them over the worst 
part of autumn and winter before the flowers 
actually expand. Those which are in active growth 
had best be taken into a house wnere the night 
temperature does not fall below 55 0 at night, with a 
rise to 60° by day. This should be done on the 
advent of really stormy or very cold weather. Those 
which have not started into growth should be kept 
a little cooler and drier to retard them. They cannot 
really be very dry at the root, otherwise they would 
hardly have started yet. It may be remembered, 
however, that there are individual variations, some 
being naturally early. On the whole, however, it is 
our opinion that the atmosphere of an Odontoglos¬ 
sum house is too moist to allow Dendrobiums to go 
to rest. What applies to D. nobile also applies to 
D. wardianum and its varieties, except that the 
latter species requires a slightly higher temperature 
to do it justice. 
Coelogyne Cristata. — Constant Subscriber : Now 
that your Coelogynes have finished their growth, you 
must ripen them off, if this has not already been 
done, by giving abundant ventilation on all favour¬ 
able occasions. Some successful growers place them 
on the shelf of a greenhouse or similarly cool 
structure close to the ventilators. The result is that 
the leaves get thoroughly hardened and leathery, 
while the pseudobulbs become equally firm in tex¬ 
ture. After this ripening has been completed you 
may keep the plants in a temperature ot 40° to 45 0 
during winter, and give them only just sufficient 
water to prevent the pseudobulbs irom shrivelling. 
When the plants begin to show signs of pushing up 
