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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 19, 1898. 
was first with Azaleas, three pans Lily of the Valley, 
Amaryllis, Spiraea, Dielytra spectabilis, and stove 
and greenhouse plants. Mr. Lamb, gardener to R. 
Smith, Esq., Dillworth House, Longridge, had forty- 
five entries, securing 15 first, 19 second, 8 third 
prizes. His Cinerarias were very good, also his table 
plants, and stove and greenhouse fine foliage plants. 
Mr. W. Gillet, gardener to M. B. Copland, Esq., 
Farington Lodge, entered in twenty-one of the 
classes and gained first for a bouquet, a single pan of 
Lily of the Valley, three Roses in pots, and a single 
specimen, taking 7 first prizes in all, 10 second, and 
3 third. Next to him was Mr. Pius Rigby, gardener to 
J. Smith, Esq., Whittingham House, with seventeen 
entries, but securing 11 first prizes for Roses in pots, 
cut flower ditto, a collection of vegetables, twenty 
pots of bulbs, etc., not mentioned in the schedule, 
and hanging basket,of which there were four suspended 
from the sides of the front gallery. His other prizes 
were 5 seconds and 1 third. Mr. Parkinson, gardener 
to J. Whitaker, Esq..Wellington House, Leyland, was 
the winner of 6 first prizes for Tree Ferns,Cyclamens, 
hardy Azaleas and Dracaenas. He was also awarded 
1 second and 5 thirds. Mr. Woolan, gardener to 
Mrs. Birchall.Ribbleton Hall,was first with Ptimulas, 
and he had the best specimen Orchid, a Cypripedium 
villosum, with forty-four flowers in the pink of perfec¬ 
tion. There were no entries in the other Orchid 
classes. 
Other prizetakers were Mr. Wood, florist, North 
Road, Pyeston ; Mr. Sykes, who also had a collection 
of succulents, staged near the entrance, not for compe¬ 
tition ; on the opposite side to these Mr. Troughton 
had a display of novelties, representing gates, steps, 
and arches, in metal. They had tubes to hold 
water, and small sprays of flowers were arranged in 
these. 
In the cottagers’ class Mr. Morris had excellent 
stove and greenhouse plants grown in aback yard in 
the town. The R.H.S. medal was awarded to Mr. 
J. B. Dixon for six Azaleas,being the most meritorious 
exhibit in the show. 
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Hardening §|iscellany. 
LILY-WHITE SEAKALE. 
Mention has been made twice lately of this variety 
of Seakale being as easily cultivated and as profit¬ 
able as the older variety—viz., on pp. 408 and 445. 
After four years' experience with this, I cannot en¬ 
dorse the above opinion. I find it more delicate and 
more disposed to disease. I cannot obtain such 
large roots, in fact I have a difficulty in keeping the 
stock alive. My soil is a light loam or gravel. I 
am trying it this year in a piece of well-worked, good 
soil, rich in vegetable matter. There can be no two 
opinions as to the appearance of this variety being 
superior to that of the type. I only wish it grew 
with me as kindly and vigorously as it appears to 
with others.— A. P. 
MESSRS. A. W. YOUNG & CO’S CINERARIAS. 
Cinerarias are grown in some quantity at the nur¬ 
series of Messrs. A. W. Young & Co., Stevenage, 
Herts, and a box of flowers to illustrate the quality 
of the strain was recently forwarded to us from 
thence. Having regard to the fact that pure white 
flowers of good form and size are but rarely seen, 
special attention may be called to a white form that 
possessed a remarkably regular outline. The flower 
was of medium size, but good substance. The 
Stevenage strain is evidently strong in bicolor varie¬ 
ties with the broad white central zone, and a margin 
of varying width of some shade of purple or blue. 
In this section of Cinerarias alone, there is a good 
deal of variety. We may make mention of one 
flower with a narrow central white zone, and a 
broad margin of rosy-magenta. The largest flower 
of all had a broad margin of deep rose-cerise, and 
was a fine flat and well outlined flower. Two 
self-coloured varieties, the one deep blue with a sus¬ 
picion of purple, and the other a rich crimson- 
purple were of medium size and good quality. 
NARCISSUS VICTORIA. 
This fine bicolor Daffodil which received a Flori- 
cultural Certificate from the Royal Botanic Society 
on March 30th, and an Award of Merit from the 
Royal Horticultural Society on April 27th, both of 
last year, appears to behave admirably when grown 
as a pot plant, and subjected to a moderate amount 
of forcing. We recently saw it in capital condition 
with Mr. T. S. Ware, of Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Tottenham, N. The flowers did not appear to 
have suffered a whit from the forcing, the difference 
in substance between the underglass flowers and those 
produced out of doors in the ordinary way being very 
little. The plants were, as usual, remarkable for their 
vigorous growth, and the way in which they were 
developing offsets. Mr. Reuthe informed us that 
this variety is the most liberal in the matter of off¬ 
sets of any variety with which he is acquainted. 
This being the case this lovely Daffodil will not be 
highly priced for very long, but will soon be well 
within the reach of everybody. At present the 
price is rather high for a strictly limited purse. 
EUONYMUS RADICANS VARIEGATA. 
We have no prettier edging plant than this brightly- 
hued trailing shrub, and as a rock garden subject it 
has few to equal it. It stands cutting about with 
almost perfect equanimity, and trails of it are of con¬ 
siderable use for decorative purposes. It is a rather 
rare occurrence, however, to find it used for clothing 
a wall, although we have no doubt it would do as 
well thus as in the other positions indicated. A 
recent issue of American Gardening illustrates this 
phase of its usefulness by the picture of part of a 
wall covered with it, and draws attention to its value 
for winter effects in the garden. 
LAW NOTE. 
The Rating of Market Garden Buildings : 
Appeal Allowed. 
In the Appeal Court on Friday, the nth inst., the 
Master of the Rolls and Lords J ustices Rigby and 
Vaughan Williams gave judgment in an appeal from a 
decision of J ustices Collins and Ridley, of August 2nd, 
1897, exempting greenhouses, used in market gardens, 
from the full rating of farm buildings. The case was 
a test case, and concerned forty or fifty tenancies. 
The application was originally made to the Divisional 
Court by the overseers of the parish of Worthing, 
the surveyor of taxes being the respondent. 
The Agricultural Rates Act of 1897 grants the 
privilege to agricultural lands of paying only half 
the rate per pound which is payable on buildings 
and other hereditaments. The question in the pre¬ 
sent case was whether the greenhouses and glass¬ 
house forcing beds used by market gardeners and 
nurserymen came within this exception. The sur¬ 
veyor of taxes had decided that in a holding of four 
acres, where two acres were covered with glass¬ 
houses for the better cultivation of Tomatos, Cu¬ 
cumbers, &c., the tenant was not entitled to the 
exception in respect of the two acres. 
In the Divisional Court, Mr. Justice Collins de¬ 
cided that the glasshouses came within the descrip¬ 
tion of market gardens specifically included in the 
relief. Mr. Justice Ridley thought that they were 
buildings within the meaning of the Act, but he 
withdrew his judgment, and an order was made that 
the two acres of glasshouses were entitled to be half 
rated. Mr. Richmond, the surveyor of taxes, 
appealed, and on his behalf it was contended that as 
barns, stables, and cattle sheds on agricultural land 
were full rated, and assessed separately, the glass¬ 
houses in question, to which the whole value of the 
occupation was due, ought not to have the relief. 
The Attorney-General (Sir Richard Webster, 
Q.C.) and Mr. Day appeared for the appellant; Mr. 
Joseph Walton, Q.C., and Mr. Salter for the over¬ 
seers of Worthing. 
The Master of the Rolls, in giviog judgment, said 
he was of opinion that the glasshouses in question 
were clearly within the ordinary meaning of the 
word “ buildings," and ought to be rated as such, 
and not as agricultural land ; and he added that he 
could see toihing to justify a distinction between 
one class of buildings and another. 
Lord Justice Rigby delivered judgment to the 
same effect. 
Lord Justice Vaughan Williams differed, and 
thought the judgment of Mr. Justice Collins was 
perfectly right. The Act was difficult to construe, 
and it was not clear wbat the Legislature intended. 
In such a case one must be guided by the words of 
the section, and not by balancing the difficulties of 
results one against the other. He thought that the 
part of a market garden which was covered by glass¬ 
houses was within the exception. 
The appeal was allowed, with costs. — Daily 
Chronicle. 
QUESCIODS ADD ADDERS 
*.* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
[i Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargoniums, 
Chrysanthemums, Roses, nor such as are mere garden 
varieties, differing only in the colour of the flower. 
Florists’ flowers, as a rule, can only be named by those who 
grow collections of them.'] 
Carex japonica variegata.— North : There are at 
least three plants in cultivation under the above name, 
and neither of them is correct. The specimen you 
sent was C. Morovii variegata, the same as you sent 
on a previous occasion. We have little doubt that 
the species you require is C. brunnea variegata, but 
whether anybody would supply you with the right 
plant by your asking for it under that name is 
more than we could say. There are cartloads of it 
in several of the London Nurseries, but why you 
have been served with the stiff and ungainly C. 
Morovii variegata from two large nurseries is a puz¬ 
zle to us. The plant is about a foot high or a little 
over, with long, slender, and graceful leaves with 
white margins. It is largely used for greenhouse and 
conservatory decoration, both the green and the 
variegated varieties. You might use the above 
description, in applying to any of the nurserymen 
again ; send a piece of the plant of C. Morovii varie¬ 
gata, and tell them you do not want that. Messrs. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, London; and Mr. H. B. 
May, Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton, 
London, would have it for certain. 
Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables.— B. : (r) It is 
just possible that you would be able to get a cottage 
and two acres of land in the south eastern districts 
of Cornwall, where some one has been working on 
similar lines to what you propose, but at such a dis¬ 
tance we have no means of being certain. In that 
part of the country they grow various kinds of 
marketable produce in the way of Grapes, Tomatos, 
Melons, Cucumbers, Strawberries, Gooseberries, and 
the choicer vegetables that will pay for carriage. 
(2) For markets, you have London, Birmingham, 
Manchester, and various other large northern towns. 
For this reason you should endeavour to settle down 
within easy reach of some or other of the branches 
of the London and South Western Railway, so that 
the goods may be conveyed quickly and at relatively 
small cost. (3) For the above and various other 
reasons that might be given, the best way would be 
to ascertain whether you can get employment in a 
market garden down in Cornwall and the possible 
remuneration, which would not be great in that part 
of the country. Ground might vary from £1 to £12 
per acre, according to its quality and the demand 
for it; therefore, the best plan would be to get 
employment in the district, and take time to gain 
experience and look about you. Daffodils, Poly¬ 
anthus, Narcissus, and similar bulbs are very exten¬ 
sively grown in the Scilly Isles for the early supply 
of cut flowers to London and the northern markets.. 
Begonia Ensign.— Ensign : The variety is a new 
one belonging to the winter-flowering section, and 
requires resting from now till August or September 
when it may be re-potted and placed in heat, to urge 
it into good growth, so that it may flower during 
November and December. You may rest the tubers 
by keeping them dry and in an intermediate house or 
pit. It is more than likely that the stem will die 
down, and the young shoots come from the tuber. 
The variety may be propagated by cuttings when 
making growth and beginning to branch. You cannot 
expect the old plant to be very shapely or flower 
well if many shoots are cut off to get up a stock 
quickly. Keep the tubers as well until you have 
worked up a good stock. Some of these winter¬ 
flowering varieties, such as B. socotrana and B. 
Winter Gem can only be propagated by tubers, but 
others of the style of B. John Heal and B. Ensign, 
that take largely after the summer-flowering tuberous 
race, can be increased by cuttings. 
Horticultural Examination — Fern : The initial 
step is to apply to the Secretary, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 117, Victoria Street, London, S.W. 
This should have been done not later than the 1st of 
March ; and we cannot say now that you will be able 
to go forward this year ; but there can be no harm in 
applying. There is no necessity to come to London 
to pass the examination in question. What you 
want to do is to get the consent of a clergyman, 
schoolmaster, or some other responsible person in 
your neighbourhood to superintend the examination 
on the 5th April. We fear you have no time to 
make arrangements this year, but at all events you 
could ask the secretary’s opinion at the above 
address. 
Swollen Apple Boughs —J. T. Thurston : The 
shoots jou sent were very badly affected with 
American Bigot, or Woolly Aphis (Schizoneura 
lamgera). We doubt whether cutting off the 
swellings would be of any real advantage, as it might 
lay the tree open to an attack from canker. Your 
b.st plan, if the tree is really worth saving, would be 
to commence now and give the branches a thorough 
scrubbing with Gishurst Compound, in lather from 
the cake, rubbing it well into the cracks and 
