October 29, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
131 
FRUIT TREES and VINES. 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , OCT. 29 th, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, November ist.—Chrysanthemum Shows (2 days): 
Truro, Eastbourne, Stratford-on-Avon, Boro’ of Croydon, 
Kingston and Surbiton, Hereford, Torquay, Walthamstow, 
Watford, and Southampton. 
Wednesday November 2nd—Chrysanthemum Shows (2 
days): Wolverhampton, Burgess Hill, Steynlng, Ports¬ 
mouth, Dorking, Blackheath, Ascot, Barnet, Westerham, 
Dorchester. Uxbridge, and Margate; (3 days); Swindon, 
and North Peckham. 
Thursday, November 3rd.—Chrysanthemum Shows (2 days): 
West of England, Putney, Wandsworth and District, 
Devon and Exeter, Maidenhead, Grimsby, Manor Park, 
Leamington, Leyton and Leytonstone, and Finchley; (3 
days): Reigate and Woolwich. 
Friday, November 4tb.—Chrysanthemum Shows; Battersea, 
Clapham and Wandsworth, Lizard, ai^l Hinckley. 
f ARDENERS AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 
—During the course of the early part of 
last summer a series of four lectures was 
delivered in the Gardens of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, by the Rev. Prof. 
G. Henslow, M.A. The substance of one 
of these lectures, namely, that delivered on 
the 15th June, appears in the part of the 
Journal of the society, just issued. Various 
papers read at its meetings, and numerous 
trials at Chiswick are also published in the 
same number. In addressing the young 
gardeners at Chiswick, the Rev. Prof. 
Henslow said that in order to secure the 
health of his patients a “ doctor must 
understand the structure, functions, and 
requirements of every organ of the body.” 
As applied to plant life that was practically 
what was meant by physiology. It was a 
mistake to make any attempt at drawing a 
line between science and practice, because 
the one is virtually dependent on the other. 
Gardeners were in reality scientific physi¬ 
ologists more or less whether they knew it 
or not. This is a point on which we have 
frequently contended, for scientific attain¬ 
ments being a thing of degree, gardeners 
are scientific just to that extent they have 
mastered the knowledge concerning plant 
life. There is no definite limit to scientific 
attainments, and no absolute line of 
demarkation between a scientific and a 
practical man. The professor said their 
profession might be defined as “ practical 
vegetable physiology.” The knowledge of 
plant life must be gleaned bit by bit, either 
by men who devote themselves to making 
experiments, or by gardeners, who pursue 
the calling by attending to the daily routine 
of practice, and are always trying to im- 
