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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 20, 1899. 
&c. Iris charaaeiris lutea grandiflora, and Primula 
Auricula Celtic King, a fine large primrose yellow. 
(Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, 
Coombe Wood and Fulham, put up Paeonia arborea 
Elizabeth, a richly coloured variety and Hydrangea 
hortensis Mariesii, also Richardia elliottiana, &c. 
all very beautiful. Sonchus lacinatus formed a fine 
under screen, and Adiantum varieties were circled 
around the edge. In their large stand we chose Ixia 
crateroides, Allium Hermetti grandiflorum, Single 
Jonquils, Scilla peruviana, Double Jonquil, Petunia 
Snowflake Clintonia pulchella, Nycterina selagin- 
oides, and a fine array of Darwin Tulips. (Silver 
Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, 
exhibited a group of Roses in pots. Of good varieties 
of Teas we singled out Enchantress of which there 
were a number of finely grown plants. H. P’s Mdme. 
Eugiene Verdier, Victor Verdier, William Warden, 
Violette Bouyer, and La Rosiere were plainly 
superior. Of cut blooms Clara Watson H.T., Alphonse 
Soupert and the Tea Empress Alexandra of Russia 
of an old gold hue, and Medea were choicest. 
(Silver Flora Medal. 
A group of Heliotropes were sent from Leopold de 
Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton, 
(gardener, James Hudson). They showed remarkable 
culture, having very large heads of bloom. 
From Messrs. Thomas Rivers & Son, Sawbridge- 
worth, came a splendid Nectarine, a new early forcing 
variety named Cardinal. The fruits are large, firm, 
well coloured. It ripens ten days earlier than Early 
Rivers. (Cultural Commendation.) 
Mr. Piper, Uckfield, Sussex, sent his Tea Rose 
Sunrise. 
Mr. T. B. Haywood sent lovely Strawberries, 
Royal Sovereign, and Tomato Hepper's Goliath, the 
latter shown also in fruiting sprays. Vote of thanks 
passed for the Tomato, and Cultural Commendation 
for the Strawberry. 
Mr. Hudson also put up three forced pot Cherries, 
variety Guigne d’Annonay. 
Royal Sovereign Strawberries from Lord Foley, 
Ruxley Lodge, Esher. 
Also Strawberry Leader and Monarch from Mr. 
A. Bishop, Hill Crest, Market Harbro'. 
Carter's new early forcing Turnip was also 
shown. 
Two or three flowering shoots of Amherstia 
nobilis came from the Director, Royal Gardens, 
Kew; also Lathyrus splendens and Clianthus 
Dampierii. 
OBITUARY. 
Mr. Malcolm Dunn. 
It is with extreme regret that we record the death on 
the nth inst., of Mr. Malcolm Dunn, aged 6i, late 
gardener to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, at 
Dalkeith Park Gardens,Dalkeith. He was in his usual 
health and vigour on Tuesday, the 9th inst., but is 
supposed to have caught a cold while returning from 
Dalkeith that evening, where he had been attending 
a meeting. On Wednesday morning he complained 
of feeling an acute pain internally and sent for his 
medical adviser, who attended him several times, 
and remained with him till an early hour on Thurs¬ 
day morning, when the patient passed away. 
Mr. Dunn has been a conspicuous figure in horti¬ 
cultural circles for. many years past, and few, if any, 
horticulturists were more widely known and re¬ 
spected, nay loved as a brother, in Scotland, England 
and Ireland. Though necessarily best known in 
Scotland, especially in Midlothian, he could never¬ 
theless be considered well known over a great 
portion of the British Isles, and the news of his 
sudden demise must fill many hearts with grief and 
dismay. Many a gardener will feel that he has lost 
a great personal friend, for Mr. Dunn was truly 
popular amongst his brethren of the profession. 
About Edinburgh his name was a household word, 
for Mr. Dunn had a warm heart, a generous instinct, 
a happy and most engaging way of addressing him¬ 
self to all he knew, and was always delighted to be 
of service to others. Many a young gardener owed 
his first footing in the profession to the kindly interest 
taken in him by the deceased. 
Mr. Dunn has been gardener to the Duke of 
Buccleuch, at Dalkeith, since 1870. Previous to that 
time he had been gardener to Viscount Powerscourt, 
at Powerscourt, Enniskerry. Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 
for a few years, and succeeded to the Dalkeith Park 
Gardens in succession to the late Mr. William 
Thomson, when he left to establish the Tweed Vine¬ 
yards, at Clovenfords, over 28 years ago. 
He has served the office of member of the Council 
of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society for 
many years, and took much interest in the ex¬ 
hibitions of that society in the Waverley Market, 
Edinburgh, where we have met him in the capacity 
of a judge, for which work he was always held in 
great request. He was also one of the founders and 
first president of the Scottish Horticultural Associa- 
Mr. Malcolm Dunn. 
tion, of which he has been an active supporter ever 
since. In connection with the Royal Caledonian, it 
may also be stated that Mr. Dunn was one of the 
committee appointed to carry out the international 
exhibition at Edinburgh in 1891. 
He was also a valued member of the Royal Scot¬ 
tish Arboricultural Society, whose affairs were dear 
to him, and over which he spent a considerable 
amount of time. This society holds a representative 
position in the country, having initiated a movement 
for the promotion of forestry education,and its influence 
in this respect was largelydue to Mr. Dunn’s personal 
exertions. In connection with this society he also 
took an active share, in fact, the leading part, in pro¬ 
moting the-Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh in 
1884. 
Mr. Dunn is not altogether unknown in horticul. 
tural literary work, for he revised ‘'The Horticul¬ 
tural Handbook and Exhibitor’s Guide.” He also 
edited for the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society 
"The Report of the Plum Congress,” held by that 
body on September nth and 12th, 1889, at Edin¬ 
burgh. The Plum crop in Scotland that year was 
more abundant than usual, and the society resolved 
to follow up its work begun in 1885, by the holding 
of an Apple and Pear Congress at Edinburgh. The 
editing of the book, resulting from the Plum Con¬ 
gress, was placed in the hands of Mr. Dunn, for 
which he was well fitted. 
We have met him at various conferences held by 
the R.H.S., at London, where he read papers on the 
subjects in hand, so that his personal endeavour to 
advance anything of horticultural interest and utility 
was not confined to the Scottish capital. He was a 
Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. A few 
years ago he was the recipient of the Veitch 
Memorial Medal for his eminent services to horticul¬ 
ture and forestry. Mr. Dunn was never married ; 
but, otherwise, his loss to the community is irrep¬ 
arable. Many of our readers will recognise at a 
glance the accompanying portrait. 
His Grace the Duke may pick up a score of head 
gardeners, but Mr. Dunn’s unique position of being 
everybody’s body is not likely to be filled in our day. 
He was full of brotherly kindness, and never know¬ 
ingly harmed a fellow man. His call came with 
startling suddenness, he being only twenty-four 
hours ill. Acute inflammation of the bowels was 
the immediate cause of death, and he suffered great 
agony during his last hours. 
The remains were interred at Dalkeith Cemetery 
on Saturday last (13th) at 2.30 p.m., and the great 
respect in which the late Mr. Dunn was held was 
evidenced by the gathering of over 300 relatives and 
friends, including horticulturists from many of the 
counties of Scotland. Amongst those present were 
representatives from the Scottish Arboricultural 
Society, the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, 
and the Scottish HorticulturalAssociation.all of which 
bodies sent beautiful memorial wreaths. The Duke 
and Duchess of Buccleuch and the Earl and 
Countess of Dalkeith sent floral tributes of remem¬ 
brance. The pall bearers were Alexander, Malcolm, 
and Andrew Morgan, of Crieff (his three nephews), 
Messrs. Brown and Dunn (his cousins), Mr. Stewart 
(the chamberlain to the Duke of Buccleuch), Charles 
Buchanan, Esq., Penicuick, and Mr. D. P. Laird, 
Pinkhill Nurseries, Murrayfield, Midlothian. Service 
at the house and at Dalkeith Cemetery was con¬ 
ducted by the Rev. Mr. Forsyth and the Rev. Dr. 
Gray, of the Church of Scotland, and by the Rev. 
Mr. Smith-Dorrien, Episcopalian Minister. The 
coffin was carried shoulder high through the 
gardens from the house to the hearse, and from the 
latter to the grave by the young gardeners at 
Dalkeith Palace. 
Questions add snsroeFS- 
Chrysanthemums losing their Bottom Leaves — 
Chrysanthemum : The loss of the bottom leaves may 
be due to various causes; but it does not seem to us 
that you have been keeping them too long in 5 in. 
pots unless they were propagated very early, and 
have got to some size. In this case, moreover, it 
may be that you allowed, or rather encouraged them, 
to grow too much in winter, when light was feeble. 
They may also have been too much crowded, which 
would bring about the same results by the over¬ 
shading of the foliage, thus making it weakly. 
When plants that have been treated in this way are 
later on exposed more fully to light and air, or even 
stood out-of-doors, it gives a check to the thin leaves 
causing them to ripen off early, as it were. We are 
not certain that you have subjected them to this 
treatment, but offer the hints as suggestions for your 
consideration. Foliage to remain fine all through 
the season must be grown " hard ” by free exposure 
to light and air at all times, with a low temperature 
such as the soft tissues of hardy plants require. 
There is a possibility, however, that you keep them 
too loDg in small pots till the soil gets to be per¬ 
meated with a dense mass of roots. Then again, 
you might remember whether they have been 
allowed to get dry at any time. Finally, early struck 
plants are almost sure to lose many of the bottom 
leaves, owing to the growth having been made in the 
dull days of winter. 
Native Place of Gloxinia.— A. D. W.: There are 
something like sixteen species of Sinningia, the 
proper name for Gloxinia, and all of them are 
natives of Brazil. Sometimes you will find it 
recorded in books that they are natives of Tropical 
America and South America, but they all seem to be 
confined to Brazil. • 
Difficulty in Flowering Begonia ascotensis— W. 
W.: We have never experienced any difficulty in 
flowering this hybrid Begonia, whether in pots or in 
the open air, and have not heard of anybody having 
a difficulty with it. Are you sure you have got the 
right plant ? We have never seen a B. ascotensis 
that could be considered barren. Usually it flowers 
very freely. Would it be possible you have got B. 
fagifolia, which sometimes gives trouble in pots, 
though plants used for bedding out in summer usually 
flower freely enough. Both this and B. ascotensis 
make good bedding plants, and on the approach of 
cold weather in autumn may be lifted, potted and 
treated carefully for a while till they get established, 
after which they will flower till well into winter. 
We should try the bedding system to see what effect 
it would have. In autumn and winter place the 
plants near the glass sc that they may get a fair 
share of sunlight with the advantage of a free circu¬ 
lation of air. Good growth, well hardened by 
exposure in the above way will generally flower well. 
The other questions next week. 
Names of Plants.— Botanist : 1, Barbarea vulgaris; 
2, Stellaria aquatica; 3, Scilla nutans; 4, Plantago 
Coronopus; 5, Stellaria graminea; 6, Valeriana 
officinalis.— A.L.: 1, Streptosolen Jamesoni; 2, 
Prunus sinensis flore pleno; 3, Kerria japonica flore 
pleno; 4, Prunus triloba.— E.C.H.D. : 1, Erio- 
phorum polystachium angustifolium ; 2, Medicago 
maculata ; 3, Veronica arvensis; 4, Viola tricolor 
arvensis ; 5, Trifolium subterraneum ; 6, Euonymus 
europaeus.— A R. M. : 1, Lamium maculatum ; 2, 
Saxifraga crassifolia cordifolia ; 3, Trollius asiaticus; 
4, Arabis albida variegata ; 5, Arabis lucida varie- 
gata; 6, Gentiana acaulis.— A. IV.: 1, Leucojum 
aestivum; 2, Euphorbia palustris; 3, Cardamine 
trifolia; 4, Cardamine pratensis flore pleno; 5, 
Paeonia tenuifolia. 
