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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 3, 1899. 
always been a leading feature of the Temple 
Shows from the commencement, and we 
are more than pleased that the cause is 
fully sustained by Messrs. Laing & Sons, 
T. S. Ware, H. J. Jones and John R. Box. 
For unseasonably late flowering we think 
the Daffodils shown by Messrs. Barr & 
Sons, and the Azaleas by Mr. C. Turner, 
are worthy of remark. Hardy herbaceous 
plants and alpines,either in thecut state or as 
plants, continue to be an unusually interest¬ 
ing feature of this exhibition ; and certainly 
the variety they afford in the garden beds 
and borders, and the. amount of pleasure 
they are capable of affording their owners, 
more than repay a hundredfold the cost of 
their acquirement and the labour of keep¬ 
ing. This is most forcibly demonstrated 
by comparison with the costly summer 
flower bedding, and the short dived and un¬ 
certain display it is capable of effecting. 
Carnations are again shown in grand form 
by Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, the Mal- 
maison types predominating, although the 
other section of perpetual flowering kinds 
is not neglected. Visitors will be unable to 
pass without admiring the huge, finely 
flowered specimens of Clematis in pots. 
Messrs. Richard Smith & Co., Worcester, 
have their large flowering types as usual, 
and visitors now expect to witness the same. 
There is no falling away in the quality of 
the exhibit. Messrs. Geo. Jackman & 
Son put up a larger exhibit of their hybrid 
coccinea strain than ever, the plants being 
large and profusely flowered, Duchess of 
York (blush), Sir Trevor Lawrence (crim¬ 
son), and Duchess of Albany (pink) being 
noteworthy types. 
Flowering and fine foliage plants on 
the grass in the open air are an unusually 
strong feature this year, the principal 
exhibitors being Messrs. Fisher, Son & 
Sibray, Ltd., J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., J. 
Cheal & Sons, John Russell, W. Paul & 
Son, and J. Waterer & Sons. The white 
Hydrangeas shown by the Messrs. Veitch 
were very striking. No private grower 
exhibited fruit trees in pots on this occasion, 
but the cause was sustained by Messrs. T. 
Rivers & Son, and Messrs. Geo. Bunyard 
& Co. Vegetables wereless numerous than 
last year, owing largely to the reduction of 
space, for more growers applied than could 
obtain an entrance to the show grounds. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, and Messrs. J. 
Carter & Co., worthily sustain the interest 
in this class of garden produce. For details 
of the exhibits our report on p. 634, &c., 
may be consulted. 
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Anguloa Cricket Club (Messrs. F. Sander & Co ) v. 
Protheroe & Morris — This annual match was played 
at St. Albans on Saturday last (27th ult.), on a 
heavy wicket. The result was a tie. The teams 
and their friends were hospitably entertained by Mr. 
and Mrs. Sander. We expect the players will have 
to live in suspense for a twelvemonth concerning the 
settlement of the championship. 
Mr. John Gilbert Baker, F.R S, F.L.S., late keeper 
of the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew, was made 
the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Linnean 
Society, at the anniversary meeting of that body on 
the 24th ult., in recognition of his important contri¬ 
butions to botanical science. This recognition was 
really well deserved, for Mr. Baker has been a 
diligent and laborious worker in the field of 
systematic botany. 
A Commemoration Oak—Part of the programme 
attendant upon the celebrations carried out on the 
occasion of the Queen’s birthday was the planting of 
a British Oak. Considerable interest was manifested 
in the operation by the inmates of Windsor Castle. 
Her Majesty's head gardener, Mr. Owen Thomas, 
placed the sturdy sapling in position in Windsor 
Park ; then the Queen, from her pony-chaise, cast 
some earth about its roots, and the under gardeners 
then completed the operation in a few minutes. 
Mr. Peter Barr, the " Daffodil King,” is now in 
Japan. 
Mr. F. N. Mark, formerly of Kew, and for a short 
time with Messrs. Barr & Sons, at Long Ditton, has 
been appointed head gardener to C. Fase, Esq., J.P., 
Glenmore, The Crescent, Surbiton. 
The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.—This 
institution has flourishing branches at Bristol, Bath, 
Exeter, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and we are 
pleased to state that Reading has now also to be 
included in the list. Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., was 
the main instrument in founding this branch, he 
having sent out circular letters, and by hospitable 
generosity gained friends around his standard. At 
the meeting for the initiatory steps, A. W. Sutton, 
Esq., occupied the chair and was supported by C. E. 
Keyser, Esq., C. B. Stevens, Esq. (President of the 
Reading Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Associa¬ 
tion), Leonard G. Sutton, Esq., M. H. F. Sutton, 
Esq., the Rev. A. Cheales, A. C. Bartholomew, Esq., 
and the following deputation from the London 
Committee Harry J. Veitch, Esq., Owen Thomas, 
Esq., and Mr. C. J. Ingram, the energetic secretary 
of the institution. A very large gathering of 
gardeners and others (over 250) from far, around 
Reading, attended the meeting. Mr. Veitch discussed 
the early rise of the institution, and explained all its 
purposes, benefits and rules. Mr. O. Thomas in his 
remarks asked if it was gardeners who maintained 
the association and answered his own question by 
saying ‘'No.” Out of 27,000 gardeners in the king¬ 
dom only 600 were subscribers. C. E. Keyser, Esq. 
was elected the first president. 
Incidents in the early life of the late Mr. James 
Kelway.—It is interesting reading and we believe it 
will be acceptable to our readers to give a few lines 
compiled from an article sent us in which the late Mr. 
James Kelway shows up as a boy, old beyond his 
years, powerful of will, and resourceful. He was 
born in the year of Waterloo and at thirteen had 
finished his school-boy days. He was painstaking 
and clever, a fact which is borne out by the fact that 
at the age of 17 he had a class of eighteen young 
lads around him, nightly teaching them the elements 
of learning. He married at Hatch Beauchamp the 
day before his majority was reached. His second 
period of life was spent at Ilminster,where his family 
was reared. In 1850 he purchased the small nursery 
at Huish Episcopi, which has under his able 
direction been so greatly extended. His love for the 
Gladioli dates from 1830 when for the first time he 
saw a specimen of G.psittacinus exhibited at Glaston¬ 
bury. At the same show young Kelway was 
himself an exhibitor (and only 15 years old), captur¬ 
ing 12 first and 5 second prizes out of 23 entries. 
This was his first show ; the child was father to the 
man. His funeral was very impressive and a very 
large turnout of relatives, friends, and employes 
attended to give their dead beloved, their last 
respects. 
Bristol and District Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement 
Association —A large number of members attended 
the opening meeting of the summer session, to hear 
a paper on ‘‘Tomato Culture” by Mr. C. Lock, 
the chairman of the society. Mr. W. A. Garaway 
presided. In a paper bristling with useful hints on 
the subject Mr. Lock dealt with the mode of culture 
for early, midseason and late crops. He made the 
daring statement that though a large number of 
people grew Tomato plants not more than 10 per 
cent, succeeded in growing as successfully as may be. 
Detailing his own method of culture he recommended 
seed to be sown thinly in shallow pans or boxes, to 
be potted as early as possible in 3 in. pots, and when 
strong enough to be either potted or planted in their 
fruiting quarters. The soil he advised was good 
loam and manure, and when first fruits were set they 
should be fed and mulched. Mr. Lock gave some 
practical advice as to ventilating, watering, and 
lertilising, also dealing with the diseases Tomatosare 
subject to. The one variety he recommended above 
all others for all purposes was Ham Green Favourite. 
The paper was much appreciated, and a cordial vote 
of thanks was given Mr. Lock. Prizes for a brace 
of Cucumbers were awarded Messrs. Marshall and 
Frampton, and the society’s Certificate of Merit was 
awarded Mr. Shaddock for a fine specimen of Cypri- 
pedium barbatum. 
Carnivorous Plants.—By those who knowthe insect¬ 
eating plants well, it is said they attain to greatest 
perfection when insects are excluded from them, and 
plenty of nourishment given to the roots. 
TEMPLE SHOW. 
(Concluded from page 638.) 
Messrs. Thos. Perkins & Sons, Kingsthorpe Nur¬ 
series, Northampton, exhibited Acers of the Pseudo- 
platanus type. One of these received a first-class 
Certificate. They were much admired. 
Messrs. John Waterer & Sons, Ltd,, Bagshot, 
Surrey, had a handsome group of hardy ornamental 
shrubs, Coniferae, &c., Yews, Hollies and Boxes, 
were placed at the back then, Retinosporas in the 
varieties. R. obtusa nana, R. filicoides, R. o. alba ; 
R. filifera ; R. 0. nana aurea and the Maples, Acer 
palmatum aureum, A. p. dessectum ornatum, A. 
polymorphum autropurpureum. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, showed a bank of 
cut Rhododendrons, lilac, double and single, single 
and double Tulips, Iris Cytistis purpureus, C. S. 
andreanus, Cypripediums, Aquilegias, &c. 
FRUIT. 
There was a grand lot of fruit staged by Messrs. 
Bunyard & Sons, of Maidstone. The Apples, which 
consisted of some six dozen dishes, were remarkably 
fresh for time of, year. Alfriston, Wellington, Belle 
de Pontoise, Orange Pearman, Murfitt’s Seedling, 
Tibbett's Pearmain, and many others helped to make 
up this grand display. There were a few dishes of 
Pears but these had not been preserved in that same 
excellence as the Apples. The whole was backed up 
by fruit trees in pots, such as bigs, Gooseberries, 
Peaches, Nectarines, &c. 
Messrs. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, staged a 
grand lot of fruit trees in pots well-laden with 
fruit. The whole consisted of some thirty trees and 
showed the highest state of cultivation. Early 
Rivers’ Nectarine was remarkably fine, as were also 
several varieties of Peaches and Cherries. 
Strawberries in pots were well shown by Messrs. 
Laxton, of Bedford. The pots of “ Leader ” were 
well to the fore, the fruit being large and for the 
most part well coloured, thus showing how well this 
variety is adapted for pot culture. We counted as 
many as fourteen fine fruit on a pot. Ever since 
this variety was sent out, we have had a high 
opinion of it both as a pot plant and for open 
ground. Fillbasket was also very fine. The fruit, 
though not quite so large as the former, was well 
shown, for as many as fifteen were counted on a pot. 
VEGETABLES. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons still maintain their reputa¬ 
tion by exhibiting first-class early vegetables, which 
they again staged in No. 3 tent. The prominent 
feature of this exhibit ps a large heap of Sutton's 
new Tomato Winter Beauty, which received an 
Award of Merit at the R.H.S. meeting on April 
18th. For winter work no other Tomato can equal 
this variety. The strong constitution of the plant, 
its productiveness, earliness, rich colour, combined 
with the fine shape and superb flavour of the fruit, 
make this novelty one of the finest introductions of 
recent years. The display of early Marrowfat 
Peas is particularly interesting, on account of the 
revolution which Messrs. Sutton have effected in 
the culture of this popular vegetable. By the intro¬ 
duction of this new race of early Peas, possessing as 
fine a marrowfat flavour as the Maincrop varieties, 
the public can now obtain the choicest Peas ready 
for use even before the small, round-seeded sorts are 
seen in the greengrocers' windows. The varieties 
exhibited are Sutton’s Early Giant, May Queen, 
Empress of India, Bountiful, Excelsior, A 1, Seed¬ 
ling, and Selected Duke of Albany. 
Some remarkable specimens of vegetable products, 
exhibited by Messrs. J. Carter & Co., occupy a con¬ 
siderable space with the rest of their magnificent 
exhibit, notably Carters' Royal Osborne Cucumber 
—one specimen reaches 30 in. in length, and weighs 
nearly 4 lbs.; Carters’ Forcing Turnip, quite a new 
type ; Carters' Early Morn and other Peas, both in 
growth and picked ready for eating, the pods in some 
instances being almost 6 in. long ; Carters’ Duke of 
York Tomato, a fine heap of this splendid variety 
being most attractive and tempting. Altogether 
Messrs. Carter have brought together a fine display 
which from the interest evinced by those around it, 
evidently appears to have general approval. 
