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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 7, 1896. 
Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son, Hammersmith con¬ 
tributed a good collection of hardy fruit—Apples, 
chiefly (Silver Medal). 
The Banquet. 
Under the presidency of Sir Edwin Saunders, the 
president of the society, a large number of members, 
friends, and visitors assembled at the Hotel Metro- 
pole, at 7 p.m., to celebrate the Jubilee in another 
fashion. Amongst those present we noted Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., F. A. Bevan, Esq., C. E. 
Shea, Esq., C. C. Paine, Esq., C Harman Payne, 
Esq., Messrs. Leonard Sutton, H. Cantell, H. 
Williams, H. Laing, J. H. Laing, H J. Jones, T. 
Bevan, Norman Davis, H. J. Veitch, A. Dean, G. 
Gordon, T. W. Saunders, &c. 
After the usual toasts had been rendered the 
president proposed the “ National Chrysanthemum 
Society.” He said that it first originated as the 
Stoke Newington Society in 1846, which he believed 
was the first English society to take up the Chrysan¬ 
themum to advance its cause by exhibitions. The 
late Robert Fortune introduced the Chusan Daisy 
and the Japanese type which had grown to such 
dimension at the present day. The Stoke Newington 
Society lasted thirty years, and accomplished much. 
Then it became merged with the Borough of 
Hackney Society. When the late Mr. William 
Holmes took its affairs in hand, it soon became 
necessary to find more room for the exhibits. 
In 1877 the exhibitions were transferred to the 
Royal Aquarium, and in 1883 its title was changed 
to that of the National Chrysanthemum Society. 
After this the membership rapidly increased till it 
now stood at 870. It had 138 societies in various 
parts of the world affiliated with it, several being in 
the colonies. Its official catalogue was welcomed 
all over the world, and the Jubilee edition had just 
been published. 
The present was a most momentous period in the 
history of the society ; it had reached the fiftieth 
year of its existence, and they were assembled to 
celebrate its Jubilee. Some might take exception to 
this statement because it had first been the Stoke 
Newington Society ; but they did not wish to forget 
that the society had such a small beginning. The 
growth of a society resembles that of an individual. 
Though the society was not always so great and also 
prosperous as to-day, they would not allow one jot of 
its history to lapse. 
A jubilee might be defined as a popular manifesta¬ 
tion of joy concerning some great event ; and in 
olden times was celebrated with banners, clarionets, 
shouting and blowing of trumpets, as first defined in 
Leviticus; so that this kind of jubilation is 3,000 to 
4,000 years old, and came to us from the Jewish 
nation. It was based on the mystic number of seven 
or some multiple of it so that the year after seven 
times seven was a year of rest and jubilation. The 
show commemorating the Jubilee of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society being renewed for the 
space of four days he believed was unparallelled in 
horticulture. 
Charles E. Shea, Esq., proposed the "Affiliated 
Societies ” of which there were 138 forming a bond 
or union for mutual assistance and spread over 
Great Britain and the Colonies. Mr. T. Bevan, of 
the Highgate Society, replied, and spoke at some 
length on the visits their society made to the Conti¬ 
nent in order to see what could be learnt concerning 
Chrysanthemums in Belgium and France. He 
trusted that the day was not far distant when all the 
societies in London would join in building a suitable 
hall for their horticultural exhibitions of all kinds. 
C. Harman Payne, Esq., proposed the “ Donors of 
special prizes,” and amongst other things spoke of 
the beautiful groups which the president’s prizes had 
been the means of bringing out. F. A. Bevan, Esq. 
replied, stating that he had some diffidence in rising 
to speak on the subject ; but he desired to promote 
more and more the welfare of the society. The 
growers, however, deserved the credit for the splendid 
character of the show. He desired to speak of the 
hall which had been alluded to by Mr. T. Bevan. If 
the show was held elsewhere than at the Aquarium 
he know of several people who would support it 
They wanted more light to show off their flowers and 
to be quite separate from the present adjuncts of the 
show. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., proposed " The 
President,” and said that all present had no doubt 
followed with intensity the speech of the president. 
Robert Fortune had been of vast importance to horti¬ 
culture in several ways by his introductions from 
China. He alluded to the horticultural hall con¬ 
cerning which Mr. T. Bevan and F. A. Bevan, Esq., 
had just spoken. They were once very near getting it, 
but the failure to secure it was owing to the financial 
collapse some years ago. The cause was ably advo¬ 
cated by Baron Sir Henry Schroder. Sooner or 
later we would have the hall. Horticulture was 
best done in this country, but the foreigner was 
treading upon our heels, and we would have to put 
more energy into it. A more capable or more 
genial president than Sir E. Saunders was impossible. 
The latter replied that he was scarcely worthy of the 
high eulogium passed upon him. 
Mr. T. W. Saunders proposed " Kindred 
Societies” to which C. C. Paine, Esq., replied, stat¬ 
ing that the Royal Horticultural Society would be 
most willing to help in getting a hall. The 
president proposed " The visitors,” to which George 
Cox Bompas, Esq., replied. J. Harrison, Esq., pro¬ 
posed “The press,” and Mr. G. Gordon replied. A 
very enjoyable evening was spent. The floral decora¬ 
tions of the hall were arranged by Miss Lilian Hudson. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 
EXMOUTH, October, 30 tli. 
The eleventh annual exhibition of Chrysanthemums, 
fruits, &c., took place on Friday, October 30th, at 
the Market Hall, and in every respect may be 
described as an unqualified success. The spacious 
hall was tastefully decorated with evergreens, flags, 
&c., and an abundance of lights were utilised in the 
evening so that a very careful inspection might be 
made of all the exhibits. Very favourable weather 
prevailed all day and a large number of visitors and 
patrons attended the show. The entries were far 
more numerous than at any previous show, whilst 
the general quality of all the exhibits was excellent. 
For thirty-six cut blooms, Japanese section, there 
was keen competition, the prizes after considerable 
judging being awarded to first, V. Stucky, Esq., 
Teignmoutb ; second, H. Hammond Spsncer, Esq.; 
third, G. W. Drake, Esq, Cardiff; fourth, Miss 
Fripp, Teignmouth. This decision did not give 
universal satisfaction, but as one of the rules of the 
society states “ that the decision of the judges to be 
final and without appeal,” there was no departing 
from the awards though some little soreness was 
apparent. The whole of the blooms, however, were 
of splendid form, size and colour, well set and of 
remarkable freshness. For twelve Japs. R. A. 
Browning was first, and Mrs. Kavanagh, second. 
For twelve incurved distinct, H. Hammond, Esq., 
was well to the fore, followed closely by Miss Fripp, 
and V. Stucky, Esq., was third. These blooms were 
much finer than many of the same class of recent 
years, still behind some of the old Liverpool boards 
of ten or fifteen years ago. 
The groups were just particularly fine flowers 
uniformly good, foliage large and plentiful, the result 
being that very few stakes were to be observed 
protruding in any group. This eyesore oftentimes 
detracts much from the general effect. Mrs. A. D. 
Sim, first ; Mrs. Goldney, second; and General 
Rocke, third ; being successful in one class ; whilst 
Dr. Hodgson, Col. Burch, and Sir C. Pearson, were 
the successful competitors in another circular group 
class. Groups of semi-circular form were shown by 
Mrs. Creswell, Sir J. Phear, and Mrs. H. Stewart, 
and were awarded prizes in the order their names 
appear. Other successful exhibitors of pot plants 
were Col. Lloyd, H. Clark, Esq., Miss Clark, Mrs. 
Kavanagh, Dr. Shier, and Dr. Hodgson. In the 
group of the last-named we noticed a most beautiful 
plant with some six perfect blooms of the white 
Louis Boehmer, perhaps one of the most beautiful 
things of recent introduction. 
With Primulas Mrs. Payne was first, and Mrs. 
Goldney second. Table plants were shown by Rev. 
H. Clerk and Mr. J. Gordon, who was first with six 
Ferns. Some excellent fruit was shown, the first 
prize for Alicante Grapes being awarded to G. W. 
Matthews, Esq , for a splendid exhibit both as 
regards size, colour, and general finish. J. Gordon 
was second with a lot, but slightly inferior. Rev. 
H. Clerk was first for Muscats, and also for any 
other variety, Miss Pinckney being second in the 
latter class. Numerous classes were devoted to 
Apples and Pears, and much excellent fruit was 
shown. Among the successful exhibitors we noticed 
the names of Sir J. Phear, R. Ley, Esq., Sir Ch. 
Pearson, Major Obbard, Col. Lloyd, J. Gordon, 
Esq., Mrs. Forbes, and Miss Pinckney. Vegetables 
were numerous and good, Mrs. Cresswell being 
first with eight kinds closely followed by Mr. Payne, 
the third falling to Miss Pinckney. For the best 
collections of Potatos, six kinds, nine tubers of each, 
Sir Ch. Pearson came in first, and Miss Pinckney 
second. 
Mr. W. J Godfrey, nurseryman, had a very exten¬ 
sive display of bush Chrysanthemums and zonal 
Pelargoniums, besides a fine stand of cut blooms, 
many of which were new, or shown for the first 
time. Some of these will doubtless be at the 
Royal Aquarium, so we may hear of them again. 
The promoters of the show have every reason to be 
satisfied, it being considered the best ever held in 
Exmouth. 
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Questions add adsujgrs 
*,* Will our fritnds who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged b\i their so doing. 
Apples Disqualified.— At the recent Agricultural 
Show held at Kilmarnock (Ayrshire), a competitor 
was disqualified for showing Warner's King and 
Nelson’s Glory in a collection of Apples. The judge 
decided that those two varieties are the self-same 
Apple, and consequently the competitor was dis¬ 
qualified for being short of a variety. As this is the 
chief show for fruit in the West of Scotland, the 
decision naturally gave rise to very heated discus¬ 
sions amongst gardeners and others. For the benefit 
of your numerous readers here, will you kindly give 
us your opinion on the subject.— Gardener. 
[Warner’s King is an Apple that has a great 
number of synomyms including Nelson’s Glory and 
David T. Fish, which are perhaps the most common. 
At the National Apple Congress held in the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Chiswick, October 
5th to 25th, 1883, there were 150 dishes of it under 
its proproper name, Warner’s King. There were 
also twenty-three dishes of it under the name of 
Nelson’s Glory; fourteen, under the nate of D. T. 
Fish; 1, as Drumlanrig Castle; 1, as Barker's 
Seedling ; 2, as Cobbett's Fall Pippin ; x, as King’s ; 
1, as Minier’s Dumpling ; 1, as Poor Man’s Friend ; 
1, asSiLerton Pippin; and 1, as Veitch’s Cluster. 
It will, therefore, be seen that Warner's King may 
often be exhibited under a wrong name, so that the 
judge in this instance was right, and his decision 
must be respected. Gardeners would do well to 
procure a copy of the book on British Apples, which, 
we believe, costs 2s. 6d. It gives the proper 
names of British Apples with a list of synonyms at 
the end.— Ed.] 
Names of Fruit.— James Milligan : Apples—1, 
Emperor Alexander; 2. Striped Beefing; 3, not 
recognised ; 4, Lord Derby. Pears—1, Beurre 
Sterkmans; 2, Winter Nelis; 3, not known; 4, 
Gansell’s Bergamot.— Charles Etherington : 1, 
Catillac; 2, Bergamot's Esperen ; 3, Marie Louise 
d’Uccle. 
Grubs in Vegetable Garden.—2I. C.: The speci¬ 
mens you sent were the young of Snake-millipedes 
(Julus) which feed on soft-skinned grubs and insects 
as well as vegetables. When present in large 
numbers they are very injurious to the roots of 
various vegetable crops, causing them to decay. 
Dressings of soot are said to drive them away ; and 
watering the ground with limewater is considered 
advantageous by helping to destroy them. During 
dry weather in summer you should set traps con¬ 
sisting of damp moss in wicker or wooden baskets 
sunk in the ground. Examine these every morniDg 
and destroy the Snake-millipedes caught. Cabbage 
leaves might be placed thickly over the ground, and 
examined every morning to catch those sheltering 
beneath them. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Fisher, Son & Sibray, Ltd., Royal Nurseries, 
Handsworth, near Sheffield.—Catalogue of Fruit, 
Rose, Forest and Ornamental Trees, and Shrubs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, England.— 
Wholesale Catalogue of Gladioli. 
W. Wells, F.R.H.S., F.N.C.S., Earlswood 
Nurseries, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey.—Descriptive 
Catalogue of Chrysanthemums with Cultural Hints 
for 1896 97. 
Frederick Roemer, Seed Grower, Quedlinburg, 
Germany.—Novelties in Flower Seeds for 1897. 
Samuel Bide, Alma Nursery, Farnham, and 
St. John’s Nursery, Woking, Surrey.—Catalogue 
of Coniferae, Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, 
Roses, etc. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE, 
November 3rd, 1S96. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 27, 
Mark Lane, report a meagre demand for agricultural 
seeds. White Clover continues to advance. Alsike 
and Trefoil steady. American Red Clover offers 
more freely but prices asked are still too high, 
French-Italiau Ryegrass has advanced 3s. per bale. 
Mustard and Rape seed steady. 
