May 1, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
549 
Wild Birds’ Protection Act.— A gamekeeper when 
gathering Peewit’s or other birds’ eggs according to 
instructions from the proprietor is exempt from the 
above act by virtue of the clause which exempts 
occupiers of land and their licensees from the opera¬ 
tion of the act. The Secretary of'State may, however, 
on the application of the County Council of any 
county, prohibit the destruction of wild birds' eggs 
within that county. 
The Horncastle and District Chrysanthemum Society 
has commenced its second year’s operations under 
most favourable auspices. The first show held in 
November last was a huge success, and all the 
officers and members of the committee have been 
unanimously re-elected. Next autumn’s show is to 
be held in the Corn Exchange, Horncastle, on 
November i6th and 17th. It is satisfactory to note 
that the value of the prizes has been materially 
increased. 
Cape Fruit.—The Afrikander has entered the lists 
against the American fruit exporter, and the trade 
between British markets and the Cape is steadily 
growing. The months of January and February saw 
several tons of Peaches, Nectarines, and Pears from 
the Stellenbosch district. This was followed by 
extensive shipments of Grapes from the Paarl, Wyn- 
berg, and Constantia districts, the average ship¬ 
ments per week for the last three months amounting 
to two tons. 
Manchester Whitsuntide Exhibition. —This annual 
show is to be held from the 4th to the rothjune, 
from Friday of one week to Thursday of the next, 
inclusive, that is, seven days. Orchids are always 
a strong feature of the Whitsuntide show held under 
the auspices of the Royal Botanical and Horti¬ 
cultural Society of Manchester, in the Gardens, Old 
Trafford. On this occasion prizes are offered for the 
best miscellaneous collection of Orchids in bloom, 
in one class for amateurs, and in another for nursery¬ 
men. The prizes in the amateurs’ class are good, 
and should draw forth a keen competition. In other 
classes there are good prizes offered for the best 
collection of Cattleyas and Laelias, the best collection 
of Cypripediums, and for ten specimen Orchids in 
bloom. These specimens must not be made up. 
Groups of miscellaneous plants, open in one case to 
amateurs and in another to nurserymen, should also 
bring plenty of competition. 
National Chrysanthemum Society.—Notwithstand¬ 
ing the fact that this society carried out preparations 
on an extensive scale to celebrate its own Jubilee lasr 
year, it has not forgotten the Queen’s Diamond Jubi¬ 
lee. In common with various other societies, it offers 
prizes in three special classes for Chrysanthemums 
and fruit, independently of the usual national 
competition of Chrysanthemum and horticultural 
societies, and the Holmes Memorial Challenge Cups. 
The first of these special classes is for thirty-six 
blooms of Chrysanthemums, twenty-four Japanese, 
and twelve incurved, all novelties or introduced 
during 1895, 1896, and 1897. Instead of being shown 
separately, the twelve incurved blooms will have to 
occupy the front row of the stands. This competition 
is open to the trade only and should serve to extend 
the centres of interest at the great autumn competition 
on the gtb, iotb, and nth of November next. The 
liveliest rivalry amongst cut blooms is generally con¬ 
fined to gardeners. The Turner Memorial Challenge 
Cup is for thirty-six blooms of white, yellow, and 
crimson Japanese Chrysanthemums in twelve varie¬ 
ties, three blooms of each to be shown on ordinary 
boards, with 6 in. of clear stem associated with 
foliage not necessarily belonging to the same varieties 
as shown. This is open to all comers, as well as the 
class for twenty-four dishes of Apples. Nine of the 
varieties must have been in cultivation in Britain at 
the time of the accession of the Queen in 1837. The 
remaining fifteen varieties must consist of those in¬ 
troduced during the past thirty years. Apparently, to 
ensure competition in such an unusual class, the 
fruit shown need not have been grown by the 
exhibitors, so long as it was grown in the United 
Kingdom. Other assistance given consists of a list 
of thirty varieties of Apples which were in cultivation 
at the time of the accession of the Queen. All are 
so common that little difficulty should be experienced 
in selecting nine of them to meet the requirements of 
the schedule. 
Cromwell and The Lilac.—In the inventory of the 
gardens of the Palace of Nonsuch, which Cromwell 
caused to be taken, the following item occurs:— 
“ Six Lilackes, trees which have no fruit but a 
pleasant smell." 
West of England Chrysanthemum Society.— The 
annual exhibition of this strong society is to take 
place on the 2nd and 3rd of November next. Prizes 
are offered for competition in eighty-five classes; 
and to the amount of £23 in the class for forty-eight 
Japanese blooms, in not less than twenty-four 
varieties, nor more than two of any one variety. 
Easter Flower Trade. —A more than usually motley 
assembly were awaiting the opening of the Flower 
Market at Covent Garden on the Saturday before 
Easter. Groups of Curates, and members of various 
sisterhoods and brotherhoods, including the costers, 
were in strong force. The supply was equal to the 
demand, however, and the returns, as compared with 
those of last year, showed a marked expansion. 
Southern France was a heavy contributor of Roses 
and Lilac. From the Scilly Isles came tons of 
Daffodils and Jonquils, so that there was no lack. 
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ROSE DAY. 
I saw in some paper lately a list of all the proposals 
which had been made to commemorate the Queen's 
Diamond Jubilee. They ran up into the hundreds, 
and were full of fun, fancy and folly, though the fun 
was usually unconscious. Notwithstanding the por- 
tentious number of suggestions, I am going to make 
another. It is a simple and sentimental proposal for 
the decoration of our personson June 22nd. I think 
the British floral emblem, the Rose,should be worn by 
everybody on the Celebration Day. The Rose crop 
will be in all its glory at the end of June, and no one 
need be without one who has a penny to spend. I 
further suggest that here from June 22nd shall be 
always known as " Rose Day," in honour of England 
and good Queen Victoria. (N.B. All pirates of this 
idea are hereby warned that it is the sole property 
of " Alter Ego.") 
Yes! I think "Rose Day" ought to come, as the 
Poet Laureate says in his best prose work. " The 
Garden that I Love" (p. 96): "The Rose is the 
typical flower all the world over, and the mind cannot 
get away from its representative personality. Withal, 
in most gardens, the Rose enjoys but a brief reign, 
much briefer than that of many another flower ; but 
so long as it blooms in profusion, it throws into the 
shade all other pretenders” Just so. "Rose Day” 
would throw all other celebrations days into shade. 
The Rose is a Royal flower and should be used on 
such a truly Royal and national occasion this year, 
and for all times.— Alter Ego. 
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RHODODENDRON CAMPYLOCARPUM. 
The other week a truss of this species was sent us 
by Mr. J. Mayne, gardener to the Hon. Mark Rolle, 
Bicton, Devon, who has flowered it in a greenhouse. 
It is a native of the Sikkim Himalayas, at an eleva¬ 
tion extending from 11,000 ft. to 14,000 ft., and is 
consequently very nearly hardy in this country. At 
first sight it very strongly resembles R. Thomsoni, 
differing most obviously in the colour of the flowers. 
Those of the latter are of a glowing crimson-red, 
while R. campylocarpum has bell-shaped flowers of 
a delicate and charming sulphur-yellow, with 
brownish-red anthers. The leaves are remarkably 
similar in both cases. The stalked, reddish glands 
of the petioles, pedicels, calyx, and ovaries, and the 
spherical buds, are characters of some botanical 
value, however, which separate it from R. Thomsoni. 
There is a full page, coloured illustration of it in 
Sikkim Rhododendrons t. 300 , by Dr., now Sir Joseph 
Hooker, who says the flowers exhale a honeyed 
flavour, and a resinous odour from the stalked 
glands above mentioned. In its native habitats it 
forms a bush about 6 ft. high, of a cheerful green 
hue ; and Sir Joseph Hooker regards it as one of the 
most charming of the Sikkim Rhododendrons, as 
compared with its usually very gaudy congeners. He, 
in fact, speaks of it in very enthusiastic terms. The 
height above stated is very dwarf for a Himalayan 
Rhododendron until very much more elevated 
regions are. reached. During ordinarily severe 
winters in this country, R. Thomsoni will live out of 
doors, and, probably, R. campylocarpum would 
prove equally hardy. It is next to impossible to 
distinguish the two except when in bloom or fruit, 
the seed vessels of the latter being curved as the 
name implies. 
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ORCHID NOTES & GLEANINGS. 
By The Editor. 
Cattleya Mossiae.—A consignment of this species 
from a new district is now flowering for the first 
time in the nursery of Mr. P. McArthur, 4, Maida 
Vale, London, W. The usual season for C. Mossiae 
is May and June ; but the plants of this importation 
made a fine display in April. Many of the varieties 
are notable for the clearness of their colours, many 
of them having a broad white margin to the lip, the 
disc being brightly and richly marbled with violet- 
purple. The sepals and petals are often pale, but 
what determines the light colour of the flowers is the 
white ground of the lip. A certain amount of 
interest attaches to this importation, owing to the 
fact that it was sent home by the collector as a blue 
Cattleya. A blue-purple variety turned up amongst 
the importation, and secured a buyer at £100, while 
a similar amount has been offered for the next plant 
of the same or similar colour that may turn up The 
disappearance of crimson and much of the orange 
from the lip serves to bring out the blue or violet 
tints to advantage. 
Odontoglo8Sum Pittiae.—On p. 326 of the pre¬ 
sent volume of The Gardening World we noted a 
a valuable Odontoglot which was sold at the Sale 
Rooms of Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, Cheapside, 
and secured by H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford 
Hill, for 103 gs. On the page quoted above, we gave 
a full description of this natural hybrid, and in the 
following week, p. 343, we gave some more particu¬ 
lars respecting it under the name of Odontoglossum 
Pittiae. Now we are informed from reliable sources 
that the plant exhibited by Mr. H. Ballantine, 
gardener to Baron Schroder, at the meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society on the 13th ult., under 
the name of O. wilckeanum Queen Empress was a 
piece of the same plant. It was a larger piece and 
growing more vigorously, with larger flowers, so that 
it looked a slightly different variety ; and in the 
absence of specimens for comparison at the time the 
new comer was allowed to pass. Now, seeing that 
the name O. Pittiae was published as long ago as the 
23rd and 30th of January last, it should have the 
right of priority, and be regarded as the name, and 
the other dropped. 
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ROYAL GARDENERS’ ORPHAN FUND. 
The Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund was established 
in 18S7, the Jubilee Year of Her Maj sty’s Reign, 
and the gardeners hope that this the Diamond Jubilee 
year may be a fitting occasion for them again to 
appeal to the public for a liberal contribu¬ 
tion towards the fund. The objects of the society 
speak for themselves, namely the provision for the 
fatherless children of gardeners, and bearing in mind 
the pleasures we derive from the results of their 
labours it is perhaps not too much to ask the public 
to favourably consider this appeal. 
The principle on which the Charity is conducted is 
one which strongly recommends itself to the bene¬ 
volent. The management expenses incurred are 
comparatively nominal, and the granting of allow¬ 
ances to children in their homes, thereby assisting 
the mother to maintain her family, is one of the best 
that can be adopted. There are at present seventy 
children assisted in this way by an allowance of 5s. 
per week to the widow. 
I sincerely trust that a generous response will be 
made to the appeal which the society is now making, 
and that a sufficient sum will be raised in this the 
Diamond Jubilee year to form a permanent endow¬ 
ment for the Institution. 
Should you not have been able to attend the 
Festival on the 30th April perhaps you will kindly 
forward to me any donation or subscription you 
may desire to give, so that it may be duly announced. 
— J. Whittaker Ellis, Chairman, Buccleuch House, Rich¬ 
mond, Surrey. 
