6 THE GARDENING WORLD. September 2, 1899. 
are now grown in Britain. Lilies in the open 
air prolong the display of bulbs from June 
till late in autumn, aided more or less by 
late planting. Observation will demonstrate 
that the bulb season in the Emerald Isle 
commences considerably earlier than in the 
vicinity of London. Cornwall, the Scilly 
Islands and the Channel Islands, as is well 
known, are able to furnish London and 
other large cities and towns with cut flowers 
of bulbs, especially Narcissi, long before 
they can be obtained from the open air in 
less favoured parts of the British Isles. 
The bulbs that are grown in such 
quantities in public parks are but evidence 
of their wide reaching popularity, extending 
to all classes of the community. The hast¬ 
ing away of the Daffodils, of which the poet 
complains, is, probably, an advantage rather 
than otherwise ; for they leave us before we 
are satiated, and are for a time forgotten, 
to come up again the following season with 
greater apparent freshness than ever. They 
reappear with the reviving year, and the 
increasing warmth of the sun (which lately 
has kept many indoors during the day) in 
conjunction with the awakening of the 
spring flowers, induces all classes of people 
to come forth in increasing numbers. 
Spring flowers are thus a sign that summer 
is at hand, as they always have been in 
civilised lands, but in few countries are 
these changes more marked or well defined 
than in ours. These lively changes and the 
demarkation of the year into spring, 
summer, autumn and winter endear the 
colonist and the sojourner in tropical lands 
to the mother country, and keep alive their 
patriotism. Tulipomania, or the feverish 
speculation in Tulips that raged many years 
ago, has no longer an existence, but has 
given place to a steadily increasing demand 
for bulbs of all kinds, and the love is likely 
to be very long-lived. 
Should we stop for a moment to enquire 
what natural orders furnish the great variety 
of bulbs we possess, it will be seen that the 
Liliaceae and the Amaryllideae are largely 
made up of bulbs, The Irideae furnish 
Gladioli, Crocuses, the so called bulbous 
Irises, and a great number of Cape subjects, 
but their rootstock is a corm rather than a 
bulb. Should these three orders be removed 
very few bulbs worthy of the name would 
remain. In like manner if we were to 
remove, the Rosaceae from our list of hardy 
fruits the remainder could be summed up 
in the words, Gooseberries and Currants. 
Ml’ W. J. Simpson, gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq , 
D.-vonburst, Chiswick, has been engaged by C. H ly 
Walker, Esq , to succeed Mr. A. Wright, as gar¬ 
dener at Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill. 
The Syphon Refrigerator Company have lately 
patented a case for the use of florists who lose much 
try the decomposition and withering of stock. The 
cases were on view at the Convention Hall, Detroit, 
cn August 15th. 
“Pines are Cheap Today.”—So said a London 
paper lately Ani these days now passing carry 
wiih them many blessh gs to the poorer folks. In 
fact, every year the " pour ” are becoming richer and 
richer ; richer, at least, than previously. We may 
be poor comparatively, but still every innovation in 
the lessening of prices or the securing of new ad¬ 
vantages is to poor people indirect riches, but riches 
all the same. The luxury which at one time only 
belonged to the very wealthiest—that of having the 
juicy Pineapple for food or delicacy, has now come 
10 belong to anyone with a few coppers in his wallet. 
Imports from ihe Azores have begun on a vast scale, 
and both the Canary and West Indian Islands are 
competing with the sunny Azores. Many of the 
coster's barrows are well supplied with very fair 
samples. And then there are bottled Pineapples as 
delicious as honey to eat. Indeed, you’ll get a nice 
Pineapple for the price of a good glass of ale, 
Deutzia Lemoinei should be included among the 
good things for early spring forcing. 
Postmen’s Park.—That portion of land known as 
Little Britain, part of which is now laid out as the 
Aldersgate Public Garden (known also as the Post¬ 
men’s Park), is desired to be added to this public 
garden. The churchwardens of St. Botolph’s 
Church, Aldersgate Street, are seeking subscriptions 
for this purpose, and /3,000 is needed. 
National Dahlia Society.—The grand National 
Dahlia show, we are notified, will be held at the 
Crystal Palace on Friday and Saturday, 1st and 
2nd September; and for affording an additional 
opportunity to raisers of seedling Dahlias the com¬ 
mittee of the above society has arranged with the 
Royal Aquarium authorities for the holding of an 
exhibition at that place Westminster). This second 
exhibition will take place on September 19th and 
20th, and Certificates of Merit will at that time be 
awarded to meritorious varieties. 
R.H S of IrelanJ.—The autumn fruit and flower 
show of the R.H.S. of Ireland was held under satis¬ 
factory conditions at Merrion Square, Dublin, on 
Tuesday, August 22nd. The horse show which was 
held on ihe same day had a lessening effect on the 
attendance at the horticultural exhibition. The dis¬ 
play was not quite up to the average of past years, 
a fact which is applicable to most of this year's 
shows. The best filled classes and those which 
attracted most attention were those for Gladiolf, 
Dahlias, Carnations, Begonias, and hardy cut 
flowers. The arrangements were carried out in the 
most efficient manner by Mr. Hillyard, the 
secretary to the society. 
Amid the Vineyards.—A writer in a daily paper 
gives a short story upon scenes and incidents of the 
distant Gironde. “ The rural roads, there-a-way, 
lie mostly amoDg vineyards or meander through 
plantations of Oaks and Pines. Trees surround one 
on all sides, Oaks, Ash, Pine, and Poplar. The 
foliage is a living harmony of tints. The lanes are 
fringed with broad margins of fresh grass. In the 
Garonne valley there are red-roofed cottages and 
church spires which appear here and there among 
undulating woodlands. But suddenly from the 
quietness and beauty a great whirlwind comes up 
the valley. Broad riobons of lightning stream in 
every direction. Torrents of rain clatter among 
wind-swept foliage. The thunder makes the very 
ground shake. But even while one co wers in awe the 
storm ceases with a jerk,wind and rain stopping with 
an abruptness almost comic—as if the whole to-do 
had been a jest. A few final chords of thunder falling 
away down the valley to the sea,and then Nature smiles 
again, as though at the change in her own mood. 
Everything, however, is left wet. Furrows of water 
lie between the Vines, while a mile or two over¬ 
land the hills are blazing in dryness and heat.” So 
we see that Nature is eccentric in every part of the 
globe. 
The Jersey Horticultural Club.—This club has just 
bien started. The prime mover and promoter of the 
club was Mr. F. Boobyer, Vice-President of the Society 
of Jersey Gardeners. He had not been satisfied with 
the working of that society. He sought the advice of 
Col. Howell, late President of the Horticultural 
Department of the R.J.A., and H S. The result of 
the intervie w was that a meeting of the officers of the 
Horticultural Department took place. All proposi¬ 
tions for the founding of the above club were 
accepted and agreed to unanimously. Of course, the 
J. H. Club will only at best be affiliated to the Hor¬ 
ticultural Department, and this can only be decided 
at the end ot the present year, at the annual meet¬ 
ing. But strong hopes are entertained that all will 
be smoothly combined. The objects of the club are 
for the further disseminating of horticultural know¬ 
ledge and for elevating the status of all classes of 
gardeners. The special knowledge which the club 
seeks to impart is “ the natural advantages of the 
soil, climate, aspect, &c. of Jersey for glasshouse and 
market gardening. Numerous papers have already 
been arranged for, and they treat upon subjects 
mostly of paramount interest and usefulness. We 
hope the efforts of the club will meet with apprecia¬ 
tive recognition, and that its influence may affect a 
reaction in the horticultural industries of the 
favoured Isle of Jersey. 
Clematises —The most natural way to train and 
show off the beauty of these plants is to place them 
out in beds on lawns, having long gnarled old 
branches irregularly placed, over which the plants 
may brace themselves. 
Northern Spy Apple —Though almost useless as a 
cropping variety, the Northern Spy has been proved 
by experienced observers to be absolutely resistant 
to the attacks of American blight. With this know¬ 
ledge surely its use as a stock for good Apples might 
be more confidently used. It is a peculiar fact 
worth the attention of all pomologists. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons at Shrewsbury. — As 
announced in our last issue Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Reading, had a remarkable exhibit of Gloxinias, 
Begonias, vegetables and Tomatos, grown in the 
open a'r, at the great exhibition of the Shropshire 
Hoiticultural Society, Shrewsbury, on the 23rd sni 
24th ult., for which they received a large Gold 
Medal. They also showed Achimenes, Carnations 
and other subjects illustrating their various fine 
strains of florists’ flowers. The vegetables were 
admitted on all bands to be magnificent ; and 
included Tender and True and other Beans, grand 
Onions and other suljtcis, attractively displayed. 
Tomatos from the open air were both numerous and 
flue. 
Hydrangea horlensis — I am forwarding a few 
heads of the above and I think )ou will agree with 
me that it is of the most beautiful sk)-blue imagin¬ 
able. At any rate it is by far the best that has come 
under my notice, and is greatly admired by all who 
see it. The plant is as round as possible, measures 
7J ft. across, and has borne 290 flower trusses, and 
not one had the least pink or red. The plant stands 
somewhat in the shade (which adds to the blueness, 
I have always heard, among other shrubs). Two 
years ago, as the plant was growing too far towards 
the walk, I pruned it in hard at every shoot. Last 
year it oDly had about a dozen heads, but I think 
the experiment worth repeating if one can get such a 
mass of bloom every other year.— J. Maync, Bicton. 
[The trusses sent by Mr. Mayae were quite equal 
to the description he gives of them ; and as fine as 
ever we have seen the flowers of H. hortensis. All 
the best samples we have seen have either been 
round the south and west coasts of England, in the 
the Isle of Wight or in the Channel Islands, where 
this Hydrangea succeeds admirably. We have 
always been under the impression that the vicinity 
of the sea has something to do with the blue colour 
the flowers assume. Mr. MayDe is quite within 
the iofluencc of the sea air, but potsibly the season 
and his treatment of the plant in question have 
their share in the splendid results obtained.— Ed ] 
Medals at Shrewsbury.—Only some of the awards 
had been made when our telegram of the great show 
at Shrewsbury was sent off. Messrs. E. Webb & 
Sons, Wordslay, Stourbridge, secured a Gold Medal for 
their grand exhibit of tuberous Begonias, Gloxinias, 
Gladioli, herbaceous flowers and vegetables. Gold 
Medals were also awarded to Messrs. Wrn. Cuibush 
& Son, Higbgate, London, for a collection of Ivies ; 
Mr. Henry Eckford, Wem, Sa'op, for a collection of 
Sweet Peas ; Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, N B , 
and Orpington, Kent, for Dahlias, Sweet Peas, 
Tomatos, &c ; Messrs. Dicksons, Ltd., Chester, for 
cut flowers of herbaceous plants, Water Lilits, and 
other subjects ; Mr. E. Murrell, Portland Nurseries, 
Shrewsbury, for Roses in pots ; Messrs. R Hart- 
land & Sons, Cork, for Dahlias; Messrs. Richard 
Smith & Co., Worcester, for a grand group of 
Bamboos and Lilies ; and to Mr. S. Mortimer, Swiss 
Nursery, Rowledge, Farnham, for a grand lot of 
Dahlias. Silver Gilt Medals were awarded to 
Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, Sale, Manchester, for 
a fine collection of Ferns ; Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, 
N.B., for hardy herbaceous plants, Carnations, &c.; 
Mr. H. Deverill, Banbury, Oxford, for herbaceous 
plants; Mr. John Green, Norfolk Nurseries, Dere¬ 
ham, for Dahlias, Gloxinias, &c. Silver Medals 
were accorded to Messrs. W. Clibran & Son, 
Altrincham, Manchester, for Crotons, Celosias, &c.; 
Messrs. Jarman & Co., Chard, for Dahlias; Mr. 
Albert Myers, Shrewsbury, for greenhouse plants; 
Mr. R. B. Davis, Yeovil, for tuberous Begonias, 
Dahlias, &c.,; and Mr. H. Pattisou, Shrewsbury, 
for Pansies and Violas. Others were mentioned in 
our last issue, p. 827, 
