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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 16, 1901. 
Does not all this discussion on the above subject 
point very decidedly to the only remedy ? The 
remedy is for gardeners to have more patience, 
more perseverance, and more energy to overcome 
the many obstacles that bar the way, that lead to 
success. Almost every week there are appointments 
chronicled of men who by determined perseverance 
have gained important positions; and with our 
Editor's kind permission we tender those men our 
hearty congratulations,and we ask “Young Gardener” 
to find a more appropriate nom deplume. These men 
have mapped out their goal and won. Our friend, 
J, Botley, considers gardening a game of chance. I 
consider it more like a game of draughts, and we 
must be very careful against making a false -move. 
I am afraid the journeyman he mentions had not a 
first only love for gardening, and unless we have a 
first only love we do not get any pleasure from our 
duties; in fact, our duties become toil or labour with 
pain and fatigue. We must thank our kind Editor 
for the space he has given to this subject, and I am 
sure more than one has derived encouragement from 
it.— C. P. C. 
I am ‘ very much interested in the discussion in 
your valuable paper, relating to gardeners’ griev¬ 
ances. It is very interesting indeed, and in the first 
place I must thank Messrs. Dick and Blair for the 
able way that they stick up for the under gardeners. 
"CPC." says it will help many young gardeners who 
are more or less discontented with the prospects of 
life before them, but who have a " first only love for 
gardening." That may be so, but I can tell him that 
some of the places nowadays are enough to drive 
anyone from gardening. I have had eleven years’ 
experience in all departments of gardening, both 
inside and out, and in small and large places. I have 
always "kept my eyes open," and my tongue quiet, 
which is essential in most well kept establishments, 
and has helped me a good deal. I don’t agree with 
one who signs himself "Helper,” who prefers large 
establishments to small ones. For my own part I 
served my time in a small place, and never regretted 
it (and many others can say the same), for I could 
always hold my own with any that served in larger, 
aye, and even learn them a lot, for I have proved it. 
"C.P.C.” talks about small places with six or eight 
gardeners, and large places with fifty to sixty. Allow 
me to ask him if such a place was in England or 
Scotland ? Quite probably the former, for in Eng¬ 
land, I am sorry to say, they call themselves 
gardeners if they happen to labour in a garden for 
three weeks or so, and previous to that wrought on a 
farm as cowman, or tended a few head of poultry. It 
Is these kind of people that spoil gardeners’ places in 
England, and as for some of the employers we have 
nowadays !—business people ; everything for profit, 
and everything ready at a moment's notice whenever 
they want it ! Now I think that gardening could 
be much improved, in England especially. When I 
say that cowmen take the place of certificated 
gardeners, is that not enough to disgust any practical 
man ? For the former will take the place at half the 
rate of wages that a practical man would ask, as the 
latter, after spending the best of his days " roughing 
it,” expects something better when he gets a head 
place, but so long as this “Jack of all trades” sort 
of work goes on, gardeners’ wages will be low. There 
are plenty of good places and men, too, in England, 
and it is a pity sometimes to see the state of the 
former; but it so happens that sometimes the 
"irrepressible” Scot (as one of the writers in this 
discussion says) gets one of these places, and gets 
good wages too, for a Scottie always knows what he 
is worth; and to get the place in order nearly breaks 
his heart, for he cannot get men that know their 
work ; and to suggest to the employers to get a man 
from the nursery or seedsman would be all right, if 
he paid his own fare. But my friends across the 
border, “ beware ” ; do not be “ gulled,” unless you 
know something of where you are going. With all 
that, is it any wonder that Scotch head, or under 
gardeners do not stop any time in England ? But, 
nevertheless, they always leave their mark behind 
them, set a place on its legs, and then leave it as a 
pattern to some of our cowmen friends.— Mar, 
Bristol. 
-- 
Locust Beans at the rate of 25,000 a year are 
grown in Cyprus, and'Tfrey say most of them go to 
Scotland to make whisky. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL.— February 12 th. 
Considering that the morning of Tuesday last was 
very frosty and cold, the array of exhibits was both 
extensive and good. Chinese Primulas, Clematis 
indivisa. Daffodils and Ferns were in strong force. 
Hardy herbaceous plants, Crocuses, Lenten Roses 
and forced subjects were more or less abundantly 
represented for this early period of the year. 
Orchids were also present in fair quantity. 
Orchid Committee. 
■Well-flowered plants of Zygopetalum Mackayi, Z. 
M. Ga’ton Park var, Angraecum hyaloides and 
Dendrobium Juno grandiflorum were exhibited by J. 
ColemaD,* Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. P. Bound), 
Gatton Part, Reigate. De B. Crawshay, Esq., 
Rosefield, Sevenoaks, exhibited Odontoglossum 
Rossii Queen Alexandra, wiih a rosy lip and petals. 
G. F. Moore, Esq. (gardener, Mr. T. Morris), 
Chardwar, Bourton-on-Water, staged Cypripedium 
Beakmannii and Cattleya percivalliana Chardwar 
var. 
Sir F. Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), 
Clare Liwd, East Sheen, staged Dendrobium 
wiganianum (D. Hildebrandtii x D. nobile) and 
Phalaenopsis sanderiana Wigan’s var. W. Cobb, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Howes), Dulcote, Tunbridge 
Wells, showed Cypripedium Basseno, with a finely 
blotched dorsal sepal. G. SiDger, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. Collier), Coundon Court, Coventry, brought 
up Cypripedium hyeanum Coundon Court var. 
Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, set up a small 
group of Cypripediums, Laelia jongheana, L. 
pumila, Dendrobium Ainsworthii and Oncidium 
maculatum. 
Odontoglossum Adrianae bearwoodense and O. A. 
regale were exhibited by J. Rutherford, Esq , M.P., 
Bearwood, Blackburn. Some fine flowers of 
Cattleya Trianaei were shown by Sir W. D. Pear¬ 
son, Bart., M P. (gardener, Mr. Wadds), Paddock 
Hurst, Crawley, Sussex. Cattleya Trianaei pitiana, 
Cypripedium callosum giganteum and C. Gertrude 
Holltngton were staged by Messrs. Hugh Low & 
Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield. 
G. Singer, Esq , also set up Cypripedium T. W. 
Bond Coundon Court var. and Odontoglossum loo- 
christiense coundonense, the latter having an arching 
spike 4 ft. long. A much finer variety of it, namely, 
O. loochristiense rochfordianum, was exhibited by 
Mr. Thos. Rochford, Turnford Hall Nurseries, Brox- 
bourne. The yellow ground colour was very bright 
and the blotches very dark. H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. H. Thurgood), I^osslyn, Stamford Hill, 
exhibited Eulophia chloroneurum, E. pulchra, and 
two large and well-flowered plants of Cypripedium 
pitcherianum. 
Messrs F. Sander & Co , St. Albans, exhibited 
Laelia pumila, L. p. luddemanniana, L. praestans 
Queen Alexandra, blush white with a heliotrope 
purple lip, Odontoglossum wilckeanum and Cypri¬ 
pedium callosum Sanderae, with its beautiful green 
veioing. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
exhibited a group of Lycaste Skinneri, L. S. alba, 
Cypripedium harrisianum superbum, C. Boxalii 
nigrum, Lycaste lasioglossg and oihers set up with 
Palms and Ferns. 
Floral Committee. 
P. Purnell, Esq., Woodlands, Streatham Hill, sent 
up a group of Narcissi and Daffodils in pots. 
Though these spring-flowering bulbous plants are 
effective when shown thus, they cannot compare 
with the plants grown on grass. In this case, the 
plants were well grown and strongly flowered for so 
early in the year. The finer varieties shown were 
Golden Spur, Victoria, the new variety ; Empress, 
Horsfieldii, Golden Spur, and Emperor, among long 
trumpet sorts; and Minnie Hume, Katherine Spur¬ 
red and poeticus ornatus among the medium. 
(Silver Gilt Flora.) 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 
showed a collection of hardy plants. Cyclamen 
ibericum Atkinsonii, Narcissus pallidus praecox 
(very beautiful, Muscari azureus, Iris persica Hel- 
dreichii (very strong), and species of Croci, Helle¬ 
bores and other Narcissi. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
London, N., arranged a collection of forced shrubby 
plants, including Staphyleacolchica, Kerria japonica 
fl.pl., Lilacs and specimens of Pyrus Malus flori- 
bunda, and Prunus Amygdalus. 
A group of Clematis indivisa and C. i. lobatawere 
sent from Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, 
Herts, the plants, over fifty in all, being in 6-in. pots. 
They were trained neatly to a stout central stake, 
and were draped with their starry white flowers. 
Plants of Aralia Sieboldii were placed among 
them. 
Messrs. J. Hill & Son, Barrowfield Nurseries, 
EdmontoD, staged a group of greenhouse and inter¬ 
mediate house Ferns, chief of which were Gymno- 
gramma schizophylla prolifera, Lastrea erythrosora, 
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris Mariesii, Blechnum lati- 
folium, Cheilanthes elegans, Davallia dissecta, and 
Asplenium Hillii, and many other fine subjects. 
(Silver Gilt Banksian.) 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, 
sent up a miscellaneous collection of stove and green¬ 
house foliage and flowering plants. Azaleas, 
Begonias, Zantbosomas, Dracaenas, Callaelliottiana, 
Camellias, and Anthuriums were included. (Bronze 
Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. John A. Box, West Wickham and Croydon, 
staged a batch of Primula sinensis in varieties. 
Messrs. Geo. Jackman & Son, Woking Nursery, 
Surrey, sent up Narcissus obvallaris, N. Golden 
Spur, N. princeps maximus, Freesias, Muscari, 
Lachenalia aurea, Primula frondosa, Daphne 
blagayana, and other pretty little hardy plants. 
(Bronze Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
had Lilac Madam Casimir Perier, white; Marie 
Legraye, also white ; and Leon Simon, mauve. 
They also showed cut Roses. (Bronze Flora 
Medal) 
Messrs. Thos. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nur¬ 
series, Feltham, staged many fine potfuls of Croci, 
including C. Balansae, C. Imperati, C. pusillus, and 
other autumn flowering species. Iris Danfordiae, 
Eranthis hyemalis. Primulas, &c., were also shown. 
(Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Higbgate, LondoD, 
N., showed a strongly flowered collection of Croci. 
The following were particularly pleasing :—Othello, 
violet; Lady Stanhope, gray-white; King of the 
Blues, La Majesteuse, a flaked variety ; and Sir W. 
Scott, also flaked. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
J. C. Eno, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. B Leach), 
Woodhall, Dulwich, S.E., exhibited Helleborus 
orientalis in varieties. The plants were grown in 
pots, and were very freely flowered, showing that 
their needs are understood. 
Mr. Geo. Wytbes, V.M.H., head gardener to the 
Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford, 
sent a large and well fruited Vanilla plant. (Cul¬ 
tural Commendation) 
A flowering specimen of Godwinia glgas was ex¬ 
hibited by the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
This is an Aroid of the same habit as Amorpho- 
phallus. (Vote of Thanks ) 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, had 
Rhododendron indicum Van Kaempferi, Loropeta- 
lum sinense, a pretty flowering hardy shrub, and 
also a boxful of their Javanico-jasminiflorum Rhodo¬ 
dendrons. 
Mr. C. J. Wakefield, 58, Hindon Street, London, 
S.W., was forward again with his “Floral-Aid.” 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, again showed 
a very large collection of the newer strain of Primu¬ 
las. Their Queen Alexandra is a lovely plant with 
beautifully fringed corolla, white shaded mauve. 
Snow Wreath is tall and handsome, Eucharis has 
smoother corolla and is pure white, Mr. R. W. 
Cannell shows up well, and several seedlings as yet 
unnamed are full of promise. (Silver Gilt Flora 
Medal.) 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Craw¬ 
ley, received a Silver Knightian Medal for a magoi- 
cent collection of Apples. Rymer, Court Pendu 
Plat, Lane's Prince Albert, Hollandbury, Jubilee, 
Chelmsford Wonder, and Newton Wonder had a 
very fine and sound appearance as indeed had every 
one of the 100 dishes of Apples that were shown 
(Silver Knightian Met^l.) 
Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, 
Maidstone, were forward with a very superior 
collection of 100 dishes of Apples. To see so 
beautifully graded, highly coloured and thoroughly 
sound Apples, was a sight of pleasure and satisfaction. 
Of the sorts shown Woodstock Pippin, Belle de 
