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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 2, 1901. 
Mortimer, Alex. Dean, C. Herrin, Wm. Pope, H 
Markham, J. H. Veitch, John Bushman, A. Ward, 
Geo. Wythes, F. Q. Lane, H. Balderson, A. H. 
Pearson, W. Wilks and J. Smith. 
C. P. Serocald, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Bullock), 
Taplow Hill, Maidenhead, staged a nice collection 
of Apples, including good dishes of the varieties 
Northern Spy, Cox’s Orange Pippin, American 
Mother and Egremont Russet. (Silver Banksian 
Medal.) 
A small collection of Apples and Pears came from 
the Earl Beauchamp (gardener, Mr. W. Crump), 
Madrtsfisld Court, Great Marlow. 
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Paradise Tree from Argentina — A.V.M .: We 
have never heard of a Paradise Tree or Tree of 
Paradise from Argentina and conclude that it must 
be a local name for something of which we can have 
no conception without a specimen. We might get 
some idea of it if you send a few seeds, or a bit of a 
plant after you have raised seedlings and grown 
them to some size. Grains of Paradise are the seeds 
of Amomum Grana Paradisi, and A. Meleguetta, 
plants belonging to the same tribe or group of 
plants as Ginger. Another plant, Paradisia Liliast- 
rum is a species of St. Bruno’s Lily, sometimes 
named Anthericum, Some small Orchids are named 
Paradisanthus in allusion to the beauty of the 
flowers, but have no other connection with Paradise. 
We do not think that any of these are in any way 
related to the seeds you have received and counsel 
y: u to have a little patience till the plants grow and 
show themselves. In the meantime we take it for 
granted you will have to sow the seeds in sandy 
loam and put the pots in a stove or warm pit. 
Burning Heavy Clay Soil. — C. W. : — Under cer¬ 
tain conditions and within limitations this might be 
both advattigeous and desirable, but you cannot 
disregard those limitations with impunity. We 
sh 'uld never advise the burnirg of the top spit of 
soil, because you would destroy all the humus or 
carbonaceous matter and nitrogen, both of very 
great value to the plants grown on such soil. Soil 
that is Hack or brown should not be burned, but 
taken ofl to the depth of the black matter, as it con¬ 
tains humus or decaying vegetable matter. When 
you come to yellow, red, or blue clay you can burn 
that by piling it in layers above wood or other con- 
bustible matter. After it has burnt out and become 
cold it will have assumed a red colour and gritty 
character like fine, angular gravel. This makes 
good material for mixing with heavy garden soil, and 
as in your case where it is very heavy we should 
advise you to mix the top spit with about a fourth 
part of the burnt matter. Then dig up the lower 
strata or trench it so that the whole will be 2 ft. to 
2| ft. deep at least, mixing with it as large a propor¬ 
tion of the burnt matter which you can afford. This 
will greatly improve the mechanical condition of 
your soil without destroying the humus and nitrogen 
in the top part. 
Forcing Ornithogalum arabicum. —D. M. : There 
is do special difficulty in forcing this plant, provided 
you give it treatment similar to that accorded 
Hyacinths forced in the ordinary way. If you want 
the plants for decorative purposes you should pot up 
the bulbs singly in small pots or three to five in larger 
ones in the autumn and plunge the pots in ashes or 
cocoanut fibre, preferably the latter, leaving them 
there till roots are formed, after which the plants 
may be brought along in a gentle heat. If the 
flowers are merely required for cutting purposes you 
can plant the bulbs in boxes, about 3 in. apart each 
way, and afterwards treat the plants in the same 
way as those in pots. A compost consisting of two 
parts good fibrous loam, one part good leaf mould, 
and a liberal quantity of sand to render it porous, 
will make a compost perfectly suitable for the 
requirements of this bulb. 
Nicholson’s Dictionary of Gardening — J. C .: 
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Exhibitors at Cottagers' Flower Shows —. 7 . B.: 
It is a pretty general custom for the committees of 
flower shows to grant free passes to the exhibitors ; 
but at the same time we believe they have the right of 
granting or refusing tickets according to circum¬ 
stances or under certain restrictions. For instance, 
if prizes were offered for a bouquet of wild flowers 
without respect to age or person, it would only be 
necessary for all of the people in a district to gather 
a handful of wild flowers on the way to the show to 
insure their getting inside the gates of the show 
ground on the principle that they were exhibitors, if 
their being so secured their admission. Between 
that class of exhibitor and the exhibitor of the first 
prize group of plants there would be a wide gulf, so 
that some restrictions would have to be imposed. 
We believe, however, that bona fide exhibitors at 
most shows have passes granted to them. In the 
case of every exhibitor of any importance we believe 
it would be to the interest of the committee to 
grant one or more passes at their discretion and in 
proportion to the number or quantity of fruits, 
flowers, vegetables, &c., exhibited. The schedule of 
every flower show should state clearly what privi¬ 
leges are granted to exhibitors. 
Names of Plants. — W. T. : 1, Cyclamen ibericum ; 
2, Galanthus Elwesii; 3, Arabis procurrens; 4, 
Iberis gibraltarica. — W. N. : 1, Cymbidium 
eburneum ; 2, Cattleya Trianaei var. ; 3, Oncidium 
pulvinatum ; 3, Cypripedium villosum Boxallii.— 
A. S. M.\ 1, Doodia aspera; 2 Lomaria gibba; 3, 
Blechnum occideniale; 4, Pteris hastata ; 5, Pteris 
quadriaurita argyrea; ,6, Lomaria ciliata.— W. G. ; 
I, Viburnum Tinus ; 2, Prunus triloba; 3, Prum- 
nopitys elegans ; 4, Cestrum elegans. 
Communications Received. — H. H. G.—Wm. 
Carmichael.—W. B. — J. C.—A. M. — H. J.—A. K. 
— R. M.—W. D.—Omega.—A. S.—H. W. D.—J. B. 
—L. W. 
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M. Campbell & Son, Blantyre, N.B.—Catalogue of 
New and Select Florists’ Flo vers and General Nur¬ 
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Fredk W. Kelsey, 150, Broadway, New York, 
U S.A.—Choice Trees aDd Hardy Plants. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
March. 
2. —Royal Botanical Society Meeting ; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
4 — Wimbledon Horticultural Society Meeting. 
7.—Linnean Society Meeting. 
II. — United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society’s Annual Meeting at Cale¬ 
donian Hotel. 
12. — R.H S. Committees. 
21. —Linnean Society Committees' Meeting; Royal 
Botanical Society Meeting. 
26. —R H.S. Committees ; Brighton and Sussex 
Horticultural Society Show (2 days). 
27. — Liverpool Horticultural Show. 
29.—Blackheath Horticultural Society Meeting. 
April. 
3. —Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Show, 
Edinburgh (2 days). 
4. —Linnean Society Meeting. 
6.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting ; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
9. —R.H.S. Committees; Durham, Northumber¬ 
land, and Newcastle Botanical and Horticul¬ 
tural Society Spring Show (2 days). 
10.—Shropshire Horticultural Society Show at 
Shrewsbury. 
22. — Chesterfield Spring Show. 
23. —R.H.S Committees. 
24. —R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture. 
25. - Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society 
Exhibition. 
May. 
2—Linnean Society Meeting. 
4.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d'Horticulture de Londres Meeting 
7. —R.H.S Committees; Royal Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund (Annual Dinner at Hotel Cecil). 
13.—United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting. 
16. — Royal Botanical Society Meeting. 
21. —Kew Guild Dinner at Holborn Restaurant. 
22. —R.H.S. Great Temple Show (3 days); Gar¬ 
deners' Royal Benevolent Institution Annual 
Dinner at Hotel Metropole; Bath and W. 
and S Counties Society and Somerset 
County Agricultural Association at Croydon (5 
days). 
June. 
1. —Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres. 
2. — Ghent Show. 
4. — R.H.S. Committees; Devon County Agricul¬ 
tural at Torquay (3 days). 
6.—Linnean Society Meeting. 
10—United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting. 
12. —Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association at 
BodmiD (2 days) ; Yorkshire Gala and Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition at York (3 days). 
18.—R.H.S. Cof- mittees. 
15. —Oxfordshire Horticultural Exhibition. 
20 —Linnean Society Meeting ; Royal Botanical 
Society Meeting. 
26. —N.R.S., Richmond. 
27. —Colchester Rose and Hort. Society Show. 
29. —Windsor and Eaton Rose Show in Eaton Col¬ 
lege Grounds. 
July, 
2. -RH.S. Committees (Roses); Southampton Ex¬ 
hibition (2 days). 
3. —Hanley Horticultural Fete (2 days); Croydon 
Horticultural Society Show. 
4. — Norwich Rose Show. 
6.—N.R.S., Metropolitan ; Royal Botanical Society 
Meeting ; Societie Francaise d’Horticulture 
de Londres Meeting. 
8. —United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting 
9. —Wolverhampton Floral Fete (3 days), 
ir.—Bath Floral Fete and Rose Show. 
16. —Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition, and 
Conference on Lilies at Chiswick (2 days). 
17. —N.R.S , Ulverston (North Lonsdale Rose Show); 
Cardiff and County Horticultural Show (2 
days). 
18. — Hoddesdon Exhibition; Royal Botanical Society 
Meeting. 
19. —National Carnation and Picotee Society (pro¬ 
visional). 
23. —Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle 
Botanical and Horticultural Society Exhi¬ 
bition at Newcastle (2 days). 
24. —Strabane Hort. Exhibition (2 days). 
25. — Prescot Exhibition; Selby Exhibition. 
30. —Buckingham Exhibition ; R.H S. Committees. 
31. —Wilts. Exhibition. 
August. 
r.—Isle of Wight Horticultural Association Exhi¬ 
bition. 
2. —Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society ; Sum¬ 
mer Flower Show. 
3. — Auldearn Horticultural Society. 
5. —Atherstone Exhibition; Castleford Exhibition 
(2 days); Evnsford Exhibition. 
8.—North Oxford Exhibition. 
10.—Keighley Horticultural Society. 
13. —R.H.S. Committees. 
14. —Clevedon Exhibition ; Sevenoaks Exhibition. 
17.—Bankfoot (Perth) Horticultural Society. 
20. —Grandpont Horticultural Society. 
Porter’s Patent Invincible Crocks 
are used. Neither boards, slates, nor ashes are required to 
stand the pots on, so that money, time, and injury to plants 
are saved ; they fit any pot, and last for many! years. All 
Chrysanthemum growers should use them. 
SO, Is.; 100,3s.; 1,000, 25s.; Carriage Paid. 
i. PORTER, STORE HOOSE, MAIDSTOEE. 
No. 1, 5s.; No. 2, 6s. 6d.; No. 3, 9s. pep Roll. 
Nails, Is. per 1,000. 
Carriage Paid for Three Rolls and Upwards. 
WARM IN WINTER, COOL IN SUMMER 
GOLD MEDAL AWARDED. 
