March 7, 1903. 
THE QARDENINQ WORLD 
199 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
iperintendents of Parks and 
ardens. (See next page.) 
It is our intention to publish a series of 
ographical sketches of the various superin- 
ndents of parks and gardens throughout 
e country from time to time. A number of 
ese we have hitherto published under the 
le of “ People We Have Met,” but there are 
hers equally as notable and deserving our 
tention as those whom we meet in the 
urse of our daily duties. This series we 
mmence with Mr. Robert Lamb, the 
neral superintendent of the parks, gardens, 
d recreation grounds under the care of the 
'rporation of Manchester. From the 
etch our readers will be able to glean some 
idea of the great increase of open spaces in 
and around Manchester during the last de¬ 
cade. What is true of Manchester is also 
true of other large towns in the country 
where the congregation of a dense populace 
makes it imperative for the powers that be 
to provide open spaces for the health and re¬ 
creation of the people, so to speak, under 
their care. These places are positions of 
great trust placed in the hands of the super¬ 
intendents of parks, and it is also certain that 
such men have an enormous amount of work 
to get through. It will therefore be ac¬ 
ceded that the superintendents of parks must 
have a knowledge of gardening in all its 
branches, and give their earnest attention to 
every detail at all seasons of the year. 
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The Malcolm Dunn Memorial. 
From the “ Transactions of the Scottish 
Horticultural Association ” now on our table 
we are able to glean what has been done in 
the matter of raising a monument to the 
memory of the late Mr. Malcolm Dunn. The 
monument was completed during the past 
year, and, after meeting all expenses, the 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society pos¬ 
sessed a balance of £66. At the same time 
the Scottish Horticultural Association had a 
balance of £50, and this the members intend 
to augment until the sum equals that of the 
sister society. The object is to invest the 
two amounts in the names of selected and 
duly-appointed trustees in a suitable security, 
and, from the interest arising from this in¬ 
vestment, to offer a Dunn memorial prize to 
such horticultural society or association in 
Scotland that may be selected by the trustees 
for this purpose. For this year the prize 
will be offered by the Royal Caledonian 
Society. 
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The Scottish Horticultural 
Association. 
The above association originally com¬ 
menced in a very small way to hold meet¬ 
ings, at which papers on horticultural sub¬ 
jects could be read and discussed by profes¬ 
sional and amateur gardeners. Soon after 
the commencement they inaugurated a Chry¬ 
santhemum show in November, and since 
then the two leading duties of the association 
have advanced with equal pace, until now the 
association is one of the strongest in the 
kingdom. It lias a membership of no less 
than 1,113, drawn from various parts of Scot¬ 
land, and a few even are foreign. The great 
majority of them, however, come from places 
within easy distance of Edinburgh by rail or 
otherwise. Some are located in England and 
others in Ireland, but in order that the mem¬ 
bers may enjoy the privileges of meeting to¬ 
gether, and that the association may be effi¬ 
cient, it is necessary that the members be 
located at no great distance away. Never¬ 
theless, the number of members is good evi¬ 
dence of the great number of gardeners, 
amateurs, and others connected with horti¬ 
culture situated in the immediate neighbour¬ 
hood of Edinburgh. Abstracts of the papers 
read at the meetings during the past year are 
published in the transactions of the associa¬ 
tion, and concerning these we may have 
something to say on a future occasion 
Ancient Society of York Florists. 
The annual report of this horticultural 
society is now in our hands, and we note that 
financially they are still very favourably 
situated. The total receipts during the past 
year were £638 9s. 4d., and the expenditure 
£621 Os. 4d., leaving a balance to the good of 
£17 9s. This makes the total balance stand¬ 
ing to the credit of the society up to 
£215 Os. 6d. The four minor shows during 
the past year were eminently successful and 
much appreciated by the public. The third 
and fourth shows were the largest yet held 
under the auspices of the society. The first 
public excursion organised by the society was 
attended by 160 members, and both that 
and the annual outing proved to be very in¬ 
teresting and entertaining. The Chrysan¬ 
themum show was a great success, and the 
pillar groups ” in connection with this 
show is a very unusual feature, and 'attracted 
a great deal of attention, as we mentioned in 
our report last autumn. The first show will 
be held on April 15th, the second on May 
20th, the third on July 15th, the fourth on 
September 9th, and the Chrysanthemum 
show on November 18th, 19th, and 20th. 
At this show prizes are offered in 100 classes 
for fruits, flowers, and vegetables, as well as 
a large number of classes for Chrysanthe¬ 
mums. 
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Coloured Plates and Supplements. 
Wei are now prepared to issue coloured 
plates and supplements which, we hope, will 
prove useful to our readers. The first col¬ 
oured plate will appear in next week’s issue, 
and consist of a group of three new varieties 
of Chinese Primula, which will serve' to 
make our descriptions clearer, and also be a. 
record of the date of origin of the varieties 
in question. Our artists will help us to the 
extent of using ten or fourteen colours when 
such become necessary for the proper repre¬ 
sentation of any particular plant or flower 
which may be in hand. We are also about 
to issue monochrome and half-tone supple¬ 
ments, and one or other of these will appear 
weekly in future. Encouraging letters con¬ 
tinue to reach us weekly from readers in all 
parts of the country, who are more than 
satisfied with the improvements already 
accomplished ; we shall not relax in our en¬ 
deavour, however, to make our pages more 
and more serviceable to those engaged in 
horticultural pursuits. 
