X, 
THE GARDENING WQRLD 
March 28, 1903. 
Commemoration Dinner. —On Satusday last nearly 200 em¬ 
ployees of Messrs. Hugh, Low and Co., Bush Hill Park,'Mid¬ 
dlesex, at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Low, sat 
down to dinner to commemorate the birth of a son and heir to 
the family patronymic. The chair was taken by Mr. S. H. Low, 
and the vice-chair by Mr. Heaton, Nichols, who presented a silver 
gilt christening cup on behalf of the staff and employees.' A very 
pleasant evening was spent by the large assemblage. 
Contmunications Received. 
R, G. W.—H. Haddon.—W. H. Smith.—W. ballimore.— 
Geo. Charlton and Sons.—T. S. Ware, Ltd.—T. E. Henwood.— 
F. W. Burbidge.—H. H. G.—H. S.-—James Herbert Veitch.— 
J. C. Dick.—r. Blair.—T. S. Dick.—J. B. Sowerby.—Howard 
Buff.—Propagator.—J. Hughes.—T. A. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAGE 
Page 
Achillea mongolica. 274 
Aerator, the. 281 
Arctic house for plants . 277 
Baskets, hanging. 284 
Begonias, saving seed of the 
tuberous rooted.270 
Begonias, tuberous. 284 
Centaurea, new Imperial ... 273 
Chrysanthemums for exhi 
bition . 283 
Coombe Cliffe, Croydon. 278 
Diascia BarLerae. 273 
Editorial notes. 263 
Freesias . 283 
Fruit growing and orchard 
planting. 266 
Fruits under glass ... . 264 
Garden furniture. 280 
Gardening, the world of . 267 
Herbaceous plants, hardy ... 265 
Horticultural Brass. . 281 
Hose branch pipe, two-way 281 
Ivew, the best flowering 
plants at. 272 
Kitchen Garden, the . 265 
Laird and Sons, Messrs. R. B. 271 
Lawn mower, chain tennis 
pony. 280 
Letters to the Editor. 266 
Motor lawn mower and roller 279 
News of the week . 288 
Nicotine wool fumigator ... 279 
Nymphaea gladstoniana ... 273 
Orchids, among the. 264 
Paeoay, Mrs. Gwyn-Lewis... 273 
Pancratium, the .233 
Photographic competition, 
263 
Plant Food, something about 268 
Potato failures in 1902 . 266 
Questions and answers . 282 
Quizzings by Cal . 285 
Ranunculus parnassifolius... 275 
Rollers, cricket ground . 280 
Roses for decorative purposes, 
Tea .. 278 
Royal Horticultural Society 276 
Society and Association 
U notes and news. 286 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 265 
Sweeping machine, a. 279 
Tuber, a neiv edible. 263 
Windmills and gardens. 281 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Achillea mongolica. 271 
Aerator, the . 281 
Centaurea, new Imperial ... 268 
Coombe Cliffe (see Supple¬ 
ment) 
Dahlia, Eva, Cactus . 273 
Diascia Barberae. 267 
Ferns, Carters’ hanging. 272 
Fumigator, hand. 280 
Galanthus Ikariae . 270 
Galanthus whittalli. 270 
Marigold, French. 271 
Motor lawn mower and 
roller . 279 
Mowing machine, a.. 280 
Nymphaea gladstoniana. 269 
Paeony, Mrs. Gwyn-Lewis 269 
Ranunculus parnassifolius 275 
Rose Chameleon (see coloured 
Ml plate) 
’®'Sw 7 eeping machine . 279 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
C. E. West, Roundhay.—West’s Patent Garden Sundries. 
Pinehurst Nurseries, Pinehurst, North Carolina.—Wholesale 
Trade List. North Carolina. Wood and Herbaceous plants and 
other ornamentals. 
William Griffin, “ Luda ” Works, Louth, Lincolnshire.— 
Weed. Exterminators, Fumigators, Plant Cleansers, etc. 
John Crowley and Co., Ltd., Sheffield.—Invincible, and i 
Victor Lawn Mowers. 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Alpine garden, The. 253 
Brambles, climb, how. 260 
Chinese Primulas (coloured 
plate) .-. 260 
Cypripediums, hardy . 254 
Davaliias a group of . 252 
Davallias and their culture 249 
Editorial notes .... 243 
Examination in horticulture 259 
Ferns from spores, propaga¬ 
tion of. 255 
Fruit, hardy . - 45 
Gardener in fiction, the . 251 
Hyacinthus azureus robustus 253 
Kitchen garden, the,. 244 
Long Ditton Nurseries . 248 
News of the week. 260 
Obituary. ■■■■■■:: .:••• 2 jV 
Odontoglossum Rossumajus 249 
Orchard trees, standard. 246 
Orchids, among tlie.._. 244 
Peaches, treatment of ....... 
Plants recently certificated 2o4 
Primula kewensis. -249 
Primula obconica grandi- 
tiora. 247 
PAGE 
Questions and answers . 261 
Quizzings by Cal.. 258 
Saxifraga oppositifolia . 253 
Shamrocks for the Irish 
Guards. . 260 
Society and association notes 
and News . 259 
Stove and greenhouse. 246 
Strawberries in Covent Gar¬ 
den . 260 
Sweet Peas, first bloom of... 260 | 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 245 
Trenching, the question of... 246 
United Horticultural Benefit 
Society. 257 
Vallota purpurea. 256 ; 
Vines, renovating old. 256 
Violets for winter flowering 255 
Williams’Memorial Trustees 260 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fromow, Mr. James J. 257 
Odontoglossum Rossii majus 250 1 
Primula kewensis. 249 
Primula obconica grandiffora 247 
Saxifraga oppositifolia alba 253 ( 
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