May 23, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
437 
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'loured Plate of Saxifraga 
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,our readers for the omission of above 
from our last issue. Owing to' an 
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docasias, as announced. 
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1 National Rose Society. 
he schedule of the above society is now 
] Rlr table, and includes the annual report, 
of members, and prizes. A large number 
- ocieties are affiliated with the National 
Rose Society, and this alone would give an 
indication of the rising p-oularity of Rose cul¬ 
ture. The list of prizes of the National Rose 
Society is now a veiy lengthy one, bespeaking 
the support which this important society now 
obtains over a. wide area of Great Britain, 
though most of the members are- situated in, 
England. The schedule contains a, list of all 
the prize winners at the various; exhibitions 
held by the society. The metropolitan ex¬ 
hibition this-year will be held on July 1st in 
the Inner Temple Gardens, on the Thames 
Embankment, London. The champion 
trophies are maintained in the classes for 
nurserymen and amateurs. A gold medal 
accompanies the trophy in the nurserymen’s) 
class. Valuable medals and prizes are: 
offered for a group 1 of Roses, in pots, the 
group not to. exceed 150 square foot. 
Numerousi prizes of plate are offered in the 
amateurs’ classes, besides a number of chal¬ 
lenge; cups. It is interesting also to know 
that there will be a, Ben Cant Memorial prize 
and a. Grahame Memorial prize, in both cases 
consisting of pieces of plate as a first prize. 
Altogether, prizes are offered in seventy 
classes. The northern show this year w r ill 
be held in St. Andrews Hall, Glasgow, on 
Wednesday, July 15th. There will be no 
southern exhibition this year, owing, pro¬ 
bably, to the small size of the show held at 
Exeter last year. Unless, the weather greatly 
improves 1 , the Roses will this year be late, 
and a southern show would probably stand 
a poor chance of being anything like repre¬ 
sentative. On the whole, the society is in a 
flourishing way, and hopeful. 
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A Plea for the Banana. 
The day of the Banana is at hand, and 
Messrs. Elders & Fyffes, Limited, inform us 
that within the last two years the consump¬ 
tion has risen from one and a-half million to 
three and a-half million bunches per annum. 
It is easy to see how this has happened. In 
most fruits you have either a troublesome 
process of peeling or you have to swallow 
them skin and all. But in the case of the 
Banana the; peeling is over almost before 
you have begun, and besides being most 
nutritive it secures you from any risk of 
eating dust or other objectionable matter. 
The people therefore ran to Bananas. 
Tulip Keizerskroon and Fungus. 
Some very large beds of the above Tulips 
have been planted in Kew Gardens', and in 
autumn, when they were being inserted, they 
had anything but a promising appearance. 
They had largely been affected by a fungus, 
and presented the usual appearance, with 
hard, tough skins. Anyone could have seen 
for themselves that the beds of this Tulip 
by the Palm House were the finest of any of 
the varieties which have been planted. The 
flowers were as large, if not larger than any 
which we have ever seen. The constitution 
of this Tulip must be a good one, considering 
that it possesses such recuperative vigour, as 
is ampty demonstrated by the beds men¬ 
tioned. Several cultivators have been com¬ 
plaining of the behaviour of their Tulips this 
year, and some of them certainly show the 
evil effects of fungus or some other injurious 
agency. 
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The Royal Horticultural Society 
of England. 
From the seventy-third annual report of 
the above society now before us we note that 
the ^ council announces liabilities of 
£275 7s. 6d. over assets. This they consider 
has been brought about by the unfavourable 
character of the weather during the past 
season, and the want of support from the 
geneial public. In order to. retrieve this, the 
council suggest that the number of free 
tickets to members be reduced .to four, and 
that the rule making it. imperative on the 
council to hold four regular shows annually 
be deleted. Almost the whole, of the above 
liabilities were incurred on account of the 
four shows held last year, and the council 
are making an. effort to recover themselves. 
The society is mainly dependent on members’ 
subscriptions, and the members are being 
uiged to obtain new subscribers, so as to 
strengthen the mainstay of the society by 
thus making its income larger, whatever the 
character of the weather may be. The 
spring exhibition took place on April 2nd. 
The summer exhibition is to be held on June 
30th and Julv 1st ; the autumn exhibition 
takes place on August 26tli; and the winter 
exhibition of fruit and Chrysanthemums, will 
be held on November 4th and 5th next. At 
this exhibition prizes are offered in forty 
classes for Chrysanthemums, fruit, and 
vegetables. Money prizes are offered in 
most cases, though there are other prizes, 
such as a challenge cup, a silver-gilt- medal, 
and numerous silver and bronze medals. 
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Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society 
The above society was established on 
March 10th, 1824, so that it is a^very old one. 
From the schedule of prizes w r e. note that the 
summer show will be held on July 14th, and 
the autumn show on November 4th and 5th. 
Valuable prizes; are offered for Roses and 
Orchids at the summer show, besides manv 
others for fruits, flowers, and vegetables, to,; 
the number of ninety-nine classes. Valuable 
special prizes open to all England are offered 
at the autumn show in November. The 
judges at the summer show will be Mr. Geo. 
Gordon and Mr. J. Myers; at the autumn 
show, Mr. Edwin Beckett and Mr. W. H. 
Lees will judge. The hon. secretary, Mr. 
Arthur Matthew, 20, Trinity Street, Cam¬ 
bridge, will be pleased to send schedules- to 
anyone applying for the same. 
