May 23, 1903. 
the gardening world , 
45? 
Communications Received. 
B. R. Cant and Sons.—A. McPherson.—Chas. T. Druery.— 
D. M.—Cal.—J. Peebles.—Willard N. Clute.—S. N. Sampson. 
—Win. Paul and Son.—E. C. H.—J. Stredwick and Son.— 
Methuen and Co.—J. Stredwick and Son.—Peacock.—J. McH.- 
Perplexed. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAGE 
Aid for the show . 446 
Alocasias, a collection of ... 448 
Alpine plants from seed. 442 
Asperula suberosa . 443 
Begonias, tuberous-rooted ... 441 
Begonias, tuberous, v. Gera¬ 
niums . 441 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 446 
Brugmansias, decorative. 442 
Clianthus Dampieri. 444 
Country and the garden, the 447 
Critic, my . 446 
Currant, the golden-flowered 450 
Cytisus praecox. 450 
Flowers in the home, cut. 445 
Fruit growing and orchard 
planting . 445 
Fruit under glass. 438 
Herbaceous border, the . 449 
Herbaceous plants, hardy ... 438 
Illustrations, notes on the ... 443 
Insectivorous plants. 450 
Kew, the best flowering 
plants at. 440 
Kitchen garden, the. 439 
News of the week. 456 
Onosma albo-roseum . 443 
Orchards, among the . 439 
Pandanus graminifolius _ 444 
PAGE 
Peas, Alderman v. the Glad¬ 
stone. 445 
Plants for conservatory de¬ 
coration . 446 
Questions and answers . 457 
Kibes sanguineum . 444 
Societies—- 
Cambridge Horticultural . 437 
National Rose . 437 
Royal Caledonian Horti¬ 
cultural . 452 
Royal Horticultural. 451 
Royal Horticultural of 
Ireland.. 437 
Society and association news 455 
Stove and greenhouse . 440 
Tulip Keizerkroon and 
fungus. 437 
Tulipa micheliana. 443 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Alocasias, a group of—see 
Supplement. 
Asperula suberosa . 443 
Onosma albo-roseum . 445 
Pandanus graminifolius . 446 
Saxifraga Grisebachii—see 
Supplement. 
Tulipa micheliana. 449 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Caladiums . 431 
Daffodils, some large trumpet 423 
Dahlias, seedling . 426 
Fern collectors, the ways of. 419 
Ficus pandurata . 426 
“Flora Aid”. 429 
Fruit, hardy ..’. 420 
Fruit and vegetables, Bri¬ 
tish-grown . 433 
Kew, the best flowering 
plants at . 422 
Kitchen garden, the. 420 
Miltonia vexillaria at F’ree- 
T land. 423 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society . 419 
News of the week.„ 434 
Pharmacy Act Amendment 
B ; ll .. 424 
Plants for conservatory de¬ 
coration . 430 
Plants recently certificated . 425 
Primrose, the Evening . 432 
PAGE 
Questions and answers . 435 
Readers’ competition . 431 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund . 427 
Saxifraga Grisebachii, see 
coloured plate. 
Seedlings, hints on raising... 431 
Society and association notes 
and news. 433 
Stove and greenhouse. 421 
Sweet Peas in pots . 431 
Trees and shrubs, hardy . 421 
Trenching and ridging stiff 
soils. 424 
Uffculme, Birmingham . 429 
Water Lilies, hybrid . 432 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Ficus pandurata . 426 
Floral aid devices. 429 
Miltonia vexillaria at Free¬ 
land . 423 
Narcissus Royal . 425 
Chaiks that Grow. —A gardener in Corea has formed a 
natural armchair by twisting a growing Vine to the required 
shape. It is also studded with seeds of the Ginkgo tree, which 
have grown into the fibre of the Vine. After the chair was 
fashioned in this way it was cut from the ground, dried, and 
polished until it resembled mahogany. It is 3 ft. 4 in. high, 
25 in. wide, and weighs over 100 lbs. 
* * * 
Flo wen s and Fruit from France. —It has been decided, in 
consequence of the continued growth of the French flower and 
fruit traffic, to run two cross-Channel cargo steamers from 
Calais on four days each week, commencing this month. The 
new large cargo boats “ Deal ” and “ Maidstone ” will be ntn on 
these services, one leaving at eight o’clock at night and the other 
at eleven o’clock. To facilitate handling, the packages will be 
placed in large crates, which will be dealt with by cranes instead 
of hand labour. As many as 14,000 packages of flowers md fruit 
have been carried by one boat. 
FIXTURES FQR 1903. 
26th.—Temple Show of 
R.H.S. (three days). 
MAY. 
the 30 th.—Manchester Whitsuntide 
Exhibition (five days). 
6th.—French Horticultural 
ciety of London meet. 
9th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
23rd.—Royal Agricultural So¬ 
ciety’s Show (five days). 
Royal Oxfordshire Show. 
24th.—Grand Yorkshire Gala 
(three days). 
25th.—R.H.S. Show at Holland 
House (two days). Isle of 
Wight Rose Show (or follow¬ 
ing day). Jersey Rose Show. 
27th.—Windsor Rose Show. 
JUNE. 
So- 
JULY. 
1st.—King's Lynn Rose Show. 
Hanley Park Horticultural 
Fete (two days). Hereford¬ 
shire and West of England 
Ro-se Show. Richmond 
Flower Show. National Rose 
Society’s M. Exhibition in 
Temple Gardens. 
2nd.—Colchester Rose Show. 
Norfolk (Norwich) Rose 
Show. Canterbury Rose 
Show. Reading Rose Show. 
3rd.—Maidstone Rose Show. 
4th.—French Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of London meet. Sutton 
Rose Show. Walton-on- 
Thames Rose Show. 
7th.—R.H.S. Committees. Wol¬ 
verhampton Floral Fete 
(three days). Gloucester 
Rose Show. Harrow Flower 
Show. 
8th.—Croydon Horticultural So¬ 
ciety’s Summer Show. South¬ 
ampton Rose Show (two 
days). Lee, Black beath, 
Lewisham, and West Kent 
Summer Show (two days). 
9th.—Bath Rose Show. Wood- 
bridge Rose Show. 
10th.—Ulverston Rose Exhibi¬ 
tion. 
11th.—Manchester Rose Exhibi¬ 
tion. 
15th.—National Rose Society’s N. 
Show at Glasgow. Ancient 
Society of York Florists. Ips¬ 
wich and East of England 
Summer Exhibition. National 
Sweet Pea Society’s Grand 
Exhibition (two days). Form- 
bv Rose Show. Thornton 
Heath Rose Show. 
16th. — Weybridge Gardeners’ 
Summer Exhibition. 
21st. — R. H. S. Committees. 
National Carnation and Pico- 
tee Exhibition. Tibsbelf Rose 
Show. 
22nd.—Northumberland, Durham, 
and Newcastle Botanic and 
H.S. Exhibition (three days). 
Cardiff Rose Show (two days). 
Newcastle Summer Show 
(three days). 
23rd.—St. Ives, Hunts, H.S. 
Show. Selby (Bradford) 
Flower Show. Gwenap (Ply¬ 
mouth) Flower Show. Salter- 
hebble Rose Show. 
28th.—Warsop Flower Show. 
29th.—Copdock and Washbrook 
Flower Show. Midland Car¬ 
nation Show (two days sub¬ 
ject to alteration). Chester¬ 
field Floral Horticultural 
Show. 
AUGUST. 
1st.—French Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of London meet. 
3rd.—Basingstoke Summer Exhi¬ 
bition. Newbury Annual Ex¬ 
hibition. Sheffield Annual 
Exhibition. Headington 
Show. 
4th.—R.H.S. Committees. Abbey 
Park, Leicester, Flower Show 
and Gala (two days). 
5th.—Dudley Exhibition and Fete 
(two days). Mortimer Show. 
10th.—Royal Botanic Society’s 
Anniversary Meeting. 
12th.—Bishop’s Stortford Sum¬ 
mer Show. 
18th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
19th.—Shropshire Show (two 
days). Eastbourne Summer 
Show. 
21st.—Devon and Exeter Show. 
Strathearn Show (two days). 
22nd.-—Mauchline Flower Show. 
20th.—Jersey Exhibition (two 
days). , 
25th.—Brighton and Sussex H.S. 
Summer Show (two days). 
Rothesay Flower Show. 
Royal Oxfordshire Show. 
26th.-—King’s Lynn Summer 
Show (two days). Harpenden 
Show. Bath Show (two 
days). 
27th.—Dundee Floral Fete and 
Grand Exhibition (three 
days). Sandy and District 
Show. Stirling Flower Show 
(two days;. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1st.—R.H.S. Committees and 
National Dahlia Society at 
the Drill Hall (two days). 
3rd.—Warlev Cottage Garden 
Show. Welshampton Flower 
Show. Alnwick Show. Pais¬ 
ley Show (two days). 
5th.—French Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of London meet. 
9th.—Ancient Society of York 
Florists. Royal Caledonian 
Autumn Show (two days). 
York Dahlia Show. 
11th.—Manchester Dahlia Show 
(two days;. 
15th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
16th.—London Dahlia Union 
Show (two days). 
29th.—R.H.S. British Fruit and 
Vegetable Show at Chiswick 
(three day si 
