July 11, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
nut Growers’ Deputation to the 
Board of Agriculture. 
A deputation from the National Fruit¬ 
growers’ Federation and Herefordshire! Asso¬ 
ciation, waited on Lord Onslow on. Monday, 
, u ne 29th, for the purpose of calling his 
Lordship's attention to the very serious 
►sses sustained to the industry through, the 
tvages of blight and insect pests, and urg- 
jig him to grant a Government inquiry with 
: view to concerted action for their eradicar 
j.on. Sir James Rankin referred to the Bill 
| Produced by him during the present session, 
roviding that nurserymen’s stock should 
| 10 inspected and compulsory dressing ret¬ 
orted to. This Bill has been drawn, hut 
aere appears to be a general feeling 
rnongst growers that if any compulsory 
measure is adopted, it should extend to or¬ 
chards as well as; nursery stock. The various 
members of the deputation, however, agreed 
that more information was necessary com 
oerning the various pests before any legisla¬ 
tion on the matter should be adopted. They 
pressed on the President of the Board the 
necessity for official inquiry into the nature 
of the various orchard pests, with regard to 
mean® of prevention, as well as how com¬ 
pulsory dressing would be regarded by 
growers. His Lordship, premised that a Dei- 
partmental inquiry should be held after the 
recess. 
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Midland Carnation and Picotec 
Society. 
At a committee meeting of the above 
society on the 2nd inst. the date of the 
forthcoming exhibition was fixed. Owing to 
the lateness of the season, it was decided to 
hold the exhibition at tlm Edgbaston Botani¬ 
cal Gardens, Birmingham, on Thursday and 
Friday, August 6th and 7th. Many of our 
readers are interested in Carnations, and we 
make this announcement to advise them of 
the date of the show, which cannot be fixed 
many months beforehand, as in the case of 
general exhibitions. 
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Great Eastern Railway Tourist Guide. 
We have before us the new and revised 
copy of the “ Tourist Guide ” to* the Con¬ 
tinent issued by the Great Eastern Railway 
Co. It is furnished with an excellent map 
of tire western Half of Europe, showing the 
various routes by which the tourists can 
travel. It has been furnished with some 
fresh illustrations. Among its new features 
are particulars of tire new tours in. North 
Germany and in the Tyrol. Express! ser¬ 
vices to Norway, Denmark, Sweden, in the 
Luther country, and Thuringian. and Hartz 
Mountains are 1 discussed. A chapter that 
will also be found useful is that devoted to 
“ dull, useful information ” concerning the 
copt oif Continental travel. This, will in¬ 
terest those who want to know how far their 
purses will be likely to cany them. The 
illustrations are really very numerous, and 
show many quaint and ancient buildings, as 
well as magnificent samples of architecture, 
and the more modern buildings, in which 
tourists are likely to> be interested. Lake 
and mountain scenery are* also well repre¬ 
sented. Sectional maps of different parts of 
Europe add to : the value of tlie book. The 
Guidei is only 6d., and intending tourists will 
find it highly serviceable. 
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The Country Gentlemens Estate 
Book. t « 
This is described as the eleventh Year Book 
of the. Country Gentlemen’s Association, 
Ltd., and is alsoi called the Osborne Edition, 
compiled and edited by Mr. William Broom- 
hall. Some beautiful views of Osboanei 
House and other parts of the estate are given 
in. the front of the hook. Much information 
is given concerning buildings of various sorts, 
such as schools, country houses, dairies, farm 
cottages, farm buildings, and various other 
subjects;. Useful information, is also fur¬ 
nished in chapters on the latest conceptions 
of heredity, the value of seed testing, in¬ 
fluence of wind on trees, forestry notes, farm 
crops, permanent pastures, manures, expan¬ 
sion of British fruit growing, fruit growing 
for profit, Great Britain’s only vineyard, and 
other subjects of that nature. The book is 
intended chiefly for the country gentleman, 
and information is mostly given for his 
benefit. The gardening mentioned is chiefly 
devoted to fruit growing. 
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Sander's Orchid Guide. 
Although this elaborate and useful work 
was published as recently as 1901, it is 
already greatly out of date, as all works must 
be from year to year’ which deal with 
popular flowers undergoing great advance¬ 
ment owing t, 0 ' their popularity. . Messrs. 
Sander and Sons, in their endeavours to be 
up to date, have brought out a supplement 
to their Guide, which they term “ Addenda, 
to Sander's Orchid Guide,” 1901 to 1903. 
The: paging is continuous with that of the 
original, and the aggregate runs up to 359 
pages, being an addition of twenty-one 
pages of new hybrid Orchids during the 
period that has elapsed since the publication, 
of the Guide. We may reasonably presume 
that the work will be kept up to date from 
time to time by tlie addition, of fresh matter. 
The plan is precisely that of the original, 
and there being only new hybrids to record, 
they have been placed under three tables, 
ad formerly. Tlie necessity for tlie three 
tables is to show what lias actually been 
done, and enable the reader to find them out, 
whether he remembers the name of the seed, 
parent, pollen parent, or the hybrid. That 
the work will be valuable 1 not only to hy¬ 
bridists, but also to tlie cultivator and the 
student, there can be no, manner of doubt. 
Hybrid Orchids are being recorded from 
week to week, so that the literature of the 
subject is scattered through a, vast number 
of pages, and occasions a deal of research 
when anyone requires to get information 
concerning any particular hybrid. To those 
engaged in describing and speaking of these 
new hybrids, it is always of the utmost, im¬ 
portance to be able to place one’s finger upon 
the. exact information required, so that other 
workers as well as us must feel grateful to 
the authors for bringing the subject so nearly 
up to date. It would have been, advan¬ 
tageous to have stated the exact date up to 
which the record lias been carried, although 
that is a, minor matter concerning which we 
need not grumble. The new additions con¬ 
sist chiefly of Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas, Cy- 
pripediums, Demdrobiums, Odontoglossumsi, 
and a few others. 
