July 25, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
G37 
Gardeners’ Dinner 
Committee. 
As will have been gleaned from our 
pages for several weeks past, it is pro¬ 
posed to have a great- gathering of gar¬ 
deners during the autumn to dine to¬ 
gether in London on the occasion of 
the great exhibition of British-grown 
fruits and vegetables at Chiswick, 
which takes place from September 29th 
to October 1st inclusive. The dinner 
will be held on the evening of the first 
day at the Holborn Restaurant. The 
carrying out of this intention has been 
entrusted to a committee of twenty. Hybrid 
Nineteen of -these, by arrangement, met 
at the Holland House Show, and were 
photographed, the other being unable to be present. 
Circulars to the number of 800 have been issued to gar¬ 
deners in all parts of the country, and 90 per cent-, of the 
replies to these were most favourable, so that we shall expect 
a very important and interesting meeting of gardeners in the 
autumn. We give the names and addresses of those wdio- met 
at Holland House, so that our readers may see that a wide 
interest is being taken in the meeting, and that the gathering 
will consist chiefly of gardeners, for the purpose of enabling 
those from a wide area of country to meet on a common plat¬ 
form and dine under one roof. 
Turning to the photograph,-our readers will notice on the 
left-hand corner in the back line Mr. J. F. McLeod, Dover 
House Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey; next to him comes Mr. 
H. Markham, Wrotham Park Gardens, High Barnet; then Mr. 
C. R. Fielder, The Gardens, North Mymms Park, Hatfield ; 
then Mr. G. Norman, Y.M.H., Hatfield House Gardens, Hat¬ 
field ; then Mr. G. Reynolds, The Gardens, Gunnersbury Park, 
Acton; Mr. J. Smith, V.M.H., The Gardens, Mentmore, Leigh¬ 
ton Buzzard ; next comes Mr. George Keif, The Gardens, South 
Villa, Regent’s Park, London ■ then Mr. James Gibson, The Gar- 
t Rose Bessie Brown : Flowers creamy white. 
Begonia Marie Bauchett. 
The above name will indicate that the variety is of Con¬ 
tinental origin, most- probably French, as several of the culti¬ 
vators were particularly active in improving the tuberous race 
of Begonias about twenty years ago- or more. Mr. W. Lintott, 
gardener to Walpole Greenwell, Esq., Marden Park, Caterliam 
Valley, Surrey, grew the plant- about twenty years ago in 
another garden, and discarded it as useless. Presumably he 
grew it in pots—a method for which the drooping habit of the 
plant- is unsuited. 
He now considers it a lovely thing for baskets, a-s it- grows 
much more freely in this way than in pots, making growths 
3 ft. or 4 ft. in length, and flowering the whole length. It is 
much a-dmire-d by everyone who sees it, as well he might. 
Mr. Lintott has now grown it for some seasons in this fashion, 
making bulky and magnificent specimens, which constitute 
the leading feature in the conservatory or other cool house, 
where it is suspended, to give the drooping stems and flowers 
free play. 
The flowers he sends Us show that the Begonia is a variety 
dens, Danesfield, Marlow ;then Mr. E. Beckett, Aldenham House 
Gardens, Elstree; and lastly, on the right, Mr. C. Jeffries, 47, 
Whitestile Road, Brentford. Commencing on the left in the 
front line is Mr. G. Woodward, Barham Court Gardens, Teston, 
Maidstone ; next to him comes Mr. Win. Fyfe, Lockinge Park 
Gardens, Wantage; then Mr. Chas. Dixon, Holland House 
Gardens, Kensington ; then Mr. A. Dean, the secretary of the 
Dinner Committee, 62, Diclmiond Road, Kingston-on-Thames; 
then Mr. Owen Thomas, V.M.H., 25, Waldeck Road, Ealing; 
then Mr. James Hudson, The Gardens, Gunnersbury House, 
Acton, London ; then Mr. Jesse Willard, Holly Lodge Gardens, 
Highgate, London ; then Mr. W. Howe, Park Hill Gardens, 
Streatham Common, Surrey ; and on the extreme right comes 
Mr. John Jennings, Asco-tt Gardens, Leighton Buzzard. 
The photograph shows the front of Holland House, and the 
terrace wall forms the background to the group of gardeners. 
Rose Bessie Brown. 
The above is a hybrid Tea Rose, which was put into com¬ 
merce in 1899 by Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards. 
It was the premier bloom for this section in the amateurs’ 
classes at- the National Rose Society’s Metropolitan Exhibition, 
and was exhibited by A. Tate, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Mease), 
Downside, Lea-therhead, taking the Silver Medal of the society. 
Like many of the hybrid Tea-s recently put into commerce, it 
is rather pale in colour. The blooms are of immense size, and 
very attractive when seen in their best form. They are also 
of beautiful shape, as may be seen by the illustration we had 
prepared from the premier bloom in the case mentioned. The 
bloom is described as globular, somewhat pointed, very full 
in the centre, and creamy-white. 
The bush is of strong growth, flowers very freely,- and always 
makes a reliable Rose- for exhibition 
purposes. The National Rose Society 
recognised its merits when it- came out 
by awarding it a Gold Medal as a- new 
Rose deserving of this distinction. Suc¬ 
ceeding years have proved that they 
were not very far wrong in their esti¬ 
mate of this fine Rose. It does indeed 
frequently run Mildred Grant pretty 
close as a first-class exhibition Rose, 
and this year it has decidedly sur¬ 
passed it by coming out in better form. 
The peculiar nature of the season may 
have favoured it, but- concerning that 
xve must- wait a few more years to ascer¬ 
tain how it will continue to behave. 
