1000 
77/C Q ARDEN I NO WORLD. 
November 28. 1903. 
Chrysanthemums at Camphill, Glasgow.— About 2,000 plants 
are now on view at the Camphill Winter Gardens, Glasgow. As 
the blooms are of large size and veiy varied in colour, the public 
has many inducements to see them. 
* * * 
Mr. C. W. Ward, Carnation Specialist. —It is announced 
that Mr. Ward, who wrote the book “ The American Carnation,” 
has been appointed a member of the Board of Control of the 
New York Experiment Station. We recently reviewed Mr. 
Ward’s book in our pages. 
* * * 
A Large Garden Cabbage. —A very large Cabbage from the 
garden of Mr. James Robertson, manager of Gallanach, Oban, 
was weighed in a shop in town the other day, and found to be 
30 lb. in weight. Cabbages of that great weight are not common 
in this district. 
* * * 
Rose Debutante. —This is one of the new hybrids of Rosa 
wichuriana, and partakes vffry much of the habit and foliage 
of that species, according to “American Gardening,” It is 
described as a prolific flowering rambler Rose, blooming all 
through the season till the advent of frost. The shoots pro¬ 
duce masses of bright pink slightly fragrant flowers. 
* * * 
Dried Fruits from Greece and Spain. —An expert who has 
just returned from a lengthy tour in Greece and Spain says 
that the crops everywhere have been magnificent. Greece is 
exporting 145,000 tons of Currants out of a crop of about 
170,000 tons, and from Spain abundant supplies of Valencia 
Raisins, Sultanas, fine Muscatels, and Almonds are being re¬ 
ceived. The finest fruit of a fine crop are the Sultanas, which 
are exceptionally thin-skinned and very fruity. 
•¥r ¥r 
Apples from Canada.— Canada is outstripping her American 
competitor in the Apple export business. The agents of the 
Dominion have been located in various parts of England during 
re,cent years watching the demand and sales. This Christmas 
the American Apple shippers realise for the first time the 
serious nature of the competition they have to face in the 
British fruit markets. On the 21st inst. there were quite 
500,000 bushels of Canadian Apples in stock in the United 
Kingdom. In addition the supplies weekly run from 50,000 
to 100,000 bushels. Thanks to Canada, there will be no scarcity 
of high-quality dessert Apples during the festive season. 
* * * 
New Glasshouses for Hyde Park. —The old houses in Ken¬ 
sington Gardens having become worn out, a new range of 
similar capacity, to cost about £10,000, is being erected m a 
more central position in Hyde Park. There are eight frames 
and 400 propagating pits. In the former Palms and delicate 
ornamental plants are preserved, and in the pits all varieties 
of flowers are cultivated, and in the different seasons charm the 
eye in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, St. Jaimes s 1 aik, Pai- 
liament Square, the gardens of the Law Courts, and other places. 
The houses and pits contain 270,000 flowering plants which 
flourish from March till the end of April ; 68,000 are in then- 
prime from the beginning to the end of May ; 160,000 bloom 
from June until mid-August ; and 60,000 autumn-flowering 
plants, Palms, Dracaenas, Plumbagos, Hydrangeas, and others, 
last till the end of September. The new houses and pits in 
Hyde Park will have a similar capacity, four of the houses with 
lantern lights having already been erected. An embankment 
has been formed, 6 ft. high, all round, and will presently be 
planted with trees and decorative plants. Two and a-half miles 
of cartage will be saved by the change. 
* * * 
Maturing Arpt.es on the Tree. —Frequently Apples are 
fathered before they have well ripened. But there is a very con¬ 
siderable difference in the weight between the fruit ripened on 
the trees and those which are gathered prematurely and left to 
ripen in a heap. M. Lechartier, of the Agronomie Station of 
Rennes, experimented as follows:—The same variety of Apple 
was taken. One lot was picked on October 21st and the other 
on November 21st, and the two lots were analysed when com¬ 
pletely ripe. The fruit gathered on October 21st averaged 
48 grammes, whilst that picked a month later averaged 70 
arammes. The sole fact of having left the fruit a month longer 
on the trees gave an increase of nearly one-half. Mr. J. Cheat 
says that one can see the great advantage there is m leaving 
the fruit to mature upon the trees, especially m a year when 
the yield is slight, as is the case this season. As regards the 
chemical composition, the properly ripened Apple contains more 
acid and more mucilage, whilst the quantity of sugar and tannin 
are the same in both cases. 
Names of Plants. 
(G. H.) 1 appears to be Veronica speciosa (you should send 
flowers as well as foliage); 2, Veronica Traversii ; 3, Taxus 
baccata fastigiata aurea ; 4, Gazania splendens ; 5, Sedum spa- 
thulatum ; 6, Solanum Capsicastrum.—(H. B.) 1, Sedum tor- 
tuosum variegatum ; 2, Sedum sarmentosum variegatum ; 3. 
Vitis heterophylla variegata ; 4, Alyssum maritimum variega- 
tum ; 5, Herniaria glabra.—(Western) 1, Leycesteria formosa ; 
2, Jasminium nudiflorum ; 3, Pernettya mucronata; 4, Vac- 
cinium corymbosum ; 5, Abelia chinensis ; 6, Symphoricarpus 
racemosus ; 7, Symphoricarpus orbiculatus.—(H. D.) 1, Cupres- 
sus macrocarpa ; 2, Escallonia macrantha ; 3, Viburnum Tinus ; 
4, Berberis Aquifolium.—(A. R. M.) 1, Oncidium varicosum ; 
2, Sophronitis grandiflora ; 3. Calanthe Veitchi ; 4, Calanthe 
vestita rubro-oculata.—(W.W.) 1, Erica carnea; 2, Dendro- 
bium Phalaenopsis Schroderinnum ; 3, Colutea arboreseens. 
Communications Received. 
T. W. Dollery.—H. J. G.—H. Rowles.—T. B. B.—H. J — 
J. Peebles.—G. H-—W. D. M.— A. C.—E. A. S.—E. M R — 
A. R.— F. S.—T. H— A. J. B.— F. R.—A. F.— R, M— 
T. B. W.—J. R.—W. Dallimore.—J. M. S. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Dicksons and Co., Nurserymen, Edinburgh. — Dicksons’ Nur¬ 
sery Catalogue. 
Herd Bros., The Nurseries, Penrith.—Forest Trees, Fruit 
Trees, etc. 
W. J. Godfrey, The Nurseries, Exmouth, Devon.—Prelimi¬ 
nary Catalogue of Select Chrysanthemums. 
H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham.— 
H. J. Jones’ Chrysanthemum Guide, 1903 (in paper covers and 
also in cloth covers) ; also H. J. Jones’ Chrysanthemum Cata¬ 
logue for 1903-1904. 
CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Cheal and Son, Messrs. J.... 991 
Chrysanthemum Wilfred H. 
Godfrey . 990 
Chrysanthemums at Edin¬ 
burgh . 990 
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, 
the .. 985 
Fruit, hardy . 982 
Grape Melton Constable 
Seedling . 986 
Kew,the best flowering plants 
at . 992 
Kitchen garden, the. 983 
News of the week. 999 
Orchids, among the.. 984 
Orchids, treatment of im¬ 
ported . 988 
Pelargoniums at Oakhurst, 
Ealing. 984 
Poinsettias, the cultivation 
of . 987 
Queen, the autumn ....'.. 987 
Questions and answers .1000 
Richmond Hill view. 989 
Root pruning. 988 
Societies:— PAGE 
Aberdeen Chrysanthemum 997 
Corbridge Gardeners . 997 
E inburgh Chrysanthe¬ 
mum show. 995 
Hull. 996 
Manchester. 994 
Royal Horticultural. 998 
Ulster Horticultural . 993 
York Chrysanthemum. 993 
Society and association notes 999 
Stove plants, two useful and 
pretty . 987 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 982 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 983 
Vinery at Clovenfoids, the 
big . 98j 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
Chrysanthemum ’Wilfred H. 
Godfrey (see Supplement). 
Grape Gros Col man at 
Clovenfords . 985 
Grape Melton Constable 
Seedling . 986 
-Ligustrum japonicum macro- 
phyllum . 991 
Pear Magnate . 992 
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