December 5, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
1017 
Society and Association Notes. NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Devon and Exeter Gardeners’ Association. —On November 
18th, Mr. F. W. E. Shrivell, F.L. S., of Tonbridge, Kent, was 
to have given a lecture at the Guildhall, Exeter, but, missing 
his train at Paddington, London, by three minutes, he was un¬ 
able to continue his journey. The gardeners decided that the 
meeting should be held, and the subject of “ Chemical Manures 
for Garden Crops ” was arranged to be discussed among them¬ 
selves. It was the general feeling of the meeting that the best 
manure for Potatos was a combination of farmyard manure, vvith 
the addition of chemicals, the preference being given to Peru¬ 
vian guano and superphosphate used in moderation. There 
was a competition for three Chrysanthemums with their own 
foliage. Mr. Collingwood was first with 76 points, Mr. Baker 
second with 66, and Mr. Stocker third with 44 points. 
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Reading and District Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement 
Association. —The usual fortnightly meeting was held on the 
25th ult,, the president, Mr. Leonard Sutton, presiding over a 
good attendance of members. The subject for the evening was 
" The Seeding of Chrysanthemums in England,” and was intro¬ 
duced by Mr. Pole-Routh, Oakfield, Reading. The paper proved 
to be a very interesting one, and a good discussion followed, in 
which the president, Messrs. Barnes, Bassel, Alexander, Wilson, 
Wicks, Dore, Judd, Stanton, Neve, Exler, Tufnail, and Winsor 
took part. The exhibits were a feature of the meeting. 
Honorary:—Group of seedling Chrysanthemums, several of the 
plants carrying large blooms, by Mr. Pole-Routh ; seedling 
Chrysanthemum plants, by the president ; cut blooms of Chry¬ 
santhemums (24 vases) raised from seed sown in January, 1903, 
by Messrs. Sutton and Sons. Two specimen plants of Daphne 
indica growing on their own roots, and a vase of Ranunculus, 
by Mr. Harris, The Gardens, Mapledurham. House. For the 
Certificate 24 table plants by Mr. Wynn, The Gardens, 
“Samoa,” Reading. The plants were well grown, and the 
Certificate was awarded. 
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National Rose Society. —The twenty-sevent ~ annual general 
meeting of the above society will be held at the rooms of the 
Horticultural Club, Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, West¬ 
minster, on Thursday, December 10th, at 3.30 p.m., to receive 
the report of the committee, to pass the accounts, to elect the 
committee and officers for the ensuing year, and for the transac¬ 
tion of other general business. A committee meeting will be 
held immediately after the annual general meeting to elect the 
General Purposes Committee for the ensuing year. The twenty- 
seventh annual dinner of the society will take place in the rooms 
of the Horticultural Club, at 5.30 p.m. on the same evening, 
Henry V. Machin, Esq., vice-president, in the chair. Members 
and friends are invited to attend this pleasant annual gathering 
of rosarians. 
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Scottish Horticultural Society. —The monthly meeting of 
the above association was held on the 1st inst.,'in Dowell’s 
Rooms, 18, George Street, Edinburgh. There was a good 
attendance of members,.Mr. J. W. McHattie, president, in the 
chair. A paper on “ Streptocarpi ” was read by Mr. William 
Smale, The Gardens, Blackford Park, Edinburgh. Mr. Smale 
recommends for the Streptocarpus a temperature of from 60° 
to 65°, with a good deal of moisture in the atmosphere. For 
the final potting Mr. Smale recommends loam two parts, peat 
and leaf soil, one part each, with the addition of sand and a 
dash of pigeon droppings and charcoal. Air. Smale does not 
approve -of syringing or overhead watering. He uses stimulants, 
but advises great care in their application, and prefers soot 
water or liquid manure from cow-dung or horse droppings. The 
president intimated that the annual business meeting would be 
held on January 12th, 1904. The treasurer intimated that 
there would be a probable balance of £37 in favour of the asso¬ 
ciation from the recent Chrysanthemum Show. The exhibits on 
the table were as follow :—From Alessrs. Todd and Co., Shand- 
wiek Place, Edinburgh, a vase each of Chrysanthemum Souvenir 
de Petite Amie and Daffodils; from Air. Robert Greenlaw, The 
Gardens, Benmore, Kilmun, hybrid Primulas, viz., P. obconica 
x P. sinensis and P. Stellata; from Air. George Wood, The 
Gardens, Oswald House, Edinburgh, a finely-flowered specimen 
of Cattleya labiata, which was awarded a Cultural Certificate ; 
from Messrs. AVm. Davie and Co., Potato growers, Haddington, 
Potatos, viz., King Loth, Dunion, and Warrior; from Air. AY. 
Williamson, Logie Green Nursery, Fife, a seedling Apple ; from 
Air. AVm. Smale, Blackford Park, Edinburgh, blooms of Strep¬ 
tocarpi. There were 20 life members and a large number of 
ordinary members nominated for election, 
Gate Money at Aberdeen Show. —The total amount taken at 
the two days’ Chrysanthemum Show at Aberdeen was £70, being 
about the same as that taken last year. 
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Primroses in Yorkshire. —As evidence of the mildness of the 
season, during the past few days Primroses have been gathered 
in the Bolton Abbey AVoods, Bradford. 
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Rhododendron Griffithianum. —Some fine specimens of this 
magnificent Himalayan Rhododendron are grown in the open 
an a: Killiow, near Truro, Cornwall. The largest specimen is 
12 ft. in height, and has a spread of 22 ft- It has a splendid 
effect when in bloom. 
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Ai.meria Grapes have been reaching London at the rate of 
50,000 to 60,000 tubs a week, and the stocks warehoused in the 
vicinity of the markets cannot be less than 250,000 half-ban-els, 
holding; 48 lb. to 50 lb. each, or a total of about 12,000.000 lb. 
These Grapes are retailed at as low a price as 6d. per lb. 
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Potatos at £5 per Pound.— About 1 cwt. of “ Sim Gray ” 
Potatos are being offered for sale at £5 per lb. Purchasers are 
limited to 2 lb. each. These Potatos were raised by Lord Carew 
in Ireland, and received a first-class certificate at the recent 
trials at the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Chiswick. 
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^ Cui.ford Hall, Suffolk. —-Lord Cadogan has added largely to 
Culford Hall since he came into possession, and made extensive 
gardens. Amongst the features of the house are the enormous 
marble chimney-piece in the hall and large portraits in oil of 
Lord and Lady Cadogan and Lord and Lady Chelsea. The 
Prince and Princess of AVales made a stay at the place recently. 
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Failure of the Lincolnshire Potato Crop.— In the Sutton 
district of Lincolnshire a very melancholy account is given of 
the result of the Potato harvest. Plenty of the truck of Potatos 
which are put on rail in the Fen districts are “ halved ” when 
they are sorted over in London, and the best of the trucks turn 
out a ton of “ blights.” London salesmen are experiencing great 
difficulty in dealing with them. The crop is daily getting worse 
in condition, and farmers who usually hold them "to the last are 
putting them on the market as speedily as possible. 
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American Company to the Rescue of Jamaica.— Mr. Hannay, 
a Scottish gentleman, has been promoting a company to- trade 
with New Orleans and English ports. He has already raised 
£10,000, and with that he is about to proceed to St, Alary, 
Jamaica, to make loans or advances to- fruit growers of St, Mary 
who have already gone or intend going into the co operative com¬ 
pany practically already established. Mr. Hannay hopes to 
secure the bulk of the fruit to be shipped abroad from St. Alary. 
Operations will commence with the Banana harvest before the 
middle of next year. Might not this have been done with British 
capital ? 
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Pilfering at Norwich Chrysanthemum Show.— Alore than 
one party has been complaining of exhibits removed from the 
tables before the close of the show. This applied to Apples in 
one case, but a party was seen to remove two vases of Clirvsan- 
themums, which were only restored on the intervention of the 
secretary. Surely in this case, however, the vases must have 
been removed by the exhibitor or someone authorised by the 
same. A whole exhibit of Apples, however, disappeared in 
another case, so that a considerable amount of liberty must have 
been taken, whether pilfering or otherwise, that should not be 
tolerated bv the organisers of the show. 
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Fruit Growers and Insect Pests at Hereford. —The Here¬ 
fordshire Fruit Growers’ Association have purchased some books 
on fruit culture, as well as specimens of insects, injurious and 
beneficial to fruitgrowers, and these they have placed at present 
in the Hereford Free Aluseum. The books are to form the 
nucleus of a library, while the insects are int ended to familiarise 
growers with their insect friends and enemies. The Technical 
Instruction Committee of the County Council gave the Fruit 
Growers’ Association a grant of £50 towards the initial cost of 
the above purchases. The Apple Blossom Weevil (Anthonomus 
pomorum), the Apple Sucker (Psylla Mali), the Wood Leopard 
Aloth, Lackey Moth, Raspberry Beetle, Winter Aloth, Goose¬ 
berry Sawfly, Gooseberry Aloth, Currant Gall Alite, and Currant 
Aloth are amongst the specimens of insect enemies. 
