March 26. 1904. 
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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
illustration need not lie taken as a feature of the plant; the 
curling was merely due to accident while the lea-yes were 
coming through the soil. The flowers had a distinct though 
not very strong odour which has been compared to that of 
vanilla. 
In the matter of soil or compost the plant is not at all fas¬ 
tidious 1 so long as the cultivator makes sure of a light, rich and 
sandy loam, and if the soil does not possess that naturally, it 
should be rectified by additions to the natural material. The 
situation should also be well drained and fully exposed to sun¬ 
shine, with a southern aspect if planted out of doors. Under 
glass the plant will be more perfectly under the cultivator's 
control. 
alive toi Ins new responsibilities and had a will to grapple with 
and master them. His work was, of course, greatly increased, 
and m many respects arduous, but that merely made him more 
determined to overcome all difficulties and reduce the place to 
an orderly and manageable conclition. Mr. Dollery is entirely 
of a practical turn of mind in gardening matters, and we had 
some good evidence of his cultural skill. Our readers will see 
loin his portrait that their fellow-gardener is still quite young, 
though lie has made a| good start in his career as a gardener. 
W 0 wisl1 kim all success in the new garden to which he ha,si 
recently gone', and hope it may be our duty to record success 
in after life as the result of hisi present endeavour. 
Mr. T. W. Dollery. 
The subject of our sketch was horn at Guisborongh, York¬ 
shire. The first part of his education was learnt at the Board 
Schools in, that town, and, winning a three-years’ scholarship 
at the Guisborongh Grammar School, he finished his education 
there after passing the preliminary examination of the Cam¬ 
bridge Local Examination. 
In 1890 he commenced liis gardening career at Hutton, Hall 
Gardens, Guisborongh, Yorks, under Mr. James Mclndoe, and 
spent five years there, passing through all the various branches 
of horticulture. 
Leaving there he went to Messrs. Fell’s Nursery, Hexham-on- 
TVne, famed for their Coniferae and shrubs, and spent twelve 
Me. T. W Doll key. 
nonths there. From Messrs. Fell's he proceeded to Whitburn 
Sail, Sunderland, as journeyman, and after two years was made 
oreman at that place, which appointment he held for nearly 
our years, when he was successful out of a very great numberl 
jf applicants in gaining the appointment of head gardener to 
hr Arthur Lawson, Bart,., Weetwood Grange, Leeds, where, 
until last February, he presided over these gardens. 
Recently Sir Arthur has removed toi Bedale Hall and has) 
aken, Mr. Dollery with him to remodel and renovate these 
gardens.. Both Sir Arthur and Lady Lawson, take the greatest} 
nterest in their gardens and are noble patrons of horticulture, 
h^ht 1617 ^ C0 ' m R ara,tivel T a young man, being only twenty- 
Wliile he was foreman at Whitburn Hall he was a, frequent 
■ontnbutor toi the pages of The Gardening World, and was 
uccesslul m carrying off some of the prizes in the “ Readers’ 
competition. After he succeeded in taking charge of the 
gardens at Weetwood Grange his time was otherwise very fully 
occupied with the responsibilities of his new situation/ This 
V3 f wliat mi gkt have been expected of a man who, was fully 
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 
A National Registry for Gardeners. 
To the Editor of The Gardening World. 
Sir, In my humble opinion, if this proposed registry is to 
become an accomplished fact of practical value, it must prove 
itself to be of mutual advantage to the employer and the em- 
p ayee; and to judgei from the many dissatisfied represents- 
tives of both these, classes, there is most urgent need for 
reform and organisation. 
The point as to whether it, is advisable to place the burden 
of this scheme on the Royal Horticultural Society is certainly 
worth discussion by them committee., who, with the stimula¬ 
tion and enthusiasm consequent on the opening of the new hall 
upon them, will feel equal to any undertaking, even of such a 
superhuman nature as that of attempting to. unravel the tanffied 
skein which lias been proposed to place before them. 
In this, as in all undertakings of a similar nature, what is 
most discouraging is the apathetic condition of those most 
concerned in the project, namely, the gardener, in the widest 
sense of the word. Then, again, we have to count as a detri¬ 
mental factor the desire of many employers to economise, which 
is in many cases productive of flagrant examples of false 
economy. 
Such employers begrudge giving their gardener a shilling 
a week more than they can possibly avoid, and in engaging 
a man prefer the one who will take the smallest wage/ The 
fact escapes their notice that a good gardener can, by econo¬ 
mically arranging the work of his men, save more than 2s. or 
3s. a week per man, not to mention material, etc. 
I have personal experience where a Fellow of the Royal 
Horticultural Society has in his employ as a “ gardener ” a, 
person who has been a traveller for a printing firm. He has 
nothing whatever to recommend him as a gardener—in fact, 
the only excuse for employing him a,t all is the unfortunate 
circumstance which led to his being out of a situation. This 
is an example of a “ dumping ground for duffers,” and en¬ 
couraged by a F.R.H.S., whom you might reasonably expect 
to have the interests of the profession a,t heart. This man, to 
make the grievance greater, gets a wage which, in proportion 
to his knowledge of horticulture, makes that of the foreman, 
who has had a good ercperiemce and training, look absurd. In 
this case both employer and employee are enemies of such an 
association as I advocate, but they serve to emphasise the 
urgent necessity for reform. 
Now that the organising body are looking at this matter 
from a broad-minded point of view ( and how futile and un¬ 
fortunate it would be to attempt to organise only one section 
of the profession, as someonei suggested!), we are likely to 
very soon see the scheme in working form. Gardeners as a 
body now ought to wake up and realise that this is “ the tide 
which, taken at the flood, leads on,” if not to fortune, at least 
to improved conditions. Wei must determine that apathy 
will not be the ruin of this project ; neither will we, lie awed 
into, concealing our views on this matter for fear of displeas¬ 
ing our employers. 
I consider that it might also be proposed to effect some 
improvement of the condition of many of the bothies, which 
could be easily worked in conjunction, and would entail onto 
a little extra work on the association, as no employer would 
