il 2, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
271 
he (Jardenii^^forld. 
NOTICES TO HEADERS AND 
CORRESPONDENTS. 
The Gardening World is published every 
ursday morning, and dated for the following 
iturday. Price, 2d. ; Annual Subscription, 
st free, 10s. for the United Kingdom, for 
; road 12s. 6d., prepaid. 
Subscriptions and Advertisement Orders 
ould be addressed to Maclaren & Sons, at 
e offices, 37 & 38, Shoe Lane, London, E.C. 
leques, Post Office Orders, etc., to be made 
yable only to the Proprietors, Maclaren & 
ins, and crossed London City and Midland 
,nk. 
Letters for publication, specimens for 
ming, books for review, and all communica- 
ins on matters of an editorial character must 
I addressed to “Thf, Editor,” and written on 
c side of the paper only. All communica- 
1 as must be accompanied by the name and 
• Less of the writer, not necessarily for pub 
ition, but as a guarantee of good faith: 
tials, or a nom de plume, will be used, if 
(ired. 
’hotographs and Other Illustrations.— 
3 Editor will be pleased to receive photo- 
f phs and drawings for reproduction of fine 
scimens of flowers, plants, trees, fruit, etc., 
c of interesting, gardens. Only such as are 
1 ly to prove instructive and interesting to 
t class of readers reached by The Gardening 
1 rld will he considered. If payment is 
tl ired, the price for reproduction must be 
1 inctly stated, and it must be understood that 
c 7 the actual photographer or owner of the 
’ vright will be dealt with. 
iturn of Manuscripts and It,lustra- 
c *s.—The Editor will not be responsible for 
t(loss of unaccepted MSS., photographs, etc., 
b if stamps be enclosed for return postage 
: particulars for identification appear on the 
C'jxibutions, ordinary care will be exercised to 
i ire return. 
otice to Subscribers.—N o change of 
* ress can be made the same week in which 
trfication of it is sent. To prevent copies 
g !g astray subscribers should, when possible, 
n fy us a week or so in advance of their 
h ided alteration of address. 
ie Gardening World Teleijraphic and 
C le Address is “ Buns, London ,” and the 
T phone Number is 997, Holborn. 
IMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE AD- 
D.SSSED TO “THE EDITOR” OR “THE 
P 'USHERS,” AND NOT TO IN 
D IDUAL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. 
EDITORIAL NOTES. 
1 King as Patron of the^R.H.S. 
| s Majesty the Kino- hasi replied to the 
4 ' s ' e, d by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
■ \-0., J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., and the 
e W. Wilks, M.A., concerning a desire 
w be should become patron of the society. 
The King replied through General the lit. 
Hon. Sir Dighton Pr-obyn, V.C., G.C.B., 
G.C.Y.O., Keeper of His Majesty’s Privy 
Purse, as follows: “ Gentlemen, I am com¬ 
manded by the King to acknowledge the re¬ 
ceipt, of your letter of the 8th inst., sent to 
His Majesty through the Homei Secretary, 
and to inform you that His Majesty is pleased 
to a ccede to the request -of the President and 
Council of the Royal Horticultural Society 
to become patron of the society.” The 
following reply was ordered to be sent to His 
Majesty: “To the King’s most excellent 
Majesty,—May it please your Majesty, we, 
the President, Council, and Fellows of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, being this day in 
general meeting assembled, would most 
humbly and dutifully convey to your Ma jesty 
our most grateful thanks for bestowino' on. us 
the favour and support of your most gracious 
patronage, conjointly with that of Her 
Majesty the Queen, in commemoration of the 
completion of the first century of our 
society’s efforts for the benefit and impress¬ 
ment of British horticulture. At the same 
time -we would also venture to approach your 
Majesty with the -expression of our deep sense 
of grief at the heavy loss which your 
Majesty’s royal house has sustained by the 
death of His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cambridge, K.G., beside whose grave the 
whole nation mourns at heart to-day. No 
class of your Majesty’s subjects are more de¬ 
votedly attached to your throne and person 
than the horticulturists of this country, who 
will ever pray that- your Majesty may long be 
spared to reign over this happy realm.— 
Trevor Lawrence, president; J. Gumey 
Fowler, treasurer; W. Wilks, secretary.” 
Heredity of Acquired Characters. 
On Tuesday, the 22n,d ult., Professor 
Henslow delivered a lecture on the above sub¬ 
ject at the meeting of the Royal Horticul- . 
tural Society. In explaining the subject, he 
stated that changes in plants are brought 
about by changes in external surroundings. 
Some -of the views formerly held by Darwin 
and Wiseman he mentioned, and also ex¬ 
plained the meaning of such terms as germ- 
plasm, protoplasm, stomata, etc. When a 
plant grows it- builds up its flowers, fruits, 
and seeds required for the surrounding condi¬ 
tions of soil, moisture, light, atmospheric and 
other influences. His remarks were illus¬ 
trated by splendid diagrams of the same 
species of plant in a great variety of form as 
grown, under varying conditions and in. dif¬ 
ferent, parts of the world. One good example 
of the plants put forward in illustration was 
the aquatic Ranunculus as grown in water, 
in mud, or on relatively diy ground. 
Fruit Growing in Nova Scotia. 
The Nova Scotia Government has estab¬ 
lished twenty-five model orchards in every 
county of this province of Canada, where 
fruit-growing is an industry of the first im¬ 
portance. The Government by this action is 
greatly influencing the range of its profitable 
cultivation. The results now obtained on the 
systematic cultivation of Peaches prove that 
this culture can be made an important asset 
to the country. The most successful 
varieties are Elriv and Elrose, together with 
crosses of Elberta and Early Rivers, and 
Elberta and Mountain Rose respectively. 
C'ox’s Emperor and Late Orange Plums 
originally imported from England have been 
shown t-o be valuable market sorts for Nova 
Scotia,. The former ripened by October 1st, 
the latter by October 10th, remaining in good 
condition, till the beginning of December. 
Late Orange should prove valuable for can¬ 
ning. Much valuable information is being 
accumulated -at these model orchards with 
regard to spraying and insecticides; also 
sowing down the orchards with various h-itro- 
genous and non-nitrogemous plants. By stop¬ 
ping cultivation, late in June, and sowing a 
cover crop, the tree® are brought into a dor¬ 
mant state early in the autumn, thereby mak¬ 
ing them hardier. There is a Government 
School of Horticulture at Wolfville, where the 
tuition is free. 
The Royal Society of St. George. 
The annual report and year book -of the 
above society is now on our table, and shows 
wliat took place on St. George’s Day last, year 
in various parts of the world where English- 
speaking people' are resident. The society 
continues to prosper, and extends its influence 
so that. “ England’s Day ” progresses by leaps 
and bounds. The parent society in London 
observes the day by lidding a festival dinner, 
this taking place last year at the Hotel Cecil 
which was 1 profusely decorated with the 
national emblem, although St. George’s Day 
falls so early in. the Rose season as April 23rd. 
Shields of St. George entirely composed of 
retd and white Roses were draped with flags 
representing the mother country and the 
great self-governing State?. Every guest 
wore the Rose. Even the bill of fare was or¬ 
namented with St. George’s shield flanked bv 
Tudor Roses. Mr. Winston S. Churchill, 
M.P., occupied the chair, and delivered-a very 
interesting and patriotic speech. The wear¬ 
ing of the Rose was popular in the city -on 
that-day, and the West-end flower girls, who 
happened to be the fortunate recipients of 
cardsiamiouneing that if was St. George’s Day, 
quickly sold out their stock of Roses. The 
dinner was a magnificent affair, with a baron 
of beef. Congratulations were sent in from 
branch societies in various parts of the 
British Isles; also from Algiers, British 
North Borneo', Hong Kona-, Rome, Shanghai, 
Paris, New York, Queensland, Victoria, Tas¬ 
mania,, from the chief towns of the Dominion 
of Canada,, South Africa,, Namaqualand, 
Natal, King William’s Town, Maritzburg, etc. 
Letters also came from many private indi¬ 
viduals, including the Poet Laureate. 
