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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 21, 1904. 
Tlitre were also some excellent Strawberry fruits of large size, 
variety Royal Sovereign, and some well-grown Mushrooms, exhi¬ 
bited by Mr. Keif, gardener to Miss Adamson, South Villa, 
Regent’s Park, N.W. Entering the corridor one long blaze of 
colour met one’s eyes. 
Messrs.' Barr and Sons, King Street, Oovemt Garden ; Hogg 
and Robertson, Dublin; R. Wallace, Colchester; and R. H. 
Bath, Wiabe,ch, all set up large groups of cut Tulips. Amongst 
the varieties some of the most striking were Pink Beauty, Yellow 
Queen; May cottage Tulips, varieties such as Fashion, Cleopatra, 
Airs. Keighley, Flame, Crown,, etc. ; many Darwins, varieties 
Phyllis, Coquette, May Queen, Loveliness, Cordelia, etc., 
A group of Alpines, amongst which were some very fine Primula 
japonica, Primula Sieboldii, White Queen, Primula venticillata., 
Orchis fusca, Darlingtonia ealifornica, etc., was set up by Air. 
G. Reuthe, Hardy Plant Nursery, Easton, Kent. 
'Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, also gave a fine display 
of Alpine plants and cut shrubs, etc., including Lithospermum 
prostratum, Gentians, Phlox canadensis, etc., with a background 
of Cerasus Sieboldi rosea plena, Spiraea argenta multiflora, etc. 
One of the finest displays of Alpines and herbaceous plants was 
shown by Alessrs. Thomas Ware, Limited, Feltham ; included 
in it were Gentiana acaulis, Primula Sieboldi, Admiral, 
Tiarella cordifolia, Alyssums, Aubrietias, etc., banked up at the 
back with Trollius Fortunei, with its beautiful rich orange- 
yellow flowers, Spiraea palmj®a>, Salvia patens, and some ex¬ 
quisite Tree Paeonies. 
Another good exhibit of Alpine plants, etc., was arranged by 
Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, W. Norwood, amongst which were 
some large-flowered Pansies, Arabis albida variegata, and Auri¬ 
culas alexandra, with an umbel of beautiful pale yellow flowers, 
which contrasted well with Delphinium nudicaule, having rich 
scarlet flowers. 
Some graceful table decorations were shown by Mr. J. 
Williams, 4 a, Oxford Road, Ealing, and by Mr. A. Hemsley, 23, 
Knowles Hill Crescent. Lewisham, S.E. 
One of the most striking features of the show was a collection 
of Azaleas, set up by Mr. Charles Turner, The Royal Nurseries, 
Slough. The bush plants arranged in front consisted of all 
the most delicate shades of colour, set oS by the pyramidal 
form at the back, 2 ft. to 3 ft. high. Some of the most striking 
varieties were Madame A T ictor Tavart, a beautiful scarlet, Pro¬ 
fessor Wolters, pink shaded to white margins, Temperance, 
heliotrope, and Baron de Vriere, pure white. 
A very pretty group of table plants was shown by Messrs. 
William Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, consisting ol 
Crotons, Azaleas, etc. 
Alpine plants in bloom and Japanese Maples were shown b v 
Alessrs. J. Peed and Son, Strealtham Nurseries, and were much 
admired. 
A demonstration of motor lawn mowers was carried out in the 
grounds during the afternoon by Messrs. Ransomes and Thomas 
Green and Sons. 
AIedals. 
Gold : Messrs. James Carter and Co., Messrs. Stanley Ashton 
and Co. 
Large Silver Gilt: Messrs. T. S. Ware, Messrs. Hogg and 
Robertson, and Messrs. Barr and Sons. 
Silver Gilt: Alessrs. R. H. Bath, Limited, Alessrs. Charles 
Turner (Slough), and Messrs. William Cutbush and Son. 
Large Silver: Alessrs. John Peed and Son and Messrs. R. 
Wallace and Co. 
Silver: Air. G. Reuthe, Messrs. William Bull and Sons, Mr. 
H. Sickelmore, and Miss Adamson (gardener, Air. G. Keif). 
The Four Oaks Nursery and Garden Sundries Co. were awarded 
a Certificate of Merit for their Four Oaks Undentable Syringe. 
The special feature of this syringe is that the barrel is protected 
by an outer layer which prevents it from being indented by 
carelessness or accident. 
The Hamilton and District Gardening and Forestry Asso¬ 
ciation held their monthly meeting in the Mining Institute, 
Hamilton, cn Tuesday night, May 3rd, Mr. McMillan (vice 
president) in the chair. The subject put down for that night 
was the “ Culture,of Roses.” Mr. D. Bryson, gardener, Mauldslie 
Castle, read a very interesting paper to a large turnout of mem¬ 
bers on the above subject. Mr. Bryson also mentioned a few 
of the varieties (both h.p. and teas) that did best in the Hamil¬ 
ton district. A few remarks were also made by Mr. McMillan, 
Air. Thomson (Calderwood Castle Gardens), and Air. Graham 
(Wish aw). 
The Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. 
The fifteenth annual dinner of the Royal Gardeners' Orphan 
Fund was held at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London, on Tuesdayi 
last, under the presidency of Sir J. J. Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
K.C.V.O., who was supported by Messrs. Leonard Sutton. Han , 
J. Veitch, James H. Veitch, John Gould Veitch, William Mai- 
(JHiall, W. Y. Baker, D. Baker, Sir John T. D. Llewellyn, an t 
other distinguished men well known in connection with horti¬ 
culture. The number present was larger than on many previous 
occasions, and included Messrs. H. B. May, P. R. Barr. Herbert 
Cutbush, Gilson, Sears, Wilkinson, G. J. Ingram (secretary 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution), B. Wynne (secretary 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund), J. Assbee, W Maxwell, and 
many others. 
After tire cloth was removed, the usual loyal toasts of “ The 
King,” il The Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales,” and other 
members of the Royal Family were proposed by the president,! 
and heartily received. After a time the president rose to pro¬ 
pose the toast of the evening, T ' The Royal Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund.” At the outset 'he made some apologies for being other¬ 
wise occupied, so that he was unable to make special preparation 
for that evening. 
In dealing with horticulture' generally, he said that he had been 
longer connected with horticulture, perhaps, than most of tbo-e 
present. He would refer back t’o- the times between 1830 ami 1 
1840, when his mother, Lady Lawrence, was almost the only lady 
gardener of any importance in the country. Many of those pre¬ 
sent had 'heard of Lady Lawrence, and the importance of t-hei 
subjects which she brought before' the meetings of the R.H.S. 
of those days, and many of those present having heard of the 
reputation of that lady he need, not go further into that subject. 
It was needless to say further that he' had derived his love of 
gardening from the influence thus 'brought to 1 bear upon him. 
He thought that gardening was the only sort of occupation in 
which a lady might with propriety engage. We do not iu this 
country expect or ask our women to do hard work, so that they 
could only undertake special branches of gardening. He referred 
also to some of the difficulties attending the work of lady gar¬ 
deners at Kew. 
Gardening was one of the most important industries in this 
country, and he reminded the .audience of the time when a 
Minister of Agriculture was created to attend to the agricultural 
interest. His; duties were concerned only with agriculture, but 
Sir Trevor could not see why horticulture should he left out, and 
pointed this out to Mr. W. H. Smith, when horticulture^was also 
placed under this Minister as a branch. Since then, However, 
fisheries had also been placed under thil same Minister. 
Referring to the special work of the Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 
he thought that the charity ought to' be able to depend upon 
annual .subscriptions, and he urged upon all present to t ake this 
view of the subject, so as to render the charity practically more 
self-supporting; and independent of contributions. Since the 
creation of the fund, about fifteen years ago, 179 orphans had 
been placed upon it, and upwards of £12,000 had been spent iu 
helping to support the orphans of gardeners, but this, lie thought, 
was a Very small sum when spread over the length and breadth 
of the‘land. 
The beauty of our gardens was due to the gardeners themselven 
and he thought it the duty of all those who employed gardener.' 
to make some provision for the orphans, who should be left behind 
by the untimely death of their fathers,. He urged upon all pre¬ 
sent to think over the subject, when they went home, and re¬ 
solve to become, annual subscribers to the fund, and communicate! 
with the secretary, Air. B. Wynne. He himself had a collection 
of Orchids, and Mr. Chamberlain had Orchids, as they all knew, 
and others had plants of that class, and tha care and attention 
necessary in the tropical and moist houses laid the gardener,' 
liable to many ailments, owing to their ceaseless care iu all 
weathers in order toi keep out frost, etc. On that account be¬ 
thought it was their duty to care for the orphans of such men. 
Timely aid was of the utmost necessity, and he told an anecdote 
about a tiger in order to illustrate this fact. He said that a 
ticket clerk at a certain railway station in. India, wired to bead- 
quarters that the stationmaister was attacked by a tiger, ‘‘ Please 
wire instructions,” In like manner the success of this'institu¬ 
tion depended upon, ready help. 
On the other hand, if one looks into the garden, he finds trees, 
shrubs, and herbs, whose health and vigour are all depending 
upon the art of the gardener. He sa-id also that by giving proper 
attention to fruits and flowers in this country, no better were 
obtainable in any part of flie world. Now all this was dependent 
on the skill oi the gardener, so that his children ought not to 
be allowed to go begging their bread. 
