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THE GARDEN mo WORLD 
October 15. 1904. 
table of many new varieties of Potatos, all well selected as to 
size, and clean. Fine tubers were Bountiful, King Edward 
VII., Eureka, Duchess of Cornwall, Eldorado, Northern Star, 
Triumph, etc. 
J. W. Cross, Old Grammar School, Wisbech, had a large 
exhibit of Potatos, including fine exhibits of King Victor, 
The Recorder, and other varieties. 
Mr. J. F. Williamson, F.R.S., Mallow, Ireland, had an ex¬ 
hibit of Potatos in clean, presentable condition, and of fine size 
for table use. All consisted of Kerr’s Duchess of Cornwall, 
which has acquired considerable notoriety as a heavy croppjei'. 
(Silver Medal.) 
Mr. John Illman, Rise-holme Road, Lincoln, had a collection 
of new Potatos. 
Mr. James Kerr, Dumfries, staged a collection of Potatos 
in clean and bright condition, including fine heaps of Duchess 
of Cornwall (one of his own raising), Cottage Maid, Dr. Gillespie, 
Electric Spark, Border Witch, and others of his own raising. 
Electric Spark is a heavy cropper of great promise. (Silver 
Medal.) 
Mr. R. W. Green, Wisbech, had a collection of Potatos, in¬ 
cluding many leading sorts grown for the trade. (Silver Medal.) 
Messrs. Harrison and Sons, Leicester, had a table of Potatos, 
including fine tubers of Sensation, Diamond, and Harrison’s 
Nugget, a first early, yellow-fleshed kidney. Prelude and a 
seedling were also fine tubers. 
Messrs. Isaac Poad -and Sons, York, had a collection of 
Potatos, shown as lifted from the ground. Most of the notable 
Potatos were on the stand. 
Messrs. William Davie and Co., Haddington, N.B., had an 
extensive collection of clean tubers, including Davie’s Caledonia, 
Taylor’s Red. Scottish Triumph, Duchess of Buccleuch, and 
many other good sorts. 
Messrs. Bakers, Wolverhampton, staged a very extensive col¬ 
lection of clean Potatos, set up in wicker baskets. Handsome 
tubers were Kerr’s Cigarette, Duchess of Cornwall, British 
Queen, Crofter, Scottish Triumph, Reading Russet, etc. (Gold 
Medal.) 
Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, had also a very -exten¬ 
sive collection of Pot-atcs, set up in their usual admirable style. 
Clean and handsome tubers in baskets were Dalmeny Red, 
Dobbie’s- Favourite, Myatt’s Ashleaf, Duke of Rothesay, The 
Scot, Snowflake, The Factor, Up-to-D-ate, Selected Russet, 
Crimson Beauty, and many others. (Large Gold Medal.) 
Messrs. George Massey and Sons, Spalding, showed -a collec¬ 
tion of Potatos in baskets, including the newer varieties. 
Mr. W. J. Atkinson, Weston St. Mary, Spalding, had a col¬ 
lection of the various noted Potatos. 
Messrs. E. W. King and Co., Coggesliall, Essex, staged a 
-collection of Potatos, including the best -of the leading sorts, 
and also an exhibit -of seedlings. 
Mr. A. W. Pepper, Bridge Farm, Downham, had a small 
collection of Potatos. 
Messrs. Mackinder and Bennett, Spilsby, Lines, had an ex- 
liibit <of Potato Sir John Franklin. 
Mr. A. Lighton, Kirton, Boston, also staged Potatos. 
Messrs. C. E. Anderson and Sons, Limited, Weston St. Mary, 
Spalding, also hall an exhibit of new Potatos. 
Messrs. Blaydes and Stephenson, Low Risby, Appleby, Don¬ 
caster, had a collection of Potatos, in wicker baskets. 
Messrs. Bradley Bros., Bardney, Lines, had a collection of 
Potatos, including their new one, The Linduni, a handsome 
looking tuber. Yoikshire Glory is a new kidney. 
Mr A. Findlay, Markinch, N.B., had an exhibit of Findlay’s 
toyal Kidney and other new varieties of bis own, raising 
• y r - Jos - Bettinson, Outwell, Wisbech, had a table of Potatos, 
including The Carman, a fine-looking tuber. 
Messrs. H Cannell -and Sons had a table of rotates, for which 
they received a Silver Medal. They also had an exhibit of 
large Onions, including that named Cannell’s Water Bottle 
Mr. J. H. Sanders, Whittlesey, Cambs, had Potatos. 
Mr. William Deal, Brooklands, Kelvedon, Essex, had a col¬ 
lection of Potatos, including Dalmeny Hero, Northern Star 
Vermont Gold Com, Diamond, etc. 
Mexican and Central American Flora.— Drs B L Robin 
son and J. M. Greenmail continue to publish the results of then 
examination of Mexican and Central American plants in the firsi 
number of the current volume- of the “Proceedings” o-f tin 
American Academy of Art-s and Sciences. Mr M L Fernah 
presents a synopsis of species of Alims, and describes a, number ol 
new species from the same countries. 
Society & Association Notes. 
Roial Horticultural Society.— The next show and meet¬ 
ing of this energetic and vigorous society will be held in the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, -on Tuesday, October 18th, when new 
Fellows will be elected, new and rare plants and flowers, fruit, 
and vegetables will be exhibited, and a lecture, illustrated by 
lantern slides, w.ill be given by the Rev. Prof. George ILenslow, 
Y.M.H., on “Geographical Botany as a Result- of the Adapta¬ 
bility of Plants.” 
* * * 
National Fruit Growers’ Federation. —Meeting of the 
Council: There was a good attendance- of the members of the 
council at the meeting at the Caxto-n Hall, Westminster, on 
Monday, October 3rd. The presdjiemt, Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, 
occupied the-chair, and h-e was supported by Colonel Long, M.P., 
Colonel C. E. Warde, M.P., and nine leading growers from Kent, 
Worcestershire, Hampshire, and Cambridgeshire. The principal 
business: was the consideration of the past’ fruit season, and the 
efficiency of the railway services in connection therewith. A 
number of letters from members were read, some of them com¬ 
plaining of serious losses by delay in delivery, s-carcity of properly 
constructed vans for the- conveyance of the- heavy crop to distant 
markets, and the harsh interpretation placed by the companies 
on the conditions under which they carry at owner’s risk. These 
were discussed, at great length, but as it was found impossible to 
deal with them effectually at one! meeting their full consideration 
was postponed till the next- meeting, when it is proposed to 
appoint a sub-committee for that purpose. The representative 
of the Evesham district- reported a great improvement in the 
services of the- Midland and Great Western Railways, and 
- especially in the supply of improved vans oil the former line. 
Communications from the Irish Agricultural Department on the 
improved classification and marketing of fruit, and from the 
Bristol Re-tail Fruit Dealers’ Association on the sale of foreign 
fruit as home-grown were read, and both of these- important 
subjects will engage the serious attention of the- council. The 
next meeting was fixed for Monday, November 7th, at 2.30 p.m., 
at Caxton Hall. 
* * * 
The Metropolitan Public Gardens Association. —Open 
Spaces: At the monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Public 
Gardens Association, 83, Lancaster Gate, W., Sir William Vincent, 
Bart., vice-chairman, presiding, it was stated that a clause had 
been obtained in the Board of Education Act authorising the 
acquisition of Wyclitfe Chapel and Disused Burial Ground, Step- 
ney, as an elementary school site, whereby no- part of the burial 
ground can be nse-d -for building purposes, but would be preserve-I 
as a playground for the school, if built-. It was announced that 
due effect bad been given t-o the- -association’s proposal to enable 
all Metropolitan Borough Councils to- plant and maintain trees 
in thoroughfares, by means of a clause in the London County 
Council’s General Powers Act of last session. Progress was re¬ 
ported with reference to the Ham-pstead Heath Extension scheme, 
and to the proposals for acquiring and laying out Poplar Church¬ 
yard, and the- Norfolk Square area-, Islington. It was stated that 
seats had be-eii Placed on Woolwich Common and Norwood Green 
in fulfilment- of previous grants, and an application from Ken¬ 
sington Borough Council for some more seats for Avondale Park 
was acceded to. It was agreed to provide trees, a-t the request of 
tire Lambeth Bo-rough Council, for the ground in Ufford Street, 
New Cut, and t-o offer to plant trees on a space in Columbia 
Road. Correspondence was re-a-d in reference to suggestions made 
by the association that- the London County Council should afford 
facilities to school children of transit to the larger public spaces 
for the purpose of taking part- in -organised games, and that it 
should improve- the conditions of the playgrounds attached to- 
schools, and render them more interesting than at present. It 
was agreed t-o urge the Board -of Agriculture to re-introduce the 
Open Spaoe-s Acts Consolidation Bill, which had failed to get 
through last session. Be plies were read from various Metropo¬ 
litan Borough Councils, several of which agreed -to- adopt the 
Suggestions made by the- association tlia-t public footways and 
seats should he systematically cleansed. 
Tropaeolum speciosttm at Cambridge. —The Flame-flowered 
Nasturtium, which is usually a very refractory plant to succeed 
with in the South, has bloomed splendidly this year in a villa 
garden at Cambridge. It was planted on a northern aspect on a 
subsoil consisting of chalk. 
