January 28, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
65 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
he National Sweet Pea Society. 
The schedule of the above society is now 
n our table and shows the society to be in 
flourishing way. The balance sheet for the 
past year shows an income of £191 15s. (id., 
including a balance of oyer .£30 from tlie 
previous year. After paying all expenses 
the balance is somewhat reduced, hut, never¬ 
theless, stands at £20 5s. Id. Prizes this 
year are offered in forty-three classes, a 
number that is nearly double that of the 
first show held by the society. This year 
about £90 is offered in prizes. The two 
first classes are of very great importance, 
seeing that each of them includes nineteen 
varieties of Sweet Peas, representing all the 
shades of colour in the classification list of 
the society. This means that the best 
variety of each colour, or the greatest 
number of them that can be shown in each 
of these two classes,,will take the first prizes 
and serve in an admirable way to bring the 
very best- varieties of each colour to the 
front. The first prize in the special audit 
class is given by the new president, Percy 
Waterer, F.R.H.S. Mr. C. W. Breadmore, 
the chairman of committee, who takes a 
marked interest in Sweet Peas, offers all 
the prizes in the classification class. Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons offer a Silver Challenge Cup, 
value 15 guineas, in the special audit class, 
and the society offers a gold medal to the 
winner as a permanent memento. 
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The Horticultural Directory. 
The new edition of the “ Horticultural- 
Directory and Year Book for 1905 ” is on 
our table and shows that it is the forty-sixth 
year of publication. To most people en¬ 
gaged in horticulture such a directory must 
frequently come in useful. It contains, as 
usual, a list of the plants certificated in 1904 
with brief descriptions. It also contains 
lists of the florists, nurserymen, and seeds¬ 
men, arranged in the first place in their 
respective counties, after which a list of prin¬ 
cipal nurserymen and seedsmen in Great 
Britain and Ireland is given. Naturally 
the number of gardeners is much greater 
than that of nurserymen, and a great por¬ 
tion of the book is taken up with a classifica¬ 
tion of them in their respective counties. 
Sometimes the reader will remember the 
name of the place concerning which he 
wants the postal directions, or to know the 
nearest railway station, and these names of 
private places are of course arranged alpha¬ 
betically. In like manner, we have an alpha¬ 
betical list of gardeners with their addresses. 
Various other useful information is given, 
including a list of the principal societies with 
their secretaries. As all these addresses 
are subject to change, it does not always 
follow that errors can be entirely eliminated, 
especially when those themselves concerned 
omit to notify the changes. The general 
get-up of the directory is much on the same 
lines as last year. It is obtainable at the 
office of the " Journal of Horticulture,” 12, 
Mitre Court Chambers, Fleet Street, London, 
E.C. 
The Ratepayer's Guide. 
The difficulties of understanding the com¬ 
plications of taxes are very great. To help 
people to understand them, a pamphlet on 
the subject extending to 52 pp. lias been 
written and published by Mr. H. Goddard, 
and published by him at St. Stephen’s 
Chambers, Wolverhampton, at the price of 
Is. This deals with machinery and the 
taxes thereon, showing how complicated 
English law is upon this subject, certain por¬ 
tions of the rate being levied upon the land¬ 
lord, and the rest upon the tenant, accord¬ 
ing to the conditions. The other informa¬ 
tion relates to unoccupied property, includ¬ 
ing houses, residences, brickfields, etc. 
Other readers will be interested in the 
matter relating to woods, sporting rights, 
agricultural land, small tenements, and so 
forth. In the case of agricultural land, this 
includes any land under cultivation, lying 
as pasture, cottage gardens, exceeding one 
quarter of an acre, market gardens, nursery 
grounds, orchards or allotments. It does 
not include land occupied in connection with 
a house, as a park, garden, or pleasure 
grounds, and used for purposes of pleasure 
or recreation. Those whb are interested 
in these matters will find the information 
serviceable. It is here stated that glass¬ 
houses in market gardens are rated as build¬ 
ings, and not as agricultural land. That is 
now beginning to be fairly well understood, 
although occasionally there is a scare 
amongst the cottagers and owners of glass¬ 
houses attached to villas merely for their 
own use, but which are not rated. 
A Useful Blotting Pad.j 
On our table is a very neat blotting pad, 
entitled “ The Royal Garden Diary and 
Daily Remembrancer for 1905,” sent us by 
Messrs. Wood and Son, Wood Green, London, 
N. The blotting pad contains a calendar for 
each month with various other information. 
On the right-hand side are pockets for cards, 
paper, etc., while on the left is a calendar 
for 1905 and 1906, as well as a daily re¬ 
membrancer for memoranda, notes,•engage¬ 
ments, etc. The whole is enclosed in stiff, 
neat, folding covers, so that practically this 
blotting pad can be put in a hand-bag and 
carried about should the recipient happen to 
be a traveller or travelling on occasion. 
A Floral Clock. 
From time to time various flower lovers 
have given their time and study to the pro¬ 
duction of a floral clock. The Hon. H. A. 
Stanhope lias prepared one which defines the 
opening of various flowers from 3 a.m. to 
9.15 a.in. Neither of these floral clocks is 
likely to lie reliable in giving the exact time 
like Mr. McHattie’s clock at Edinburgh. 
