May 6, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
George’s Day. 
Unfortunately for England’s national 
" wer > St. George’s Day falls on April 23rd, 
ten few, if any, Roses grown natu¬ 
rally in Britain can be obtained for the 
celebration of this festival. No doubt many 
of the Roses sold on that day will have been 
grown on the Continent, but home-grown 
Roses are usually provided by cultivators in 
this country, who bring them along under 
glass. We not© from the annual report of 
1904 of the Royal Society of St. George that 
last year's festival was again held at the 
Hotel Cecil. The hall was respondent with the 
distinctive standards of the Daughter States, 
all bearing a, familiar resemblance to the 
grand old flag of the mother country. 
Every guest wore blossoms of the national 
emblem, and the table was decorated solely 
with Roses. After dinner telegrams from 
various local branches of the society were 
read to the assembled guests. These tele- 
giams came practically from various parts of 
the world wherever Englishmen were 
gathered together in numbers to celebrate 
the day. This applies not only to the British 
Colonies, but also to New York and various 
other parts of the United States. Amongst 
other statements made by the chairman in 
his speech he said, “ It was from the shores 
of old England those gallant men set forth 
who have settled Canada, who settled 
the United States, who discovered Australia, 
who conquered India, who settled the Cape 
of Good Hope, etc.” These are patriotic 
sentiments, for be it remembered the aim 
and object of the society is to arouse a more 
widespread enthusiasm in English nationality 
and patriotism for England as a nation. It 
also aims at inducing Englishmen in all parts 
of the world to observe St. George’s Day, 
remembering all that their nationality im¬ 
plies. The report states that the attainment 
of th's primary object is approaching its ac¬ 
complishment with giant strides. As St. 
Georgei’s Day this year fell on a Sunday 
it was necessary to change the date for the 
celebration of the annual festival, and it 
was resolved to hold the usual assembly on 
May 10th, when the Right Hon. the Earl of 
Halsbury has consented to take the chair. 
We presume that, loyal Englishmen in othei 
parts of the world will also have to change 
the date for holding the festival. 
National Dahlia Society. 
The “ Official Catalogue and Cultural 
Guide ” of the National Dahlia Society was 
published last year. The society now issue 
a supplement which brings the former work 
absolutely up to date. The supplement 
gives a list of the new varieties to be sent 
out this year. It is a .fairly lengthy list, 
particularly in the case of Cactus Dahlias, 
but lovers of this class of plant are always 
eager to note what is being done amongst 
their favourite flower. Another important 
feature of the supplement is the selection of 
varieties for exhibition and garden decora¬ 
tion. The selections are entirely confined 
to those varieties which have been tested 
and are known to be suitable for the pur¬ 
poses mentioned. These list's have been 
completely revised, so that whether a gar¬ 
dener is an exhibitor or merely intends to 
keep his garden gay, he can rely upon the 
varieties given as being the best for the pur¬ 
pose. The supplement is issued gratis to 
members of the society and to purchasers 
of the official catalogue. The secretary is 
Mr. II. L. Brousson, Boyton, Foots Cray, 
Kent. 
Battle of Flowers at Nice. 
Owing to the severe frost and storms which 
prevailed in the early part of the year all 
along the Mediterranean littoral,vthe battle 
of flowers at Nice, if not a failure, was seri¬ 
ously compromised by comparison with those 
of other years. Mimosa and Narcissi were 
amongst the principal flowers that escaped 
destruction in some of the regions. The 
Violet was not very abundant, but the 
plants had had their leaves dried up by the 
wind and the cold. Other flowers usually 
employed in great quantity, but which this 
year had greatly suffered, were white Stocks. 
Saftrano Roses, Mignonette and Marguerites, 
The harvest of Orange flowers has been de¬ 
plorable. The flowers intended for the 
manufacture of perfume likewise suffered, 
but in a smaller proportion to other subjects. 
Prize Competitions : 
Photographs of Gardening Subjects. 
Open to all Readers. 
(1.) The Editor of The Gardening World 
offers a Prize of £1 Is. Od. for the best 
original photograph showing a view of the 
interior of a Conservatory. The photograph 
must be a view of the reader’s own conser¬ 
vatory, and should not be smaller than half¬ 
plate size. The prize photograph will be used 
in The Gardening World, and if any speci¬ 
ally commended photographs sent in for com¬ 
petition are used, prizes of five shillings each 
will be given. The copyright of the prize 
photographs will be the property of the 
Proprietors of T he Gardening World. 
(2.) A prize of £1 Is. is also offered for the 
best original photograph of a Single Flower¬ 
ing Plant for room or table decoration. The 
plant must be one of the reader’s own grow¬ 
ing. Fancy (outer) pots may be used, or the 
pots maj r be draped with ribbons, canvas mat¬ 
ting, crepe paper, or other decoration, but 
such decoration must not be allowed to form 
the most prominent feature of the pictuie. 
Extra prizes of 5s. each will be given 
for any specially commended photographs 
which may be used. Other conditions, as 
above. 
All-photographs must be marked " Compe¬ 
tition,” with name and address of owner, 
and be sent to the Editor on or before 
May 25th.- 
