May 13, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
407 
Thf Newcastle and District Fruit and I'otato Merchants’ 
Association, Limited, has been formed for the purpose of pro- 
ec in( ; the interests of those in the district connected with the 
iroduction and sale of fruit, flowers, vegetables, and lotatos. 
K ew Guild Dinner. -We are requested to remind our readers 
who are Old Kewites that the .annual dinner will take place at 
1 e Holborn Restaurant on the 29th inst., at 7.30 p.m., and that 
J he secretary, Mr. Winn, would be glad to hear before the 22nd 
from all who intend to be present, 
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Reading’s Horticultural Society not to be Wound Vv.-~ 
rin Mav 2nd a meeting was held at Reading to consider a pi 
? d to wind ui the local horticultural society. Lord Stan more 
introduced the proposition to close the society, but an amend- 
nt moved by Mr. H. Char-man, to hold the shows as hereto- 
f 0 ;, \vas eventually carried, and a further meeting is to be 
] u ,ld to consider the future working of the society. 
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Thf. Cheddar Horticultural Society’s Flower Show.— 
After a lapse of some twenty years a movement is on foot to 
revive the flower show of the Cheddar Horticultural Society on 
the August Bank Holiday, the promoters being the Loyal Alai- 
miis of Bath” Lodge of Oddfellows. An influential committee 
has been formed, with Messrs. G. Hooper and T. Small as hon. 
secretaries. * * * 
New Chrysanthemum Association.— In consequence of the 
date of the Horticultural Society’s show at Hamilton being too 
early for local Chrysanthemum exhibitors and the fact that 
Chrysanthemums are growing in favour with horticulturist si 
this district it has been decided to- form a, Chrysanthemum 
Association. This resolution was come toi at a crowded meeting 
held at Hamilton on May 1st, when the title chosen for the 
new association was the Carluke Chrysanthemum Association 
and the date of the first exhibition fixed for Friday, October 
13th 4 prize-list has been drafted, and, while chiefly cons is 
in" of classes for Clirysanthemums, will include a section tor 
general horticultural exhibits. There will also be a section foi 
bee fanciers. 
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United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society. 
The monthly committee meeting of this society was held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent-square, Westminster, on 
Monday evening last, Air. Cbas. H. Curtis in the chair. 1 ‘ ue e 
new members were elected and one nominated. The death 
certificate of the late Air. R, H. Robinson, of Heversham, was 
produced, and the amount standing to his credit in the society s 
books, viz., £43 12s. lid., was directed to be paid to his nominee. 
Fourteen members were reported oil the sick fund, the amount 
paid out for sickness during the month being £41 8s. The next 
meeting will be held on June 19th, the 12th being Bank Holiday. 
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The AIetropolitan Public Gardens Association. Open 
spaces : At the monthly meeting of the AIetropolitan Public 
Gardens Association, held at 83, Lancaster Gate, AV., Sir 
William Vincent, Bart., vice-chairman, presiding, reference 
was made to the death of Lady Hobhouse, who, together with the 
late Lord Hobhouse, had been an active supporter of the asso¬ 
ciation for many years, and a vote of condolence was passed with 
the family of the deceased peeress. Communications from the 
Bishop of London and Kensington were read to the effect that 
the scheme recently disclosed in the Press for building on 
Bishopgate Churchyard Garden, which had evoked strong dis¬ 
approval, had been abandoned. It was stated that the London 
County Council had declined to give its support to suggestions 
for improving Trafalgar Square, notwithstanding the assurances 
of the promoters that an architectural garden such as proposed 
would not unduly interfere with public meetings occasionally 
held in proximity to the column. A request was received from 
a Westminster open space society, asking support for a proposal 
to open some of the enclosed spaces in St. James’s Park, and it 
was agreed to find out which of the many such areas in the 
park were referred to. In response to a request from the Wool¬ 
wich Borough Council, it was agreed, subject to estimate, to lay 
out St. Nicholas Churchyard, Plumstead, if the local authority 
undertook to acquire and maintain the site as a public garden. 
A letter was read from the London County Council stating that 
they were still considering the possibility of making use of the 
association’s offer of £500 towards the cost of providing a swim¬ 
ming bath in connection with one or more elementary schools 
for the teaching of swimming. It was reported that between 
twenty and thirty local committees and organisations had 
accepted the association’s offer of prizes for starting outside 
window garden competitions in poor localities during the 
summer, and further applications from the St. Saviour’s, 
Hoxton, South Hackney blower Show Societies, and others, were 
granted. Seats were granted for grounds in Acton and Strand- 
on-the-Green, Chiswick. An urgent appeal was made for £3,500 
to complete the sum of nearly £40,000 needed for the purchase 
of eighty acres as an extension of Hampstead Heath. It was 
decided to seek for some reply from the City Corporation in con¬ 
nection witli the proposal to deal with the abandoned Shadwell 
Market site as a public open space, nearly three months having 
elapsed since the date of the association’s deputation on the 
subject. Amendments proposed to the London County Council’s 
General Powers and Squares and Enclosures Bills, and to the 
Telegraph Construction Bill, in the interests of open spaces were 
considered and adopted, and it was agreed to urge the Board of 
Agriculture to push forward the Open Spaces Bill, a much- 
needed measure of consolidation, which still awaited second 
reading in the House of Commons. 
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Ipswich Summer Flower Show. —The seventy-ninth annual 
flower show and musical fete of the Ipswich and East of England 
Horticultural Society will be held in the beautiful grounds of 
the Upper Arboretum, on Wednesday, July 5. Ihe judges are 
Air. C. Blick, Warren Gardens, Hayes, Kent; Air. Harry 
Turner, The Royal Nurseries, Slough; Mr. W. Allan, Gunton 
Park Gardens, Norwich; and Air. S. T. Wright, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, Surrey. Ihe popu¬ 
lar band of the 2nd Batt. Gloucester Regiment (under the baton 
of Air. R. G. Owen) will provide concerts in the afternoon and 
evening with an up-to-date programme. Exhibitors are re¬ 
quested to send in their entry forms not later than Friday, June 
30. Prize lists containing full particulars may now be obtained 
of the secretary, Air. H. E. Archer, 13, Aluseum'Street, Ipswich. 
Obituary. 
Julian Victor Burvenich, 
The Bel man Press and Belgian horticulture are mourning the 
loss of one of their most notable men in the horticultural wot Id. 
He was head gardener, or curator as we should sav, ot the 
Botanic Garden of the University of the Belgian State. Tor 
many years past we have observed that he was one of the staff 
of the" “Revue de 1’Horticulture Beige,” in which an article 
from his pen frequently appeared. He was also connected with 
many other Belgian papers of different classes. He has, indeed, 
for more than twenty years been a prominent man m Belgian 
literature, chiefly in the interests of scientific horticulture. 
He was a very careful experimenter, and his.students will 
always remember his interesting and practical studies. He 
spoke many modern languages with fluency, and was able there¬ 
fore to follow attentively every scientific movement m foreign 
countries, and was able to verify many very complicated expen- 
ments, notably on hybridisation. His countrymen, therefore, 
have to mourn the loss of a relatively young man whose work 
was far from being accomplished. 
He was always certain of a large audience wherever he under¬ 
took to lecture. Four years ago his hearers celebrated the 
twenty-fifth annivesary of these conferences devoted to market 
culture and floriculture. He was, indeed, conducting a con¬ 
ference- at St. Nicolas on December 18th last, when he contracted 
the ailment which laid him low. The funeral obsequies were 
carried out at Ghent on the 24th ult., when all those who 
have. a. name in Belgian horticultural science and all those 
interested in pomology and arboriculture were present to pay 
their last respects. He leaves a wife and children. The cortege 
passed through the Botanic Garden, where everything presented 
a spring-like appearance, as if in sympathy with their late 
Numerous students owe much to the information he imparted 
at conferences. This success was no doubt due to his easy, 
clear, and warm speech, conducted along lines which convinced 
his hearers of the sure or well-grounded character of his instruc¬ 
tions. His fellow worker, the Comte de Kerchove de Denter- 
(diem, pays him a warm tribute in the May number of the 
“Revue de l’Horticultura Beige,” in which a portrait of the 
deceased appears. 
