I tjn E 24. 1905.1 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
June, according to custom immemorial, is as cold as Christmas. I have a fire, and I 
believe my rosebuds would be glad to sit at it .”—Horace Walpole. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES . 
Schedules of the R.H.S. 
The schedules for the special summer, 
j autumn, and winter shows of the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society are now on our table. 
'They include the great summer show to be 
held at the Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea, 
\ on July 11th, 12th, and 13tli, in place of the 
previous show held at Holland House. The 
Chelsea site is centrally situated and easily 
j accessible from all parts of London north and 
|;South of the Thames. It is ten minutes’ walk 
from Victoria Station, and less than five 
minutes from Grosvenor Road and Sloane 
Square. Omnibuses ply along the side of the 
estate from Liverpool Street, Clapham Junc¬ 
tion, Walham Green, Shepherd’s Bush, and 
other parts of London. All the schedules 
are bound in one volume of fifty-nine pages, 
and besides the show just mentioned they 
include the National Rose Society’s show on 
September 26th and 27th ; also British- 
grown fruit on October 10th, 11th, and 12th ; 
the Vegetable Show on October 24th, and the 
third show of colonial fruit and vegetables 
on December 5th and 6th. Schedules may 
be obtained from the Secretary, Vincent 
Square, London, S.W. 
The Gardeners’ Orphan Fund in Scotland. 
The recent annual festival of the Royal 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund disclosed the fact 
that twelve children in Scotland are now 
actually in receipt of assistance from its 
funds. We learn also from Glasgow that 
twenty-four most deserving candidates are 
waiting for election. This, we presume, 
applies to the whole of the British Isles 
rather than to Scotland. At Glasgow they 
are now taking a very lively interest in the 
welfare of the fund, and Mr. James H. Par¬ 
ker (of Messrs. Alexander Cross and Sons, 
Limited), 19, Hope-street, Glasgow, has been 
appointed hon. local secretary for Glasgow 
and district, - We hope he will be ably sup¬ 
ported in his endeavours to assist the fund 
by the people of the second city in the 
United Kingdom. 
Crocus chrysanthus. 
The typical form of this Crocus has ricli 
orange-yellow flowers, but several other 
varieties have been found in a wild state, in¬ 
cluding an albino, and many sub-varieties, 
more or less tinted with brown-purple or 
bluish-lilac on the back of the outer seg¬ 
ments. These colour varieties were sus¬ 
pected to be natural hybrids, but accord¬ 
ing to Mr. E. Augustus Bowles, the great 
modern authority on Crocuses, in “ Flora 
and Sylva,” he has raised these varieties as 
seedlings, and they differ only from the wild 
ones in being of stronger constitution with 
larger flowers. A form was exhibited at one 
of the R.H.S. meetings during the past 
winter, and was supposed to bd C. chrysan¬ 
thus albidus, or something closely allied to 
it. Since then we have seen a collection of 
imported corms in flower, and the amount of 
variation seemed to be unlimited. Mr. 
Bowles has seen the dried specimen of Maw’s 
C. albidus in the British Museum, and he 
says the flower is white with a yellow base 
as described by the author. All the other 
varieties having the slightest amount of 
purple-blue or lilac he considers may be 
placed under C. c. caeruleseens of Maw. 
The variety shown at the Horticultural Hall 
would therefore belong here. He also gives 
minute information which goes to show that 
C. biflorus nubigenus, so-called, is not a 
variety of the Scotch Crocus at all, but 
belongs to C. chrysanthus caeruleseens. 
Those who have seen this tiny little Crocus 
will recognise that it has only a small resem¬ 
blance to C. biflorus as usually seen in 
gardens. The flower is of small size, and 
the back of the outer segments more 
yellow than in the other forms of C. biflorus. 
He therefore concludes it is merely a 
feathered form of C. c. caeruleseens. 
British Gardeners’ Association. 
There were upwards of sixty members of 
the above association present at the first 
annual meeting in the Memorial Hall, 1* ar- 
ringdon .Street, London, on the 1st inst., 
and had it been held on any other night 
than the last day of the Temple Show, a 
larger number of gardeners would have been 
present, as many of them had returned home 
and others were busy packing their exhibits 
at the Temple Show. Dr. Masters, who pre¬ 
sided, congratulated the Association on the 
work that had been accomplished during the 
year. Previous to the meeting, as we an¬ 
nounced some weeks ago, a committee of 
selection had been formed by a system of 
voting papers sent to all the members. 
WEEKLY PRIZE COMPETITION. 
- RESULT - 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
\ awarded to “J. C.,” for his article on “Water 
Lilies,” p. 490. A prize for a supplementary 
■ reply in “ The G. W. Enquire Within ” 
| column was awarded to “ Japonica,” for his 
! article on “Growing Todea superba,” p. 491. 
During the year, according to the report 
of the committee of selection, twenty-eight 
public meetings had been held .in different 
parts of England and Wales, and addresses 
delivered in relation to the objects and aims 
of the Association. Before the end of May 
632 members had been enrolled. The larger 
portion of these are resident in' England, 
though there may be more Scotchmen and 
Irishmen than the numbers would indicate. 
Most of the members are employed in pri¬ 
vate establishments. A smaller proportion 
of nurserymen and their employees have as 
yet joined than one would have expected. 
We are pleased to learn, however, that head 
gardeners who have become members form 
a very large percentage, while foremen and 
journeymen are also well represented, but 
in smaller numbers. A few of the members 
are resident either in the British Colonies 
or elsewhere. The expenses hitherto in¬ 
curred have nearly been covered by dona¬ 
tions. The best results in gaining members 
have been due to the addresses delivered 
by members of the Association, and those 
interested in its welfare. If sufficient funds 
were forthcoming, the Association would be 
able to take its place amongst the useful 
societies of the country, and do excellent 
work for the horticultural co mm unity. At 
