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THE GARDENING WORLD, 
June 24, 1905. 
The R.H.S. 
At the fortnightly show and meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, held on the 20th 
inst., the Rev. Professor Heitslow, V.M.H., 
delivered a lecture on “ The Plants of the 
Bible.” In connection with the next bi¬ 
monthly meeting the National Sweet Pea 
Society will hold their annual exhibition, and 
Professor H. J. Webber will contribute a 
jjaper on the “ Progress of Horticulture in the 
United States.” During three days of the fol¬ 
lowing week the R.H.S. will hold its great 
summer show in the grounds of the Royal 
Military Hospital, Chelsea, the arrangements 
for which will be very similar to those made 
for the society’s great show in the Temple 
Gardens. Application for copies of the 
schedule should be made to the secretary, 
Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, 
Westminster. 
“ Carnation Culture for Exhibition,” 
Mr. David Halley, who is an ardent and 
intelligent amateur cultivator of Carnations, 
read a paper on the 6th inst. with the above 
title before the members of the Dundee Hor¬ 
ticulture Association, the president, Mr. 
Richard Cairns, in the chair. A good muster 
of amateur as well as professional gardeners 
was present, and they were rewarded by 
hearing many practical details, the essayist 
illustrating his methods of culture both in 
pots and borders, and his skill in dressing 
and staging the blooms for exhibition. An) 
interesting and instructive discussion fol¬ 
lowed. A pleasing feature of the meeting wasi 
the granting of a cultural certificate to the 
president for an exhibit of Amaryllis seed¬ 
lings. 
The Addlestone G.M.I.A. 
There was a capital attendance of members 
at the last monthly meeting of the Addle- 
stone, Chertsey, and Ottershaw Gardeners’ 
Mutual Improvement Association, H. Cob- 
b'ett, Esq., the president, occupying the 
chair. The exhibits included a good growth 
of Hydrangeas, by Mr. F. Norris; Sweet 
Peas, by Mr. T. Culver ; and Sweet.Peas and 
Royal Sovereign Strawberries, by Mr. T. 
Stevenson, the hon. secretary, each of which 
received awards. What proved to be a vei y 
instructive lecture was given by Mr. Sturt, 
gardener to L. Cohen, Esq., Round Oak, 
Englefield Green, on the various methods of 
plant propagation, including propagation by 
seed, spores, cuttings, layering, grafting, 
budding, inarching, etc. This was followed 
by a very interesting discussion. 
Scottish Horticultural Association. 
There was a good attendance of the mem¬ 
bers of this association at. 5, St. Andrew 
Square, Edinburgh, on the evening of the 6th 
inst. Mr. J. W. McHattie (the president) was 
in the chair. Mr. R. Harrow, The Royal 
Botanic. Gardens, Edinburgh, delivered a 
lecture on “ Hardy Rhododendrons,” in which 
he included hardy Azaleas. Dividing the 
genus into deciduous and evergreen sections, 
the lecturer traced the history and gave a 
description of a number of the leading species 
from whence have sprung the endless varieties 
of hybrids now in cultivation. Mr. Harrow 
thinks suitable shelter from cutting winds has 
more to do with the successful cultivation of 
the more tender sorts than the question of 
temperature. He referred to the aim of 
modern hybridisers in endeavouring to retard 
the date of flowering till danger of late frosts 
is past, Mr. Small, Blackford Park, Edin¬ 
burgh, was granted an Award of Merit for a 
specimen of Streptocarpus Haygartherii, 
32 in. high, with a single leaf 18 in. by 18 in. 
The president was granted a similar award 
for two plants of Primula mollis; whilst 
cultural certificates were granted to Mr. M. 
Todd, Stoneybank, Musselburgh, and Mr. 
Clias. Comfort, Broomfield, Davidson’s Mains, 
for a specimen Paris Daisy and a fine dish of 
silver or seakale Beet respectively. 
C. C. 
Dutch Horticultural and Botanical Society. 
The Committee of Floriculture and Arbori¬ 
culture of the Dutch Horticultural and 
Botanical Society met in the Halls of the 
Zoological Garden, Amsterdam, at the May 
meeting, and awarded the undermentioned 
certificates:—Frist-class certificates were 
awarded to a hybrid Juno Iris obtained from 
seeds by Mr. P. W. Voet, Oveiveen, Haarlem ; 
to Iris Pollux, a new plant raised from seeds 
by the same nurseryman; to Cineraria 
hybrida nana alba, from the seed merchants, 
Messrs. Sluis and Groot, at Enkhuyzen ; to a 
Cactus form of Cineraria by the same house; 
to Rhododendron hybridum, Aalsmeer’s 
Roem, a new plant exhibited by Mr. K. 
Maarse Dzn, jun., of Aalsmeer ; to Trolliusi 
Fire Globe, a new plant raised from seeds by 
Mr. H. J. de Lang, of Oegstgeest; to Phaius 
Blumei sanderianus, exhibited by Mr. C. J. 
Kirkkert, an amateur, of Haarlem ; to Lae- 
liocattleya hy-eana, exhibited by Mr. H. C., 
Hacke, an amateur,- of Baam, and to Laelia 
purpurata maxima, exhibited by Mr. J. G. 
Baliego, nurseryman, of Leyde. A certificate 
of merit was awarded to Odontoglossumi 
Adrianae ashwortliianum, shown by Mr. H. C. 
Hacke. A botanical certificate was accord® 
Laelia Latona, exhibited by Mr. C. J. Kik- 
kert, and to- Alopscurus lanatus, shown by 
Mr. H. D. Willink van Collen, an amateur, 
of Breukelen. 
A Delightful Outing by the Crawley 
G.M.I.A. 
By permission of Mrs. Moritemore, Worth 
Park was, on June 7th, made the objective, of 
a party of sixty members of the Crawley and 
District Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement As¬ 
sociation. Six conveyances took the members 
to the park, where they were received by Mr. 
C. Allen, who manages the estate, and after 
partaking of a substantial tea the party were 
conducted through the extensive range of 
glasshouses and over the beautiful gardens, 
which are now looking their best. On- re¬ 
turning to the courtyard, Mr. Joseph Cheal, 
chairman of the association, proposed a vote 
of thanks to Mrs. Montefiore for so kindly 
permitting the members to visit her magnifi¬ 
cent grounds, and to Mr. Allen for the 
manner in which he had exerted himself to 
make the visit a success, and these were 
carried with acclamation. Mr. Allen ex¬ 
pressed the pleasure it had afforded him to 
help on in this small way the good work 
which the association were doing, and a very 
enjoyable outing to one of the- most pic¬ 
turesque and notable estates in Sussex was 
thus brought to a close. 
In a Nutshell. 
Schedules for the Crystal Palace Rose - 
Show, to be held on July 8th, can be obtained 
from Mr. G. Castleton, Superintendent Gar¬ 
dener, Crystal Palace, S.E.-Mr. E. Scott 
discoursed on “Heating Horticultural Build¬ 
ings ” at the last monthly meeting of the 
Ipswich and District Gardeners’ Association. 
—The Walsall Florists’ Society have de¬ 
cided to have a social outing on June 24th, 
when the members will visit Tamworth and 
inspect Mr. W. Sydenham’s nurseries.- 
Tire Lichfield Floral and Horticultural Society 
have acceded to the request of the Stafford¬ 
shire Beekeepers’ Association to hold a honey 
show at Lichfield on August 7th, in conjunc¬ 
tion with the annual flower show. 
War grave and District Gardeners’ 
Association, 
The closing meeting of the session was held 
a short time ago, when Mr. G. Stanton, 
F. R.H.S., of Park Place, gave a most 
interesting lecture on “ The Naturalisation of 
Plants and Bulbs on Grass.” He was able 
to speak with some authority on such a sub¬ 
ject, as he had had a great deal of experi¬ 
ence in carrying out this kind of gardening 
when in charge of the gardens at Park Place? 
In the first place he took care to point out 
that the habits of plants should be studied, 
so that the proper ones were used for 
different situations. One that would grow 
and do well in a moist and shaded situation 
might fail altogether if put in a dry and open 
one, and vice versa. He did not advocate 
planting on lawns, but on half-kept grassv 
plots. What to plant in various localities 
and the best methods of doing so to ensure a 
pretty effect concluded a very instructive 
lecture. Visits to the gardens at Kew and to 
some of the London parks in springtime 
were recommended, for at those places such 
naturalisation could be seen in many forms. 
A good discussion ensued on the topic of the 
lecture, and a most pleasant evening was 
spent. Mr. J. A. Hall, of Shiplake Court 
Gardens, staged six specimen Calceolarias, for 
which he was awarded a Cultural Certificate 
of merit, while Mr. W. Pope, of “ The Wil¬ 
lows ” Gardens, showed a beautiful ly-flowered 
Oncidium, and was also awarded a Certificate. 
Ipswich Summer Flower Show. 
The popular band of the Royal Scots Greys 
from) Norwich (under the baton of Mr. F. W. 
Frayling) will provide afternoon and evening 
concerts at the above society’s show, instead 
cf the 2nd Batt. Gloucester Regiment, as 
previously- stated. Exhibitors are again re¬ 
minded to' send in their entry forms not later 
than Friday, June 30th, to the. secretary, Mr. 
Herbert E. Archer, 13, Museum Street, 
Ipswich. 
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Diary of Shows and Meetings. 
June. 
27th.—Forestry Exhibition at the Royal Agri¬ 
cultural Show at Park Royal (four 
days) ; Royal Oxfordshire Horticul¬ 
tural Society (Commemoration show). 
28th.—Southampton Royal Horticultural 
Society (Rose Show and Miscellaneous 
Exhibition, two days); Colchester 
Rose and Horticultural Society 
(show) ; Famingham Rose and Hor¬ 
ticultural Society (show); Richmond 
Horticultural Society (show); Green 
Street (Sittingbourne) and District 
Gardeners and Cottagers’ Society 
(third Rose show). 
29th.—Bristol and District Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement Association (monthly 
meeting) ; Maidenhead and District 
Horticultural Society (summer 
show); South Shields Floral, Horti¬ 
cultural, and Industrial Society 
(monthly meeting) ; Lee, Blackheath, 
and West Kent Horticultural Society 
(monthly meeting). 
J ELY. 
1st.—Windsor, Eton, and District Rose and 
Horticultural Society (show) ; Black¬ 
burn and District Horticultural 
Society (monthly meeting) ; Leeds 
Paxton Soeietv (weekly meeting - 
Gloxinia show). 
