THE GARDENING WORLD 
807 
October 14, 1905. 
« SOCIETY DOINGS.® 
The Editor will be pleased to receive particulars of the Fixtures, Meetings, Lectures, A c, oj 
Horticultural Societys. Secretaries or Members willing to send us brief notes of general interest arc 
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contributors' slips. 
resh lining, not forgetting the sulphur. The 
ion’s breast should be examined to see it any 
f the broken egg is adhering thereto, and if so, 
k must be carefully sponged off ere she is 
flowed to return to the nest, or it will cause 
■ther eggs to stick to the hen, and be broken. 
Vhen an ess has been broken in the nest it is 
■Vise to wash all the remaining eggs in luke- 
varm water ere replacing them in the nest. 
\nswers to Correspondents. 
Scaly Leg (R. O. A., Taunton).—The pecu- 
iar roughness which you speak of is known as 
‘ scaly leg.” It is caused by an insect. Birds 
n confined runs are very liable to be attacked. 
The great preventive is plenty of green food, 
and dry runs. The remedy is paraffin oil. 
Catch the bird, soak the legs for a few minutes 
Hi warm water, next scrub them well with a 
small nail-brush, using some soap and soda. 
Then dry and paint with the paraffin oil. 
About seven days should elapse between each 
dressing, and three applications should effect a 
cure. 
Canary Bald on Head (Buff Norwich).— 
The baldness is probably due to surfeit. 
Change the food. If you have been feeding on 
plain canary seed, give some mixed seed. 
Spratt’s Mixed Seeds are thoroughly reliable, 
and may be obtained from most corn dealers. 
Give a little green food of some kind every 
other day; failing green food, a small piece of 
sweet Apple. Give a bath twice a week. Rub 
a little Cuticura Ointment on tiie head—very 
little, or you will do more harm than good, and 
mess up the rest of the plumage. 
Rabbit with Swelling (Black Dutch).— 
From your description I should say it is nothing 
more than the milk left in the glands. When 
the youngsters are taken away too early, the 
milk hardens in the glands, and sometimes 
breaks out into lacteal tumours. Bathe the 
teats well three times a day with very warm 
water for about ten minutes ; dry carefully, 
and then rub in a little camphorated oil. A few 
days’ treatment will doubtless disperse the 
trouble. 
Diary of Shows and Meetings. 
Abbreviations used. 
A. —Association ) G.—Gardening or gardener 
Am.—Amateurs j H.—Horticultural 
Chy.—Chrysanthemum ) M.I.—Mutual Improvement 
e.m.—Committee meeting ) ra.m.—Monthly meeting 
j/Ott.—Cottage or cottagers ) S.—Society 
D. District j w.m.—Weekly meeting 
Thus The Templeton G. Am. and Cott. M. I. H. S.— 
(Gardeners, Amateurs, and Cottagers' Mutual Improvement 
Horticultural Society.) 
October. 
16th.—Shirley and D. G. and Am. A. (m.m.); 
Horsforth G.M.I.S. (w.m.); West of 
England Chy. S. (m.m.). 
17th.—Croydon and D. H.M.I.S. (m.m.). ; 
Cardiff G.A. (bi-m.m.) ; Chesterfield and 
D. Chy. S. (m.m.) ; Sevenoaks G. and 
Am. M.I.S. (bi-m.m.) ; Dulwich Chy. S. 
(m.m.) ; Bournemouth and D. G.M.I.A. 
(m.m.). 
18th.—Wargrave and D. G.M.I.A. (bi-m.m ) • 
Ide HillG.S. (annual m.) ; Wallasey Am. 
G.A. (m.m.) ; Ipswich and D. G. and/ 
Am. A. (m.m.). 
19th.—Brighton and Sussex H.S. (m.m.) ; 
Lamberhurst H.S. (m.m:) ; Wimbledon 
and D. H.S. (m.m.) ; Paignton and D. 
G. A. (m.m.) ; Westerham G. Am. and 
Cott. M.I.S. (Apple congress). 
20 th. —Stockport H.M.I.S (m.m.): Ulster 
H. S. (c.m.). 
21 st.—Paxton Leeds Society (w.m.); Hud¬ 
dersfield and D. Chy. S. (m.m.). 
Unscrupulous Exhibitors. 
Last week we had a correspondent inveigh¬ 
ing against certain methods of the Shrewsbury 
Show administration. No;v come® “ Old 
Gardener ” with a catalogue of complaints, 
levelled at the Walney (Barrow) Horticultural 
Society’s recent flower show. “ I desire,” he 
says, “ to be candid, and in the interests, of 
both the society and exhibitors, say most ad¬ 
visedly and in the most pointed language pos¬ 
sible to the committee of management, dis¬ 
qualify for all time any exhibitor who places 
as. his own production before the judges pro¬ 
duce which he knows was never grown in his 
garden. Such conduct,” our correspondent 
very justly remarks, “is a lasting disgrace, 
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QUIT P RIZE C OMPETITIONS. 
RESULTS 
Of the Essay Competition for Members of 
Local Horticultural Societies. 
The competition in the essays on “ How to 
Extend the Membership, and. Usefulness of 
Local Horticultural Societies ” was very keen, 
a large number of readers taking part in the 
competition. The number of essays sent in 
was even greater than in the case of the 
“ Villa Garden ” competition, and at least 
nine of them were so well written as to give 
considerable trouble in adjudicating upon 
their order of merit. The competition was 
open only to members of local horticultural 
societies, and in all cases, the writers belonged 
to some society or other, and in some in¬ 
stances were officers of many years’ standing. 
The first prize, was awarded to Mr. H. 
Coleby, hon. secretary and treasurer of the 
Wargrave and District Gardeners’ Mutual Im¬ 
provement Society, Wargrave, Berks. The 
second prize was secured by Mr. F. Herbert 
Chapman, Guldeford Lodge, Rye. The third 
prize was awarded to Mr. W. Marriott, 395. 
Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, who 
takes a very active and even practical part in 
the support of Iris local society. These win¬ 
ning essays will be published in The Gardex- 
ixg World when space permits. 
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and if not nipped in the hud will encourage 
others to try the, same game, which is no game 
at all, and which will ultimately ruin what 
[should become an increasingly prosperous 
society.” Again, lie says, “ When an exhibitor 
will exhibit a pot plant, say a Geranium, 
and instead of there being one plant there, has 
been potted on a potful of cuttings, then I say 
it is another serious reflection that we should 
have such unscrupulous persons taking away 
prizes which rightly belong to an honest ex¬ 
hibitor.” 
Wallasey Amateur Gardeners’ Association. 
At the last monthly meeting, on the 20th 
ult., of the Wallasey Amateur Gardeners’ 
Association, Mr. Charles Pearson, the presi¬ 
dent, occupied the chair, and there was a good 
attendance. Mr. Pearson, as treasurer of the 
Chrysanthemum Committee, spoke of the 
energetic manner in which the secretaries, 
Messrs. Taylor and Whitehouse, were working 
towards the success of the forthcoming show, 
which, he mentioned, would take place on| 
November 14th, and be opened by Mr. W. H. 
Level. 
S. F. WHITEHOUSE, Hod. Sec. 
Half an Acre of Land. 
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 
Holyoake’s Field Hospital and Nursing Fund 
Horticultural Society's show, held last month, 
Mr. S. Allcock drew attention to a book which 
Lady Margesson had lent him, in which the 
successful results of an allotment by Henry 
Vincent, of Brighton, were dealt with. This 
man, when in indifferent health, was ordered 
to take exercise in the fresh air. so he took 
half an acre of land. From that land he had 
been able to make nearly £70 a year, 
while still following his usual occupation, and 
his health had much improved. “If,” ex¬ 
claimed Mr. Allcock, “ every family could 
have half an acre of land what a blessing it 
would be! ” 
The British Gardeners’ Association. 
The British Gardeners’ Association, which 
is for professional gardeners only, continues 
to make steady progress, and now numbers 
683 members. As soon as the draft of the 
rules, prepared by the solicitors, has been 
settled in detail, it is proposed to issue them, 
together with the names and addresses of all 
the members. At present the members in 
various parts of the kingdom have no means 
of knowing who belongs to the association in 
their own district, and it is hoped the list will 
prove of great value to them. If every 
member would introduce at least one new 
member before the list is sent to the printers 
the Executive Council would feel greatly 
obliged. They also wish it to be as widely 
known as possible that there is no desire on 
the part of the B.G.A., nor has there ever 
been, to interfere in any way in the arrange¬ 
ments between employers and their gar¬ 
deners. On the contrary, the association is 
only too anxious to introduce professionally 
trained men of good character to the notice 
of ladies or gentlemen requiring capable men 
to take charge of their gardens. 
J. Weathers, Hoc. Sec. 
Chrysanthemums and Dahlias at 
Birmingham. 
Early Chrysanthemums and Dahlias, espe¬ 
cially Dahlias of the Cactus type, are taking 
such an important place as garden decorative 
plants that considerable interest is attached 
to an exhibition devoted to these flowers 
which the Birmingham and Midland Coun¬ 
ties Gardeners’ M.I. Association held on the 
2nd and 3rd inst., and which it is hoped to 
make an annual event. In the delightful 
Surroundings of the Edgbaston Botanical 
Gardens these flowers looked at their best. 
The president of the association (Professor 
Hillhouse) gave an address on Monday even¬ 
ing on “ The Histoiy of the Chrysanthemum,” 
with lantern illustrations. 
