April 25, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
VII. 
Artistic Gorringe Fabrics. 
Messrs. H. Gorringe and Co., Queen's 
Walk. Nottingham, have acquired great 
notoriety for their decorative fabrics for 
the homes of to-day, and gardeners hav¬ 
ing homes will find something very in¬ 
teresting, at least for their wives, in the 
illustrated catalogues issued by the firm. 
Besides these catalogues the firm also 
sends out books of patterns, showing pieces 
of the actual material. The book of pat¬ 
terns is returnable, but it is well worthy 
of perusal. 
The delicacy and beauty of these artis¬ 
tic fabrics is remarkable, and amongst 
them we note the Heather Frill, in which 
the representation of Heather is either 
white or purple, and they are a marvel of 
machinery and hand-work. Very choice 
ft! sir are the Needlework Frill, Hemstitch 
Frill, Braided Frill, Corded Frill, Tucked 
Frill, and a large number of others. 
These fabrics may be used as window cur¬ 
tains, screens, and for various other pur¬ 
poses better known to the lady of the 
house than to us. 
Amongst the patterns are Brussels net 
curtains, white spot- muslin, ecru, white 
canvas stripe, ecru Sindhia gauze, cream 
butter muslin frilled curtains, ecru Field- 
flower, white Wilford, White Dot, Ecru 
Lace Bouquet, book muslin, lace medal¬ 
lion, white canvas frilled, and other pat¬ 
terns in endless variety of fabric and 
design. 
Some of the delicately coloured Indian 
fabrics, such as Madras muslin, remind 
us of the Nankin cotton, which has so long 
been made in such perfection in India. 
The patterns in which this Madras muslin 
is made are very numerous, some of them 
being creamy white and varying in in¬ 
tensity till it approaches Nankin-yellow. 
Then, again, in the matter of coloured 
muslins there are the Heliotrope Bouquet, 
Heather Frills in variety, pink wild Rose, 
Rose and ribbon, Cornellian, Poppies, 
and other types of flowers. Flowers are 
depicted on these delicate muslins in the 
form of Passion Flowers with green leaves 
and orange or yellow flowers- and various 
other types of vegetation. 
The firm also manufactures carpets, 
linoleums, rugs, matting, settees, chairs 
and household furniture generally. Gar¬ 
den furniture is also an item of their at¬ 
tention. Those of our readers who are 
interested in these things should apply to 
Messrs. Gorringe and Co. for their illus¬ 
trated catalogues, and we feel sure they 
will find something that will tickle their 
fancy and induce them to improve the 
decoration of their homes. 
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Pose White Killarmy, 
Some time ago a white sport of the 
H} brad Tea Rose Killarney occurred in 
the United States, and now, according to 
“ The Florists’ Exchange,” this turns out 
to be a very good thing. Indeed, it is 
believed to be the best white Rose intro¬ 
duced to commerce, because it can be 
loomed all through the year, under 
glass, of. course. It will displace The 
nde and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria as a 
White Rose, because, good as the above 
die''’ -thdy cannot be bloomed throughout 
'iationa! Carnation and Picotee Society. 
The schedule of prizes'of the Southt 
lection of the above society is now 
hand, and shows that the annual exhibi¬ 
tion is to be held on 22nd July in the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent 
Square, Westminster. The schedule of 
prizes for this year is as varied as 
formerly, prizes being offered in forty- 
nine classes for dressed and undressed 
flowers of the race known as show Carna¬ 
tion and Picotees. The report just issued 
is the thirty-first annual one, and gives an 
account of last year's show, indicating 
who were the prizewinners, and giving the 
name's of the varieties in the stands of the 
winners All this- is valuable informa¬ 
tion, not only to those engaged in exhi¬ 
biting. but to those who love Carnations 
for their own sakes. The first prize classes 
indicate the leading blooms of the various 
types at the present day. The schedule is 
late in making its appearance, but the 
committee apologises for not sending it 
out sooner, owing to the many" meetings 
which were necessary to settle matters 
concerning new classes which have been 
added to the schedule. Some of these are 
for dressed flowers, but classes for un¬ 
dressed flowers are more numerous than 
formerly, and that, should please those 
who believe in the decorative value of a 
Carnation as opposed to the method of 
showing them on exhibition boards. A 
valuable twenty guinea challenge cup is 
offered by Mr. R. C. Cartwright in these 
new classes, and should stimulate com¬ 
petition. This cup is given with the ob¬ 
ject of encouraging the growth of the best 
border Carnations and Picotees for de¬ 
corative purposes. The society has a 
balance in hand of .£114 16s. 7d. The 
Secretary is Mr. T. E. Henwood, Auricula 
\ ilia, 16, Hamilton Road. Reading. 
Rose Experts at Law. 
At -Dublin, on March 30, Messrs. Alex¬ 
ander Dickson and Sons, Ltd., the well- 
known Rose specialists, of Newtownards, 
Belfast, Dublin, Blackrock, and also in 
Hertfordshire, sought to obtain an in¬ 
junction restraining Messrs. Alexander 
Dickson and Sons, of Parliament Street, 
Dublin, from selling Roses or seeds not 
grown or propagated by the plaintiff com¬ 
pany as Dickson’s Roses or Dickson's 
seeds, and from carrying on the business 
of nurserymen and seedsmen under the 
style of Alexander Dickson and Sons, or 
any style in which the name Dickson ap¬ 
pears, without taking reasonable precau¬ 
tions to clearly distinguish the business 
carried on by the defendants from that 
carried on by the plaintiff company. The 
plaintiffs allege that their Roses have ob¬ 
tained a world-wide reputation for excel¬ 
lence, and that Roses stated to be Dick¬ 
son's would be understood in the trade 
and by purchasers as the plaintiff com¬ 
pany's Roses. They further charge that 
Mr. Alexander Dickson, the principal de¬ 
fendant, who, until February, 1907, car¬ 
ried on business in Parliament Street as 
the Ashbourne company, had opened a 
nursery at Dundrum under the name of 
Alexander Dickson and Sons, with the ob¬ 
ject of taking advantage of the reputation 
of the plaintiff company for Roses and 
seeds. The defendants repudiate all 
these allegations in their defence, and 
deny that there is any foundation for 
them. Leave had been given to adminis¬ 
ter a series of interrogatories to the defend¬ 
ants as to the origin of the name under 
which they were trading, the date on 
which they adopted that trade description 
and other queries relating to the nursery 
business. The answers that had been 
made were, in some cases, evasive, and 
plaintiffs asked for more categorfal in¬ 
formation. The Master of the Rolls 
made an order directing the defendants 
to disclose the required facts. 
Auricula and Primula Show. 
The annual show of the National Auri¬ 
cula and Primula Society will be held in 
conjunction with the Royal Horticultural 
Society's usual fortnightly exhibition on 
April aSth. Copies of the special prize 
schedule may be had on application to 
Mr. T. E, Henwood, Auricula Villa, 
Hamilton Road, Reading. 
Robert Sydenham, Limited. 
From the 12th of May the business of 
Mr. Robert Sydenham, of Tenby Street, 
Birmingham, will be carried on under the 
title of Robert Sydenham, Limited. The 
object of converting this business into a 
private limited company is not to raise 
additional capital but to give members 
of the staff a direct interest in the con¬ 
cern. Mr. Robert Sydenham will retain 
full control as governing director of the 
new company, and in a statement which 
he has issued he says:—“I shall be as 
interested and active in the business as 
before, for since establishing this busi¬ 
ness it has brought me into contact with 
such a charming Circle of correspondents 
and friends in all ranks of society, that 
it has been a labour of love rather 
than a necessity. I feel sure the new 
companv will give the same satisfaction 
in the future that I have to the thousands 
of correspondents and friends I have 
made, not only in the United Kingdom, 
but in all parts of the world. The great 
increase in my business, from year to 
year, satisfies me that on the whole I 
have given satisfaction; in fact I think 
I may safely say this business is now one 
of. the largest, if not the largest of its 
kind in the United Kingdom, and in re¬ 
warding my staff by giving them a greater 
and more direct interest in this business 
than thev 'have hitherto had, I feel sure 
they will continue to study the interests 
of my correspondents, and keep up the 
high standard of quality I have been cele¬ 
brated for, thereby meriting and main¬ 
taining the confidence of all in the future 
as in the past. 
“An immense business like this,’’ con¬ 
tinues Mr. Sydenham, “cannot be con¬ 
ducted entirely free of mishaps, or with¬ 
out some occasional complaints, but judg¬ 
ing from the many hundreds of compli¬ 
mentary letters I receive from time to 
time, and the very few complaints in pro¬ 
portion to the vast amount of business 
done I think satisfaction has been gener¬ 
ally given. When, however, a complaint 
is made, I like to sift it to the bottom, 
and thereby avoid anything of the kind 
occurring again. I undertake to replace 
next year at half price or free of charge 
anything that has not been satisfactory 
which has been grown under fair and pro¬ 
per treatment; this I think is the best 
guarantee correspondents can have that 
it would be no pleasure- whatever to me 
to receive their money if I did not con¬ 
scientiously feel I was giving value and 
satisfaction in return.” 
There is a directness and a sincerity 
about these .words which we believe will 
be appreciated by our readers. We trust 
the new company will continue to prosper, 
