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week, turning the hotbed two or three times 
during the week. If your soil is heavy, as 
it most .likely is in yeur district, the . fer¬ 
mentation. should not be carried very far. 
The rank manure serves to make the soil 
warmer and more porous. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
3666. Tennis Court. 
Will you please tell me where I could 
obtain a book on all games, such as lawn 
tennis and its dimensions. (C, H., Sussex.) 
It is seldom that you will find all games 
published in one book. They are usually 
separate. “Lessons in Lawn Tennis” is 
the title of a book on the subject by E. H. 
Miles, which you can obtain from Mr. L. 
Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, 
London, W.C., for is. 2d. post free. The 
size of a double tennis court is 78 ft. long 
and 36 ft. wide, A single tennis court would 
be 78 ft. long and 27 ft. wide. The net 
would be placed across the middle in both 
cases. From the net to the playing line is 
21 ft. .on either side of the centre. 
3667. Books on Landscape Gardening'. 
One of our American friends wishes to 
obtain some standard works on landscape 
gardening with illustrations of the English 
styles. We should be obliged i'f you could 
put us in the way of obtaining any such 
works and also if you could give us the 
names of any prominent landscape gardeners 
whose lists might show the different styles. 
’ (L. R. S., Middlesex.) 
The best books on landscape gardening in 
this country are now out of print, but can - 
occasionally be obtained second-hand from 
the booksellers. For instance, there is 
“ Landscape Gardening ” by Edward Kemp, 
a good authority on the subject. One of the 
best illustrated books., on landscape garden¬ 
ing is “Loudon’s Edition of Repton.” We 
have seen no books of any size published re¬ 
cently, but Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Low- 
field Nurseries, Crawley, Sussex, have a well- 
illustrated pamphlet of parks and pleasure 
grounds which they have laid out. The 
illustrations are reproductions from photo¬ 
graphs. We think this would be of some 
service in your case. You might also apply 
to Mr. \\ illiam Goldring, 28, Kew Gardens 
Road, Kew, who is a landscape gardener, 
but we do not know that he has published a 
book on the subject. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(R. Warden) 1, Scirpus cernuus (usually 
named Isolepis gracilis); 2, Pteris tremula; 
3, Polystichum angulare; 4, Adiantum 
Ghiesbreghtii; 5, Adiantum formosum. 
(C.-M.) 1, Acacia armata; , 2, Abutilon 
megapotamicum- variegatum; 3, Abutilon 
Thompson/ 
(F. N. Watts) r, Galanthus nivalis; 2, 
Galanthus Elwesii; 3, Leucojum vernum ; 4, 
Scilla bifolia; 5, Helleborns niger altifo- 
lius; 6, Helleborus foetidus. 
(Chas. Wood) 1, Jasminum nudiflorum; 2, 
Viburnum Tinus. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
James Veitch and Sons/ Ltd., Royal 
Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London.—Per¬ 
petual-flowering Carnations. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading, England.— 
Sutton’s- Farmers’ Year Book. 
Francois Gerbeaux, Nancy— 21, Rue de 
Cronstadt, 21, Nancy, France.—Catalogue 
for Spring containing Novelties. 
I ’W Cross, Old Grammar School, Wis¬ 
bech, Cambs.— Catalogue of J. W. Cross’s 
Invincible Seeds and Seed Potatos. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
Flowers Fresh Cub 
It is astonishing the length of time some 
flowers last compared to others, and es- 
- pecially. so when they are cut just as 
they are fuily developed, compared to 
those allowed to remain on the plants till 
just about to drop. 
Another thing equally as worthy of note 
is the time many things remain fresh 
when cut from your own garden compared 
to those obtained from florists’ shops. ! 
This is readily accounted for when it is | 
taken into consideration how and where 
they have to obtain their supplies from. .’ 
Everyone having a garden should strive j 
to obtain their own supply with this ob¬ 
ject. 
During the many years I have had to do - 
with a garden I have found nothing so 
much appreciated by ladies as a good 
supply of cut flowers in winter and spring. 
In some instances I have had to study to 
allow the bloom to remain on the plants 
as long as possible to keep conservatories 
gay.. Then the blooms.did equally as 
much service when used for dinner table 
work, as in many instances they are only 
used once. Last autumn T compared 
Chrysanthemums cut in all stages- of 
bloom, with a view to ascertain their en¬ 
during powers, using them in the. same 
vases and rooms. I have now (the middle 
of February) vases of late kinds that have 
lasted a month, and now have decorative 
value. These were cut just as developed. 
Amateurs should be stimulated to grow 
their own, if only for their duration, com¬ 
pared to those from Shops. 
Con. 
-- 
Croydon and District Gardeners. 
The ninth annual dinner of the mem¬ 
bers and friends of the Croydon and Dis¬ 
trict Horticultural Mutual Improvement 
Society which was held at the Greyhound 
Hotel, Croydon, on February roth, was, 
as usual, a most enjoyable and successful 
function. Mr. J. J. Reid, the president, 
occupied the chair, and the company was 
honoured by the presence of the Mayor of 
Croydon (Councillor Major J. E. Fox). 
The Vice-Chairman (Mr. E. H. Jenkins) 
said the society, which might well be 
proud of its membership of 150, was bound 
to be, sooner or later, a great influence for 
good, not only in the neighbourhood, but 
in the neighbourhoods bevond. Mr. P. F. 
Bunyard (chairman and hon. treasurer) 
remarked that the society had a nice little 
balance in hand, and had .done splendid 
work. He spoke very highly of Mr. Harry 
Boshi-er (the hon. secretary), and said that 
to work with a man like him gave him 
very great pleasure indeed. Mr. Boshi-er, 
who proposed “Kindred Societies, and 
Visitors,” said they were being reminded 
in the Press of the complex question of 
sending the people back to the land, but! 
what was the good of sending them back 
if they -did not know what to do to the' 
land. Such societies as their’s were a ? 
vast medium for distributing horticul¬ 
tural knowledge. The society, it may be 
added, has a library of 300 volumes on 
horticultural-subjects, and a good micro-' 
scope, and they are now about to purchase 
a lantern made possible by a list of dona¬ 
tions read Out by the Chairman during 
the evening. 
. February 27, 1909. 
South-Eastern Agricultural College. 
A meeting of the governors, of t] 
- South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wv 
was held at the Chafing Cross Hotel ’< 
. February 8th. The Right Hon. Lo 
■ Ashcombe, who was elected chairman f 
the ensuing year, presided. M 
F. 'S. W.- Cornwallis was elected vie 
; chairman. The Principal, Mr. U. J. J 
; Dunstan, in his report, stated that tl 
number of students attending the colleg 
courses was 127, the largest number on n 
cord for the spring term, and that the ne 
horticultural -course had commenced wit 
14 students. 
National Rose Society. 
The report of the Committee of tb 
N.R.S. for 1908 is the most favourabl 
that has yet been placed before the men 
bers, more particularly as regards the ir 
crease in membership.’ In 1903 the nun 
ber of members was 1,004, three vear 
later it was oyer two thousand, and now 
after two more_ years,, the membtrshi 
amounts to 3,150, a net increase of 6 1 
since 1907. The financial position is ah 
very satisfactory, the receipts from' a! 
sources during the past year, includim 
a balance from the previous year of.^29 
9 s - 4d.,. amounting to £2,666 9s. gd., anc 
the expenditure to ,£2,239 IS - 7d. 
The Metropolitan Exhibition will agah 
be held in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Re 
gent's Park, the date fixed being July 2nd 
The Provincial Show will take place a 
Luton,-in conjunction with the Lutor 
Sweet Pea and Rose Society, on Juh 
14th. Arrangements have again beer 
made with the Royal Horticultural So¬ 
ciety to hold the Autumn Show in the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, 
on September ifith. 
R.H.S.— Annual Meeting. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence presided at the 
annual meeting of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society held at the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Hall/Westminster, on February 9th. 
The Chairman said the society had’ con¬ 
tinued tq do good work during the past 
yea.r. Among the experiments which the 
society had carried out at Wisley during 
the year were some as to the utility of 
inoculajtionl Iby nitro-bacterine. So far 
as their experiments went, the results had 
been negative. On the invitation of the 
Government of the United Provinces of 
India the “general examination” of thei 
society in the principles of horticulture, 
slightly modified to fulfil local require¬ 
ments, would be held in April next at 
Saharanpur, where there was a fine bo¬ 
tanical garden. It showed what fine work 
the society was doing to -receive such an 
invitation as that from the Government of 
India. The total number of Fellows of 
the society was now 10,507. The Chair¬ 
man presented Victoria medals of honour 
to Sir Jeremiah Colman, of Reigate, in 
recognition of his work in Orchid culture, 
and to. Mr. Charles Ross, of Newbury, in 
recognition of his work in connection with 
fruit growing. Sir Trevor also presented 
James Veitch Memorial medals to the 
Rev. W. Wilks, the secretary, and Mr. 
William Marshall in acknowledgment of 
the work they have done for the society. 
Mr. Gurney Fowler, the treasurer, said 
that the society’s receipts had increased by 
£1,400, and the expenses by only £11. In 
annual subscriptions alone there had been 
an increase of £1,000 during the year. 
They were therefore going on very satis¬ 
factorily. 
