THE GARDENING WORLD 
V. 
August 24, 1907. 
Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming Events. 
Abbreviations used. 
—Association 
ira.—Amateurs 
3hy. —Chrysanthemum 
;.m.—Committee meeting 
[Jott.—Cottage or Oottagers 
D.—District 
H.—Horticultural 
M.I.—Mutual Improve¬ 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
Gardening or gardener , rTTTO 
Thus The Templeton G. Am. and Cott. M.I.H.S. 
iardeners, Amateurs’ and Cottagers’ Mutual Improve- 
nent Horticultural Society. 
AUGUST. 
26th.—Horsforth G.M.I.S. (w.m.). 
128th.—Harrietsham G.S. (m.m/. 
20th.—Border H.S. (Show at Coldstream, 
N.B.); Stirling H.S. (Show 2 
days); South Shields FI. and H.S. 
(m.m.); Lee, Blackheath, Lewis¬ 
ham and West Kent H.S. (m.m.); 
Southampton R.H.S. (m.m.). 
jist.—Hawick H.S. (Show: Leeds Pax¬ 
ton S. (w.m.); Benfieldside and D. 
Sweet Pea S. (m.m.). 
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The Windsor and Eton Rose and Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 
Two new cups have been presented to 
this society for competition at ne|xt years 
show, to replace those won outright this 
year. 
\n Original Competition. 
In connection with Lochgelly s Flower 
Show several extraneous competitions 
vere held, for some of which the Show 
Committee must be awarded the palm for 
Driginality. One item on the catalogue 
reads thus:—“Four heaviest twelve hens 
eggs" — and following it is the footnote — 
■The above articles must be competitor's 
own production! ” 
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Seven Kings and Goodmayes Horticultural 
Society. 
The first annual show of this society 
was held on Saturday, July 27th, in the 
Seven Kings Park, and was a great suc¬ 
cess. It was opened by Sir John Bethell, 
ALP.. and between two and three thou¬ 
sand persons visited the exhibition. 
Messrs. B. R. Cant, John K. King and 
Sons. David Russell, Leonard Brown. 
Mr. J. Hummerston, and James Riding — 
who officiated with Mr. Melville as one of 
the judges— represented the professional 
nurserymen with very fine exhibits. 
Messrs. Breadmore also sent a small col¬ 
lection of their latest introductions in 
Sweet Peas. The Rev. J. H. P-ember- 
jton. ever ready to assist amateurs, staged 
a fine collection of decorative and exhibi¬ 
tion Roses, the latter being greatly ad¬ 
mired. A group of stove plants by C. A. 
Painter, Esc;., Aldborough Hall, aMd ar¬ 
ranged by the head gardener, Mr. J. H. 
Wright, attracted great attention. A 
iclass for Cacti was well filled, but the 
keenest competition was in the Sweet Pea 
[classes The entries totalled 275. such a 
number for the first year of a society be¬ 
ing very promising. The judges passed 
a very favourable comment upon the 
quality of the members’ exhibits gener¬ 
ally. It may be mentioned that the pre¬ 
sident, Robert Stroud, Esq., has presented 
a Challenge Qup to the members of this 
! society for six Roses grown in the district. 
Reading Gardeners’ Association at Welbeck 
Abbey. 
On July 17th the largest and most suc¬ 
cessful outing of gardeners ever under¬ 
taken by a gardeners' association was car¬ 
ried out by the members of the Reading 
Gardeners' Association to the number of 
203. All of these journeyed by rail to 
the grounds of Welbeck Abbey, where 
the members were met by Mr. James Gib¬ 
son, the gardener to the Duke of Port¬ 
land, and who acted on behalf of the 
Duke, treating the gardeners as the 
Duke's guests. All this was carried out 
at small cost to the gardeners owing to 
the liberality of Air. Leonard G. Sutton, 
the President of the Association, and to 
the generosity and hospitality of the Duke 
of Portland. All the preliminary ar¬ 
rangements and the carrying out of them 
fell on the shoulders of Mr. H. G. Cox, 
the honorary secretary of the Association, 
who carried out his duties admirably, the 
party being taken to Welbeck and back 
in the day without a hitch. Several fine 
photographs of this outing appeared in 
the Reading Standard, for July 27th. 
Shrewsbury Great Floral Fete. 
The outstanding event of the week in 
the horticultural world is the huge show 
held at Shrewsbury and organised by the 
Shropshire Horticultural Society. The 
clever hon. secretaries of this society, 
Messr-. H. W. Adnitt and W. W. Xaun- 
ton. have just issued a tastefully got-up 
and profusely illustrated souvenir of this 
important prpvincial event which this 
year celebrates its thirty-second anniver¬ 
sary. Some 80,000 visitors are brought 
into the town each year by the railway 
companies, attracted not only by the 
splendid horticultural displays provided 
but by the balloon ascents, horse leaping 
competitions, fireworks, etc., and music 
by crack military bands. The society 
offer annually for competition about 
,£1.200 in hard cash, besides a 50-guinea 
challenge cup for champion Grapes, sil¬ 
ver cups, and gold, silver and bronze 
medals. During its 32 years’ existence 
this wonderfully successful show and fete 
has vielded the large sum of £99,436 10s., 
and from the profits the society have given 
over Zjq.ooo to various institutions and to¬ 
wards improvements in the town. Every¬ 
one who can visit this remarkable floral 
fete on the 21st and 22nd inst. should 
certainlv make an effort to do so. 
The Prevention of Infectious Diseases. 
A pamphlet on this subject has been 
written by Mr. William Berry, F.R.C.S.I., 
Medical Officer of Health, Gounty 
Borough of Wigan, it really consists of 
lectures on the subject which he delivered 
to teachers. This deals with a great 
variety of contagious and infectious dis¬ 
eases and how to deal with the same. In 
speaking of susceptibility to infection he 
says that this may be natural, acquired 
or artificial. There are, however, others 
who enjoy immunity and this is not only 
confined to the human frame, but is also 
possessed by certain plants upon which 
experiments were made in the Jodrell 
Laboratory, Kew, by Air. E. S Salmon. 
The pamphlet runs "to 64 pp. and may be 
had of Alessrs. John Wright and Co., 
Bristol, for 6d. 
Fine Display of Gooseberries. 
One of the most remarkable exhibits at 
the fortnightly show of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society,- held on August 6th, at 
their hall, was a collection of Gooseberries 
shown by Alessrs. James A'eitch and Sons, 
Limited. They were so unusually good 
that they won the society's gold medal—• 
the highest award possible. There were 
over a hundred varieties of Gooseberries, 
both cut and growing, and in the opinion 
of experts it was the best collection ever 
seen in the hall. The fruit ranged in 
size from the Leveller" specimens, which 
were quite as big as large plums, to the 
‘■’Ironmonger” and “Hedgehog" varieties 
—berries of the ordinary size. Some of 
the fruit was shown growing on gridiron 
shapes in large pots, the three biggest 
being “Telegraph,” “Lord Derby,” and 
“ Alarlborough.” 
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