THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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of the many varieties grown, ^un- 
^4 (iosfofd,Frau Karl Druschki, Gene- 
Vkirthur, Hiawatlia, La France, 
Juliet, Madame Abel Chatenay, 
! and White Killarney are special 
, .^’with Mrs. Carnegie. 
Vrwit Growing in Western 
i-ftralia. -In the course of ^is evi- 
, r^^.-ntly given before the Federal 
f • Commission, Mr. J. F. Moody, the 
* • Industries Commissioner in Western 
^ stated that this year there are 
*1 acres in the State under fruit, as 
with 22,000 acres in the previous 
.hiiwing an increase in planting at 
. nf 3,000 acres per annum. Refer- 
-fn the quality of the fruit gpwn in 
f.v.rii .Australia, as compared with that 
Eastern States, he said that the chief 
.turner was that most fruit® in the 
f.vwrn State had a much tougher skin, 
11 was just this difference which gave 
f# Australian product its supe- 
^ r eiport value. He believed that 
.4u8tralia was destined to become 
a' the leading fruit-exporting coun- 
^•oof the world, not excluding America. 
Thf firman of the Commission, who is a 
fxeinont fruit-grower of Sydney, com- 
generally the quality and character 
: jrchards and the up-to-date methods 
The Bletchley and Fenny 
Itratford Horticultural So_ 
Cifty, which holds its fourth annual ex- 
> on on August Bank Holiday (August 
* ^ ^'ie grounds of Bletchley Park, kindly 
x't (.1 ,s,r Herbert I^eon, Bart., is a so- 
'- ^ that has come into front rank with 
^jUs rapidity. Aibout 140 classes are 
► V i,, tor garden produce, in addition 
; • ’ 'ions poultry^ honey, and indus- 
_ 4 work. The horticultural section is by 
^ .wr^ I considerable attention 
^ athletic sports, and to the 
of horses and ponies. That the 
attraction for the 
‘V.rrP, t gathered from the 
- gate money 
!;« 9» ^ «ntrance fees 
a<i(i«d e'loo special 
■ to the receipts, 
- ^ \t 8d the income to 
” £213 i(L "^tter distri- 
tinA nA printing, sba- 
6s. Id. for 
"nriuni ^ the secretary with an 
defraying a number 
»ith £9 11 ^ the right side, 
;:'‘>^-»i»itw£go 
^»ih in 101 q m hand to 
'‘-n die pni)ij„ . t the boy who goes 
and the^t the 
v"!;.!* *ee long befo!^ t horticultural 
> i ‘A ‘he soil t he gets in con- 
i • . ^here i. rarelv g productive 
for soci, a^m»^*'t*err open on 
*t the bottom 
‘■•i3Ti^^*'''e<lucatinngr '^P> 
®ethod is “ r * ®‘l'“P“ent. xAe 
' colleg““'Th“* -“"^^Peri- 
well-equipped men is concerned. Encour¬ 
age the boys to take a four year course on 
the nursery before they are twenty-one 
years of age, and then when they do take 
their horticultural course at college it will 
count for something, and will not spoil 
them as practical nurserymen. It is essen¬ 
tial they work at ‘ the bench ’ at the same 
tiime they are studying, before they get 
too old, and the horticultural schools only 
play at work.” 
Wintry Weather in Norfolk.— 
Our Norwich correspondent writes: Nor¬ 
folk, and esp^ially that part of the county 
around Norwich, felt the full effects of the 
wintry weather experienced on the 11th 
PRIMULA CONFERENCE. 
There was a fair gathering at 11 a.m. on 
Wednesday, April 16, when Sir John T. D. 
Llewelyn, Bart., of Penllergare, Swansea, 
opened the Primula Conference in the Lecture 
Room at the Royal Horticultural Hall, West¬ 
minster. Among those present were: Profes¬ 
sor I. Bayley Balfour, Sir Harry J. Veitch, 
Rev. W. Wilks, and Messrs. H. J. Elwes, R. 
Wallace, D. Houston, W. Hales, W. Irving, 
R. L. Harrow, A. Watkins, W. M^atson, 
E. H. Jenkins, C. E. Pearson, F. Chittenden, 
J- Fraser, Miss Willmott, J. B. Farmer, etc., 
etc. 
Sir John said that it was in 1886 the pre¬ 
vious Primula Conference was held under the 
auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
NARCISSUS MRS. ERNST KRELAGE. 
A very beautiful Ajax va,riety, white, with creamy-white, frilled trumpet, and of splendid 
proportions. A most refined flower, although also a large one. A.M., R.H.S., in 1912- 
and F.C.C., R.H.S., April 15, 1913. Messrs. E. H. Krelage and Son, Haarlem, Holland. 
as turnirl eminently 
^'^rning out practical, 
inst. The fall of snow was equal to an 
average depth of about five indhes, and 
with a strong wind blowing much damage 
was done to the spring flowers in tRe majo¬ 
rity of gardens. The narcissi appear to 
have suffered the most severely from the 
inclemency of the weather, and, generally 
speaking, the flowers were at their best, but 
the weight of the snow brought them to 
the ground, and thousands were utterly 
ruined. On the morning of the 12th inst. 
a frost followed, but previous to this much 
damage had been done to the plum blossom 
by cutting winds, which had shrivelled ten¬ 
der subjects as if they had been burned.” 
and since that time our knowledge of pri¬ 
mulas had advanced greatly, and justified 
the present conference. A great love of 
primulas had developed meantime, and there 
had been large discoveries of new species in 
China, especially in Western China. He re¬ 
ferred to the losses sustained in the primula 
world since the previous conference, and 
cited Sir J. D. Hooker, Shirley Hibberd, Dr. 
Masters, Rev. F. D. Horner, B. Simonite, and 
Jas. Douglas. 
Sir John dealt with the garden value of the 
primula, and, instancing the development of 
many species in the hands of the florists, 
pointed out the possibilities of the future 
with the newer introductions. 
