XoVEMBER 22, 1913. 
877 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
materially benefited from its funds, 
thi’oiigli your instrumentality, and that, 
under all conditions, you have maintained 
the quality and importance of the Flower 
Show, thereby assisting what has now be¬ 
come the principal industry of the district.” 
Rosebery Park, Epsom.— It has 
been agreed that the land given to Epsom 
hv Lord Rosebery, for an open space, shall 
he called Rosebery Park. His Lordship 
has also promised £500 towards the cost 
of laying out the land, and expressed his 
willingness to act with the Town Council 
in making the park as beautiful and useful 
as passible, when the lease of the land 
falls in. 
Illness of Mr. William Collins. 
—Members and friends of the Ignited Hor¬ 
ticultural Benefit and Provident Society 
will regret to learn that Mr. W. Collins, 
until lately the veteran secretary of the 
society, is an in-patient at Guy’s Hospital, 
where he has to undergo a somewhat severe 
operation. Everyone will join us in the 
hojRB that the operation will be successful, 
and that jMr. Collins will have a speedy 
recovery. 
The Cowper Museum, OIney.* 
—At a meeting of the Trustees of the 
Cowper Museum last week the secretary re¬ 
ported that during the past year the 
amount of the donations received had ex¬ 
ceeded that of any previous 5 ’ear. To 
carry out the necessary work, and to pro¬ 
vide a modest endowment, £2,000 is 
needed, and much of that amount has yet 
to be obtained. AVilliam Cowper, the poei, 
and author of “The Task,” resided in the 
house for nineteen years. The exterior 
of the building has been restored, but 
money is needed to enable the interior to 
he ii^ed for the purposes of the Museum. 
The Museum has now^ l>een in existence for 
thirteen years, and contains a numbei* of 
interesting paintings and relics of the poet 
and his friends. The secretary—Mr. 
Thomas Wright, of Cow^per School, Olney, 
Bucks—will gladly acknowledge donations 
and provide information in regai'd to the 
^Iiiseum. 
Public Displays of Chrysan¬ 
themums in the North, —Splendid 
displays of chrysanthemums have been, and 
are still being, provided for the public at 
^filler Park, Preston, wdiere Mr. Tye has 
a grand lot of both Japanese and single 
varieties; at Manningham Park, Bradford, 
where, in the fine conservatoiy, where 
chrysanthemums vie wdth Begonia Gloire 
de Lorraine (tw^o hundred plants) and or¬ 
chids; at West Park, Hull, where Novem¬ 
ber 9 w^as observed as Chrysanthemum 
Sunday; and at Dewsbury, where, in the 
beautiful conservatory presented to the in¬ 
habitants by Miss Tw’^eedale, Air. M. 
Baniels has excelled himself both in the 
cultivation and arrangement of the Queen 
of Autumn. 
Prosecutions under the Wart 
Disease of Potatoes Order. — 
^hree cases came recently before the Alans- 
field Petty Sessions, under the AA art 
Risease of Potatoes Order, 1912. It wms 
claimed that the defendants had planted 
potatoes on infected premises, in contra- 
yention of an order prohibiting such plant¬ 
ing except under a licence granted by an 
jnsjDector authorised to administer the 
Order under the Board of Agricidture. 
Licenses are only granted, it appeared, to 
those wdio plant potatoes immune from the 
_ isease. The extreme penalty is £10. As 
, . se W'ere the first cases taken in the dis- 
y'^ct, two of the defendants were ordered 
pay the costs, 5s., and the third case 
dismissed. 
royal horticultural 
SOCIETY. 
Tile exhibition held at We.stminster on 
November 18 w’cll filled the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Hall, and proved of great intere.st to 
the large numbers of visitors present. Chry¬ 
santhemums, winter-flowering begonias, and 
orchids were the leading featui-es of a first, 
rate November show*. 
BEGONIA8 AND CHRA’SANTHEMrMS. 
Alessrs. Clibrans, Altrincham, filled an 
entire table with winter.flowei'ing Ix'gonias, 
which were splendidly grown, and covered 
with fully-de.veloped flowers. The most 
striking w’ere Miss Clibran, rose ]>ink. The 
Gem, I^ady Cooper, Ajiricot Scarlet Beauty, 
and Beauty of Hale, in splendid form, the 
whole making up a wonderful bank of colour- 
ably well grown, and included all the popu- 
lar types. 
Me.ssrs. Jas. A^eiteh and S<ms, Lim., Chel- 
.sea, filltHl an entire table with thedr winter, 
flowering l)egonias. lliese were arranged in 
blocks of colour, and premiitixi a very strik- 
ing a|)j)earaiK>e.. Tlie best wore Fascination, 
a ricii salmon variety; Syn>s, a charming 
orangi'.bufT colour (A.M.); Julius. Kmita, 
bright orange scarlet; Mrs. Hea], in splen¬ 
did form; 0])tima. Klatior and Winter (’beer. 
Die whole exhibit formed a most striking 
demonstration of the u.sofulness of those 
valuable winter-flowering plants. The CheJ. 
sea firm also exhibited a grand group of 
dwarf ehry.siintheruuins in pots arrange'd 
in the e<*ntral position of the hall. 
Messrs. H. J. Jones, Lim., Ltwishain, again 
staged a fine t'olU'ction of ehry.santhemuins, 
arranged very mueh on the .same line- as at 
COLUAINEA OERSTEDIANA. 
A beautiful gesneraceous plant with orange-coloured flowers, borne on pendidous growths. 
F.C C., R.H.S., November 18. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Dorking. 
icr. Messrs. W. Cutbiush and Son, High- 
ale, also staged a fine table of winter- 
owering begonias, backed with palms, ferns, 
>c and edged with Ficus repens variegata. 
he begonias were beautifully developed in 
.ur-inch and fivMnch pots and the chief 
wieties were Beauty of Hale. W inter Per. 
K^tion Lady Waterlow, Elatior, Mrs. Heal, 
owdon Beauty, and Rochfordi. 
t fine oroiip of begonias came from --ir 
orbet Woodall. Walden, aislehurst (gar- 
ener Mr. W. Thoms). The plants were 
iree ’specimens, some being at least tlirM 
in^ameter; all were magnifi^ntly 
Lered and tastefully arranged in a W ol 
.rns and Panicum variegatiim. Messrs, 
a^ussen and Crone. W^dbine ^urseTl^. 
ranstead, N.E., staged a fine display of win- 
Ir fiowering begonias, which were remark. 
the last meeting. Die huge stands u.sed 
to form the background were filled with 
Airs. Gilbert Drabble, Aliss Roope, Airs. 
II. J. Jones in splendid form, Aland 
Louisada, a fine variety; Airs. J. B. Riding, 
and Airs. W. T. Smith. Die front was filled 
w'ith singles and decorative varieties, ar. 
ranged in large masses, the w'hole forming 
a fine display. Air. C. J. Simpson, Chelms¬ 
ford, also contributed a display of single 
varieties in good condition. 
Alessrs. W. AVells and Co., Merstliam, 
filled a long table with chrysanthemums dis¬ 
played most artistically in a free and open 
arrangement. Die huge show flowers came 
in for a lot of attention, while the single 
varieties proved no less attractive. The 
largest varieties were Airs. Gilbert Drabble, 
AV. Turner, James Fraser, Airs. G. Drexel, 
