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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE, 
June 21, 1913. 
JJLETOHLEY AND jpENXY 
gTRATFORD JJORTICULTURAL 
jgOCIETY. 
BL(EfrCIHI,ET PARK, BUCKS. 
Magnifioen/t grouiKlfl, adjoining Blotchley Junction, 
L. and N.W. Rly. 
JPOURTH 
gHOW, 
AUGUST 4tli, 1913, BANK HOLIDAY. 
The leading Show in the Midlands. 
Special large Prizes for Boses, and for Table 
Decorations, etc., etc. 
Schedules on application to Secretary, 
THOS. BEST. 
Bletchley, June 16th, 1913. 
C ARDIFF AND COUNTY HORTTCUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
GRAND QUARTER CENTURY FLOWER 
SHOW. 
SOPHIA GAiRDENS, OARDIFF, 
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JULY 23 and 24. 
Specially good Priizies in every eectiou, amounting in 
money and plate to nearly £500. Tents lighted by 
electricity. Popular Prices. 
Sohiedfules fiom the Secretary, Mr. A. MAURICE 
BAILEY, 24. Duke Stbreet. Cardiff. 
SEVENTEENTH 
GREAT ANNUAL FLORAL FETE. 
£500 in Prizes, Silver Cups, Gold and Silver Medals. 
eiLVIER OHALLEiNGE CUP, VALUE £10 lOs. Od., 
OFFERiED FOR “ TRADE EXHIBIT.” 
(For particulars' see page 7 in. Scihediule.) 
TMuable Special Prizes offered by the Principal 
Firms in Emcland. 
Schedules poet free on application to 
WTM. POULSON, 
Secretary. 
Town Hall, Hanley. 
w 
OLVERHAMPTO 
GREAT FLORAL FETE, 
July 8th, 9th and 10th, 1913. 
Over £9 c 6 in Prizes. 
ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 3Cth. 
Schedules on application to the .Secretary. 
T 
A U N T O N 
FLOWER 
SHOW. 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14th. 
Entries close Friday, August 8th. 
R. A. GOODMAN, Secretary. 
3. HAMMET STREET, TAUNTON. 
J^ALVERN 
ROSE AND S\\T)ET PEA 
SHOW. 
THURSDAY, JULY 15th, 1913. 
Open Classe® in Roses and Sweet Peas. 
Nearly £100 in Prizes. 
Entries close July 7th. 
For Schedules and Entiy Forms apply to A. D. 
MEGLYIN, Secretary, The Poplars. Malvern Link. 
WITHIN EASY REACH OF LONDON. 
E LSTREE flower show will be held in 
ALDENHAM PARK, adjoining the renowned 
Gardens of Aldenham House, whddh will be open. 
SILVER CUPS and CASH PRIZES for SWEET 
PEAS and ROSES. Trade and other Honorary 
Exhibits, and. various attractions. Th^ Midland 
Eailvmy Co. will issue Cheap Tickets. 
Particulars sec handbills. 
Motor Servdoe from London to Park Gates. 
Schedules and particulars from the Hon. Sec., 
IV. J. PRITCHARD, ELstree. 
Y orkshire agricultural society. 
GRAND HORTICULTURAL SHOW wild be 
held in YORK, JULY 23. 24, and 25, 1913. Large 
Prizes are given for GROUPS OF PLANTS HER¬ 
BACEOUS FLOWERS, FRUIT, etc. 
For Schedules apply PETER BLAIR, Trentham 
Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent. 
Entries close July 5th. 
L incolnshire agricultural 
SOCIETY. GREAT HORITOULTURAL SHOW 
will be held in LINCOLN, JULY 17th and 18th, 
1913. Liberal Prizes are given for Groups of Plants, 
Rosea, and Hardy Flowers. 
For Schedules apply PETEiIl BLAIR, Trentham 
Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent. 
Entries close June SQth 1913. 
B eckenham horticultural 
SOCIETY. 
GRAND SUmiER SHOW, 
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9, 1913. 
Open Classes, Roses, etc. 
Entries close June 28, 1913. 
Schedules from Honorary Secretary, T. J. 
JACESON, 5, Overbury Avenue. 
H orticultural show advertise¬ 
ments are inserted in this column at Six¬ 
pence per line, the minimum charge being Two Shil¬ 
lings aoid Sixpence. Offices, 148 and 140, Aldersgate 
Street, London, E.C. 
EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS- 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
(Continued from page 452.) 
Jas. Carter and Co., Haynes Park, for irises; 
Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, for 
hardy plants; Messrs. Kelway and Son, 
Langport, for pmonies; Messrs. Jas. Veitch 
and Sons, Lim., Chelsea, for paeonies, 
cannas, etc.; Messrs. Wallace and Co., Col¬ 
chester, for hardy plants. 
Silver Banksian Medals to Messrs. H. Bur¬ 
nett, Guernsey, for carnations; Mr. Jas. 
Douglas, Great Bookham, for carnations; 
Messrs. G. Jackman and Sons, Woking, for 
hardy plants; Messrs. H. J. Jones’ Nurseries, 
Lewisham, for Canterbury bells; Messrs. 
Stuart Low and Co., for carnations; Messrs. 
Paul and Son, Cheshunt, for roses; Mr. A. 
Perry, Enfield, for hardy plants; Mr. M. 
Prichard, for hardy plants; Mr. G. 
Reuthe, Keston, for hardy plants; Messrs. 
T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, for hardy plants; 
Messrs. Whitelegg and Page, Chislehurst^ 
for hardy plants; Mr. Goodson, Putney, for 
orchids; Mesrs. Hassell and Co.> Southgate, 
for orchids; Mr. Flory, Twickenham, for 
orchids; Messrs. Charles worth and Co., Hay¬ 
ward’s Heath, f^r orchids; Messrs. S. Low 
and Co., for orchids. 
Bronze Flora Medals to Messrs. Brown, 
Peterborough, for hardy plants; Mr. Smith, 
for hardy plants; Messrs. Bunyard and Co., 
Maidstone, for hardy plants. 
Bronze Banksian Medals to Messrs. Dobbie 
and Co., Edinburgh, for vegetables; Mr. 
Ghas. Blick, Hayes, for carnations; Messrs. 
W. Fells and Co.. Hitchin, for hardy flowers; 
The Guildford Hardy Plant Company, for 
hardy flowers; Mr. F. Lilley, Guernsey; 
Messrs. Carter Page and Co., dahlias, etc.; 
Messrs. J. Peed and Son, for hardy flowers; 
Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, for cut trees and 
shrubs; Messrs. Phillips and Taylor, Brack¬ 
nell, for hardy flowers; Messrs. J. Piper and 
Co., for delphiniums; Mr. R. C. Notcutt, for 
hardy flowers. 
Awards of Merit to Gladiolus Queen of the 
Whites, from Messrs. B. Hoogstraten, Sas- 
senheim; Carnations Thomas a Beckett and 
Scarlet Gem, from Mr. Chas. Blick; to Trol- 
hus patulus Bees var., from Messrs. Bees, 
Lim.; to Sweet Pea Prilled Pink, from 
Messrs. Dobbie and Co.; to Statice Suworowi 
alba, from Mr. R. C. Noteutt; to Sweet Pea 
Edith Taylor, from Mr. T. Stevenson; to 
Philadelphus Norma, from Sir T. Lawrence; 
to Paeony Gismonda, from Messrs. R. H. 
Bath^ Lim.; to Rose Paul’s Lemon Pillar, 
from Mesrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt; to 
Spiraea Sargentiana, from the Hon. V. 
Gibbs; to Saxifraga Counainia, from Messrs. 
Fells and Co.; to Astilbe Britannia, from 
Mr. Profittlich; to Rose Mrs. G. Norwood, 
from Mr. E. Hicks ; to Blandfordia Cunning- 
hami, from Mr. A. Worsley; to Cattleya Gas- 
kelliana Fairy Queen, from Baron Bruno 
Schroeder; also to Odontoglossum crispum 
The Baroness, from the same exhibitor; to 
Oncidioda Bella, from Messrs. Charlesworth 
and Co. 
SCTENTIFIC COMMITTEE.—June 3 . 
Present : E. A. Bowles, 
Messrs. J. Fraser, W. E.’ 
J. T. Bennett-Poe, and F. 
sec.). 
VIOLET WITH LACINIATE LEAVES 
Mr. C. T. Druery sent a leaf of the sweit 
violet with the margins much cut varviur 
from the normal type in the way many's^ 
cies of Dianthus vary in their petals. ^ 
DAFFODILS FROM NEW ZEALAND.- 
Mr. A. E. Bowles showed flowers of Kiiur 
Alfred and Flamingo daffodils then in bl^ 
the plants having been raised from bulbs 
received from New Zealand. 
L^LIO-CATTLEYA x FREAK.”-Mr 
G. Wilson showed a plant of Cattleya citriwi 
X Laelia purpurata from the garden of C. J. 
Lucas, ^q., Warnham Court, Horsham! 
The flowers were intermediate in size and 
colour between the parents, and they are pro. 
duced on a horizontal spike. A Certificate 
of Appreciation was recommended to Mr. 
C. J. Lucas. 
PRIMULA CONSPERSA. — Messrs. J. 
Veitch and Sons, Lim., showed specimens <rf 
this species of primula from West Kansu, 
China, raised from seed collected by Mr. 
Purdom. It is a species of the farinosa sec¬ 
tion, flowering later than P. farinosa, and 
with taller stems and large flowers. The 
flowers are much the colour of P. farinosa. 
CATTLEYA MOSSTiE BUD SPOET.-Mr. 
E. H. Davidson sent a plant of C. Mosaa 
Golden Ray having the petals marked with 
yellow like the la&llum. It appears to be 
a case of irregular peloria, but differing from 
the usual form of peloria in having the label- 
lum characters showing the petals, whereas 
in the usual form the petal characters show 
in the labellum. 
United Horticultural Benefit 
and Provident Society. 
The monthly committee meeting of the 
above society was held in the R.H.S. Hall oa 
June 9, Mr. Chas. H. Curtis in the chair. 
Five new members were elected. Four mem¬ 
bers were allowed to withdraw double the 
amount of interest from their deposit ac¬ 
counts, viz., £6 Is., .£4 12s. 4d., £3 2s. 2d., 
and £2 14s. 8d. respectively; and one mem¬ 
ber withdrew the sum of £20 from his d^ 
posit account. The sick pay for the month 
amounted to £43 7s. 4d. on the ordinary 
side, and £18 7s. 4d. on the State section, 
and maternity claims amounted to £18 10®; 
Mr. W. Collins (late secretary) was co-apted 
a member of the committee in the place oi 
Mr. A. C. HiU. The secretary reported that 
balance-sheets and forms had been sent to 
principal nurserymen, park superintendents 
and mutual improvement societies, with the 
object of bringing the United’’more to 
the notice of the young gardener. TTie com¬ 
mittee also welcomed the suggestions ph 
forward by two members, and these will 
thoroughly discussed and reported, upon i 
due course. 
Mr. A. C. HiU, the secretary of society 
informs us that the following questions ^ 
who is the employer for the 
National Insurance Act have been 
to the Commissioners, and the answers tne 
to are as given in the several paragraphs- 
(9) A man who is carrying on husin^ 
a haulier is employed by a gentleman t 
gardening work at the latter’s private ' 
dence. The employment is regular, tue ^ 
doing the work when he has spare ’• jg 
is paid 4d. per hour. Tlie employer exe ^ 
practically no control over him, hut is . 
position to give orders if necessary. 
siou :—^That the employment of ^of 
cant in garden work is under ^ 
service within the meaning of the AC , 
he is liable to be insured. (Question 7 
(13) Applicant employs a garden 
does the work at his own convenien 
sends in a quarterly account for wot 
T he gardener also employs other ^ 
sometimes take his place in ^nt ^ 
work. Decision :—That the employ 
a gardener therein referred to 
