October  12,  1899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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the  rarer  varieties  were  included,  we  need  not  mention  any  names  (silver- 
gilt  Flora  medal). 
Orchid  Committee. — Present:  J.  Gurney  Fowler,  Esq.  (in  the 
•  chair);  with  Messrs.  J.  O’Brien,  J.  Colman,  J.  Jacques,  E.  Hiil,  T.  W. 
Bond,  W.  H.  Young,  II.  J.  Chapman,  II.  Little,  A.  H.  Smee,  and  T.  B. 
Haywood. 
As  had  been  intimated,  Orchids  were  by  no  means  numerous.  Messrs. 
H.  Low  &  Co.,  Bush  Ilill  Park,  showed  Cattleya  Gaskelliana  alba, 
•Cypripediutn  Olivia,  Lidia  pumila  magnifies,  Cymbidiun  Traceyanum, 
Cattleya  Mantini  nobihor,  with  several  plants  of  Statice  profusa.  Mr.  J. 
Bradshaw  had  a  small  group  of  Orchids,  including  several  well  -flowered 
plants  (silver  Banusian  medal).  Messrs.  F.  Sander  &  Co.  exhibited 
Stenoglottis  longifolia  and  Bulbophyllum  grandiflorum.  Mr.  T. 
Hardy,  Tyntesfield,  Ashton-on-Mersey,  sent  Sophro-Cattleya  George 
Hardy  and  L;clia  Euterpe  Tyntesfield  variety.  Messrs.  J.  Veitch 
and  Sons  showed  Cattleya  Minerva,  while  Mr.  S.  Cook,  gardener  to 
I)e  Barri  Crawshay,  Esq.,  Sevenoaks.  sent  Lselia  pumila  Lionel  Crawshay, 
Cattleya  Hardyana  Crawshay’s  variety.  Mr.  F.  W.  Thorogood,  gardener 
to  II.  T.  Pitt,  Esq.,  Stamford  Hill,  showed  Odontoglossum  grande  Pitte- 
anum,  Bulbophyllum  grandiflorum,  and  Saceolabium  calceolus.  Mr.  W. 
Stevens,  gardener  to  W.  Thompson.  Esq,  Stone,  Staffs,  was  represented 
by  Odontoglossum  crispum  Queen  Empress,  0.  c.  Italic,  and  O.  c.  Daphne. 
Mr.  Henry  Little  sent  from  Twickenham  Cattleya  aurea  Little’s  variety, 
C.  Mantini  nobilior,  and  C.  Schofieldiana  Little’s  variety. 
CERTIFICATES  AND  AWARDS  OF  MERIT. 
Apple  Chets.  Boss  (C.  Ross). — This  Apple  received  an  award  of  merit  on 
September  2Gth  under  the  name  of  T.  A.  Knight.  It  will  hereafter  be 
known  as  Chas.  Ross,  and  has  been  awarded  a  first-class  certificate. 
Aster  It.  Parker  nan  is  (W.  H.  Lees). — To  say  that  this  is  a  dwarf 
form  of  Robert  Parker  will  be  sufficient  description  (award  of  merit). 
Aster  Amelins  Distinction  (W.  II.  Lees).  — A  variety  of  much  beauty. 
The  large  flowers  are  mauve  in  colour  (award  of  merit). 
Cattleya  an  ea  Little's  variety  (II.  Little). — A  strikingly  handsome  form 
•of  the  well-known  type  (award  of  merit) 
Odontoglossum  crispum  Daphne  (W.  Stevens).  — A  beautiful  form.  The 
sepals  are  white,  but  the  ground  is  almost  obscured  by  an  immense  pale 
violet  patch,  the  petals  being  paper  white  with  sparse  spots  of  a  similar 
colour  to  the  sepals.  The  fimbriated  lip  is  white  with  a  brown  patch  and 
a  yellow  throat  (award  of  merit) 
Odontoglossum  grande  Pitteanum  (II.  T.  Pitt). — A  lovely  flower.  The 
sepals  and  petals  are  delicate  greenish-yellow  barred  with  darker  yellow. 
The  broad  flat  lip  is  white  (award  of  merit). 
Pear  Marguerite  Marillat  (G.  Woodward). — A  magnificent  variety  that 
is  now  comparatively  well  known.  It  is  large,  pale  yellow,  heavily  spotted 
with  brown,  and  having  russet  round  the  eye.  The  stalk  is  short  and 
inserted  on  the  side  of  the  fruit  (award  of  merit). 
The  Injurious  Scale  Insects  of  the  British  Islands. 
Such  was  the  title  of  a  lecture  given  by  Mr.  Robert  Newstearl,  F  E.S., 
Curator  of  the  Grosvenor  Museum,  Chester,  at  the  afternoon  meeting  in 
the  Drill  Hall.  In  introducing  the  lecturer,  Mr.  McLachlan,  who  pre¬ 
sided,  referred  to  Mr.  Newstead  having  been  in  earlier  years  a  pro¬ 
fessional  gardener,  a  fact  which  enabled  him  to  speak  as  a  practical 
cultivator  as  well  as  a  scientist.  The  lecturer  dived  immediately  into  his 
subject  bv  the  aid  of  photographic  and  diagrammatic  lantern  slides, 
which  proved  most  attractive  to  the  audience.  In  clear  terse  style,  with 
a  happy  freedom  from  uunecessaiy  technical  terms,  each  picture  was 
explained,  and  the  glimpses  of  the  life  history  of  several  scale  insects 
were  interesting  as  well  as  instructive.  The  males  and  females  of  the 
scale  insects  that  attack  Ash,  Eucalyptus,  the  San  Jose  of  America, 
Roses,  Plums,  Figs,  Apples,  Pears,  Peaches,  and  Nectarines,  Hawthorn, 
and  others,  were  severally  dealt  with,  and  in  the  majority  of  cases 
portrayed  on  the  sheet,  as  also  were  the  mealy  and  Lantana  bugs. 
The  lecturer  laid  particular  stress  on  the  fact  that  the  scale  is  really 
the  outer  casing  which  enclosed  the  insect,  and  pointed  out  that  operators 
in  usiug  exterminators  must  remember  this,  or  their  applications  might 
be  rendered  useless,  from  the  fact  that  the  remedy  never  reaches  the 
actual  pest  unless  properly  applied.  Mr.  Newstead  adverted  at  more 
length  to  the  San  Josd  scale,  as  it  had  created  much  notice  in  the 
country,  and  because  he  had  been  written  to  from  Whitehall  for  information 
regarding  its  presence  in  this  country,  and  the  chances  of  its  establish¬ 
ment.  Happily  he  was  able  to  reply  that  it  had  not  been  reported,  and 
that  he  did  not  consider  the  climatic  conditions  favourable  to  its  living 
in  the  British  Isles.  The  well-known  mussel  scale  of  Apples  was 
referred  to  as  not  spreading  rapidly,  and  seldom  causing  death  of 
shoots,  except  in  the  case  of  Cotoneaster.  He  dilated  on  the  immense 
preponderance  of  the  females,  adding  that  the  males  were  rarely  seen  ; 
and  further,  that  he  had  lound  and  described  the  first  male  in  this 
country,  though  not  on  the  Apple,  but  on  Broom  and  Heather. 
The  small  galls  that  are  seen  from  time  to  time  on  Oaks  were, 
remarked  the  lecturer,  caused  by  a  minute  scale  insect  which  was 
shown  on  the  sheet.  The  brown  scale  of  Peaches  and  Nectarines  was 
referred  to  as  not  covering  itself  with  a  hard  casing.  It  is  now  in  the 
larval  stage,  which  is  the  time  when  steps  for  eradication  ought  to  be 
taken.  It  bhows  in  the  form  of  minute  specks  on  the  bark,  these 
being  females,  and,  added  Mr.  Newstead,  no  male  had  jet  been  found. 
Several  others  were  noted  and  their  natural  enemies  mentioned, 
together  with  some  remedial  measures,  and  Mr.  Newstead  was  thanked 
for  his  valuable  discourse.  As  is  customary,  the  entire  paper  will  be 
given  in  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  and  will  be  found 
of  great  value  to  cultivators. 
IlORTK ! ULTUllAL  SHOWS. 
LOUGHBOROUGH  FRUIT.— OCTOBER  3rd. 
The  Loughborough  Gardeners’  Mutual  Improvement  Association 
held  its  third  annual  exhibition  of  hardy  fruits  and  flowers  on  Tuesday, 
October  3rd,  in  ihe  Corn  Exchange.  Taking  the  season  in*o  considera¬ 
tion,  and  the  partiality  of  the  fruit  crops  in  the  district,  the  Association 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  display  made  on  this  occasion. 
Mr.  H.  Merryweather  of  Southwell  staged  forty  dishes  of  exceedingly 
fine  Apples,  amongst  the  best  of  which  were  Peasgood’s  Nonesuch, 
Gascoyne’s  Scarlet,  Prince  Albert,  Gold  Medal,  Royal  Jubilee,  Bismarck, 
Lady  Sudeley,  The  Queen,  Warner's  King,  Lord  Derby,  Bramley’s 
Seedling  (very  fine),  Grenadier,  and  Ecklinvilie  Seedling. 
Hussey  Packe,  Esq.,  J.P.,  D.L.,  Prestwold  Hall  (gardener,  Mr. 
D.  Roberts),  contributed  thirty  dishes  of  Apples  and  twenty  dishes  of 
Pears,  good  samples  of  fruits  being  observed  of  Warner’s  King,  Lodding- 
ton  Seedling,  Prince  Albert,  Lady  Henniker,  Frogmore  Prolific,  Newton 
Wonder  Apples  ;  with  Pitmaston  Duchess,  General  Todtleben,  Catillao, 
and  Uved  le’s  St.  Germain  Pears.  Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Belper,  Kingston 
Ilall,  near  Derby  (gardener,  Mr.  W.  English),  exhibited  seventy-four 
dishes  of  Apples  and  Pears,  chiefly  from  orchard  standards.  .James 
Ellis,  Esq.,  J.P.,  The  Gynsills,  Leicester  (gardener,  Mr.  Needham),  con¬ 
tributed  sixty-five  dishes  of  very  showy  Apples,  all  grown  on  orchard 
standards,  and  representing  an  excellent  assortment,  suited  to  the  Mid¬ 
lands.  Collections  of  fruits  were  also  shown  by  0.  T.  Parker,  Esq.,  Quorn 
Lodge  (gardener,  Mr.  J.  Powell)  ;  J.  Clarke,  Esq.  (gardener,  Mr.  C. 
Ilarlis)  ;  Mr.  H.  Hickling,  The  Old  Nurseries  ;  Messrs.  Smith  &  Son, 
Derby  Road  Nurseries  ;  and  Mr.  G.  Tucker,  Leicester. 
Messrs.  J.  Smith  &  Son  showed  twenty-four  varieties  of  Pompons 
and  thirty  varieties  of  Cactus  Dahlias,  staged  in  threes,  which  made 
an  effective  display,  backed  by  early  flowering  Chrysanthemums  of 
the  newest  and  best  varieties.  Mr.  H.  Hickling  arranged  a  striking 
exhibit  with  a  background  of  Gladiolus  and  thirty-six  Show  and  eighteen 
Cactus  Dahlias.  The  Show  varieties,  especially  Perfection,  Mrs.  Saunders, 
Mr.  Chamberlain,  Colonist,  Mont  Blanc,  John  Hickling,  Mrs.  Langtry, 
and  Mrs.  Kendall  were  very  tine.  The  exhibition  was  largely  attended, 
and  the  exhibits  fully  appreciated. 
In  the  evening  Mr.  E.  A.  Merryweather,  of  Southwell,  gave  a  lecture 
on  the  “Incidental  Care  of  Fruit  Trees  to  Give  the  Best  Results.”  The 
lecturer  referred  to  the  large  importation  of  fruits  into  this  country, 
much  of  the  money  being  spent  in  foreign  fruits  which  might  be  distributed 
at  home.  The  cardinal  points  dealt  with  were  the  preparation  of  soil, 
cultivated  versus  grass  orchards,  planting,  staking,  pruning,  root-pruning, 
manuring,  quantities  of  farmyard  and  artificial  manures,  insects  injurious 
to  the  Apples,  their  extermination,  gathering  and  storing  the  fruits, 
grading,  and  packing.  The  remarks  were  attentively  listened  to  and 
appreciated  by  a  largo  audience,  the  meeting  being  presided  over  by 
Alderman  Tidd,  J.P.,  ex-Mayor.  The  usual  votes  of  thanks  were  accorded 
the  lecturer  and  Chairman.  A  most  instructive  evening  was  spent  ;  it 
was  the  opening  night  of  the  Association’s  winter  session. 
ISLE  OF  WIGHT  FRUIT.— October  4tii. 
The  Isle  of  Wight  Horticultural  Improvement  Association  held  its 
sixth  annual  exhibition  of  fruit  and  honey  at  the  Ryde  Town  Hall  on 
Wednesday,  4th  inst.  Mr.  J.  Dimmick,  of  Ryde,  supplied  a  collection  of 
foliage  and  flowering  plants,  which  gave  the  hall  a  very  imposing 
appearance.  The  exhibits  were  numerous,  anil  of  first-class  quality. 
The  attendance  unfortunately  was  limited  on  account  of  the  rain,  which 
fell  incessantly  all  day.  The  exhibition  was  opened  by  Dr.  B.  Barrow,  J.P., 
who  was  introduced  by  Dr.  J.  Groves,  Chairman  of  the  Association,  and 
supported  by  County  Alderman  T.  Gibbs,  Alderman  James  James, 
J.U.,  C.C.,  Mr.  J.  O.  Brook,  C.C.,  Alderman  S.  Fowler,  Mr.  R.  Cole- 
nutt,  J.P.,  and  others.  Dr.  Barrow  spoke  at  some  length  on  the  value 
of  horticulture,  and  particularly  as  a  commercial  industry  for  the  garden 
isle,  which  was  specially  lavoured  in  many  respects  for  successful 
gardening. 
The  following  were  the  principal  exhibitors  :  — 
Mr.  W.  Taylor,  gardener  to  Admiral  Denison,  Woodnide,  Wootton, 
who  staged  sixty-five  dishes  of  fruits,  including  Apples,  Pears,  Crabs  and 
Medlars,  and  received  for  his  exhibit  a  F.C.C.  and  a  silver  medal,  offered 
by  Messrs.  J.  Cheal  &  Sons,  of  Crawley.  Mr.  T.  Collister,  gardener  to 
J.  F.  Thorneycroft,  Esq.,  Steyne,  Bembridge,  exhibited  thirty-six  dishes 
of  very  fine  fruit,  and  was  awarded  a  F  C.C.,  with  the  silver  medal  given 
by  Messrs.  Toogood  &  Sons.  Mr.  Geo.  Honey  bourne,  gardener  to  Lady 
Daly,  St.  Wilfred’s,  Ryde,  staged  thirty-four  dishes  of  Apples  and 
Pears,  and  was  awarded  a  F.C.C.,  with  a  silver  medal  offered  by  Messrs. 
J.  Cheal  &  Sons.  Mr.  S.  Banks,  gardener  to  Lady  Atherley,  Landguar.l 
Manor,  Sbanklin,  sent  fifty-three  dishes  of  fruit,  including  Apples,  Pears, 
Grapes,  and  Tomatoes,  which  exhibit  well  deserved  the  award  made  to  it  of  a 
F.C.C.  and  a  silver  medal  given  by  Messrs.  J.  Cheal  &  Sons.  Mr.  II.  Jacobs, 
gardener  to  W.  II.  Chatfield  Clarke,  Esq.,  Cleveland,  Niton,  obtained  a 
V.H.C.  for  his  collection  of  Apples  and  Pears,  Mr.  Frank  Orchard, 
Harbour  Mount  Gardens,  Bembridge,  obtained  a  F.C.C.  for  his  exhibit  ol 
Apples  and  Pears.  Mr.  Geo.  Williams,  of  Gatcoinbe,  staged  twenty-five 
dishes  of  fruit,  including  Plums,  Apples  and  Pears,  and  received  a  bronze 
medal,  given  by  Messrs.  Toogood  &  Sons. 
Amongst  the  other  exhibitors  were  Messrs.  II.  Webber,  J.  O.  Brook, 
C.C.,  G.  H.  Burt;  W.  II  llier,  R.  Colenutt  (who  received  a  F.C.C.),  Geo. 
Lipscombe,  and  T.  Gibus.  A  cultural  certificate  was  awarded  to 
Mr.  Gibbs  for  a  fine  dish  of  Apple  Emperor  Alexander,  whilst  a  similar 
award  was  made  to  Mr.  Lipscombe  for  a  dish  of  Warner’s  King.  Messrs. 
