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JOURh^AL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
November  26,  18»6. 
coioar  of  this  flower  is  white,  with  abundant  chocolate  spots  of  large 
size.  The  tips  of  sepals  and  petals  are  cream  (first-class  certificate). 
Jihododend/ron  Cloth  of  Gold  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons).— Admirably  named 
is  this  Rhododendron,  which  is  the  result  of  a  cross  between  R.  Lord 
Wolscley  and  R.  Teysmanni.  The  flowers  and  trusses  are  large  and 
the  colour  almost  that  of  an  Allamanda  in  its  richness  (award  of  merit). 
Sophrolmlia  Marriotti  (Sir  W.  Marriott,  Bart.).— A  bigeneric  hybrid 
resulting  from  a  cross  between  Sophronitis  grandiflora  and  Laelia  flava. 
The  small  flowers  are  very  rich  orange  in  colour  and  of  elegant  shape 
^award  of  merit). 
Weather  in  London. — Though  practically  no  rain  has  fallen 
.during  the  past  seven  days,  the  weather  has  not,  on  the  whole,  been 
very  pleasant  owing  to  the  prevalence  of  fogs.  Some  portions  of 
Sunday  and  Monday  were  enveloped  in  a  mantle  of  yellow  mist,  while 
Tuesday  though  not  positively  foggy,  was  not  so  clear  as  might  have 
been  wished.  At  the  time  of  going  to  press  the  same  conditions 
prevail. 
- Weather  in  the  North. — With  an  occasional  bright  morning 
or  afternoon,  the  weather  for  the  fortnight  preceding  the  24th  has  been 
generally  dull,  with  rain  or  drizzle  on  one  nr  two  evenings,  and  one  very 
wet  night.  There  was  one  slight  frost,  and  on  the  20bh  the  hills  were 
covered  with  snow.  Tuesday  morning  was  dull  and  calm,  with  a  very 
high  barometer,  and  the  temperature  47°.  For  several  weeks  the  daily 
records  have  borne  a  remarkable  coincidence  with  those  of  the 
corresponding  period  of  last  year. — B.  D.,  S.  P/ithsHre. 
- Loughborough  Gardeners’  Association.  —  This  newly 
formed  Association  held  its  first  meeting  of  the  session  in  the  Co-operative^ 
Room,  Woodgate,  on  November  17th.  Mr.  English,  Kingston  Hall 
Gardens,  read  a  paper  on  “  Makeshifts  in  the  Garden.”  There  was  a 
good  attendance  of  members,  Mr.  A.  Hamshire  presiding.  The  subject 
under  consideration  was  well  received  and  fully  entered  into  by  the 
members  present,  and  useful  information  elicited. 
-  Death  op  Mr.  Anthony  Waterer.  —  One  of  Britain’s 
great  nurserymen  has  been  called  away  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Waterer  on 
the  ICth  inst.  The  Knap  Hill  Nurseries  near  Woking  have  long  been 
famed  for  Rhododendrons,  Azaleas,  and  hardy  trees  and  shrubs  generally. 
Mr.  Waterer  appears  to  have  been  gradually  failing  for  some  time,  but 
no  one  who  met  him  at  the  R.H.S.  meeting  a  fortnight  ago  could  have 
thought  his  end  was  so  near.  He  was  seventy-four  years  of  age. 
-  A  Charles  Darwin  Memorial. — The  Shrewsbury  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society  has  done  much  for  the  town  and  its  surroundings,  in 
which  the  famous  shows  are  held  ;  it  now  decides  to  do  more — namely, 
erect  a  statue  of  the  great  naturalist  who  was  born  there,  and  who  by 
his  researches  and  works  undoubtedly  gave  a  great  stimulus  to  flori¬ 
culture.  The  action  of  the  Committee  is  highly  commendable  and 
appropriate,  and  if  the  cost  of  the  undertaking  should  be  diilOOO  or  more, 
the  Society  can  happily  afford  it. 
- Winchester  Gardeners’  Association.  —  A  lecture  was 
given  on  Tuesday,  November  17th,  by  Professor  Gilchrist  on  ”  Soils  and 
M.anures.”  The  lecture  was  very  instructive,  Professor  Gilchrist  showing 
on  the  map  the  different  kinds  of  soil  both  in  the  district  and  various 
parts  of  the  country,  dealing  principally  with  the  local  soils  /and  the 
treatment  of  them,  also  what  some  soils  were  deficient  of,  and  what  to 
apply,  especially  in  some  cases,  where  iron,  magnesia,  and  lime  were 
needed.  The  application  of  lime  and  the  uses  of  it  were  ably  dealt 
with,  as  well  as  the  different  manures,  and  what  crops  they  were  most 
suitable  for.  At  the  close  of  the  lecture,  which  was  considerably  over 
an  hour,  Professor  Gilchrist  invited  the  members  to  ask  questions  on  any 
of  the  subjects  treAted,  Several  of  the  members  availed  themselves  of 
the  opportunity,  and  answers  to  all  were  given.  A  vote  of  thanks  was 
givsT!  to  Professor  Gilchrist,  it  being  the  second  time  he  has  visited  the 
above  Association.  The  number  of  members  present  showed  how  well 
they  appreciated  the  lectures,  which  are  given  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Hampshire  County  Council. 
- Grimsby  Show. — The  seventh  annual  show  of  this  Society 
was  held  on  November  i2fch  and  13th  in  the  Town  Hall,  and  was  largely 
attended.  The  cut  blooms  formed  an  excellent  display  in  all  the  classes. 
The  amateurs  showed  some  very  creditable  blooms,  greatly  in  advance 
of  previous  years.  The  groups  and  plants  were  not  up  to  their  usual 
excellence. 
-  Death  op  a  Nonogenarian.— The  death  is  announced  of 
Mr.  Alfred  Chandler,  which  occurred  at  Dulwich  on  the  10th  inst. 
in  his  ninety-third  year.  Mr.  Chandler’s  name  was  prominent  half  a 
century  ago  in  connection  with  his  then  famous  Camellia  nursery  at 
Vauxhall.  The  site  has  long  since  been  bnilt  over,  and  even  “  Camellia 
Street,”  which  marks  the  spot,  presents  somewhat  of  an  antiquated 
appearance. 
-  Shirley  Gardeners’  Association. — The  monthly  meeting 
was  held  at  the  Parish  Room,  Shirley,  Southampton,  on  Thursday,  the 
19th  inst.,  Vice-President,  G.  T.  Harper,  Esq.,  J.P.,  presiding  over  a 
very  good  attendance  of  the  members.  Mr.  E.  T.  Mellor,  B.Sc,,  London, 
Lecturer  in  Biology  at  the  Hartley  Institution,  Southampton,  gave  a 
most  interesting  lecture  entitled  “  Plants  and  Air,”  illustrated  by  a 
number  of  chemical  experiments.  A  number  of  diagrams  were  also 
exhibited  to  show  how  the  leaves  of  plants  were  feeding  portions  of  the 
plants,  and  Mr.  Mellor  contended  that  plants  drew  much  more  carbon 
from  the  air  by  their  leaves  than  the  roots  do  from  the  soil. 
- The  Curatorship  op  the  Liverpool  Botanic  Gardens. 
— We  are  informed  that  the  Parks  Committee  of  the  Liverpool 
Corporation,  at  a  special  meeting  held  yesterday,  appointed- Mr,  Herbert 
to  be  chief  of  all  the  public  parks  and  gardens  in  the  city ;  and 
Mr.  James  Guttridge  of  the  Botanic  Gardens,  Glasgow,  to  be  his 
deputy  and  resident  Curator  of  the  Botanic  Gardena,  Edge  Lane.  Five 
selected  candidates  attended  before  the  Committee.  The  vacancy  at 
the  Botanic  Gardens  arose  through  the  retirement  of  Mr.  J.  Richardson 
on  superannuation. 
- -  Apples  at  the  National  Chrysanthemum  Show. — Mr. 
King  of  Gatton  Park  Gardens,  Reigate,  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  his 
success  in  securing  the  first  prize  for  both  dessert  and  cooking  Apples, 
But  are  the  judges  or  the  schedule  framers  to  be  equally  congratulated  f 
I  trow  not.  Two  of  Mr.  King’s  dessert  Apples  were  Blenheim  Pippin 
and  Cox’s  Pomona.  Two  of  Mr.  King’s  cooking  Apples  were  Cox’s 
Pomona  and  Blenheim  Pippin.  In  both  classes  six  varieties  only  were 
required.  Whether  Blenheim  Pippin  or  Cox’s  Pomona  may  be  considered 
dessert  Apples  does  not  affect  my  argument,  though  for  my  own  part  in 
a  very  small  class  of  six  there  could  be  no  excuse  for  staging  these 
varieties  as  dessert  Apples  ;  but  I  do  think  that  for  the  same  exhibitor 
to  stage  these  same  two  varie'ties  in  the  following  class  as  cooJiiitg 
Apples  immediately  after  showing  them  as  dessert  fruit  amounts  to 
an  absurdity,  and  had  I  been  one  of  the  judges  I  would  not  have 
sanctioned  the  proceeding.  A  pomological  paradox  i  Blenheim  Pippin 
and  Cox’s  Pomona  are  dessert  fruit  here;  there,  a  few  yards  away, 
they  are  culinary  fruit.  Mr.  '•  W.  R.  fiaillem,”  will  you  kindly  buckle 
on  your  armour  and  come  to  the  front,  and  support  a  poor — 
Bedfordshire  Foundling. 
- Royal  Meteorological  Society.  —  The  first  monthly 
meeting  of  this  Society  for  the  present  session  was  held  on  Wednesday 
evening,  the  18th  inst,,  at  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  Great  George 
Stfeefc,  Westminster,  Mr.  E.  Mawley,  F.R.H.S.,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Mr.  W.  Ellis,  F^R.S.,  gave  an  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  recent 
International  Meteorological  Conference,  which  was  held  at  Paris  from 
September  17th  to  23rd.  The  Conference  was  attended  by  about  forty 
representatives  from  various  parts  of  the  world,  Mr.  Ellis  being  the 
delegate  from  the  Royal  Meteorological  Society.  The  Hon.  F,  A.  Rollo 
Russell  read  a  paper  on  “  Haze,  Fog,  and  Visibility.”  Haze  is  most 
prevalent  when  the  wind  is  from  the  north-east,  and  is  due  probably  to 
excess  of  dust  brought  about  by  conflictipg  currents.  The 
causes  of  fog  are  to  a  great  extent  the  same  as  the  causes  of  haze, 
although  radiation  in  certain  states  of  the  air  and  ground  plays  a  more 
conspicuous  part.  The  main  cause  of  fog  is  mixture  of  airs  of  different 
temperatures,  and  the  attainment  of  a  size  of  water  particle  so  much 
larger  than  in  the  case  of  haze  is  due  to  suddenness  of  mixture,  greater 
humidity,  or  greater  differences  of  temperature.  The  conditions  favour¬ 
able  to  visibility  are  dryness  of  the  air  near  the  ground  level,  uniformity 
of  temperature  and  moisture,  radiation  below  the  mean,  steady  and 
homogeneous  winds  through  a  great  depth  of  the  atmosphere,  approxi¬ 
mation  of  the  temperatures  of  sea  and  land,  and  a  number  of  dust 
particles  less  than  the  mean. 
