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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  A\D  (VTTAGR  GARDENER. 
:\Iay  22,  1902. 
NOTES 
OTICES 
Appointment. 
Mr.  W.  Manning,  horticultural  instructor  under  the  Devon 
County  Council,  has  accepted  a  like  appointment  under  the  Here¬ 
ford  County  Council. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
At  a  general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Hortieultural,  held  on 
Tuesday.  May  20,  sixty-eight  nev  Fellows  weer  elected,  amongst 
them  being  Lady  Settringtoii,  Lady  Trevor,  Lady  Stirling  Max- 
M’ell,  Lady  Ryder,  Sir  Albert  Rollit,  M.P.,  Sir  John  Stirling 
Maxwell,  Bart.,  Lt.-Col.  W.  H.  Wheeley,  J.P.,  D.L.,  and  C. 
Gilbert  Wood,  F.R.G.S.,  making  a  total  of  o88  elected  since  the 
beginning  of  the  present  year. 
Australian  Apples  for  California. 
The  “  Au.stralian  Culturist  ”  of  Melbourne, Au.stralia,  .says  in 
its  issue  of  February  14:  “The  Somerville  Horticultural  and 
Fruit  Growers’  A.ssociatioii,  on  the  recommendation  of  Mr. 
George  Griffith,  the  well-known  orohardi.st  and  nurseryman  of 
Two  Bays,  intends  forwarding  100  cases  of  Apples  to  San 
Francisco  for  the  purpose  of  testing  Californian  market.  Mr. 
Griffith  has  received  advices  from  San  Fi-ancisco  stating  that  a 
market  exists  there  for  Australian  Apples.” 
National  Auricula  Society.  Midland  Section. 
We  are  apprised  by  the  secretary,  Mr.  R.  Holding,  121,  St. 
Paul’s  Road,  Balsall  Heath,  Birmingham,  that  the  photograph 
of  the  judges,  exhibitors,  and  friends  recently  taken  at  the  show 
of  the  society,  is  now  ready,  and  may  be  had  on  application  to 
the  hon.  secretarjn  This  photographic  group  contains  the  Rev. 
F.  D.  Horner,  with  Messrs.  Ben  Simonite,  T.  Lord,  R.  Gorton, 
J.  W.  Bentley,  A.  R.  Brown,  W.  B.  Lathom,  R.  Dean,  John 
Pope,  and  a  host  of  horticultural  men  of  note. 
Manor  House  Gardens,  Lee 
On  Whit  Monday  Mr.  John  Piggott,  Chairman  of  the  Parks 
and  Open  Spaces  Committee  of  the  London  County  Council, 
dedicated  another  open  space.  Manor  House  Gardens,  Lee, 
Sun-ey,  to  “  the  use  and  enjoyment  of  the  people,  of  London  for 
ever.”  The  manor  of  Lee  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Crown  from 
the  time  of  Henry  VIII.  until  Charles  I.,  who  disposed  of  it  to 
Ralph  Freeman,  afterwards  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  with  whose 
descendants  it  remained  until  1798,  when  Lord  Sondes  sold  it 
to  Sir  Francis  Baring,  Bart.,  in  whose  family  it  has  since 
remained.  The  Manor  House,  the  remains  of  which  overlook 
the  Gardens,  was  built  about  1770.  Its  kitchen  gardens  and 
orchard  and  fruit  gardens  at  one  time  supplied  fruit  for  St. 
Jame.s’  Palace. 
Devon  Gardeners'  Annual  Summer  Outing. 
The  committee  have  pleasure  in  announcing  that  they  have 
arranged  an  excursion  for  Wednesday,  July  16,  1902,  which  they 
hope  will  be  as  pleasant  and  profitable  as  any  of  its  predecessors. 
The  party  will  meet  at  St.  David’s  Station,  and  proceed  by  the 
8.40  train  to  Totnes,  arriving  there  at  ten  o’clock.  After  seeing 
the  castle  and  other  interesting  parts  of  the  town,  a  special 
steamer,  chartered  for  our  own  party  alone,  will  leave  at  11.45 
o’clock,  and  steam  slowly  down  the  beautiful  river  Dart  (the 
English  Rhine)  to  the  private  pier  of  Greenway,  the  seat  of 
T.  B.  Bolitho,  Esc}.,  who  has  generously  granted  us  permission 
to  inspect  his  beautiful  grounds  and  gardens,  which  are  close  to 
the  river.  At  2.15  we  shall  re-embark  and  steam  on  to  Kings- 
wear.  when  a  ciuarter  of  an  hour’s  walk  will  bring  us  to  Brookhill, 
the  .seat  of  R.  F.  Wilkins,  Esq.,  who  has  kindly  given  us  per¬ 
mission  to  inspect  his  fine  gardens  and  grounds.  At  4.15  o’clock 
we  cross  the  river  to  Dartmouth,  where,  at  4.30  an  excellent 
meat  tea  will  be  provided  by  Mr.  Dawe,  at  the  Criterion 
Restaurant.  After  tea  the  many  interesting  places  in  the 
ancient  town  will  be  visited.  We  leave  Dartmouth  at  8.10,  and 
arrive  at  St.  David’s  at  10  o’clock.  Tickets  must  be  taken  not 
later  than  Friday,  .Inly  11.  Fare,  covering  meat  tea,  all  pier 
dues,  Ac.,  members,  7s.  6d.,  non-members,  10s.  Andrew  Hope, 
Hon.  Secretary,  38,  Prospect  Park,  Exeter. 
The  Gardeners’  Royal  Benevolent  Institution. 
This  institution  will  hold  its  sixty-third  annual  festival 
dinner  on  May  28  next,  at  the  Whitehall  Rooms,  Hotdl  Metro- 
pole,  at  7.30  p.ni.,  when  the  Duke  of  Marlborough  will  preside, 
and  be  supported  by  influential  gentlemen,  including  Mr.  Winston 
Churchill,  M.P. 
Corrections. 
The  entire  acreage  of  Hallingbury  estate  amounts  to  10,000' 
acres,  whereas  we  stated  4,000  acres  on  page  430  last  week. 
In  the  report  of  Edinburgh  show  (page  436),  Rhododendron  James 
W’^hitton,  which  received  a  F.C.C.,  was  wrongly  named  James 
Whittier.  C.  Wk  Cowan,  Esq.,  of  Valleyfielcl,  set  up  a  varied 
collection  of  the  rarer  Narcissi. 
Edinburgh  and  Midlothian  Coronation  Fete  and  Floral  Gala. 
The  organising  secretary,  Mr.  A.  T.  Hutchinson,  7  No.,  St. 
Andrew  Street,  Edinburgh,  writes  as  follows: — “I  have  pleasure- 
in  enclosing  you  a  schedule  for  our  Grand  Coronation  Fete  and 
Gala.  I  have  done  my  utmost  to  produce  what  I  may  term  an 
attractive  programme  for  Coronation  rveek.  I  make  no  apology 
to  horticulturists,  as  you  will  see  at  a  glance  that  the  writer 
of  this  schedule  has  more  imagination  than  knowledge  of  the 
floral  gifts  of  nature.  At  the  same  time  I  am  alive  to  the  fact 
that  no  out-door  show  can  be  made  attractive  without  flowers. 
I  am  a  firm  believer  in  flowers  everywhere.”  W’e  will  have  some¬ 
thing  to  say  of  the  schedule  in  our  next  issue,  and  meanwhile 
commend  our  readers  to  read  the  advertisement  on  page  ii. 
Temple  Floiwer  Show,  May  28th,  29th,  and  30th. 
The  fifteenth  Great  Flower  Show  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society,  held  annually  in  the  Inner  Temple  Gardens,  Thames 
Embankment,  will  open  on  Wednesday,  May  28,  at  12.30.  Judg¬ 
ing  from  the  large  number  of  entries  received,  the  Temple  Show 
promises  to  be  quite  up  to  its  usual  standard  of  excellence.  The 
following  well  known  amateurs  are  among  the  names  of  intending 
exhibitors: — Lord  Aldenham,  vegetables;  Sir  Frederick  Wigan, 
Bart.,  Orchids;  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence,  Bart.,  Orchids;  Hon. 
A.  H.  T.  Montmorency,  Tulips;  Capt.  G.  L.  Holford,  C.I.E., 
Amaryllis;  Leopold  de  Rothschild,  Carnations;  Pantia  Ralli, 
Caladiums  and  fruit;  Alex  Henderson,  M.P.,  fruit;  Reginald 
Farrer,  Alpines;  John  Rutherford,  M.P.,  Orchids;  J.  Colman, 
Orchids;  A.  Meyers,  Calceolarias. 
Darwin  Tulips  at  P«rtersfleld. 
“  I  am  sending  you  a  few  Darwin  Tulips,  one  of  which  is  a 
very  pi'olific  one,  bearing  four  blooms.  I  have  never  before  seen 
one  bearing  so  many.  A  friend  of  mine  photographed  it,  so  if 
it  comes  out  well  I  will  send  you  one.  The  Darwin  Tulips  and 
the  late  flowering  kinds,  such  as  the  Gesneriana  varieties, 
retroflexa,  macrospeila,  and  many  others,  are  most  useful,  as  they 
come  in  at  a  time  when  spring  flowers  are  on  the  wane. — 
H.  SiLCOCK.” 
j]The  gardens  of  Adhurst  St.  Mary  can  evidently  grow  choice 
Tulips  and  Narcissi.  We  never  have  seen  finer  blooms  than 
those  sent,  and  trust  that  the  photograph  of  a  four-flowered' 
Tulip  may  be  such  as  can  be  reproduced. — Ed.] 
Vegetabl  .s  and  the  R  yal  Horticultural  Society. 
Believing  that  high-class  garden  vegetables  have  fully  as  much 
value  in  garden  economy  as  have  ornamental  plants,  flowers, 
fniits,  and  Orchids,  which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society 
specially  favour  at  their  meeting,  and  realising  that,  to  every 
gardener,  vegetables  are  of  the  highest  importance,  it  is  our 
desire  to  secure  from  the  Council  of  the  above  named  Society 
some  complete  recognition  of  the  value  of  vegetables.  To  that 
end  we  wish  to  see  one  meeting  of  the  year  at  the  Drill  Hall 
(say  the  first  one  in  July  or  in  October  alternately)  annually 
devoted  to  a  great  exhibition  of  vegetables.  We  beg  of  you 
kindly  to  insert  this  communication  in  your  columns,  that  we- 
may  through  much  publicity  be  enabled  to  learn  from  your  many 
readers  interested  in  vegetable  culture  their  views  on  this  subject.. 
If  they  favour  our  suggestion,  we  shall  be  greatly  obliged  if 
each  one  will  kindly  intimate  such  by  sending  their  names  to 
one  or  the  other  of  us  on  a  post  card  at  once,  that  these  may  be 
appended  to  a  memorial  to  the  Council,  asking  for  such  vegetable- 
exhibition  as  is  desired. — (Signed)  Edwin  Beckett,  The  Gardens, 
Aldenham  House,  Elstree ;  Alexander  Dean,  62,  Richmond 
Road,  Kingston-on-Thames. 
