Juno  26,  1902. 
JOURXAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AXD  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
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National  Rose  Society. 
We  are  reque-sted  to  announce  that  the  Dean  of  Rochester 
Avill  open  the  N.R.S.  Show  on  July  2  at  noon. 
New  Spanish  Gardening  Journal. 
We  have  received  the  first  number  of  a  newspaper  entitled 
“  El  Jardin,”  which  will  be  devoted  to  the  diffusion  of  practical 
horticultural  teaching  and  of  forestry.  It  is  published  in  Madrid, 
I)rice  6s.  per  annum.  A  number  of  English  houses  are  repre¬ 
sented  in  the  advertisement  pages. 
Dutch  Horticultural  and  Botanical  Society. 
At  the  June  meeting,  the  Floral  Committee  awarded  the  fol¬ 
lowing  first  class  certificates  :  — To  Messrs.  Kas  en  van  Ommeren 
at  Flees,  for  Pteris  Schoonhirsti ;  to  Mr.  P.  W.  Voet,  Overveen, 
near  Haarlem,  for  Eremurus  robustus  superba  (Himalaicus 
robustus)  as  a  new  plant.  Certificates  of  merit  to  INIr.  W.  van 
Veen  at  Leiden  for  Delphinium  formosum  coelestinum  ;  to  Mr. 
C.  J.  Kikkert,  at  Haarlem,  for  Odontoglossuin  crispum  Trianse. 
A  botanical  certificate  to  Mr.  P.  W.  Voet  at  Overveen,  near 
Haarlem,  for  Iris  urmiensis,  as  a  new  plant.  A  honourable 
mentioning  to  Mr.  M.  Buysman  at  Middelburg,  for  a  copy  of  a 
new  herbarium.— P.  W.  Voet,  Adj.  Secretary,  Overveen,  near 
Haarlem,  June  18,  1902. 
Mr.  George  Cadbury  and  Garden  Cities. 
Mr.  George  Cadbury'  has  generously  offered  to  subscribe 
£1,000  to  the  Garden  City  Pioneer  Company  on  condition  tliat 
the  whole  capital  of  £20,000  is  raised.  Surely,  in  view  of  the 
national  importance  of  the  housing  and  industrial  problems,  this 
sum  should  not  be  difficult  to  get  from  the  British  public,  in 
order  to  test  the  soundness  of  the  Garden  City  proposals.  That 
the  scheme  has  some  basis  on  practical  experience  and  observa¬ 
tion  is  shown  in  the  confidence  of  men  like  Mr.  Cadbury  and 
Mr.  Lever,  who  have  become  the  principal  supporters  of  the 
movement.  Mr.  Cadbury  says  of  the  idea  to  start  a  garden  city ; 
“  The  more  I  think  of  the  subject,  the  more  convinced  I  am  that 
it  will  be  the  greatest  boon  ever  conferi’ed  upon  the  toilers  of 
this  country  if  it  can  be  carried  through  to  any  large  extent.” 
In  connection  with  the  movement  a  great  public  conference  is  to 
be  held  at  Liverpool  and  Port  Sunlight  on  July  25  and  26,  when 
Messrs.  Lever  will  entertain  about  a  thousand  delegates  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  Special  travelling  arrangements  are 
being  made  for  the  London  delegates  and  members,  and  tickets 
should  be  applied  for  at  once  to  the  secretary,  77,  Chancery 
Lane,  W.C. 
Messrs.  Sutton  and![Sons’  Annual  Outing. 
The  annual  outing  of  those  employed  at  the  establi.shment 
of  Messrs.  Sutton  and  Sons  took  place  oir  Tuesday,  the  Isle  of 
.Wight  being  .selected  as  the  place  to  be  vi.sited.  The  party  were 
due  to  leave  Reading  at  7.10  a.m.,  and  .shortly  before  the 
departure  of  the  train  Mr.  Martin  J.  Sutton,  the  head  of  tho 
firm,  handed  to  each  of  the  employes  a  Coronation  gift  of  an 
extra  week’s  salary'.  Portsmouth  was  reached  shortly  after 
nine  o’clock,  and  Ryde  an  hour  later,  the  Duchess  of  Kent  being 
chartered  for  the  day  by  the  firm,  for  the  crossing  of  the  Solent, 
and  also  for  sea  trips^  during  the  day.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  J. 
Sutton,  M.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  W.  Sutton,  Mr.  Leonard  Sutton, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  F.  Sutton  joined  in  the  excursion. 
Before  leaving  the  boat  at  Ryde,  hearty  cheers  were  given  for 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Martin  J.  Sutton  and  for  the  other  members  of 
the  firm.  After  landing  the  party  at  Ryde,  the  boat  proceeded 
to  Sandown,  and  any  who  wished  were  able  to  take  the  trip, 
the  boat  returning  at  once  to  Ryde.  Those  who  preferred  to 
remain  on  land  found  plenty  to  occupy  their  time  in  the  many 
attraction.s  which  abound  on  the  island.  In  the  afternoon  the 
boat  started,  for  a  three  or  four  hours’  cruise,  taking  a  large 
number  of  the  party,  returning  to  Ryde  about  half-pa-st  .six.  At 
seven  o’clock  a  start  was  made  for  Port.smouth  Harbour,  where 
the  party  took  train  for  Reading,  reaching  the  town  shortly 
after  ten  o’clock. 
Automobile  Lawn  Mower. 
A  citizen  of  “  slow  l^ijj[adelphia  ”  now  uses  an  autoimohile 
lawn  mower!  It  is  P.  A.  B.  Widener,  who,  no  doubt,  found  the 
”  red  devil  ”  of  Paris  so  fascinating  that  he  decided  to  put  one 
to  the  hitherto  tedious  and  unexciting  process  of  shaving  a  lawn. 
A  close  shave  at  lightning  speed  leads  us  to  wonder  (says  an 
exchange)  how  .soon  the  tree  pruners  of  the  rich  will  flit  about 
their  tree-tops  in  Santo.s-Dumont  flying  machines! 
Restoring  Flowers. 
Faded  and  scentless  flowers,  .says  a  morning  paper,  are  now 
being  wonderfully  dre.ssed  up  and  painted  for  the  market  by  an 
ingenious  process.  After  being  soaked  in  glycerine  they  are 
placed  in  an  ice  safe  into  which  is  turned  a  stream  of  carbonic 
acid  gas  charged  with  the  requisite  perfume.  This  process  restores 
both  colour  and  scent.  Another  method  of  treating  flowers  which 
have  been  too  long  in  the  railway  waggons  is  to  dip  them  in  sal 
ammoniac,  which  certainly  makes  the  blossoms  look  wonderful  in 
the  shop  windows. 
Cities  Beautiful. 
Just  now  there  appears  to  be  what  might  be  called  an  adorn¬ 
ment  wave  sweeping  over  the  country,  a  fact  that  should  rejoice 
the  heart  of  the  seedsman,  flori.st,  and  nurseryman.  It  bears 
upon  its  crest  an  effort,  most  laudable,  to  beautify  the  hitherto 
forbidding  and  waste  places  of  our  large  cities.  The  object  is 
sought  to  be  effected  through  the  distribution  of  flower  seeds 
among  the  school  children  of  the  respective  cities,  the  pi'ice  of 
tho  seeds  being  placed  within  the  means  of  all.  Several  associa¬ 
tions  are  undertaking  work  of  this  nature,  and  their  endeavours 
will  surely  re.sult  in  a  vast  improvement  in  the  appearance  of  the 
environments  of  many  of  the.se  little  ones,  exerting  a  moral 
influence  as  well,  and  all  contributing  to  the  general  good. — 
(“  Florist.s’  Exchange.”) 
.  Hawaii  as  a  Productive  Country. 
How  great  are  the  possibilities  of  Hawaii  as  a  fruit  and  vege¬ 
table  growing  country  will  be  understood,  says  an  exchange, 
when  it  becomes  known  that  four  crops  of  Potatoes  have  been 
produced  in  succession  on  the  same  jiiece  of  land  within  twelve 
months.  Radishes  become  edible  in  ten  days  after  showing. 
Strawberries  bear  fruit  all  the  year.  The  berries  are  of  the  fine.st 
flavour.  Cabbage  grows  all  the  year,  and  it  apparently  makes 
no  difference  whether  it  is  planted  in  the  spring,  summer, 
autumn,  or  winter.  Parsley  once  sown  grows  for  ever,  apparently. 
Lima  Beans  continue  to  grow  and  bear  for  over  a  year,  and  they 
have  to  be  gathei'ed  every  week  after  starting  to  bear.  Cucumbers 
bear  the  entire  year,  and  so  do  Tomatoes,  Avhich,  with  proper 
attention,  bear  for  years.  Raspberries  bear  for  six  months.  Pine 
Apples  come  into  bearing  when  the  iilants  are  four  months  old, 
and  bear  in  abundance  for  years.  Lettuce  can  be  planted  at  any 
time,  and  it  develops  quickly.  The  same  is  true  of  Celery. 
Fruit  Growing  Industry  in  Victoria. 
The  fruit-growing  industry  in  Victoria  is  in  a  depraved  con¬ 
dition  (writes  the  “  Sydnejf  Mail”),  and  the  evil  from  which  it 
.suffers  is  such  as  can  only  be  removed  by  co-operation.  Markets 
are  glutted,  and  growers  of  several  varieties  of  fruits  have  been 
obtaining  prices  barelj'  sufficient  to  pay  for  gathering  and  carriage 
expenses,  but  there  is  a  good  demand  in  London  and  Melbourne. 
Prices  in  Melbourne  shop.s  are  .so  high  as  to  maintain  fruit  as  a 
luxury  for  the  few,  while  .supplies  sufficiently  cheap  for  general 
consumption  can  only  be  obtained  from  hawkens’  barrows  in  a  few 
eentres.  Reasonable  co-operation  among  growers  would  be  able 
to  bring  irroducer  and  consumer  closer  together,  as  well  as  to 
organise  better  methods  of  exploiting  the  export  markets.  As  it 
is,  each  grower  or  each  local  association  acts  on  its  own  account, 
and  all  suffer.  The  attempt  of  the  Government  to  collect  repre¬ 
sentative  samples  of  fruit  for  exhibition  in  England  is  a  partial 
failure,  and  there  is  no  .systematic  effort  to  solve  the  various 
problems  connected  with  shipping  the  more  perishable  varieties 
to  London.  Jam-making  and  other  branches  of  fruit-preserving 
are  also  in  need  of  co-operative  action,  but  while  fruit  growers 
continue  to  neglect  this  necessity  of  modern  conditions  the 
industry  is  not  likely  to  improve.  Such  fruit  as  Raspberries  will 
be  left  unharvested,  while  large  quantities  of  jams  and  pre.serves 
uill  be  imported  from  abroad.  It  may  be  that  the  hard  experience 
of  this  season  will  force  growers  in  self-defence  and  for  self- 
preservation  to  co-operate. 
