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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
September  5,  1901. 
“  Mistakes  In  Orchard  Management.” — The  lecture  delivered 
by  Mr.  Ettle  on  the  above  subject  before  Fellows  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  in  London  last  year,  has  now  been  printed  and 
issued  in  booklet  form. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. — The  next  fruit  and  flower  show 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  will  be  held  on  Tuesday, 
September  10th,  in  the  Drill  Hall,  Buckingham  Gate,  Westminster, 
1  to  5  p.m.  A  lecture  on  “  The  Origin  and  Development  of  the  Cactus 
Dahlia”  will  be  given  by  Mr.  C.  G.  Wyatt  at  three  o’olock.  At  a 
general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  held  on  Tuesday, 
August  27th,  twenty-four  new  Fellows  were  elected,  making  730  sinoe 
the  beginning  of  the  present  year. 
Fruit  Yield. — In  south-west  Cambridgeshire,  as  in  certain  parts 
of  Kent,  cultivators  are  looking  for  their  harvest  as  much  to  the  fruit 
orchards  as  to  the  cornfields.  In  a  few  days  the  heaviest  of  the 
Green  Gage  harvest  will  be  over,  but  some  idea  of  the  crop  may  be 
gathered  from  these  figures,  for  the  two  small  villages  of  Meldreth 
and  Melbourn,  conveniently  situated,  with  the  railway  station  between 
them.  On  two  days  lately  the  consignments  of  Green  Gages  from 
this  small  station  amounted  to  30  tons  a  day,  while  one  week’s  return 
from  the  same  station  gives  140  tons  of  Green  Gages,  with  90  tons 
for  a  previous  week.  The  consignments  were  chiefly  for  the  London 
market.  Prices  have  not  ruled  high,  but  have  been  fairly  satisfactory 
considering  the  abundance,  and  it  is  stated  that  purchases  for  the 
exporting  of  Green  Gage  jam  to  South  Afrioa  have  of  late  improved 
prices. 
Returns  from  the  Shrewsbury  Show. — At  the  recent  show, 
held  by  the  Shropshire  Horticultural  Society  at  Shrewsbury,  no  less 
than  30,000  passed  the  gates  on  Wednesday,  the  2s.  6d  and  Is.  day,  and 
over  60,000  on  Thursday,  the  Is.  day.  The  tickets  sold  at  a  reduoed 
rate  before  the  show  represented  in  value  £650.  The  money  taken  at 
the  gates  on  the  first  day  was  £930,  and  on  the  seoond  day  £1690 
making  the  total  receipts  of  the  society,  without  entrance  fees  from 
exhibitors,  £3270.  The  musio  was  provided  by  three  first-class  military 
bands  : — The  Royal  Horse  Guards  Blue,  the  Grenadier  Guards,  and  the 
band  of  the  Royal  Marines  (from  Portsmouth).  Besides  these  there 
were  two  local  military  bands.  Sinoe  its  establishment  the  society  has 
expended  out  of  its  profits  over  £5000  in  local  public  improvements. 
This  shows  what  a  town  of  30,000  inhabitants  can  do  in  the  West 
Midlands  in  the  way  of  flower  shows. 
Chiswick  Gardens. — From  the  state  of  the  vegetable  and  fruit 
orops  during  the  past  summer  it  has  been  evidenced  that  neither  the 
soil,  nor  skill  in  culture,  is  played  out  in  the  gardens  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  at  Chiswick.  Culinary  Peas  were  such,  in  their 
season,  as  would  have  made  the  heart  of  a  Beckett  (not  Thomas  & 
Becket,  though !)  or  a  Simpson  palpitate  with  continual  pleasure. 
The  Brassicas,  Lettuce  trials,  and  indeed  all  the  vegetable  seotion, 
were  remarkably  luxuriant.  Yet  the  summer  has  been  phenomenally 
droughty.  Now,  too,  the  Plums  are  a  sight  to  behold,  as  any  Fellow 
may  have  seen  for  himself  or  herself  on  visiting  Chiswick  recently. 
Many  of  the  trees  are  yet  bearing  their  crops,  though  last  week  Mr. 
S.  T.  Wright  was  busy  preparing  his  report  on  their  condition,  and, 
having  completed  that,  the  orops  will  very  speedily  have  to  be  removed. 
MoLachlan’s  Gage  Plums  Diamond  Monarch,  Reine  Claude  de  Comte 
Hatham,  Victoria,  and  others  are  perfect  models  in  respeot  of  their 
orops,  cleanliness,  vigour,  and  shapeliness.  The  Great  Vinery  with  its 
thirty  odd  varieties  of  Grapes  is  bearing  more  heavily  than  during 
the  last  few  years,  and  the  young  wood  that  is  being  enoouraged  is 
stout  and  firm.  The  house  of  Muscats  and  the  small  hip-span  devoted 
to  Gros  Colman  are  likewise  well  fruited,  and  bearing  bunches  which 
are  likely  to  finish  perfectly.  Figs  in  pots  are  bearing  still,  and  as  the 
Chiswick  collection  is  perhaps  the  most  numerous  as  regards  the  number 
of  its  varieties  of  any  in  the  country,  Mr.  Wright  is  able  to  tell  the 
merits  or  otherwise  of  all  known  sorts.  In  all  parts  the  crops  are  in  a 
very  satisfactory  condition,  and  a  profitable  half-hour  could  be  spent 
at  Chiswick  by  any  of  our  country  cousins  now  up  in  London. 
Seedling  Apples  for  Grafting. — It  is  olaimed  that  fully  90  per 
cent,  of  the  Apple  tree  seedlings  used  in  the  United  States  for  grafting 
purposes  are  grown  near  Topeka,  Kans.  Shawnee  County,  Kans,  is 
said  to  now  have  at  least  600  or  700  aore3  devoted  to  the  growing  of 
these  seedlings. 
Shade  Trees  in  Paris. — Half  a  million  shade  trees  are  reported 
to  have  been  planted  in  Paris  within  the  past  decade,  and  £20,000  a 
year  is  spent  to  keep  them  in  order  and  to  plant  new  ones.  Every 
street  of  a  certain  width  is  entitled  to  a  row  of  trees  on  either  side 
while  every  street  of  a  certain  greater  width  gets  a  double  row. 
Preservation  of  Wild  Flowers. — The  committee  formed,  in 
connection  with  the  United  Devon  Association,  for  the  special  preserva¬ 
tion  of  Ferns  and  wild  fl  jwers,  have  issued  a  notice,  which  is  now  being 
freely  circulated,  warning  “  all  whom  it  may  concern,”  that  they  will 
be  prosecuted  if  found  engaged  in  the  “  illegal  removal  of  roots  of 
Ferns,  plants,  and  wild  flowers  from  the  lanes,  hedges,  and  fields  of 
Devonshire.” 
Appointments. — Mr.  George  F.  Glen,  who  was  for  upwards  of 
eight  years  head  gardener  to  Earl  Fit  z william  at  Wentworth,  Yorkshire, 
and  latterly  with  the  late  D.  Larnack,  Esq.,  at  Bramblelye,  Sussex,  has 
been  appointed  head  gardener  and  superintendent  of  Reserves,  including 
Botanical  Garden,  City  of  Wellington,  New  Zealand.  *  *  Mr.  Dinnb, 
a  present  Kewite,  as  head  gardener  to  —  Philpot,  Esq.,  of  Crojdon 
and  Teneriffe.  Mr.  Dinne  assumes  his  charge  at  Teneriffe. 
Sweet  Lavender. — The  Chaplain  to  the  Forces  at  ShornclifEe 
writes  to  ask  for  Lavender  for  the  army.  He  says  that  at  this  time 
of  the  year  most  of  the  good  folks  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  possess 
it  are  picking  their  Lavender.  Gifts  of  Lavender  or  small  muslin 
bags  filled  with  it  would  be  gratefully  reoeived  for  the  soldiers  to  be 
given  away  by  the  chaplains  and  scripture-readers  in  the  military 
hospitals.  Parcels  should  be  sent  to  Miss  Puokle,  the  Hollonds,  Langton, 
Tunbridge  Wells,  who  will  forward  them  to  the  different  military 
stations  for  distribution.  The  loose  Lavender  will  be  made  up  into 
little  bags. 
Secretaries  of  all  Gardening  Mutual  Improvement 
Associations  and  Societies  are  kindly  requested  to  send  address 
and  title  of  their  organisations  to  the  Editor  of  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture,  at  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  London,  E.C., 
for  insertion  in  the  coming  edition  of  the  “  Horticultural  Directory,” 
which  is  published  at  the  beginning  of  December.  We  would  also  feel 
obliged  to  those  gardeners  who  have  changed  their  addresses  since  the 
last  publication  by  their  sending  us  notice  of  the  change.  Gardeners  or 
friends  who  know  of  changes  in  their  neighbourhood  might  likewise 
assist.  “  The  Horticultural  Directory  ”  has  become  the  reoognised 
reliable  publication  for  the  names  and  addresses  of  gardeners,  nursery, 
men,  seedsmen,  curators,  &o.,  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  we  endeavour 
yearly  to  make  this  directory  as  oorrect  and  complete  as  possible. 
South-Eastern  Agricultural  College,  Wye,  Kent.  —  The 
summer  course  for  teachers  at  the  South-Eastern  Agricultural  College, 
Wye,  concluded  on  August  30th.  It  began  on  August  15th,  and  was 
attended  by  thirty  schoolmasters  from  the  counties  of  Kent,  Surrey, 
and  Worcester.  The  object  of  the  session  was  to  develop  a  soheme  of 
instruction  suitable  to  the  children  of  a  rural  elementary  school,  and 
the  course,  which  dealt  with  the  plant,  air,  water,  and  soil,  had  been 
previously  put  to  a  working  test  in  the  Wye  elementary  school  during 
the  past  two  years.  The  lectures  were  followed  up  by  practical  work 
in  the  laboratory,  garden,  or  field,  so  that  the  teachers  oould  familiarise 
themselves  with  the  oonstruotion  of  the  necessary  apparatus  and  the 
conduct  of  suitable  experiments.  Other  instruction  dealt  with  the 
management  of  sohool  gardens,  and  the  preservation  and  mounting  of 
specimens  of  Grasses,  weeds,  injurious  insects,  &c.,  for  use  in  school 
demonstrations.  There  were  also  classes  dealing  with  the  management 
of  fruit  trees,  bee  and  poultry  keeping,  the  elements  of  land  measuring  . 
and  in  the  evenings  of  one  week  a  course  of  lectures  was  given  to 
illustrate  some  of  the  recent  advances  in  chemistry.  Excursions  were 
made  to  Canterbury,  to  Richborough,  and  the  Stonor  Marshes,  to  see 
both  the  Roman  remains  and  the  varied  flora  of  that  district,  and, 
again,  to  the  series  of  interesting  geological  sections  in  the  neighbour¬ 
hood  of  Wye.  Though  a  course  of  instruction  in  practical  agriculture 
did  not  form  part  of  the  session,  the  teachers  were  conducted  round 
the  college  farm,  and  had  its  management  and  live  stock  explained 
to  them. 
