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November  14,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Lord  Llan^attook’s  Fruit  at  Cardiff  Show. 
His  lordship,  so  well  known  and  highly  respected  everywhere, 
staged  a  magnificent  collection  of  thirty-eight  dishes  of  Apples 
at  the  Cardiff  Chrysanthemum  Show  on  November  5  and  6.  We 
understand  that  by  Lord  Llangattock’s  directions  this  display  of 
fruit  was  sent  to  the  Cardiff  Infirmary  for  the  use  of  the  patients. 
More  Primroses. 
Additional  bunches  of  these  sweet  and  pale-faced  wildings 
have  come  to  this  office  from  Mrs.  M.  H.  Hooking,  The  Gardens, 
Oldown  House,  Tockington,  Gloucestershire.  The  letter  with  it 
states  that  the  Primroses  were  gathered  by  the  son  of  our  cor¬ 
respondent  on  his  way  from  school,  and  others  could  still  be 
gathered. 
Royal  Meteorological  Society. 
At  the  ordinary  meeting  of  the  society,  to  be  held,  by  kind 
permission  of  the  Council,  at  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
Great  George  Street,  Westminster,  S.W.,  on  Wednesday,  the 
20th  inst,  at  7.30  p.m.,  the  following  papers  will  be  read  : — “  The 
Exploration  of  the  Atmosphere  at  Sea  by  Means  of  Kites,”  by  A. 
Lawrence  Rotch,  M.A.,  F.R.Met.Soc.  ;  “Meteorological  Pheno¬ 
mena  is  relation  to  the  changes  in  the  Vertical,”  by  Prof.  John 
Milne,  F.R.S. 
Award  for  Dried  Fruit. 
We  are  enlightened  by  Mr.  James  Udale  on  the  point  that 
in  our  report  of  the  dried  fruit  and  vegetables  exhibition  by  him 
from  the  County  Experimental  Gardens,  Droitwicli,  at  the  Dr  11 
Hall,  on  October  29,  we  omitted  to  mention  that  a  Silver- 
Knightian  Medal  was  awarded.  We  always  copy  from  the  official 
list,  and  in  the  sheet  handed  to  us  there  was  no  reference  to  this 
award.  Mr. Udale  adds  that  all  are  well  satisfied  with  result  of 
the  experiments  in  Plum  drying  carried  out  for  the  County 
Council. 
Th«  Jamaica  Fruit  Trade. 
The  leading  growers  and  merchants  of  Kingston  (Jamaica) 
held  an  important  conference  on  Wednesday,  October  31,  the 
Governor  of  Jamaica  presiding,  to  consider  the  best  means  of 
improving  shipments  of  Oranges  to  America  and  Great  Britain. 
The  general  opinion  favoured  a  thorough  inspection  of  fruit  by 
experts  before  shipment  in  order  to  ensure  that  only  suitable 
fruit  is  sent. 
School  of  hardening  for  Women. 
Another  gardening  school,  a  practical  school,  with  classes 
for  instruction  in  the  principles  of  horticulture,  botany,  horti¬ 
cultural  chemistry,  and  physics,  together  with  book-keeping,  bee¬ 
keeping,  and  bouquet-making,  has  been  established,  this  time 
in  Scotland,  the  full  address  being,  “  School  of  Gardening  for 
Women,  Shiells  Park  Nursery,  Inveresk,  near  Edinburgh.”  The 
Principals  are  Miss  Barker  and  Miss  Morison,  both  of  whom  were 
trained  at  Swanley  Horticultural  College,  taking  the  diploma 
there  after  a  two  years’  course.  After  leaving  Swanley  they 
worked  as  gardeners  for  two  years  at  the  Royal  Botanic  Garden, 
Edinburgh.  They  have  also  had  experience  in  the  management 
of  private  gardens,  and  for  a  period  they  have  conducted  a 
nursery  business  at  Inveresk.  The  school  is  to  be  opened  in 
January-  next,  at  the  address  we  have  given.  Besides  the  class 
work,  instruction  will  be  given  in  the  practice  and  theory  of 
gardening,  and  students  will  be  trained  in  the  culture  of  plants 
under  glass  and  in  forcing-houses,  and  of  flowers,  fruit  and 
vegetables  in  the  open.  Lectures  on  special  subjects  will  be 
given  by  practical  men.  The  course  will  extend  to  two  years. 
The  school  has  the  great  advantage  of  being  attached  to  a  large 
market  garden,  where  the  outdoor  vegetable  culture  will  be 
taught.  Students  will  thus  get  an  insight  into  the  most  modern 
methods  of  working  a  market  garden  through  all  the  stages,  from 
the  preparation  of  the  ground  and  the  seed  sowing  to  the  packing 
of  the  produce  for  market.  This  garden,  extending  to  141  acres, 
is  owned  and  worked  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Scarlett,  of  Sweethope, 
Inveresk. 
Plants  for  a  Pergola. 
Suitable  pergola  plants  are  Periploca  grseca  and  Honeysuckles, 
especially  Lonicera  sempervirens,  the  scarlet  Trumpet  Honeysuckle, 
Again  we  have  the  Golden  Hop,  Lime  trees,  Wistaria  sinensis. 
Rubus  phoenieolasius,  Berberidopsis  corallina  (this  succeeds  best 
on  the  north  side),  Polygonum  saclmliense.  P.  baldschuanicum,  both 
very  free  growing  climbers,  though  herbaceous  in  their  habits ; 
and  fancy  Gourds  in  variety.  These  latter  appear  to  be  coming  very 
much  to  the  fore.  They  certainly  are  ideal  plants  for  this  purpose ; 
we  have  such  a  choice  among  the  different  species  that  it  would  be 
superfluous  to  detail  them. — Geo.  Hagon. 
Spraying  Potatoes. 
An  alarming  and  mysterious  sickness,  which  has  attacked  a 
considerable  number  of  people,  is  reported  from  the  town  of 
Portadown,  County  Armagh.  The  matter  having  been  brought 
under  the  notice  of  the  Town  Council,  Dr.  Rowlett,  Medical 
Officer  of  Health,  has  reported  that  the  symptoms  are  those  of 
copper  poisoning,  and  the  only  theory  he  can  advance  is  that 
the  attack  has  resulted  from  the  eating  of  Potatoes  sprayed 
while  growing  with  a  sulphate  of  copper  mixture,  as  recom¬ 
mended  by  the  Irish  Agricultural  Board.  It  has  been  decided  to 
forward  to  the  Board  samples  of  sprayed  Potatoes  and  vegetables 
for  analysis. 
Addresses  Wanted. 
We  are  without  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  secretaries  of 
the  following  horticultural  societies;  any  of  our  readers 
acquainted  with- the  secretaries  of  one  or  other  of  the  societies 
named,  would  greatly  oblige  the  Editor  of  the  Horticultural 
Directory  by  furnishing  him  with  the  names  and  addresses  re¬ 
quested.  The  societies  are: — Aberdeen  Royal  Horticultural, 
Acton  Horticultural  ;  Ebley,  Caincross,  and  Se’sby  Horticultural  ; 
Hornsey  Horticultural  and  Allotments  Association ;  Newport 
(Mon.)  and  District  Gardeners’  Mutual  Improvement  Association  ; 
Sherborne  Gardeners’  Mutual  Improvement ;  West  Derby  Gar¬ 
deners’  Mutual  Improvement  Society ;  Winchester  Gardeners’ 
Mutual  Improvement  Association ;  Astwood  Bank  Amateur  Gar¬ 
deners’  Society ;  Barnsley  and  District  Experimental  School  of 
Gardening ;  Chiswick  Gardeners’  Mutual  Improvement  Society ; 
Irish  Gardeners’  Association ;  Isle  of  Wight  Horticultural  Im¬ 
provement  Association ;  Maidenhead  Gardeners’  Association. 
Chrysanthemums  in  Liverpool. 
During  the  next  five  or  six  weeks  shows  of  Chrysanthemums 
will  be  held  in  the  Botanic  Gardens  and  Sefton  Park.  Supreme 
in  their  loveliness  as  have  been  the  Liverpool  municipal  exhibi¬ 
tions  of  Chrysanthemums  in  years  gone  by,  it  is  not  using  the 
language  of  idle  exaggeration  to  venture  the  opinion  that  Mr. 
Henry  Herbert,  the  chief  Superintendent  of  the  Liverpool  parks 
and  gardens,  and  Mr.  James  Guttridge,  Curator  and  Deputy- 
Superintendent  of  Parks  and  gardens,  have  this  year  produced 
two  displays  of  the  historic  Japanese  flower  which  surpass  any¬ 
thing  of  the  kind  ever  seen  in  Liverpool.  Each  of  the  two 
exhibition  houses — one  in  the  Botanic  Gardens  and  the  other  in 
Sefton  Park — contains  upwards  of  1,500  plants  of  endless  variety. 
Whit  myriad  blooms  and  radiant  tints  meet  the  eye  upon  entering 
tne  respective  show  houses,  and  what  an  atmosphere  of  graceful 
and  variegated  splendour  there  seems  pervading  all!  A  glance 
alon  \  the  delightful  floral  vista  and  across  the  tops  of  the  straight, 
tall,  and  stately  p’ants,  reveals  the  presence  of  many  old  favourite 
varieties,  whilst  here  and  there,  lifting  their  proud  and  charming 
heads  above  the  rest,  stand  several  plants  whose  colour  and 
shape  proclaim  to  the  accustomed  visitor  the  fact  of  their  first 
appearance  under  these  auspices.  The  following  list  of  the  prin¬ 
cipal  varieties  to  be  seen  may  be  of  interest :  - — Chrysanthemiste 
Bruante,  Ella  Curtis,  Etoile  de  Feu,  Gabriel  Debrie,  Henry 
Weeks,  Hon.  F.  W.  D.  Smith,  Kathleen  Rogers,  Lord  Ludlow, 
Lucy  Kendall,  Madame  Louis  Remy,  Mrs.  Henry  Chiesmann, 
Ma  Perfect  on,  Mrs.  White  Popham,  Miss  Randerson,  Madame 
Ferlat,  Hanwell  Glory,  Robert  Powell,  Sir  H.  Kitchener,  Wm. 
Bardney,  Robert  Maher,  Robert  Moffatt,  James  Bidencope,  Mr. 
T.  Carrington,  Florence  Molyneux,  Mrs.  Barkley,  Le  Grand 
Dragon,  Soleil  d’Octobre,  Australie,  N.C.S.  Jubilee,  Mrs. 
Coember,  Jane  Molyneux,  Miss  Nellie  Pockett,  Master  H.  Tucker, 
Oceana,  Pride  of  Madford,  Madame  Edmond  Roger,  and  C.  H. 
Curtis.  The  exhibition  will  continue  for  five  or  six  weeks,  Sun¬ 
days  as  well  as  week  days. 
