December  26,  1901.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAOE  GARDENER 
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The  Season’s  Greetings. 
With  all  earnestness;  with  satisfaction  at  the  progress  of 
events  in  our,  own  line  during  another  year ;  with  confidence  in 
the  continued  support  of  readers  and  writers ;  and  with  bright 
hopes  for  greater  usefulness  in  the  future,  the  conductors  of 
“  Our  Journal  ”  send  out  a  New  Year’s  greeting  to  ail  who  have 
se  well  aided  them  in  times  now  past.  May  happiness  be  the 
portion  of  all! 
The  R.H.3.  Journal. 
Briefly,  we  have  to  announce  the  publication  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society’s  Journal  (vol.  xxvi.,  parts  2  and  3).  This 
contains  the  Lily  Conference  report,  and  is  otherwise  crammed 
with  most  useful  reading  for  gardeners  and  lovers  of  plant  life 
and  horticulture  generally.  We  will  fully  review  this  volume 
immediately. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
At  a  general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  held 
on  Tuesday,  December  17,  forty-two  new  Fellows  were  elected, 
amongst  them  being  the  Dowager  Lady  Williams-Wynn,  Lady 
Binning,  Lady  Harrison,  Lieut. -Col.  0.  H.  Oakes,  and  Captain 
Critchley,  making  a  total  of  930  elected  since  the  beginning  of 
the  present  year.  The  society’s  annual  examination  in  the 
Principles  and  Practice  of  Horticulture  will  be  held  on  Wednes¬ 
day,  April  23;  1902.  Intending  candidates  can  obtain  a  copy  of 
the  syllabus  on  application  to  the  Secretary,  R.H.S.,  117, 
Victoria  Street,  Westminster.  A  stamped  and  addressed  envelope 
should  be  enclosed. 
A  “Gardening  Guide”  from  Kimberley. 
“  The  Guide,”  a  nursery  and  seed  catalogue,  reached  us  a 
month  ago  from  Messrs.  Charles  Howie  and  Co.,  Kimberley,  S.A. 
There  are  abundance  of  woodcuts  illustrating  vegetables  and 
flowers.  Of  the  latter  there  are  Petunias,  Pansies,  Phloxes, 
Godetias,  Marigolds,  Larkspurs,  Mignonette,  Carnations,  Cannas, 
and  a  host  of  other  subjects,  and  also  a  wide  selection  of  vege¬ 
tables.  In  their  introduction  the  firm  remarks :  — “  It  has  been 
our  endeavour  to  list  only  such  varieties  as  we  have  confidence 
will  suit  our  most  trying  climate,  experience  teaching  us  that 
notwithstanding  the  high  opinion  of  the  best  seedsmen  in  the 
world,  many  kinds  of  seeds  that  do  remarkably  well  in  Europe, 
absolutely  fail  when  tried  in  our  dry  climate.  Seeds  tested  by 
the  ‘  growing  test  ’  in  Kimberley  will  grow  anywhere  in  South 
Africa,  and  seeds  that  may  answer  admirably  at  the  coast 
frequently  fail  completely  when  tried  up-country.”  It  is  very 
pleasant  to  find  such  an  industry  progressing  in  the  diamond 
fields. 
Death  of  John  Goode. 
Mr.  John  Goocte,  the  man  who  is  credited  with  having  built 
the  first  greenhouse  in  Chicago,  away  back  in  1845,  died  at  Mel¬ 
bourne,  Fla.,  November  16,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  uras 
born  in  Enfield,  near  London,  England,  in  1813,  and  at  an  early 
age  entered  the  nurseries  of  Cormack,  Son,  and  Oliver,  at 
Deptford,  and  followed  this  by  a  course  at  Earl  de  Grey’s  seat, 
under  the  celebrated  Davie  Douglass.  In  1845  he  went  to 
America  and  Chicago,  his  first  work  being  the  laying  out  of  the 
grounds  of  J.  Y.  Scammon,  Esq.,  almost  in  the  heart  of  the 
business  district.  Close  by,  too,  he  built  Chicago’s  first  green¬ 
house.  About  this  time,  also,  he  established  the  first  nursery  in 
the  West,  between  what  is  now  the  Racine  Avenue,  Southport 
Avenue,  and  North  Clyboume  Place,  then  far  outside  the  town. 
In  the  autumn  of  1849  Mr.  Goode,  not  being  able  to  see  the 
evidences  of  Chicago’s  future  greatness,  built  a  house-boat  to 
carry  himself  and  his  family  to  new  fields.  The  boat  was  frozen 
in  for  two  weeks,  and  received  a  great  deal  of  attention  from 
Press  and  public  during  that  period.  After  an  eventful  voyage 
down  the  Canal,  Mr.  Goode  decided  to  pitch  his  tent  in  St.  Louis, 
where  he  resided  many  years,  engaged  in  landscape  gardening. 
Among  his  works  the  laying  out  of  La  Fayette  Park  and  the 
Fair  Grounds  stand  conspicuous.  In  1865  he  returned  to  Chicago 
and  entered  into  the  florist  business. 
Chelmsford  School  of  Agriculture. 
Course  II.,  Session  1901-2,  starts  on  December  30,  lasting  till 
February  1,  1902,  at  the  County  Technical  Laboratories,  Chelms¬ 
ford.  The  aim  is  to  impart  sound  practical  and  theoretical  know¬ 
ledge  on  the  principles  of  agriculture  to  young  men  entering  this 
most  important  of  all  industries.  Chemistry,  botany,  physics, 
biology,  and  “  agriculture  ”  (in  its  broad  sense)  are  the  heads  of 
subjects  upon  which  instruction  is  given. 
Apple  Scab. 
Professor  T.  J.  Burrill,  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  of 
the  University  of  Illinois,  has  announced  that  the  parasitic 
fungus,  usually  called  Apple  scab,  does  not  winter  as  supposed  on 
the  twigs  of  the  tree,  and  therefore  cannot  be  killed  by  spraying 
before  the  buds  open.  This  is  deemed  a  very  important  matter  in 
practical  orchard  management,  for  success  hinges  upon  its  de¬ 
struction  and  dependent  oh  a  knowledge  of  its  life  history.  For 
best  results  the  first  application  of  the  fungicide  (usually  Bor¬ 
deaux  mixture)  should  be  made  just  after  the  leaf  buds  open. — 
(“  Canadian  Horticulturist.”) 
Scottish  Nurseryman’s  Golden  Wedding. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Stalker,  Balmoral  House,  Elgin,  recently 
celebrated  their  “  golden  wedding.”  Mr.  Stalker,  in  the  course 
of  his  long  and  active  life  has  been  successively  head  gardener 
to  Sir  J.  W.  Ramden,  Lord  Dufferin,  and  the  Duchess  Dowager 
of  Norfolk.  He  afterwards  became  factor  at  Holme  Island,  after 
which  he  held  for  four  years  a  similar  appointment  under  Colonel 
Gould  Hunter  Weston,  of  Hunterston  Castle,  Ayrshire. 
Seventeen  years  ago  he  purchased  the  Nairn  Nursery,  and  finally 
settled  down  in  the  nursery  business,  which,  in  the  hands  of 
himself  and  his  son,  has  been  exceedingly  successful.  The  firm 
have  had  numerous  orders  from  Royalty  for  fruit  and  ornamental 
trees,  and  their  list  of  patrons  include  many  of  the  leading 
noblemen  and  county  gentlemen  of  the  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stalker  were  the  recipients  of  numerous  valuable  gifts  on  the 
occasion  of  their  golden  wedding.  We  wish  them  long  life  and 
prosperity. 
The  Pharmacy  Act  and  Weei-killers. 
The  Poisons  Committee  appointed  by  the  Lord  President  ef 
the  Council  to  inquire  into  what  alterations  may  be  expedient 
in  Schedule  A  of  the  Pharmacy  Act,  1868,  sat  at  Whitehall  on 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  and  Thursday,  December  17,  18,  and  19 
respectively,  Sir  Herbert  Maxwell,  M.P.,  in  the  chair.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  witnesses  were  examined :  Mr.  Isaac  Connel,  secretary  of 
the  Scottish  Chamber  of  Agriculture;  Mr.  W.  Wynn  Westcott, 
coroner  for  North-east  London:  Mr.  J.  W.  Lytle,  manufacturing 
chemist,  Liverpool ;  Mr.  T.  V.  Pettifer,  manufacturing  chemist ; 
Mr.  J.  L.  Maj®r,  of  Messrs.  Major  and  Co.,  Limited,  manufac¬ 
turers  of  disinfectants;  Mr.  James  Cockburn,  chemist,  managing 
director  of  Messrs.  F.  Spite  and  Co.,  Limited,  manufacturers  of 
chemical  and  proprietary  goods,  including  sheep  dips,  weed 
killers,  &c.  ;  Mr.  W.  Darlington,  farmer  and  member  of  council 
of  the  Worcestershire  Agricultural  Society  ;  and  Mr.  R.  H.  Smith, 
Sheffield,  secretary  of  the  Ironmongers’  Federated  Association. 
The  next  sittings  of  the  Committee  will  probably  be  held  in 
January. 
Mr.  J.  A.  Pettigrew. 
In  an  appreciative  note,  the  “  American  Florist  ”  says  of  Mr. 
J.  A.  Pettigrew,  “  The  eminent  superintendent  of  Boston’s 
park  system  (whose  portrait  also  appears)  is  the  acknowledged 
foremost  man  in  his  profession  in  America  to-day.  Chicago  has 
never  ceased  to  regret  the  folly  by  which  his  services  were  lost 
to  her  park  department  some  years  ago,  and  Boston  is  to  be 
congratulated  on  the  good  judgment  which  secured  him,  and 
has  so  far  supported  him  in  his  wise  management  of  her  public 
reservations.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  of  New 
England  Park  Superintendents  at  Hartford  last  summer,  Mr. 
Pettigrew  was  re-elected  president  of  that  young  and  vigorous 
body  for  another  year.  It  is  a  fortunate  society  that  is  privileged 
to  draw  upon  such  sterling  material  for  its  officers.  Mr.  Petti¬ 
grew  stands  for  everything  that  is  manly  and  honourable  in 
American  horticultural  life,  and  the  entire  country  looks  to  him 
and  his  co-labourers,  the  park  superintendents  of  New  England, 
for  the  best  examples  in  the  noble  art  which  is  destined  to 
exercise  an  immeasurable  influence  for  the  future  physical  and 
moral  well-being  of  the  community.” 
