.Tanuar/  1,  1933, 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AXD  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
The  New  Forestry. 
+  •  ^  edition  of  “The  New  Forestrj',”  containing  addi- 
lona  1  ustrations  and  matter,  by  J.  Simpson,  wilLbe  published 
by  Messrs.  Pawson  and  Brailsford,  Sheffield,  early  in  the  present 
Aoa..  le  first  edition  wa.s  published  tlireei  years  ago. 
Gardeners’  Friends  and  Foes. 
Paignton,  Devon,  read  a  paper  on 
Gardeners^  Friends  and  Foes  ”  before  the  members  of  the 
i  aignton  Gardeners’  Association  on  December  18,  Mr  J 
t  ra thorn  presiding  over  a  fair  attendance. 
Purchase  of  Pittencrieff  Estate,  Fife. 
Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  has  acquired,  at  a  cost  of  £45,000,  a 
new  home  near  Dunfermline,  where  he  was  born.  The  estate 
purchas^l  ,s  that  of  Pittencrieff,  which  includes  the  beautiful 
g  en  o  Pittencrieff  and  the  time-worn  old  hou.se  of  Pittencrieff 
Ihe  grounds  are  exquisitely  beautiful,  and  the  historic  associa¬ 
tions  are  e, specially  interesting. 
Death  of  Mr.  John  Peed. 
Me  \eiy  much  regret  to  have  to  inform  our  readers  of  the 
fta  h  of  Mr.  John  Peed,  senior  jrartner  of  the  firm  of  J.  Peed 
and^n,  who  passed  away  at  his  residence  at  Streatliam  Park, 
on  December  24,  1902,  after  about  five  weeks’  illness.  The 
c  eceased  gentleman  was  in  his  seventy-second  year,  and  had 
leen  connected  with  gardening  all  his  life,  having  commenced 
at  t  le  eaily  age  of  eight,  a,s  garden  boy.  He  .started  business  in 
tile  year  1860  as  a  gardener  and  florist  at  Brixton,  afterwards 
removing  to  the  present  address  at  Roupell  Park  Nurseries,  and 
later  on  opening  the  branch  establishment  at  Streatliam  Park. 
The  interment  took  place  at  Norwood  Cemetery  on  Saturday, 
the  27th  ult.,  a  great  number  of  friends  and  employes  beincr  in 
attendance. 
Kew  Hand  List}  of  Trees  and  Shrubs. 
The  Director  at  the  Kew  Gardens  has  just  issued  a  second 
edition  of  the  Hand  List  of  Trees  and  Shrubs  (excluding  Coni- 
ferse)  grown  in  the  Arboretum  (price  Is.  3d.,  1902),  and  sold  from 
Kew.  This  is  one  of  a  series  of  hand  lists  of  the  collections  of 
living  plants  cultivated  in  the  Royal  Gardens,  whicli  it  is 
intended  to  issue  from  time  to  time.  It  is  hoped  that  they  will 
he  useful  to  visitors  and  to  correspondents,  as  showing  in  what 
directions  the  collections  may  be  added  to.  It  is  further  hopt>d 
that  they  may  be  found  of  some  value  in  estimating  an  approxi¬ 
mate  standard  of  nomenclaturei.  This  second  edition  has  been 
revised  and  enlarged.  The  number  of  hardy  shrubs  and  trees 
now  enunieiated  amounts  to  about  4,o()0.  The  ho'rti cultural 
name,  as  distinct,  from  the  botanical,  is  wisely  given,  the  abbre¬ 
viation  Hort.,  being  in  italics,  and  English  names  are  here  and 
there  added  after  the  Latin,  as:  Rosa,  indica  var.  sanguinea,  the 
Crimson  China  Rose.  An  index  of  genera  is  appended.  The 
book  extends  to  804  pages.  Tin  by  Sin. 
Royal  Scottish  Arboricultural  Society. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  council  of  this  society  on  Saturday  last, 
eight  new  members  were  elected,  and  proposals  on  behalf  of 
fifteen  candidates  for  membership  were  intimated.  Mr.  John 
Methven,  convener  of  the  finance  committee,  gave  in  a  report, 
which  .showed  that  the  finances  were  in  a  satisfactory  condition. 
The  judges  of  the  essays  on  the  excursion  to  Sweden  recom¬ 
mended  that  the  prize  money  of  £15  should  be  divided  equally 
between  the  writers  of  the  two  essays  sent  in,  and  on  the  enve¬ 
lopes  being  opened,  it  was  found  that  the  writers  were  Mr. 
Fraser  Story,  The  Glen,  Innerleithen,  and  Mr.  George  U.  Mac¬ 
donald,  forester,  Raith.  It  was  agreed  to  recommend  to  the 
annual  meeting  that  the  excursion  next  year  should  be  made  to 
Mmbum  and  neighbourhood.  A  small  committee  was  appointed 
to  act  along  with  the  society’s  three  local  secretaries  in  Dum- 
frie.sshire  in  making  arrangements  for  the  forestry  section  in 
connection  with  the  Highland  Society’s  Show  at  Dumfries  this 
summer,  and  a  similar  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  con¬ 
ditions  as  to  the  di.sposal  of  the  £20  generously  offered  by  the 
Highland  Society  for  prizes  for  home-grown  timber  exhibited  in 
the  section.  The  same  committee  was  authorised  to  revise  the 
syllab.us  of  subjects  for  essays  in  1903.  The  committee  on  the 
Larch  disease  was  authorised  to  proceed  with  the  collection  of 
.statistics  as  to  the  prevalence  of  the  disease,  and  particulars  as 
to  the  circumstances  and  conditions  under  which  it  is  found  in 
A'arious  localities  in  Scotland. 
IWS  Shrf'T'®","?  .V»i'  kindly  note  tl,»t  om- 
1003  Sho„  fixed  to,.  Wednesday.  July  1,  ,|,e  date  being  altered 
^  as  not  to  clash  with  the  Holland  House  Show  ?— C.  R.  King 
StrePf'^R-  Horticultural  Society,  61  and  62,  George 
btreet,  Richmond,  Surrey.”  ^ 
Weather  in  the  North 
a  week  there  has  been  a  succe.ssion  of  windy  and 
For  over 
wet  da.ys,  the  nights  being  especially  tempestuous,  thunder  and 
98f7  occurring  on  the  nights  of  the  27th  and  the 
28th.  Monday  had  occasional  dry  intervals,  but  was  .still 
stormy.  Snow  cover.s  all  the  hills  around.—  B.  D.,  S.  Perthshire 
Chrysanthemum  Novelties. 
Messrs.  Wells  and  Co.,  Limited,  have  i.ssued  a  largo  sheet 
bearing  photographs  of  their  set  of  Chrysanthemum  novelties 
tor  1903.  The  photographs  are  each  8in  by  6iin,  and  are  eleven 
in  number,  the  varieties  being  described  in  the  firm’s  new  list 
just  issued  from  Earlswood. 
Then  and  Now  at  Kew. 
A  comparison  of  the  Royal  Gardens  .staff  at  Kew  for  the  year 
1879  with  that  of  1902  reveals  a  marked  increa.se  in  the  amount  of 
skilled  labour  employed.  In  1879  Kew  employed  7  foremen  and 
31  gardeners  ;  there  are  now  5  foremen  and  60  gardeners  on  the 
staff.  The  increase  is  due  to  some  small  extent  to  the  greater 
area  of  glass,  but  mainly  to  the  substitution  of  gardeners  for 
labourers.  The  60  gardeners  are  now  distributed  as  follows: _ 
Flower-garden^,  11;  Herbaceous  department,  7;  Arboretum,  4; 
Palm  House,  /  ;  Temperate  House,  8  ;  Greenhouse  department 
7;  Propagating  department,  4;  Nos.  I.  II.,  III.,  and  house.-’ 
6;  T  Range,  6.  Thi.s  change  in  the  character  of  the  staff  has 
worked  admirably  in  increasing  its  efficiency  and  .smartnes.«,  and 
it  adds  immensely  to  the  scope  of  the  ©.stablislinient  a.s  the 
University  of  Horticulture.  The  pay  of  sub-foremen  is  now  27s. 
per  week,  that  of  gardeners  21s.  The  intermediate  rank  of 
advanced  man  ”  disappeared  long  ago. 
Royal  Agricultural  Benevolent  Institution. 
From  the  secretary  of  this  institution,  whose  address  is 
26,  Cliarles  Street,  St.  James’,  London,  w©  have  received  the 
following  letter:— ‘-At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Royal 
Agricultural  Benevolent  Institution,  held  at  the  Society's 
Offices,  26,  Charles  Street,  St.  James’,  London,  S.IV.,  mi 
December  9,  1902,  the  Earl  of  Northbrook  in  the  chair,  tlni 
following  regulations  were  unanimously  adopted  in  sub,stitution 
of  that  contained  on  page  xviii.  of  thg.  present  Green  Book  : 
Should  a  member,  being  duly  qualified  under  the  foregoing  rules 
(the  general  rules  of  the  Institution  governing  the  admission  of 
candidates),  hereafter  become  an  accepted  candidate  for  the 
pension  of  the  Institution,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  grant 
until  elected  on  the  following  terms  :— If  a  member  of  the  Insti¬ 
tution  foi  a  period  of  not  less  than  five  yea.rs  previous  to  candi¬ 
dature,  and  having  contributed  to  its  funds,  either  as  a  donor 
or  annual  subscriber,  an  aggregate  sum  of  not  less  than  five 
guineas,  a  grant  of  £5  per  annum.  If  a  member  of  the  Institu¬ 
tion  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  ten  years  previous  to  candi¬ 
dature,  and  having  contributed  to  its  funds,  either  as  a  donor 
or  annual  subscriber,  an  aggregate  sum  of  not  less  than  ten 
guineas,  a  grant  of  £10  per  annum.  If  a  member  of  the  Institu¬ 
tion  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  fifteen  years  previous  to'  candi¬ 
dature,  and  having  contributed  to  its  funds,  either  as  a  donor 
or  annual  subscriber,  an  aggregate  sum  of  not  less  than  fifteen 
guineas,  a  grant  of  £15  per  annum.  If  a  member  of  the  Institu¬ 
tion  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twenty  years  previous  to  candi¬ 
dature,  and  having  contributed  to  its  funds,  either  as  a  donor 
or  annual  subscriber,  an  aggregate  sum  of  not  less  than  twenty 
guineas,  a  grant  of  £20  per  annum.  If  a  member  of  the  Institu¬ 
tion  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  years  previous  to 
candidature,  and  having  contributed  to  its  funds,  either  as  a 
donor  or  annual  subscriber,  an  aggregate  sum  of  not  less  than 
tw'enty-five  guineas,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  full  pension  for 
life,  and  in  the  event  of  his  leaving  a  widow'  of  not  less  than 
sixty-five  years  of  age,  she  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  .£'20  per 
annum  for  life.” 
