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The  Midland  Carnation  and  Picotee  Society. 
At  a  committee  meeting  held  on  Thursday  last,  it  was  decided, 
on  account  of  the  lateness  of  the  season,  to  postpone  the  exhibi¬ 
tion  of  the  above  society  till  Thursday  and  Friday,  August  7  and  8, 
instead  of  July  30  and  31,  a.s  originally  fixed. 
Crystal  Palace  Fruit  Show. 
The  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  ninth  great  annual  show  of 
British  grown  fruit  will  be  held  at  the  Crystal  Palace  on 
September  18,  19,  and  20.  For  schedule  of  prizes,  including 
special  ones  for  bottled  and  preserved  fruits,  and  full  particulars, 
apply  to  the  Sec.,  R.H.S.,  117,  Victoria  Street,  S.W. 
South  Shields  and  Northern  Counties  Chrysanthemum  Society. 
We  are  asked  to  draw  attention  to  an  advertisement  under 
“  Shows  ”  on  the  second  page,  wherein  are  offered  good  prizes  by 
the  above  society.  Its  show  is  being  resuscitated  after  a  lapse  of 
a  few  years,  and  we  cordially  wish  that  fine  weather  may  prevail 
for  this  year’s  exhibition,  and  that  in  every  way  it  may  be 
successful. 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provident  Society. 
The  usual  monthly  committee  meeting  of  this  society  was  held 
on  Monday  evening  last,  at  the  Caledonian  Hotel,  Adelphi 
Terrace,  W.C.,  Mr.  C.  H.  Curtis  in  the  chair.  After  the  minutes 
of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  signed  four  new  members  were 
elected.  The  death  of  a  member  was  reported,  and  the  amount 
standing  to  his  credit  in  the  ledger  was  granted  to  his  nominee. 
A  request  for  assistance  from  the  convalescent  was  granted  to  a 
member  who  has  been  ill  a  long  time.  Four  members  were 
reported  on  the  sick  fund. 
Queen  Victoria's  Cottage  at  Kew  Gardens. 
On  July  7  the  Richmond  Town  Council  resolved  to  request  the 
member  for  Richmond  to  call  the  attention  of  Parliament  to  the 
non-compliance  with  the  wish  of  the  late  Queen  Victoria  that  the 
ground  surrounding  the  Queen’s  Cottage  in  Kew  Gardens  should 
be  opened  to  the  public.  It  was  true,  Councillor  Hasler  said,  that 
a  path  had  lately  been  opened  through  the  grounds,  but  that  was 
all.  [There  is  plenty  of  ground  for  the  public  to  roam  at  pleasure 
in  the  gardens  themselves,  and  as  a  quiet  sanitorium  for  bird  life 
during  the  nesting  season,  and  also  for  wild  gardening,  we  think 
the  director  does  well  to  keep  visitors  from  the  Queen’s  Cottage 
grounds.] 
Echoes  from  Hamilton. 
When  the  days  are  darkest  and  the  looming  clouds  are  deepest, 
oft  the  silver  streaming  gleams  of  sunshine  pent  up  in  gloom 
break  out  precipitately  upon  the  earth,  and  dispel  the  sickly 
pallor  everywhere  umbered,  in  such  circumstances,  on  the  face  of 
Nature.  It  was  thus,  as  the  month  of  June  was  on  the  eve  of 
taking  its  departure.  The  long  timed  leaden  clouds  which  obscured 
the  usual  genial  rays  of  sunshine,  so  peculiar  to  this  month,  broke 
suddenly  asunder,  and,  without  the  least  sign  or  symptom,  man, 
beast,  and  plant  were  rushed  into  a  subtropical  atmosphere.  On 
two  or  three  occasions  the  temperature  rose  to  80deg  Fall,  in  the 
shade,  a  rather  trying  ordeal  to  pass  through  after  a  protracted 
subjection  to  a  temperature  not  very  much  above  winter.  Pat 
was  not  very  wide  of  the  mark  when  he  said  in  reference  to  June 
“that  he  saw  a  summer  like  this  last  winter.”  But,  alas!  the 
change,  if  drastic,  was  equally  short  lived,  and  all  that  we  have 
experienced  of  the  present  month  has  been  of  a  very  spasmodic 
character — one  day  or  so  good  and  the  other  bad  or  indifferent. 
To-day  (12th)  as  we  write,  the  outlook  is  extremely  gloomy.  The 
elements  pour  forth  their  fury  in  wind  and  rain  incessantly  since 
early  morning,  and  the  air  is  cold  and  chilly — a  feature  associated 
indeed  with  the  night  temperature  of  the  season.  But  we  must 
not  be  gloomy,  for  man  was  created  for  a  higher  purpose.  The 
wells  of  hope  deposited  in  his  bosom  amply  assure  us  of  that  fact, 
for  truly  they  are  commensurate  with  the  springs  of  life  itself. 
Therefore  we,  the  sons  of  the  soil,  must  hope,  though  the  days  are 
dismal  and  the  dark  impending  clouds  are  threatening,  that 
behind  all  lies  the  proverbial  silver  lining.— D.  C. 
National  Carnation  and  Picotee  Society. 
The  National  Carnation  and  Picotee  Society  will  hold  their 
annual  show  on  Tuesday,  July  22,  in  the  Drill  Hall,  Buckingham 
Gate,  Westminster,  one  to  six  p.m. 
Success  of  Dundee  Florists. 
Roses,  in  common  with  other  flowers,  are  a  fortnight  later 
than  usual  this  season,  and  on  this  account  Scottish  growers  have 
been  unable  to  attend  any  of  the  early  Rose  shows.  On  the  lltli, 
however,  at  Ulverston  Rose  Show,  Messrs.  D.  and  W.  Croll, 
Dundee,  were  enabled  to  enter  an  appearance,  and  were  success¬ 
ful  in  carrying  off  second  prizes  for  each  of  seventy-two  blooms, 
thirty-six  blooms,  and  eighteen  blooms,  against  English  growers. 
The  Comfort  of  Canadian  Voyagers. 
A  novel  idea  has  been  put  into  practice  by  Messrs.  Elder, 
Dempster,  and  Co.,  which  might  well  be  followed  by  the  railway 
companies,  though  the  suggestion  will  probably  be  considered  too 
Utopian  yet.  The  Beaver  liner  Lake  Ontario,  which  arrived  at 
Liverpool  from  Canada  on  July  13th,  had  on  board  a  considerable 
number  of  passengers,  and,  on  the  instructions  of  Sir  xVlfred  L. 
Jones,  the  carriages  of  the  special  train  conveying  the  City  bound 
passengers  to  London  from  Riverside  Station  were  decorated  with 
flowers,  and  baskets  of  fruit  were  also  provided  for  the  consump¬ 
tion  of  the  fortunate  travellers. 
Great  Hyacinth  and  Tulip  Competition  for  1903. 
The  Royal  Bulb  Growing  Society  of  Haarlem  have  offered,  and 
the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  have  accepted,  a  grand  prize 
for  Hyacinths,  and  another  for  Tulips,  to  bo  competed  for  at 
the  Drill  Hall,  on  or  about  March  24,  1903,  as  follows: — 120 
Hyacinths,  in  pots  (single  spikes),  in  forty  varieties,  not  more 
than  three  pots  of  any  one  variety.  Open.  First  prize,  £7 ; 
second  prize,  £5 ;  third  prize,  £3.  100  pots  of  Tulips,  in  fifty 
varieties,  three  plants  of  the  same  variety  in  each  pot,  and  not 
more  than  two  pots  of  any  one  variety.  Open.  First  prize,  £4; 
second  prize,  £3 ;  third  prize,  £2. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
The  next  fruit  and  flower  show  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  July  22,  in  the  Drill  Hall, 
Buckingham  Gate,  Westminster,  one  to  six  p.m.  At  this  meeting 
plants — other  than  for  certificate — can  only  bo  shown  in  very 
small  groups,  and  only  then  by  pre-arrangement  with  the  super¬ 
intendent.  A  lecture  on  “The  Botanic  Gardens  and  Flora  of 
Malta,”  illustrated  by  limelight,  will  be  given  by  the  Rev. 
Prof.  Geo.  Henslovv,  M.A.,  V.M.H.,  at  three  o’clock.  At  a 
general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  held  on 
Tuesday,  July  8,  seventy-four  new  Fellows  were  elected,  amongst 
them  being  Yicountess  Strathallan,  Lady  Fermoy,  Lady  Savile, 
Lady  Clementi-Smith,  Sir  Cecil  Clementi-Smith,  K.C.M.G.,  Col. 
Carruthers,  and  the  Hon.  Cecil  Campbell,  making  a  total  of  826 
elected  since  the  beginning  of  the  present  year. 
The  Agricultural  Association  of  Hungary. 
This  association,  in  co-operation  with  the  Pozsony  County 
Agricultural  Association,  and  with  the  council  of  the  town  of 
Pozsony,  holds  its  second  national  agricultural  exhibition  at 
Pozsony  (Hungary,  near  Vienna),  from  the  7th  to  the  14th  of 
September,  1902.  The  exhibition  will  bo  connected- with  agricul¬ 
ture,  wine  growing,  horticulture,  <fcc.,  also  conferences  and 
excursions.  The  exhibition  will  consist  of  the  following  six 
branches: — I.  Exhibition  of  stock  (horses,  cattle,  swine,  sheep, 
dogs,  poultry,  bee  farming,  rearing  of  the  silkworm,  and  on 
fishery).  II.  Growing  of  plants  (seeds,  exhibition  of  Wheats, 
forage  plants,  geology  of  the  soil,  retrospective  and  collective 
exhibition).  III.  Wine  growing  and  farming,  wine  dressing, 
pomology,  horticulture.  I\  .  International  exhibition  ot  agiicui- 
tural  implements.  V.  Domestic  industry;  people’s  industry; 
exhibition  of  articles.  VI.  Exhibition  referring  to  forestry  and 
the  chase.  Pozsony  may  be  reached  from  \  ienna  in  an  hour  on 
railway.  There  come  trains  from  Vienna  to  Pozsony  twelve 
times  daily,  and  two  steamers  on  the  Danube  daily.  Hungarian 
agriculture  in  all  its  branches  is  in  its  most  developed  state  in 
Pozsony  (in  German  called  Pressburg)  and  surrounding  counties. 
Pozsony,  with  an  old  castle,  the  Danube,  and  the  surrounding 
hills,  is  one  of  the  loveliest  parts  of  Hungary.  Special  attention 
will  be  given  to  English-speaking  visitors,  and  Englisli-speat ing 
officials  will  be  present  in  the  exhibition. 
