JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
July  31,  1902. 
114 
Obituary. 
Mr.  Elijah  Draper. 
I  enclose  cutting  from  our  local  paper  containing  the  news  of 
death  of  our  esteemed  lion,  secretary,  the  late  Mr.  E.  Draper. 
I  believe  it  will  convey  to  you  more  than  I  can  express  of  the 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  more 
especially  by  lovers  of  horticulture.  By  his  death  the  North¬ 
ampton  Chrysanthemum  Society  have  indeed  lost  an  able 
secretary  and  most  sincere  friend. — T.  Hemming,  Acting  Sec. 
Northampton  Chrysanthemum  Society. 
“  Mr.  Draper  was  for  many  years  schoolmaster  at  St.  Giles’ 
Day  Schools,  and  a  number  of  liis  scholars  achieved  prominent 
positions  in  various  parts  of  the  country.  Subsequently  he  con¬ 
ducted  a  private  school  at  the  Working  Men’s  Club,  St.  Giles 
Street,  and  his  considerable  talents  as  a*  schoolmaster  were  here 
again  exemplified  by  the  successes  of  his  pupils.  In  March,  1890, 
he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Northampton  Town  and  County 
Benefit  Building  Society,  in  succession  to  the  late  Alderman 
T.  Adams,  and  during  the  whole  time  he  has  occupied  that  respon¬ 
sible  position  in  this  large  and  important  society  he  has  proved 
himself  a  most  capable,  courteous,  and  assiduous  officer.  In  the 
period  since  his  appointment  the  membership  has  very  largely 
increased,  and  the  receipts  have  been  well  nigh  doubled.  In  the 
last  report  of  the  directors  it  was  stated  that  the  society  now  con¬ 
sists  of  3,237  members,  holding  7,777  borrowing  shares  and  6,125 
investing  shares.  Notwithstanding  the  reports  of  the  depressed 
state  of  trade  in  Northampton,  it  was  recorded  that  every  phase 
of  the  society’s  working  showed  a  distinct  improvement  on  the 
preceding  year.  Mr.  Draper  was  also  the  honorary  secretary  of 
the  Northants  Chrysanthemum  Society,  having  always  displayed 
keen  interest  in  the  cultivation  of  flowers  and  fruit,  and  much  of 
the  success  which  has  attended  the  annual  exhibitions  of  the 
society  in  the  county  town  is  due  to  Mr.  Draper’s  untiring  efforts 
as  secretary.  In  his  early  years  Mr.  Draper  took  a  keen  interest 
in  cricket,  and  later,  in  addition  to  the  pursuit  of  horticulture, 
was  fond  of  angling.” 
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Trade  Notes. 
A  New  Variety  of  Galega. 
Mr.  W.  Baylor-Hartland,  of  Cork,  sends  us  an  armful  of  a  new 
variety  of  Galega  officinalis,  which  he  names  bicolor.  The 
standard  in  each  of  the  flowers  is  deep  mauve-purple,  the  wings 
and  keel  being  almost  white,  but  tinged  with  the  mauve.  It 
appears  to  be  very  robust,  with  racemes  7in  long,  and  branched. 
As  a  border  herbaceous  perennial  it  is  distinct  and  meritorious. 
A  Twin  Brake  Hand  Hoist. 
This  apparatus,  fully  described  as  Pickering  Twin  Brake 
Quick  Hand  Hoist,  will  appeal  to  our  home  farmers,  land 
stewards,  and  the  gardeners  in  very  large  establishments.  We 
are  not  able  to  illustrate  the  hand  hoist  here,  but  on  an  advertise¬ 
ment  page  a  figure  is  presented  in  connection  with  the  London 
Hoist  and  Machinery  Company’s  notice,  whose  address  is  103, 
Worship  Street,  E.C.  The  latest  development  of  this  well- 
known  Pickering  Sack  Hoist  (upwards  of  100,000  have  been  sold) 
is  in  the  brake  shoe  and  lever  being  duplicated,  so  as  to  render 
the  lowering  equally  effectual  whichever  end  of  lift  chain  is  in 
use,  thus  rendering  the  hoist  free  from  the  jerky  action  common 
to  the  old  type.  A  man  lias  only  to  exert  a  pull  of  a  fifth  of  the 
load,  i.e.,  561b,  to  raise  a  sack  of  Corn  at  the  rate  of  20ft  per 
minute.  The  company’s  catalogue  should  be  consulted. 
West’s  Aerated  Spray  Syringe. 
The  above  is  an  invention  by  Mr.  C.  E.  West,  of  Roundhay, 
well  known  as  a  leading  garden  sundriesman,  and  its  great  point 
of  merit  is  that  it  will  save  more  than  half  (|  it  is  said)  of  any 
insecticide  that  may  be  used  when  spraying  plants.  The  insecti¬ 
cide  being  mixed  with  air  by  the  action  of  the  syringe,  a  deadly 
insecticide  can  be  used  extra  strong,  and  the  particles,  floating 
in  the  air,  envelope  the  whole  plant.  It  acts  on  the  same 
principle  as  a  scent  sprayer;  but  is  worked  like  an  ordinary 
syringe.  West’s  Aerated  Spray  Syringe  is,  indeed,  an  ordinary 
syringe,  but  with  an  extra  cylinder  for  holding  the  liquid  firmly 
fastened  to  it,  and  is  connected  to  the  cylinder  by  two  tubes.  As 
all  syringes  are  powerful  pneumatic  pumps,  and  as  the  water' in 
the  cylinder  is  connected  to  the  syringe  in  the  same  way  as  a  scent 
sprayer  is  done,  wThen  the  plunger  is  worked  in  the  syringe  a  big 
force  of  air  is  got  which  aerates  the  spray  in  the  same  way  as  a 
scent  sprayer,  and  thus  gives  off  the  same  kind  of  spray.  But  as 
the  syringe  is  so  many  times  larger  and  stronger  than  a  scent 
sprayer,  the  syringe  gives  a  much  better  spray  and  cannot  get 
clogged  up,  and  the  cylinder  holds  as  much  liquid  to  last  an  hour 
or  so  of  spraying.  It  can  be  also  used  as  an  ordinary  greenhouse 
syringe,  and  being  serviceable,  it  can  be  used  to  do  all  the 
syringing,  in  a  greenhouse.  We  are  also  well  pleased  with  Mr. 
West’s  fruit  gatherer  and  tree  pruner.  This  is  intended  for 
gathering  fruit  out  of  reach,  and  for  pruning  high  branches. 
His  espalier  chain  and  hooks  for  supporting  Raspberries, 
Currants,  Gooseberries,  Tomatoes,  Roses,  and  climbing  plants 
also  shows  considerable  originality,  and  seems  very  useful. 
Strawberry,  Chon's  Late  Prolific. 
This  new  late  fruiting  Strawberry  received  an  Award  of  Merit 
when  shown  before  the  Fruit  and  Vegetable  Committee  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  on  July  2,  1901.  The  same  body 
raised  the  award  to  a  First  Class  Certificate  at  their  sitting  on 
July  22,  1902,  when  some  handsome  fruits  were  again  set  before 
Strawberry,  Qivon’s  Late  Prolific, 
them.  The  fruits  are  large,  broad  at  the  base,  and  curve  to  the 
shoulders.  They  are  of  a  bright  rich  crimson-scarlet  colour,  firm 
and  even,  with  a  luscious,  mellow  flavour.  It  is  a  first-class 
Strawberry,  and  a  late  and  heavy  cropper.  Parents:  Waterloo 
and  Latest  of  All.  From  H.  P.  Sturgis,  Esq.  (gardener,  Mr. 
W.  Peters),  Givon’s  Gardens,  Leatherhead. 
Meteorological  Observations  at  Chiswick. 
Taken  in  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Gardens  at  Chis¬ 
wick,  height  above  sea  level  24  feet. 
Date. 
Temperature  of  the 
Air. 
Temperature  of 
the  Soil. 
At  9  A.M. 
© 
1902. 
July. 
ii 
At  9  A.M. 
Day. 
Night 
*3 
At 
1-ft. 
deep. 
At 
2-ft. 
deep. 
At 
4-ft. 
deep. 
Lowest 
Temperatur 
on  Grass. 
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Dry 
Bulb. 
Wet 
Bulb. 
43 
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is 
o 
a 
Sunday  ...20 
N.E. 
deg. 
53-9 
deg. 
50-3 
deg. 
58-0 
deg. 
51-2 
Ins. 
deg. 
59-9 
deg. 
60-2 
deg. 
57-5 
deg. 
45-5 
Monday  ...21 
N. 
52-1 
50-0 
57-8 
49-5 
0-02 
58-3 
59-4 
57-5 
42-5 
Tuesday  ...22 
W.N.W. 
54-2 
50-2 
57-2 
49-3 
0-07 
57-9 
589 
57-3 
44-0 
Wed’sday  23 
W.NAV. 
56-6 
54-8 
68-3 
50-2 
— 
58-2 
58-5 
57-2 
42*5 
Thursday  24 
W.S.W. 
621 
55-0 
67-4 
51-8 
— 
59-9 
58-8 
57-2 
43-3 
Friday  ...25 
W. 
61-7 
56-8 
680 
54-2 
0-17 
61-2 
59-2 
57-0 
51-8 
Saturday  26 
S.W. 
66-2 
6TG 
71-8 
55-7 
o-ci 
62-2 
596 
57-1 
53  0 
’  Means  ... 
58'1 
54T 
64-1 
51-7 
Total. 
0  27 
59-7 
59-2 
57-3 
46T 
A  week  of  dull  cold  weather  with  showers  at  intervals. 
Trade  Catalogues  Received. 
Damman  &  Co.,  Seed  and  Bulb  Growers,  Naples. — Balls,  Roots ,  ani 
Terrestrial  Orchids. 
John  Peed  &  Son,  Streatham  Nurseries,  Streatham,  S.W. — Fruit- 
Trees,  also  Roses. 
B.  S.  Williams.  &  Son.  Victoria  and  Paradise  Nurseries,  Upper 
Holloway,  London,  N. — Bxilbs,  etc. 
