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Sheffield  Chrysanthemum  Show. 
The  annual  show  of  the  Sheffield  Chrysanthemum  Sc— ~-j  will 
be  held  in  the  Cutlers’  Hall  on  November  14  and  15. 
Surrey  County  Council. 
At  the  Egham  Technical  Institute,  a  course  of  twenty  demon¬ 
stration  lessonss  on  the  principles  of  horticulture'  will  be  given  by 
Wilfred  Mark  Webb,  F.L.S.,  on  Tuesday  evenings  from  6.40  to 
8.40  (commenced  September  30,  1902).  Baron  Schroder  has  been 
so  good  as  to  offer  two  prizes  (25s.  and  15s.)  to  be  competed  for  by 
the  students. 
Bolton  Horticultural  Society. 
The  opening  monthly  meeting  of  the  M.I.C.  in  connection 
with  the  Bolton  Horticultural  and  Chrysanthemum  Society  was 
held  on  Tuesday,  October  7,  in  the  Spinners’  Hall,  when  a  paper 
on  “The  Chrysanthemum  for  Exhibition”  was  read.  The  chair 
was  occupied  by  Mr.  R.  Smith.  The  paper  was  one  of  the  best 
and  most  practicable  given  during  the  existence  of  the  society, 
and  in  a  most  instructive  manner  gave  full  details  necessary  for 
the  successful  cultivation  of  the  Chrysanthemum. 
German  School  Gardens. 
For  nearly  a  century  past  Germany  has  been  alive  to  the 
supreme  importance  of  training  the  children  of  agricultural  dis¬ 
tricts  in  the  intelligent  cultivation  of  the  land.  A  large  pro¬ 
portion  of  elementary  village  schools!  are  provided  with  garden 
ground  where  the  elder  children  are  trained  in  the  grafting  and 
management  of  fruit  trees,  of  vegetables,  and  of  flowers  as  are 
best  suited  to-  the  conditions  of  the  particular  district.  Even 
town  schools,  it  would  seem,  are  not  left  out  of  the  general 
scheme,  and  have  their  allotted  garden  plots. 
Pot-Grown  Bananas. 
The  home-grown  Bananas  are  greatly  superior  in  flavour  to 
those  imported  from  abroad.  It  is  not  generally  known  that  very 
satisfactory  returns  can  be  obtained  from  small  pot-grown 
Banana  plants,  and  at  South  Norw  ood  we  have  seen  sturdy  plants 
bearing  huge  bunches  in  a  very  narrow  stove-corridor,  the  plant, 
however,  being  in  a  border.  At  Syon  House,  the  seat  of  the  Duke 
of  Northumberland,  Mr.  George  Wythes  produces  heavy  annual 
yields  from  a  dozen  plants  in  large  pots  formed  of  the  ordinary 
material,  and  the  house  in  which  the  plants  are  cultivated  is 
quite  a  small  house.  The  photograph  of  a  plant  shown  on  another 
page  this  week,  bears  out  these!  remarks  about  pot-grown  Bananas. 
This  specimen  was  photographed  in  the  gardens  of  Captain 
Belfield,  at  Frenchay,  near  Bristol. 
An  Extensive  Apple  Orchard. 
A  company  composed  of  representative  horticulturists  in 
Iowa  and  Missouri  has  been  organised,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
l,000,000dols,  for  the  planting  of  what  it  is  claimed  is  to  be  the 
largest  orchard  in  the  world.  This  orchard  is  to  cover  5,000 
acres  of  ground  planted  with  fifty  trees  to>  the  acre.  About  1,000 
acres  will  be  planted  next  spring.  While  the  main  object  of  the 
company  is  that  of  raising  Apples,  many  Peach  and  other  trees 
devoted  to  small  fruit  will  be  planted  during  the  first  years,  in 
order  to  produce  an  early  dividend  upon  the  investment.  It  is 
estimated  that  each  of  the  250,000  trees  to  be  planted  will 
produce  five  bushels  of  Apples,  thus  making  a  total  yield  of 
1,250,000  bushels,  equivalent  to  about  500,000  barrels.  It  is 
expected  that  the  bulk  of  this  crop  will  be  exported  to  Europe. 
During  the  fiscal  year  of  1901  the  export  of  Apples  from  the 
United  States  was  840,605  bushels,  of  which  794,660  were  sent  to 
the  United  Kingdom.  As  showing  some  of  the  methods  to  be 
adopted,  a  cold  storage  plant  will  be  built  in  St.  Louis  as  soon 
as  this  orchard  has  come  into  bearing.  This  will  be  the  main 
shipping  point,  and  it  is  intended  that  the  storage  plant  shall 
have  a  capacity  for  150,000  bushels.  The  St.  Louis  and  San 
Francisco  Railroad  has  agreed  to  construct  x  branch  of  about 
three  and  a  half  miles  through  the  nroperty. 
Appointments. 
Mr.  Richard  Wilson,  gardener  to  Sir  A.  Edmonstone,  Bart., 
Duntreath  Castle,  Blanefiekl,  Stirlingshire,  has  been  appointed 
gardener  to  Sir  John  Watson,  Bart.,  Earnock,  Lanarkshire,  in 
room  of  Mr.  James  Moir.  *  *  Mr.  J.  Wright,  late  of  Hoplon 
Hall  Gardens,  Wirksworth,  as  head  gardener  at  The  Holts, 
Newent,  Gloucestershire.  *  *  Mr.  David  Quinn,  formerly  foreman 
in  the  gardens  at  Obelisk  Park,  Blackrock,  Co.  Dublin,  has  been 
appointed  head  gardener  to  J.  P.  Goodbody,  Esq.,  Inchmore, 
Clara,  King’s  County. 
The  King  as  Tree  Planter. 
His  Majesty  the  King  planted  a  purple-leaved  Sycamore 
(Acer  pseudo-Platanus  atro-purpureum)  in  Quality  Street,  North 
Berwick,  on  October  10,  at  the  request  of  the  Town  Council,  in 
commemoration  of  his  visit  there.  The  tree  was  a  well-grown 
specimen  about  12ft  high,  supplied  by  Mr.  John  Downie,  Edin¬ 
burgh.  The  spade  used  by  the  King  had  an  oak  shaft  and  a 
silver  blade,  bearing  the  North  Berwick  coat-of-arms,  with  the 
following  inscription :  “  Spade  used  by  His  Majesty  King 
Edward  VII.  in  planting  a  tree  at  North  Berwick  on 
October  10,  1902.” 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
The  next  fruit  and  flower  show  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  October  21,  in  the  Drill  Hall, 
Buckingham  Gate,  Westminster,  at  1-4  p.m.  A  lecture  on 
“  Hardy  Summer  and  Autumn  Flowering  Bulbs  ”  will  be  given 
by  Mr.  P.  Rudolph  Barr,  F.R.H.S.  At  this  meeting  the 
president  of  the  society  wall  confer  the  Victoria  Medal  of  Honour 
on  Mr.  John  T.  Bennett-Poe,  M.A.,  Mr.  Henry  Canned,  and  Mr. 
George  Mas  see,  F.L.S.,  at  three  o’clock.  *  *  At  a  general 
meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  held  on  Tuesday, 
October  7,  forty  new  Fellows  were  elected,  making  a  total  of  975 
elected  since  the  beginning  of  the  present  year. 
Oxfordshire  County  Council. 
Some  time  ago  we  received  the  report  of  the  instructor  irr 
horticulture  (Mr.  S.  Heaton)  to  the  Oxfordshire  County  Council ; 
this  report  ending  with  Juno  30,  1902.  The  County  Council 
trial  allotments  are  all  reported  on  statistically,  showing  the 
number  of  points  accorded  to  each,  and  Mr.  Heaton  goes  on 
to  explain  the  general  work  of  the  year  and  what  demonstrations 
w'ere  given.  For  the  year  sixty-one  demonstrations  were  given, 
and  attended  by  706  persons.  Many  of  his  pupils  sat  for  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  examination  and  proved  success¬ 
ful.  The  following  subjects  were  practically  demonstrated, 
namely,  trenching,  digging,  manuring,  sowing,  planting,  pot¬ 
ting,  pruning,  training,  disbudding,  stopping,  staking,  tying, 
propagating  by  grafting,  layering,  and  cuttings,  and  fruit  tree 
spraying,  &c.  One  hundred  and  fifty-six  lectures  were  given 
during  the  year,  attended  by  2,699  persons. 
Lilium  auratum. 
The  figure  of  Lilium  auratum,  illustrated  on  another  page,  is 
from  a  photograph  sent  by  Mr.  John  R.  Denner,  gardener  at 
Shut©  Leigh,  Wellington,  Somerset,  who  writes  as  follows: — 
“  The  photo  of  Lilium  auratum  is  that  of  a  plant  growing  in  a 
bog-bed,  betwreen  Azaleas  and  Rhododendrons,  as  may  be  seen, 
and  I  think  it  a  very  unusual  specimen.  It  may  interest  your 
readers  if  I-  give  a  few  details  of  its  planting  and  development. 
It  was  planted  in  this  bed  about  four  years  ago;  it  was  not  a 
strong  bulb  selected  for  the  purpose  of  planting  out,  but  an 
exhausted  bulb,  turned  out  of  a  pot  after  blooming ;  and  it  has 
gradually  increased  in  size  and  vigour  ever  since.  Last  year  it 
threw  one  spike  containing  fifty-two  grand  blooms.  [A  case  of 
fasciation. — Ed.]  This  year  it  has  two  spikes,  as  may  be  seen,  and 
one  of  them  had  about  forty,  and  the  other  more  than  140  perfect 
blooms.  There  are  other  bulbs  of  the  same  variety  planted  in  the 
same  bed  at  different  times,  and  they  are  all  vigorous  in  growth, 
carrying  twenty  to  forty  blooms;  one  had  sixty,  but  this  did  nob 
perfect  all  its  blooms.  Of  course  it  is  well  known  that  the  Lilium 
auratum  has  proved  to  bo  hardy,  and  wTe  see  it  at  its  best  when 
grown  in  the  open.  I  would  like  to  ask  if  it  was  unusual  to  get 
so  many  blooms  on  one  spike?  ”  [It  is  not  uncommon.  At  Leven- 
grove  Park,  Dumbarton,  N.B.,  an  habitually  fasciated  specimen 
bore  300  flowers,  in  one  long  raceme,  this  year.  See  page  265  of 
the  present  volume. — Ed.] 
