November  13,  1S02.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND 
CO  TTA  GE  G A  RDENER. 
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Royal  Appointment. 
•Messrs.  Richard  Sankey  and  Son.  Limited,  Bulwell  Potteries, 
Nottingham,  makers  of  the  Sankey  garden  pots,  have  received 
the  Royal  Warranty  as  manufacturers  to  His  Majesty  the  King. 
The  Sutton  Christmas  Rhubarb. 
We  omitted  to  state  in  our  report  of  t lie  R.H.S.  meeting  on 
November  4,  that  the  Sutton  Christmas  Rhubarb  exhibited  by 
Messrs.  Sutton  and  Sons  was  given  an  Award  of  Merit  by  the 
Fruit  and  Vegetable  Committee. 
Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provident  Society. 
The  usual  monthly  committee  meeting  of  this  Society  was 
held  at  the  Caledonian  Hotel,  Adelphi  Terrace,  Strand,  on 
Monday  evening  last.  Mr.  C.  H.  Curtis  presided.  Nine 
members  were  reported  on  the  Sick  Fund,  the  amount  of  sick 
pay  for  the  month  being  £31  7s.  2d.  Seven  new  members  were 
elected,  making  a  total  up  to  the  present  time  this  year  of 
eighty-six.  The  secretary  was  authorised  to  obtain  3,000  circu¬ 
lars  for  distribution. 
School  Closed  for  Potato  Lifting. 
The  School  Board  of  Kirkbean  (N.B.),  in  the  Stewart ry,  have 
closed  the  public  school  for  a  fortnight  to  allow  of  the  Potato 
gathering — a  method,  adopted  to  save  the  average  attendance. 
Kirkbean  is  a  well-known  district  for  Potatoes,  and  during  the 
gathering  of  the  crop  all  available  hands  are  employed.  The 
majority  of  the  School  Board  are  farmers. 
British  Therapeutical  Society. 
The  purpose  of  the  new  British  Therapeutical  Society  is  to 
determine  the  medicinal  properties  of  all  kinds  of  natural  pro¬ 
ducts.  Especial  attention  will  be  given  to  plants  locally 
credited  with  curative  powers,  and  it  is  expected  that  many 
substances  of  value  will  be  found. 
The  Carriage  of  Fruit. 
A  deputation  representing  some  of  the  principal  fruit-grow¬ 
ing  counties  has  waited  on  the  general  managers  of  the  principal 
railways  in  London  to  urge  on  them  the  necessity  for  improve¬ 
ment  in  fruit  transit.  The  deputation  was  arranged,  by  the 
National  Fruit  Growers’  Federation,  and  Avas  introduced  by 
Colonel  C.  W.  Long,  M.P.,  its  president.  The  points  urged 
Avere  a  better  system  of  loading,  quicker  delivery  from  terminus 
to  market,  and  more  prompt  return  of  empties,  refrigerator  cars, 
and  covered  trucks,  uniform  mileage  rate  for  fruit,  and  a  more 
favourable  interpretation  of  owners’ -and  companies’  risks.  The 
managers’  chairman  promised  that  the  proposals  should  receive 
careful  consideration. 
Yallota  purpurea. 
The  Scarborough  Lily  is  to-day  represented  in  many  gardens 
by  a  potful  of  croAvded  bulbs,  these  being  left  Avell  alone,  and 
should  they  blossom  forth  and  furnish  the  beautiful  crimson 
amaryllidaceous  floAver  scapes  mayhap  their  reAvard  Avill  be  a 
better  position  on  the  plant  stage  until  such  time  as  they  die 
doAvn  again,  whence  the  bulbs  are  more  or  less  neglected.  This 
does  not  obtain  everyAvhere,  and  many  gardeners  bestow  con¬ 
siderable  attention  on  their  batches  of  Yallota  purpurea.  Good 
bulbs  are  an  imperative-  necessity  if  the  best  floAvers  are  ex¬ 
pected.  The  potting  is  usually  accomplished  during  February 
or  early  March,  Gin  or  7in  pots  being  used.  All  small  bulbs 
adhering  to  the  parent  ought  to  be  taken  off,  to  be  placed  in 
pans  and  groAvn  on.  The  apex  or  neck  of  the  bulbs  should  be 
level  with,  or  slightly  above,  the  surface  of  the  soil.  When 
groAvth  begins  the  plants  should  be  placed  on  an  airy  green¬ 
house  shelf,  Avhere  they  may  Avell  be  kept  until  about  the  flower- 
ing  time,  which  is  varied,  according  to  the  grower’s  desires. 
Good  bulbs  potted  very  early  in  t lie  year  are  flowering  hoav,  or 
a  little  earlier  than  the  present,  and  others  flower  from  May 
throughout  the  summer.  In  the  mildest  parts  of  the  country' 
this  plant  succeeds  out  of  doors,  and  is  treated  like  the  Bella¬ 
donna  Lily.  An  illustration,  appears  on  page  453. 
The  Royal  Gardeners’  Orpt-.an  Furd. 
The  Right.  Hen.  the  Earl  Carrington  has  kindly  consented  to 
preside  at  the  next  anniversary  festival  of  this  charity,  Avhich  Avili 
take  place  at  the  Hotel  Cecil  on  Tuesday,  May  5,  1903. 
Ipswich  Mutual  Improvement  Society. 
I  he  latest  meeting  of  the  above  association,  held  on  Novem¬ 
ber  Gth,  Avas  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  the  sea '-enable 
subject  of  “Spring  Bedding.”  Mr.  J.  Battram,  of  Oaklands 
Gardens,  IpsAvich,  introduced  the  subject  Avith  a  very  able  paper. 
Dutch  bulbs,  Wallflower?,  Polyanthus,  Myosotis,  Arabis, 
Alyssum,  Silene,  <fcc.,  Avere  mentioned  as  particularly  adapted 
for  planting  in  borders  and  beds.\  Concise  instructions  Avere- 
given.  for  the  preparation  of  plants  for  spring  bedding,  together 
Avith  many  useful  hints  as  to  grouping  Avith  regard  to-  colour. 
1  he  discussion  Avas  opened  by  Mr.  Cotton,  and  sustained  by  the 
chairman  (Mr.  W.  Chandler),  Messrs.  Morgan,  A.  Creek,  Close, 
Ac.t-E. 
Yeovil  Begonias. 
Messrs.  B.  R.  Davis  and  Sons,  Begonia  specialists,  Yeovil 
Nurseries,  Somerset,  Avere  able  to  send  to  us  a  large  boxful  of 
selected  tuberous  Begonia  blooms,  from  plants  in  the  open  air, 
a  Aveek  ago.  I  hey  remark,  “We  think  you  aa- i  1 1  agree  AA'ith  us 
that  it  is  a  remarkable  season  which  permits  such  flowers  to  be 
gathered  so  late  in  the  year,  and  is  a  tribute  to  the  value  of  the 
Begonia  as  a  bedding  plant.  Of  course,  the  flowers  are  smaller, 
but  the  colouring  is  very  bright.”  The  colouring  Avas  certainly 
intense  and  rich,  the  size  and  substance  of  many  of  the  blooms 
being  little  inferior  to  the  best  plucked  in  summer’s  heyday. 
Apple,  Edward’s  Coronation. 
This  variety  Avas  exhibited  by  Mr.  IT.  C.  Princep,  gardener 
to  the  Hon.  H.  B.  Portman,  of  Buxted  Park,  Uekfield,  Sussex, 
before  the  Fruit  Committee  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,, 
on  October  20,  when  an  Award  of  Merit  Avas  accorded  to  it. 
Our  illustration  on  page  449  depicts  the  exact  size-  of  a  typical 
specimen,  though  some  are  larger  and  some  smaller.  It  has 
one  side  rather  heavier  or  more  developed  than  the  other.  The 
skin  is  greenish  yellow,  streaked  and  mottled  red  on  the  side 
next  the  sun  ;  eye  set  in  a  round  depression,  'somewhat  deeply, 
and  Avide  ;  stalk  straight,  stout,  tin  to  fin  long,  in  deep  round 
cavity.  Flavour  very  good.  It  is  slightly  ever  medium  size 
and  roundish. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
The  next  fruit;  and  flower  show  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  Avill  be  held  on  Tuesday,  November  18,  in  the  Drill  Hall, 
Buckingham  Gate,  Westminster,  1  to  4  p.m.  A  lecture  on 
“  Spraying  Fruit  Trees  and  Packing  Apples,  as  Practised  in 
Canada,”  Avill  be  given  by  Mr.  Cecil  H.  Hooper,  F.R.H.S.,  at 
three  o’clock.  At  a  general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society,  held  on  Tuesday,  November  4,  forty  new  FoIIoavs  Avere 
elected,  amongst  them  being  Lady  Julia  Follc-tt,  Major  Charles 
A.  Leslie,  Major  George  A.  Marshall,  and  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Harbord, 
making  a  total  of  1,045  elected  since  the  beginning  of  the 
present  year.  The  Society’s  annual  examination  in  the  prin¬ 
ciples  and  practice  of  horticulture  Avill  be  held  on  Wednesday, 
April  22,  1903.  Full  particulars  may  be  obtained  by  sending 
a  stamped  and  directed  envelope  to  the  Society’s  offices,  117, 
Victoria  Street,  London,  S.W.  The  questions  set  at  all  the  pre¬ 
vious  examinations  are  now  published,  price  Is.  complete. 
Echoes  from  Hamilton,  NB. 
The  weather  is  keeping  open  and  mild  for  the  opening  month 
of  Avinter.  The  result  is  (partly  due  to  this  fact,  together  with 
the  general  lateness  of  the  first  season)  that  foliage  of  all  kinds 
part  with  less  readiness  from  trees,  shrubs,  or  herbs,  than  usually 
is  the  case.  This  tends  to  keep  things  naturally  longer  messy 
and  untidy,  but  a  night  of  rain,  succeeded  with  a  degree  or  tAvo 
of  frost,  would  decide  the  matter,  and  very  possibly  this  Avill 
not  be  long  in  presenting  itself  now.  The  members  of  the 
Hamilton  Horticultural  Association  and  a  feAv  friends  met  Mr. 
Moir,  head  gardener  at  Earnock,  on  the  occasion  of  his  leaving 
the  district,  in  the  Commercial  Hotel,  on  the  evening  of  the 
Gth,  to  present  him  AA'ith  a  tangible  token  of  their  high  re-pect 
for  his  uniform  courtesy  to  all  classes  of  the  community  Avhose 
duties  brought  them  in  contact  AA'ith  him.  The  presentation  took 
the  form  of  a  gold  chain  and  Avatch  and  a  purse  of  sovereigns. 
— D.  C. 
