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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
May  12,  1904 
llentiey;  6,  3Ir.  Lord  with  Mrs.  Potts;  7  and  8,  Mr.  Beaumont 
with  Ml'S.  Potts  and  Gerald. 
C'las.s  9,  six  dissimilar  alpines. — 1,  IMr.  Bentley  with  Corona¬ 
tion,  Blue  Bell,  Queenie,  Dr.  Kershaw,  Godiva,  Enid;  2,  Mr. 
Gorton  with  Mi's.  L.  Clark,  iSweet  Lavender,  Vandyck,  Firefly, 
Seedling  106,  Princess  Louise;  3,  Mr.  Beaumont,  with  Dolly, 
Mrs.  Gorton,  Firefly,  C.  AV.  Needham,  Mrs.  M.  Smith,  Mrs.  H. 
Turner  ;  4,  Mr.  Stelfox  with  Bright-eyes,  Exonian,  Dr.  Durnford, 
John  Allen,  and  seedlings:  5,  Air.  G.  Geggie  (Sale)  with  C. 
Turner,  Airs.  Gorton,  Firefly,  and  seedlings. 
Class  10,  four  dissimilar  alpines. — 1,  Air.  Bentley  with  Bnn- 
thorne,  Placida,  Aliss  Baker,  and  Orangeman ;  2,  Air.  Geggie 
with  Pinto,  Thetis,  Gladys,  and  A.  R.  Brown;  3,  Air.  Beaumont 
with  Dr.  Durnford,  Airs.  Gorton,  Patience  and  Firefly;  4,  Air. 
Lord  with  Dean  Hole,  Judith,  Bi'ight-eyes,  and  Thetis;  5,  Air. 
Stelfox  with  Nonsuch,  Bright-eyes,  and  seedlings;  6,  Air. 
Buckley  with  Airs.  Correll,  Dr.  Durnford,  Bright-eyes,  and  Airs. 
Alartin. 
Class  11,  pair  of  alpines. — 1,  Air.  Buckley  with  Airs.  AI. 
Smith  and  Firefly  ;  2,  Air.  Edgley  (Sale)  with  Dr.  Durnford  and 
Airs.  Turner;  3,  Air.  Bolton  with  Pluto  and  Dr.  Durnford;  4, 
Air.  Dickens  with  seedlings;  o.  Air.  Stringer  with  Dr.  Knott 
and  John  Allen;  6,  Air.  AY.  Hughes  (Sale)  with  Exonian  and 
John  Allen. 
Class  12,  pair  of  alpines  (new  growers). — 1,  Air.  Bolton  with 
Pluto  and  Dr.  Durnford;  2,  Air.  Hughes  with  Exonian  and  John 
Allen. 
Cia.ss  13,  single  plants  (yellow  centres). — 1  and  4,  Air.  Geggie 
with  Duke  of  Y'ork ;  2,  Air.  Gorton  with  seedling;  3,  Air. 
Bentley  with  Pluto;  5,  Mr.  Lord  with  Pluto;  G,  Air.  Stringer 
with  Dean  Hole. 
Class  14,  single  plants  (white  centres). — 1  and  2,  Air. 
Bentley,  v  ith  Aliss  Baker  and  Aliss  A^ernon  ;  3  and  4,  Air.  Beau¬ 
mont  with  Airs.  H.  Turner;  5,  Air.  Gorton  with  Sweet  Lavender; 
G,  Air.  Stringer  with  Beauty. 
Class  15,  three  black-ground  Polyanthuses. — 1,  Air.  J. 
Lomas  (Sudley),  with  James  Turner,  Trilby,  and  Airs.  Brovui- ■ 
hill ;  2,  Air.  G.  Thornley  (Aliddleton)  with  Tiny,  Airs  Brown- 
liill,  and  Sarah  Holden ;  3,  Air.  Bentley  with  Tiny,  Airs.  Brown- 
hill,  and  Sarah  Holden;  4,  Air.  Stringer  with  Tiny,  Airs.  Brown- 
hill,  and  James  Turner. 
Class  16,  three  red-ground  Polyanthuses. — 1,  Air.  H. 
Brownhill  with  Forester,  Forerunner,  and  Firefly  (all  seedlings) ; 
2,  Air.  Lomas  with  Foxhunter,  Aliddleton  Favourite,  and  r  ire- 
fly  ;  3,  Air.  Thornley  _  with  George  lA^.,  Sidney  Smith,  and 
seedling  ;  4,  Air.  Geggie  with  Goldfinch  and  two  seedlings. 
Cla.ss  17,  single  hlack-gronnd  Polyanthuses. — 1,  Air.  Stringer 
u  ith  Airs.  Brownhill ;  2,  Air.  Brownhill  with  Airs.  B  rownhill ; 
3,  Air.  Stringer  with  Airs.  Brownhill ;  4,  Air.  Brownhill  with 
Captain ;  5,  Air.  liomas  with  Airs.  Brownhill. 
Class  18,  single  red-ground  ditto.— 1  and  2,  Air.  Brownhill 
with  Foxhunter  ;  3  and  4,  Air.  Geggie  with  Goldfinch ;  5,  Air. 
Bentley  with  Aliddleton  Favourite. 
First-class  certificates  were  awarded  to  Air.  Stelfox  for  new 
grey-edged  Auricula  George  Stelfox;  and  to  Air.  Bentley  for 
light-centred  alpine  Aliss  Baker. 
Metropolitan  PuPlic  Gardens’  Association. 
Open  Spaces. — At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  Aletropolitan 
Public  Gardens  Association.  83,  Lancaster  Gate,  AY.,  on  AA’ed- 
nesday  afternoon.  Sir  AATlliam  A'incent,  Bart.,  vice-chairman, 
presiding,  it  was  agreed  to  undertake  the  laying  out  of  St. 
Nicholas,  Deptfoi’d.  churchyard,  subject  to  an  adequate  guar¬ 
antee  for  the  Tiiaintenance  being  obtained  from  the  Bishop  of 
Southwark.  Communications  were  received  from  the  incum¬ 
bents  of  St.  Alary’s  Whitechapel,  and  St.  Stephen’s  North  Bow. 
stating  that  they  did  not  wish  the  churchyards  to  be  opened 
to  the  general  public.  Progress  was  reported  with  regard  to 
the  transfer  of  Poplar  churchyard  to  the  Borough  Council.  It 
was  stated  that,  including  the  £8,000  voted  by  the  London 
County  Council,  about  £3-1,000  had  now-  been  provided  for  the 
Hampstead  Heath  Extension  Scheme,  and  that  the  attention 
of  the  joint  committee,  upon  wliiqb  the  association  is  repre¬ 
sented.  was  being  directed  to  the  raising  of  the  balance,  about 
£14,000.  Seats  were  granted  for  a  site  near  St.  Alary  Abbott’s, 
St.  Alary,  Aldermanbury,  and  St'Botolph  s, 
Bdhngsgate,  churchyards. 
The  much-needed  Bill  for  the  consolidation  of  the  Open 
Spaces  Acts,  introduced  into  the  House  of  Lords  by  the  Board 
(ji  Agriculture,  was  considered,  and  it  was  agreed  to  submit 
certain  amendments  to  the  Board  for  insei'tion  therein.  Atten- 
tion  was  also  drawn  to  the  Liverpool  and  AATgan  Churches  Bill, 
winch  seeks  power  to  dispose  of  a  numlier  of  disused  chui'ch- 
yards  for  building  purposes,  and  thereby  to  over-ride  the  public 
law,  and  to  the  Board  of  Education  (London)  Bill  for  tlie 
acquisition  for  .school  purposes  of  the  interesting  AYycliffe  Chapel 
and  graveyard,  Phillpot  Street,  Stepney. 
It  was  stated  that  the  association  was  erecting  drinking 
fount an^  at  A\  indsor  Terrace,  City  Road,  and  Addington 
Square  Garden.  Camberwell,  with  funds  provided  by  an  anonv- 
moiis  donor,  and  that  another  gift  of  a  like  nature  had  been 
promised  by  Air.  Passmore  Edwards,  for  one  of  the  association’s 
grounds.  It  was  decided  to  resist  the  threatened  attempt  to 
modify  the  law,  whicu  at  present  safeguards  disused  church¬ 
yards  and  burial  grounds  from  being  utilised  as  building  sites, 
at  the.se  grounds,  whether  large  or  smail,  were  invaluable  as 
lungs  ami  airholes,  especially  when  secured  and  laid  out  as 
public  gardens,  as  evidenced  by  work  of  this  character,  in  which 
the  association  had  been  actively  engaged  for  the  past  twenty 
years. 
Edinburgh  Seed  Trade  Assistants. 
The  seed-trade  assistants  of  liklinbnrgh  are  a  very  friendly 
social  body  of  mo.st  intelligent  young  men.  Their  annual 
reunion  is  a  well-known,  successful,  festive  function,  when  they 
and  their  friends  meet  to  enjoy  a  “  fea.st  of  reason  and  flow  of 
soul  ”  ;  and  learn  to  know  each  other  better,  and  appreciate 
each  other  in  a  manner  unattainable  in  the  ordinary  course  of 
business.  They  are  led  by  a  very  capable  and  efficient  com¬ 
mittee,  who  have  the  best  interests  of  the  young  men  at  heart, 
and  this  season  the  committee,  fully  alive  to  the  importance  of 
the  men  being  thoroughly  up-to-date  in  everything  connected 
with  the  Trade,  have  arranged  a  number  of  Saturday  afternoon 
excursions  during  the  summer  months  to  places  of  horticultural 
interest. 
The  finst  of  the.se  excursions  took  place  on  Saturday,  April  30. 
when  a  four-in-hand  conveyed  fully  thirty  members  to  Dalhousie 
Castle,  eight  miles  from  Edinburgh,  at  present  the  re.sidence  of 
C.  AA’^.  Cowan,  Esq.  (formerly  of  Penicuik),  who  is  widely  known 
as  a  keen  horticulturist  in  general,  but  especially  as  a  lover  of 
Daffodils  and  Narcissi,  and  who.se  collection  of  the.se  contains  not 
only  all  approved  .sorts  of  established  reputation,  but  the  cre'vm 
of  all  recent  novelties.  The  drive  was  most  pleasurable,  through 
a  w’ell  farmed  and  wooded  country,  in  fine,  breezy,  .'iinny 
weather.  Air.  Cowan  met  the  company  on  arrival,  and  person¬ 
ally  conducted  his  visitors  over  the  grounds,  showing  them  all  its 
interesting  features  ;  but  the  Daffodils  were  the  great  source  of 
attraction,  and  for  more  than  an  hour  the  young  men  gave  them 
a  very  close  and  appreciative  inspection.  Planted  in  beds  they 
were  mo.st  effective,  being  just  about  their  best  for  the  season, 
and  they  showed  that  they  were  under  most  careful  treatment. 
A  large  number  are  also  irlanted  in  grass,  and  seem  to  enjoy 
this  better  than  in  cultivated  ground.  The  leading  old  sorts 
need  hardly  be  named  here,  as  they  occur  in  every  collection  ; 
but  the  visitors  were  much  interested  in  the  many  new  varieties, 
which  are  yet  practically  unknown  in  Scotland.  The  most 
noticeable  among  trumpets  were  King  Alfred,  A^an  AA’^averen’s 
Giant,  Lord  Roberts,  AATardale  Perfection,  Shake.speare,  Glory  of 
Noordwyjk,  Ac.,  with  such  .sorts  as  Glory  of  Leiden,  Aladame  de 
Graaff,  Aladame  Plemp,  Gold  Cup,  Hod.sock’s  Pride,  were  very 
pi'ominent. 
The  shorter-cu])ped  novelties  were  very  nnmei'ons  and  dainty, 
and  attracted  great  admiration.  Sensation,  Grand  Duchess, 
Lucifer  (very  beautiful),  AYill  Scarlet,  Queen  Alexandra,-  Sea¬ 
gull,  Firebrand,  Torch,  Dorothy  YMrk,  Alaggie  Alay,  Brigadieiq 
Albatro,ss  (most  dainty).  Flambeau,  Dorothy  Kingsmill,  Lady 
1,  Colens  Verschaffelti.  5,  Pyrethrura  Golden  Feather. 
2,  Senipevvivum  mont.anum.  6,  Pachyphytum  bracteosum.  • 
3,  Sedum  glaucuui.  7,  Mentha  Pulegiuni  gibraltarica. 
4,  Alternanthera  ver.sicclor  grande.  8,  Alternanthera  arawn-’. 
