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JOURAUL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
August  20,  1907, 
Clematis  x  Countess  of  Onslow. 
This  pretty  Clematis  is  the  result  of  a  cross  between 
C.  coccinea,  and  the  variety  Star  of  India,  and  was  raised  by 
Messrs.  Jackman  and  Son.  of  Woking,  who  received  a  first-class 
certificate  for  it.  Our  engraving  shows  the  form ;  and  their 
colour  is  a  rich  reddish-purple,  with  bands  of  deep  scarlet.  The 
foliage  resembles  that  of  C.  coccinea.  It  is  quite  hardy,  a  good 
grower,  and  of  a  climbing  habit- 
Home  Counties  Nature-Study  Exhibition. 
We  are  informed  that  the  Home  Counties  Nature-Study 
Exhibition  will  be  held,  by  kind  permission,  at  the  offices  of  the 
Civil  Service  Commission  (formerly  the  buildings  of  the  Univer¬ 
sity  of  London),  Burlington  Gardens,  London,  W.,  from  Octo¬ 
ber  30  to  November  3.  Prospectuses,  regulations,  and  prize 
lists  may  be  obtained  from  ilfred  Mark  ebb,  Hon.  Sec.,  20, 
Hanover  Square,  N. 
The  Carnation  League  of  America. 
The  Carnation  League  of  America  was  formed  to  comme¬ 
morate,  annually,  the  life  and  works  of  illiam  McKinley,  and 
foster  national  patriotism.  Tho  same  loyal  impulse  that 
prompted  the  stopping  of  almost  all  the  wheels  of  indu.stry  for 
those  few  moments  on  the  day  of  his  burial  has  found  annual 
expression  in  this  simple  tribute  instituted  by  the  Carnation 
League  of  America.  That  the  Carnation  was  President 
McKinley’s  favourite  flower,  and  was  always  found  in  his  button¬ 
hole,  is  the  reason  for  its  choice  as  a  league  symbol,  to  be  worn 
on  each  recurring  20th  day  of  January,  the  anniversary  of  the 
late  President’s  birth.  The  custom  was  first  observed  on 
January  29,  1903,  with  the  greatest  unanimity  all  over  the 
country,  and  by  Americans  all  over  the  world. — (“American 
Gardening.”) 
Legal  Notes— West  Wycombe  Horticultural  Society. 
His  Honour  Judge  Warren,  in  Wycombe  County  Court, 
decided  to  whom  belonged  a  balance  of  £180  in  the  hands  of  the 
ti’easurer  of  the  Most  Wycombe  Horticultural  Society,  vhich 
ceased  operations  two  j’ears  ago  rather  than  comply  with  the 
wishes  of  Sir  Robert  J.  Dashwood,  Lord  of  the  Manor,  who  re¬ 
fused  the  use  of  his  park  for  the  annual  flower  .show  unless  the 
beer  tent  was  abolished.  Mr.  Thomas  Martin,  one  of  the  inembeTB 
of  the  old  society,  sued  Mr.  S.  Norman,  the  treasurer,  by  advice 
of  counsel.  Both  plaintiff  and  defendant  had  engaged  solicitors, 
who  argued  the  case  at  considerable  length.  Since  the  old 
society  ceased  operations,  a  new  society  has  been  formed  con¬ 
forming  to  Sir  Robert  Dashwood’s  wishes.  His  Honour,  having 
heard  the  arguments,  decided  that  the  sum  in  question  should  be 
equally  divided  among  all  who  were  either  honorary  or  ordinary 
members  of  the  old  socisty  at  the  date  of  the  passing  of  the 
resolution  winding  it  up. 
School  Gardens. 
A  Bill  was  issued  a  week  ago  which  has  been  introduced  by 
Mr.  Jesse  Collings,  the  object  of  which  is  to  provide  for  the 
teaching  in  all  public  elementary  schools  of  agricultural  and 
horticultural  subjects;  to  give  facilities  for  nature  study,  and 
generally,  by  means  of  object  lessons,  to  cultivate  habits  of 
observation  and  inquiry  on  the  part  of  the  pupils.  To  this  end 
the  Bill  provides  for  school  gardens,  and  such  collection  of 
examples  and  objects  as  may  be  nece.ssary  for  the  practical 
illustration  and  application  of  the  in.struction  given.  The 
education  .specifietl  in  the  Bill,  while  optional  in  urban  schools, 
is  compulsory  in  all  schools  situate  in  rural  and  semi-rural  dis¬ 
tricts.  The  measure  includes  instruction  in  fruit,  flower,  and 
vegetable  growing ;  poultry  and  bee-keeping ;  budding,  pruning, 
and  grafting;  cow  and  pig-keeping ;  milking;  rotation  of  garden 
crops;  nature  and  properties  of  soils;  use  of  manures;  know¬ 
ledge  and  choice  of  .sc-eds;  structure,  life,  and  food  of  plants; 
action  of  birds  and  insects  on  crops;  choice  and  use  of  simple 
tools;  and  packing  fruit,  vegetables,  and  other  produce  for 
market. 
Sundriesmen’s  Tent  at  Chiswick. 
The  Secretary’  of  thei  Royal  Horticultural  Society  requests  us 
to  state  that  the  Council  have  consented  to  hav^e  a  sundries 
tent  at  Chiswick  on  September  29  and  30  and  October  1,  in 
precisely  the  same  way  as  they  did  at  the  last  Holland  House 
Show.  Application  for  space  should  bei  made  to  Mr.  W^right, 
R.H.S.  Gardens,  Chi.swick,  W^. 
Hop  Growers. 
A  party  of  between  twenty  and  thirty  German  Hop-growers  at 
present  on  a  visit  to  England  reached  C’anterbury  a  week  ago, 
and  were  welcomed  by  the  Mayor  (Sir  G.  Collard).  The  party 
returned  with  a  number  of  English  growers,  who  recently  toured 
through  the  Alsatian  and  Bavarian  Hop  gardens.  The  visitors 
hav'e  inspected  the  Faversham  neighbourhood  and  that  of  Rye, 
in  Sussex. 
Bulb  Growing  in  Lincolnshire. 
A  correspondent  informs  us  that  Mr.  T.  Kime,  of  Mareham- 
le-Fen,  Bo.ston,  Lincolnshire,  is  still  very  busy  taking  up  his 
Tulips.  He  has  now  under  cultivation  nearly  three  acres,  com¬ 
prising  a  stock  of  about  600,000  bulbs  of  130  different  kinds. 
We  have  received  samples  of  his  single  Tulips,  White  Swan  and 
Couleur  Cardinal,  and  we  must  say  that  never  have  we  seen  finer 
or  better  grown  healthier  bulbs.  The  Dutchman  may  beat  us 
in  growing  Hyacinths,  but  he  certainly  cannot  do  better  than 
we  can  in  growing  Tulips  and  Daffodils.  Mr.  Kime  will  this 
year  take  up  3,000,000  (three  millions)  of  Daffodils  or  Narcissi,  a 
good  many  of  which  are  going  to  Holland. 
Holloway  s  Protected. 
In  the  recent  action,  Holloway  v.  Clent,  Mr.  Justice  Swinfen 
Eady,  in  the  Chancery  Division,  made  perpetual  an  interim  in¬ 
junction  recently  granted  by  him  restraining  the  defendant  from 
nsing  the  name  “Holloway”  in  connection  with  pills  and  oint¬ 
ment  sold  by  him.  At  the  first  hearing  of  the  case  his  lordship, 
in  granting  the  injunction,  remarked  that  on  the  facts  alleged 
by  the  plaintiff,  it  appeared  to  be  a  case  of  “gro.ss  fraud.”  At 
the  final  hearing  on  July  29,  his  lordship  was  satisfied  of  the 
justice  of  the  plaintiff’s  case,  and  therefore  granted  a  perpetual 
injunction,  with  costs.  Mr.  Israel  Davis  appeared  for  the 
plaintiff;  Mr.  Jessel  for  the  defendant.  The  successful  party  in 
this  suit  is,  of  course,  Thomas  Holloway,  proprietor  of  the  well- 
known  Holloway’s  pills  and  ointment. 
Giant  Colonial  Oranges. 
The  Orange  supplies,  which  are  particularly  v’aried  and 
abundant  for  the  time  of  year,  hav^e  had  some  welcome  addi¬ 
tions  in  the  way  of  prime  samples  from  South  Australia  and 
Jamaica.  The  mammoth  Washington  Navels  have  created  quite 
a  stir  in  the  trade,  for  the  fruit  is  so  large  that  some  of  the  cases 
only  contain  seventy-two  fruits,  and  they  sold  at  18s.  a  package, 
or  3s.  a  dozen  wholesale.  This  is  a  phenomenal  price.  Other 
v^arieties,  with  ninety-six,  120,  and  150  to  the  case,  sold  at  14s. 
Without  doubt  these  South  Australian  Navels  are  the  finest 
Oranges  ever  put  on  Covent  Garden  Market  The  Jamaican 
arrivals  are  good,  but  in  no  way  comparable  to  the  Australian 
fruit.  With  150  and  200  to  the  case  they  sold  from  10s.  to 
16s.  each.  These  values  are  equal  to  those  prevailing  for  choice 
Jaffa  Oranges  Avhich  arei  now  on  sale,  and  are  satisfactory. — 
(“Westminster  Gazette.”) 
Doctoring  Trees. 
A  new  method  of  feeding  trees  and  plants  Avithout  the  agency 
of  the  roots  has  been  discovered  by  the  well-known  entomologist, 
M.  S.  A.  Mokrshezki,  who  has  explained  his  discovei-y  in  a  lec¬ 
ture  before  the  Imperial  Botanical  Society  of  India.  He  has 
invented  an  apparatus  by  Avhich  he  can  introduce  into  the  stems 
of  Apple  and  Pear  trees  salts  of  iron,  either  in  the  form  of  a 
solid  or  in  solution.  The  effect  of  the  chemicals  is,  on  the  one 
hand,  completely  to  cure  the  tree  of  chlorose,  and,  on  the 
other,  to  stimulate  its  growth  in  an  important  degree.  Among 
other  extensive  researches  the  scientist  has  applied  his  theory  to 
800  fruit  trees  growing  on  the  southern  shore  of  the  Crimea.  By 
introducing  dry  sulphate  of  copper  into  the  stems  he  produced 
an  unusual  development  of  the  trees,  as  many  photographs 
testified.  M.  Mokrshezki  considers  that  in  this  Avay  the  size 
of  a  fruit  tree  can  be  increased,  its  colour  improved  and  varied, 
and  its  diseases  removed.  The  discovery  opens  up  a  wide  field 
cf  practical  utility,  and  is  regarded  as  most  important. 
