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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
School  Teachers  and  Horticulture. 
The  Royal  Horticultural  Society  has,  in  response  to  recj[uests, 
cleciclecl  to  hold  an  examination  exclusively  for  school  teachers 
in  cottage  and  allotment  gardening.  June  is  the  month  fixed 
for  the  examination. 
Course  of  Lectures  on  Advanced  Botany,  * 
During  the  first  term  of  the  University  of  London  Session 
(1903-4)  a  course  of  eight  lectures  on  “  Tlie  Relation  of  the  Com- 
povsition  of  the  Plant  to  the  Soil  in  which  it  Grows  ”  will  be 
given  by  A.  D.  Hall,  M.A.,  Director  of  the  Rothamstead  Experi¬ 
mental  Station,  at  the  Chelsea  Physic  Garden.  The  lectures  will 
be  given  on  Tuesdays,  at  3  p.m. 
Lecture  on  Chrysanthemums  at  Peckham  Public  Hall. 
A  lecture  on  Chrysanthemums  will' be  given  by  Mr.  Edwin 
Molyneux,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Dulwich  and  North  Peckham 
Chi-ysanthemuin  Societies,  on  Wednesday,  October  21,  1903,  the 
chair  to  be  taken  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Curtis,  at  8  p.m.  The  annual 
exhibitions  of  above  societies  rvill  be  held  as  follows : — Dulwich  : 
At  the  Baths,  Goose  Green,  S.E.,  November  4  and  5.  Peckham: 
At  the  Baths,  Church  Street,  S.E.,  November  11  to  13. 
Croydon  Gardeners. 
Mr.  Joseph  Cheal,  of  Crawley,  at  the  latest  meeting  of  the 
Croydon  Gardeners’  Society,  lectured  on  his  tour  in  the  U.S.A. 
and  Canada,  illustrated  with  lantern  views.  Meritorious  exhibits 
were  contributed  by  the  President,  Mr.  Frank  Lloyd,  Coombe 
House,  whose  head  gardener,  Mr.  M.  E.  Mills,  staged  a  collection 
of  cut  blooms  of  bush  Chrysanthemums,  Anemones,  and-  the 
Magnolia  grandiflora,  and  from  Mr.  J.  R.  .  Ball,  head  gardener 
to  Mr.  A.  D.  Klaber,  Norhyrst,  South  Norwood,  came  cut  blooms 
of  Salvia  “  Red  Dragon  ”  and  a  seedling  Helianthus.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  on  Tuesday  week,  when  “A  Year’s  Work  in  the 
Vinery  ”  will  be  the  .subject  from  Mr.  W.  Taylor,  Tewkesbury 
Lodge  Gardens,  Fore.st  Hill,  S.E. 
Uncut  Corn  at  Hamilton,  N.B. 
A  correspondent  writes: — “We  have  been  getting  our  share 
of  wet  weather  of  late  here.  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
and  Thursday  of  last  w'eek  rained  almost  continuously.  To-day 
(Saturday)  is  simply  a  treat.  After  3deg  or  4deg  of  frost  last 
night  the  sun  has  come  out  in  its  most  brilliant  attire,  which,  I 
am  afraid,  presages  a  somewhat  stiffer  frost  again  to-niglit. 
Farming  affairs  are  not  .specially  comforting,  especially  where 
much  of  the  crop  is  still  ungathered.  This  is  a  late  locality,  and 
much  of  the  Corn  and  Wheat  remains, on  the  fields — some  uncut. 
Potatoes  are  showing  marked  symptoms  of  Phytophthora.  Turnip 
and  field  Cabbages,  though  not  so  good  as  usual,  are  considered 
favourable.” 
“The  Orchid  Hunt.” 
As  the  old  Gaiety  Theatre  crumbles  and  di.sappears  beneath 
the  ant-like  persistence  of  the  housebreakers,  the  new  Gaiety 
just  opposite  ha.s  quickly  grown  up  to  the  public  view,  and  is 
outwardly  a  completed  edifice.  It  will  soon  be  opened,  and  in 
the  story  that  forms  the  basis  of  the  plot  of  “  The  Orchid  Hunt,” 
now  being  rehearsed  as  the  first  piece  for  the  new  theatre,  an 
Orchid  will  lead  to  complications  as  varied,  if  not  so  serious,  as 
those  that  followed  the  missing  letter  in  “  A  Scrap  of  Paper.” 
The  opening  act  is  laid  in  Kew  Gardens,  where  a  school  for  the 
.study  of  the  history  and  cultivation  of  Orchids  is  in  session.  The 
rivalry  of  two  amateur  cultivators  of  Orchids — a  great  English 
statesman  and  the  French  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs. — leads  to 
a  wager  as  to  which  of  them  shall  secure  the  most  perfect  speci¬ 
men  of  a  certain  plant.  Collectors  are  sent  to  Peru  to  search 
for  something  of  great  beauty,  and  fortune  appears  to  favour 
England,  until  the  wiles  of  a  pretty  French  girl  secure  the  prize. 
With  this  she  lands  at  Nice,  where  the  second  Act  takes  place. 
In  the  end,  however,  a  humble  and  amusing  English  gardener — to 
be  impersonated  by  Mr.  Edmund  Payne— produces  a  still  finer 
specimen  that  he  has  quietly  grown  at  Kew  ! — (“  Daily  Mail.”) 
The  Potato  Crop— and  Manuring. 
We  commend  to  the  notice  of  all  our  readers,  but  particularly 
to  those  who  are  vegetable  growers,  the  remarks  conveyed  on  the 
Farm  page  in  this  week’s  issue. 
Retirement  of  Mr.  J.  Mclndoe. 
It  is  announced  that  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  Sir  Joseph 
Pease,  Bart.,  and  the  .sale  of  Hutton  Hall  estate,  the  well  known 
head  gardener  is  shortly  retiring  from  active  service'  there,  where 
he  has  been  for  nearly  thirty  years. 
A  Correction. 
In  the  paragraph  on  page  331,  referring  to  the  appointment 
of  Mr.  Robei-t  Hay  as  head  gardener  at  Hopetown  House,  a  line 
was  inadvertently  transpo.sed  after  the  page  had  passed  the 
editor’s  hands.  The  sentence  beginning:  “The  head  gardener 
having  been,”  should  have.continued :  “Laid  aside  for  several 
months,  it  moi’e  and  more  fell  to  Mr.  Hay,”  and  so  on,  as  the 
paragraph  thereafter  reads-. 
The  Journal's  Rose  Analysis. 
This  important  analysis  of  exhibition  and  garden  Roses  Avill 
be  presented  (unless  anything  very  unforeseen  should  occur)  in 
our  issue  of  October  29,  the  last  in  the  present  month.  It  will 
thus  be  in  good  time,  especially  in  this  late  season,  for  intending 
planters  to  make  selections  by  its  guidance.  As  there  is  usually 
a  great  demand  for  the  Rose  edition,  it  would  be  advisable  on  the 
part  cf  readers  to  make  sure  of  a  copy  by  timely  notification  to 
their  newsagent. 
The  Horticultural  Club. 
The  usual  monthly  meetings  of  this  Club  at  the  Hotel 
W'indsor  were  resumed  on  Tuesday,  thei  13th  inst. ,  after  the 
customary  vacation  interval,  and  subsequently  to  the  house 
dinner,  under  the  genial  presidency  of  Mr.  Harry  Veitch,  a 
most, interesting  lecture  was  given  by  Mr.  Charles  E.  Pearson, 
entitled,  “  Bird-Nesting  in  Russian  Lapland.”  The  lecture  was 
illustrated  by  beautiful  lantern  slides,  prepared  from  photo¬ 
graphs.  Of  the  lecture,  we  hope  to  report  more  fully  in  our 
next. 
Li-yerpool  Horticultural  Society. 
The  above  society  is  unable  to  secure  St.  George’s  Hall  for 
their  annual  Chrysanthemum  show,  and  have  therefore  decided 
to  hold  it  in  the  Drill  Hall  of  the  4th  Liverpool  Volunteer 
Artillery.  The  Drill  Hall  is  situated  oppo-site  the  Botanical 
Garden,  in  Botanic  Road,  and  is  a  large  and  commodious  build¬ 
ing,  in  every  way  suitable  for  a  floral  display.  It  is  also  within 
easy  distance  from  all  the  tram  routes,  and  Edge  Hill  Station. 
Numerous  entries  are  already  registered,  and  there  is  every 
prospect  of  having  a  grand  show  of  the  Autumn  Queen. — J.  S. 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provident  Society. 
The  monthly  conimittee  meeting  of  this  society  was  held  at 
the  Caledonian  Hotel,  Adelphi  Terrace,  on  Monday  evening 
last.  Mr.  Charles  H.  Curtis  presided.  Four  new  members  were 
elected  and  one  nominated.  The  death  certificate  of  two  deceased 
members  (Mr.  John  King  and  Mr.  J.  M.  Young)  were  produced, 
and  cheques  were  granted  to  their  nominees  for  the  amount 
standing  to  their  credit  in  the  .society’s  books,  being  £48  3s.  Id. 
and  £17  9s.  4d.  respectively.  Seven  members  were  reported  on 
the  sick  fund.  Members  and  friends  requiring  tickets  for  the 
annual  dinner  on  the  27th  inst.,  will  please  send  to  the  secretary 
for  them  as  early  as  possible.  His  address  is  9,  Martindale  Road, 
Balham,  S.W. 
A  Japanese  Nurseryman's  Catalogue- 
On  Monday  last  we  received  as  quaint  and  beautiful  a  cata¬ 
logue  as  ever  we  have  seen.  It  came  from  Japan,  from 
L.  Boehmer  and  Co.,  5  and  28,  Bluff,  Amkohama.  The  paper  is 
of  thick  texture,  and  ci'eam  coloured.  Each  page  has  a  coloured 
illustration,  the  subjects  being  Liliums,  species  of  Primus, 
Viburnums,  dwarfed  trees,  Japanese  gardens,  and  scenes  at 
Japanese  floiver  shows  with  the  dainty  little  ladies  holding  their 
long  loose  robes,  and  showing  their  tiny  feet ;  vieivs  of  Bamboo 
masses,  Roses,  Camellias,  Wistarias,  Irises,  Magnolias,  Chrys¬ 
anthemums,  and  other  lovely  Oriental  flowers.  The  text  or  read¬ 
ing  matter  (all  in  English)  is  run  in  and  out  amongst  these  pic¬ 
torial  illustrations,  and  thei  catalogue  is  more  like  a  book  on 
the  flowers  and  trees  of  Japan,  than  what  it  merely  aspires  to. 
The  lover  of  Japanese  seedling  and  bulbous  plants  will  certainly 
find  this  a  very  interesting  publication. 
