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Dartmouth  Show. 
The  show  was  held  on  Wedneisday,  November  4.  A  spirit  of 
competition  ruled  the  neighbourhood.  The  Mayoress  opened 
the  show  in  the  presence'  of  a  large  number  of  people. 
The  American  Parks. 
Our  contemporary,  “  American  Gardening,”  which  we 
announced  as  having  changed  hands  at  Mr.  Withers’  death,  is 
now  devoting  .some  pages  weekly  to  news  of  the  American  parks 
and  parkmen.  This  department  is  being  edited  by  G.  A.  Parker, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  has  the  knowledge  of  parks  of 
the  country  which  had  come  to  him  by  being  (for  three  years) 
chairman  of  the  Park  Census  Committee,  the  advantage  of  a 
collection  of  park  reports  (over  1,600),  and  his  corre,spondence 
with  ^rark  people  (now  numbering  over  4,400  letters),  which  fits 
him  for  the  work.  A  weekly  circular  letter  is  sent  round  to  the 
leading  parks,  in  order  to  obtain  information. 
Chudleigh  Show. 
Mr.  Abraham,  Lord  Clifford’s  gardener  at  Clmdleigh,  at  Clnul- 
leigh  Chry'santhemuin  Show  last  week,  won  for  the  third  year 
Mr.  St.  Maur’s  cup  for  the  best  collection  of  Japanese  cut  blooms. 
Mr.  Abraham  also  won  the  committee’s  special  prize  for  the  best 
bloom  in  the  show.  A  new  Viok't,  “Lady  Clifford,”  was  shown 
by  Mr.  Abraham. 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provident  Society. 
The  monthly  committee  meeting  of  this  society  was  held  at 
the  Caledonian  Hotel,  Adelphi  Terrace,  Strand,  on  Monday 
evening  last,  Mr.  C.  H.  Curtis  in  the  chair.  Three  new  members 
were  elected,  making  a  total  of  eighty  this  year  to  date.  Seven 
members  were  reported  on  the  sick  fund.  The  amount  of  sick  pay 
for  the  month  was  £21  12s. 
Royal  Meteorological  Society.  ' 
The  next  ordinary  meeting  of  the  society  will  be  held  at  the 
Institution  O'f  Civil  Kngineers,  Great  George  Street,  West- 
mimster,  S.W.,  cn  Wednesday,  the  18th  inst.  at  7.30  p.m.  when 
papers  will  be  read  on  the  following  subject  : — “  The  Great  Du.st- 
fall  of  Februai'y  21  and  22,  1903,  and  its  Origin.”  1.  By  Hugh 
Robert  Mill,  d'Sc.,  LL.D.  2.  By  R.  G.  K.  Lempfert,  M.A. 
The  Ether  Treatment. 
Horticulture  and  Home  Industry. 
The  Horticultural  and  Home  Industrial  Society  in  connection 
with  Mes.srs.  J.  S.  Fry  and  Son.s,  Limited,  Bristol,  has  held  its 
first  annual  meeting  and  distribution.  Mr.  A.  M.  Fry,  president 
of  the  society,  occupied  the  chair,  and  in  his  opening  address 
said  he  hoped  the  annual  meeting  was  the  forerunner  of  many 
more  tO'  be  held!  in  connection  with  the  society.  The  event  of 
the  evening  having  arrived,  the  distribution  of  prizes  won  at  the 
last  flower  show  was  made  by  the  president  and  Mr.  C.  B.  Fry, 
after  which  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  president,  vice-pre.sidents, 
and  patrons  for  their  hearty  support  during  the  past  year  was 
carried  with  acclamation. 
Cardiff  Botanical  Garden. 
Mr.  W'.  W.  Pettigrew,  the  able  parks  superintendent  of 
Cardiff,  gave  an  extremely  interesting  account  to  the  Cardiff 
Naturalists’  Society  on  the  botanical  garden  in  Roath  Park.  The 
Naturalists^  Society,  so  far  back  as  1888,  displayed  practical  in¬ 
terest  in  the  subject  of  botany,  and  by  their  directions  the  late 
Mr.  A.  Pettigrew  catalogued  and  labelled  all  the  trees  in  the 
Sophia  Gardens.  That  enterprise,  however,'  proved  a  failure, 
because  there  was  not  adequate  supervision,  and  Mr.  Pettigrew’s 
labours  were  nullified  by  mischievous  boys,  who  tore  away  the 
labels.  When  the  Roath  Park  was  presented  to  the  town  by 
the  late  Lord  Bute,  the  Cardiff  naturalists  again  took  up  the 
matter,  and  a  deputation  waited  upon  the  Cardiff  Corporation. 
Prominent  among  that  deputation  was  the  late  Mr.  Sonley 
Johnstone,  who  in  the  columns  of  the  “  South  Wales  Echo  ”  had 
directed  attention  to  Cardiff’s  need  in  the  matter  of  facilities 
for  the  study  of  botany.  The  Naturalists’  Society  asked  the 
Corporation  to  set  aside  a  portion  of  the  park  as  a  botanical 
garden,  and  the  Council,  wdth  characteristic  readiness,  at  once 
granted  their  petition.  Acting  upon  the  advice  of  the  borough 
engineer,  they  allocated  that  portion  of  the  park  lying  between 
the  Taff  Vale  Railway  and  the  lake!  embankment,  measuring  in 
all  fifteen  acres.  Under  Mr.  W.  W.  Pettigrew’s  supervision  the 
botanical  garden  ha.si  from  unpretentious  beginnings  grown  into 
probably  the  finest  in  Wales.  In  the  first  year  Mr.  Pettigrew 
managed  a  collection  of  some  300  herbaceous  plants,  and  about 
forty  or  fifty  different  species  of  trees  and  shinibs.  To-day  there 
are  between  1,200  and  1,300  different  herbaceous  plants  in  the 
borders,  and  between  350  and  400  different  species  of  trees  and 
shrubs.  The  usefulne.ss  of  the  garden  has  been  demonstrated 
again  and  again.  It  supplies  the  University  College  with  a  great 
amount  of  their  material  for  the  botany  class,  also  the  Technical 
schools  and  the  Board  schools,  whO'  are  now  taking  up  Nature 
study.  Mr.  Pettigrew  informed  his  audience  that  there  was 
plenty  of  room  yet  for  improvement,  and  instanced  the  need  of 
glass  structures  in  which  to  grow  the  purely  tropical  plants  and 
also  some  of  the  Alpine  orders.  The  lecture,  which  was  closely 
followed  by  the  audience,  was  illustrated  by  a  series  of  splendid 
pictures  of  the  plants  in  the  Roath  Park  botanical  garden. 
In  order  to  obtain  flowers  out  of  their  natural  Season,  it  is 
possible  to  retard  their  growth  at  an  early  stage  by  placing  the 
plants  in  cold,  dry  houses,  and  then  to  force  them  later  under 
the  influence  of  heat  and  moisture,  or  it  is  possible  to  stimulate 
the  young  buds  into  premature  development  by  subjecting  them 
to  the  effects  of  ether.  M.  A.  Maumene,  a  strong  advocate  of 
the  etherisation  system,  disPusses'  its  scientific  and  practical 
aspects  in  the  “  Revue  Scientifi(|ue.”  He  maintains  that  not  only  ^ 
do  plants  develop  more  cjuickly  after  being  etherised,  but  that' 
development  is  more  regular  and  complete. 
Honour  to  Mr.  Matthew  Todd,  Edinburgh. 
We  learn  with  much  pleasure  that  the  members  assembled  at 
the  meeting  of  the  Scottish  Horticultural  Association  on  Novem¬ 
ber  3,  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  A.  Mackenzie,  WaiTiston,  unani¬ 
mously  elected  Mr.  M.  Todd  an  honorary  life  member  of  the 
Association  for  the  long  and  varied  services  he  has  rendered  to 
the  Association,  more  especially  as  having  contributed  for  many 
years  many  valuable  and  artistic  exhibits.  Mr.  Todd  occasioirally 
contributes  to  the  Journal  of  Horticulture.  He  is  one'  of  the 
best  known  florists  in  Scotland,  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  horticulture  in  the  northern 
kingdom. 
Suggested  Amalgamation  of  East  Kent  Gardeners’  Societies. 
The  idea  emanating  from  the  Canterbury  Gardeners’  Society 
with  respect  to  the  amalgamation  of  the  East  Kent  Gardener.s’ 
Societies  appears  to  be  receiving  attention  on  all  hands,  .says  the 
“Folkestone  Express.”  Mr.  Woodcock,  of  the  Canterbury 
society,  at  a  meeting  gave  an  able  and  concise  explanation  of  the 
amalgamation  scheme.  Ho  observed  that  nearly  every  village 
had  a  society,  and  it  was  wished  to  amalgamate  all  these  in  East 
Kent  for  mutual  encouragement  and  assistance.  The  first  show' 
should  be  held  in  Canterbury,  and  after  that  the  place  of  the 
exhibition  would  be  decided  by  ballot,  each  society  eventually 
having  the  show  in  its  own  village. 
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Exhibits  at  the  latest  meeting  were  numerous  and  interesting. 
Mr.  Webster,  Gordon  Castlo,  exhibited,  a  nice  collection  of 
Apples,  Pears,  and  Plums;  a  special  cultural  certificate  was 
awarded.  Mr.  Waldie,  Lament,  showed  a  vase  of  very  handsome 
Chrysanthemums.  Mr.  Fraser,  gardener,  Kilravock,  sent  two 
handsome  plants  of  Soleil  d’Oetobre  Chrj'saiithemum.  Mr.  Chap¬ 
man,  St.  Leonards,  sent  small  plants  of  Turnford  Hall  Begonia, 
and ’a  sport  from  it.  Mr.  Todd,  Shandwick  Place,  Edinburgh, 
exhibited  a  beautifully  arranged  basket  of  choice  Roses  from  the 
open  grounds  of  his  gardens  at  Musselburgh;  also  a  beautiful 
plant  of  the  handsome  Cape  Gooseberry,  Physalis  Franchetti,  and 
a  splendid  vase  of  cut  decorative  Chrysanthemums.  Callicarpa 
purpurea,  from  Mr.  Johnstone,  Hay  Lodge,  was  very  interc-sting. 
Votes  of  thanks  were  awarded  to  the  exhibitors. 
