The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . regarded itfrom the resthetical point of view. In his owngarden he used zinc labels and indelible ink, andhe had found this the best method. Miss Browning Hall (Algiers), spoke of amethod of labelling in which a piece of zinc, Uinches long and half an inch broad, was em-ployed ; this was bent into a circle, and thename of the flower was written on the inside. Mr. George Paul moved a hearty vote ofthanks to the writers. He said he knew bothMiss Jekyll and Mr. Ewbank and theirgardens, and he was quite s
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . regarded itfrom the resthetical point of view. In his owngarden he used zinc labels and indelible ink, andhe had found this the best method. Miss Browning Hall (Algiers), spoke of amethod of labelling in which a piece of zinc, Uinches long and half an inch broad, was em-ployed ; this was bent into a circle, and thename of the flower was written on the inside. Mr. George Paul moved a hearty vote ofthanks to the writers. He said he knew bothMiss Jekyll and Mr. Ewbank and theirgardens, and he was quite sure that theycarried their precepts into practice. All thewriters were ardent cultivators of hardy plant?,and enjoyed immensely the difficult task ofmaking a plant grow when nobody else climate of the Isle of Wight was un-doubtedly in Mr. Ewbanks favour, as whenthe same flowers were put into gardens nearerLondon, they disappeared, and Mr. Ewbankhad to be asked for a fresh supply. With refer-ence to labels, it was a fact that many people July 11, 1891. THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 45. FlP. 6.—CL1VBDEN, NFAR MAIDENHEAD, A SEAT OF THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. (SEE P. 46). 46 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [JULY 11, 1891 disliked them, as in numerous cases the labelswere more conspicuous than the flowers. Mr. Pearson (Chilwell) seconded the motion,which was carried unanimously, and the firstdays Conference terminated. Royal Horticultural Society. The second days Conference on Strawberries,Raspberries, Currants, &c., was held under thepresidency of Mr. G. Bunyard. The attendancewas about the same as on the previous day. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, ex-pressed the hope that the Conference would bethe means of spreading a large amount of in-formation about what were technically called small fruits. The importance of the Con-ference was perhaps greater than appeared onthe surface, because the whole of the subjectsto be discussed required only ordinary treat-ment, and needed
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