Feronury 15, 1873. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



tlie garden. Daring the past year the distribution of each has 

 been as foUows : — 



00,000 packets of vegetable seeds. 



4,500 packets of cuttings of Figs, Vines, and other fruit ti'ees. 

 600 plants of Figs distributed by ballot. 



Floral Depaht.uent. — Owing to the alterations Tvhich have 

 been in progress at Chiswick, but little opportunity vras afforded 

 diu'ing the season of 1871 for carrying on the usual trial of 

 flowers. These alterations have included the formation, in the 

 -vicinity of the Council Room, of a new series of beds for the 

 s;Towth of Trial Plants ; aud though it was late in the season 

 before these beds were completed, a collection of Bedding Pelar- 

 goniums was nevertheless got together, and planted out in time 

 to make satisfactory progi'ess. These were examined in the 

 month of August by the Floral Committee, when the following 

 awards were made : — 



First-Class Cebtiticates. — As Flowering Plants : Lawrence 

 Heywood, Charley Casbon, Mrs. Mellows, Lady Kirkland, Stan- 

 stead Rival, E. Bowley, Waltham Seedling, Louis Veuillot, 

 Penelope. As Foliage Plants : Goldfiuder, Macbeth, Louisa 

 Smith, Black Douglas. 



Second-Class Certlficates. — ..4s Flowering Plants : Demos- 

 thenes, Arthur Pearson, Murillo, Triomphe de Stella, Augustine 

 Rougier, The Champion, Mrs. Menzies, Mdlle. Nillson, Cleopatra, 

 Acme, Madame Lemoine. -4s Foliage Pla?its : Miss Batters, 

 Florence. 



In the present season it is proposed to continue the trials of 

 "bedding Pelargoniums, and to add in the out-door department 

 collections "of Pentstemons and Phloxes, aud in the in-door 

 ■department of Fuchsias — all of which have been much aug- 

 mented as to the number of varieties, and materially improved 

 as regards quality, since the former examinations of them were 

 made. 



On the wall bounding the trial ground on the west, it is pro- 

 pssed-to grow examples of Ornamental Hardy Climbers, instead 

 of fruit trees as heretofore. Contributions for this object will 

 be acceptable. Nbtwithstanding the reduction of space in the 

 garden, the collection of Herbaceous Perennials wliich had been 

 recently acquii-ed; has been retained, and any further accessions 

 thereto, or to the class of Hardy Bulbs, especially Lilies, would 

 be welcomed. 



The Chiswick garden has contributed, during the past year, 

 to the garden at Kensington, the foUowing supplies — viz., For 

 the decoration of the Conservatory about 20,000 plants ; and for 

 other purposes of furnishing and decoration, about 50,000 plants. 



The distributions made to the Fellows during the year, in this 

 department, have comprised 7000 useful plants, allotted by 

 ballot, and 60,000 packets of flower-seeds. 



Statement of Accocxts from January 1st to December 30tli,1871. 

 Receipts. 



£ a. d. £ s. d. 



To Life Compositions 945 



„ Admission Fees 430 10 



„ »Annnal Subscriptions 7760 12 



„ +Garden Produce and Charges 349 15 4 



„ Daily Admissions and Promenades ... . 172 4 1 



„ Kent of space in Arcades 388 13 



„ Exhibitions and Fetes 654 6 1 



„ Miscellaneous 35 19 11 



„ Interest on Davis Bequest 59 8 1 



.,, Profit on Provincial Show Accounts 



(Balances) 844 7 9 



„ Entomological Collection 20 



„ Alterations at Chiswick 25 10 6 



„ Annual International Exhibitions 5030 11 



16, 716 7 8 



^ Assets, Bubscriptions wipaid 700 



tGarden Produce, due but unpaid 80 



780 

 Expenditure. 



£ 8. d. £ a. d. 



By Balance from 1870 1313 9 6 



:Bd Chisicick Oard-n Eipensn—vii:— 



Rent, Bates, aud Taxes 240 15 7 



Labour 985 2 8 



Implements, Manure, Coke, &c 2.'J2 1 5 



Repairs 71 9 



Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 11 18 10 



Miscellaneous 64 11 9 



1605 11 



French Commissioners (for Repayment) . . 14 9 10 



Hij Expense of Management — vis : — ' 



Salaries 536 17 9 



Horticultural Directors, Fruit, and Floral 



Committees, Ac 407 17 5 



Foreign Importations 5 



Esaminatiou of Gardeners 15 15 



Postages 68 



Distribution of Seeds, Plants, and Cuttino's 60 4 11 



Beading Room 27 2 11 



Gas 12 14 S 



Wages 203 10 



Hiscellaueous 48 9 8 



Annual International Exhibitions (for Re- 

 payment) 



By Expe'nKS of Exhihitiom—vil :— 



Tents 500 



Advertising and Posting 234 14 



Prizes and Medals 997 12 10 



Bands 195 



Police 18 



Labour, Judges' Fees, Luncheons, and 



Sundries 247 1 3 



Expenses of Permanent Exhibition 87 2 1 



Superintendent of Flower Shows 91 13 4 



International Prizes 248 10 



„ Judges' Fees 800 



„ Sundries 50 



By Kensington Garden Expenses — viz : — 



Labour 983 8 9 



Rates, Taxes, and Insurtuiee 822 2 9 



Sculptme 600 



Water 71 14 



Repairs 551 16 10 



Implements, Manure, Coals and Coke 173 11 1 



Gravel 20 13 



Trees, Plants, Seeds, &c 9 8 6 



Superintendent's Salary 100 



Miscellaneous 29 16 9 



Rent to Her Majesty's Commissioners of 1851 



Conversazione 



By Interest on Debentures 



„ Liabilities of 1870 paid off 



„ Liabilities on Current Account, £1597 Os. 3d. 



„ Ditto on ditto which may be 



considered as belonging tp Capital 



Account — viz.. Tents and Extra Plant- 



ing,°il324 10s. 8rf. 



Bv Balance 



3262 11 8 



2400 



84 6 1 



1943 13 8 



£16,716 7 8 



2na February, 1872. 



Audited aud found correct, 



James NI( 

 Robert Hud.sos, 

 John Gibson, 



FRUIT AKD FLORAL MEETING. 

 February 14th. 

 Last year the meeting held just one day later proved one of 

 the best the Society ever had so early in the season, but this 

 year the floral display was even better, the room being filled 

 with numbers of choice Orchids, splendid masses of Chinese 

 Primulas and Cj'clamens, and such a diversity of other plants, 

 that the whole formed, in fact, an exhibition of no small extent. 

 Fruit Committee. — George F. Wilson, Esq., in the chair. 

 Reference was made to the recent sudden death of the late Mr. 

 Thomas Osborn, a member of this Committee, aud it was unani- 

 mously resolved to recommend to the Council that a letter of 

 condolence be sent to Mrs. Osbom testifying to the valuable 

 services rendered to the Committee by her husband. 



Mr. James AUau, gardener to Lord Denbigh, Newnham 

 Paddox, sent specimens of a Sprouting Kale, which the Com- 

 mittee considered a spurious form of Brussels Sprouts, and not 

 superior to other varieties of Sprouting Kale already in cul- 

 tivation. Mr. William Melville, of the Royal Vinery, St. 

 LawTence, Jersey, sent a collection of coloured Kales, some of 

 which are proliferous on the midribs of the leaves ; the latter are 

 very beautiful, and received a cultural commendation. 



Mr. Dixon, gardener to Lady Holland, Holland Park, Kensing- 

 ton, sent dishes of Beun-e de Ranee, Glou Mor(;eau, and Easter 

 Beurre. All three were in excellent condition, and the flavour, 

 especially Easter BeuiTe and Glou MorQean, was unusually good. 

 Mr. Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley, 

 sent the model of a box for preserving Grapes in a fresh state 

 dmiug exhibition, by means of water-bottles and a glass pro- 

 tection. The Committee approved the general principle, but 

 decline to give an opinion upon the model till it has been put 

 into practice. 



Prizes were offered for the best three dishes of Dessert Auples, 

 also for the best three dishes of Dessert Pears. In the former 

 Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, was first with 

 Blenheim Pippin, Ribston Pippin, and King of the Pippins ; 

 aud Mr. Parsons, gardener to E. Attenborough, Esq., Acton 

 Green, second with the last two and Braddick's Nonpareil. For 

 Pears the first prize was awarded to Mr. Stephenson, gar- 

 dener to F. Barker, Esq., Leigh HiU, Essex, who had Winter 

 Nehs, Glou Morpeau, and Passe Colmar. Mr. Gardner, gardener 

 to Colonel Astley, Elsham Hall, Brigg, was second. 



Floral CoiniiTTEE. — Dr. Denny in the chair. From Messrs. 

 Veitch came a grand collection of 'Orchids, consisting of Lycaste 

 Skinneri Uterally masses of flower, DendrobiumHilUi with three 

 large spikes of pale yellow blossoms, a nirmber of specimens of 

 Odontoglossum crispum or Alexandrfe beautifully coloured ; Ou- 

 cidium fuscatnm, conspicuous by its purple-marked lip ; the deli- 



