338 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 16, 1895, 
tata alba, Odontoglossum crispum, &. (Vote of 
Thanks 
Da B. "Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr., 
Mr. S. Cooke), showed Odontoglo s 
ogram, oo tead Hou 
(gr., Mr. T. W. Bond), showed Cypripedium X 
num aureum and O. Xx refalge 
Walter C. Clark, Esq., Sefton Park, 
(gr., Mr. T s), sent a Cypripedium said to be 
C. x Leea uperbum X Stonei Cobb, 
um, Baron 
examples e Odontog 
crispum being a great beauty 
amar Bass, Esq., M. P., Byrkley, Burton-on- 
Hamilton), showed three beau- 
0 
one spotted 
plant having previously received a First-class 
Certificate. 
Fruit Committee. 
b ie Philip . lg ths Esq., in the sae and 
G. Norman, Jas itb, H. "Ba lders „F. Q. 
thes, James y wim G. H. Sas 3 
Glen, John A. Laing, Alex. _ G. T Mile wa J. 
Woah 5 Melndoe, e Cheal, Jas. H. Veitch, 
H NE N ed, W 
of ripe Figs . John—they had been grown in 
10-inch pots (Vote ks). 
There bei bits before the com- 
mittee, Mr 8 the value of the ser- 
e committee by the late Mr, 
Geo. Taber, and proposed the following resolution, 
which was seconded and carried 
requests that the purport of this reso 
embodied in the minutes of the Committee’s 
proceedi ” 
Lecture on Tomatos and their Diseases.” 
the afternoon a st was read by the Assistant- 
r nette, of Guernsey, in w 
the essa) ist described the Ne. of the Tomato 
crop in Guernsey, and after noticing several of the 
commoner forms of the disease, and pests to which 
F E 
a a 2 11 
be new in ag rer but E although a good poe 
description of t ects was given, 
sufficient technical details were not at hand to lead 
we pactis, — lenette also 
sent a number tern slides illustrating the 
disease, but means were not available to use th 
The whole pe cng 9 referred to the Scientific 
3 m a will examine and 
tion of the disease. 9 N 
THE NATIONAL * 
The 
report, read by the Secretary, set rth that " The 
idea 1 Dahli lia „season is still to ned that 
The detail Is of ‘the 1 numbers of the Show cantor 
y Grosvenor, who too 
the uate of Seedling Cactus D ahlias as. 
ancial statement 3 by Mr. E. 
n interest in 
Mawley showed that subscriptions had reached 
52 7s.; donations, £25 14s.; contributions from 
r isements 
prizes £133 1 
that of 1893, bat mer 8 of t 5 
prize-money unpaid i b rin — came to 
£15 36. II,; 3 &., were EI 19s. 9d.; 
leaving a small balaaca to be earried forward. 
that the annual 
op 
Sept. 6 and 7, the report and cash statement wer 
adopted. The president, the Rev, Charles 2 
was re-elected, also the vice-president, with one or 
two additions; the names of Mr. J. Wyatt, of Salis- 
bury, and Mr. Stephen Walker, of Thame, were 
added to the com Hat i 
re-elected hon 8 and Mr. E. Mawley hon 
8 both Seas warmly thanked for their past 
servic 
The 1 list of true Cactus Dahlias 8 published 
with the report was Sone riking out o 
nell’s dias ay Chancellor, 
lowing new v . We iis Ty hes 
y, Mrs 4 80 e 
Mrs, . Fell, Gloriosa, and Earl of Pembroke. The 
is only just able 
the judges might gain some idea of its 
a garden decorative variety. et 
Messrs, Dobbie & Rothesay, for single Cactus 
Dahlias, were accepted with thanks. A vote of 
thanks was passed to the Chairman, for presiding. 
UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT 
AND PROVIDENT. 
Marca 11,—The annual 1 of this Society 
was held. on the above date, at the Caledonian Hotel, 
Robert Street, Adelphi i Sac Strand, 
T. 
attended by the 17 8 
being certified a 
influen e amount ser in sickness w 
£117 75 F „ & considerable increase o Ma 
previous year, Against this, however, the su 
f £821 1 was received in ser 
to the Benefit Fund, which, with the annual 
payments to the Benevolent Fand from both 
honorary and benefit members, to managemen 
2 from the latter chiefly, and to the conva- 
escent fund, in which is included the special 
Jubilee Gift of £50 essrs, rat 
Sons, were sufficient | for £1000 to be investe 
in Trustees’ 
The total i m now amount 
to £10, the . upon iara cp opp ty the 
compari these amou ting to 
£267 135 7d., which shows that all the sa 
ed to 
th 
upon the Benevolent Fand have not been eavy, 
ey Rag e eth grant of £10 to the wher 
likewise proved of essen ervice in affording nei 
members when recovering from sickness. 
In moving the 3 of the 2 ort — balance- 
sheet, the chairm dwelt very fully on the 
8 ng to the members from 
making most favourable com 
ween the“ United” and mixed benefit 
— x X — 
societies, giving instances that had come under bis 
personal observation, wherein gardeners wh 
members of the latter stood at a great disedvest one 
compared with their brethren in the“ United,” — x 
oldest members of this Society who jo ined at i 
enrolment under ya Friendly Sa ies Acts n 
1865, have as much as £80 standing ss oye credit, 
This, be it noted, e thirt, 
tions, out of which th 
$ 
E 
year to year, thus sh 
0 approximately. on 
provision in the rules mr to lapsed or non-p 1 
members. In the by far largest majority of 8 
societies, those members w all into arre 
P 25 deprived of al all f future 
United; 
e —— who had for several years ceased to 
pay an 
At the —. of — ordinary business, election of 
officers, &c., the meeting w ade special for the 
8s 8 
J. Hudson), and carrie a large majority, subject 
of a to the approval of the bah mays of Fri po 
Societies. This increase in pay the 
— feel fully persuaded can ee safely 0 and 
it should be an additional inducement for 
to join its ranks, A unanimous vote of thanks to 
the chairman closed the meeting. 
LAW w NOTES, 
CHARLES SAMUEL situ ii described as an agent, was 
obae sea at the Sessions House, Newington, Surrey, before Sir 
Forrest go on 13th inst., with K by false pretences 
from Mr. Henry T of £13 lis. * 
. ies o Mess 
uilty. 3 resen r. K = — em said the 
—— n this case one Co., who 
pate: 24 4 a largo aee ih as 3 N mershanti at 9 
Southwark Str The practice of — and other seed- 
paia nantes was Losier mmunicate wi n the try and 
if the “ote had aay suitable land fo forg enue Turnip seed 
and other seed of t rot i descripti 
the seed, * the price upo awk oi pee 
returned to them, ri — ee whieh the rao ee 
paid. The prosecutors had some dealing with a fam y 
of Robinsons E the peer — oad, 3 Pinchbeck, va 
Spaldin In 1892 they ery a letter i 
sying K n want any seed [grown] this 55 4 aor 
e in 28 1892, be the price of the — was fixed 
s 6d. per bushel. The seed w: w 
A was ri pe, in “Fal uly, 189 
dy t! a Peoh, that he was in a * cleft sti 
he had = sige the 20 acres of land 
that he borrow land fraa another 40 ; 
h d wi 
tor 
was made 
k. e tisto s, 
L per bushel, “4 Pa man w 
deman aa gt Eat data The result was 2 a cheque was * 
including — — er £73 14s. gored difference scape? 
a bushel 268 gore Nothi se 
. tin 1894, when by re Mr. 
2 ai Boys mh a 
— this in e to 
orrest Ful e 
trial? uiries. 2 
Mr. Grain: Because they were making ma sworn in 
prisoner in a way denied it, but 5 5th Fi ebruaTy, 
January, and the prisoner was — oase. 
Mr. Kershaw said this was a 5 kranmetion. 
With this exception, the prisoner before 
a most 3 ch neter, 
pon = — and since then the prisoner oan ae bone-t 
to b bea N pane PEE ia — Le 
em renal eases a 
to 1 and “he ee bra — Hes hand ; 
number of testimon woe 148. 6d. pes 
—.— — tis poira 2 i that the 
bushel for the Doia. Dating 5 that time it iy; he would 
market price of the seed rose ai! considerably; honey, es 
suggest that the prisoner, p d risen, T aan, and thst 
tempted by the fact that the — a 
‘eae’ was what led him — that solitary offence thought t that 
1 Forrest Fulton: ean thes : 2 much larger 
essrs, Cooper, Taber & tres: 0. would ma 
té was right to share it 
