7 Decouner 20, 1919.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 317 
/ UNITED HORTICULTURAL ‘BENEFIT 
THE Gm mee of jor p was € 
in E" a x ag m MNT the 8th i 
4 Cur 
tes tw. 
eased : were received, and thé sum 
16s. 7d. pe passed for payment to their 
tive nominees 
ES sick pay for the month on the ordin nary 
side amounted to £79 7s. 8d., and on the State 
p to £42 6s. 8d., and Mater nity benefits to 
e Committee has under bus. derati ion, the 
revival of. the annual dinners, and the Secretary 
E. be pleased to receive, as yer. as рое 
the names of any member or gardener intending 
d be present, 
DUMFRIES AND DISTRICT 
1 HORTICULTURAL. 
: The annual general meeting of this society 
| was held in the Wesley Halls, Buccleuch Street, 
Dumfries, h 
roved. Th 
s owin ever; 
ge subscribers peris pair tl affected by 
the war, the loss was pensated by a large 
increase in the membership. whe credit 
balance amounted about increase of 
- about £2. Provo ni as re-elected pre- 
X ; Mr. J. L. Armstrong, Mr 2: Maxwell 
y, Mr. utchinson d 
‘Allister were reappointed vice presidents 
and Мт. Т glas secretary easurer. 
In room of i b; rota tion, an 
a g were mem of 
ее :—From the proni Mr. 
mi J. 7 W. pee 
find Mr. T. Nicholson; from the gardeners, Ме 
Airdrie and Mr. M’Monies; from 
wi 
Croal esolved to 
f old an Bera tobe in ae Drill 1 Hall, "orbis, 
on the last Saturday of August, 1990. 
ABERDEEN ЕЕ HISTORY AND 
EM 
А ог рг eus an interest in oon pn 
д а the Natural History and Antiquities о 
Aberdeen and th ighbouring йн, its 
bers accomplished much valuable 
The m eeting was a great success, and more 
than Тубу new members were aes us 
à abus inaugurated 
Ma 
d nie 
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il, and cold, 
cing the activity of ‘he 
- 9rganisms of de ecay, P allow organic matter to 
The 
was that т 
ап ic vegetation of 1 p] 
to owed, in milder times, by forests of 
Birch and Pine, which in t ave place 
Bog-moss and Heather. xe utilisation could 
follow ved вео ot & and its products ; 
could e duet ; and incr 
the Bm on ги be Eri abet of Cran! 
The moorland in the vicinity of Al berdeen could 
produce as wany. Жао berries or Cranberries— 
done ark and Switzerland— 
especially if rey њан: Canadian vari ere 
troduced — keep a big f fully 
ed t ty. Dundee, with imported 
moorl ts. But the be spect was for 
forestry ing and а The questio 
could not be solved in ош Деш 
Run of the problems ot ie o rs must 
hand-in-hand 
De 
on 
with practical КООГА нч 
the moorland plants Eu help Despit 
abundance of eh ee id 
ns, which t tralised ibef 
plants could grow oorland 
pode had special pel pee У. tainig ‘nitrogen, 
and, typically, they -— not stand chalk in the 
oil 1 His advice to drain the soil, add 
especially ites rogenous manure, and, 
presi all, add lim 
saris OF ENGLAND PANSY AND VIO улы 
eneral meeting of the North of Englan 
Puny sun d Viola Society was held on saturday, 
a ае hanics’ Institute, Brad- 
ford, 
Sail зате ы of thes 
The ers and committee were elected for 
the ensuing year, and at Me F. E. Su нча ite, ды 
Upper Green, Allerton, was re-appoin 
s 
HEATHFIELD AND DISTRICT 
HORTICULTURAL. 
THE general meeting of this Society was held 
in the Schoolrooms, Heathfield, on the 11th 
inst., Mr. Ash, the president, occupied the 
chair. 
Great enthusiasm was shown by all present, 
gad + was decided to do m to en- 
— and 
e 
f 
f shows and p meetings. 
š It was decided affiliate with the Royal 
Horticultural Societ; i 
The President, Mr. Ash, was re-elected t 
office for the aw ad LS Mr. — “Hon 
Treasurer, and M acLean, Hon. Sec 
ks also re- cec 
Pune "he г seoretary, was thanked 
Pg his past s 
HAMPTON AND DISTRICT NURSERY 
WORKERS' iin 
p first annual dinner of the Hampton and 
ER Nursery Workers' Cub was held on 
the 10th inst., cud е Railway Hotel, Hampton, 
under the chai of Mr. W. 
ас 
leading flower and ot growers in the Ham ben 
district were presen 
т. Taylo 
Taylor, of 259. San 
After a capital dinner, followed by the usual 
loyal toasts, Sir Philip Pi ldi m Popen Ы His 
Majesty's F mobilised.” 
I te the chief 
this 
has already made m fri ends е "bol 
growers а employees 4 Нат 
Мг. Н. Т. Mason pro Б" 
and District Nursery E vene 
that there were resent one hundred and 
thirty-one members Club, and they had 
two f П t was renting 
odation, ittee pro- 
ild their own club house as soon 
possible. They had already uired a site 
nd Messrs. Boulton and Paul had supplied 
p or the building which they hoped to 
erect on the Fells Barn Estate The 
already £130. When the 
a club arose and the rules had 
P oO IE h hair- 
a ing, and, 
к the а | question, he was 58 с рене 
with the excellence of the idea aunt 
that at once c ted 
terest in many instances by | 
members and subscribers. 
r. J. Quantrill proposed ‘‘ The Honorary 
Members and Subscribers," to which Mr. A. J. 
Shorthouse responded. Mr. W. H. Si b 
chairman of the Committee, proposed “ Our 
Re even- 
Tied 
he 
Sikerk in Hampton district will be fol- 
lowed. 
Obituary. 
—We fran with regret that Mr. T. 
denly on the 29th T й aged т. wasa 
fine specimen of the old-time gardener, and had 
held many important positions in the horticul- 
tural world, his last коер being ener to 
Mr James’ ra sh, Pun argent ullas 8 
Park, Weybrid fruit, 
essal түз ed of а and 
* Taylor had resided in the 
Kew Gardens district for upwards of twenty 
regret thar 
of Mr. John Rochford, 
altham Cross, on h 
68 years 
ofa age, оа Ба pened away early on the 15th e. 
short illness which commenced on 
