December 13, 1877. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENEK. 



453 



The seed should be scattered thinly in well-pulverised soil, 

 covering the seed slightly, and when the young plants are 

 about an inch in height thinning them to 4 or 5 inches apart 

 ■will strengthen and greatly improve those that are left ; sow- 

 ing annuals thick and leaving them like eo much Mustard and 

 Cress only causes poor growth and short duration of bloom. 

 if another sowing is made the early part of June in a damp 



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Fig. So.— Iberia corifolia. 



.and more shaded aspect a good supply of bloom may be had 

 (till November. The white and purple Rocket Candytuft are 

 good and cheap kinds; and C. Dunnettii is a fine crimson 

 variety with a good robust habit.. — A. Hakding. 



[The Iberis figured above is the true corifolia, but there is 

 another often confounded with it from a similarity of names 

 ■called corresefolia, that has much larger flowers and broader 

 •leaves, which is probably the sort referred to by Mr. Harding. 

 The preferable name for correa?folia, which is a garden hybrid, 

 da its synonyme coriacea, by using which much confusion will 

 he prevented. — Eds.] 



NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, DECEMBER 6th. 



In accordance with one of the rules of this Society that the 

 annual Meeting be held en the firBt Thursday in December, 

 about twenty members assembled in the comfortable room of 

 .the Horticultural Club on the afternoon of the above date, 

 amongst whom, besides the Hon. Secretaries — Eev. H. H. Dom- 

 brain and B. Mawley, Esq. — we noticed the Rev. C. H. Bulmer, 

 Dr. Hogg ; Messrs. Jowitt, Scott, Mcintosh, Cant, W. Paul, 

 tj. Paul, Turner, Cutbusb, Mayo, Dean, Hawtrey, aud Corp. 

 Mr. Jowitt, the winner of the first chance for the fifty-guinea 

 ■challenge cup offered by Messrs. Cranston & Co , was unani- 

 mously elected Chairman of the Meeting. Letters had bean 

 received from some distant members, including the President, 

 Rev. Canon Hole, expressing regret at not being able to attend. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read, a letter 

 "was read from Rev. J. B. M. Camra tendering his resignation 

 .aB additional Hon. Secretary, he being unable to continue in the 

 position to which he had been recently elected ; and Mr. G. Paul 

 moved and Mr. Bulmer seconded a motion that Mr. Camm's 

 resignation be accepted, which was carried nem. con. After a 

 ■desultory conversation it was not considered necessary to appoint 

 an additional Secretary. 



The next subject brought before the meeting was the balance 

 eheet. At a previous meetiDg Mr. MclntoBh had kindly under- 

 taken to audit the accounts, bat as he had not received the 

 balance sheet until Tuesday evening and had not had an oppor- 

 tunity of examining the vouchers he was necessarily not able 



to discharge the duty he undertook in time for the meeting. 

 The accounts, however, had been audited and signed by a 

 professional accountant. The income of the year amounted to 

 £417 12s. id , aud the expenditure was returned as £417 8s. Id. 

 After discussing Eome of the items of expenditure, all of which 

 were considered necessary, it was suggested that further dis- 

 cussion on the subject be deferred until the vouchers had been 

 examined; whereupon Mr. W. Paul proposed and Mr. Mayo 

 seconded a resolution that the balance sheet be examined and 

 submitted to an adjourned meetiDg, which was passed without 

 a dissentient. 



The important question of " the future," and especially as to 

 where the next National Rose Show should be held, led to pro- 

 longed discussion. The Hon. Secretary had been in commu- 

 nication with the autuori'ies of the Agricultural Hall, the Floral 

 Hall, the "Westminster Aquarium, and the Crystal Palace. The 

 Agricultural Hall could be had for one day for £50, or free by 

 taking the Company into partnership, sharing the expenses and 

 profitB. The Floral Hall could be had for the same time at a 

 rent of £100, a suggestion being made that if the Show was 

 held at the time of an operatic performance an arrangement 

 might he made for the audience visiting the Show. The Manager 

 of the Crystal Palace offered the Society a hundred guineas and 

 to provide all conveniences for the Show to be held there ; and 

 a similar offer was made by the Westminster Aquarium Com- 

 pany. After considering the nature of the several propositions 

 it was eventually decided on the motion of Mr. Cant, seconded 

 by Mr. Turner, that the offer of the Crystal Palace Company 

 be accepted, the Secretary of the National Rose Society being 

 directed to negotiite with the Palace authorities to obtain a 

 day in the last week of June, if possible other than Saturday, 

 Mr. Bulmer having ttrenuously urged the inconvenience of that 

 day to clergymen, many of whom are ardent patrons of Rose 

 shows. If a Saturday is insisted on by the Manager of the 

 Crystal Palace, tben June 29th to be the day of the Show. The 

 chief, indeed almost the only objection to the Palace, was the 

 inconvenience of trains from the west of England, which do 

 not arrive in time for the exhibitors from that important district 

 to stage their collections by the usual hour of judging; and on 

 this account Mr. G. Paul suggested that an extra hour Bhould 

 be allowed in the morning for staging, so that Roses from the 

 west, always so formidable in compeiitioD, should be fully re- 

 presented. The whole matter was eventually left in the hands 

 of the Secretary, who being in possession of the views of the 

 meeting was desired to make the best arrangements possible for 

 a one-day show at the Crystal Palace. In the event of the 

 National Roeo Show being held aB proposed it is understood 

 that there will not be a Rose show in addition at the Crystal 

 Palace, thus there will be one metropolitan show the less, which 

 was considered by most or all of the exhibitors present to be 

 an advantage rather than otherwise, the general impression of 

 the meeting being that there are " too many shows." 



The question of a provincial show received the long and 

 earnest consideration of the meeting. A strong and general 

 wish prevailed to afford the northern growers an opportunity 

 of exhibiting. It having been ascertained that Rosea were in- 

 cluded in the schedule of the Royal Horticultural Society's Show 

 which will open at Preston on July 9th, and continue for five 

 days, it was the general opinion of the meeting that the National 

 Rose Show should be held prior to the Preston date. A strong 

 feeling prevailed against the " clashing " of shows, and, as Mr. 

 G. Paul Baid, "both interest and loyalty must prevent them 

 running againBt that of the Royal Horticultural Society." 



Attention was directed to the suitability of several places, but 

 Manchester appeared to meet with by far the most favour as 

 the place for holding the first provincial Show of the National 

 Rose Society. Cheltenham, Bath, and Birmingham were also 

 mentioned, and one or the other of them would probably have 

 been more strongly urged as the place of meeting had not the 

 feeling prevailed that they are beyond the radius of the northern 

 growers. Manchester having been decided upon, the question 

 aroBe and was seriously discuBsed as to whether the Show 

 should be held in association with, or independent of, a local 

 horticultural society. Mr. Bulmer was strongly disposed to go 

 " on their own hook," and his views were promptly endorsed 

 by Mr. Mayo. Other members were also inclined to make the 

 " venture," hut the majority deemed it advisable to adopt a 

 stfer policy for the first time and to gather experience. The 

 "own hook" experience of the past had evidently a sobering 

 effect on the meeting, and its advocates did not gain enthusiastic 

 support. It was eventually deoided, on the motion of Mr. G. 

 Paul, seconded by Mr. Cant, that the Secretary communicate 

 with the Council of the Manchester Botanical and Hoiticultural 

 Society with a view to negotiating for the Show to be held under 

 their auspices on the same principle aB the Crystal Palace Show ; 

 the Manchester Show to be held f or one day during the first 

 week in July. It was further decided that in the event of 

 arrangements not being made for holdiDg the Show at Man- 

 chester, that Cheltenham "be tried," and should that fail alBO 

 the provincial Show for 1873 to be abandoned. 



