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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



February 24, 1912 



balance-sheet was then moved bv the Prosi- 

 dent. 



Mr. J. Gnrney Fowler, the treasurer, 

 seconded the adoption of the report and 

 balance-8heet, and referred to the building 

 ■of a new house for the director at Wislev, 

 ^nd the investment of .i;6,()00. At present 

 the society was putting on one side about 

 £500 a year as a depreciation fund, so that 

 ■when the lease of the hall, etc., fell in there 

 w^ould be a large capital sum to provide new 

 premises. Income from subscriptions and 

 the Government Educational Grant had in- 

 creased considerably in the year, but the 

 takings at the hall were lower than usual, be- 

 cause the hall was closed for redecoration 

 for some time. General expenditure had in- 

 creased somewhat owing to the increase of 

 Fellows, and the "Journal" had cost about 

 £4W more than in previous years. 



One gentleman tendered congratulations to 



the Council, and spoke very highly of the 



kindly services always rendered to Fellow^s 

 by the society's librarian, Mr. Hutchins. 



The Rev. G. H. Engelheart made reference 

 to the granting of awards. In past years, he 

 said, the Council had suggested that awards 

 were l)eing made rather freely, and therefore 

 their value was likelv to be reduced as a con- 

 sequence. He thought the society should be 

 very jealous of its awards, and he urged that 

 the aw^ard of a gold medal should never b? 

 cheapened. He referred to a large group of 

 Chinese plants, collected and brought home 

 at gr?at risk and cost ; to this a gold medal 

 was rightlv awarded. At a meeting shortly 

 after a similar award was granted to a fine 

 group of ornamental gourds, which, he 

 thovight, Avas not of equal value to the 

 Chinese plants. To meet the ease he sug- 

 gested a small gold medal and a large gold 

 medal. Again, there were anomalies in the 

 awards of First-class Certificates. He under- 

 stood that this higher award had sometimes 

 been given to a florist's flower, and he asked, 

 Are orchids florists' flowers now? During 

 the year forty-five First-class Certificates 

 were awarded, and thirtv-.seven of these, 1"^ 

 believed, were granted to orchids. He did 

 not depreciate orchids, but thought the 

 awards of bo many F.C.C.'s was apt to cou- 

 fu^ the mind of the public. Surely a rose 

 or a hardy plant available for every garden 

 was deserving of acs high an award as an 

 orchid that could be grown only in a hot- 

 house. He considered the Council's monition 

 regarding awards should be repeated, and, if 

 necessarv, enforced. 



The President said they could only leave 

 the awards of plants, groups, etc., to the 

 judgment of the members of the vai'ious com- 

 mittees, and, referring to the exhibit of 

 gourds, he said it was a quite unique display 

 of its kind. 



The motion was then put, and the report 

 and balance-sheet were adopted unanimously 

 by sixty or so of Fellow^s present. 



The members of Council elected were : 

 Baron Bruno Schroder. Mr. Harrv J. Yeitch, 

 and Mr. W. A. Bilnev. Sir Trevor was re- 



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elected president, Mr. J. Gurney Fowler re- 

 elected treasurer, and the Rev. W. Wilks 

 secretary. 



On the motion of Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, 

 Bart., and the Eev. J. H. Fngleheart, a very 

 hearty vote of thanks was accorded the pre- 

 sident for his services. Sir Trevor suitably 

 responded, and said he had just celebrated 

 his 80th birthday. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural 



Society. 



Tlie fifty-ninth annual business meeting of 

 this society was held in the Goold Hall, 5, 

 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on the 9th 

 inst. The President, Sir John Stirling Max- 

 well, Bart., occupied the chair, and there 

 was; a fair attendance. According to the 

 report by the council, 115 new members were 

 admitted during the year, the net increase 

 being 42, and the number on the roll was 

 1,411. The abstract of the accounts showed 

 that, after providing tor the ordinary, and 

 about £470 of extra expenditure, the balance 

 of income over expenditure was £31 3s. Id. 

 The extra expenditure had been heavy, the 



cost of publishing the report of the Glen 

 Mar survey being i;319 15s. Id., and the ex- 

 penses of the society's exhibit at the Scot- 

 tish National Fxhibition being .£149 7s. 5d. 

 The funds at December 31 last stood at 

 4^1,822 18s. 4d. 



In moving the adoption of the reports, the 

 President made some reference to the report 

 of the Aberdeen branch, and expressed the 

 opinion that it would be a good thing to 

 have more of these branches. He thought 

 that, although the Glen Mar Forest Survey 

 had cost A good deal of money, it was never- 

 theless money well spent, and when, in the 

 next half-century our Highland hills were 

 covered with woods, as they no doubt would 

 be, it would be a matter of much satisfaction 

 to the society that they had taken the lead. 

 Referring to Lord Pentland's announcement 

 that there was to be a Forestry Department 

 attached to the Board of Agriculture in Scot- 

 land, Sir John thought that Loi^d Pentland 

 was right in doing this, but forestry could 

 not be run by people who were ignorant of 

 it, and it was very necessary, as Lord Pent- 

 land had recognised, that this department 

 should be in the hands of skilled persons. 



Sir John Stirling Maxwell was re- elected 

 president; Lord Lovat and Mr. Charles 

 Buchanan, Penicuik, were elected vice-presi- 

 dents; and the following were elected to the 

 council: Messrs. A. T. Gillanders, F.E.S., 

 Alnwick ; Jas. Whitton, Glasgow ; Wm. 

 Davidson, Panmure ; and W. H. Massie, 

 Edinburgh; Lord Balcarries, M.P., Captain 

 Archd. Stirling, of Keir, and Mr. A. D. 

 Richardson, Edinburgh. The Right Hon. 

 R. C. Munro Ferguson, M.P., was re-elected 

 hon, secretary, and Mr. R. Galloway, S.S.C., 

 was re-elected secretary and treasurer. Tlie 

 other honorary officials were re-elected. 



At the conclusion of the business part of 

 the meeting, an address (illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides), was delivered by Mr. John F. 

 use of the students attending* the Armstrong 

 College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and acting agent 

 and manager for the Crown Woods at Chop- 

 well, Co. Durham, on " Some Uses of Demons- 

 tration Forest in Forestrv Education." The 

 lecturer dealt with what Mr. Annand was 

 doing in order to bring these woods into the 

 condition of a demonstration area for the 

 use of the student attending the Armstrog 

 College, and it was of great interest. On the 

 motion of the President, Mr. Annand was 

 very cordially thanked. 



Manchester* and North of 

 Eng:land Orchid Society. 



At the meeting lield on Thursday, Feb- 

 ruary 8, the members of committee present 

 were: Kev. J. Cromibleholme (in the chair) 

 Messrs. R. Ashworth, W. E. Lee, C. Parker', 

 H. Thorp, Z. A, Ward. J. C. Cowan, J. 

 Cypher, J. Evans, W. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, 

 D. McLecd, W. Stevens, and H. Arthur (secre- 

 tary). The contributions were numerous and 



o; much interest 



Z, A. Ward, Esq., Northenden (gardener, 

 Mr. Weatherby), was awarded a silver-gilt 

 Medal for a group composed principally of 

 odontoglossums in variety. The plants were 

 well grown, and the most noteworthy were 

 O. Wilkicanum Jasper (A.M.), O. Adrianse 

 var Vulcan (AjM.), O. Jasper (A.M.), O 

 amabile Mrs. Buckley, O. KoUae Ward s var., 

 O. Northenden Beauty, O. Wardi, O. arden- 

 tissimura Wards var., O. crispum Luciani, 

 with Cypripediums Beechense, aureum Vir- 

 ginale, Ivceanum Avalan:'he, Minos Youngi, 

 JJerryanum, and a prettv var etv of Lycaste 

 hkinneri. 



W. R. Lee, Esq., Ileywood (gardener, Mr. 

 Branch), staged a nice group of choite 

 plants, to which a Silver-giit Medal was 

 awarded. Among the odontoglossums w< io 

 O. percultum purpureseens (F.C.C.), Eu- 

 terpe, Lucianni, Lindeni, and Mirandum, 

 Miltonia Blueana, Dendroibiums Leechianum 

 and nobile Hardy's var., Bras.-o-cattleya 

 Mendel i-Digby ana, with cypripediums in 

 vai i<'ty. r. Trollius Cravenianum being very 

 fine, the dorsal sepal measuring three inches 

 Cybridium Holfordianum w.ere also of murfi 



merit. 



R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch (gardener. 



Mr. Gilden), was awarded a Silver Medal for 

 a nice mixed group, the odontoglossums in 

 variety, cris.pums, and hybrids heing very 

 fine, one in particular, named Orphanum 

 (A.M.), of unknown parentage, and the 

 pretty 0. Cervantesi decorum. Dendrobiums 

 Ainsworthi and Burberryanum superbum 

 cattleyas of the Trianae section, Miltonia 

 Blueana, Lycaste aromatica, and the choice 

 Cymbidium Holfordiannm. 



Colonel J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn 

 (gardener, Mr. Lupton), staged a miscellane- 

 ous group to which a Silver Medal was 

 awarded, odontoglossums being well repre- 

 sented, some very nice blotched crispums and 

 hybrids, including Luci Masereel, together 

 with some nice plants of O. Rossi majus, Cy- 

 pripediums Merlin magnificum, Harefieid 

 Hall, and aureum ^dippe, with varieties of 

 the Leeanum section were also remarkable. 



A. Warburton, Esq., Haslingden (gar- 

 dener, Mr. Dalgleish\ was awarded a Silver 

 Me d a 1 for a c lio i ce g roup , i n wh i cQi were 

 fine exaniiples of Odontioda Bradsihawae War- 

 burton var. (F.C.C.), Odontoglossums Vic- 

 toria Regina, Emiperor Rex, King Emperor, 

 Her Majesty, Albert Warburton, The Lady, 

 and Eambeouianumj with CypripediiimB 

 Lucernale (A.M.), and Leeanum varieties 

 making a fine display. 



Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors 

 (gardener, Mr. Marshall), was awarded a 

 Bronze Medal for a small group of cypripe- 

 diums, comprising such fine forms as Mrs. 

 W. Mostyn, G. F. Moore, Mons. de Curte, 

 Mortoni, Lord Ossulton, and Stattcrianum. 



J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gardener, Mr. 

 Holmes), was also awarded a Bronze Aledal 

 Lor a .group comprising Cattleyas Hoimesi 

 and Trianae (in variety, Laelies anceps San- 

 deriana and Scliroderiana, BenUrobium 

 nohile Balliae, Calanthe Wm. Murray, Cypri- 

 t[iedium Leeanum Clinkaberryanum and seed- 

 ii n gs . 



W. J. Hargreaves, Esq., Burnley, contri- 

 buted a small group of cypripediums, to 

 which a Bronze Medal was awarded, the best 

 being Haiibourni, Grovesianum, Rossetti, 

 Maudiae, Evelyn Ames, Fowlerianum, Minos 

 Youngi, Thalia, aureum Virginale, and other" 

 hybrids. 



Wm. Tliompson, Esq., Stone (gardener, 

 Mr. Stevens), staged Cypripediums Hercule6 

 (A.M.), Draco (A.M.), and Nubia (A.M.). 



From J. J. Holden, Esq., Southport (gar- 

 dener, Mr. Johnson), came Cy])ripediuni Birk- 

 dalense (A.M.) and a fine, well-fiowered plant 

 of Lycaste x Mary Gratrix. 



G. H. Pearce, Esq., Monton Grange (gar- 

 dener ,Mr. Mace), submitted Odontoglossum 

 Phoebe Monton Grange var., a well-grown 

 plant with a fine branched spike. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 were awarded a silver medal for a remark- 

 ably fine group, in which L. anceps Barken 

 and Sanderiana, Brassovola Digbyana, 

 Brasso-cattleya Maroni, cattleyas in variety, 

 Lselio-cattleyas calistoglossa and \A elley&i- 

 ana, Cvpripediums Curtmani, Alcibiades 

 superbum, Vandyke, Gigas Corndean Hall 

 var., Beechense, and Calanthes William 

 Murrav and Bella Avere, with others, spieii- 

 didly represented. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, c-cm- 

 tributed a fine group, to which a silver niedai 

 wa.s awarded. Especially noteworthy were 

 Cattleyas Gaskelliana, Exquisita, TrianffiS 

 Vivican^ and Corona, Brasso-cattleyas ro\iV' 

 neri picturatum and Sirens, and Cypripe- 

 diums Stephanos, aureum Surprise, Pyranius, 

 Eiamingo, Goldfinch, and Helen Pulchrit.- 

 sima. ^ 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, seiu 

 Odontoglossums Endresi niajus, percultum. 

 Solon, Lawrenceanum, Cypripedium aur^^a. 

 JUi' IVarl. and Lycaste Skinneri a^*^^*- , 



Messrs. A. J. Keeling and Sons, Bradtoro. 



staged Odontoglossums Lambeau:anum an 



Virginale. and two seedlings; and Mr. • 



.showed tni^ 



plants of Odontoglo^sum erispum, one vei. 

 fine variety with large white fiowers. 



Shackleton, Great 



Horton. 



AWAEDS. 



Odont(t 



First -cla«s Certificate, 

 percultum var. purpureseens, Ironi 



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