December 21, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



987 



3>romotiug' the interests of the society. They 

 more jDarticularly des^ire to mention the Rev. 

 _r. E. Burnside (Great Stambridge), Rev. R. 

 Powley (Upton Scudamore), Mr. H. L. Wet- 

 tern (Sanderstead)^ Dr. A. H. Williams (Har- 

 row), and more especially Mr. E. E. West 

 (Eeig-ate), as having been the most successful 

 in obtaining new members. 



Tlie Council feel they cannot close this 

 r epo rt wit ho at t en de r i ng t he i r w a r ni e s t 

 thanks to Miss Wdllmott, V.M.H., vice- 

 patroness of the society, for her kind eervices 

 during the past year. 



SUMMARY OF REC5:IPT.^ AND PAYME'XTS 



1912. 



Di^cciiilH'i" 1. 1911. 



To C.'u^h nt Raiikors 



NovvmbtM- :^0, 1912. 

 To SuVj^cription.^ £2,717 8 8 



FOR 



£488 15 10 



,, Do. Life Members 



m 15 c 



2,754 3 8 



Rrorerfls of >liows — 

 Sniiiiner, £'2i](} 

 Autumn, £23 15s. 6d. 



Contributionis Provincial 

 Shows — IrK=>Ji I>r;i-.e nnci 

 Floral Sorietv 



Southampton Hoyal Hor- 

 ticultur-al Soeietv 



„ Affiliated Societieiii 

 Adverti^enu'iits in 



289 17 6 



8C C ( 



50 



0 



419 



17 a 



15 0 



.So- 



ciety's Journals 



?'ale of S'ociety's Fubli- 



catiouis 



„ Special Prize Donations 



(■exclusive of plate) ... 

 Interest— Con^'ols, .... 



Depc;3:t.s 



Conv-ermzione Tickets 



35 12 4 



8 5 6 



147 14 9 

 89 IC 8 



46 14 G 



43 17 10 

 5 9 0 



£4.-C76 18 9 



^'ov. 30.— To Cash at Bonk 



Reserve Fund 



£442 12 2 



Con>?oUi. 21%. £1,845 Os. 2d ; c-o^t 

 ket value, November 30. 1912 £1, 



£1 .5CC : mar 

 c9 lCs^« .xl 



XoTemiber 30, 1912. 



By Ptiblioations 



Printintf, Stationery, 



£7:;3 15 0 



and Advertitiins- 3SC 5 3 



Ex_ 



3 J 



Poetage-s, Telegrams, and Sundry 



penis^e^ 



Hire of Room for M-eetino-^s <ind Ex- 

 panses of Oonversazione 



Honorarium +a Hon, S-eoretarv 



Aissietant Secretary (£92) and As^skstant 

 Trearsurer (£65) 



Auditor's Fee 



Expenseig at Show-s — 



Summer £487 11 2 



Autumn 16 4 2 



378 1 8 



44 

 ICO 



157 

 15 



4 

 0 



0 

 15 



0 

 0 



0 

 0 



J' 



3) 



Royal Botanic Society 



Royal Inter nation'al Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition 



Entertainment of Foreig"n Ros«rians 



Prize Monies — Royal Botanic, Provincial, 

 and Autumn Shows 



Purchase of Plate, Medals, etc. 



Purchase of Con-solai Reserve Fund 



C^ioh at Bankers 



503 

 50 



50 

 31 



786 

 153 

 2.50 

 442 



15 

 0 



0 



16 



1 

 13 



0 

 12 



4 

 0 



0 

 4 



0 

 0 

 0 



2 



£4.076 18 9 



I have compared the foregoing* statement with tbe 

 bocks and vouchers, and hereby certify the mme to 

 be correct. 



The ca«h balanceiSi and tlie securities re]u-e^:entin§? 

 the investment of the Reeerre Fund of the Society 



have been vorifii-d bv me. 



CM1.\IM.K- nilANXAN. Ch-artci-.M! Acmiinta ut. 

 GE.OUOK; \V. COOK, Hon. Trra.Mirer. 



The adoption of the report and financial 

 statement was moved by the Eev. J. H. Pem- 

 "berton, the retiring president. Mr. Pember- 

 ton emphasised the fact that the society 

 had double the membership it had five years' 

 ago, and spoke of the great encouragement 

 the society receives from Her Majesty Queen 

 Alexandra. The society's conference and 

 dinner to foreign rosarians' in May last was, 

 he considered, one of the best functions the 

 society had held, because of the friendly, 

 feeling it encouraged among French and 

 other Continental rosarians, and those of 

 the United Kingdom. Financially the 

 society was in a fine condition, and he was glad 

 that out of an income of over ^4,000, only 

 ^50 had been expended on prizes, while 

 an equal sum had been expended on publica- 

 tions which did so much to keep distant and 

 Colonial members in touch with the society. 

 Besides, the publications were of immense 

 value to the members. The exhibitions were 

 splendid advertisements for the society, and 

 a fine opportunity for the display of new as 

 well old roses. Xext year, 'the society 



proposed to hold an early show in May, and 

 he believed that this would further extend 

 the cultivation of roses under glass; further, 

 he considered the proposal to make the 

 autumn show a two-day meeting- a good one, 

 as it would enable roeeJovers of all classes 

 to see the blooms, 



Mr. H. A. Darlington seconded the 

 motion at some length, and made a kindly 

 references to the services of Mr«. D'ombrain 

 to the society, and he suggested that some 

 day the writings of the late Rev. H. H, 

 D'ombrain might be gathered together and 

 published by way of a memorial to the 

 society's first secretary. He suggested the 

 society should consider the publication of a 

 Eose Stud Book, which would be of great 

 service to hybridists and raisers. 



The motion was carried without any com- 

 ment. On the motion of the Treasurer, it 

 was unanimously agreed to offer Mr. Mawley 

 an honorarium of .£1C)0, as a slight token 

 of appreciation of his invaluable services. 



Several alterations of rule^ were proposed 

 by Mr. C. E. Shea, but they were all verbal 

 ones, and served to bring certain rules into 

 order in their relation to other rules; Mr. 

 J. Green seconded his proposal, and they 

 were carried nem. con. 



Mr. Walter Stevens proposed, and the Rev. 



E. Powley seconded, " That a committee of 

 five be elected for each show held by the 

 society, to be known as show superintendents, 

 and they will be held responsible for the 

 proper staging of exhibits at the respective 

 shows." In answer to a question by the 

 Rev. F. Page Roberts, the President stated 

 that already seven ttewards were appointed 

 for the summer show The motion was lost 

 by a large number of votes. 



Mr. W. Stevens further proposed, and it 

 was seconded by Mr. Ccney^ that: *'In the 

 event of any complaint or objection being 

 lodged by a competitor at the committee tent 

 the matter be referred to the secretary, w^ho, 

 together with two or more members of the 

 Council, shall have power to then and there 

 decide any questions raised." 



Mr. Stevens said that a box of flowers was 

 moved at the summer show and not returned, 

 and this wa« a contravention of the societv*s 

 regulations. This motion wag also lost, only 

 six voting for it. The President point-ed out 

 that Regulation 10 covered the points raised 

 in this motion. 



Mr. H. P. Landon moved that the thanks 

 of the society be given to the officers and 

 other members of the Council for their ser- 

 vices during the year"; these thanks were 

 heartily accorded, and Mr. Mawley briefly 

 responded, and in doing so made pleading re- 

 ference to the work of president, treasurer, 

 and Publications Committee. The President 

 then declared the result of the ballot. Mr. 

 Chas. E. Shea was elected president; Mr. G. 

 W. Cook, treasurer; and Mr. Edward Maw- 

 ley, hon. secretary. 'Most of the old members 

 of Council were re-elected, and the newly- 

 proposed members elected were : Colonel 

 Kilbee-Stuart, Messrs. E. Harkness, 



Elisha J. Hicks, Stuart Hogg, H. P. Landon, 

 and F. Slaughter. 



Mr. Frank Cant moved that the Dean Hole 

 Memorial medal be awarded to Mr. George 

 Dickson, of Newtownards, for his great ser- 

 vices to the rose cult as a raiser of new 

 roses. He said there was no greater honour 

 the society could confer^ and he hoped the 

 meeting would pass the motion. The Rev. 



F. Page Roberts very pleasantly and humor- 

 ously seconded the motion, and it was car- 

 ried uni 



ously and with great heartiness. 

 Mr. E. J. Holland moved thanks to the pre- 

 sident in a very capable speech, and Mr. 

 Pemberton suitably resiponded. 



Tlie remaining business was the induction 

 of the new president, Mr. Chas. E. Shea, w^ho 

 has served one period of two years in that 

 office previously, in succession to the late 

 Dean Hole. 



Following the business mooting came the 

 conversazione, at which Dr. Hamilton dis- 

 played a splendid series of coloured lantern 

 slides representing Bournemouth gfardens. 

 Music and refreshments added to the plea- 

 santness of thciie later proceedings. 



Na.tjona.1 Hardy Plant Society. 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Hardy Plant Society was held at the Hotel 

 Windsor on lliursday, th 12th inst., Mr. 

 A. J. Macself in the chair. Sir John 

 Llewelyn, Messrs. J. W. Barr, F. Bouskell, 

 J. Collingridge, H. Henii^ley, E. H. Jenkins, 

 R. Morton, R. Pinches, A. Wesiton, and 

 (i th er s we re p r e se n t . Tlie annual rep or t 

 for the year was, on the proposition of Sir 



John Llewellyn, seconded by Mr. Barr, re- 

 ceived and adopted, and ordered to be printed. 

 The statement of accounts and balance-sheet, 



which showed a balance in hand of ^£15 odd, 

 was adopted, on the propo^'ition of Mr. Barr, 

 seconded by Mr. Weston. Tlie following 

 officers were elected: Chairman of Council, 

 Mr, Frank Bouskell; treasurer, Mr. R. Mor- 

 ton; hon. socretarv, Mr. A. J. Macself, 



The Council was then elected. Sir John 

 Llewelyn asked the society to co-operate in 

 a Primula Conference to be held on April, 

 1913. He pointed out the good work wliicli 

 had resulted from the last Conference, and 

 that, with the many important additions in 



the Himalayan and China Sections, the 

 work require:! bringing up to da/o. The 

 Chairman welcomed the idea, and assured 

 Sir John of the liearty co-operation of the 

 society, and that he was authorised to stato 

 that Dr. MacAVatt and other primula ex- 

 perts would be pleased to assist. A long 

 discussion ensued as to publishing a quar- 

 terly journal. TTltimately it was decided to 

 issue the Year Book for the present year, 

 and to defer the que-^tion of the (quarterly 

 journal until the finances of the society war- 

 ranted them, Tlie question of holding a 

 show was considered, and, on the proposition 

 of Mr. Barr, seconded by Mr. Morton, it was 

 decided to hold a show, if possible, between 

 June 2 and 9, the secretary to approach the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, details to be 

 left to the Executive. 



Tlie meeting closed with a vote of thanks 

 to the chairman. 



East Ang^lian Horticultural 



Club. 



This flourishing club held its annual meet- 

 ing at the Boar's Head Hotel, Norwich, on 

 Wednesda y , Dec e m ber 11, whe n a la r ge 

 gathering of members assembled. 



From the carefully-prepared annual report 

 presented on behalf of the committee by Mr. 

 W. L. AVallis, secretary, it was gathered that 

 the membership now stood at 365, the 

 highest ever known ^ placing it well in the 

 front rank of any other such club or asso- 

 ciation in the kingdom. Its finances are 

 thoroughly sound, and there is a sturdy 

 balance of ^133 14s. 3d. 



Essays and lectures have been given each 

 month, and from the subsequent discussions 

 have proved themselves of great educational 

 merit. The monthly exhibitions have been 

 a conitinued success, and proved a great fea- 

 ture of interest and friendly rivalry, and of 

 educational merit also. 



The committee thank those nursery 

 growers and others who from time to time 

 have made special displays of seasonable 

 flowers, and also the generous donors w^ho 

 have provided special classes during the year. 

 The highest number of points for the year 



have been secured by Mr. S. Hunt, gardener 

 to Mrs. Willis, Southwell Lodge, Norwich, 

 and he holds for the first year the silver chal- 

 lenge cup. Mr. W. Shoesmith wins the Har- 

 mer Challenge Cup for a series of special ex- 

 hibits. Tlianks are accorded to the officers, 

 committee, and honorary members, for their 

 kind services and help, and .special thanks 

 are given to Mr. John Willis for so kindly 

 tsending such an interesting monthly weather 

 report. 



At the subsequent election of officers the 

 presidential chair was taken by Mr. F. Wil- 

 liams, gardener to Louis Tillett, Esq.^ Cat- 

 ton, according to rule, he liaving served as 

 acting vice-president during the ]K\>f year. 

 Mr. John Clayton (Messrs. Daniel Bros., 

 Lim.), was voted to the vice-presidency, and 

 by a unanimous vote and with acclamation 

 Mr. W. L, Wall's was re-elected secret arv. 

 The retiring committee were re-elected, with 



