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GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



January 22, 1898. 



will be issued in April, and the show will be held on September 29, 30 and 

 October 1, 1898. 



A deputation was sent by the Council, at the invitation of the local authorities, 

 to attend the great horticultural gathering at Shrewsbury in August. The Council 

 gladly embraces this opportunity of congratulating Shrewsbury on the magnificent 

 display of horticultural skill and enterprise made at their show, and of recording 

 the very great pleasure which this visit gave them, and their appreciation of the 

 great courtesy and hospitality with which they were received. An invitation has 

 been received and accepted for a similar deputation to visit a show, to be held at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, on July 13, 14, and 15, 1898, by the Botanical and Horticul- 

 tural Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



The Journal of the society has been continued so as to enable Fellows at a 

 distance to enter more fully into, and reap the benefits of the study and work of 



Vol. 



and parts 1 and 

 will be ready 



2 

 in 



those actively engaged at head-quarters, vol. xx., part 3 

 or V^i. xxi., were issued during the year, and vol. xxi., part 3 

 March. 



1 he Council have heard with much pleasure that Mr. G. W. Burrows, a 

 member of the court of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, has most kindly 

 offered, in connection with the society's 1898 examination, a scholarship of £25 a 

 year for two years ; full particulars of which will be found in the society's arrange- 

 ments for 1898, lately issued to all Fellows. Another similar scholarship has been 

 promised for 1899 ky the Right Hon. the Lord Amherst of Hackney, through the 

 same worshipful company. 



Acting in conjunction with the Lindley trustees, the Council have devoted 

 considerable attention to the library, All serial publications have been kept up 

 to date, a large number of valuable volumes have been bound, and the following 

 rew books, ? mongst others, added to the library, viz. : "The Flower Garden of 

 Ornamental Bulbous Plants," Labourers M Monographic de lafaniilledesCactees," 

 Sweet's ''Florist's Guide," "The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic 

 B tan?," " The Yew Trees of Great Britain and Ireland," &c, &C. 



The hearty thanks of the society are due to all the members of the standing 

 committees, viz., the Scientific, the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the Orchid, 

 and the Narcissus Committees, for the kind and patient attention which they have 

 .severally given to their departments; to Mr.N. N. Sherwood and Mr.C. J. Grahame; 

 to all those who, either at home or abroad, have so kindly presented books to the 

 library, or plants or seeds to the gardens ; and to all who have so kindly contri- 

 buted, either by the exhibition of plants, fruits, flowers, or vegetables, or by the 

 reading of papers, to the success of the fortnightly meetings in the Drill Hall. 

 They are glad to find by the increased and increasing number of visitors that the 

 society's fortnightly meetings are becoming better appreciated by the Fellows and 

 public in general. In their judgment these shows, which take place at short 

 intervals throughout the year, furnish horticultural displays and teach horticultural 

 lessons whieh cannot be obtained elsewhere in the kingdom. 



The Council'are glad to be able to announce that they have appointed the Rev. 

 George Henslow, M.A., V.M.IL, F.L.S., &c, to be Professor of Botany to the 

 society, and Professor Henslow has kindly undertaken to give addresses at a 

 number of the 1898 meetings, drawing attention to interesting points connected 

 with some of the plants, &c, exhibited. The Council are confident that these 

 41 demonstrations 5 ' will be greatly appreciated by the Fellows. 



A scheme for the affiliation of local horticultural societies was put forward in 

 1890, and ninety-one local societies have availed themselves of it. The Council 

 express the hope that Fellows will promote the affiliation of local horticultural and 

 cottage garden societies in their own immediate neighbourhood. 



The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of fifty-three Fellows 



during the year, and among them they regret to find the names of Dr. Robert 



Hogg, one of the most staunch and energetic supporters of the society, and the 



leading authority in fruit nomenclature, James Bateman, the pioneer of orchid 



culture in this country, and author of the " Orchidacex of Mexico and Guatemala," 



Colonel Trevor-Clarke, W. G. Head, Robert Owen, James Cocker, George 



Rcnnie, and Francis Fell. The following table will show the society's progress in 



regard to numerical strength during the past year :— Deaths in 1897, 53, resulting 



in a loss of income of £68 5s. ; resignations, 50, resulting in a loss of income of 



£66 3s. The total loss of Fellcrvs was 103, and of income ^134 8s. Fellows 



elected and societies received into affiliation 1897, 428, representing an annual 



income of /551 15s. 6d. ; deduct loss, /134 8s. ; net increase in income, ^417 



7s. 6d. ; new Fellows, &c, 428 ; deduct resignations and deaths, 103 ; numerical 

 increase. 325. 



From the annual revenue and expenditure account, we learn that the expendi- 

 ture was as follows: To establishment expenses, £1,960 14s. 3d.; Victoria 

 medal of honour, ^174 14s. 3d.; shows and meetings, £968 175. 8d. ; prizes 

 and medals, ^525 14s.; Chiswick Gardens, £1,851 6s. id.; balance, £822 7s. 4d.; 

 total, ,£6,303 13s. 7d. 



The income was as follows: By annual subscriptions, ^3,824 12s. 6d. ; 

 shows and meetings, £1,528 us. Sd. ; advertisements in journal, £323 os. 4d. ; 

 sale of journal, £36 9s. 9d. ; miscellaneous receipts, £40 8s. 6d. ; dividends, 

 £117 9s. ; interest on deposit, £15 63. dd. ; prizes and medals, £60 12s. 6d. ; 

 Chiswick Cardens, £357 3s. 3d. ; total, £6,303 13s. 7d. 



The balance-sheet shows that the society had at the end of the financial year 

 the sum of £4,218 7s. 3d. invested, and of £963 7s. 9d. in cash, on current and 

 deposit accounts and in hand. 



The usual changes in the constitution of the members of council will be made. 

 The three retiring members are : Mr. Norman C. Cookson, Mr. James Douglas, 

 and Mr. T. Gabriel ; and the Fellows recommended to fill the vacancies are : Sir 

 F. Wigan, Bart., Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, and Mr. James Hudson. 



Mushroom Culture on a Large Scale is carried on in Edinburgh in a 



disused railway tunnel that lies sixty feet below the streets. This tunnel is three 

 thousand feet long, and here Messrs. Robert and John Paton have for the past ten 

 n^;J? n ♦ lmn ? ense quantities of the common edible fungus until they now 



SlSSft C ° ntr f 01 thC marke > h 15 that when in ful1 operation abort one 

 thousand tons of manure and one thousand bushels of spawn are used per year 



There are about eight hundred mushroom beds in all, and the great success 7n 



5SSS2 SrEKtaS t0 f hC faCt lhat in "ft tUnnel the '""Faille vJS onfy 

 £*! Sf? ? I? 1 ^ firom l summ « to Writer. In cases of prolonged severe 



To rJfs S hi m ?' T U K h ° f lh " tUnneL With the option of a single 



along the centre of the tunnel all the floor space is covered with mush- 



' Z tWdVe 'T h l lhree feet in si2e - Cleanliness is practised more 



a^d i^ a ' e Periodically whitewashed 



ana it is said that the cost on each occasion reaches /"ioo Th#> nnhui ; B 



ssnii h , e hig t est f ° h r «* ™* Ettas. w^ss^ 



part of The teuVpfv Ch mUSht °° mS ™ ^ P'° duce is but a ^3 



The Late M. Jean Linden. 



present 



The remains of this distinguished explorer and horticulturist were laid to rest 

 within the precincts of the church of St. Josse-ten-Noode in the forenoon of 

 Friday the 14th inst., in the presence of a large number of private friends and the 

 representatives of botany, horticulture, literature, and the fine arts. The Grand 

 Duke of Luxembourg was represented by Comte d'Ansembourg, and among those 



who are closely identified with botany and horticulture, were : M. 

 Ferdinand Kegeljan, president of the Horticultural Society of Namur ; Dr. E. 

 Kodigas, director of the Ghent School of Horticulture ; M. Lubbers, secretary 

 of the Royal Floral Society; M. Louis Van Houtte and M. Remain de Smet, 

 delegates of the Syndicate of Belgian Horticulturists ; M. Gillekens, M. Jean 

 Van Lagenhove, Ghent ; M. de Lombaerd, M. Ernest Delaruye, delegate of 

 the Cercle Van Houtte ; M. Crepin, M. Jaoris, M. Madoii, Dr. Capart, Marquis 

 de Wavrin, M. Peteers, M. de Langhe, M. Vervaen, M. Stepman, M. de 

 Messemaeker, M. de Craen, and M. Longe. As a commander of the Order of 



The Late M. Jean Linden. 



Leopold, M. Linden was accorded military honours by detachments of grenadiers 

 and carbineers. 



The chapel presented an imposing appearance, for it was gracefully decorated 

 by fine palms, emblems of immortality. Crowns, sheaves, and crosses of natural 

 (lowers were abundant, and the immense number of orchids sent showed that a 

 wide circle regarded Mons. Jean Linden as the father of orchid introduction. 

 The members of the family, L Orchideenne, L'Horticulture Internationale em- 

 ployes, M. M. Wincqz, du Trien de Terdonck, Marquis de Wargny, Joris and 

 Stepman, were among the large number of those who contributed handsome 

 crowns of flowers. Among those gathered to do honours to the great departed, 

 three made brief reference to his ability and character. These were M. Kegeljan, 

 who spoke in the name of L'Orchid6enne ; M. Rodigas, in the name of the Ghent 

 School of Horticulture ; and a delegate from the Union of Old Students of the 

 Brussels University. The universal esteem in which the late Mons. Linden was 

 held was once again fully demonstrated at his funeral. 



Ancient Soc 



York F 



the Agricultural Club 



The report 



The annual meeting was held on the 12th inst. at 

 Chambers, Mr. J. ]-.. Wilkinson presiding over a large attendance, 

 presented by Mr. J. Lazenby, the secretary, showed that the year's work had been 

 very satisfactory. The five usual minor shows were held, and the April, July, 

 and September shows were excellent. Hyacinths, auriculas, roses, dahlias, asters, 

 l\:c, were largely shown, and were above average in quality. After describing 

 the general excellence of the floral display, the fruit, &c 9 the report expressed 

 obligation to donors of special prizes. Financially, it was satisfactory to note 

 that at the close of the year there was a balance in hand of ^180 lis. I id* as 

 against ^177 17s. id. last year. There was a decrease in subscriptions from 

 members. Loss by death and removals from the city had unusually affected the 

 society, but recently there had been accessions which had more than balanced the 

 loss. Thanks were expressed for the lecture delivered by the Rev. Gordon Salmon 

 on 11 Hardy Fruit Culture," and to the Dean of York for presiding. The report 

 was duly adopted. 



Sir Joseph Terry was unanimously re-elected president, but, owing to his 

 sudden decease on the following day, a new president will have to be elected. 

 Mr. Lazenby was again elected secretary. For the minor shows of 1898 £7° waS , 

 voted, and £170 to the chrysanthemum show. Votes of thanks to the officers 0! 

 1897 and to the chairman concluded the proceedings 



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A Useful Gardeners' Almanack has been published by the Isle of Wight 



Gardeners' Association. It gives the dates of the various Island shows, ana ot 

 R.H.S. and N.C.S. meetings, and includes a calendar of garden operations, 

 planters' tables, and list of books relating to horticulture. It is a very handy 

 production. 



