February 26, 1898. 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



135 



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5HIRLEY GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The monthly meeting was held at the Parish Room, Shirley, Southampton, on 

 the 2ist inst., when the president, Mr. W. F. G. Spranger, presided over a fair 

 attendance of the members. Mr. E. T. Mellor, B.Sc, London, lecturer in 

 Biology to the Hartley College, Southampton, gave his second and concluding 

 lecture on " Fungi." He said the injurious parasitic fungi were stated by a 

 recent authority to [number 1,600 species. Taking Perenospora infestans as a 

 typical example of this class, he by means of lantern slides traced the life history 

 of this troublesome pest, showing also how resting spores, to enable the plant to get 

 through the unfavourable winter, were produced, and urging on his hearers the 

 necessity of destroying by fire all garden refuse for this reason. Rust on cabbages 

 and rust on wheat were also glanced at, the lecturer stating that Australia lost in 

 one year ^2,500,000 through the latter. The beneficial fungi were not so 

 numerous, and there was only time left to consider that which exists on the 

 toots of all leguminous plants, looking like tubercles. These were able to 

 take up nitrogen from the air passing it along to the plants, which were thus 

 enabled to live on very poor soil. 



A brief discussion ensued, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks was accorded 

 to the lecturer, and also to the president for conducting the business of the evening. 



ROYAL GARDENERS' ORPHAN FUND. 



At the annual general meeting of this admirable charity held at Anderton's Hotel, 

 Mr. W. Marshall presided over a moderate attendance. Among those present we 

 noticed Dr. Masters, Messrs. Bates, Gordon, Lyne, Poupart, Barron, Cummins, 

 Wynne, Roupell, Walker, Jones, Assbee, Osman, Outram, R. Dean, McLeod, 

 Reynolds, J. Fraser, May, Cuthbert, H. J. Veitch, and Melady. 



The proceedings were of a purely formal character, as no questions were asked 

 •or raised. After the reading of minutes, &c. , by Mr. Wynne, the report, taken 

 as read, was as follows : — 



Annual Report. 



The Executive Committee, at the close of the tenth year of the existence of 

 the fund— it havmg been established in 1887— can look back with pride and satis- 

 faction upon the substantial progress made during that decade. The Royal 

 ■Gardeners Orphan Fund is now firmly established among gardening institutions, 

 and during the period of its operations, while it has succoured a large number of 

 orphan children, all of them m necessitous circumstances, it has also been able to 

 invest a small reserve fund. Your committee feel they can heartily congratulate 

 all those constant and earnest supporters of the fund, who, since 1887, have 

 rendered such valuable and acceptable aid. 



In submitting their annual report and financial statement, your committee have 

 to record with some feelings of regret, that the receipts for the past year have not 

 been so satisfactory as could be desired, and would therefore urge upon the friends 

 ot the charity the necessity of increased efforts during the ensuing year. One very 



C rt^ g T Ie h ^ t0 he J ecoi ^ d - The receipt of letters of deep thankfulness 

 from .the mothers and guardians of children who have ceased to be chargeable to 

 the hind, owing to the operation of the age limit. One mother, after expressing 



nlT e f of r st ,l ime L y hel £' observes : * 1 sincerel y h °p e V <*iS£ *2f 



Jf tne sum of W V,f aVe b6en hd P ed ^ Y Besides the ordinary payments 



•mad SDe ri a , J™ gS P - Cr WCek t0 ° rphan ° hildren ' y° ur COI »™itee have 



? " eces u sltou ! to chila -ren on leaving school, or being 



apprenticed to some trade, thus giving them a start in life. " " B 



has been expended in this helpful way during the year. 



SnanTine and ftwi V**^ ° n the ^mmktce in the places of Messrs. 

 Mr a F n Wh ° retlre ' Mr - Marshall then moved the re-election of 



ren'deVed hv ht^TW ^T*" 7 ° f the fund > and s P oke hi S hl Y of the ^ces 



mouslv Carried 1W ?°° . ab,y seconded h ? Mn * Walker and unani " 

 ^rlLf J C sc ™ tl, l ee « of the ballot, proposed by Mr. H. T. Tones and 

 approved, were Messrs. H. B. May, R. Dean, J. McLeodf and J. Walker. The 



^^of°S?Si^ half » hour ' and then the members ^ to 



Statement of Accounts for 1897. 



To Balance from last account 



Receipts. 



99 



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general 

 :ollected by local 



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^280 

 69 



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.£599 11 10 



99 



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The sum of £22 10s. 



fund ofThL n^ S L ten ^f 5 ' ninet y- ei ght*children have derived benefit from the 

 nul'er wH w ;^ ' ^1*° T n ° W recdvin S a weekl y a»™ance. This 

 S3 amount ™S ? Ti by th -° Se f °,. riU J iate enou S h to secure el «tion to-day. The 

 mnt ™?-a S P d l ° oh,klren Sln <* the fund was instituted is ^5,807 Another 



S^fe^"^,", 41 * amOUnts received from coveting 5 boxes° the 

 the nfos imooZ' 'A ^ ° f fl ° W! F' &C "< ? P r0vincial flower sh ™*- Among 



Assoc£tio7rrnf^ n 10DS T ?r ° f fr ° m the Scottish Horticultural 

 ■held [ v • th ^P rocee L ds of the magnificent exhibition of chrysanthemums 



Steak al ISnfe/ 11 J^' and £z6 * from the W Caledonkn 



riort^uitural Society. The Chislehurst Gardeners' Society have contributed f*x 



able l u • m u societles hay e been received and proved equally acceot- 



toZ^7^™?£* F at ^l thanks to all who have so materially helped 

 as a beouesr ™h J 1? ?u ^ ^ The sum of ^457 5s. 1 id. has been received 

 aWel! e hy the late Mr ' J- W - Thomson, of Hayward's Heath formerly 



Thi fc^ Z -uT^f^Z and invested in accordance with the terms of tZ wm 

 The^r 1 1 ^ enCef ? rtb be known as the "J- W. Thomson Trus?' 



Sir }. wSLfESS, 11 ^ f thC ?° tel iD A P rfl laSt > was P resi ded over by 

 ^635. You? * ' rt,> and rCSulted in a hands ome subscriotion list nf 



very able advocacy of th» ^ . g c u r '? g r£ \ tltude to Sir J. W. Ellis for his 



thanks. l^fc, ilKl^ fUnd> aDd te , nde l himtheir most h **«Y 



Sherwood, Esq for the L • \ Comi ? lttee ar ^ al ^° due *<> the treasurer, N. 



charge of ih fSto offthe^Si f^S ^ m ^ ^ and his faithful dis " 

 »d M, P. R f be he holds ; also to their auditors, Mr. M. Rowan 



auditor is Mr M RnW, 1, • • S ln , audltm g the accounts. The retiring 

 to deploreThe ^^riZ^S^*" ™* committee havf 



the commencement nf f^ I„?5- Robe , rt one ? { . the vice-presidents from 



and also of an able colleague, Mr W 



stead. 

 Messrs 



Sydenham M r C P Tk'.^c u g asso ? ia - t ^ with the Crystal 

 member, 5 ;^V Cuthbert '° f Soutbgate, has been elected in his 



Assbee 



nominated to succeed thS A Mr ;, A A ° utram and Mr - G - H. Richards being 



at the same remuneration ' r ° n 15 nomin ated as secretary, 



•observadons'to make c^nSnin^i^ 0 ^ 11011 ° f - he Kp0tt ' u remark ^ that he had no 

 should like to see the coS tef • t f As & P "^ te u ember » he barked that he 

 allowing two orphans from one f fut 1 ure , consider th e question of allowing or not 

 elected to the benefits of the fon^ S t0 or to be both 



Poupart then proposed a J^f r?C 7 he moUon was earned unanimously. Mr. 

 parking ^SS^^™^ their treasurer, Mr. N. N. Sherwood 



seconH^H k„ a*. A as Ior tunate m having the service «f *„«u .1 9 



Usma n and carried. 



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Donations (including proceeds of sales of flowers, 



boxes, entertainments, &c.) 

 Donations collected by local secretaries ' . 



The J. W. Thomson Trust ... 

 The Emma Sherwood Memorial 

 Annual dinner 

 Card collection 



349 11 o 



211 



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5 

 11 



9 



8 



262 



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Advertisements in list of subscribers 

 Dividends on stock and interest on deposit 



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457 



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635 



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247 1 



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9 



thanks to Messrs'. Rowan S P*^ ^ R> D T T-^ that tht king's 

 This was earned wuhout^ssent*' The Chapman' 01 ^ aS ™* iJ ' 



Note : — Investments 



£2,625 



1 



3 



per cent. Consols . 

 per cent. Canada Stock 



• • • 



^7,070 6 10 

 2,422 7 4 



By Allowances to orphans 



Emma Sherwood Memorial... 

 ,, Grants in aid ... 



Expenditure. 



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£9,492 14 2 



£853 15 o 



13 o o 



22 IO O 



99 

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9J 



99 



99 



99 



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99 



99 



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Annual dinner 

 Secretary's salary 



Printing and posting subscribers' lists 



Collecting cards 



Printing and stationery 



Annual, general, and committee meetings 



Postages 



Bank charges 



Sundry expenses (petty cash) 



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25 



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18 



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 126 9 



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31 4- 

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99 



99 



Purchase of £422 7s. 4d 

 Balance — 



Cash at bank 



Cash in hand 



Canada 



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68 s ir 

 457 5 " 



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Cash on deposit 



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835 14 3 

 030 



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935 n 3 



£2,625 1 1 



Having inspected the securities and examined the books and vouchers supplied 

 to us, we hereby certify the above account to be correct. 



(Signed) P. Rudolph Barr 1 A 



M. Rowan / Auditors. 



Dated January 22nd, 1898. 

 The result of the election was announced at a quarter to five, when the follow- 

 ing ten children were placed on the funds of the charity: Agnes Macintosh, 

 Edinburgh, 349 votes ; Robert John Smith, Salop, 332 ; Jamesina Baird, Stobo, 

 N.B., 278; Lydia Annie Milne, Westmoreland, 275; Hermine Kosbab, Twick- 

 enham, 272 ; William Ewart Holmes, 269 ; Ruth Amy Worth, Liverpool, 241 ; 

 Margaret Annie Richardson, Cheshire, 232 ; Constance Mary James, Southampton, 

 209 ; and Annie Kathleen French, Lingfield, 166. The latter was placed on the 

 funds as the recipient of the Thomson Memorial Bequest. The total number of 



Votes of thanks to the scrutineers and chairman con- 



votes polled was 3,157. 

 eluded the business of the annual 



eeting, 



• Assbee, i 

 committee. 



tk 9 ^don, McLeod, Roupell, and Wynn 

 1 his was carried, as also was the pr Q p Q§ H iQn 



services as auditors, 

 proposed the re-electioa of 



rs. 



Friendly Dinner. 



An informal friendly dinner took place at half-past six at Anderton's Hotel, 

 Fleet Street, at which those members and friends of the orphan fond, already 

 mentioned, were present, and also Messrs. J. H. Veitch, Sherwood, Miles, 

 J. H. Laing, J. G. Ingram, D. B. Crane, and Mason, &c. Owing to illness, 

 Mr. P. C. M. Veitch was unable to be present, consequently the chair was 

 taken by Mr. N. N. Sherwood. 



After dinner and the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed w Continued 

 Success to the Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund." He regretted the absence of 

 Mr. P. C. Veitch, and especially the cause of his absence. He referred to the 

 fine speech made at a similar gathering a year previous by Mr. Owen Thomas, 

 in which the latter hoped for a record year to the fund as a memento of the 

 Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty. He was sorry to say that hope had not been 

 realised, for though they had done fairly well, 1897 was not a first-rate year for 

 the charity in which they were all interested. They were all proud of the ten 

 years' progress of the fund, of the fact that sixty-two children were being helped 

 by it, and that since 1887, £5,807 had been spent for the direct benefit of 

 gardeners' orphans. They had close on £9,5°° invested, but he, as treasurer, 

 would not be satisfied until that sum had been increased to £20,000. The Chair- 

 man spoke highly of the energy displayed by some local secretaries and societies 

 in helping the fund, making special reference to the Scottish Horticultural 

 Association, Caledonian Horticultural Society, and the Chislehurst and Altrincham 

 Gardeners' Associations. He also referred to Mr. H. J. Jones, whose collecting 

 card contained an enormous number of names, and to Mr. Miles, who in the 

 Southampton district had enlisted fifty-five new subscribers. All associated with 

 the fund felt a great responsibility, and they wished such a feeling would extend 

 more widely among the gardeners of the kingdom, for if such were the case it 

 would follow as a matter of course that employers and traders would also do their 

 best to assist the cause. The toast was duly honoured, and responded to by Mr. 

 W. Marshall, the latter observing that he considered that the most deserving 



candidates had been elected. 



Mr. Poupart directed the musical programme for the evening, the contributors 

 being himself, Messrs. Mason, D. B. Crane, H. J. Jones, and A. H. Weeks. 



Votes of thanks to Mr. Poupart, to Mr, Barron, and to the chairman, brought a, 

 pleasant evenine to a conclusion. 



