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Several other members having spoken, Mr. Starl ng explained his position as 

 Several oinci had accumulated from year to yearj although 



treasurer ; he h f kDO X in han d. He had told the society he had such 



tSS^SSiA, <r v asked . the member ^ to appoint a treasu y 



knowieo^e, anu , g {&f as th accounts they saw were concerned, 



having full powers of ^ ™ that a national society should have a reserve 

 fu h n e 5 Tnd e p C r 0 "r y ita^-o^. year by year. He had instituted the re- 

 serve fundjbut now he did not feel able or justified in assisting a national society 

 \_ l a a „~ Ua UmI nrntrenitor. If there was any blame he would accept it, 



arising out of the office. He, however, had discussed the finances because he had 

 finally concluded to resign office, and: he did not wish the incoming treasurer to 

 exoenence the difficulties he had. There were no outstanding liabilities, and 

 though they had no balance in hand to start with there were fifty odd pounds to 

 fall back upon Mr. McKerchar observed that if the treasurer or other officer ot 

 the society had any doubts as to the correctness of accounts they should have 

 olaced all such doubts before the society. Then also all liabilities incurred in each 

 vear should be met the same year, so 



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Mr. Willis wished to know whether he 



• know the precise condition of affairs^ 

 was to understand that the auditors did not know of liabilities outstanding when 

 auditing the accounts ? It was shown by the letter read that they had had no such 

 knowledge. Mr. Willis thought this could not have been, seeing that in the 

 financial statement audited and presented February 28 some items showed that 

 certain bills were but paid in part. Others joined in the discussion, notably 

 Messrs. Mills, Spicer, Waterer, Newell, Gordon, Tagg, Cannell, and Bevan. 

 Mr. Starling asserted that the auditors did know of outstanding liabilities, or 

 should have done, by reason of certain payments on account. There were cries 

 of "Vote l n and the result was a passing of the revised financial statement, 



though not unanimously. 



The report then came on for discussion, after its adoption had been moved by 

 Mr. Sanders, and seconded by Mr. W. Beckett, but a proposition by Mr. Moor- 

 man that the estimated receipts and expenditure for the ensuing year be first con- 

 sidered was carried. Mr. Dean then read the estimates, containing the minimum 

 of subscription and a maximum of expenditure : Receipts, ,£1,066 lis. ; expenses, 

 ^1,115 ir. 66. ; result, a deficit of ^48 10s. 6d. Since this estimate 

 had' been drawn up, the Secretary informed the meeting, the Schedule 

 Sub-committee had 1 educed the amount of prizes and expenses, this 

 bringing the total expenditure down to £1,044 3s., and thus leaving a balance in 

 hand of £22 8s. These estimates having been accepted, the report was discussed. 

 Mr. Moorman moved that in the first paragraph the words relating to resources, 

 finance, supporters, and prestige be deleted, as these could scarcely be reconciled 

 with what had already happened. Mr. Beckett and Mr. Willis supported Mr. 

 Moorman. Messrs. Taylor and Ballantine considered the report a correct one. 

 ' Mr. Moorman differed, and did not consider that the society was financially sound 

 after a loss of £70 on the year's working, or its resources as great as ever when 

 about half the reserve fund had been used up. Mr. Cholmeley opined that the 

 words in question were unnecessary, but if the report was altered, it would fail to 

 be that of the committee. Mr. Moorman's amendment having been put and 

 rejected, Mr. Addison moved that with the deletion of Paragraph 8 relating to 

 the increase of prizes the report be adopted. This was put and carried, and so 



the report was passed. 



Votes of thanks were then accorded to the auditors, and to the president ; and 

 Sir Edwin Saunders was unanimouslylre-elected president, on the motion of Messrs. 

 Cannell and Langdon. The next item was the formal acknowledgment of the 

 treasurer's resignation, and a recommendation of the committee that Mr. Starling 

 be made an Honorary Fellow of theN.C.S., and receive a small gold medal and 

 a letter of thanks for his past services to the society. Mr. W. Beckett moved that 

 this be done, and Mr. Ballantine seconded the motion, adding to it, That the 

 letter of thanks be engrossed on vellum. The motion was carried, and Mr. 

 Starling feeling responded. The re-election of Mr. T. W. Sanders as chairman 

 of committee was proposed by Mr. G. Gordon, who alluded to the good work Mr. 

 Sanders had accomplished; Mr. Waterer seconded, and said he himself would 

 accept the position of vice-chairman, only on condition that Mr. Sanders occupied 

 the chair. Mr. Sanders was unanimously re-elected to the chair, and Mr. 

 Waterer to the vice- chair. Previous to the election of secretary, Mr. Moorman 

 proposed and Mr. Rundle seconded that the society have a paid secretary, and 

 that such official have no vote ; this was carried unanimously. Messrs. Bevan, 

 Wells, and Mills raised questions as to salary and advertising for a secretary, but 

 the Chairman pointed out that under the rules the secretary had to be elected 

 by the annual meeting, or a special general meeting. Five scrutineers 

 having been appointed, the meeting proceeded to elect a treasurer, a secretary, 

 and thirteen members of committee. There was a heavy poll, and it was found 

 that Mr. Ballantine had been elected treasurer. Messrs. Dean and Cummins 

 were nominated for the post of secretary, the former winning with 63 votes ; 

 Mr. Cummins, 43. The committee-men elected and the votes accorded were : 

 Mr. T. Bevan, 94 ; Mr. G. Langdon, 78 ; Mr. A. Taylor, 77 ; Mr. W. Howe, 

 70 ; Mr. W. Wells, 63 ; Mr. Kendall, 59 ; Mr. W. Higgs, 59 ; Mr. T. L. Turk, 

 56 ; Mr. J. T. Simpson, 56 ; Mr. W. Daniels, 53 ; Mr. F. Gilks, 51 ; and Mr. 

 Fife, 44. Messrs. A. Outram and Rowbottom having each gained 43 votes, it 

 was decided by a show of hands that Mr. Outram be elected. Twenty-seven 



members were nominated as committee-men. 



After waiting a considerable time for the result of the poll, the Chairman pro- 

 posed that the meeting proceed with the new rules. He earnestly requested that 

 all should remain and discuss whatever they thought necessary, and not leave the 

 responsibility of passing the new rules to a few. He also appealed to the members 

 to assist him by orderly conduct, brief speeches, and keeping to the question before 

 the meeting, and conduct the remaining business as quickly as possible. The 

 chairman then formally moved that the old rules be rescinded and the new ones 

 substituted ; this was seconded by Mr. H. J. Jones, and the meeting then, taking 

 rule by rule, agreed to them in the main, though several amendments of varied 

 importance were made as the work proceeded. At eleven o'clock Mr. Moorman 

 moved that the meeting be adjourned for a fortnight, but this motion was rejected. 

 Finally, at twenty-two minutes past eleven, the meeting concluded with a vote 

 of thanks to the chairman, and the election of Mons. E. Calvat and Mr. Starling 

 to Honorary Fellowships. 



Those who took part in the discussion of the new rules were Messrs. 

 Cholmeley, Moorman, Fears, Rundle, Woodason, Wynne, and Dr. Gorton. We 

 have not space to give the amended new rules, but they will soon be in the hands 

 of members. However, it may be stated briefly that in future delegates from 

 affiliated societies will have, unquestionably, the power to vote and otherwise act 

 as committeemen. Subscriptions in future will be due on January 1 instead of 

 March I, and the accounts will be balanced on December 31 of each year ; also 

 in future the annual meeting of the society will be held on the first Monday in 

 February. The secretary will not a as show superintendent except by order of 



the committee. There are nineteen rules now a l 

 ones revised, emended, and brought up to dar- L ^eseare rcdw^a 

 the old one, Messrs. Oholmele? and^ufe?.^. 



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READING GARDENERS' ASSOn^. 



» Common Mistakes in Fruit Culture » U ATl <>N. 



tical and instructive paper given by Mr. GeolS Bun'Si* r°( an tx 

 Reading and District Gardeners' Mutual Im JS. 7 °f Maid * 



■xva...ng ana uislhw u«.«u 1C | S Mutual Imnmv»^,« ■ -• -'■ ■m oo. 

 evenin<flast in the Club Room, British wffiT Mr C*°£P« Mmu. 

 over a large attendance of members, including a mm In ' , St <*«wZ25 

 Gardeners' Association. Mr. G. Bunyard, i?btS£?L '° m *• 

 his reason for taking up this particular one was that Sub J«.*fc 

 very often called in to report on certain failures in f rui r r ^ t an cx P*t, C£! 

 failures were embodied m a sort of talk together it would T **! a ° d ** uS. 

 well as being profitable to each one. The whole routine oft ** P 1 **?! 

 apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, gooseberries, and similar f • ^'^J 

 upon, including planting, the cropping of the fruit borders *L " *** 

 pruning, soils, labelling, importance of the early thinning ^ of S'' 

 the fruit, fruit trees in pots, grafting old trees, artificial manu e ' 

 true to name, differing seasons, and the literature of the da ^"tK 



culture. ' 15 re S«4 fc* 



The paper was followed with the closest attention, and at th. ., 

 questions were asked and an interesting discussion took olaee L 1-T* 

 Parfitt, Martin, Turton, Webb, Woolford, Neve, Hobbs and 1 5 , ^ 

 At the close a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr n tC * 

 members, as well as their congratulations on his and his familv"' i^f 9 ?'** 

 terrible epidemic that had so recently visited his neighbourhood A * m * 

 of the meeting was the magnificent exhibit of orchids made bv U** 1 ** 

 gardener to Alfred Palmer, Esq., of East Thorpe, including som-i5J£fi* 

 of Dendrobium nobile and 1 >. \\ ardianum, two specimens of the latter HtLr* 

 pans, carrying eighty to seventy-eight blooms. On behalf of the ilffi^ 

 president tendered to Mr. \\ oolford their thanks for the trouble he h*ThE. 

 bringing such a fine exhibit to the meeting, especially with regard n - ??. ■ 

 nobile, as at their last meeting a controversy had arisen as to the advart»Z 

 disadvantages of pruning D. nobile. Mr. Bright, of Whiteknights I'aAG 



showed a splendid head of a new clivia, and Mr. Neve, of S indlesl 

 Gardens, varieties of apples. 



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New Plants and Flowers. 



Odontoglossum crispum Princess Christian-. 



This is a most handsome odontoglot, having large and prettily -spotted Una 

 The flowers are pure white, and the petals have fringed margins. AH the m 

 ments are pointed, and the petals have a few large blood-red spots, but the mm 

 have both spots and blotches of this intense colour. Each flower is abotuZ 

 inches across, and a dozen were borne on a spike. F.C.C., March 2t Ik 



Ballantine, gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, Egham. 



Odontoglossum hybridum Ashworthiam m. 



A most curious orchid, having O. Rossi, or a form of that species, u m 



parent. The sepals are narrow, very dark brown on a green ground, tab 

 bright rosy purple with brown spots at the base. The cordate lip is brkk rm 



A.M., R.H.S., March 22. Mr. E. Ashworth, Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. 



Dendrobium nobile Ashworthianum. 



This is a pure white-flowered dendrobium, and as much like aformofD.wfc 

 as of D. nobile. The committee, however, passed it as a D. nobile torn. IV 

 sepals and petals are slightly twisted and of a transparent whitenca ; the if 1 

 broad and creamy white ; the latter is also broad. F.C.C., R.H.S., Muck ft 

 Mr. E. Ashworth, Harefield Hall, Wimslow. 



Odontoglossum hybridum Rochfordianum. 



A most interesting odontoglossum, that seems to have a close artmity with b 

 Ilunnewellianum. The blooms are about an inch and a half across ; the pttfc 

 are creamy, with red-brown spots ; the sepals are creamy with al.r wntmat 

 heavy blotches and spots of red brown. A.M., R.H.S., March 22. Jltt 

 Rochford, Turnford Hall Nurseries, Rochford. 



Clivias. 



Optima has very large blooms from three to four inches across, and of 1 ni 

 orange colour ; the bases of the segments are of a yellowish hue. 



Favourite. This variety is most distinct, the trusses large, and the km* * 

 full size but of a rich yellow shade, faintly tinged towards the apices of the «t 

 ments with orange. Both the foregoing gained an A.M., R.H.S., Mutt ft 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Hyacinth City of Haarlem. , 



A beautiful single-flowered hyacinth producing a splendid spike of large W 

 a very light but telling buff shade. A very fine hyacinth and most MT 

 A.M., R.H.S., March 22. Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham 



Cross. 



Dracaena Exquisite. 



A handsome draexna with leaves three inches across, and about Mteeoi mm 

 long ; these are deep green with creamy margins to the young \ 0 ^' 

 margins to older leaves. Many of the leaves are finely-coloured witri |»JF % 

 This should prove useful as a vase plant, and for similar purposes. 

 R.H.S., March 22, Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



Hippeastrums. . 



Beacon is a gorgeous variety with rounded flowers of the richest en ^ 

 All the segments are of immense breadth and substance. A M^*JJ 1 

 22. Mr. Chapman, gardener to Captain Holford, Westonbir^ 



Clonia, a very pretty form with a creamy-white ground colour, ic*«~ 

 scarlet towards the edges and tips of the segments. p,* 



Tacola, a round orange-coloured form, the colour varying in 

 the centre of end segment is a broad white band. v^in^s and fpl^ 0 



Ideala has a white ground colour, and over this are snaoin^ ^ 

 of deep orange-scarlet, especially marked towards the apices. " 1 

 The three foregoing each gained an A.M., R.H.S., Marcn 22. 

 and Sons, Chelsea. 



Azalea jAroNicA rubra. 



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AZALEA jAiUi>iv^ — , floWtt* 



A pretty azalea with crowds of small and rich scancw ^ 



slender growths. It has a bushy habit, and m shape tne nu icholsfl§ , 

 those of Azalea amoena. Mr. W. Smythe, gardener to 



Basing Park, Alton. 



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