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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
491 
- Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. —At the Committee meeting of 
this Charity held on Friday night last, Mr. William Marshall in the 
chair, it was unanimously resolved that the Committee place on record 
their deep sense of the great loss sustained by the deaths of Mr. James 
McIntosh and Mr. Shirley Hibberd, Vice-Presidents of the Fund, and 
warm supporters of the same. 
- The following additions were announced to the Fund since 
the previous meeting. From the Chiswick Gardeners’ Improvement 
Society as the result of a concert, £20 ; from Mr. J. Smith, Mentmore 
(concert), £10 ; from Mr. Proctor, nurseryman, Chesterfield, the result 
of work done by his invalid wife, £5 ; from Mr. W. P>ates (Twickenham 
Chrysanthemum Show), £1 15s. Gd. ; from Mr. J. A. Vallance (Bristol 
Chrysanthemum Show), £1 5s. 3d.; from Mr. G. W. Cummins (flower 
stall at the Croydon Chrysanthemum Show), £7 Ids. ; and from the 
collecting box in Mr. Smee’s garden during the week it was open to 
the public for inspecting the Chrysanthemums, £4 2s. GJ. These seem 
appropriate methods of assisting the Fund, not only in an easy, but, 
in most cases, an enjoyable manner to the contributors, whose united 
mites amount to a substantial sum for an excellent object, in this 
instance the sums named being adequate for the support of a child 
for upwards of three years. 
- The Deal Memorial. —It was announced that the sum 
collected as a memorial tribute to the first esteemed Chairman of the 
I und, the late Mr. George Deal, amounted to £302 2s. Gd. In accord¬ 
ance with a generous undertaking made by Mr. H. J. Veitch and Mr. 
N. Sherwood at the last annual dinner, those gentlemen sent ch c ques, 
increasing the total to £554 2s. Gd., which will enable the seven un¬ 
successful candidates at the last election to become beneficiaries of the 
Charity, as will be explained at the special general meeting which is 
to be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday next, 9th inst., at the Cannon Street 
Hotel, for the purpose of making slight alterations in the rules. All 
subscribers are invited to attend the meeting. 
- Presentation to Mr. George Laing Paul.—O n the 
occasion of the son of Mr. George Paul, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, attain¬ 
ing his majority on Friday last, the workmen in the nurseries were 
entertained at supper by Mr. Paul and his son in the Public Hall at 
Cheshunt. The senior foreman, Mr. George Gater, in proposing the 
health of the young master, surprised him with the gift of a handsome 
marble clock, on the part of himself and fellow workers. This gift 
was not the less appreciated in being presented by Mr. Gater, 
who has been an active worker in the firm for upwards of forty-two 
years, having been apprenticed to the great grandfather of Mr. George 
Laing Paul. The supper was enjoyed by 110 persons, and was a pleasant 
gathering of employers and employed, between whom the utmost 
cordiality exists, which makes life agreeable for all. We ask the 
acceptance of our best wishes by Mr. G. L. Paul for a bright and 
successful career. 
-“ Hazell’s Annual.”—A copy of the sixth issue of this 
general year book of reference has been sent to us. Its 700 closely 
packed pages contain information on those subjects of current interest 
in which the majority of readers desire information. A liberal share of 
space is devoted to biographies of eminent persons. The labour move¬ 
ment is adequately discussed, and there is a great quantity of tabular 
matter on various subjects, the whole forming a condensed cyclopaedia 
of technical and popular information, and altogether the work is a 
valuable production. 
- The Total Rainfall at Cuckfield, Mid-Sussex, for the 
past month was 2'94 inches, being 0 73 below the average. The heaviest 
fall was 0'50 inch (snow) on the 2Gth. Rain fell on twenty days. The 
highest temperature was 57° on the 23rd, the lowest 7° on 29th. Remark¬ 
ably mild up to 23rd, the temperature iising above 50° on eighteen days 
out of the number. Last week equally remarkable for its severity. 
Heavy fall of snow on 25th and 26th. Below is the readings for the 
last five days :—26th, max. 30°, min. 27° ; 27th, max. 29°, min. 22° ; 
28th, max. 24°, min. 17°; 29th, max. 32°, min. 7°; 30th, max. 34°, 
min. 20°.—R. P. 
- Cardiff Horticultural Society. — The first annual 
dinner of this Society took place at the Queen’s Hotel, Cardiff, last 
week under the presidency of Mr. James Lewis. The company, which 
numbered over forty, included the principal growers and amateurs of 
the district—viz., Messrs. A. Pettigrew (Castle Gardens), W. Treseder, 
S. Treseder, T. Clarke, R. Crossling, T. Malpas, Bishop, the members 
of the Committee, and others. In responding to the toast, “ Success to 
the Society,” the Chairman gave a brief outline of the origin of the 
Society, which sprung from the ashes of the old Glamorgan Society. He 
stated the last Show was a success in every way, and a substantial 
balance would be carried forward to next year, which it was intended 
to make still more successful. The schedule would be very much en¬ 
larged and a strong committee appointed at the general meeting in 
December to carry out the programme, and if all worked with a will 
the Society would take its place as the leading showin the municipality. 
The next show (two days) will have to be held rather early in August 
in consequence of the visit of the British Association, which is timed for 
August 19th to 26th, and the date fixed in all probability will be the 
12th and 13th. 
- B. S. Williams’ Memorial Fund.—I t being intended to 
close the above at an early date, subscribers who have not yet sent in 
their donations are requested to do so without further loss of time to 
Mr. Harry J. Veitch, Hon. Treasurer, 544, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W., 
or to either of the Hon. Secs., Mr. John A. Laing, The Nurseries, Forest 
Hill, S.E., and Mr. A. Outram, 7, Moore Park Road, Fulham, S.W. 
- Second Crops of Fruit.—A fter nearly a week’s frost and 
snow we may fairly expect that we have heard the last about the mild¬ 
ness of the season and ripe Strawberries and Raspberries ; but there 
is one case I will mention, that I gathered ripe Jargonelle Pears from 
a second flowering on the 14th of November. A similar circumstance I 
cannot call to mind. Second crops of Plums have come under my 
notice, surpassing in quantity the first crop, and although they did not 
ripen they sold at 12s. per pot.—J. PIiam, Astwood Hank. 
- Chrysanthemum Show Fixtures for 1891.— No horti¬ 
cultural societies are so prompt and early in fixing their dates as those 
devoted to the Chrysanthemum. Scarcely have the shows for one year 
concluded when the fixtures for the next year are announced, and in the 
case of the larger exhibitions this is very desirable, as it enables other 
societies to avoid as far as possible the dates selected. Already we hear 
of the following fixtures :—The National Society has decided to hold their 
annual Chrysanthemum Show on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 
10th and lltb, at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. The Kingston-on- 
Thames Society has chosen the same dates, and the experience of the 
present year proved that neither Show suffers in consequence, in fact 
it is probably a mutual advantage. The Northampton Society takes 
Wednesday and Thursday, November 11th and 12th. We shall be glad 
to announce other dates as soon as the Committees have decided upon 
them, for the reason stated above. 
- Additional Notes on Syringing.—S ince my notes on 
syringing appeared in the Journal I have seen an ingenious mode of 
applying insecticides to plants which have become affected with vermin 
that cannot fail to be of the utmost service to plant growers. All 
insecticides that are really so must from their nature be expensive, and 
the waste which is caused by the use of the ordinary syringe in applying 
them has been a sore point with many in these days of economy. 
Besides this the difficulty of syringing plants without injuring the roots 
has necessitated their being laid on their sides in some cases to the no 
small detriment of the plants operated upon. The inventor of the 
“ Stott Patent Sprayer,” which is the name of the article referred to, 
has obviated these defects by a simple and effective contrivance which 
much resembles an ordinary garden engine nozzle with a check end 
attached. This check end causes the fluid to ascend in a fine spray 
through a small opening, which from its construction can easily be 
applied to the under side of the leaves where insects generally commence 
operations.—M. D. 
- Progress in Chrysanthemums.— In opening the Hornsey 
Chrysanthemum Society H. R. Williams, Esq., a gentleman of great 
influence and usefulness in the locality, and whose name is also pro¬ 
minent in the fruit world, said he did not know what state of per¬ 
fection the Chrysanthemum was likely to reach, but when he compared 
the specimens exhibited that day with those he remembered seeing in 
his father’s garden years and years ago, he could not help wondering at 
the marvellous progress that had been made. When all the other 
flowers were dead and forgotten the Chrysanthemum blossomed with 
freshness and grew to cheer them in the dark and sombre wintry days. 
The cultivation of the beautiful flower refined their taste and improved 
their minds, and he felt a better man for having come to the Show. In 
formally declaring the Exhibition open he wished it every success. He 
opened one at Highgate last week. Highgate used to be the hamlet and 
Hornsey the village. But no w there was little village sentimentalism about 
it, and Hornsey had grown to become one of the best and most important 
of all residential suburbs of London. Mr. Williams’ gardener took many 
