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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ December II, 1890. 
aside and prizes bestowed to other altogether different varieties. Then 
exhibitors of florist flowers ought to be assured that whoever are 
appointed to adjudicate upon these are up to their business. The classes 
for Dahlias, for Gladioli, and for Roses are sure to be well filled and 
keenly contested. It is surely not too much to expect that none of 
these are left to the tender mercies of those who may be expert wdth 
one flower and with little knowledge of the others. I am afraid I have 
unduly encroached on your good nature, but I can assure you I have 
tried to condense my remarks.— An Intending Exhibitor. 
Events op the Week. —Horticultural gatherings are becoming 
less frequent now, and after such an exceptionally busy day as Tuesday 
last it might be expected that the business to be transacted before 
Christmas was nearly concluded. The General Committee of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society will meet at Anderton’s Hotel on 
Monday, December 18th, at 7 p.m. ; and on Wednesday, the 17th inst., 
the floral fete and bazaar, for the benefit of the Holmes Memorial Fund, 
will be held in the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. 
- Shirley Hibberd Memorial. —In response to the invitation 
from the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society a largely attended 
meeting was held in the Lindley Library, Victoria Street, on Tuesday 
last, at 1 p.m., Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., in the chair. After 
some introductory remarks by the Chairman, Dr. M. T. Masters referred 
to the valuable services rendered to horticulture by the late Mr. Shirley 
Hibberd, and proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by 
the Rev. IT. H. D’Ombrain, and carried unanimously “ That in the 
opinion of this meeting it is desirable to establish a memorial commemo¬ 
rative of the disinterested labour of the late Shirley Hibberd, and as 
affording some expression of our gratitude to him and of our respect for 
his memory.” Some discussion followed as to the form the memorial 
should assume, the general feeling being in favour of a portrait of Mr. 
Hibberd to be placed in the Lindley Library. It was, however, resolved 
to entrust the arrangements for collecting the fund and a consideration 
of the various suggestions to a committee comprising the Rev. W. Wilks, 
with Messrs. J. Douglas and G. Paul as representing the Council, and 
Dr. Masters with Messrs. Marshall, Collingridge, and Dean on behalf of 
the Fellows. 
- Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.— We are 
pleased to hear of another purchase of £300 Consols, making a total of 
£25,000 standing on in the names of the Trustees, thus giving good 
security to those gardeners who have subscribed to the Institution in 
case distress should overtake them. We are also glad to hear that Baron 
Schroder, Vice-President, has promised to preside at the fifty-second 
annual meeting of the members, to be held at Simpson’s, Strand, on 
Thursday, 15th January, next at three o’clock, and that N. N. Sherwood, 
Esq., is to take the chair at the friendly dinner to be held after the 
election the same day at six o’clock. 
- The Weather.— Since the severe frosts at the end of last 
month, by which much damage was caused to shrubs and outdoor 
plants, there has not been anything unusual to record. Moderate 
frosts, dull days, with occasional fogs have prevailed in the neighbour¬ 
hood of London, and a slight scattering of snow early in this week. 
- Severe Frost in Surrey.— The weather here on the 28th 
ult. was phenomenal with regard to the severe frost. We registered at 
four o’clock on the above date 21° frost Fahr., and at six o’clock the 
mercury showed G° below zero. After that time it gradually rose 
above zero. In the Rev. W. Wilks’ garden at Shirley, two miles from 
here, the thermometer registered 2° below zero ; at Warlingham, four 
miles, 5£° below, and at Riverhead, near Sevenoaks, 1° below zero. The 
shrubs here are turned quite black, the Aucubas especially seem ruined. 
I may mention our thermometer registered the above at G inches from 
the ground. Enclosed herewith are a few leaves of shrubs and Ivy to 
show the result.— R. H. Coppin, Addington. Croydon. [The tempera¬ 
tures recorded are extremely low, but the thermometer is too near the 
ground. The leaves sent are blackened, and evidently the injury is 
severe.] 
- London Fogs and Plant Life. —It is stated that the 
Royal Society has granted £100 towards the expenses of a report 
upon this subject now being prepared by the Royal Horticultural 
Society. 
- Gardening Appointments. —We have received an intimation 
of an appointment to a garden in Cornwall, which will be inserted if our 
informant sends us his name and address, not for publication. 
- The Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show. — This, we are 
pleased to learn, was this year a financial success. The visitors during 
the three days numbered 35,000, Lieutenant Dan Godfrey and his band 
proving a great attraction. From £120 to £150 is the expected surplus. 
Nearly £300 for music and over £100 for fitting up the Show building 
are large items in expenditure, but no doubt it pays in Edinburgh. 
-- Dutch Codlin Apple. —Mr. A. Harding writes from near 
Peterborough : 11 This has been the worst Apple year in this neighbour¬ 
hood that has been known for many years. We had a very light crop. In 
a few old orchards in this village the produce from perhaps a hundred 
trees was only a few bushels. My best tree was Dutch Codlin ; it had 
five bushels of good clean fruit, although an old, half worn out looking 
tree. I believe in manuring orchards, even if they are on grass.” 
- Fruit Room,—I shall be obliged if any of your experienced 
readers will answer the following questions through your valuable 
Journal of Horticulture : —Is a dark, dry, underground chamber with a 
thorough draught better for keeping fruit than a room in a dwelling 
house having full daylight, a higher temperature, but no through 
draught ? 2, Are shelves for laying Apples, &c., on, separately and 
singly, trellised or solid shelves, or barrels and casks, better for keeping ? 
3, Should Apples have the oily exudation wiped off them at any time 
during their “captivity ? ”—H. S. 
- Haywards Heath Horticultural Society.—A highly 
satisfactory balance-sheet was submitted to the members of the above 
Society at their annual general meeting held at Mr. Wilmot’s school¬ 
room last Friday evening. Notwithstanding that the receipts at the 
gates were more than £10 below the amount taken at their first show 
last year, owing to the weather, the creditable balance of £23 14s. 5d. 
remains in the Treasurer’s hands. Total receipts, £206 7s. 9d.; and 
£116 163. was paid in prizes. 
- Report of Weather during November 1890. — The 
weather during the past month was very mild until towards the end, 
when some sharp frosts and slight falls of snow were experienced. The 
sharpest frost was on the morning of November 29th, when 16° were 
registered. Rain fell upon seventeen days against six days of November, 
1889, the maximum in any twenty-four hours being 0 52 on the 23rd. 
Minimum O'Ol on the 10th. Total amount during the month 2'66 
against 0 87 of November 1889.—E. Wallis, The Gardens, ITamels 
Park, Buntingford, Herts. 
- Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, — At the 
annual meeting of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, held in 
Edinburgh the other day, it was stated that £142 had been added to the 
funds during the year with subscriptions, and £200 it was proposed to 
save next year. The fund for the International amounts to about £700, 
the proceeds from that meeting being expected to make up the £1223 
offered in prizes. Asked what about expenses, Mr. Young, the Assistant 
Secretary, humorously remarked they would save by drinking lemonade 
next year. 
- Chiswick Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Associa¬ 
tion, Session 1890-91.—Mrs. S. A. Lee, Chiswick, has, with the object 
of encouraging original research and observation, again very kindly 
offered a sum of £15 10s. to be distributed in prizes for essays on 
horticultural subjects from members of the Association. Class 1, for the 
besi essays on “ Horticulture, its Influence on the Masses.” First prize* 
£2 ; second, £1 10s. ; third, £1 2s. Gd. ; fourth, 12s. Gi. The competi¬ 
tion in this class will take place, under supervision, in the Council 
room of the Royal Horticultural Society, on the evenings of February 
20th and 21st, 1891, between the hours of seven and ten. Class 2, for 
the best essays on any horticultural subject at the discretion of the com¬ 
petitors. First prize, £2; second, £1 10s.; third, £1 2s. Gd. ; fourth, 
12s. Gd. Class 3, for the best essays on any horticultural subject at the 
discretion of the competitors (members under twenty-three years of 
age). First prize, Nicholson’s “ Dictionary of Gardening,” four volumes, 
value £3 ; second, £1 ; third, 12s. Gd. ; fourth, 7s. Gd. If preferred by 
the winners books on gardening subjects to the value of the second 
third, and fourth prizes will be selected. 
