December 25 . 1890. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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'of "The Hon. Treasurer and Chairman,” saying how pleased he was at 
the kindly reception he had always had from the members, and that he 
was fully convinced the Association had entered upon another term 
of prosperity. With regard to Mr. Ker’s suggestion, &c., a challenge 
cup, he gave the members every reason to believe that no effort would 
’be spared on his part to carry it to a successful issue.—B. P. R. 
- Manchester Royal Botanical Society. —The following 
=are the dates upon which the meetings of this Society will be held 
in 1801 :—First Spring Flower Show, Town Hall, 17ch of March ; 
second ditto, at Town Hall, 28th of April ; annual Whitsuntide Exhi¬ 
bition opens at the Gardens, May 15th ; Rose Show at the Gardens, 
-July 18th. Exhibition of Hardy Fruits and Congress at the Town 
STall, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of October. 
- Fruit Room. —Your correspondent “ H. S.” asks for informa¬ 
tion respecting a fruit room. In reply to his questions I should say— 
1, That a dark, dry, underground chamber would be preferable to a room 
in a dwelling-house having full daylight, always provided the above 
description is correct, as a damp underground room would probably 
cause mould and make the Apples ta9te fusty. There should be a 
sufficiency of ventilation, but too much draught would be an objection, 
as it would cause the temperature to vary too much. 2, In the cool 
underground room perhaps trellised shelves would be a slight advantage, 
but as they are usual'y covered with sheets of paper it would not make 
much difference. I do not see how barrels or casks would be of service 
in this room, but in a very light and dry room they certainly might be 
useful for storing late varieties, which sometimes shrivel instead of 
ripening when too much exposed to light and warm air. 3, There is 
Fig. 76.—AN EFFECTIVE GROUP OF PLANTS. (See page 564 ) 
- Enclosed is a bloom of single Camellia grown here. I 
-should like your verdict with regard to its merits. Some blooms were 
sent to a nurseryman and condemned as being worthless. My opinion 
of it is different. I consider it to be a good variety. The plant from 
which the enclosed bloom were cut is planted out, and has always been 
very floriferous until this season. It made a strong growth, but set few 
flower buds. A trench about 18 inches wide has been taken out 2 feet 
from the stem and filled in with peat, the compost be r ore being most'y 
loam. Strong growths have been cut back to two-year-old wood, and 
the plant is again ready for commencing another season’s growth. —D. 
{■Single Camellias are coming into favour with many amateurs, and 
they certainly admit of being employed in many forms of floral decora¬ 
tions for which the “ double ” varieties are unsuited. As a “ single ” 
Camellia your variety is well worth cultivation, but from a florist’s 
•or trade point of view the opinion expressed would no doubt be correct, 
as the demand at present is not large enough to render them very 
profitable, while there are so many of the symmetrical double Camellias 
to be had.] 
nothing, except bruising, which tends to hasten the decay of Apples more 
than wiping off the oily exudation. I have seen Apples exposed for 
exhibition, part of which have been wiped and others left in their 
natural state, and the wiped fruits have been perfectly rotten before the 
others showed a trace of decay.—A. H. Pearson, Chilwell. 
- The Hull and East Riding Chrysanthemum Society's 
Exhibition for 1891 is fixed, Mr. Harland informs us, for Wednesday 
and Thursday, November 18th and 19th. 
- There was a large attendance of members at the fourteenth 
annual general meeting of the Kingston and Surbiton Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society, held at the Kingston Hotel on Wednesday 
evening, December 16th, W. Furze, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary 
read the balance sheet, which showed, after paying £156 in prizes, a 
balance in hand of £60. Hearty votes of thanks were then passed to 
the President, G. C. Sherrard, Esq., J.P., the Vice-President and lady 
patronesses, also to the Hon. Teasurer, Mr. J. Drewett, and Hon. 
