February 11, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
113 
year on the general work and repairs and keeping up the Gardens. A 
further sum of about £200 has been laid out in special repairs—viz., 
in the rebuilding of house No. 6 and in furnishing a new boiler, &c., to 
the great vinery. The receipts from the Gardens by sale of surplus 
produce amount to about £630, making the net cost of the Gardens 
about £1300. 
The Council of the Society have been in communication with several 
county councils with respect to the lectures on gardening which are 
now being given in many parts of the country, and have undertaken to 
conduct examinations on behalf of any county council so wishing it, 
at the conclusion of these courses of lectures, and to award suitable 
certificates, &c., to proficient students. 
The Council regret that the scheme for the erection of a horticultural 
hall has for various reasons been for the present abandoned and the 
guarantors released from their promises of support. It is hoped, how¬ 
ever, that at some future time when circumstances are more favourable 
these promises may be voluntarily renewed. 
In conjunction with the Lindley Library trustees, the Society’s 
library has received considerable attention. All serial publications 
have been kept up to date, a large number of valuable volumes have 
been bound, and the following new books, amongst others, added to the 
library—viz., “ Art and Practice of Landscape Gardening,” “ Manipula¬ 
tions de Botanique Medicale,” “ Census of the Grasses of New South 
Wales,” “ Die Veredelungen und ihre Anwendung fur die verschiedenen 
Baume und Straucher,” “ Flora Bulgarica,” “ Laubholzkunde,” “ Nadel- 
holzkunde,” “ Orchids, Culture and Management,” “ Pflanzenleben,” 
vol. 2.; “ Revisio Generum Plantarum,” “ Orchid Album,” &c. 
The best thanks of the Society are due to all those who, either at 
home or abroad, have so kindly and liberally presented books to the 
library or plants or seeds to the Gardens. A list of the donors has been 
prepared, and will appear in the next number of the Journal. The 
Council also wish to express, in their own name and in that of all 
Fellows of the Society, their great indebtedness to all who have so kindly 
contributed, either by the exhibition of plants, fruits, flowers, or 
vegetables, or by the reading of papers, to the success of the conferraces 
and fortnightly meetings. Special thanks are due to those who so kindly 
contributed Conifer specimens for the Conference in October. 
The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick Board and 
to all the members of the standing Committees—viz., the Scientific, the 
Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the Orchid, and the Narcissus Com¬ 
mittees, for the kind and patient attention which they have severally 
given to their departments ; also to the exhibitors who have contributed 
to so great an extent to produce the valuable results of the various con¬ 
ferences held. 
The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of forty-four 
Fellows during the year, and amongst them they regret to find the names 
of the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Granville, Earl of Dartmouth, Sir R. 
Wallace, the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, J. Van Volxem, W. A. Dickson, 
J. Dominy, C. Haycock, W. Richards, W. Barron. 
ANNUAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 
ENDING 3l3t DECEMBER, 1891. 
Dr. 
To ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES : 
Salaries aad wages.. 
Rent of office .. .. 
Printing and stationery .. 
Publications—Journal, &c. 
Postage .. .. .. 
Coal; gas, and water 
Miscellaneous 
£ s. d. 
300 18 8 
123 3 0 
144 IG 2 
536 9 0 
72 2 8 
3 6 2 
43 14 10 
SHOWS, MEETINGS, and CONFERENCES : 
Rent of Drill Hall and cleaning. 92 16 0 
Special shows—Temple.634 10 11 
Others. 39 3 2 
Advertising. 18 0 0 
Prizes and medals. 164 18 0 
Printing, &c. 57 8 4 
Labour .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 87 8 11 
Superintendent of flower shows. 50 0 0 
„ CHISWICK GARDENS : 
Rent, rates, taxes, and insurance 
Superintendent’s salary .. 
Labour . 
Manure, implements, &c. .. 
Coal and coke 
Repairs . 
Special repairs . 
Water and gas . 
Miscellaneous .. .. . 
298 6 3 
225 0 0 
669 5 1 
92 10 1 
184 19 11 
148 4 7 
196 10 0 
17 11 5 
82 0 11 
HORTICULTURAL HALL. 
BALANCE TO GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT 
£ S. d. 
1224 10 6 
1044 5 4 
1914 8 3 
37 1 1 
218 16 8 
£4439 1 19 
£ s. d. 
By ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
„ SHOWS—TEMPLE : 
Tickets, advertisements, donations, &c. .. .. 614 13 1 
„ Meetings and conferences . 26 15 0 
„ Advertisements. 
„ Miscellaneous : 
Sale of Journal and reports 
„ Dividends : 
Davis bequest and Parry’s legacy . 56 18 4 
Interest on deposits . 5 19 11 
Prizes and medals.. .. .. . 
X' •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 
„ CHISWICK GARDENS : 
Produce sold.. .623 4 3 
Admissions and members’ tickets . 8 5 6 
Miscellaneous .. . .. .. 6 17 0 
Chiswick Horticultural Society .. .. £36 0 0 
Less: 
30 0 0 
£ s. d. 
2806 18 4 
641 8 1 
147 4 0 
37 10 5 
62 18 3 
33 9 0 
44 7 0 
665 6 9 
During the last few years the Council have, amongst other matters, bep 
considering methods of interesting amateurs more in the Society and its 
work, and of rendering to them a greater personal return for their 
subscriptions. To this end they have already established the fortnightly 
lectures, and the great Temple Show; have promoted various conferences 
on interesting horticultural subjects, and have revived the publication 
of the Journal. In 1890 they further decided to re-establish the 
Society’s ancient custom of offering prizes to amateurs, and a schedule 
was circulated in the “Arrangements for 1891.” The Council regret 
that these prizes attracted so little competition, but they have decided 
to continue them again in the year now commencing, and a total sum 
of £515 will be found offered, as it is possible that the schedule last 
year was hardly sufficiently known. 
A scheme for the affiliation of local societies was put forward last 
year, and about forty local societies have availed themselves of it. The 
Council express the hope that Fellows will promote the affiliation of 
societies in their own immediate neighbourhood. 
Attention having lately been directed to the desirability of estab¬ 
lishing a National School for Technical Education in Gardening and 
Spade Industry, the Council have consented to co-operate with the 
Worshipful Company of Gardeners in the matter. The Council have 
not thought it right without a special mandate from the Fellows to 
devote any portion of the Society’s income to this purpose; but they 
think it highly desirable to afford the undertaking the use of all the 
existing facilities at Chiswick. An arrangement is therefore in course 
of preparation whereby a Home will be opened at Chiswick, in the joint 
name of the Society and the Company, for students of the age of fifteen 
to eighteen, and a three-years course of practical lessons will be givmi 
in the Gardens, accompanied by elementary lectures on Plant-Life 
and Chemistry, and other branches of study helpful to Gardening, the 
whole of the expense being borne by the Company, the Gardens supplied 
by t’ne Society, and the management placed in the hands of a joint 
■Committee. The Superintendent is of opinion that the work of the 
students can be so arranged as in no way to interfere with the present 
£4439 1 10 
We have exaur nei the above accounts, and And the same correct. 
(Signed) HARRY TURNER, ) 
HENRY WILLIAMS, \ Auditorn. 
A. H. PEARSON, j 
HARPER BROS., Chartered Accountants. 
22nd January, 1392. 
BALANCE SHEET, 31at DECEMBER, 1891. 
£ s. d. £ s d. 
To SUNDRY CREDITORS. 299 4 3 
„ Subscriptions, 1892, paid in advance. 90 8 0 
„ Donations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 345 0 0 
„ GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT: 
Balance, 1st January, 1891 . 1796 15 1 
Subscriptions for 1890, not paid and bad debts ., 30 0 3 
1766 14 10 
Balance for the year 1891, as per Revenue Account .. 218 16 8 
- 1985 11 6 
£2720 3 9 
£ ?. d. 
By SUNDRY DEBTORS : 
Annual subscriptions outstanding . 31 10 0 
Garden produce .. .. . 86 0 7 
Temple Show donations. 14 14 0 
Rents .. .. . • • • • • • 86 0 0 
Advertisements in schedules . 49 7 6 
INVESTMENTS ; 
24 per cent. Consols £2122 83. 9d., cost., 
(£2022 83. 9d. of this sum is held by the Society, 
subject to the provisions of the will of the late 
J. Davis, Esq.) 
CASH AT LONDON AND COUNTY BANK: 
On current account .. .. .. .. .. 260 15 7 
On deposit account .. .. .. .. .. 345 0 0 
„ Cash in hand . 4 4 10 
£ s. d. 
217 12 1 
1892 11 3 
610 0 5 
0 X 96 of the Gardens. 
£27£0 3 9 
A proposal has been made to hold an International Fruit Show in 
London this autumn, and the Society has been invited to join in 
carrying it out. The Council have appointed the Chairman of the Fruit 
Committee as a delegate to the Provisional Committee, and they hope to 
be able to give cordial support to the proposed Show. 
We have examined the above accounts, and And the same correct. 
(Signeil) HARRY TURNER, ) 
HENRY WILLIAMS, > Auditors. 
A. H. PEARSON, ) 
HARPER BROS., Chartered Accountants, 
22nd January, 1892. 
