November 23, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
471 
National Chrysanthemum Society. 
The General Committee of this Society held a meeting on Monday 
last at Anderton’s Hotel, when Mr. R. Ballantine occupied the chair. 
Most of the business was of a purely formal nature, and the corre¬ 
spondence read related to proposed alterations in various classes, all of 
which were referred to the Schedule sub-Committee for consideration. 
The awards made by the Arbitration Committee at the November Show 
were then submitted for confirmation, and comprised silver-gilt medals 
to Mr. Robert Owen, Mr. H. J. Jones, Messrs. Cutbush & Sons, and 
B. S. Williajns and 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 
HULL.— November 15th and 16th. 
Son ; silver medals 
to Messrs. Shuttle- 
worth & Co., Mr. 
H. Berwick, Mr. 
Godfrey, Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, 
and Messrs. J. 
Laing and Sons; 
bronze medals to 
Messrs.Cannell and 
Mr. W. E. Boyce 
for their exhibits of 
flowers and vege¬ 
tables. The Chair¬ 
man announced 
that the Show was 
quite a success 
both as regards the 
attendance of the 
public and the 
quality of the ex¬ 
hibits. 
The Secretary re¬ 
ported that income 
to the amount of 
£525 11s. 8d. had 
been received up to 
As briefly mentioned in our last issue, the annual Chrysanthemum 
Show of the Hull and Bast Riding Society was held in the Artillery 
Barracks at that town on the above dates. The Society is one of the 
most enterprising and at the same time one of the most successful in the 
country, and as regards quality no belter exhibits can be seen anywhere. 
The advance which has been manifest every year since the formation 
of the Society ten 
date, the principal 
items being £142 
19s. 6d. for annual 
subscriptions, £13 
13s. 6d. donations, 
£39 7s. afSliated 
societies’ fees, £31 
12s. 6d. for medals, 
and £4 43. for sale 
of catalogues. On 
the subject of the 
shows for 1894 it 
was intimated that 
they will probably 
be the same as 
those for the pre¬ 
sent year, viz., one 
in September, held 
by the Aquarium 
Company, towards 
which the Society 
will c ojn t r i b u t e 
money prizes for 
Chrysanthemums ; 
one in October, 
November, and De¬ 
cember. Some dis¬ 
cussion thereupon 
ensued as to the 
advisability of find¬ 
ing a fresh place 
for the Society’s 
shows, but the pro¬ 
position was nega¬ 
tived. 
The annual din¬ 
ner, as already 
announced, will be 
held at Anderton’s 
Hotel on the 30th 
inst., and all ar¬ 
rangements for it 
have now been completed. 
Twenty-four new members 
for the year of 150. 
Mr. C. E. Shea was prevented by indisposition from reading his 
promised paper on “Judging,” but had sent it for the Secretary to read 
if agreeable to the members. Mr. Beavan moved that the reading of it 
Fig. 68.—CHRYSANTHEMUM LORD ROSEBERY. 
years ago has been 
well maintained, 
the entries in al¬ 
most all classes 
and divisions hav¬ 
ing increased in 
number, totalling 
430 — the highest 
yet attained. The 
classes for lady 
competitors showed 
a slight deprecia¬ 
tion, but the qua¬ 
lity was grandly 
upheld. The in¬ 
crease was most 
noticeable in the 
division for plants, 
once the weakest 
part of the show. 
The groups, for 
which the Hull 
Show has long been 
celebrated, were 
quite up to the 
usual standard, and 
that is a high one. 
An innovation, in 
the shape of a 
class for a group 
of foliage plants, 
arranged for effect, 
brought but two ex¬ 
hibits, both these 
oeing magnificent 
examples. The 
Japanese section 
contained many 
superb blooms, and 
the incurved were 
amongst the very 
finest that have 
been staged at any 
show this season. 
As evidence of the 
advance made by 
this Society we 
give the number 
of entries in the 
classes for cut 
blooms this and 
last season :—Ex¬ 
hibits in 1892,151 ^ 
1893, 194, an 
in 
Sir Edwin Saunders will occupy the chair, 
and Fellows were elected, making a total 
be deferred until Mr. Shea was well enough to attend personally, as he 
thought any discussion arising upon the subject would not be fair to the 
author, and this view received the support of the members present. 
Questions were raised as to the advisability of ladies being invited to 
be present at the annual dinner, the extension of the radius in the 
metropolitan classes, and the meeting closed at a rather earlier hour 
than usual. 
increase of 43, 
Number of blooms 
staged in 1892, 
1947; in 1893,2728, 
an advance of 781. 
In the plant sec¬ 
tion, exclusive of 
groups, the ex¬ 
hibits in 1892 were 
55 ; in 1893, 88, an 
increase of 33 ; and 
the plants staged 
were, in 1892, 188, 
and in 1893, 293, 
an advance of 105. 
class for twenty-four 
Another novelty introduced this year was 
blooms Japanese, distinct, to be arranged with or without foliage of any 
kind as the exhibitors chose. The object of this class was to mtroduce 
a less formal system of arrangement than that now in vogue, the merits 
of the flowers being primarily considered, but artistic staging was a 
necessary adjunct. The competitors numbered three, and the first prize 
stand left little to be desired either in quality of the flowers or itithe 
exquisite taste displayed in arrangement. The prizes, which included 
several handsome vases and cups figured in the Journal of Horticulture 
for October 12th (page 339). amounted in value to upwards of £2UU,_in 
consideration of which it is by no means surprising that the entries 
should be so large, the quality so high and the competition so keen. 
ThP. Tnanncrement of the Exhibition, in the hands of Mr. R. halconer 
