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have takea place in the personnel of the non-exhibiting members the 
amount received in subscriptions was nevertheless in excess of that of 
any previous year, 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
Balance Sheet, Year ending 30th November, 1893. 
Receipts. 
1892. £ s. d. 
Dec 1. Balance at Bankers. 31167 
Subscriptions. 376 14 6 
Aflaiiation Fees and for Medals from Affiliated Societies .. .. 96 19 6 
Advertisements . 21 78 
From Royal Horticultural Society (two years) . 20 0 0 
„ Crystal Palace . 105 0 0 
„ Worksop . 64 0 0 
Special Prizes . 9 0 0 
Sale of Catalogues. 4 12 3 
New Catalogue Fund .51 12 0 
£781 2 6 
Expenditure. 
£ s. d. 
Printing, Stationery, and Advertising. 55 0 10 
Postage, Telegrams and Sundry Expenses . 3931 
Secretary’s Travelling Expenses to Arrange Shows. 5 16 6 
Expenses Drill Hall Show. 1 17 0 
„ Crystal Palace Show.10 3 0 
„ Worksop Show. 680 
Medals. 1074 
„ for Provincial Societies. 80 4 0 
Prizes Drill Hall Show .41 10 0 
„ Crystal Palace Show . 263 3 0 
„ Worksop Show . ,. 118 15 0 
Assistant Secretary and Accountant. 20 0 0 
Printing New Catalogue.46 15 6 
Nov. 30. Balance at Bankers.81 19 3 
£781 2 6 
—T. B. Haywood, /Ion. Treasurer. 
Arrangements for 1894. 
In order to meet the requirements of exhibitors in all parts of the 
country, it has been decided by the Committee to hold next year a 
Southern Show, a Metropolitan Show, and a Northern Show. The early 
exhibition of Tea Roses at the Drill Hall, Westminster, will therefore be 
discontinued, and a Southern Show be held instead of it at Windsor, 
in connection with the Windsor, Eton, and District Horticultural 
and Rose Society, on Wednesday, June 27th. The Metropolitan Show 
will take place at the Crystal Palace on Saturday, July 7th, while the 
Northern Show will be held at Halifax on Thursday, July 19th, in 
conjunction with the Salterhebble and District Rose Society. 
Members’ Privileges. 
Members subscribing £1 will be entitled to two private view tickets 
and four transferable tickets, the latter admitting at the same time as 
the general public, while subscribers of lOs. are entitled to one 
private view ticket and to two transferable tickets. Each of these 
tickets is available for any one of the Society’s Exhibitions. Members 
joining the Society for the first time next year will also receive a copy of 
the Society’s new descriptive catalogue of exhibition and garden Roses. 
Members alone are allowed to compete at the Society’s Exhibitions. 
There are two classes of helpers to whom the Committee feel especi¬ 
ally grateful. In the first place to those local Secretaries who have 
either secured for the Society new members, or, where this has not been 
possible, have done all in their power to keep within its ranks those 
they had previously obtained; and secondly, to all those who, by the 
gift of special prizes or by contributing to the prizewinners’ fund for 
the new catalogue, have enabled the Committee to maintain the high 
standard of prizes offered in the schedules. Among the local Secretaries 
two are worthy of special mention—Mr. C. J. Grahame, late local 
Secretary for Croydon, who again secured for the Society a large 
number of new subscribers ; and Mr. C. F. Hore, who has for many 
years rendered the Society such good service as local Secretary for 
Beckenham, and to whose zeal and energy the Society is indebted for 
the largest number of subscribers ever obtained by any individual 
member of it. 
Alterations of By-laws and Regulations. 
Following the usual resolutions passing votes of thanks to the Ilort 
cultural Club for the use of their rooms during the past year, and to the 
officers and other members of the Committee for their services, several 
alterations and additions to the by-laws and regulations were made. 
Mr. R. L. Knight first proposed an addition to be made to by-law 5, 
and after a discussion an amendment was moved by Mr. Bloxam, so 
that the addition to the said by-law will now read : “ A general meeting 
of the Society may be called at any time on a requisition, signed by not 
less than twenty members, being delivered to one of the Secretaries at 
least fourteen days prior to the date of the proposed meeting. The 
requisition must specify the business for which the meeting is called, 
and no other business shall be transacted thereat.” Mr. G. Paul seconded 
the proposition, which was carried. 
Mr. Lindsell then proposed that by-law 12 should be altered to read : 
“ The Society’s regulations for exhibitions, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1.8, and 14, are 
binding on all affiliated societies, and must either be printed in their 
schedules, or it must be prominently stated in them that their exhibi¬ 
tion of Roses is held under the National Rose Society’s regulations.” 
Several members spokeon this point, and an amendment was moved by Mr. 
Jefferies, making it binding for all affiliated societies to print the N.R.S. 
regulations in their catalogues. The amendment, however, on being put 
to the meeting was lost, so that the alteration in by-law 12 being 
eventually carried by a large majority will read as above. 
Mr. G. Paul, after pointing out the necessity of such an alteration, 
next moved that regulation 6 be altered so as to read :—“ The following 
Roses which are bracketed together are considered synonymous, and 
must not be shown in the same stand ; for instance, Marie Finger must 
not be shown in the same stand as Eugenie Verdier ;— 
Hybrid Perpetuals— 
Charles Lefebvre 
Marguerite Brassac 
Paul Jamaiu 
Comtesse de Ohoiseul 
Marie Rady 
Duke of Wellington 
Bosieriste Jacobs 
Eugenie Verdier 
Marie Finger 
Exposition de Brie 
Ferdinand de Lesseps 
Maurice Bernardin 
Sir Garnet Wolseley 
Hybrid Perpetuals— 
Grand Mogul 
Jean Soupert 
La Rosi6re 
Prince 0. de Rohan 
Teas and Noisettes— 
■ Alba Rosea 
Josephine Malton 
Madame Bravy 
.Madame de Sertot 
' Souvenir de 3. A. Prince 
The Queen 
•‘The climbing variety of any Rose cannot be shown in the same 
stand with it; for instance. Climbing Devoniensis cannot be shown in 
the same stand with Devoniensis. 
“ N.B.—In bracketing varieties together, foliage and habit of growth 
are not taken into consideration.” This proposition was, after being 
duly seconded, immediately unanimously adopted. 
Mr. F. Cant moved that an alteration should be made in Regulation 14, 
and after some discussion it was proposed that it should read : “ Hybrid 
Teas cannot be shown in the classes set apart for Teas and Noisettes, but 
may be shown amongst Hybrid Perpetuals, and in the mixed classes.” 
Mr. Jefferies seconded this resolution, and it was unanimously carried. 
Mr. West next proposed that the following new regulation be added : 
“ In all cases where three trusses of each variety are required to be 
shown the three trusses must be arranged in the stand triangularly.” 
Mr. C. J. Grahame said that in connection with this it would be advisable 
to have a clear understanding as to what was really meant by “ triangu¬ 
larly.” It was a question of more importance than many might suppose. 
Some years ago a dispute arose at the Crystal Palace as to what form the 
triangle should be—that is to say, whether the base, as it were, ought 
always to be at the bottom. The Rev. W. Wilks remarked that, in his 
opinion, the triangles would make a better appearance if placed alter¬ 
nately in the box. After being seconded the motion was carried. 
Mr. J. Bateman, on behalf of Mr. A. Dickson, made a proposed alter¬ 
ation of note respecting “ New Roses,” to read : “ In such classes by ‘ New 
Roses ’ are meant those offered for the first time in English nurserymen’s 
lists in the spring of a certain year and subsequently ; also named 
seedlings and sports not yet in commerce.” A lengthy discussion took 
place on this point, and many members expressed their views. Mr. 
Ilateman lucidly referred to the importance of the question, but the 
Rev. H. H. D'Ombrain thought the existing regulation would do, and 
was very unwilling to alter it, being sure Mr. A. Dickson would not 
mind if the proposition was not carried, as he had won the gold medals 
for new Roses. Mr. Grahame dissented, as did others, including Mr. 
E. Mawley, Mr. G. Mount, Mr. Jefferies, and Mr. G. Bunyard, the latter 
remarking that some further mark of recognition for new Roses would 
be a necessity a few years hence, inasmuch as after the past tropical 
summer many seedling Roses would be forthcoming. Mr. G. Paul 
seconded the proposition, and it was subsequently carried to read as 
above. 
Mr. F. Cant, after the above alterations and additions in the by¬ 
laws and regulations were made, brought forward a personal matter. 
He said inasmuch as a report to the effect that Mr. Orpsn had exhibited 
Roses from his (Mr. Cant’s) ground had been circulated, he wished to 
give an absolute denial to the rumour. He did not think that the 
statement had been made maliciously; but, nevertheless, such would be 
damaging to him from a business point of view if not contradicted. 
Sir Alexander Arbuthnot deplored the action of the Society in 
deciding to discontinue the Exhibition of Tea Roses at the Drill Hall. 
He thought that if precautions were taken, and announcement made 
through the Press, that the attendance at the Drill Hall on such occa¬ 
sions would be better. The Rev. Foster Melliar also regretted that no 
show of Tea Roses would be held at the Drill Hall next year. The 
Rev. W. Wilks remarked, as the matter had been brought forward he 
might say, although nothing to do with the present meeting, that the 
Council of the Royal Horticultural Society likewise regretted the step 
taken, but they had arranged that practically the same amount of 
prizes would be offered for Tea Roses at the Drill Hall on the day 
previous the Exhibition at Windsor. 
The scrutineers having announced the result of the ballot was to the 
effect that the house list had been unanimously adopted, a vote of 
thanks to the Chairman closed the meeting. 
The Annual Dinner. 
After the annual general meeting passed off so harmoniously, it 
was only fitting that the day should close with the annual festive 
gathering, which, after various alterations has come back to its 
original day. That the change was appreciated is evident from the 
fact that there was a larger attendance than there has been for a great 
many years past. 
The President of the Society, the Very Rev. the Dean of Rochester, 
was unavoidably absent, but his place was ably filled by the Rev, W. 
