February 16, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
141 
■ The hearty thanks of the Society are due to the Chiswick Board and 
to lall the members of the standing Committees—viz., the Scientific, 
the Fruit and Vegetable, the Floral, the Orchid, and the Narcissus 
Committees, 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 
meetings. 
The Council have the sad duty of recording the death of seventy- 
two Fellows during the year, and amongst them they regret to find 
the names of the Duke of Manchester, the Duke of Marlborough, Earl 
Denbigh, the Earl of Lichfield, the Marchioness of Waterford, Sir 
Henry Cotton, Captain Nelson, Mr, C. Sharman, &c. 
A scheme for the affiliation of local societies was put forward in 1800. 
and forty-six local societies have availed themselves of it. The Council 
express the hope that Fellows will promo'.e the affiliation of societies in 
their own immediate neighbourhood. 
In the spring of the year the Rev, W. Wilks—who has acted as 
Honorary Secretary of the Society since 1887, and the great value of 
whose services is well known to the Fellows—requested that he might 
be relieved of his office. Understanding that he took this step solely 
on account of his having received an offer of literary work which he 
did not feel justified in refusing, the Council unanimously decided to 
take advantage of the power given in the Charter of making the Secre¬ 
taryship a salaried office, as it is in the Royal Society, the Linnean, and 
most other similar bodies. They are glad to be able to say that, under 
the altered conditions, Mr. Wilks willingly consented to refuse, for 
the present at least, the lucrative offer that had been made him, and 
to continue to devote his services to the Society’s welfare, A resolution 
to this effect will be submitted to the annual meeting. This alteration 
of the Secretary’s position created under the Charter a vacancy in the 
Council. 
Besides the great Spring Show in the Temple Gardens, which will 
be held this year on May 25th and 26th, the Council have decided to 
hold a Show at Chiswick on July 11th, at which prizes will be offered 
for local exhibits. 
The Council have also entered into an agreement with the Directors 
of the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, to hold a great Autumn Show 
at that Hall, from August 29th to September 1st, inclusive. A special 
schedule will be issued in March, and upwards of £400 in prizes, 
medals, &c., will be offered for fruit, flowers, and vegetables, and for 
horticultural appliances, machinery fittings and sundries. All articles 
shown in the latter group will have to be fitted up and in working 
order fiom August 24th to September 1 st, so that the judges may put 
them to practical tests. 
ANNUAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING Slst DECEMBER, 1392. 
Dr. 
To ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES— 
Salaries and w.iges. 
Rent of office . 
Printing and stationery. 
Publications—Journal, &c. 
Repairs .. ,. .. .. ., 
Postage . 
Coal, gas and water . 
Miscellaneous . 
„ SHOWS, MEETINGS, and CONFERENCES- 
Rent of Drill Hall and cleaning 
Special shows —Temple. 
Begonia Conference .. 
Advertising. 
Prizes and medals ,. .. .. 
Printing, &c. . 
Labour ., .. 
Repairs to tents. 
Superintendent of flower shows .. 
„ CHISWICK GARDENS— 
Rent, rates, taxes and insurance .. 
Superintendent’s salary. 
Labour .. .. .. 
Manure, implements, &c. 
Coal and coke . 
Repairs .. . 
Special repairs . 
Water and gas . 
Miscellaneous . 
£ 
s. 
d. 
480 
0 
8 
165 
9 
3 
203 
11 
10 
550 
7 
8 
16 
9 
0 
79 
12 
s 
5 
19 
4 
108 
3 
9 
108 
15 
0 
516 
3 
3 
8 
14 
1 
19 
3 
9 
275 
12 
2 
46 
8 
9 
66 
16 
2 
87 
6 
6 
50 
0 
0 
264 
3 
9 
225 
0 
0 
711 
10 
4 
175 
16 
0 
167 
11 
5 
61 
19 
0 
386 
11 
0 
15 
8 
9 
79 
3 
1 
£ s. d. 
1607 14 2 
1178 19 8 
2087 3 4 
4873 17 2 
Or. 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
By ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. 3087 17 1 
„ SHOWS—TEMPLE— 
Tickets, advertisements, donations, &c. 663 18 0 
„ Meetings and conferences . 33 0 6 
- 696 13 6 
„ Advertisements. 228 6 3 
„ Miscellaneous : 
Sale of Journal and reports. 6 ) 15 7 
„ Dividends : 
Davis bequest and Parry’s legacy . 56 18 4 
Consols, £500. 10 1 0 
- 66 19 4 
Interest on deposits .. .. . 893 
„ Prizes and medals . 72 4 6 
„ Fruit pamphlet. 7 10 0 
CHISWICK GARDENS— 
Produce sold. 
Admissions and members’ tickets 
Miscellaneous . 
Balance to general revenue account .. 
551 12 3 
4 2 6 
17 18 0 
- 573 12 9 
71 3 11 
£4873 17 2 
We have examined the above accounts, and find the snme correct. 
Auditors. 
(Signed) HARRY TDRNER. 
HENRY WILLIAMS, 
HARPER BROS., Chartered, Accountants. 
ICth January, 1893. 
To SUNDRY CREDITORS 
„ Subscriptions, 1893, paid in advance ,, 
„ GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT- 
Balance, 1st January, 1892 
Donations transferred to this account 
Less : 
Subscriptions for 1891, not paid, an 1 bad debts 
Less: 
Balance for the year 1892, as per revenue account.. 
£ 
BALANCE SHEET, 31st DECEMBER, 1892. 
s. d. 
£ s, d. 
339 15 5 
80 16 11 
By SUNDRY DEBTORS— 
Annual subscriptions outstanding. 
Garden produce . 
Advertisements in schedules .. 
estimated at .. 
1985 11 6 
345 0 0 
2330 11 6 
INVESTMENTS— 
2| 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.) 
2j per cent. Consols £500, cost. 
68 13 6 
2261 18 0 
CASH AT LONDON AND COUNTY BANK— 
On current account . 
CASH IN HAND . 
£. s. d. £ s. d. 
20 0 0 
34 8 1 
124 17 3 
- 179 5 4 
1892 11 3 
479 8 0 
- 2371 19 3 
55 12 9 
4 9 1 
- 60 1 10 
£2611 6 5 
71 3 11 
- 2190 14 1 
£2611 6 5 
We have examineil the above accounts, 
(Signed) 
Januiry, 10th, 1893. 
and find the same correct. 
HARRY TURNER, 
HENRY WILLIAMS 
I Auditors. 
HARPER^BBOS., Chartered Accoun'.an' 1 , 
WHAT CONSTITUTES AN AMATEUR? 
Mr. Molyneux’s definition (page 117) would apply to almost 
every case, still this has its difficulties. In athletics an amateur may 
not take a money prize ; it would not do in horticultural competitions. 
And “dealing in horticultural produce” has its loophole. Is parting 
with your surplus stock of Grapes or wall fruit “ dealing in horti¬ 
cultural produce ? ” Is selling our surplus cut flowers. Orchids, for 
instance? If it be, I am afraid few of us can escape. Is giving buds 
or seeds to gardeners, and receiving plants in exchange, “ dealing in 
horticultural produce ? ” 
Further, almost as difficult of definition as amateur is the word 
gardener. What or who is a gardener or “ paid gardener ? ” Some 
years ago, a country committee, anxious to get some of the tradespeople 
in the town to exhibit Chrysanthemums, made four or five classes for 
“ those not employing a regular gardener.” “Yes,” I remarked, “ a very 
good thing, and I can exhibit in that class.” At this there was a loud 
ou cry. “ Why, you have two men at work.” “ Yes ; one is my groom, 
who has nothing to do with my Chrysanthemums, and the other man 
only does with them exactly what I tell him ;tin fact, to better than a 
labourer.” , , 1 . u .. 4 . 
I did not show in those classes, and never intended doing so ; but at 
a large provincial show I did enter in classes for “ those not employing a 
regular gardener.” I took a prize in each of the classes, but I cannot 
say that I think the classes were intended for persons like myself, and I 
have not repeated the experiment. Seeing that I potted almost every 
plant, that I stopped them, set the buds, &;c., I consider I was my own 
gardener, and entitled to enter, but I still do not feel that it was a class 
meant for me. Yet I can also see that against persons employing pro¬ 
fessed gardeners, one for hothouses, another for Boses, and a third for 
Chrysanthemums, I have but faint prospects of obtaining any position 
but at the tail end of the class. noiMO 
A “ paid gardener” should mean a man who from his knowledge can 
command at least 20s. a week. Again, a person who has a trained 
gardener in once or twice a week, and follows out his directions, is far 
better placed than one employing a man regularly, who is yet no 
professed gardener. This also needs being settled. My own view is 
fust this, that a man who can command his pound a week, or, if going 
