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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
February 7, 1895. 
- The annual general meeting of the Koyal Gardeners’ 
Orphan Fund will be held at the Cannon Street Hotel on Friday, 
February 8th, at two o’clock, p.m. It has been arranged (after the 
annual meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel on Friday, February 8th) 
for the Committee to have a friendly dinner together at Anderton’s 
Hotel, Fleet Street, Mr. John Harrison, of Leicester, will preside. 
- Presentation. — Mr, Hollingworth, who for the last five 
years has held the position of general foreman at Alton Towers, at the 
time of his retirement a few weeks ago was presented with a handsome 
case, containing a set of gold cuff-links and studs, by the young 
gardeners employed in the establishment, as a token of the good fellow¬ 
ship which had existed during the period he had been amongst them, 
prior to his obtaining a position on the office staff of the Journal of 
Horticulture. —J. C. 
--Thornbury Horticultural Society. — A meeting of the 
members of this Society took place on January 28tb. Mr. George Nixon 
presided, and there were also present the Kev. G. E. Browne (Iron 
Acton), the Eev. H. K. Wilkins (Olclbury-upon-Severn), Messrs. H. P. 
Thurston, C. Fry, C. Pitcher, W. 0. Chambers, J. Bruton, F. Williams, 
and E. J. Underhill, Secretary. The accounts, which showed a balance 
in the bank of £37 15g., were examined and approved, and it v. as 
decided to hold the next annual exhibition in August. 
- The Midland Carnation and Picotee Society.—T he 
fourth annual report of this Society, together with the schedule of prizes 
and rules for the present is to hand, and contains much valuable 
information. Financially the Society is in good condition, the balance- 
sheet showing cash in hand of upwards of £46, exclusive of unpaid 
subscriptions and other sums, estimated to amount to about £12 10s. 
The prizes offered for competition at the show on July 31st and 
August 1st are liberal, and should be provocative of good exhibits. The 
lists of the best varieties in the various sections cannot fail to be of the 
greatest utility, and the Committee is to be congratulated on their pro¬ 
duction. We wish the Society continued success, and trust that Mr. 
Wm. Dean may be spared many more years to hold the hon. secretary¬ 
ship, than which none other is better able to fill. 
- Heading Horticultural Society. — The thirty-eighth 
annual meeting of this Society was held, by permission of Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons, at the Abbey Hall. Mr. J. F. Ferguson presided. Mr. 
W. L. Walker read the annual report, which stated that the result of 
the year’s work was satisfactory generally, and would justify the holding 
of two exhibitions during the current year. It would be remembered 
that the 1893 report stated “ That it was in contemplation to hold a 
bulb or Rose show in 1895,” and it had now been settled to hold an 
exhibition of Hyacinths and other flowers in the Queen’s Hall on 
March 19th next, and should it prove a success a spring and autumn 
show will probably be held each year. Messrs. Sutton & Sons, with 
their usual liberality, have again provided the whole of the prizes in the 
fruit division of the schedule for the coming August show. The state¬ 
ment of accounts showed that the sum of £122 was carried forward as 
balance in hand. A discussion ensued as to the advisability of amal¬ 
gamating the horticultural and Chrysanthemum societies, but no 
definite action was taken. Mr. W. L. Walker was re-elected Hon. 
Secretary. 
- Wakefield Paxton Society. —At the usual weekly meeting 
of the members of the Paxton Society, Saturday evening, Jan, 26th, 
Mr. Brown of the Outwood Cemetery presided, and Mr. B. Whiteley 
occupied the vice-chair. There was a good attendance of Paxtonians, 
most of whom had come direct from the Town Hall, where they had 
been listening to the first of a series of lectures on horticulture by 
Dr. Clark of the Yorkshire College, Leeds. The essayist was Mr. George 
Hudson, head gardener at Woolley Park, and his subject was “ The 
Cultivation of Flowering Plants.” Mr. Hudson illustrated athoroughly 
practical essay by a grand collection of flowers of many varieties wnich 
were greatly admired. He remarked at the outset that his subject 
covered a wide field, and could not be exhausted in one paper, and he 
intimated that his essay was intended for amateur gardeners, who 
deserved every encouragement. Wherever they saw a small greenhouse 
in connection with a little house they might generally depend on finding 
“love at home.” Mr. Hudson then proceeded to mention a number of 
flowering plants which he recommended amateurs to grow, prefacing his 
remarks on hi i variety by impressing upon his hearers not to keep their 
greenhouses too warm, not to neglect ventilation, not to “ coddle ” their 
plants, and not to crowd them. A vote of thanks to the essayist closed 
the meeting. 
- The Weather in Herts.— The weather during the past 
month has been very wintry in character, rain, frost, and snow being 
very abundant. On the 19th, 0*91 inch of rainfall was registered, and 
on the 27th as much as 23“^ of frost was experienced. I have registered 
2 29 inches of rainfall against 2-00 during January, 1894.—E. WALLIS, 
The Gardens, Hamels Park, Buntingford, 
- The Weather in Derbyshire.—W e are a good foot deep in 
snow, with tremendous drifts; some of the roads are not cut through 
yet for traffic ; our rural postman had to give up getting near one part 
of his district. Nothing seems to have suffered with the severe weather 
outside above the snow line. Ivy and creeper-clad walls look fresh; 
Tea and Noisette Roses on the same are plump. We have bright sun¬ 
shine and an Italian sky most days. The sun is quite hot now, 9 A.M, 
—George Bolas, Hojpton Hall. 
- Rainfall at Abbots Leigh, Haywards Heath, Sussex, 
—The total rainfall during (January was 2'37 inches, being 0-24 inches 
above the average. The heaviest fall was 0 58 inch on the 19th. Rain 
or snow fell on sixteen days. The maximum temperature was 62° on 
the 20th, the minimum 17° on the 27th. Mean maximum, 37'26° ; 
mean minimum, 28’09°; mean temperature, 32'67°, which is 2-82°' 
below the average. There Las been continued frost and more or less 
snow since 22nd, and on the 1st February no signs of it breaking up.— 
R. I. 
-January Weather at Stirling.—T he rainfall for the last 
month was 1-410 inch, which fell on fifteen days ; the greatest fall on 
any day was 0 410 inch on the 16th. The mean maximum was 36-3°, 
and the mean minimum 23-6°. Highest maximum, 45-4° on the 22nd ; 
highest minimum, 35-3° on the 15th. Lowest maximum, 18° on the 
10th ; lowest minimum, 7-3° on the 10th and 7-2° on the 11th. Frost 
was recorded on twenty-nine nights. The 15th was the coldest day, 
with a mean of 17-4° of frost for the twenty-four hours. Altogether 
a very cold month, but the snowfall has been very light in comparison 
to other parts of the country; not over 4 inches fell for the whole 
month.—G. M‘D. 
-January Weather in South Wales.—T he following is a 
summary of the weather here for the past month. The number of days 
on which rain fell was twenty-one, and the total depth 6-40 inches. 
The maximum was I'OO inch on the 12th, and the minimum 0 02 on the 
26th. Snow fell on twelve days ; and the sun shone on twenty-five 
days. Total for the month, seventy-four hours twenty minutes, the 
maximum being seven hours on the 28th, and the minimum five minutes 
on the 14th. There was frost on twenty-six days, and rain, hail, snow, 
and lightning on the 24th. It has been a very cold month throughout : 
snow has been on the ground since December 29th, and no signs of going 
now. The wind has been from the north and east for twenty-eight 
days. — W. Mabbott, The Gardens, Gwernllwyn House, BowlaiSf 
Glamorgan. 
- The Weather at Belvoir Last Month.—W e had snow on 
the ground the whole of the month, with the exception of 19th and 20th ; 
heavy fogs on 15tu and 16th ; and a thunderstorm on 23rd. The wind 
was in a northerly direction fifteen days. Total rainfall 3-23 inches, 
which fell on twenty-five days, the greatest daily'fall being 0 99 inch on 
20th. Barometer—highest reading 30-310, at 1 P.M., on 30th ; lowest, 
28-716, at 1 P.M., on 14th. Thermometer—highest in shade 42°, on 
18th and 19th ; lowest, 10°, on 11th and 12th. Mean daily maximum, 
35-22° ; mean daily minimum, 25'48°. Mean temperature of the month, 
30-35° ; lowest on grass 5°, on 12th. Highest sun temperature 86°, on 
26th. Mean temperature of the earth at 3 feet deep, 38-25°. Total 
sunshine, 58 hours 50 minutes. There were ten sunless days,—W, H. 
Divers, Belvoir Castle Gardens, Grantham. 
- WOODBRIDGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. —Though the last 
show day of this enterprising Suffolk Society w-as very wet, the report 
shows a balance in favour of the Society of £11 93. 5d. The 
Committee refer approvingly to the fact that the £25 challenge cup for 
Roses was won last year by one of the leading nurserymen of the 
eastern counties. The Committee are now contemplating making 
arrangements for a much more interesting exhibition of table decora¬ 
tions, decorated fireplaces, mantel borders, also centre epergnes and 
specimen glasses. Several ladies have promised their assistance by 
offering special prizes, and the Committee hope that by providing a 
special tent for this department only it will meet with general 
approval; they have also arranged to leave this department on view till 
eight o’clock in the evening. Mr. John Andrews is the Honorary 
Secretary. 
