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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
February 14,1896. 
remarked in my first article, I think it is all that is necessary to remove. 
If Vines were so badly infested with mealy bug that it was imperative 
to strip them to eradicate the pest, I should do so. In the first place 
I should make strenuous efforts to prevent the foe making such strides 
as to necessitate such harsh treatment. 
Some of your correspondents remark that Vines under glass do not 
require such coatings of bark. I think they are in particular need of it 
to preserve them against the paralysing effects of a scorching sun, 
particularly under large squares of glass. Who has not noticed the 
distressed look of Vines on hot days, especially in light soils ? They 
have not the same cooling advantages as plants growing in the open in a 
larger body of air. The internal tissues of Vines, too, are much safer 
than in most fruit trees, hence it seems that Nature had provided them 
with thicker coating to protect them. 
The readiness and force with which the sap flows in Vines, as may 
be observed in the manner in which they bleed if late pruned, for 
instance, points to their liability to loss from evaporation if their 
functions are in any way disturbed.—J. J. Craven. 
ROYAL GARDENERS’ ORPHAN FUND. 
ANNUAL MEETINO. 
The members of this excellent Charity met at the Cannon Street 
Hotel on Friday last to receive the report and balance-sheet for the past 
have earned the hearty thanks of the Committee. Grateful mention 
must on this occasion be made of the contribution of £60 10s.—proceeds 
of a concert given by the Altrincham Gardeners’ Society, and to whom 
the special thanks of the Committee are hereby tendered. 
“For last year’s annual festival dinner the Committee were fortunate 
in securing as Chairman the Right Honourable Sir Robert Tyler, Bart, 
(the Lord Mayor of London), to whom the warmest thanks of the 
Committee are due for his able advocacy of the claims of the charity. 
“ The Committee have the greatest pleasure in announcing that 
Mr. Harry J. Veitch, Vice-President of the Fund, and one of its most 
munificent patrons, has consented to preside at the next festival dinner, 
which is fixed to take place on April 5th, 1895, when it is hoped that 
horticulturists and gardeners will attend and give Mr. Veitch their 
hearty support. 
“ The members of the Committee who retire by rotation are Messrs. 
Assbee, Ballantine, Cannell, Cummins, Gordon, Lane, Roupell, and 
Wynne, who being eligible all offer themselves for re-election, with the 
exception of Mr. Lane, who retires, Mr. McLeod of Dover House 
Gardens, Roehampton, is nominated for election in the place of Mr. 
Lane. Mr. George Bunyard and Mr. J. Wright having resigned, Messrs. 
H. B. May, Edmonton, and H. J. Jones, Lewisham, are recommended 
for election to fill the vacancies thus created. The retiring Auditor 
(Mr. Fraser) is again nominated, with Mr, M. Rowan, of Clapham, in 
the place of Mr. Sharp, who retires. The Treasurer (Mr. T. B. Haywood) 
and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. A, F. Barron) are again nominated by the 
Committee for re-election,” 
CASH STATEMENT FOR THE 
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1894. 
RECEIPTS. 
To Balance from last Account. 
„ On Deposit with Bankers. 
„ Subscriptions, General . 
„ ditto Collected by Local Secs. 
„ Donations, including Proceeds of Sale of Flowers, 
Boxes, Entertainments, <fec. 
„ Donations, Collected by Local Secs. 
„ Annual Dinner . 
„ Card Collection . 
„ Advertisements in List of Subscribers . 
„ Dividends on Stock and Interest on Deposit ... 
£ 
s. 
d. 
528 
10 
8 
300 
0 
0 
341 
2 
6 
94 
13 
6 
213 
8 
8 
78 
10 
5 
£ s. d. 
828 10 8 
435 16 0 
291 19 1 
620 19 3 
27 6 11 
35 9 3 
189 9 9 
£2429 10 11 
Note.— Investments, &o. 
2| per cent. Consols . 7070 6 10 
8 per cent. Canadian Stock . 600 0 0 
£7670 6 10 
EXPENDITURE. 
By Allowances to Orphans . 
„ Postage, &c.. General Card Collection ... 
„ Annual Dinner . 
„ Printing and Posting of List of Subscribers 
„ Secretary’s Clerk . 
„ Printing and Stationery . 
,, Annual, General, and Committee Meetings 
„ Postages . 
,, Bank Charges . 
„ Sundry Expenses (Petty Cash) . 
„ Pxu'chase of £500 2| per cent. Stock 
Balance— viz: 
„ Cash at Bankers . 
„ Ditto on Deposit . 
„ Ditto in Hand. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
787 
10 
0 
1 
10 
0 
150 
14 
8 
35 
12 
0 
52 
10 
0 
16 
3 
10 
11 
17 
11 
13 
13 
2 
0 
2 
6 
19 
4 
9 
112 
12 
2 
511 
18 
6 
524 
19 
5 
300 
0 
0 
4 
14 
2 
829 
13 
7 
£2429 
10 
11 
Having inspected the Securities, and examined the Books and Vouchers 
supplied to us, we hereby certify the above account to be correct. 
(Signed) JOHN FRASER, Leyton 1 
M. ROWAN, Clapham J 
Dated, January 28th, 1895. 
Auditors. 
twelve months. There were about twenty-five persons present. 
Mr. Harrison of Leicester, presided and proved a very genial Chairman. 
The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read and con¬ 
firmed the Chairman called on Mr. W. Marshall to read the report and 
balance-sheet for the past year, which are printed hereunder ;— 
“ The Executive Committee, in presenting their seventh annual 
report, again have to congratulate the subscribers to the Royal Gardeners’ 
Orphan Fund on the continued prosperity of the charity. Notwith¬ 
standing the intensity of the commercial depression of the country, 
which so greatly affects all that pertains to gardening pursuits and the 
cultivation of the soil, it is extremely gratifying te be able to record a 
success, and to feel that so far as this institution is concerned the tide 
of charity and benevolence flows on as freely and as fully as ever, 
“ The receipts during the past year are somewhat higher than in 1893, 
while the ordinary working expenses remain about the same—two 
decidedly gratifying facts. 
“ During the past year the Committee have been able to assist in 
the maintenance of sixty-one orphan children, at a cost of £787 10s., 
and the Committee recommend the election of six this day, thus raising 
the number of beneficiares for 1895 to sixty-four, 
“ Of the number of orphans elected since the establishment of the 
Fund in 1887, five having attained the age of fourteen years are no 
longer chargeable to it, two of these ceased to be recipients during the 
past year. 
“ The Committee regret their inability to recommend that more than 
six of the thirteen applicants be elected at the annual meeting, the 
remaining cases—all of urgent necessity—have to be deferred for 
another year, 
“ The Committee would again draw the attention of the gardeners 
themselves to the excellence and importance of this charity, and to 
solicit from them more help and assistance, which are urgently needed, 
as the whole object of the Fund is for their exclusive benefit. 
“ Among the Local Secretaries and others who are foremost in support¬ 
ing the Fund are many who, by reason of earnest and successful work, 
In proposing the adoption of the report Mr. Harrison referred in 
eulogistic terms of the manner in which the Society was managed, and 
thought the report a highly satisfactory one in every way. He referred 
with pleasure to the fact that Mr, Harry J. Veitch had consented to 
preside at the next festival dinner of the Fund to be held in April, and 
was of the opinion that a gentleman, so greatly respected and so much 
looked up to in the gardening world, would prove in every way a model 
Chairman. He wished the Fund continued success, and hoped gardeners 
would give it even more support in the future than in the past. 
The retiring members of the Committee were each re-elected, while 
Messrs. McLeod, Dover House ; H. B. May, Edmonton ; and H. J. Jones, 
Lewisham, were elected to the places of three members who did not seek 
re-election. Mr. T. B. Haywood was elected Treasurer, Messrs. J. 
Fraser and Rowan Auditors, and Mr, A. F. Barron Honorary Secretary. 
Mr, B. Wynne moved that the words, “ provided they have attended 
three meetings during the year,” be added after the word “ re-election ” 
in Rule 4. This was seconded by Mr. W. Marshall, and after slight 
discussion carried unanimously. Mr. Brown, Chertsey, wished to pro¬ 
pose that the system of canvassing for votes for applicants to the Fund 
be abolished, and considered the practice in every way a bad one. He 
also desired the Committee to discuss the question as to whether it 
would not be practicable for the Committee to give the widow of a 
gardener who had been a subscriber a number of votes, and thought that 
more would subscribe if some such inducement was held out. The 
question will be brought up at some future Committee meeting. 
The following is a list of the candidates for whom application had 
been made to be placed on the funds of the Society. Those to whose 
names an asterisk is prefixed were elected:—*Ro8a Emily King Ward 
*Felicia Barber, *Alfred Alexander Crafter, Amy Farrant, Frank Leslie 
Haycock, ^Isabella Elizabeth Pratt, Andrina Brown Litchie, Seymour 
Small, Reuben Charles Stevens, Fred Barson, William Clark, *Frederick 
Smith Parker, and *Leonard Taylor. 
A friendly dinner of the Committee was held in the evening at 
Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet Street, when an enjoyable time was spent. 
