March 14,1»95. 
JOURNAL OF HORTIGULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
237 
the climate the losses suffered from parasites and diseases are often 
great. 
A pest found in almost every house, to a greater or lesser degree, is 
the common yellow blight (Cladosporium fulvum), which can, how¬ 
ever, be kept in safe bounds if care is taken. A disease known as 
“black stripe” appears to have arisen since the introduction of Tomatoes 
into glass structures, and the only known remedy for this is the instant 
removal of affected plants. The disease, however, from which growers 
suffer the greatest losses is known by them as the “ sleeping disease,” 
from the fact that often whole houses of plants are attacked beyond 
recovery before it is found out. The first symptoms noticeable are 
slight drooping of the foliage and complete stoppage of growth, which 
takes the appearance of having been frost-bitten. Careful observation 
shows that the root first suffers by the loss of its fibres, and the time of 
the leaves commencing to droop may be marked as the period when the 
roots fail to supply them with nutrition. 
In many instances of this kind the plants are not removed until the 
fruit is ripened. Seeds are generally obtained from this, and from 
researches made it has been ascertained that fruit obtained from such 
plants show unmistakeable signs of the disease. Seeds should therefore 
on no account be obtained from affected plants. Amongst the preventive 
means advised were the use of lime during the fallow, applying 10 to 
20 lbs. of green copperas per rod during the fallow, ani avoiding organic 
manure for as long a period as possible. 
Another pest is the eelworm, which is too well known to need 
description. An excellent cure for this (though impracticable in 
Guernsey) is to thoroughly freeze the soil, or else by the application of 
lime, sulphate of iron, and seaweed. A hearty vote of thanks, was accorded 
to Mr. Collenette for his interesting and instructive paper, and also to 
Mr. Douglas, Chairman, for presiding. 
UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT AND 
PKOVIDBNT SOCIETY, 
The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the above Society was held 
at the Caledonian Hotel, Strand, London, on Monday evening, the 11th 
inst. Mr. George Gordon occupied the chair, and after the opening 
preliminaries called on the Secretary, Mr. Collins, to read the annual 
report, which was as follows 
Annual Keport of the Committee. 
The Committee in presenting to the members the annual report and 
balance sheet for 1894, have much pleasure in stating that the Society 
still continues to make most satisfactory progress both numerically and 
financially. Seventy-two members joined the Society during the year, 
nineteen lap»ed, and six died, one of these having joined only a fortnight 
previously. 
The membership now stands at 547; the amounts standing to the 
credit of the deceased members have been duly paid to their nominees. 
The sick pay has been more than in the previous year, £117 78. 8d. 
having been disbursed to twenty-eight members. 
TREASURER’ 
1894. £ 8. d. £ s. d. 
March 7th—Balance in hand. 
• • • «• • 
89 
4 
6i 
1896. 
March 6th—Honorary members’ subscriptions for 
1894 . 
••• ••• 
65 
2 
0 
Benefit subscriptions 
... 
821 
16 
3 
B-nevolent subscriptions 
••• ... 
59 
3 
9 
Convalescent subscriptions 
... ... 
66 
11 
9 
Manai ement subscriptions 
• . • .4 • 
58 
6 
3 
Benefit arrears, 1893 
44* .44 
18 
0 
9 
Benevolent arrears, 1893 
4 4 4 . . 4 
3 
17 
6 
Managenaent arrears, 1893 
444 44* 
3 
12 
8 
Revocations, rul s, <fec. .. 
••• 444 
0 
1 
3 
Advertisemems in report and b.llaDce-sheet, 1893, 
less amount transferred to dinner act. 
Total ... 
9 13 6 
Credited 
7 0 0 
o 
13 
6 
Dividends on investments . 
. 
26? 
10 
5 
1466 
0 
7i 
The Chairman, in rising to formally move that the report and 
balance-sheet be received and adopted, said he was quite sure it would 
not be necessary for him to speak at any length to insure the motion 
receiving a hearty reception. The report that had been read by their 
excellent Secretary (Mr. Collins), and .the financial statement presented 
by their not less excellent Treasurer (Mr. Hudson), were so eminently 
satisfactory that no strong arguments would be required to induce the 
meeting to pass them unanimously. He had in the course of his con¬ 
nection with public affairs listened to many annual statements, but be 
could not call to mind any that could have afforded more gratification 
to the members concerned than those that had been submitted to them. 
They impressed him, as he had no doubt they had impressed the 
members, with the important facts that the affairs of the Society are 
being managed with singular ability, that gardeners as a body are 
beginning to understand the principles of the splendid Institution to 
which they were fortunate in belonging, and that they are showing in a 
practical manner their appreciation of the advantages it offers to them 
in making provision for the proverbiaUrainy day, for old age, and for 
Subscriptions to the amount of £821 IGs. 3d. have been paid into 
the Benefit Fund during the year, exclusive of arrears. Both the 
Benevolent and the Management Funds have proportionately increased, 
the former having received additional strength by the life membership 
of Sir Stuart Knill, Bart., and Messrs. Jacob Wrencb & Sons. A grant 
of £10 was made to the widow of the late Mr. Chas. Collins, a case 
calling for urgent assistance; two other sums amounting to £4 have 
been paid from the same fund. 
The Treasurer’s account is also very satisfactory, the chief item in 
which is the investment of £1000 during the year in the names of the 
Trustees. The annual dinner resulted in a most substantial gain to the 
Benevolent and Convalescent Funds. Arnold Moss, Esq , presided, and 
advocated the claims of the Society in a very clear and efficient manner. 
The accounts have been duly audited and found correct by Messrs. 
Gunner, Dixon, and Puzey, whose careful scrutiny deserves the best 
thanks of the members. The thanks of the members are also due to the 
officers of the Society for their services ; also to those gentlemen who 
contributed plants, fruits, and flowers for the annual dinner. The 
Committee urge all the members to use their best endeavours to secure 
fresh additions to the Society, bearing in mind its motto—“ Union is 
strength.” 
Management Fund. 
£ s. d. 
s. 
d. 
Receipts . 132 15 
Expenditure 
.. 92 
8 
5 
Balance. 
.. 40 
6 
9* 
£132 15 
21 
Dinner Account. 
£ s. d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Receipts. 32 2 OJ 
Expenditure 
... 31 
10 
3 
Balance in hand 
.. 0 
12 
H 
£32 
2 
Benefit Fund. 
£ 9. d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Receipts ... ... 7212 1 6^ 
Expenditure . 
. 187 
7 
34 
Balance to date 
. 7024 
14 
3 
£7212 
1 
1 
1 
Benevolent Fund. 
£ s. d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Receipts . 2222 0 2^ 
Expenditure . 
. 14 
0 
0 
Balance to date 
. 2208 
0 
24 
£2222 
0 
n 
Convalescent Fund. 
£ s. d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Receipts ... . 263 15 4 
Expenditure 
4 
10 
0 
Balance to date... 
.. 259 
5 
4 
£263 15 
4 
’3 ACCOUNT. 
1895 
£ 
s. 
d. 
March 6th—By Sick pay from Benefit Fund . 
117 
7 
8 
„ Payments to nominees to deceased members 
from Benefit Fund. 
39 
7 
6 
„ Benevolent Fund ... 
444 ••4 *0 • 444 
14 
0 
0 
„ Management Fund 
44. 44. 4*« 44. 
92 
8 
5 
„ Convalescent Fund 
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
4 10 
0 
„ Investments, stamps, (fee. . 
1062 
12 
6 
March 6th, 1895—Balance in hand... 
. 
135 
14 
64 
1456 
0 
Audited and found correct, March 6th, 1895. 
GEO. DIXON 
WM. GUNNER 
> Auditors, 
T. H PUZEV 
those who may be left behind should they fall early in the great battle 
of life. 
They would, he said, have gathered from the report and financial 
statement that there had been a large accession of new members, and a 
concurrent increase in the ’oalances of the several funds. This advance 
could not be regarded otherwise than with a feeling of gratification, not 
so much in the interest of the Society as of the horticultural community, 
for whose benefit it was founded. The Benevolent Fund, although it 
had been drawn on to relieve several cases of distress, bad increased 
from £2025 12s. 9|d. to £2208, or a gain of nearly £200 during the 
year. The Benefit Fund had increased from £6232 to £7224, or a gain 
of nearly £1000. The Voluntary Convalescent Fund, instituted a few 
years ago, had continued to make satisfactory progress, and the balance 
had increased from £191 to £259, a gain of £68, although grants were 
made to several members, who had been struck down by sickness, to 
enable them to have a change of air, which as we all know is so 
beneficial to those recovering from illness. The balance of the Manage¬ 
ment Fund was about the same as last year, and it did not appear 
