114 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ February 7 , 1889. 
income has proved adequate to the requirements, and the year’s accounts 
are closed with a balance in hand. 
It is a source of universal regret that the President (E. Sanderson, 
Esq.) has intimated to the General Committee his claim to a retirement 
from the cares and responsibilities of office. He urges the zealous and 
unwearying services he has rendered to the Society for over forty 
years and the ills which flesh is heir to as his justification for this 
announcement. 
The general arrangements for the year 1889 are not yet complete, 
but several schemes for bringing the Society even more prominently 
before the public than hitherto are under consideration. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1888-9. 
RECEIPTS. 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
Balance in hand .. .. 
Arrears of 1887 . 
Members’ Annual Subscriptions— 
2 
at 
10 
0 
1 
60s. 
0 
0 
2 
42s.. 
4 
0 
39 
19 
0 
1 
20s. 
0 
ft 
16 
108. 6d. 
8 
0 
81 
10s. 
10 
0 
471 
n 
5s. 
15 
0 
Donations, Special Prizes, Ac. 
From Royal Aquarium Company, September Show- 
Prizes . 
Bill Posting . 
4i November Show—Prizes. 
Bill Posting. 
4. January Show —Prizes. 
Bill Posting. 
5ft 
0 
0 
5 
10 
0 
100 
ft 
ft 
7 
15 
0 
50 
0 
0 
1 
16 
ft 
55 10 0 
107 15 0 
51 16 0 
4 , Sheffield and Hallamshire Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement Society 
Affiliated Societies—Affiliation Fees .. ** " 20 9 0 
Medals, Certificates, &c. 40 13 6 
n Advertisements in Schedule . 
9i Sale of Admission Tickets.. .. 
„ 8ale of Catalogues . 2129 
9j Advertisements in Catalogue . 13 10 0 
9, Medals In Hand—Three Silver at 16s. 6d. 2 9 6 
Two Bronze at 9s. 6d. 0 19 0 
£ s. d. 
0 5 2 
2 10 
201 6 0 
110 8 6 
215 1 0 
302 9 0 
30 3 6 
61 2 6 
2:. 16 0 
64 2 0 
35 12 9 
3 8 6 
Expenditure. 
Prizes—September Show.. 
November „ . 
Sheffield ,, . 
January „ ** ** ** 
■Judges’ and Committee’s Luncheons, and Assistants’ Breakfasts— 
September Show. 
November „ . ,, ** ** 
January .. . 
Hire of Foliage Plants— 
September Show. 
November „ .* ** ** 
January „ „ *’ 
Pill Posting . 
"Sundry Expenses, Gratuities, Ac., at the Aquarium — 
September Show. 
November .* ** 
January . ** 
Floral Committees . ** ** * ’ ** 
Printing. . 
Commissionaires . ** ** 
Hire of Rooms and Expenses of Meetings .. ** ** 
-Judges Fees. 
Medals. i# “ . 
Engraving and Packing. . * '* *' ** ** 
■Stamps, Wraopers, Post Cards, Cheques, & c. . 
Clerical Assistance, Aquarium, and General .... 
Cost of Admission Tickets. 
Tickets in Hand from 1887 ., . 
Advertising . 
Expenses of Annual Dinner .. „ .. ** ** J* 
Books, Stationery, and Sundries . 
Messenger, Co 1 lecting, &c. 
Cartage and labour— 
SeDtember Show. 
November .. 
January „ . . 
Floral Committees . „ ** ** 
Catalogues— 
Printing .. 
Revision Committee, Clerical Assistance, Postage, &c. 
Expenses re Sheffield Show . 
Expenses re Conference .. .. .. 
Balance in hand . 
£851 15 U 
£ s. d. 
70 0 0 
222 6 6 
82 14 6 
56 2 6 
£ 8. d. 
431 3 6 
4 19 4 
14 2 10 
3 11 7 
- 22 13 9 
5 0 0 
6 6 0 
6 0 0 
- 17 6 0 
15 1 0 
3 4 0 
4 8 0 
3 3 6 
2 5 0 
- 33 0 6 
50 7 9 
2 11 6 
6 11 6 
13 13 0 
69 10 6 
4 15 6 
- 74 6 0 
36 5 9 
12 14 0 
32 15 0 
2 3 6 
- 34 18 6 
14 3 0 
9 4 6 
7 8 6 
1 16 0 
1 17 2 
5 0 4 
3 10 0 
10 0 
- 11 7 6 
31 13 6 
3 16 6 
- 35 10 0 
6 18 6 
10 0 
33 15 2 
Examined and found correct— 
£851 15 11 
—William Holmes, Honorary Secretary , 
GEO. DRAIN. JUN. 
JAMES CRA E 
January 30th, 18S9, 
Auditors. 
Mr. Jukes said they had all heard with the deepest regret that Mr. 
‘Sanderson has decided not to offer himself for re-election as President. 
They knew bow he had devoted himself to the Society, and he moved a 
resolution to the effect that the members wished to convey their regret 
at his retirement, and their deep sense of the services he had rendered. 
This was seconded by Mr. Holmes, who spoke of the length of time he 
had known Mr. Sanderson, and the great assistance he had rendered, 
Mr. Ballantine also contributing a few remarks to the same effect. 
Mr. Jukes introduced the new rules of the'Society with a few expla¬ 
natory words, and they were then unanimously adopted as follows :— 
Rules of the Society. 
1, Title. —The name of the Society—originally “ The Stoke New¬ 
ington,” and subsequently “ The Borough of Hackney Chrysanthemum. 
Society”—shall be “ The National Chrysanthemum Society.” 
2, Object of the Society. —The special object of the Society 
shall be to promote the cultivation of the Chrysanthemum—(1) by 
means of exhibitions ; (2) by awarding certificates of merit at its meet¬ 
ings ; and (3) by the publication of an official catalogue of cultivated 
varieties for the guidance of Chrysanthemum growers in matters of 
classification and nomenclature ; or (4) by such other means as the 
Committee may see fit from time to time to adopt. 
3, Management.— The management of the affairs of the Society 
shall be vested in a President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Chairman of 
Committees, Vice-Chairman of Committees, Honorary Secretary, Hono¬ 
rary Foreign Corresponding Secretary, and a General Committee of 
thirty-six members, exclusive of the delegates from affiliated Societies 
(entitled to attend all meetings of the General Committee in accord¬ 
ance with Rule 6). The President, Treasurer. Chairman, Vice-Chairman, 
and the Honorary Secretaries shall be ex officio members of the 
General and Floral Committees ; and the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, 
Treasurer, and Secretary shall be ex officio members of all Sub- 
Committees. At all meetings of the Society, and of the General Com¬ 
mittee, nine shall form a quorum. The President, Treasurer, Chairman, 
and Vice-Chairman of Committees, the Honorary Secretaries, and one- 
third of the General Committee shall retire annually, but shall be 
eligible for re-election. The accounts of the Society shall be audited 
prior to the annual general meeting by two members of the Society, 
not being members of the General Committee. The General Com¬ 
mittee shall appoint judges for the various exhibitions of the Society ; 
and in the event of any of the officers or members of the Committees 
resigning or withdrawing from the Society shall have power to fill up 
the vacancies. 
4, Election of Fellows and Members. —Every candidate for 
admission as a Fellow or member of the Society must be proposed by 
one member, seconded by another, and elected by show of hands at a 
meeting of the General Committee held, in accordance with these rules, 
or at the annual general or any general meeting of the Society ; and 
no candidate who may be rejected shall be eligible for re-nomination. 
5, Subscriptions and Privileges.— The annual subscription of a 
Fellow of the Society shall not be less than 1 guinea, and of a member 
not less than 5s., which shall become due on the 1st of September in 
each year, and members desiring to withdraw from the Society shall 
do so on or before that date All members shall be entitled to vote at 
the general meetings of the Society. Fellows shall be entitled to two 
passes, and members to one pass for all the Society’s exhibitions. 
Members shall also be entitled to compete at the Society’s exhibitions, 
free of charge, in all classes, except those in which a special entry fee is 
required. 
6, Affiliated Societies. —Subject to the sanction of the General 
Committee, any Chrysanthemum or horticultural society may become 
affiliated to the National Chrysanthemum Society on payment of an 
annual affiliation fee of half a guinea. 
[The privileges and conditions remain practically the same as before.] 
7, Meetings of the Society. — The annual general meeting of 
the Society shall be held every year in the month of January, to receive 
the annual report and statement of accounts, and to elect officers for the 
ensuing year. A general meeting may be called at any time, on a 
requisition signed by not less than twenty members of the Society 
being delivered to the Honorary Secretary at least fourteen days prior 
to the date of the proposed meeting. Meetings of the General Committee 
shall be held on the first Mondays in September and November, and at 
such other times as the Chairman of Committees and Secretary may 
consider advisable. 
8, Exhibitions. —The exhibitions of the Society shall be held at 
such times and places as the General Committee may from time to 
time determine ; and the most recent issue of the Society’s catalogue 
shall be the standard work of reference in all questions of classification 
and nomenc 1 ature that may arise thereat. The money prizes, medals, 
or other awards won by exhibitors at any of the exhibitions shall be 
delivered to the winners thereof within thirty-one days from the date 
of such exhibitions. The Honorary Secretary shall be the superintendent 
of the Society’s exhibitions, and the General Committee shall draw up 
such regulations as may be deemed necessary for the orderly manage¬ 
ment of the same, and shall have power to alter or amend such regula¬ 
tions whenever it may be deemed desirable. 
9, Floral Committee. —The Floral Committee shall consist of 
fifteen members of the Society (not necessarily members of the General 
Committee) exclusive of the President, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of 
Committees, Treasurer and the Honorary Secretaries (five to form a 
quorum), and shall be elected by the General Committee at its first 
meeting after the annual general meeting. One-third of these shall 
retire annually, but shad be eligible for re-election. It shall be the 
duty of this Committee to meet on such days as the General Committee 
may appoint to examine all plants or cut flowers submitted to it for 
adjudication, and to award certificates of merit or commendation to 
such as may be deemed worthy of such recognition. The Committee 
shall have power to make or ameud regulations for its own procedure, 
provided that such regulations do not infringe any rule of the Society. 
10, Catalogue Revision Committee. —This shall be a permanent 
Committee of the Society, consisting of three members, whose duty it 
shall he to keep the Society’s catalogue revised up to date, and to 
prepare new editions for publication, as required by the General Com- 
