February S, 1887. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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•with the National having been read, the meeting next proceeded to the 
election of officers. The following were unanimously re-elected :—President 
E. Sanderson, Esq.; Vice President, R. Ballantine, Esq.; Treasurer, 
J. Starling, Esq.; Hon. Secretary and Superintendent of Exhibitions, 
Mr. William Holmes ; Auditors, Messrs. Drain and Crane. 
The election of the General Committee next occupied the attention of the 
meeting, and it was decided that it should consist of thirty-six members as 
before, forty-nine nominations being received. This necessitated taking 
the votes for each member proposed, which took considerable time, the 
following being those finally elected :—Messrs. G. S. Addison, T. Bevan, 
W. Blake, W. E. Boyce, H. Cannell, Lewis Castle, R. Dean, N. Davis, 
G. Drain, jun., H. Drake, H. Figgures, Gifford, S. Gilbey, G. Gordon, 
C. Gibson, E. C. Jukes, Jones, J. P. Kendall, E. Kemp, F. J. Long, G. Lang- 
don, H. Mardlin, Nicholls, Newton, Owen, C. Harman Payne, R. Payne, 
G. Prickett, W. Reeve, G. Stevens, R. Swift, J. Springbett, J. Wright, 
J. Williams, and B. Wynne. 
The Secretary stated that the Royal Aquarium Company had decided to 
offer the same te r ms for the November and January Shows as before, but 
the amount at the September Show must be reduc d to £50. The special 
prizes contributed by various friends of the Society were then noted, 
including Mr. Cullingford’s £10, those offered by Messrs. Wood & Son, 
Wood Green, the Veitch Memorial prizes, consisting of medals and money 
prizes in five classes. Messrs. Webb & Sons’ prizes for vegetables have been 
increased, and Messrs. Sutton & Sons repeat their former offers. Messrs. 
H. Cannell it Sons offer £20 in prizes for new varitties; Messrs. Delaux of 
France, and Colchester of Ipswich, a'so offering prizes. The preparation of 
the schedule was then referred to a sub-Committee, and after the transac¬ 
tion of some general business the meeting terminated with the usual votes 
of thanks to the Chairman and officers. 
THE THANATOPHORE. 
Last week we gave an illustration of one form of this new steam 
fumigator, supplied by Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, and we 
now give two others, both constructed on the same principle. No. 1 
{fig. 15), is an extremely useful size, and as it is readily heated with a 
spirit lamp, it is especially adapted for frames or small houses, and 
amateurs will find it very serviceable. Like the others it is furnished 
with a reservoir, which is filled with tobacco juice, then carefully 
inverted with the thumb or finger over the mouth of the pipe and 
Fig. 15. 
inserted into the boiler. Methylated spirit is used in the lamp, and it 
can be safely placed inside a house (not too near any plants), and is 
large enough for one with a cubical contents of 40 yards. 
The intermediate size has already been noticed, and the third size, 
which is the largest, is shown in fig. 16. The chief difference in this is 
that the reservoir is furnished with a gauge, a funnel, and stop-cocks, so 
that it can be readily refilled with removal, and it can be seen at a 
-g!ance when the supply of tobacco juice is becoming exhausted. This is 
said to be suitable for houses of 300 cubic yards. All these fumigators 
are remarkably well constructed of copper, and with ordinary care 
should be very durable. 
AURICULA. NAMES. 
correspondent “Northern Amateur” seems as keen ion this 
subjecti as the northern air. However, he is wrong again, as the plant 
grown in the south as Campbell’s Green Edge was sent to me long 
before poor old Cunningham died. It could not, therefore, have been 
1; >y Mr. Campbell or anyone else to Falkirk after his death, 
rrobably the plant alluded to by your correspondent and the one grown 
here are not the same. That is the only solution I can offer. If your 
correspondent gives me his address I will send him a plant, as he seems 
anxious about it. It is quite right that the names of plants and their 
raisers should be correctly given. Mr. Campbell doubtless remembers 
sending me a box of blooms in April, 1875, and the correspondence we 
had thereon. He sent me an offset of the Green Edge subsequently, 
and if it was a seedling of Cunningham’s he can say so. I do not 
agree with your correspondent about the value of the “grand old 
varieties.” Pizarro (Campbell) is a good self, but it is nowhere against 
the new ones. Prince of Gems (Trail) is comparatively new, but if that 
variety is left out, what other grand old flowers are there in the class ? 
George Lightbody (Headly) is a very fine variety in the grey class, 
and Smiling Beauty (Heap) is a really good white-edge. Will your 
correspondent name three in each class of what he considers the old 
standard sorts 1 
I well remember having a conversation with my old friend Mr. 
Meiklejohn about Lady Sophia Dumaresque. He told me he did not 
know who raised it; but he added, “ From its general resemblance to 
Maria and Sophia I should say it is probably a seedling of Chapman’s.” 
That is as near as I can recollect the words of Mr. Meiklejohn. It is a 
much more vigorous grower than either, but that is nothing when we 
consider the rampant growth and robust constitution of Marquis of 
Lome (Campbell) and the miserable growth of its brother Duke of 
Argyle by the same raiser. I would like to add that I am not conscious 
of having done any wrong in giving away plants of the Auricula in 
question, as it was given to me without any conditions fourteen years 
ago. As to incorrect spelling of Auricula names or that of their raisers, 
editors of papers and their correspondents may err in this, and are 
doubtless glad to be corrected.—J. Douglas, Ilford. 
THE CULTURE OF SHOW AND FANCY PELARGONIUMS. 
i These can be seen remarkably well grown in some gardens, and are 
some of the most useful flowering plants for the decoration of the con¬ 
servatory and greenhouse during several months of the year, but they 
will not pay the cultivator for the slightest neglect, being subject to 
aphides, which soon spoil both foliage and flowers, and to damp if the 
plants are placed in too moist and close an atmosphere. If it is neces¬ 
sary to increase the stock of plants, cuttings may be struck at once 
singly in small pots and placed on shelves near the glass in any 
house where the temperature ranges about 50°. These, when well rooted, 
will require one or two shifts into larger pots, and will bloom during 
