January 2l, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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The Trustees shall continue in office during the 
pleasure of the Society, and be removable at a 
general meeting ; and, in case of a vacancy, another 
shall be elected by a majority of members at a meet¬ 
ing called for that purpose. A copy of every re¬ 
solution appointing a Trustee shall be sent to the 
Registrar within fourteen days after the date of the 
meeting at which such resolution was passed, in the 
form prescribed by the Treasury Regulation in that 
behalf. 
VIII.— Powers and Duties of Officers. 
1. The Committee of Management shall meet 
once in every three months, or oftener if necessary. 
Any five of the Committee of Management duly 
assembled at any such meeting shall form a quorum, 
and shall have full power to superintend and con¬ 
duct the business of this Society according to the 
rules provided for the government thereof, and shall 
in all things act for and in the name-of this Society ; 
and all acts and orders under the powers delegated 
to them shall have the like force and effect as the 
acts and orders of this Society at any general meet¬ 
ing. Every question at such meeting shall be 
decided by a majority of votes, and if the votes are 
equal, the chairman shall have a casting vote. Any 
five of the Committee of Management may call a 
special meeting thereof, by giving seven clear days’ 
notice in writing to the Secretary, but at such special 
meeting no other business than that specified in the 
notice shall be taken into consideration. The Com¬ 
mittee of Management shall convene all the meetings 
of the Society, on such requisitions as are herein 
mentioned. 
2. The Treasurer shall, in the month of January 
in every year, and also when required by a general 
meeting, or by the Trustees or Committee of Manage¬ 
ment, upon demand made, or notice in writing given 
to him or left at his last or usual place of residence, 
render a just and true account of all moneys received 
and paid by him on account of the Society ; and 
shall also, on the like demand or notice, pay over 
all moneys and deliver all property for the time 
being in his hands or custody to such persons as a 
general meeting, or the Committee of Management 
or the Trustees, appoint. He shall be responsible 
for such sums of money as may from time to time 
be paid into his hands by.the Secretary, or by any 
person on account of this Society. 
3. The Secretary shall give his attendance at all 
meetings of the Society ; he shall record correctly 
the names of the members of the Committee of 
Management, Trustees or other officers there present, 
and the minutes of their proceedings, which he shall 
transcribe into a book to be authenticated by the 
signature of the Chairman (at the next meeting) as 
the proceedings of the meeting; he shall be em¬ 
powered to receive moneys on behalf of the Institu¬ 
tion, and give receipts for the same ; he shall receive 
all applications for benevolence ; he shall keep the 
accounts, documents, and papers of the Society in 
such manner and for such purposes as the Committee 
may appoint, and shall prepare and send all returns 
and other documents required by the Friendly 
Societies Acts, or the Treasury Regulations, to be 
sent to the Registrar. The Secretary shall, on all 
occasions, in the execution of his office, act under the 
superintendence, control, and directions oi the Com¬ 
mittee of Management. 
4. The Bankers, Treasurer, Secretary, Trustees, 
Committee, Honorary Officers and Collectors, for 
the time being, shall be authorised to receive sub¬ 
scriptions and donations on behalf of the Institution. 
5. All cheques for the payment of money shall be 
signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by the 
Secretary. 
6. The Trustees and Treasurer shall be admitted 
to all meetings of the Committee of Management, 
and shall be at liberty to take part in the proceedings 
thereof, and vote on any question under discussion. 
IX.— Copies of Rules. 
It shall be the duty of the Committee of Manage¬ 
ment to provide the Secretary with a sufficient num¬ 
ber of copies of the rules, to enable him to deliver to 
any person on demand a copy of such rules on pay¬ 
ment of a sum not exceeding is. for non-members, 
and 6d. for members, and of the Secretary to deliver 
such copies accordingly. 
X.— Keeping and Auditing of Accounts. 
1. The Committee of Management shall cause 
the accounts of the Society to be egularly entered in 
proper books. 
2. The Committee of Management shall once at 
least in every year submit the accounts, together 
with a general statement of the same, and all 
necessary vouchers up to the 31st December then 
last, for audit, either to one of the public auditors 
appointed under the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, or 
to two or more persons, not being members of the 
Committee of Management, appointed as Auditors by 
the members at the meeting next before each yearly 
meeting of the Society, and shall lay before every 
such meeting a balance sheet (which either may or 
may not be identical with the annual return, but not 
be in contradiction to the same), showing the receipts 
and expenditure, funds and effects of the Society, to¬ 
gether with a statement of the affairs of the Society 
since the last ordinary meeting, and of their then 
condition. Such Auditors shall have access to all 
the books and accounts of the Society, and shall 
examine the balance sheet and annual return of the 
receipts and expenditure, funds and effects of the 
Society, and shall verify the same with the accounts 
and vouchers relating thereto, and shall either sign 
the same as found by them to be correct, duly 
vouched, and in accordance vvith law, or shall 
specially report to the meeting of the Society before 
which the same is laid in what respects they find it 
incorrect, unvouched, or not in accordance with law. 
XI .—Annual Returns. 
1. Every year before the 1st June the Committee 
of Management shall cause the Secretary to send to 
the Registrar the annual return, in the form pre¬ 
scribed by the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, 
of the receipts and expenditure, funds and effects of 
the Society, and of the number of members of the 
same, up to the 31st December then last inclusively, 
as audited and laid before a general meeting, show¬ 
ing separately the expenditure in respect of the 
several objects of the Society, together with a copy 
of the Auditors’ report, if any. 
2. Such return shall state whether the audit has 
been conducted by a public Auditor appointed under 
the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, and by whom ; or if 
such audit has been conducted by any person other 
than a public Auditor, shall state the name, address, 
and calling or profession of each of such persons, 
and the manner in which, zmd the authority under 
which, they were respectively appointed. 
3. It shall be the duty of the Committee of 
Management to provide the Secretary with a 
sufficient number of copies of the annual return, 
or of some balance sheet or other document duly 
audited, containing the same particulars as in the 
annual return as to the receipts and expenditure, 
funds and effects of the Society, for supplying 
gratuitously every member or person interested in 
the funds of the Society, on his application, with a 
copy of the last annual return of the Society or of 
such balance sheet or other document for the time 
being, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary 
to supply such gratuitous copies on application 
accordingly. 
XII .—Inspection of Books. 
1. The books and accounts of the Society shall 
be open to the inspection of any member or person 
having an interest in the funds of the Society at all 
reasonable hours, at the registered office of the 
Society, or at any place where the same are kept, 
and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to produce 
them. 
2. It shall be the duty of the Committee of 
Management to keep a copy of the last annual 
balance sheet of the Society for the time being, 
together with the report of the Auditors, if any, 
always hung up in a conspicuous place at the 
registered office of the Society. 
XIII .—Investment of Funds, Holding of Land, &k. 
1. So much of the funds of the Society as may 
not be wanted for immediate use, or to meet the 
usual accruing liabilities, shall, with the consent of 
the Committee of Management, or of a majority of 
the members of the Society present and entitled to 
vote at a general meeting, be invested by the Trustees 
in such of the following ways as such Committee 
or general meeting shall direct; namely, in any 
savings bank certified under the Act of 1863, or 
Post Office Savings Bank, in the public funds, or 
with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt, or upon Government or real 
securities in Great Britain, or in any of the 
investments authorized by law for the investment 
of trust property. 
2. Mortgages or other assurances for securing 
money to the Society may be vacated by a receipt 
indorsed, signed by the Trustees, and countersigned 
by the Secretary, in the form contained in the third 
schedule to the Friendly Societies Act, 1875. 
XIV. — Disputes. 
1. If any dispute shall arise between a member, 
or person claiming through a member, or under the 
rules of the Society, and the Society, or any officer 
thereof, it shall be referred to arbitration. 
2. There shall be five Arbitrators, none of them 
being directly or indirectly interested in the funds of 
the Society, and in each case of dispute the names of 
the Arbitrators shall be written on pieces of paper 
and placed in a box or glass, and the three 
whose names are first drawn out by the complaining 
party, or by some one appointed by him or her, 
shall be the Arbitrators to decide on the matter in 
difference. In case of a vacancy, or vacancies, 
another Arbitrator or other Arbitrators shall be 
elected at a general meeting. 
XV.— Voluntary Dissolution. 
The Society may at any time be dissolved by the 
consent of three-fourths of the members, testified by 
their signatures to some instrument of dissolution in 
the form provided by the Treasury Regulations in 
that behalf. 
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Hardening Miscellany. 
NEPENTHES CURTISII SUPERBA. 
The blotches or markings of the pitchers of this 
variety are so numerous and closely arranged as to 
nearly cover the whole surface. They are also of a 
dark and dull shade of crimson, giving the pitcher a 
more striking appearance than we are accustomed to 
see in most of the hybrid forms that found their way 
into cultivation when the carnivorous plants were 
more popular than they are at present. The pitcher 
is nearly cylindrical, and surmounted by a deep 
brown annulus,or collar, that makes itself conspicuous 
by contrast, although not so massive as in the case 
of N. Rajah, N. Veitchi, and others, yet it is 
sufficiently so to form a notable feature of its 
structure. It may be seen in the fine collection of 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
PANDANUS HETEROCARPUS. 
In gardens this is best known under the name of P. 
ornalus—given no doubt in reference to the ornate 
character of its spines, which are white and contrast 
beautifully with the dark green of the leaf itself. The 
latter is broad and ultimately attains a large size, but 
for decorative purposes the plants can always be kept 
of a suitable size by propagation from suckers, as in 
the case of P. Veitchi, P. Candelabrum and others. 
The spines on the margins and underside of the mid¬ 
rib are relatively small, and less objectionable than 
in the case of P. javanicus or P. utilis, in both of 
which they are comparatively moderate in size and 
occasion little inconvenience when properly handled. 
It is a native of the Philippine Islands, from whence 
it was introduced in 1866, and deserves more ex¬ 
tended cultivation as a table decorative plant than it 
enjoys at present. For such a purpose it may be 
grown in 48-size pots, but we noted some plants of a 
suitable size in 60-size pots in the nursery of Messrs. 
B. S. Williams & Sons, Upper Holloway. The name 
at the heading of this note, accepted by botanists as 
the proper one, applies to the fruit, which is some¬ 
what variable in character. 
UTRICULARIA MONTANA. 
Several of the exotic species of Utricularia have 
been introduced from time to time, but none of them 
have approached U. montana for floriferous 
character, duration, and the readiness with which it 
responds to the cultivator’s care. A few others may 
be induced to flower sparingly, and are much 
admired because they are of some other colour than 
white. Few cultivators outside botanic gardens con¬ 
tinue to grow them for many years, because the few 
flowers they produce are hardly sufficient remunera¬ 
tion for the special treatment it is necessary to give 
them. U. montana under the most ordinary treat¬ 
ment such as is given to hundreds of Orchids, many 
of which are less showy, flowers profusely. Further¬ 
more, the peculiar structure of the flowers leads 
many to suppose it is an Orchid. A little fibrous 
peat and sphagnum and an Orchid basket is all that 
