February 25, 1893. 
405 
during the year, and inspected a very large number 
of new varieties. Its work is highly appreciated all 
over the country, as is shown by the flowers sent 
for inspection from all parts. Your committee have 
adopted recommendations from the Floral Com¬ 
mittee in favour of an increase in the number of 
elected members from fifteen to eighteen ; and also 
the appointment each year of a chairman of that body. 
“Your committee have entered into an arrangement 
with the Royal Aquarium, etc., Society to hold 
during the present year three exhibitions :— one in 
October, one in November, and they have revived 
the mid-winter show by providing for a third exhi¬ 
bition in December. The September Exhibition 
Aster Novi-Belgii l^vigatus. 
will be held by the Royal Aquarium, etc.,^Society, 
the committee providing prizes for several classes of 
Chrysanthemums. The members will thus have the 
privilege of attending four exhibitions in the year 
instead of only three as heretofore. 
“The conference on the subject of the enlarged 
boards for Japanese blooms, which was held at the 
Royal Aquarium in October last, brought together a 
number of those interested in the exhibition of the 
Chrysanthemum : the result of the deliberations 
was a resolution carried in favour of enlargement. 
When the result came before your committee they 
were of opinion the time was not ripe for compulsory 
enlargement, and by a considerable majority they 
resolved to adhere to the regulation affecting the size 
of boards in operation for a few years past, which 
leaves it optional ,vith exhibitors. 
“ Your committee express the great obligation they 
owe the President, Sir Edwin Saunders, for his many 
valued and important services to the society during 
the year, and for the liberal support given to various 
special movements ; and especially to Lady Saunders 
for her great kindness in attending the exhibitions, 
and for performing the opening ceremony on the 
occasion of the Great November Show.” 
'I he statement of accounts showed receipts 
amounting to £gii 19s. 3d., made up as follows: — 
Subscriptions, £209 15s. jA. ; Donations and Special 
Prizes, £163 13s. ; Royal Aquarium Company, 
£291 16s. id. ; Affiliated Societies, /146 18s. 6d ; 
Advertisements, £2g 12s. ; Catalogues and Postagej 
£13 os. 2d. ; [Sale of 
Tickets, £?.g 8s. ; and 
Entrance Fees, Space at 
Shows, etc., /19 16s. The 
disbursements amounted 
to £g\\ 19s. 3d., the 
principal items of which 
were :—Prizes, £429 16s ; 
Medals, Engraving, etc., 
£103 9s. 2d.; Judges’ 
Fees, £16 16s.; Bill post¬ 
ing and advertising, £27 
10s. 6d.; Printing includ¬ 
ing supplementary Cata¬ 
logue, £37 6s.; Postage, 
telegrams, etc., £37 4s. 
3d. ; Clerical Assistance, 
£30 13 s. ; Holmes Memo¬ 
rial Cups, £6g 13s., etc., 
the balance being 5s. 4d. 
After a few remarks from 
the chairman, Mr. Jukes, 
and Mr. Dean, the adop¬ 
tion of the report and 
accountswas unanimously 
agreed to, and a vote of 
thanks accorded to Mr. F. 
A. Cobbold and Mr. G. 
J. Ingram for their ser¬ 
vices as auditors. 
The following officers 
were then unanimously re¬ 
elected : — Sir Edwin 
Saunders, President; the 
DowagerDuchess of Suth¬ 
erland,andLady Saunders, 
as Patronesses; Lord de 
Lisle, Sir H. W. Peek, 
Bart., Sir Trevor Law¬ 
rence, Bart., Leopold de 
Rothschild, Esq., W. H. 
Fowler, Esq., and C. C. 
Paine, Esq., as Vice-Pre¬ 
sidents; Mr. J. R. Star¬ 
ling as Treasurer; Mr 
R. Ballantine as Chair¬ 
man, and Mr. E. C. 
Jukes as Vice-Chairman 
of Committees; Mr. R. 
Dean as Secretary; Mr. 
C. Harman Payne as for¬ 
eign corresponding Sec¬ 
retary ; and Mr. G. J. In¬ 
gram and Mr.H. Williams, 
Holloway, as Auditors. 
The election of 12 mem¬ 
bers of the committee 
brought on a brief discus¬ 
sion as to the advisability 
ofelecting a certain propor 
tion of country members, 
and a telegram was read from Mr. J. H. Goodacre, 
Elvaston Castle Gardens, regretting hisinability to be 
present, and nominating Mr. Mease, Mr. J. Lambert, 
Mr. P. Blair, and Mr. G. Woodgate. Mr. Mease 
not being a member of the society, his nomination 
could not be accepted. The retiring members, with 
the exception of Mr. E. Sanderson, were all re-nom¬ 
inated, and the names of Mr. C. E. Pearson, Mr. F. 
A. Cobbold, Mr. E. Beckett, Mr. F. Moore, Mr. T. 
Caryer, Mr. G. Carpenter, and Mr. Hicks were also 
submitted. The result of the voting was as follows : 
Mr. E. Beckett, 47; Mr. P. Blair, 6; Mr. W. E.Boyce, 
48; Mr. T. Caryer, 17; Mr. G. Carpenter, 14; Mr. 
F. A. Cobbold, 8; Mr. D. B. Crane, 38; Mr. W. 
Davey, 32 ; Mr. C. Gibson, 57; Mr. G. Gordon, 45 ; 
Mr. Hicks, 5 ; Mr. H. J. Jones, 50 ; Mr. E. F. Kemp, 
8 ; Mr. J. Lambert, 3 ; Mr. J. H. Laing, 23 ; Mr. J. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of this society took place at 
Anderton's Hotel, on Monday evening. There was 
a larger attendance of members than usual, and Mr. 
R. Ballantine was unanimously elected chairman. 
The usual preliminary business having been got 
through, the chairman moved, and Mr. H. J. Jones 
seconded, the adoption of the report and statement of 
accounts for the past year. The report was as 
follows :— 
“ At the close of one of the most prosperous years 
the society has experienced, your committee congra¬ 
tulate the members upon the large measure of suc¬ 
cess achieved during the 
past twelve months. The 
society has steadily in¬ 
creased in numbers, in 
importance,and especially 
in the universal apprecia¬ 
tion of its work : —shown 
by a large accession of 
members and affiliated 
societies; in the singularly 
attractive character of its 
three exhibitions ; in the 
approval of the gardening 
press ; as well as in the 
testimony furnished by 
members and correspon¬ 
dents fromvarious centres 
at home and abroad. At 
the present time the list 
of members numbers 620, 
seventy-three joined dur¬ 
ing the year, and there 
are 100 affiliated societies, 
an increase of fourteen 
during the year. 
“ Even in a season 
generally admitted to be 
hostile to the perfect 
development of the Chry¬ 
santhemum, the display 
of plants and blooms, 
especially at the great 
November Show, was of 
a high order of merit. 
The competition for the 
Challenge Trophy by affi¬ 
liated societies was not 
so extensive as could be 
wished ; that for the two 
handsome Holmes Me¬ 
morial Challenge Cups, 
which were provided by 
private subscription on the 
initiative of Mr. Norman 
Davis, keen and exciting. 
" The interesting inci¬ 
dent of the receipt of the 
frozen Chrysanthemum 
blooms fromNewZealand, 
sent byMr. John Earland, 
of Wellington, attracted 
considerable public atten¬ 
tion to the society ; the 
experiment proved highly 
successful, and the Silver 
Gilt Medal of the society 
was awarded to Mr. 
Earland as commemora¬ 
tive of the event. The idea 
is also valuable in illus¬ 
trating a new method of 
transmitting flowers to this country from foreign 
parts. By way of returning the compliment 
advantage was taken of the November Show for 
obtaining a dozen blooms of fine incurved, and the 
same number of leading Japanese varieties, which 
have been duly frozen and dispatched to Mr. John 
Earland, at New Zealand, in the name and on behalf 
of the committee. 
“The supplemental Catalogue of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, prepared with great care by the Catalogue 
Revision Committee, and bringing the record up to 
date, has proved a great boon to lovers of the 
flower, and a large number of copies have been 
applied for. It is a valuable appendix to .the 
Centenary edition of the catalogue published in 
1890. 
“The Floral Committee held seven meetings 
