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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 23, 1901. 
well maintained during the past year, the total 
receipts from all sources showing an increase over 
the previous year’s revenue of over £ioo, whilst the 
committee have also had the gratification of dis¬ 
bursing in allowances to the orphans the largest 
amount paid in any year since the fund was estab¬ 
lished, viz., £1,033 i2s. 6d„ and their pleasure in 
the success of their efforts in this direction will, they 
are sure, be shared in by all supporters of the fund. 
The subscribers will notice in the statement of 
accounts presented herewith, that the amount dis¬ 
bursed in the form of grants in aid also shows a 
sensible increase over the amounts paid in previous 
years, and the committee call attention to this fact 
as showing that those who have charge of orphans 
are taking a keener interest in rule 13 and 14, and 
thus more children are benefited by the fund at the 
time when they cease to be chargeable to it, and re¬ 
quire assistance in the purchase of clothing or 
tools when commencing to earn their own liveli¬ 
hood ; while those waiting for election are helped as 
required, such assistance proving of the greatest 
value to those who receive it. 
The number of orphans who have been elected to 
receive the benefits of the fund during the past 
twelve years is 127, and the total amount dispensed 
in allowances during the same period is £8,744 15s. 
The number of orphans now on the fund is seventy, 
exclusive of those to be elected this day. 
The committee desire to acknowledge with grate¬ 
ful thanks the receipt of £135 from the Reading and 
District Gardeners' Improvement Association, raised 
by the members and supporters of the association as 
a memorial to the memory of the late Mr. James 
Martin, so well kccwn among horticulturists 
generally as nursery foreman to Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, and one of the most skilful of hybridists, as 
he was also one of the kindliest natured and most 
intelligent of men. The right of voting in connec¬ 
tion with the memorial will be exercised for fifteen 
years by the association with which Mr. Martin 
was so closely identified. 
The annual festival, held at the Cafe Monico, on 
May 8th, under the presidency of tbeRt. Hon. Lord 
Battersea, was an unqualified success, his lordship s 
charming address on “ Gardens and Gardening, ’ 
and his eloquent appeal lor enhanced support for 
the fund, resulting in a subscription list which 
amounted to the gratifying total of £605 i8s. The 
committee have pleasure in recommending that 
Lord Battersea be this day elected a vice-president 
of the fund. 
It is with much gratification also that the com¬ 
mittee mcke the announcement that the Hod. W. F. 
D. Smith, M.P., has kindly consented to preside at 
the next festival, which has been arranged to take 
place at the Hotel Cecil on Tuesday, May 7th. 
In view of the fact that the interest on Consols 
will be reduced at an early date from 2f% to 2£% 
the committee considered it desirable to secure a 
more remunerative investment, and a favourable 
opportunity offering, the committee are pleased to be 
able to report that the trustees have sold £7,070 
6s. iod. of 2f% Consols for £7,127 14s. gd., and re¬ 
invested this sum in the purchase of £7,240 15s. iod. 
3% London and County Consolidated Stock. 
The committee with deep regret record the deaths 
during the year of Mr. John Fraser, of Lea Bridge, 
and Mr. T. B. Haywood, of Reigate, the former of 
whom, as auditor, and the latter, as treasurer, 
rendered the fund most valuable services in its early 
days. 
With keen regret the committee has to announce 
the retirement from their body of Mr. Richard 
Dean and Mr. Edwin G. Monro. The vacancies 
created by these resignations have been filled by the 
election of Mr. J. H. Witty, Higbgate Cemetery, N., 
and Mr. J. W. Moorman, of Victoria Park, E. By 
the resignation of Mr. Dean the fund loses the 
valued services of one of its founders, who has been 
a member of the committee since its foundation, and 
one of the most regular attendants at its meetings, 
besides taking a most active part in securing contri¬ 
butions as local secretary for the Ealing district. 
Only his colleagues can fully appreciate what Mr. 
Dean has done for the fund, but they ask the sub¬ 
scribers to recognise his services by according him a 
special vote of thanks. 
The members of the committee who retire by 
rotation are, Messrs. J. Assbee, G. H. Richards, G. 
Gordon, P. E. Kay, J. F. McLeod, T. A. Morris, T. 
Swales, and W. Roupell; and Messrs. Assbee, 
Richards, Gordon, Kay, McLeod, Morris and 
Roupell, being eligible, offer themselves for re- 
election. -Mr. William H. Cutbush, The Nurseries, 
Barnet, is nominated by the committee for the seat 
vacated by Mr. Swales, who does not seek re- 
election. 
The committee again desire to record their grate¬ 
ful appreciation of the valued services rendered to 
the fund by the treasurer, Mr. Sherwood, whose 
practical interest in Its management, and most 
generous financial suppoit, entitles him to the grati¬ 
tude of every well wisher of the charity. 
To the auditors, Mr. Martin Rowan and Mr. P. 
Rudolph Barr, the committee also tender their 
warmest thanks for the good services they have 
again rendered in the audit of the accounts. Mr. 
Barr is the retiring auditor and is nominated by the 
committee for re-election. 
CASH STATEMENT 
For the Tear ending December 31st, 1900. 
Receipts. 
£ s. d. 
To Balance from last Account ... ... ••• 866 4 5 
,, Subscriptions . 362 8 7 
,, Donations . ; .. 204 12 0 
,, The Emma Sherwood Memorial ... ... 13 0 0 
,, The James Martin Memorial. 135 0 0 
,, Annual Dinner . . 605 18 0 
,, Advertisements in List of Subscribers ... 30 13 fa 
,, Dividends on Stock and Interest on Deposit 310 8 9 
,, Return of Income Tax. 23 15 6 
Note.—Investments 
3 per cent. London & County Consolidated 
Stock. 
3 per cent. Canada Stock. 
L. & N. W. Railway Preference Stock. 
Thomson Memorial Trust: 
East Indian Railway B. Annuity of £14 (cost) 
£988 10 
13 0 
•32 2 
Expenditure. 
By Allowances to Orphans ... 
,, Emma Sherwood Memorial 
,, Grants in Aid . 
v Annual Dinner . 
,, Secretarj’s Salary. 
,, Printing, Posting, &e. 
,, Balance . 
Purchase of £7,240 15s. lOd. 3 per cent. 
2552 0 
~9 
7127 14 
9 
£9679 15 
6 
£ s. 
a. 
7240 15 10 
2000 0 
0 
340 0 
0 
430 11 
0 
£ s. 
a. 
■ 1033 12 
6 
157 15 
7 
100 0 
0 
87 8 
5 
1173 4 
3 
£2552 0 
9 
7127 14 
9 
£9679 15 
6 
Having inspected the Securities and examined the 
Books and Vouchers supplied to us, we hereby certify the 
above Account to be correct. 
£ Auditors. 
M. Rowan I 
February 13th, 1901. 
Eight resolutions were then successively put before 
the meeting, being proposed, seconded and agreed to 
in each case. These were for the re-election of the 
officers and committeemen. Mr. W. H. Cutbush, 
Barnet, Herts, was appointed to the committee in 
place of Mr. Swales, who did not seek re-election. 
Mr. P. R. Barr was warmly thanked for his valu¬ 
able services as auditor, and Mr. Brian Wynne, the 
secretary, was complimented on his painstaking care 
and attention to the society's affairs. Mr. R. Dean, 
V.M.H., on retiring from the committee, received 
the warmest thanks of the members and subscribers 
of the fund for his past services, and on the motion 
of Mr. Assbee, seconded by Mr. Bates, he was 
elected as a vice-president, for which honour Mr. 
Dean, who is in his seventy-first year, returned 
thanks 
The meeting then stood adjourned till 4.30 of the 
same afternoon, when the ballot having been de¬ 
clared, the following children were duly elected to the 
fund :—Henry Charles Bevis, 469 ; Archie Nicholas, 
254; Evelyn Ockenden Cooke, 234’ Albert Edwin 
Grantham, 215; Mary Seaton, 155; Mabel Eliza¬ 
beth Wood, 152 ; Ethel Ellen Page, 151 ; Henry 
Hebblethwaite, 142; Victoria Livinia Riddle, 131; 
Charles Gregg, 129; Lawrence Edward Xavier 
Stephen Seldon, 128 ; and Rhodi Christiana Cooper, 
124. The unsuccessful candidates were John Henry 
de Gruchy, 119; and Joyce Lucy Gayton, 118 ; and 
these, together with two other candidates, David 
Robertson and Robert William Parker, whose 
nominations had been received subsequent to the 
voting papers being issued, were also unanimously 
elected to receive the benefits of the fund, on the 
motion of Mr. Harry J. Veitch, seconded by Mr. 
George Monro. 
After the meeting the committee and a few friends 
dined together at Carr's Restaurant, under the 
presidency of Mr. Herbert J. Cutbush, and a very 
enjoyable evening was spent. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Annual General Meeting. 
(Concluded from p. 397.) 
A corrected list of the awards made by the society 
to plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables to the end of 
1899 has been issued during the past year. The 
price of the entire volume has been fixed at 5s., and 
it is hoped that Fellows will take advantage of this 
valuable publication. Under the head of ordinary 
expenditure at Chiswick, £1,817 has been spent on 
the general work and maintenance of the gardens. 
The receipts for the sale of surplus produce amount 
to £337, making the ordinary cost of the gardens 
£1,480. Mr. S. T. Wright, as superintendent of 
these gardens, has done good work in the training of 
the students. During the last three years, one of the 
Chiswick students has taken a first-class in honours 
in science and art, one a first in advanced botany, 
two a first in elementary botany at South Kensing¬ 
ton. One has been appointed curator of the Botanic 
Gardens at Antigua, one is a botanical collector for 
the London School Board, eleven have taken a first- 
class in the R.H.S. examination in horticulture, five 
have taken up business for themselves, four have 
obtained positions in the Royal Gardens, Kew ; one 
at South Kensington Gardens, two in large private 
gardens, six in large nurseries, one is studying at the 
Royal College of Science, South Kensington; one is 
editor and another is on the editorial staff of a 
horticultural journal. Mr. Wright reports to the 
council that " the demand for energetic, trustworthy 
young men from Chiswick is rapidly increasing; 
there is no difficulty in placing such in good situa¬ 
tions, our supply beiDg unequal to the demand, but 
they must all be workers. During the year applications 
were received for twenty-eight head gardeners, 
thirty-eight single-handed gardeners, six foremen 
and ten journeymen.” 
At Westminster, twenty-four fruit and floral 
meetings have been held in the Drill Hall, James 
Street (Buckingham Gate), Victoria Street, besides 
the larger shows in the Temple Gardens on May 
23rd, 24th and 25th; at Richmond, on June 27th; 
and at the Crystal Palace, on September 27th, 28th 
and 29th. Lectures and demonstrations have been 
delivered at twenty of the meetings. The following 
is the number of awards granted by the council, on 
the recommendation of the various committees :— 
Gold Medals, 18; Silver Cups, 22; Hogg Memorial 
Medals, 4 ; Silver Gilt Flora, 48 ; Silver Gilt 
Knightian, 20; Silver Gilt Bahksiao, 35; Silver 
Flora, 119; Silver Knightian, 26 ; Silver Banksian, 
178; Bronze Flora, 28; Bronze Knightian, o; 
Bronze Banksian, 43 ; First-class Certificates, 68; 
Awards of Merit, 303 ; Botanical Certificates, 54; 
Cultural Commendations, 46. In addition to the 
above, a Silver Gilt Flora Medal was awarded to 
Miss E. Welthin Winlo for having passed first in 
the society’s examination. Ninety-five Bronze 
Banksian Medals have also been granted to 
cottagers' societies. The council draws the atten¬ 
tion of Fellows to the more extended use which the 
Scientific Committee might be to them if they 
availed themselves more freely of their privileges in 
submitting instances of diseased or injured plants, 
caused by insects or otherwise. The Scientific 
Committee is composed of gentlemen qualified to give 
the best advice on all such subjects, either in respect 
to the prevention or cure of disease. The committee 
is glad to receive specimens of any subjects of horti¬ 
cultural or botanical interest. 
The Temple show held during the month of May 
was as successful as ever; and so was the exhibition 
of British Grown Fruit held by the society at the 
Crystal Palace, on September 27th, 28th, and 29th. 
As an object lesson in British fruit cultivation this 
annual show stands unrivalled, and is of national 
importance. As the importance of fruit growing in 
this country cannot well be over estimated, the 
council invite Fcllo-vs and their friends to support 
them in their efforts to maintain and improve this 
exhibition by visiting it, and by subscribing to its 
funds. The continuance of the show is absolutely 
dependent on at least £100 being raised by subscrip¬ 
tion each year towards the prize fund. The show 
involves the society in a very large expenditure with¬ 
out the possibility of any financial return. The need 
of subscriptions will, in coming years, be even more 
important than heretofore, as the directors of the 
Palace have signified to the council that they feel 
compelled to decrease their contribution by £50, 
