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ary 20, 1904 
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editorial notes. 
'rological Observations- 
the 23rd ult. we gave an account of 
inf all for the whole of last year at 
d House, Loudon. The record for* 
ontli shows the' rainfall to have been 
higher than for the same month, last year, 
the difference being about a quarter of an; 
inch heavier for the month that lias just 
passed. The actual figures were 2.26 in. 
The average height of the barometer for 
January was 30.11. The lowest, reading 
of the thermometer on the grass showed 11 
deg. of frost on the 17th. The highest tem¬ 
perature in thei -shade was 55 deg. on the 
13th. The lowest in shade, was 9 deg. frost 
on thei 17th. The number of days’ frost in 
thei shade was 21 during the month, and the 
number of days on the grass was 23. These 
statistics, in a much more detailed manner 
than we have indicated, are being compiled 
by Mr. Dixon, the gardener at Holland! 
House. 
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Guinea Fellowships of the R.H.S. 
In the recently issued report of the Royal 
Horticultural Society the council had under 
consideration the making of a new bye-law 
whereby tire minimum rate of fellowship- 
should be raised to two guineas, except in the 
case o-f bona-fide- gardeners, persons living 
abroad, and journalists writing for provincial 
and foreign newspapers. At the last moment 
there seems- to have been some doubt on the 
advisability of adopting this plan, and we 
think they were right in reconsidering it. 
In looking over the list of Fellows it is quite 
evident that where o-ne two-guinea Fellow 
joins the society three or four subscribing 
only one guinea join, and if the numbers were 
counted up definitely we have no doubt that 
the proportion of one-guinea Fellows would 
he by far the larger. At the -annual general 
meeting an amendment w'a® proposed by Mr. 
Harry J. Veiteh, whereby every Fellow not 
being a, working gardener earning his living 
by the profession or a Fellow living outside 
the British Isles should pay an entrance fee 
of one guinea in addition to the guinea fel¬ 
lowship. There is little doubt that that will 
exercise less- detriment to the; joining -of 
Fellows than would a permanent two-guinea 
fellowship. S-onie societies ask a much 
larger entrance fee, and we feel certain that 
it deters, a good many from joining. Thei 
amendment was passed,.-sot that the minimum 
for the future will be one guinea in addition 
to the entrance fee. This, of course, does 
not affect those who are already Fellows. 
This expedient ha,s been resorted to in order 
to keep the society from loss b-y reason of 
the larger -expenditure necessitated on 
account of the great increase in the number 
of Fellows, and to assist in liquidating the 
cost of the new hall. 
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Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society- 
The schedule of this society is now before 
us-, and shows that the- income over expendi¬ 
ture for the past year was £126 18s-. 2d. 
The prizes for under-gardeners for plan draw¬ 
ing are continued. What will he of more 
importance to gardeners generally will be 
the prize schedule and the inducements again 
offered for then' encouragement. Prizes- are 
offered in no less than 269 classes. An im¬ 
portant innovation is the Scottish Challenge 
Trophy for Grapes, value 50 guineas, offered 
by Mr. W. II. Masisie, of Messrs. Dickson 
and Co.’s, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. This 
is: for eight bunches of Grapes, not more than 
two bunches of any variety. A class for 
eight bunches. cannot fail to create a, e-on(- 
siderahle amount of excitement and emula¬ 
tion amongst the gardeners who compete at 
the autumn show in the Scottish capital. 
This challenge trophy has to- be won three 
times, not, necessarily in succession, we pre¬ 
sume-, so that it, may take a, considerable 
number of years before it becomes private 
property, unless the gardeners are content 
to let some well-known champion have liig 
way. We -should think -that hardly desir¬ 
able, lio-wever, and hope that a.good many 
of the excellent Grape growers in the north 
will put forth- their utmost endeavours to 
gain the trophy and thereby advance the in¬ 
terests of the show generally. The rules 
that will govern this class and the varieties 
that may or may not be used are made 
pretty clear, so that intending exhibitors 
should study them clos-ely before entering the 
contest and thereby avoid mistakes that 
cannot, afterwards be rectified. The highest 
number of points that may be given is 10, 
and that goes for Muscat of Alexandria. 
Other Muscats and Black Hamburgbs will 
only get 9 points and other varieties a maxi¬ 
mum, of 8 points. The table of dessert fruit 
to- be decorated with cut flowers- or foliage 
will again be a feature of the -show, and fruit 
is well provided for, as is usual at the Sep¬ 
tember show in, Edinburgh. The class fort 
so many bunches or a table of hardy her¬ 
baceous plants seems to have disappeared. 
At many part shows the exhibits in, this- class 
were one of the most important features of 
the exhibition. 
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London’s Calendar of Flowers 
In olde-n times Marvell wrote tenderly 
about the calendar of flowers that came into 
being at certain periods of thei year about 
London. We- still have a calendar of flowers', 
but, they are not all our own- production. 
The blanks- are filled in by foreigners-, so 
that the supply is' continuous all the yeafl 
round. In the autumn and early winter We 
have Violets and Roses, these having come in 
our midst more or less continuously ever 
since, both being first-class in their way, and 
beautifully fresh. Since then these have 
been greatly supplemented by various others, 
including forced Ldies of the, ^ alley, Lilacs-, 
and Daffodils, the latter having a cheerful 
effect fr-om the fact, that they are' -so sug¬ 
gestive of March winds and returning spring. 
They in turn will be followed by Crocuses, 
Hyacinths, and Tulips. 
