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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 14. 1905. 
Chrysanthemum show under the auspices of the association will 
be held in the Waverley Market, Edinburgh, on November 16th, 
17th, and 18th next. In future the meetings of the association 
will be held in the rooms of the National Bible Society, 5, St. 
Andrew Square, Edinburgh. 
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Brighton and Sussex Horticultural Society.— In their 
annual report the committee of the above society announce that 
they have had -a loss of £56 6s. lid. on the year’s working. 
During the season they held a spring, summer, and a Chrysan¬ 
themum exhibition, all of which were excellent. The weather, 
especially during the summer show, was against a good attend¬ 
ance, and receipts suffered accordingly. Apathy and lack of 
interest on the part of the public were, however, noticed during 
all the three shows. From the queen of watering places this is 
rather surprising. There has been a steady increase in the num¬ 
ber of ordinary members whose interest in the society is its 
mainstay, and it is to be hoped their numbers may still further 
be increased. The spring show brought £113 18s. 2d. ; summer 
show, £210 Is. 7d. ; and the Chrysanthemum show, £256 Os. 4d. 
The expenses were £206 16s. Id., £333 8s. 9d., and £281 8s. 2d. 
respectively. Against this there were subscriptions and a good 
. bank balance from the previous year, so that the society has still 
£247 Os. 9d. to its credit. We hope the present year will be 
more propitious for them. 
Croydon and District Horticultural Mutual Improvement 
Society. —The annual general meeting of the above society was 
held in the Sunflower Temperance Hotel, George .Street, 
Croydon, on 3rd inst., under the presidency of Mr. J. Gregory. 
Mr. J. J. Reid, Coombe Lodge, Croydon, was elected president ; 
Mr. M. E. Mills chairman, Mr. W. Bentley vice-chairman, Mr. 
P. F. Bunyard treasurer, and Mr. H. Boshier, 62, High Street, 
Croydon, hon. secretary. Mr. Bunyard formally presented the 
treasurer’s report for the year ended December 31st last, from 
which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £52 16s. 3-2-d., 
and the expenditure to £51 Is. llgd., leaving a balance in hand 
of £1 14s. 4d. After some discussion the treasurer’s report was 
adopted. The secretary then presented the' annual report of 
the committee, which was taken as read. This contained, 
amongst other items, the fifth annual report and balance-sheet. 
The committee also desired to express their appreciation of the 
many services rendered by friends who had given their support 
and encouragement during the past year. The financial con¬ 
dition of the society was considered as perfectly sound, with a 
balance for the ensuing year. Lectures and papers on horti¬ 
cultural subjects had been given at nineteen meetings, and in 
each instance the subject proved very instructive to the members 
present. Thanks were given to those who contributed papers, 
including Messrs. W. P. Bound, P. F. Bunyard, H. Cannell, 
W. A. Cook, J. Cutler, J. Harrison Dick, G. Dray, W. Easlea, 
J. Friend, C. W. Greenwood, W. Harris, E. E. Hawes, H. J. 
Jones, A. Osborn, and Dr. Brook Ridley. Four evenings were 
devoted to discussions. The exhibits displayed at meetings 
were fairly numerous and much appreciated. A very satis¬ 
factory dinner was held in February last. The spring exhibi¬ 
tion on April 20th was a marked success. The exhibits were 
numerous and very varied, while there was a good attendance 
of visitors. They had an annual outing on August 24th to the 
residence of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., Dover House, Roe- 
hampton. Two essay competitions were promoted for the benefit 
of the members and the successful essayists in one of the compe¬ 
titions were Messrs. T. W. Briscoe and W. A. Cook. In the 
other competition Messrs. -T. Sugden and H. Peckham respec¬ 
tively were the winners. The contributors of the prizes were 
Messrs. P. F. Bunyard, W. Harris, and A. H. Taylor. The 
report was unanimously adopted. Some discussion' then took 
place on the rules, which, were amended in some respects. 
Record Bunch of Grapes. — Hitherto the pride of place in 
the cultivation and production of big bunches of Grapes has 
gone to Scotch cultivators, as Mr. Curror, of Eskbank, gets the 
credit of growing the largest bunch on record. This was a bunch 
of Trebbiano which weighed 26 lb. 4 oz. This has now been 
beaten by Air. W. H. Traves, Lockwood, Canowindra, Sydney, 
who has grown a bunch of white Chasselas weighing 28 lb. The 
bunch was exhibited at the Canowindra Show in November last. 
The bunch, we may say, was considerably branched, massive 
and wide at the top, but at the lower end branched out into 
five or more conical points. It seemed, however, to consist of 
only one bunch, but whether grown in the open or under Mass 
we are not informed. A photograph shows the berries to be 
not unlike those of Trebbiano. 
AIessrs. Bell and Bieberstedt’s Annual Supper.—O n 
December 30th the employees of Messrs. Bell and Bieberstedt, 
wholesale seed merchants and growers, Bank Stret, Leith, held 
their ninth annual supp>er in the Queen’s Hotel. 
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Manure for Roses. —According to Jtosenseitung, the best 
manure for Roses is to give something like 100 lb of well- 
decayed stable manure to every square yard of soil, 2 lb. of 
lime, 5 oz. of basic slag, and 1-10 lb. of chloride of lime. The 
Rose loves lime, and one can apply it in no matter what form. 
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A Victim of Fog. —During the prevalence of the recent fog, 
which affected not only London, but various other parts of the 
country, Mr. Amos Illingworth, a gardener in the neighbourhood 
of Leeds, walked inadvertently into the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal, near Woodlesford, and was drowned before assistance 
could be procured. 
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Cold Storage of Fruit at Norfolk. —Hitherto East Anglia 
has not been given much credit for being up to date in the matter 
of fruit storing, but Norfolk seems determined to refute that 
idea. The object is to test the practicability of cold storage 
from a commercial point of view, and as a first experiment 70,000 
barrels of Apples, representing from 90.000 to 120,000 bushels, 
have been put into the cold store. The intention is to keep 
these Apples until Apri 1 in the Norfolk Cold Storage Co.’s pre¬ 
mises at South Quay, Great Yarmouth, in order to demonstrate 
that selected fruit can be kept from December to April. The 
Apples may be foreign or otherwise. 
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Aberdeen Assistant Seedsmen. —The assistants in the seed 
trade of Aberdeen had an “ at home” on the 29th ult., in Air. 
M'Killiam’s rooms. Ibis was the first meeting of its kind, and 
was highly successful,_ seeing that 80 assembled at 8 o’clock, 
soon after which dancing commenced. Tea was served at the 
conclusion of the first half of the dance programme. The chair 
was taken by Air. G. A. Oman, who made some appropriate 
remarks anent the success of their first venture, and hoped that 
many of similar character would follow. AIessrs. C. Aloncur 
and John Johnston acted as M.C.’s. 
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Cotton Plants at Liverpool. —A display of flowering plants 
for the delectation of the citizens of Liverpool is always kept, 
up at the Botanic Gardens, Edge Lane, and occasionally some¬ 
thing out of the way is introduced. At present some Cotton 
plants offer an object lesson of educational value, as showing 
the raw natural material from which cotton is manufactured. 
Cotton consists of a. mass of white, woolly-looking hairs which 
clothe the seeds of Gossypium barbadense and other species 
belonging to the Mallow family. In this country the plants 
require to be grown in a stove, but in tropical countries they 
are grown in the open fields. 
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Frost in the Riviera. —The flower gardens in the Riviera 
district were lately devastated by frost, and this had imme¬ 
diate effect upon the supply of Narcissi and Violets sent to the 
London markets. At this time of the year two items of flower 
culture are the most- important, and consequently the growers, 
felt the visitation of frost severely. The same to a lesser extent- 
applied to London, as the flowers were scarce and clear. Only 
the fully expanded flowers were destroyed, and as soon as mild 
weather again sets in the supply will be resumed. At this 
season of the year the London supply of Lilies, Carnations, 
Orchids, and Roses is largely grown in hothouses at home. 
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Manchester Botanic Gardens. —The committee of manage-, 
ment of the Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society, Old Traf- 
ford, Manchester, waited upon the Lord Mayor of Manchester on 
the 5th inst. with an offer to hand over their gardens to the city 
for a- relatively small sum. They, indeed, stipulated to let tlie* 
Alanchester Corporation have it for a third of its value on con¬ 
dition that it was kept as a garden for the public. The gardens 
lay in the district of Stretford, but the people there refused 1 
the gift some time ago on account of the difficulty they would 
have in keeping up the garden, as it would form a burden on 
Stretford. The Lord Afayor thanked the deputation for their 
generous offer, and promised to bring the proposal of the com¬ 
mittee of management before the Manchester City Council. 
