.January 7, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Flower Show Fixtures for 1905. 
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Secretaries of Horticultural Societies will much oblige by 
sending us the dates of their shows. 
January. 
24th Royal Horticultural Society. 
February. 
14th lloyal Horticultural Society. 
28th—lloyal Horticultural Society. 
March. 
14th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
22ml— Royal Botanic Society of London. 
28th — Royal Horticultural Society. 
29th Liverpool Horticultural Association Spring 
(two days). 
30th Second Colonial Fruit and Vegetable Show 
Flower Show 
(three days). 
April. 
6th—Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 
11th—Royal Horticultural Society ; Brighton and Sussex Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s Spring Show (two days). 
19th—Royal Botanic Society of London. 
20th — Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society. 
25th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
27th—Midland Daffodil Society (two days). 
Mat. 
gth—Royal Horticultural Society. 
17th Royal Botanic Society of London. 
23rd—Royal Horticultural Society. 
24th—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s Spring Show 
(two days). 
30th Temple Show (three days). 
June. 
14th—Great Summer Show of the Royal Botanic Society of 
London. 
20th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
28th Richmond Horticultural Society’s Annual Show. 
July. 
4th—Royal Horticultural Society; Cambridgeshire Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Show of Plants, etc. 
5th—Hanley Horticultural Fete (two days); Croydon Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 
6th—National Rose Society’s Metropolitan Show at Regent’s 
Park. 
18th—National Rose Society’s Provincial Show at Gloucester; 
Royal Horticultural Society ; National Carnation and 
Picotee Society. 
30th—Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society’s Carna¬ 
tion and Picotee Show. 
August. 
1st- Royal Horticultural Society. 
7th—Richmond Horticultural and Industrial Society. 
15th—Royal Horticultural Society; Sevenoaks Horticultural 
Society. 
23rd- Shropshire Horticultural Summer Fete (two days). 
?9th— Royal Horticultural Society. 
31st—Dundee Horticultural Society (three days). 
September. 
1st—Dundee Horticultural Society (second and third clay). 
6th—Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society (two 
T days). 
8th—National Dahlia Society (two days). 
12th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
13th—Roval Caledonian Horticultural Society's International 
Show (three days). 
26th—Roval Horticultural Society; National Rose Society’s 
Autumn Rose Show (two days). 
October. 
10th—Royal Horticultural Society’s Show of British Fruit (three 
days). 
18th—Royal Botanic Society of London. 
24th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
November. . 
1st Kent County Chrysanthemum Society’s Show (two du\ 
Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society’s Show of Chi 
santhemums and Fruit (two days). 
7th—Royal Horticultural Society; Croydon Chrysanthemum 
Society (two days). 
10th Leicester and Leicestershire Chrysanthemum and Fruit 
Society’s Show (two days). 
15th—Bristol Chrysanthemum Society (two days); Liverpool 
Horticultural Association Chrysanthemum and Fruit 
Show (two days); Royal Botanic Society. 
16th Scottish Horticultural Association’s Chrysanthemum Show 
(three days). 
21st—Royal Horticultural Society. 
December. 
5th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
19th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
Society & Association Notes. 
Wargrave Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Association. 
—At the last meeting of the past year, Mr. .J. Botley. ga”- 
dener to the Rev. H. M. Wells, of Scarlets Park, Maidenhead, 
gave a very interesting exhibit of lantern slides and photographs 
of beautiful plants and views in various gardens in the neigh¬ 
bourhood. 
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The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.— We are. 
informed that the annual friendly supper of the above institu¬ 
tion will take place after the annual meeting and election, 
on Thursday, January 19th, at the Covent Garden Hotel 
(adjoining Covent Garden Market), Southampton Street, 
Strand. The chair will be taken at 6 p.m. by Edward Sher¬ 
wood, Esq. (Messrs. Hurst and Son). 
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National Dahlia Society. —Mr. H. L. Brousson, of Boyton, 
Sidcup Hill, is now the lion, secretary of the National Dahlia 
Society. Membership of this society can be obtained by a mini¬ 
mum subscription of 5s., which entitles the subscriber to one 
ticket for the annual exhibition at the Crystal Palace, as well 
as the privilege of exhibiting, and to a copy of the new official 
catalogue and “ Culture Guide ” recently published by the 
society. Mr. Brousson will be glad to receive the names of 
any new members, and will be pleased to give any advice 07 
help in his power to any interested in Dahlias, whether mem¬ 
bers or not of the society. 
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Royal Horticultural Society. —At the general meeting 
held during the afternoon of Tuesday forty-two new Fellows 
were elected, including Miss Violet Fellowes, the Rev. Canon 
Fowler, Major E. W. Gleadow, Lieut.-Colonel Hadaway, Major 
John Howard (Agent-General for Nova Scotia), Colonel the 
Hon. H. Legge, and Captain J. G. Thorold ; and it was an¬ 
nounced that the fresh elections during the past year had 
amounted to 1,383, but it was hoped that a special effort would 
be made by the Fellows and all others interested in the society’s 
welfare to still further increase the roll of Fellows of the 
society, the privileges of which are now so numerous and valu¬ 
able. The council have already arranged for 25 more exhibi¬ 
tions being held, most of them in the new hall, and the shows 
already fixed for 1905 will last over 32 days. They will in- 
clu le, in addition to a three days’ show in the Temple Gardens, 
a Coloniil fruit and vegetable show in March, a home-grown 
vegetable and British fruit shows in September and October 
respectively, and special flower shows held in connection with 
the National Rose, Auricula, Tulip, Carnation, and Sweet Pea 
Societies. There will also he 25 lectures on home, Colonial. 
Japanese, and American horticultural subjects, full particulars 
of which will he duly announced. The next show will be held 
on Tuesday, January 24th, and the annual general meeting of 
the society will be held on February 14th, at 3 p.m., on which 
day there will also be an exhibition of flowers, fruit, and plants. 
Sunshine in the South. —For a week about Christmas-time 
a dense fog prevailed over the London area. At Falmouth, 
however, the weather was exceptionally fine during the whole 
period, there being several hours of sunshine on Christmas 
Day. Many plants were also in bloom in the open. 
