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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 28, 1905. 
be 35 applicants left on tire list who are appealing for per¬ 
manent aid, some of whom are blind. To assist them an addi¬ 
tional income is required, and, whilst not lacking in thankful¬ 
ness for the means placed at their disposal in the past, the 
committee again plead for renewed effort, so that with a larger 
income they may feel warranted in extending the benevolence 
of this national horticultural charity to a greater number of 
those who “justly lay claim to its help.” 
Balance-Sheet, 1904. 
To balance 
Amount on deposit 
Annual subscriptions .. 
Donations at. and in consequence of, 
Festival Dinner, including collect¬ 
£1,653 
0 
6 
ing cards 
2,915 
13 
10 
Special donation, N. Sherwood. Esq. 
500 
0 
0 
Legacy, the late H. Herbst, Esq. 
100 
0 
0 
Return of income tax 
36 
7 
7 
Advertisement in annual report 
46 
18 
0 
Dividends and interest- 
865 
3 
6 
£1,027 
3.265 
16 
10 
6,117 3 11 
£10,410 10 3 
By pensions and gratuities 
Expenses of annual meeting and 
election 
Rent, cleaning, firing, lighting, etc., 
including salaries of secretary and 
clerk 
Printing, including annual report 
and polling papers .. 
114 
7 
2 
Stationery, including cheque books 
25 
3 
5 
Advertisement in “ Fry’s Charities ” .. 
3 
3 
0 
Festival Dinner expenses 
43 
17 
9 
Postages, including annual reports, 
polling papers, etc. .. 
57 
2 
0 
Travelling expenses 
4 
19 
10 
Carriage, telegrams, insurance, and 
incidental expenses 
14 
10 
11 
Bank charges .. 
0 
3 
O 
O 
Amount invested and transferred to 
the “Victorian Era Fund” 
1,000 
0 
0 
Amount invested (N. Sherwood, 
Esq.’s special donation) 
500 
0 
0 
Placed on deposit, including legacy 
Balance with treasuier 
1,046 
6 
7 
Balance with secretary 
2 
3 
9 
£3,703 IS 8 
12 16 fi 
516 7 5 
263 7 4 
1,500 0 0 
3.365 10 0 
1,048 10 4 
£10,410 10 3 
We, the auditors of the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, 
have this day examined the Books, together with the Bankers’ Certi¬ 
ficate of Securities deposited with them, and found everything correct. 
We also wish to state that the books are exceedingly well kept. 
(Signed) Thomas Manning. 
T. Swift. 
j. 
Willard, 
Victorian- Era 
Fund, 1904. 
Tq balance, December 31, 1903. 
£140 
19 
1 
Donations 
£67 
15 
0- 
Dividends 
125 
7 
9 
Return of income tax.. 
6 
9 
9 
199 
12 
6 
£340 
11 
7 
By gratuities 
£159 
2 
0 
Balance December 31st, 1904 
181. 
9 
7 
£340 
11 
* 
/ 
£340 
11 
7 
Goop Samaritan Fund, 1904. 
To balance, December 31st, 1903 
£253 
9 
4 
Donations. 1904 
£19 
1 
0 
Dividends 
54 
0 
6 
Return of income tax .. 
2 
16 
4 
76 
3 
10 
£329 
13 
2 
By gratuities 
Balance, December 31st, 1904 
Audited and found correct. 
January 17th, 1905. 
£90 0 0 
237 13 2 
- £329 13 2 
£329 13 2 
(Signed) Thomas Manning, 
T. Swift. 
J. WlLLARD. 
After the report and balance-sheet had been read, the Chair¬ 
man, in rising to propose its adoption, stated that the report 
was rather a lengthy one, but that the work of the institution 
and its responsibility was greatly on the increase, and that 
all the extra work fell upon the' secretary. Notwithstanding 
lh* large number of candidates last year, they intended in¬ 
creasing the number placed: on the funds this year, as a result 
of the prosperity of the institution during the past year and 
the needs of the case. The institution, he said, was never in 
a more flourishing condition. The auditors, he assured them, 
examined the books, and found them not only correct but 
well kept. 
the committee proposed electing eighteen candidates this 
year, but he would ask them to elect, twenty, and to place the 
oldest unsuccessful widow on the pension list. The Victorian 
Era, Fund had been divided pro rata amongst the previous un¬ 
successful subscribers , who were candidates last year. Tho 
Good Samaritan Fund was for the benefit of those 'who had 
never subscribed to the institution, and had been unsuccessful 
candidates. As many as forty-seven candidates had previously 
been subscribers amongst those who were candidates on this 
particular occasion, and nine others were also eligible candi¬ 
dates, but had never been subscribers. 
They begged sincerely to thank the provincial auxiliary! 
branches of the institution for all the assistance received, but 
took particular delight in mentioning the fact that the Berk¬ 
shire, Reading and District Auxiliary had sent in £129 10s. Id.' 
to the parent institution- as a result of the exertions of Mr. 
Arthur W. Sutton, of Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading. H e 
lipped that other auxiliaries would soon be. added to the list, 
for all of the existing ones were doing excellent work. This 
proposal was seconded, and the report unanimously adopted.' 
Letter to the Editor. 
Rubus ulmifolius flore pleno. 
To the Editor of The Gardening World. 
Sir, — My thanks are due to you for your courtesy in giving 
the information I asked for respecting the origin of the above 
plant, and also to “ Heather Bell " for his kind advice as to 
the methods of propagation. Far from thinking him presump¬ 
tuous, I shall certainly act upon that advice, and I have no 
doubt that the results will be far more satisfactory than I have 
obtained before. A. E. Thatcher. 
A Gardener’s Golden Wedding.— Mr. and Mrs. Hugli Dewar, 
residing at 53, High Street, Burntisland, celebrated their golden 
wedding on the 5th :nst. They were wedded at Auchterarder on 
January 5th, 1855. Mr. Dewar still follows his vocation as 
a gardener, and maintains excellent health. 
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Early Vegetables in Paris. — Some time ago we announced 
that, a number of gardeners from Evesham were making a com¬ 
bined trip to Paris in order to learn bow their confreres were 
able to raise early vegetables and send them to London at 
a profit. Some notes brought back by the gardeners state that 
the bottom of the bed on which the plants are raised consists of 
hard clay, the top soil having been removed. Some stable 
manure is put into this, opening, and covered with 3 in. of soil. 
These- beds are-, of course, covered with bellgl asses or frames ! 
according to their size. The beds of fermenting manure are 
made up at different times for the purpose of giving a sueces- I 
sion. The Evesham gardeners seem to think that Frenchmen 
have- no natural or other advantages over gardeners in this 
country. I bey do not think, however, that the outdoor cro-ps I 
of vegetables in France are equal to those in this country. 
