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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 18. 1905. 
the total amount expended in allowances during the same 
period is £13,522 17s. 6 d At the commencement of the year 
the number of children receiving the full weekly allowance 
was 88 , and 10 were added to the list by election at the annual 
meeting. The number on the fund on December 31st was 93, 
while 29 of the candidates waiting election were receiving tem¬ 
porary assistance. 
The usefulness of the fund has never been made more apparent 
than is evidenced by the greatly-increased number of candi¬ 
dates seeking election at this meeting, and it is a source of 
keen regret to the committee that the funds at their disposal 
do not justify them in recommending the election of more 
than fifteen—fourteen by election in the usual way, and one 
by resolution to receive the allowance from the “ Emma Sher¬ 
wood Memorial.” 
With a deep sense of gratitude the committee once more 
acknowledges the munificent support accorded to the fund by 
its treasurer. Mr. Sherwood. In addition to a most generous 
annual subscription, Mr. Sherwood provided the means for 
placing a child on the fund at the first election held in 1888. 
and has since maintained another child for ten years by an 
annual payment as an “Emma Sherwood Memorial. ’ To these 
benefactions Mr. Sherwood has added a munificent gift of 
£500 to endow the “ Emma Sherwood Memorial ” in per¬ 
petuity, and thercommittee-feels assured that their heartfelt 
thanks to Mr. Sherwood will be shared in by every well-wisher 
of the fund, and doubtless also by the poor orphan children 
for all time to come who will benefit under the trust. 
The annual festival, held on May 17th under the presidency 
of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., again proved a most 
gratifying success. It seemed specially appropriate in the 
centenary year of the Boyal Horticultural Society that the 
president of that society should occupy the chair and plead 
the cause of the poor orphan children of gardeners, and the 
committee most gratefully acknowledge the great service which 
he rendered the fund on that occasion, as his sympathetic 
appreciation of the good work done by the fund and his warm¬ 
hearted appeal for aid in its support resulted in a subscription 
list amounting to £818 18s., the largest amount collected at 
any festival since 1896. 
With very great pleasure the committee make the announce 
ment that the next annual festival will take place at the Hotel 
Cecil on Thursday, May 11th, when for the first time in the 
history of the fund the chair will be taken by a Scottish noble¬ 
man, the Bight Hon. the Earl of Mansfield having most kindly 
consented to preside on that occasion. The committee feels 
assured that the well-known interest which Lord Mansfield 
takes in horticulture and arboriculture will ensure a record 
attendance, and that they will have the pleasure of welcoming 
many of their northern friends and of receiving the cordial 
support of all interested in the welfare of the fund on this 
occasion. 
With very- sincere-regret the committee records'the death 
of one of the founders of the fund, and for some, years one of 
their most esteemed colleagues, in the person of Mr. Herman 
Herbst, of Richmond, whose gonial presence in committee and 
whole-hearted interest m the fund at-all-times and seasons 
will remain a cherished memory with all who had the pleasure 
of being associated with him. A-generous benefactor during 
life, Mr. Herbst did not forget the poor children in death, 
having left a legacy to the fund of £ 100 . 
To the numerous local secretaries who continue to assist the 
fund, often at the cost of much labour and inconvenience to 
themselves, and not infrequently under somewhat dishearten 
ing circumstances, the committee again tender their warmest 
thanks, and especially do they desire to place on record their 
cordial acknowledgment of the great service rendered to the 
fund by Mr. R. Scott, gardener, Moorfield, Manningliam, who 
from the inception of the fund has been local secretary for 
Bradford, and who, on leaving the district, has, much to his 
regret, been compelled to resign. Mr. Scott has ever been most 
energetic in pressing the claims of the- fund upon his neighbour¬ 
ing brother gardeners, especially at the meetings and exhibi¬ 
tions of the Bradford Chrysanthemum Society, and the com¬ 
mittee much regrets the loss of so enthusiastic a fellow-worker. 
The members of the committee who retire by rotation are 
Mr. W. R. Alderson, Mr. George H. Ban - , Air. George Guth- 
bert, Mr. William Howe, Mr. .John Lime, Mr. William Poupart, 
Mr. T. AY. Sanders, and Mr. AY. P. Thomson, and all being 
eligible offer themselves for re-election. 
To the auditors (Mr. M. Rowan and Mr. Rudolph Ban - ) the 
best thanks of the committee are again tendered for their valued 
services in auditing the accounts. Mr. Barr is the retiring 
auditor, and is nominated for re-election. 
After some discussion, the above report was adopted. The 
retiring members of committee and the secretary were re-elected. 
Cash Statement for the Year ending December 31st, 1904, 
Receipts. 
To balance last account . 
Subscriptions . . 
Donations 
Special gift by N. Sherwood, Esq., to endow, the 
“Emma Sherwood .Memorial ” ... . 
Legacy: H. Herbst, Esq. ... . 
“Emma Sherwood Memorial” ... 
Annual dinner 
Advertisements in list of subscribers . 
Dividends on stock and interest on deposit ... 
Income-tax returned ... . 
£832 7 9 
321 12 9 
139 0 4 
5U0 0 0 
100 0 0 
13 0 0 
817 18 0 
27 19 0 
321 10 5 
15 8 3 
Expenditure. 
By allowances to orphans ... ...£1.198 5 0 
Grants in aid .. . 113 15 0 
“Emma Sherwood Memorial” ... 13 0 0 
£3.088 16 6 
----£1,330 0 0 
Annual dinner ... ... ... ... ... ig 3 4 
Secretary’s salary. 125 0 0 
Printing and posting lists of subscribers, print¬ 
ing and stationery, rent and insurance, etc. 98 15 1 
Balances: Cash at bank .. 
Cash on deposit 
Cash in hand 
£984 14 7 
225 0 0 
133 0 11 
£1,782 1 0 
-£1,306 15 6 
£3.088 16 6 
The results of the poll were as follow:—Francis James 
Hogan, 327 votes ; Winifred Alice Kempsall, 302; Doris May 
Mann, 302 ; Marguerite Jane Mann, 284 ; Beatrice Mary Rider, 
276 ; Frederick Coombas, 257; Eric Charlton Day, 249; 
Dorothy Elizabeth Parker, 240 ; Arthur Victor Best, 220; 
Charles Edward Arthur Rider, 212 ; William Benedict Hogan, 
200 ; Elizabeth Gillett, 178; Norman Alexander Peckitt, 172; 
Frank Foote, 167. 
The candidate elected by resolution to receive the benefit of 
the Emma Sherwood Memorial wa-s Bessie H antes with 
158 vote-s. 
Berberis Aquifolium at Home.— The plant familiar to us 
111 this country as the Mahonia is a very variable plant, and 
several forms have been introduced and described as distinct 
species. A form has been found on the hills of South Dakota 
bvR. T. M. M’Cready, who sends an account of it to our American 
contemporary. This may be the form known in this country as 
Beiberis repens, but the description is not sufficiently detailed 
to enable us to form a conclusion. AVe believe this form is 
only regarded as a. variety in America, but if so it may be con¬ 
sidered an alpine form, as it seems to retain its dwarf habit 
under cultivation. The following is what he says about it: — 
You acquire and disseminate so much exceedingly interesting 
and useful information upon horticultural subjects that you will 
pei'haps be interested in a personal contribution regarding the 
habitat of AI all 011 i a aquifolia, concerning which you write in the 
‘ Florists’ Exchange.’ About- the middle of June, 1904, I found 
M. aquifolia m bloom on Terry's Peak, a few miles from Dead- 
wood, in the Black Hills cf South Dakota. At -an altitude of 
from 5,000 ft. to 6,000 ft. there was a countless profusion that 
m-ade the air almost heavy with the fragrance of the yellow 
hells. There the plant bears the name to which vou refer, 
Oregon Grape. AVhile some specimens were -at least a foot in 
height, most of them were only a few inches. I attributed their 
dwarf size and more or less procumbent habit to the. great 
severity of the winter climate. It must be that it was only the 
friendly snow that preserved the year-old foliage that I saw on 
those exposed mountain sides. This growth, in a perfectly 
drained situation among the rocks, offers a lesson as to the 
planting of Mahonias. The Black Hills are an uplift in the 
plains of South Dakota. . Is it not interesting to speculate upon 
the origin of M. aquifolia in that isolated situation, separated 
by hundreds of miles of sandy plains and “ bad lands ” from 
its kin, whether in Oregon or elsewhere ? ” 
