November 25, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
909 
,irfie. A sick member was granted £1 from the 
:onvalescent fund. It is hoped that many more 
nembers will contribute a small amount annually 
,o this fund. 
Concert in aid of the G.R.B.I, 
The concert annually arranged under the 
direction of Mr. A. J. Brown in aid of the funds 
of the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution 
will take place on the 23rd inst., at the Con¬ 
stitutional Hall, Chertsey. This will afford an 
opportunity for those who desire to help on a 
mod cause and at the same time pass an enjoy¬ 
able evening. The artistes engaged for the 
occasion include Madame Edith Welling, the 
popular soprano ; Mr. Edgar Coyle, a tenor of 
sound reputation; Madame Marion Watkins, 
contralto; Miss Ethel Walker, in humorous 
sketches at the piano ; and the well-known 
‘•Hurst and Son” Musical Society s Orchestra. 
A splendid evening’s entertainment may be con¬ 
fidently relied upon. The name and address of 
the bon. secretary are :Mr. A. J. Brown, F.R.H.S., 
Jessamine Cottage, Chertsey. 
Annual Meetings. 
At the annual meeting of the Durris Horti¬ 
cultural and Industrial Society a very prosperous 
state of affairs was disclosed in both sections. 
Balances of over £5 in the industrial and £19 in 
the horticultural department were reported. 
Mr. Hoyle, the secretary, reported at the 
annual dinner of the Committee of the Crossgates 
Horticultural Society that the income was £566, 
of which £212 came from subscriptions, and the 
expenditure was £640, a loss on the year, owiug 
to unfavourable weather for the show, of £74. 
The society have, however, a balance of £620 in 
hand. T , 
Dr. C. E. Brooks, hon. secretary of the Lowd- 
ham H.S., has presented a balance-sheet show¬ 
ing that on the year’s working there was a 
balance in hand of over £6. - 
The balance-sheet of the Longton Horticul¬ 
tural Society shows a loss of £4 on the year’s 
working. Mr. A. M. Breakell-Moss was re¬ 
elected as chairman of committee ; Mr. Sharpies, 
treasurer ; and Messrs. J. Heald and R. Robin¬ 
son, secretaries. 
The Secretary of the Bath Cottage Gardeners 
Society, Gleadless, Yorks., reported at the annual 
general meeting that the society is in a highly 
flourishing condition, with a large increase both 
in membership and balance. 
The financial statement of the Monkton, Prest¬ 
wick, and St. Privox (Ayr) Horticultural Society 
shows that, after paying all accounts, a small 
!balance is left to be carried forward, which is con¬ 
sidered highly satisfactory. Mr. James Shanks 
was elected secretary and treasurer. 
The income for the year from all sources of 
the Shaw Lands Trust Floral and Horticultural 
Society, Barnsley, amounted to £30 15s. 6d., and 
the expenditure to £26 5s. 6d., leaving a balance 
in hand, of £4 10s. The mayor of Barnsley was 
elected president, Mr. W. W. Smith treasurer, 
and Mr. J. P. Beaumont secretary. 
The Summertown and Wolvercote Horticul¬ 
tural Society, Oxford, have a balance in hand of 
£46 2s. 2d., the receipts during the year having 
amounted to £198 10s. 2d., and (he expenditure 
to £152 8s. The Rev. C. S. A. Whittington was 
re-elected chairman, Mr. F. R. Pigott treasurer, 
and Mr. W. R. Johns secretary. 
The Ingleton (Yorks.) Horticultural Society 
have a balance in hand of over £15 after the 
payment of all expenses. 
The Royston Horticultural Society have made 
a loss of £12 Is. 2d. on the year’s working, the 
gate being £15 less than last year. The available 
cash balance in hand is £3 16s. lid., but there 
are some outstanding accounts amounting to 
£7 16s. 3d. There i=, however, property belonging 
to the Society valued at £38 9s. 6d. 
The Stony Stratford Horticultural Society 
have a balance in hand of £7 16s. 9d. The 
balance-sheet presented at the annual meeting 
of the SS. Philip and James’ and St. Mar- 
duet’s Horticultural Society, Oxford, showed 
a balance in hand of £6 17s. 9d. The 
reserve fund amounts to £1S 14s. lOd. Mr. T. W, 
Hull was re-elected secretary and treasurer, and 
Mr. H. M. Johnson assistant secretary. 
The expen iture of the year incurred by the 
Bawdsey and District Horticultural Society 
amounted to £167 13s. 4d., leaving a balance in 
hand of £31 12s. 4d., as eompared with £73 19s. 6d. 
a year ago. 
The statement of accounts of the Gwennap 
(Cornwall) H.S. shows receipts £120 11s., and 
expenditure £113 9s. Mr. Geo. S. Bray, hon. 
sec., was re-elected at the annual meeting. 
The expenditure during the year of the East 
Oxford Allotment Association amounted to 
£73 12s., and the receipts to £78 19s. 4-jd. 
There is a balance in hand of £5 7s. 4^d. The 
elections of officers resulted as under : President, 
Councillor W. M. Gray; treasurer, Councillor 
R. Kempson; secretary, Mr. A. Hall; commit¬ 
tee, Messrs. G. Mustoe, Hopcraft, Harman, Hill, 
G. Edney, J. Price, E. J. Home, F. Tanner, 
Turner, T. James, Hatton, and W. Bennett. 
The report and balance-sheet presented at the 
annual meeting of the Penhow (Mon.) H.S. were 
Diary of Shows and Meetings. 
Abbreviations used. 
A. —Association 
Am.—Amateurs 
Chy.—Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Cott.—Cottage or cottagers 
D.—District 
G. —Gardening or gardener 
H. —Horticultural 
M i.—Mutual Improvement 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w . m .—Weekly meeting 
Thus :— 1 The Templeton G. Am. and Cott. M. I. H. S. 
(Gardeners, Amateurs, and Cottagers’ Mutual Improvement 
Horticultural Society.) 
NOVEMBER. 
27th.—Horsforth G.M.I.S. (w.m.). 
28th.—Conference of the National Federated 
Association of Fruiterers, Florists and 
Greengrocers ; Tunbridge Wells Chy. 
and G.M.I.A. (annual dinner) ; Cardiff 
G. A. (bi-m.m.); Saltwood Cott. G.S. 
(m.m.); Redbill, ReigateandD. G.M.I.A. 
(bi-m.m.). 
29th.—Harrietsham G.S. (m.m.) ; Wargrave and 
D. G.A. (lecture by Mr. J. A. Hall on 
“ Economic Plants”). 
30th.—Southampton Royal H.S. (m.m.) ; Lee, 
Blackheath, Lewisham and West Kent 
H. S. (m.m.); South Shields FI., H. and 
Industrial S. m.m.). 
December. 
1st.—Caterham H.S. (m. and c.m.); Stockport 
H.M.I.S. (m.m.). 
2nd.—Leeds Paxton S. (m.m.) ; Blackburn and. 
D. H.S. (m.m.); Isle of Wight H.S. 
(m.m.); Liverpool H.A. (m.m.); 
Huddersfield and D. Chy. (m.m.) 
highly satisfactory, there being a credit balance 
of about £10. Rev. J. Swinnerton was elected 
president; Mr. J. Basham, chairman of com¬ 
mittee, and Mr. S. Reese (Llanmartin) hon. 
secretary. 
The Whittington Floral and H.S. held then- 
annual supper on the 18th ult., when the secre¬ 
tary, Mr. E. W. Hodgkinson, submitted the 
balance-sheet, which showed that the income 
during the past year had been £80 0s. 8d-, 
expenditure £79 16s. lid., leaving a balance 
in hand of 3s. 9d. 
The Sheffield Floral and H.S. have made a 
loss of 3d. on the year’s working. They com¬ 
menced the season with a balance in hand ot 
£16 18s. lOd. Their total receipts were 
£261 10s. 2d., and expenses, £261 10s. 5d 
The Godaiming and District Gardeners ALLA, 
have a balance in hand of £15 Is. 8d. 
Mayor for the time being was elected president, 
Mr. G. Waters was re-elected hon. secretary, 
and Mr. F. C. Sexton hon. treasurer. 
Recent Lectures and Papers. 
“ Calceolarias,” paper by Mr. T. Crosswell, of 
Homewood Gardens.—Beckenham H.S. 
“A Few Winter-flowering Hants—Stove an' 1 
Greenhouse,” paper by Mr. A. W. Blake, of 
Wokefield Park Gardens —Theale and District 
G.A. 
“ Culture of the Carnation,” lecture by Mr, 
B Ashton, gardener to the Earl of Lathom, 
Ormskirk.—Bury Horticultural and M.I. 
Society. 
“ The Newer Varieties of Potatoes, lecture of 
Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson, J.P., F.R.H.S. (of 
Messrs. Dobbie and Co., seedsmen, of Scotland 
and Marks Tey)—Colchester and District G.A. 
“ Apples,” lecture by Mr. Edwards, of Plum- 
stead.—Eltham G.A. 
“Cultivation of Mushrooms,” lecture by Mr. 
F. Mail—Astwood Bank Amateur G.S. 
“ Horticultural Literature in the Early Part of 
the Nineteenth Century,’ by Mr. J. B. Steven¬ 
son, F.R.H.S., bead gardener to the Bournemouth 
Corporation.—Dorchester Gardeners’ Society. 
“ The Cultivation of the Begonia and Gloxinia,’ 
by Mr. F. Cobbett.— Ipswich and District G. 
and Am. M.l.A. 
“ Apples and their Cultivation,” by Mr. 
Edwards, ofPlumstead.—Eltham H.A. 
“ The Culture of Bulbs,” by Mr. P. Garnish.— 
Bristol Amateur H.S.„ 
“ Vegetable Culture,” by Mr. H. Martin, of 
Culham Court Gardens.—Wargrave and District 
G. A. 
“ Chlorphyll,” by Mr. J. L. Sager, M.A., of 
the Exeter University College.—Devon and 
Exetei; G.A. 
“ How to Make Villa and Cottage Gardens 
Attractive,” by Mr. J. F. Donoghue (Bardon 
Hall).—Wakefield Horticultural and Paxton 
Society. 
“ The Planting of Trees and Shrubs. ’ by Mr. 
E. Hollman.—Canterbury Gardeners’ ALLS. 
“Orchids,” by Air. Gurney Wilson, F.R.H.S. 
-—Haywards Heath Gardeners’ M.l.A. 
“Daffodil and Narcissus,” by Air. D. Pearson, 
F. R.H.S. (Chilwell Nurseries, Lowdham).— 
Loughborough Gardeners’ M.l.A. 
“The Cultivation of Conifers,’ by Air. E.^ 
Stewart (Ferndown).—Wimborne Gardeners’ 
M.l.A. 
Much in Little. 
Mr. D. Alathews, treasurer of the Redditch 
and District Allotment Gardeners’ Association 
reports that he has received subscriptions, 
amounting to £8 10s.. and that, thanks to the 
generosity of Lady Alargesson and Air. L. F. 
Lambert, who have defrayed the whole of the first 
year’s expenses, the Association have the amount 
of £8 10s. in hand.—At the West of England 
Chrysanthemum Society’s Show, held last week 
at Plymouth, the opinion was expressed by one 
of the finest judges in the country that the 
specimens benched under the roof of the Guildhall 
formed a decidedly better collection than that 
seen at the Crystal Palace a few days previously. 
—At the Chrysanthemum Show of the Blackpool 
and Hyde Horticultural Society, the Alayor of 
Blackpool (Alderman J. Brodie) remarked that 
the first public function of his mayoral year was 
to’open the Chrysanthemum Show, and he was clos¬ 
ing his year in a similar way.—The latest things 
in new Chrysanthemums now come from France, 
among which both Alliance and Jeson^ are 
striking yellows, although in yellows E. S. 
Vallis ‘holds pride of place, not only for depth 
of purity, but for its breadth of ten inches.—The 
fruit received this season from members of the 
Herefordshire Growers’ Association up to the 
8tli inst. amounted to 122 tons, out of which 119 
tons have been graded and packed. The 
number of packets sent off was 6.88,. AH'. J. 
Pomeroy, of Queen Camel, Somerset, who died on 
the 4th inst., took great interest in the Weston, 
Bampfylde and District Flower Show, and was 
for many years one of the judges of gardens. 
AIr. William Brown, for three and a Half 
years foreman at Chapel-on-Leader, Earlston, 
has been appointed as gardener to William 
Ramsay, Escp, of Bowland House, Stozo. Alid- 
lotkian. 
