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THE GARDENING WORLD . 
March 2, 1907. 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society. 
thanked by the committee and bene- 
ficiaires alike for his kindness. 
It was with feelings of deep regret that 
the committee had to record the decease 
in the past year of many valued sup¬ 
porters, among whom they would mention 
their esteemed friends and colleagues, 
Mr. Harry Turner, and Mr. 
George Norman, V.M.H., also Mr. H. 
E. Milner, a generous subscriber for 
many years, and Mrs. Lewis-Hill, who 
evinced her interest by most kindly re¬ 
membering the charity in her will. The 
Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., has 
kindly undertaken to preside at the sixty- 
eighth anniversary festival dinner in aid 
of the funds, at the Whitehall Rooms of 
the Hotel Metropole, on Wednesday, June 
26. Gentlemen wishing to act as stewards 
on the occasion would be specially wel¬ 
come, and should send their names to the 
Secretary, Mr. Geo. J. Ingram, 175, Vic¬ 
toria Street, Westminster, S.W. 
The results of the election of 18 candi¬ 
dates was as follows :—Geo. Perkins, 
3,437 votes; Eleanor Hollingworth, 
3,185; Rd. Lowe, 3,015; Sarah Cole, 
2,988; John Selway, 2,924; W. S. Camp¬ 
bell, 2,858; Wm. Young, 2,858; Mary A. 
Dean, 2,774; Geo. Dawes, 2,762; Geo. 
Gooderham, 2,696; Geo. Murray, 2,639; 
Jas. W. Sedgley. 2,618; Geo. Capstick, 
2,565; Thos. B. Buby, 2,554; Chas. Pea¬ 
cock, 2,282 ; Ann J. Wilder, 2,265 j Chas. 
H. Alley, 2,218; Jas. Port, 2,116. Ac¬ 
cording to the rules of the committee not 
more than two pensioners beyond the 
number elected by the subscribers might 
be elected. The committee proposed that 
Geo. Melome, aged 75, and Map Ann 
Hodges, aged 75, be elected, and this was 
agreed to. 
Mr. Harry J. Veitch reported that Mr. 
N. N. Sherwood had sent a cheque for 
£20 to be divided between four of the un¬ 
successful ' candidates, and that Mr. 
Arthur W. Sutton, of Reading, had also 
sent £?o, being one year’s pension for 
another unsuccessful candidate to be 
afterwards selected. 
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H ?saise, oi Sotidks. 
Mr. G. H Hollingworth, F.R.H.S., 
lecturer on horticulture, says that in every 
part of Gloucestershire the demand for 
horticultural instruction continues to be 
great. He says : 
Since I first took up my work in the 
county as lecturer I have been instru¬ 
mental in establishing Local Gardening 
Societies at the following places :—Cam, 
Charlton Kings, Brockhampton, Lydney, 
St. Briavels and Winchcombe. These 
societies are composed of professional, 
amateur, cottage and allotment gar¬ 
deners, and, in addition to holding annual 
shows, monthly meetings are arranged 
throughout the year, at which lectures 
are given, discussions take place, and the 
members exhibit produce from their gar¬ 
dens for points or prizes provided by the 
society. I look upon these institutions 
as a useful means of increasing the inter¬ 
est in gardening in small towns and vil¬ 
lages, and, while freely admitting the 
value of flower shows alone for this pur¬ 
pose, their work is incomplete without the 
monthly meetings, which are a means of 
education and help to maintain an aJl- 
the-vear-round interest, which is very de¬ 
sirable. Apart from the educational 
side, members of gardening societies can 
adopt co-operative principles for the pur¬ 
pose of purchasing seeds and other garden 
requisites on most favourable terms. 
Annual General Meeting. 
This meeting was held in Dowell’s 
Rooms, iS, George Street, Edinburgh, on 
the 9th inst., Mr. J. W. McHattie in the 
chair. Mr. P. Murray Thomson, S.S.C., 
secretary and treasurer, submitted the 
Council’s annual report. The financial 
statement was generally satisfactory, but 
a drop of about _£ioo on the Rose Show, 
held in July, caused the figures to work 
out at a nett loss of ^11 4s. for the year. 
The report showed a nett decrease of 21 
on the membership during the year. 
Horticultural!}' viewed, all the three 
shows held during the past year had 
been a success. At the September show 
Roses were particularly well represented 
for the period, both as regards number 
and quality. 
In moving the adoption of the report, 
the Chairman intimated that the Council 
had decided not to hold a Rose Show 
this year, but in 1908, being the year of 
the Edinburgh International Exhibition, 
they hoped to do something in that way. 
The following office-bearers were 
elected to fill up vacancies :—President, 
Lord Balfour of Burleigh; Vive-president, 
Colonel J. A. Stewart-Mackenzie, of Sea- 
forth, Brahan Castle, Cononbridge; 
Councillors, Messrs. Thos. Hay, Hope- 
toun Gardens, South Queensferry; J. 
Phillips, nurseryman, Granton Road, 
Edinburgh; and Robert Brown, Union 
Villa, Dalkeith. 
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