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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
Febeuaky 15, 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund. 
Thf annual UKH'ting and election of this 
henoHcfiit fund was held at Simpson’s Koa- 
taiirant, HH>. Strand. \V.(’., on Fehruarv 7, 
1911. Mr. H. 11. May. V.M.II., presided, 
and pnx'eedinfi^s commenced a few iminutes 
after .1 p.rn. ’I’lu* iHH-essary preliniinarios 
w«»r<* soon disp(»sed of. and tl>en the report 
for 1912 was read. 
in.’PORT OF TIIF COMMriTFi: FOU 1912. 
’File gfcneral teiwr of the report 
.. ; the p? 
.‘pt•r:ltio^l^> of the Fund during tlTe past year 
which the committee has to present to* the 
subscriber^, is again of a satisfactory cha¬ 
racter. inasmuch as the contributions from 
all sources show a slight increa.«e. Tliis is the 
more gratifying l>ecause the increa-e i« due 
to a larger measure of sup]>ort in the form 
of annual subscriptionw. In common with 
moat other iiiistitiitioiw whicli make their 
annual ap}>eals in May. the Fund severely 
felt the effectrs of the national appeal then 
being made on behalf of tlie widows and 
orphajis of the victim.v^ of the awful “Titanic” 
disaster, but tlie i>nHit;ion was happily re¬ 
trieved later by contributions from other 
sources. The expenditure side of the ac¬ 
counts again show.s an increase in the amount 
disbursed in \>’eekly allowance.^ to the chil¬ 
dren. while an apprecialde reduction in the 
^vorking expeinses has been brought about, 
without adversely affecting the efficiency of 
tlw" management. 
The numl>er of children receiring tlie full 
l)enefits ot the Fund at the commencement 
of the year wa« one hundred and seventeen, 
and twentv-eight candidates waiting for elec¬ 
tion-—all in sore need of asvsisitance—were in 
r<Mvit>t of (mm[mssionate allowances. Of this 
miml>er eighteen were elected to receive the 
full al Iowa nee at the annual meeting, and 
grants in aid were subsequently made to the 
twenty-five candidatcR who are’appealing for 
clecthvn at this meeting. During the year 
tweJve children ceased to receive aid from 
the Fund, and nineteen children — the 
greate.H numl>er that the committee can pru- 
deiitly see their wav to pro\nde for—will 
r u February 7. The total amount 
,^'J'l«wances during the year was 
lily ^ hringing up the amount distri¬ 
buted under this heading to the grand total 
ot over 4-26.542. 
T1h> annual FosHval. h^M on May 8. undw 
«*wniely sympatheitic presi- 
dnney of s,r Kdw.n Dumin^ T^wrW, 
enjoyable func- 
’iwn wnipany being present, includ¬ 
ing all the well-known supoorters of the Fund 
‘^riv 7l ««"aTd amounted to 
Vi'****!’’ ^ ‘^•“’'■man munificentlv 
head^ the list one hundred guineas, 
iheir ’'1* “-sra.’" allowed 
W ^ 0 ^"! 1''*“ welfare of the Ftiiid 
by oontri^buting one hundred pounds; while 
Mei-srs. Mitton and .^Jons also contributed a 
most generous donation. Your committee de 
to cxpi^ tiieir deep gratitude to Sir 
Kdwin Duraing T^iwrenee for the valuable 
services he Inw rendered to the Fund and 
has nleasuro in inviting the subseriW to 
add his name to tlie list of viee-presidemts. 
Ihe committee acknowledges with much 
^atificatioTi the receipt of the sum of £266 
Iffc. 4d.. the proceeds of a collection made to 
^rpetua^e the memory of the late Mr Peter 
Harr ^our committee greatly rejoices that 
a lasting memorial of this distinguished hor- 
tmultiirist—known the world over as the Daf- 
Mil King—should be associated with the 
Koval Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, which he 
helped so materially to establish, being a 
m^ber of the original committee. 
Tl^ ^eipt of a legacy of ^100. left to the 
Fund bv th<> Mrs. Ann Pollett, widow 
the old-estabhshed horticultural printing 
bumi^ of Messrs. H. M. Pollett and Co 
and for some years a much respected vice- 
kn^^ged^ Fund, is also gratefully ac- 
TTie warmest thanks of the committee are 
again most heartily accorded to the stewards 
at the annual dinner; to the honorary local 
S 3 cretarie 3 —and especially Mr. Carver, Mr. 
Nev-e, and Mr. Rowe—whose kindly efforts to 
increase the list of annual suhscribers have 
been most .succes ful: and to the committees 
of the Altrincham Gardeners’ Association, 
tlie IJradford Chrysanthemum Society, the 
Reading Gardenerh’’ Association, the Chisle. 
hurst Gardeners’ Society, the Sevenoaks Gar¬ 
deners’ and West Kent Chrysamthemum 
Society, the Tonbridge Gardeners’ and Ama¬ 
teurs’ Society, the Leeds Professional Gar¬ 
deners’ Club, and the Spen Valley Gar¬ 
deners’ Society, who, by means of concerts 
and other forms of entertainment, and the 
sale of flowers at exhibitions, have rendered 
the Fund most valuable help. The committee 
would greatly rejoice if other local com¬ 
mittees would give a thought to the needs 
of the Fund and render it some assistance by 
similar means. They would also specially 
commend the objects of the Fund and tlie 
valuable work it is doing to the members of 
Gardeners’ Improvement Scxneties, who, by 
means of card collections among themselves, 
could render most valuable assistance. 
AVith very sincere regret your committee 
deplores the loss by death during the year of 
a greater number than usual of yalued friends 
and constant supporters of the Fund. In its 
early days the Fund received substantial 
help from the late Mr. Herbert J. Adams, 
one of the oldest of the Vice-Presidents; and 
from first to last it has had no more con/- 
ftant advocate of its claims to support, than 
the late Mr. Alexander Dean. 
Tlie committee desires most cordially to 
thank the auditors. Mr. P. Rudolph Barr 
and Mr. Frank Reader, for their exhaustive 
examination of the accounits now presented. 
Mr. Ban* is the retiring auditor, and the 
committee has special pleasure in recognising 
the value of his past services by recommend¬ 
ing him to the subscribers for "re-elect ion. 
C\m STATEMENT FOU 1912. 
Hkceipts. 
To Suhscriprtione . £ 427 10 G 
.. Donations .... .. 6 0 
., Uooeipts from Annual Dinner . 925 16 7 
^^gracy: Mrs. Ann Pollott . ico 0 0 
” Peter Barr .Memorial ” . 2€G 16 4 
Advertisements in List of Subscribers 27 13 0 
Dividends on Stock and Interest on 
Dei>osit . 3 g| 13 4 
Income Tax returned .] g ig 9 
Balance last Account . ^870 15 8 
£3,147 8 2 
Expeitditure. 
By Allowances to Orjjhans . £ 1,621 5 0 
Lrants in Aid . 149 5 q 
" !! Kmma Sherwood Memorial ” . 13 0 0 
,, Maybud Campbell Grant ” . 13 0 0 
Secretary’s Salary . 2C0 0 0 
„ Printing- and Positing- List of Sub- 
eeribers . 4 j 49 j 
., Kent, Insurance, Firing, Lighting, i^c. 46 15 7 
’’ Stationery . 47 19 g 
Annual General and Committee 
^ 
Bank Chargers . 3 17 q 
l^tty Cash: Sundries . 4 11 0 
.. Balances. Cash at B<vnk .!!! 494 Jg 9 
Cash on Dejxisit . i.-jO 0 0 
Cash in hand . 6 JS 0 
NoTR.-Tnv«=it,ments— ® “ 
per cent. Ivondon and County Consoli- 
<iated Stock . pr 04 ^ i r; in 
3 per cent. Canada Stock . CCO 6 n 
*'^^VW^Bailw«y 4 per cent. Prefer- ’ ^ 
Great Indian Peninsuia itailwav Guar- 340 0 0 
Memorial Trust • 
**as^dian Railway B Annuity of £14. 
^'heT^cod Memoriai ’’-. ® 
P. RUDOLPH B.U)R. 1 , 
J»n».ry W. 1913™-^'''’' I 
adoption of the an^ 
ual report, and expressed his pleasure at 
being able to state that annual subecrin. 
tions had inereased, expenditure had sliehU^ 
decreased, and the amounts dispensed to or 
phans on the funds, and also grants in .-.il 
specially when, tlie children were briot 
launched into working life, was larger S 
ever. The Festival dinner was a nleasani 
and satisfactory function. Over £25() w 
been rweived from the Barr Memorial Fund 
and a legacy from the late Mrs. Pollett had 
added materially to the funds. Not a f w 
fiends had been do^ to the Fund, notablv 
Air. H. Adams and Air. Alex. Dean, who had 
died since the previous annual general meet 
ing. Mr. Bates sewnded the motion, and it 
was put and carried. 
e Thanks were accorded to Sir E. Durninp 
i- Lawrence for presiding at the Festival din- 
nw, and he was elected a vice-president on 
the motion of Mr. G. Gordon and Mr R 
Cuthbert. Air. Edward Sherwood was verv 
heartily re-elected as tl^easurer on the motioi 
of Mr Howe and Mr. R. Hooper Pearson 
ALr. Barr was re-elected auditor on the 
motion of Mr. Pearce and Mr. tVallace 
Messrs. A. R. Allan, W. H. Cutbush g' 
Gordon, D. Ingamells, J. F. McLeod R H 
Pearson, H. A. Wright, and Mr. M’etcaJfe 
were elected members of committee, the 
latter filling the vacancy caused by the re¬ 
tirement of Mr. E. Kochford; Air. Gremi 
and Mr. Lyne were tbeir sponsors. 
Mr. B. M ynne’s re-eleotion as secretary 
was carried on the motion of the Chairman 
c^d Air. Ingamidls. Messrs. Bates, Cutbush 
Howe, Ingamells, Cuthbert, and Moorman 
were elected scruitineers of the ballot and 
the meeting was then adjourned for the de¬ 
claration of the poll. 
There were a^ut two dozen members pre- 
se^ at the earlier part of the proceedings. 
reassembling of the meeting after 
the adjournment, th« scrutineers presented 
their report on the result of the ballot, wliich 
stated that the following candidates had re- 
^ived the largest number of votes, namely, 
Edna M. May, Eric A. Lindekvist Bertha B. 
Alason, Dorothy M. Alitchell, Wall^e Tithe- 
ridge. Ivy I. Appleford, Sylvia D. Collins, 
Grace E. Croiichman, Jessie L. Deadman, 
Elizabeth M. Dodd, AVilfred E. Goff, Alar- 
garet E. Jennings, Sarah J. Lee, Ethel E. 
Miller, Percy G. Peerless, Ida E. Piper, Mar- 
garet Riley, Margaret D. Steptoe, and 
Marion D. A. Woollett. The Chairman hav¬ 
ing declared that these candidates had been 
duly elected to the benefits of the Fund, 
bir Harry Veiteli,V.M.H., expressed the 
hope that it might be possible to place the 
unsuccessful candidates on the fund. The 
Chairman said the committee would not rai^ 
^y objection to this being done, and Sir 
Harry Veitcb a<3cordingly proposed that the 
SIX unsuccessful candidates be elected. This 
motion, having been seconded by Mr. Aloor- 
man, was submitted to the meeting, and was 
carried unanimously. The customary votes 
of thanks to the scrutineers and chairman 
brought the proceedings to a close. 
In the evening the members and friends 
01 the fund, to the number of about thirty, 
dined together at ’^Simpson’s ” under the 
presidency of Mr. H. B. May, and spent a 
pleasant evening. 
National Vegretable Society. 
Under the presifkancy of Mr. Uire” 
1 nomas, V.M.H., the annual meeting of tin® 
society was held at the E.H.S. Hall, West- 
minster, on Tuesday February 11, at 2.30 
Those present were Messrs. O. Thomas. 
V.M.H., G. Gordon, V.M.H., H. J. Wright, 
F W. Harvey, J. Harrison Dick, E. Burge^. 
Hhipaine Nutting, R. Pinches, W. Giles, C. 
^jrtis, and E. Quick. 
-following the minutes of the previous- 
meeting, the annual report was read by the 
lion, secretary. This reviewed the work dur¬ 
ing 1912, referred to the excellent series of 
trials of vegetables held by the society, 
splendid exhibition held at Watford, the fine 
™ade to extend vegetable culture oT 
tn© late Mr. Alex. Bean, and concluded witn 
an expression of thanks to the secretary and 
tre^urer, and regrets that, owing to the 
lack of support on the part of the general 
