THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
Decembee 13, 1913. 
H orticultural show advertise- 
MiijiiSrs art; iiuierttxJ in this column at bix- 
We may add that Mr. Ow-en Thomas is the Une, the minimum chargpe being Two Shil- 
on. 5^5eerAtn.rv fTi£> TTr»T*f a* mgB ania Snxpenioe. Offices, 148 and 149, Aldensgate 
Hon. Secretary of the Horticultural, Arbori- 
cultural, and Forestry Committee, and he 
■will g'ladly furnish any information reg^ard- 
ing the work and operations of his commit¬ 
tee. Letters should be addressed, to him at 
the Ang^lo-American Exposition, Shepherd’s 
Bush, London, W. 
EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS. 
Perpetual-Flowering; Carna. 
tion Society. 
At the close of the show on December 3 
aboii^t forty members of the society assembled 
in the Future Boom at the Koyal Dorticui. 
tural Hall, for the annual general meeting. 
Mr. J. S. Brunton presided. The report was 
taken as read, but the Chairman reviewed 
the work of the year, and said they bad rea¬ 
son to congratulate themselves on the excel¬ 
lent progress made. Much of the ciedit was 
due to the carnation itself, which was un¬ 
doubtedly forcing itself into favour every¬ 
where. The wonoerlul increase in the num- 
^r of registered varieties indicated that both 
trade and amateur growers were paying 
much attention to the delightful work of rais¬ 
ing seedlings. The increase of membership 
, . ,,- -,-- was highly satisfactory, and he urged all 
Collier s Grey-edge may be as good as members not to relax their efforts in secur- 
George Lightbody; but if these cannot be ing more members. llie Chairman then 
obtained, or have yet to gain an assured attention to the fact that they had two 
place in the auricula world, what would be Belgian members with them, and he tendered 
the use of my mentioning them? ^ hearty welcome to both M. Y. Bou¬ 
lt is nearly forty years since I first began cli'^nooghe, of Ypres, and M. E. Draps Bou- 
to take an interest in auriculas, and I have whom were large growers of car- 
seen, during that time, hundreds of novelties nations. They also had had the pleasure of 
that were going to beat the varieties I company of Mr. Collard, gardener to the 
-j T_..A r- King of the Belgians, that day. The Chair¬ 
man also ref eared to the magnificent George 
Monro, jun.. Cup, which had been won by 
____^ Mr. C. Engelmann. ' _,_, ___^ ^ 
flower I do not like, but it will grow and IHiCiElIPTS AXD EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ventured to promise that he 
increase well, is fairly correct, and the usual ENDING NOV. 8. 1913. would not be found wanting during the en- 
-r-X- . . „ , RECEIPTS. ■ 
BaJjaaioe, 1912 . 
iSiibscmptims, 1913 .186 12 
Sunaeordptiioaifi, 1914 . 17 11 
AURICULAS. 
In somewhat belated reply to Mr. Gibson’s 
note in the “ G.M.” of Octol>er 18, I may say 
that it was no part of my object in writing 
to draw attention to little-known, expensive, 
or unprocurable novelties, nor was I writing 
for thp information of auricula specialists. 
My idea was merely to jot down a gossipy, 
timely kind of note on the flower of which 
I am fond, based on the appearance of my 
plants at the time of writing; and, inciden¬ 
tally, to give a list of decent, cheap, robust 
varieties that any beginner could scarcely 
fail with. 
Wm. Smith and the other varieties Mr. 
Gibson mfmtions may be—and I hope they 
are--all his fancy pictures them, and 
The acceptance of the report was then pro¬ 
posed. by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. W 
A. Sherwood, and carried unanimously. 
TJe Treasurer, Mr. Lawrence Cook, then 
read the financial statement, which was ac 
cepted as being very satisfactory. 
Mr. M. Todd then proposed a vote of 
thanks to the retiring officers, which was 
seconded by M. Y. Bouchenooghe, and car¬ 
ried unanimously. Lord Howard de Walden 
as President, and all the vice-presidents were 
re-elected. Mr. W. A. Sherwood and’ Mr 
Tandevin moved the re-election of Mr. J. S 
Brunton as chairman of committee and the 
motion was carried with applaud The 
Chairman briefly responded, and said it was 
a pleasure to be associated with such a har. 
mouious committee as the P.F.C.S. always 
had. During bis association with the so¬ 
ciety, there had never been any strong dis¬ 
sension, but everything worked as harmo. 
niously as could be desired. Mr. W. E. 
Page proposed, Mr. A. F. Dutton seconded, 
and it was carried that Mr. W. E. Wallace 
be re-elected vice-chairman. 
On the motion of Mr. Wallace and Mr. C. 
Engelmann, Mr. L. J. Cook was re- 
elected treasurer. (Carried.) Mr. Cook 
returned thanks for the honour, and said 
that since Mr. Weston had b^ome sec¬ 
retary his own duties had been greatly 
lightened. Mr. B. F. Felton and Mr. 
H. T. Maeon moved the re-election t)f 
Mr. T. A. Weston as secretary, and each 
paid a tribute to Mr. Weston’s ability and 
energy. The proposal was carried with ap¬ 
plause, and Mr. Weston thanked the mem¬ 
bers for their appreciation of his services, and 
for the honorarium voted him. The duties 
were by no means light, but the committee 
and members generally had been exceedingly 
kind to him, and now her had fully gpripped 
run of amateurs cannot yet safely dispense 
with it. 
I did not mention Robert Traill, and I am 
not fond of Beauty or Acme, but they are 
the best and cheapest of the white-edges that 
will grow and increase easily. At the Lon¬ 
don show this year I noticed that Acme car- RegastrafionB 
ried off the whole of the prizes in the class of Yeax 
for single plants. At the same show Mr. Retfandiecl . 
Gibson staged Smiling Beauty and Rev. F. Money: 
D. Horner, which are more obsolete varie- Ueo^^r Show 
ties than any I mentioned. I was, at the ^ *** 
same time, pleased to see that Smiling 
Beauty still existed, as it was raised here 
wher© I live, and if Mr. Gibson has a bit of 
it to spare I shall be glad to have it. 
I do not know what length of experience 
Mr. Gibson has, but Messrs. Horner, Doug¬ 
las, and Simonite can hardly be described 
as growers of twenty to thirty years ago, ^ i ^ 
as -they have all died recently: ® Programme 
In conclusion, I may say that I have seen, 
in past years, greens that beat Mrs. Hen- 
w^, greys that were as good as George 
Lightbody, and whites that were better than a:~'' . 
Acme; but where are. for example, Horner’s ^ Eneraviiig .. 
G«yhound. Horner’s Magpie, and Barlow’s Show Eipenfios: 
President Royds? New varieties are of no Deoenubex, Hix© of Kali 
- _--i- V . . SfiMMiry Expenaea 
Leamington Show 
Judges’ Faxes . 
Leamdn^oai Guarantee Fund 
Diniaer Tickets: December 
A^rfl . 
May . 
EXPENDITURE. 
practical use unless they have certain pro¬ 
perties; they must be good gfrowers, in¬ 
crease well, and be fairly constant at bloom¬ 
ing time. The Collier’s Grey, though 
^ gCK^ as George Lightbody, if it is 
“ growing, very, very slowly, and will not 
increase,” as Mr. Gibson writes, is of no 
practical use. 
I welcome Mr. Gibson’s "dressing down,’' 
as he calls it, but fail to see where he 
scores. James W. Bentley. 
Stakehill, Manchester. 
. 12 19 0 
. 1 U 6 
. 23 12 11 
. 2 11 2 
SeoretariiaJ Expenses: 
Janraary.—Mr. Hawes 
„ Mx. Weston 
Photographs 
Cn.p Infinram 
Oommifision on Advertisenienta 
Oheqnce and Bank Charges ... 
1 16 0 
012 6 
1 17 9 
0 14 0 
Crotons, Drac^nas, and Acal. 
yphas, which have been usi^ for house de- 
coraition, and are past their best, may be 
shortened, cleaned and returned to »fche stove 
for stock purposes. Keep them rather dry at 
the roots; they will soon " break and by 
early sfpring will afford a useful lot of 
growth suitable for cuttings .— H. Prime, 
Hatfi/eld House Gardens; 
Pirlnitiing and Stataon-ery 
Pniblication of Yeax Book 
Advertising . 
Dinmer Expenses, May, 1913 
Hire of Committee Room 
Dallanoe: At Bank . 
Audited, November, 27, 1913, 
suing year. Mr. E. F. Hawes was re-elected 
show superintendent, and the ballot for 
members of committee resulted in the elec¬ 
tion of Messrs. A. F. Dutton, C. Engel¬ 
mann, F. Fitch, F. W. Harvey, W. A. Sher¬ 
wood, W. Lawrenson, Percy Mount, A. 
Smith. H. Tandevin, and W. Holder—all to 
serve until 1916. 
The Chairman then referred to the subject 
of affiliation. From time to time this 
hadi been discussed, but nothing had been 
done, and it was now felt that the present 
was an opportune time to deal with the sub¬ 
ject. Mr. T. C. loosemore proposed that 
the General Committee be empowered to draw 
up a scheme whereby horticultural societies 
throughout the country could become affi¬ 
liated for a fee to be decided upon; simb 
societies to receive a medal, or some suitable 
prize, to be competed for by their own mem¬ 
bers. Mr. R. F; Felton seconded the motion, 
and proposed that the fee be <£1 Is. Mr. A. 
E. Usher strongly opposed a fee of one 
guinea, and said the P.F.C.S. did not want 
a few ^ect societies on its list but many ot 
the small societies up and down the country. 
The big societies could look after themselv^. 
and so he advocated a fee of 10s. 6d. Mr. 
E. W. Harvey supported Mr. Usher, and, ^ 
Mr. Felton withdrew his amendment, the 
original .proposition was carried, and the 
Chairman said that ICte. 6d. would b^ *1^^ 
minimum fee for affiliation. 
M. V Bouchenooghe, the senior Conti- 
nental member, said he and his friends were 
amazed at the wonderful show they had see 
that day. The quality of the blooms gave 
them much encouragement to go on 
their work in Belgium. He appreciated th 
honour of being asked to act on the jury, * 
referred to Mr. J. S. Brunton, who, whenever 
he came to Belgium, talked carnation au 
the time, and it was due to him that t y 
o 13 o had such a wonderful display of carnation 
« the Ghent Show in May laat, for which 
Brunton had been specially thanked 
King of the Belgians, who had since bee 
a keen carnation enthusiast. . 
Mr. E. Draps Boudry, briefly bi 
friend’s remarks, and announ<^ that ue 
sired to present the society with the ^ 
two guineas, to be offer^ as a prize 
- 5 7 3 
26 13 6 
23 15 0 
5 15 0 
