JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
June  28,  1900. 
be  exposed  (to “an  advanced  temperature  in  travelling.  Gardeners 
frequently  use  wet  cotton  wool  for  packing  flowers  and  fruit.  I  am 
partial  to  it  myself.  If  one  has  time  and  patience  it  is  well  to  place 
a^  little'dampbnoss  about  the  ends  of  the  plants  or  flowers,  and  some 
dry  moss  above  to  prevent  shaking.  The  leaves  of  Monk’s  Rhubarb 
(Rumex:alpinus)  are  capital  for  a  wrap,  keeping  the  flowers  cool,  and 
warding  off  pressure.  It  is  decidedly  objectionable  to  make  the 
plants  very'moist,  as  in  summer  decomposition  may  set  in  before  the 
journey’s  end.  Small  parcels  of  plants  will  travel  all  right  if 
fastened  in^corriigated  paper  without  any  box. 
When  'released  ^’at  their  destination  stems  and  twigs  should  be 
•cut  again  at  the  ends  before  they  are  put  into  water,  nor  is  it  good  to 
Fig.  147. — Odontoglossuji  E,olf.e,  Walton  Grange  Variety. 
•supply  them  with  that  which  is  drawn  from  a  cistern  where  it  is  cold. 
Water  just  tepid  is  preferable,  and  this  should  be  renewed  daily,  also 
removing  any  dead  portions  of  the  plants.  In  this  way  I  have  seen 
wild  flowers  kept  fresh  for  a  week  or  more,  but  of  course  they  should 
not  be  exposed  to  the  sun  or  a  glare  of  artificial  light. — J.  R.  S.  0. 
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Odontoglossura  Ijolfs,  Walton  Grange  variety. 
One  of  the  most  beautiful  Orchids  at  the  meeting  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  held  in  the  Dr  11  Hall  on  June  19th  was 
Odontoglossum  Rolfse,  Walton  Grange  variety,  of  which  a  flower  is 
admirably  portrayed  in  fig.  147.  The  plant  was  shown  by  Mr. 
W.  Stevens,  gardener  to  Wm.  Thompson,  Esq.,  Walton  Grange,  Stone, 
Staffs,  and  the  Orchid  Committee  recommended  a  first-class  certificate. 
It  is  a  hybrid  from  0.  Harryanum  and  0.  Pescatorei,  and  traces  of 
both  parents  are  clearly  discernible.  Both  the  sepals  and  petals  are 
very  broad,  and  have  the  most  profuse  brown  markings  ;  the  ground 
colour  of  the  former  is  pale  rose,  this  shade  also  prevailing  at  the  tips 
•of  the  latter.  The  lip  is  broad  and  flattened,  the  front  lobe  being 
•white  and  the  basal  portion  brown  and  crimson. 
.047 
Tlie  Goyal  Horticultural  Society. 
The  Proposed  Bye-Laws. 
A  VERY  urgent  appeal  has  been  made  to  me  in  my  official  capacity 
as  Secretary  of  the  R.H.S.  by  certain  of  the  Fellows  who  are  most 
anxious  to  show  their  loyalty  to  the  Council  by  supporting  them  in 
their  proposals  with  regard  to  the  bye-laws  of  the  Society,  but  are 
unable  to  do  so  entirely  so  long  as  Nos.  45,  46,  47  are  retained.  They 
have  no  objection  whatever — many  of  them  cordially  approve  of — the 
Swiss  principle  of  a  referendum,  “  Aye”  or  “  Nay,”  on  any  important 
proposal,  but  they  dislike  a  general  proxy. 
At  this  late  date  I  have  no  time  or  authority  to  call  the  Council 
together  to  consider  this  point.  I  am  therefore  writing  quite  unofficially 
to  say  that  1  am  confident  that  the  Council  will  accept  a  permissive 
vfferendum  on  points  they  think  to  be  vital  to  the  Society’s  welfare. 
The  Council,  I  am  convinced,  have  no  desire  for  a  general  proxy,  but 
they  feel,  and  feel  very  strongly,  that  as  the  Society  has  recently  been 
increased  by  such  an  enormous  accession  of  Fellows  living  at  a  great 
distance  from  London,  it  is  unjust  to  confine  the  whole  governing 
power  of  the  Society  to  Fellows  living  in  or  near  London,  which  would 
practically  be  the  case  if  no  referendum  on  important  points  is 
permitted. 
The  Council  would,  I  am  sure,  accept  the  three  following  bye-laws 
in  the  place  of  the  three  whose  numbers  they  bear,  together  with  the 
torm  for  a  referendum  which  I  have  drafted. 
I  have  written  this  letter  solely  in  order  that  Fellows  may  have 
time  to  consider  the  matter,  and  to  induce  country  Fellows  to  come  up 
to  the  meeting  of  July  3rd  and  support  a  measure  for  their  own 
enfranchisement.  —  W.  Wilks,  Shirley  Vicarage,  Groyclon,  June 
25th,  1900. 
Alternative  Bye-Laws. 
45.  — -With  respect  to  any  resolution  brought  before  a  general  meeting, 
and  considered  by  the  Council  to  be  of  vital  importance  to  the 
welfare  of  the  Society,  the  Council  shall  have  power  to  adjourn 
the  meeting  for  not  more  than  twenty-eight  days,  in  order  to 
refer  the  decision  on  such  resolution  to  the  whole  body  of  the 
Fellows,  and  to  take  a  poll  of  the  Fellows  “  for  ”  or  “  against  ”  it. 
46.  — In  the  event  of  any  resolution  being  referred  for  decision  from  a 
general  meeting  to  the  whole  body  of  Fellows,  the  Council  shall 
within  ten  days  after  such  ipeeting  issue  by  post  to  every 
Fellow  of  the  Society  residing  in  the  United  Kingdom  a  copy 
of  the  resolution  thus  referred,  together  with  the  necessary 
form  (Form  D)  for  voting  for  or  against  it.  But  the  Council 
shall  not  therewith  or  otherwise  at  the  expense  of  the  Society  send 
any  communication  tending  to  influence  the  vote  of  the  Fellows. 
47. — When  any  resolution  is  referred  from  a  general  meeting  to  the 
whole  body  of  Fellows  for  decision  the  general  meeting  shall, 
before  it  adjourn,  be  requested  by  the  chairman  to  nominate 
four  scrutineers  of  the  poll,  whose  duty  shall  be  to  examine  and 
classify  the  votes  of  the  Fellows,  and  report  the  result  to  the 
adjourned  general  meeting.  Two  of  the  scrutineers  shall  be 
chosen  from  amongst  the  members  of  the  Council,  and  two  shall 
be  Fellows  holding  no  official  position  in  the  Society.  In  a  poll 
every  Fellow  shall  have  one  vote,  and  one  only. 
Form  D. 
Form  to  he  used  in  event  of  the  Council  considering  any  resolution 
suhmitted  to  a  General  Meeting  to  he  of  sufficient  importance  to 
require  a  poll  of  the  Fellows  to  he  taken  to  decide  it. 
At  a  General  Meeting  of  Society,  held  on  [datej 
the  following  resolution  was  proposed  and  seconded — viz.,  [here 
insert  the  resolution.] 
The  Council  considering  this  a  matter  of  vital  importance  to  the 
welfare  of  the  Society,  and  acting  under  Bye-Laws  45,  46,  47,  adjourned 
I  he  meeting  till  [hour]  ,  on  [date]  ,  at 
[place]  in  order  that  meanwhile  a  poll  of  the  Fellows 
may  be  taken. 
You  are  requested  to  sien  your  name  in  one  or  other  of  the  two 
blank  spaces  below,  and  to  return  this  paper  entire  to  The  Scrutineers, 
R.H.S.  Office. 
I  desire  to  vote 
I  desire  to  vote 
FOR 
AGAINST 
the  above  resolution. 
the  above  resolution. 
Fellow’s  \ 
Fellow’s  1 
Signature  / 
Signature  1 
This  paper  is  issued  by  order  of  the  Council,  and  is  sent  by  post  to 
every  Fellow  residing  in  the  United  Kingdom. 
Secretary. 
N.B. — Nothing  is  to  be  written  on  this  paper  but  the  Fellow’s 
signature. 
