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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
January  20,  1898, 
Floeal  Committee. 
Chairman. — Marshall,  William,  Auchinraith,  Bexley. 
Vice-Chairmen. — Fraser,  John,  The  Nurseries,  South  Woodford  ;  Paul, 
George,  The  Old  Nurseries,  Cheshunt. 
Secretary. — T.  Humphreys,  K.II.S.  Gardens,  Chiswick,  W. 
Bain,  W.,  The  Gardens,  Burford  Lodge,  Dorking. 
Barnes,  N.  F.,  Eaton  Gardens,  Chester. 
Barr,  W.,  12,  King  Street,  Oovent  Garden,  W.C. 
Beckett,  E.,  Aldenham  House  Gardens,  Elstree. 
Blick,  <  has..  The  Warren,  Hayes  •Common,  Beckenham. 
Cannell,  H.,  Swanley,  Kent. 
Cant,  <  ecil  G.,  Colchester. 
Cook,  E.  T.,  9,  Fairlawn  Grove,  Chiswick. 
Crane,  D.  B.,  Archway  Road,  Ilighgate,  N. 
Cutbush,  H.  J.,  The  Nurseries,  Ilighgate,  N. 
Dean,  R.,  Ranelagh  Road,  Ealing,  W. 
Druery,  C.  T.,  F.L.S.,  25,  Windsor  Road,  Forest  Gate. 
Fitt,  J.  II.,  The  Fry  the  Gardens,  Welwyn. 
Fraser,  John,  Willow  V ottages,  Kew. 
Gordon,  G.,  Endesleigh,  Priory  Park,  Kew. 
Herbst,  H.,  Kew  Road,  Richmond. 
Howe,  W.,  Bark  Hill  Gardens,  Streatham  Common. 
Jetfries,  C.,  Boston  House  Gardens,  Brentford. 
Jennings,  J.,  Ascott  Gardens,  Leighton  Buzzard. 
Jones,  H.  J.,  Ryecroft,  Hither  Green,  Lewisham. 
Laing,  J.,  Forest  Hill,  S.E. 
Lowe,  R.  B.,  Ashridge  Gardens,  Berkhampsted. 
McLeod,  J.,  Dover  House  Gardens,  Roehampton. 
May,  H.  B.,  Dyson’s  Lane,  Upper  Edmonton. 
IMawley,  E..  Rosebank,  Berkhamsted. 
Molyneux,  E.,  Swanmore  Park  Gardens,  Bishop’s  Waltham. 
Nicholson,  G.,  Royal  Gardens,  Kew. 
Pawle,  J.  D.,  12,  Stanley  Gardens,  Willesden  Green,  N.W. 
Pearson,  C.  E.,  Chilwell,  Nottingham. 
Peed,  T.,  Roupell  Park,  AVest  Norwood. 
Salter,  C.  J.,  Woodhatch  Gardens,  Reigate. 
Sanders,  T.  W.,  124,  Embleton  Road,  Lewisham. 
Selfe-Leonard,  II.,  Hitherbury,  Guildford. 
Stevens,  Geo.,  St.  John’s  Nursery,  Putney. 
Thomas,  Owen,  Royal  Gardens,  Windsor. 
Turner,  H.,  Royal  Nurseries,  Slough. 
Walker,  J.,  Ham  Common,  Surrey. 
(  iRCHll)  COJMMITTEE. 
Chairman. — Veitcli,  H.  ,1.,  F.L.S.,  Royal  Exotic  Nursery,  Chelsea,  S.W. 
Vice -Chairmen.  —  Courtauld,  Sydney,  Becking  Place,  Braintree; 
Lawrence,  Sir  Trevor,  Bart.,  57,  Prince’s  Gate,  S.W.  ;  Schroder,  Baron, 
The  Dell,  Staines. 
Hon.  Sec. — O'Brien,  James,  West  Street,  Harrow-on-the-IIill. 
Ashworth,  E.,  Haretield  Hall,  Wilmslow,  Cheshire. 
Ballantine,  11.,  The  Dell  Gardens,  Staines. 
Bond,  T.  W.,  Elstead  House  Gardens,  Godaiming. 
Brooman-White,  R.,  Ardarroch,  Garelochhead,  N.B. 
Broome,  Joseph,  Sunny  Hill,  Llandudno. 
Burberry,  11.  A.,  Highbury  Gardens,  Birmingham. 
Chapman,  H.,  Cambridge  Lodge,  Flodden  Road,  Camberwell, 
"  Cobb,  W.,  Broadwater  Down,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
Cookson,  Norman  C.,  Oakwood,  Wylam-on-Tyne. 
Crawshay,  De  Barri,  Rosefield,  Sevenoaks. 
Douglas,  James,  Edenside,  Great  Book  ham. 
Fowler,  J,  Gurney,  Glebeland,  Woodford. 
Gabriel,  ,1.  T.,  32,  Palace  Road,  Streatham  Hill. 
Handley,  Rev.  E.,  19,  Royal  Crescent,  Bath. 
Hardy,  Fred,  Tyntesfield,  Ashton-on-AIersey. 
Hill,  E.,  Tring  Park  Gardens,  Tring. 
Jacomb,  F.  C.,  Cheam  Park,  Surrey. 
Jaques,  J.,  Waddesdon  Manor  Gardens,  Aylesbury. 
Latham,  W.  B.,  Botanic  Garden.s,  Edgbaston,  Birmingham. 
Law-Schofield,  G,  W.,  New  Hall  Hey,  Rawtenstall,  Manchester. 
Little,  IL,  Baronshalt,  The  Barons,  E.  Twickenham. 
Mason,  Major,  The  Firs,  Warwick. 
Pilcher,  Charles,  84,  Ringford  Road,  Wandsworth,  S.W. 
Pollett,  H.  M.,  Fernside,  Bickley,  Kent. 
Protheroe,  W.^IL,  67,  Cheapside,  E.C. 
Sander,  F.,  St.  Albans. 
Smee,  A.  H.,  Wallington,  Surrey. 
Thompson,  AV.,  Walton  Grange,  Stone,  Staffs. 
Thorne,  F.  J.,  The  Gardens,  Sunningdale  Park. 
Warburton,  A.,  Vine  House,  Haslingden. 
AVatson,  W.,  Royal  Gardens,  Kew. 
White,  AV.  PI.,  Burford  Lodge  Gardens,  Dorking. 
Williams,  H.,  Victoria  Nurseries,  Holloway,  N. 
AVinn,  C.,  The  Uplands,  Selly  Hill,  near  Birmingham. 
Young,  AVL  IL,  Clare  Lawn  Gardens,  East  Sheen,  S.AV. 
Narcissus  Committee. 
(7/ia/mcm.— Bennett-Poe,  John  T.,  29,  Ashley  Place,  S.AA'^. 
Vice-Chairmen. — Baker,  J.  G.,  F.R.S.,  Royal  Herbarium,  Kew  ;  Dod, 
Rev.  C.  AA'^olley,  Pidge  Hall,  Malpas,  Cheshire  ;  Engleheart,  Rev.  George  II. , 
Appleshaw,  Andover. 
Hon.  Secretary. — Scrase-Dickins,  C.  R.,  Coolhurst  Park,  Horsham. 
Barr,  R.,  12,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  AV.C. 
Boscawen,  Hon.  .1.,  Treg3'e,  Perranwell. 
Bourne,  Rev.  S.  Pb,  Dunston  A'^icarage,  TJncoln. 
Burbidge,  F.  W.,  M.A.,  Trinity  College  Gardens,  Dublin. 
(^ammell,  G.,  Brookfield,  Hathersage,  near  Sheffield. 
Cammell,  M.,  Loxwood  House,  Billingshurst,  Sussex. 
Cowan,  C.  AV.,  Valleyfield,  Penicuick,  Midlothian. 
P’oster,  Prof.  M.,  Sec.  R.S.,  Shelford,  Cambridge. 
De  Graaff,  S.  A.,  Leyden,  Holland. 
Goldring,  AV.,  34,  Gloucester  Road,  Kew. 
Kingsmill,  A.,  Esq.,  The  Holt,  Harrow  AVeald,  Stanmore. 
Krelage,  J.  IL,  Plaarlem,  Holland. 
Leichtlin,  Max,  Baden-Baden. 
MacMichael,  Rev.  C.,  Walpole  Rectory,  Wisbech. 
Alarsh,  Rev.  T.  H.,  Cawston  Rectory,  Norfolk. 
Milne  Readhead,  R.,  Holden  Clough,  Bolton-by-Bowland,  Clitheroe. 
Moore,  F.  AV.,  Royal  Botanic  Gardens,  Glasnevin,  Dublin. 
Perry,  Amos  I.,  Hardy  Plant  Farm,  Winchmore  Hill,  N. 
Smith,  J.  A.  Dorien,  Tresco  Abbey,  Scilly. 
Vilmorin,  Henry  L.  De,  Quai  de  la  Megisserie,  Paris. 
AValker,  James,  Ham  Common,  Surrey. 
Ware,  AA’^ alter  T.,  Inglescombe  Nurseries,  near  Bath. 
Wilks,  Rev.  AV.,  Shirley  Vicarage,  Croydon. 
AA'illmott,  Miss,  Warley  Place,  Great  AA'^arley,  Essex. 
LIVERPOOL  NOTES. 
Public  Parks  and  Gardens. 
At  a  meeting 'of  the  Liverpool  City  Council,  held  last  week,  Alderman 
Ball,  Chairman  of  the  Parks  and  Gardens  Committee,  stated  that  the 
estimates  were  the  same  as  the  previous  year,  but  compared  with  those 
for  six  or  seven  years  ago,  they  would  notice  that  the  expenditure 
to-day  was  much  larger.  No  doubt  the  expenditure  had  increased,  but 
the  improved  appearance  of  the  parks,  the  public  squares,  the  gardens 
and  the  churchyards,  was  most  marked  in  comparison  with  the  state  of 
things  ])revailing  six  or  seven  years  ago.  In  regard  to  the  public  parks, 
they  had  good  management.  Sefton  I’ark  was,  doubtless,  a  feature  of 
lieaut}^  but  the  Committee  had  improved  it  materiallyq  and  he  hoped  the 
Council  would  provide  them  with  still  further  means  of  doing  so. 
He  was  glad  to  say  that  the  tubs  containing  shrubs,  which  had  been 
placed  in  many  streets,  were  a  source  of  great  pleasure  to  the  inhabitants, 
while  the  introduction  of  window  boxes  in  the  poorer  parts  of  the  c^ty 
had  proved  in  every  way  successful.  They  brightened  the  homes  of  the  poor. 
In  this  matter  it  was  not  the  men  they  wanted  to  get  hold,  but  their 
wives,  who  were  thus  led  to  take  a  keener  interest  in  their  dwellings. 
During  the  past  six  years  additional  recreation  grounds  had  been 
placed  under  their  control,  involving  an  increased  expenditure  of  £3240 
ler  3'ear.  They  proposed  to  introduce  into  Sefton  Park  a  deer  park, 
•vhic'h  would  be  a  source  of  great  attraction  to  the  young  children.  In 
N  wsham  and  Stanley  Parks  great  improvements  had  been  made.  In 
m  former  a  bowling  green  and  hut  is  to  be  formed,  so  as  to  attract  the 
working  men  during  the  summer  evenings,  also  a  handsome  fountain. 
In  the  latter  a  new  bridge  over  one  of  the  lakes,  and  the  provision  of  a 
lake  for  the  sailing  of  model  yachts,  a  pleasure  for  which  there  was  a 
great  demand.  Two  aviaries  are  also  to  be  formed. 
Sir  Thomas  Hughes  criticised  the  policy  of  the  Committee  as  being 
extravagant,  whilst  Sir  Arthur  Forwood  asked  that  the  estimate  of 
£25,000  be  reduced  by  £3000.  Ultimately  he  altered  his  amendment  so 
as  to  reduce  by  £2250,  this  being  carried  by  a  large  majority.  In  all 
fairness  to  the  Committee  it  must  be  admitted  that  Liverpool  has  been 
greatly  improved  during  the  past  few  years  in  matters  horticultural,  and 
this  is  recognised  by  all  visitors  to  the  second  city  in  the  kingdom. 
Liverpool  Horticultural  Association. 
On  Saturday  evening  last  the  members  and  friends  of  the  above  Asso¬ 
ciation  to  the  number  of  over  130  met  together  at  the  Adelphi  Hotel 
under  the  presidency  of  AV.  Fletcher  Rogers,  Esq.,  the  Hon.  Treasurer, 
the  vice-chair  being  occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas  Foster,  supported  by  Mr.  J. 
Kellitt,  C.C.  In  addition,  there  were  present  Messrs.  Andrew  Ker, 
H.  Middlehurst,  Charles  Young,  .J.  AVebster  (representing  Messrs.  T. 
Davies  &  Co.),  Rowlands,  H.  Ranger  (R.  P.  Ker  &  Sons),  and  other 
members  of  the  trade,  with  Messrs.  AV.  Dickson  (Secretary)  and  G.  Black- 
more  (sub-Treasurer).  AA’ith  the  exception  of  the  loyal  toasts  all  others 
had  been  dispensed  with.  An  excellent  vocal  entertainment  was  given. 
Air.  Kellitt,  in  a  very  happy  speech,  proposed  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Rogers,  in  which  he  spoke  of  the  benefit  derived  by  gardeners  in  their 
delightful  study,  and  hoped  that  the  Chairman  would  long  lead  such  a 
willing  body  of  workers.  The  Chairman,  in  reply,  said  that  notwith¬ 
standing  the  many  societies  in  their  midst,  he  always  hoped  to  see  the 
Liverpool  Horticultural  Association  at  the  head,  and  would  ever  be  ready 
with  his  services.  A’^otes  of  thanks  to  the  artistes  closed  1?he  proceedings. 
—11.  P.  R. 
