•  December  15,  1898. 
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certainly  one  of  the  best  arranged  and  most  enjoyable  of  recent  years. 
This  was  principally  due  to  the  whole  length  of  the  nave  having  been 
placed  once  more  at  the  disposal  ot  the  Society,  and  to  the  new  plan 
of  dividing  the  exhibits  in  the  amateur  and  trade  classes  into  distinct 
sections.  The  best  Rose  show  of  the  year  was  undoubtedly  that  at 
Halifax,  where  4100  blooms  of  “exhibition”  Roses  alone  were 
staged,  making  this  the  most  extensive  show— with  the  exception  of 
that  at  Birmingham  in  1890 — that  has  ever  been  held  by  the  Society 
in  the  provinces.  At  all  three  exhibitions  the  attendance  of  visitors 
was  unusually  large. 
The  Conferences  held  in  connection  with  the  Bath  and  Halifax 
Shows  were  most  successful.  Two  excellent  papers  were  read,  one 
by  Mr.  W.  F.  Cooling,  and  the  other  by  Mr.  G.  Paul,  followed  in  each 
case  by  an  interesting  and  animated  discussion.  To  the  authors  of 
those  papers  the  thanks  of  the  Committee  are  due,  as  well  as  to  Mr. 
R.  B.  Cator  and  the  Venerable  Archdeacon  Brooke  for  presiding  at  the 
Conferences. 
The  sale  of  the  Society’s”publications  during  the  year  has  been 
again  very  satisfactory,  and  especially  that  of  the  “  Hints  on  Planting 
Roses.”  The  first  edition  of  these  “  Hints  ”  having  become  exhausted, 
a  new  and  revised  edition  was  printed,  and  has  recently  been  dis¬ 
tributed  to  the  members  with  the  report  of  the  two  Rose  Conferences. 
It  is  with  deep  regret  the  Committee  have  to  record  the  untimely 
death  of  Mr.  Rivers  H.  Langton,  one  of  its  members,  and  a  constant 
■  exhibitor  at  the  Society’s  exhibitions.  A  challenge  cup,  subscribed 
for  to  his  memory,  was  offered  at  the  Crystal  Palace  Show  as  the  first 
prize  in  a  class  in  which  he  himself  had  so  often  successfully  competed 
— viz.,  that  for  suburban-grown  Roses. 
Finance. 
The  Committee  congratulate  the  members  upon  the  present  satis- 
.  factory  financial  position  of  the  Society.  The  amount  in  hand  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year  was  £39  18s.  7d.,  and  now  at  its  close  there 
remains  £86  16s.  lOd.  to  carry  forward  to  the  next  account,  the  total 
expenditure  having  been  £719  17s.  2d.,  while  the  aggregate  receipts, 
•including  last  year’s  balance,  amounted  to  £806  14s.  Although  more 
than  the  usual  number  of  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  j  ersoonel 
of  the  non-exhibiting  members,  the  amount  received  in  subscriptions 
has  on  only  three  previous  occasions  been  exceeded.  This  is  the  more 
encouraging,  as  in  the  Jubilee  year  of  1897  there  was  a  considerable 
falling  off  in  this  important  source  of  income  as  compared  with  the 
preceding  year. 
Arrangements  for  1899. 
No  application  having  been  received  from  any  northern  town  for 
the  Society  to  visit  it  in  1899,  there  will  be  only  two  exhibitions  next 
year — a  metropolitan  and  a  provincial  show.  This  the  Committee 
cannot  but  regard  as  rather  a  fortunate  circumstance  than  otherwise, 
for  had  three  shows  been  as  usual  held,  it  would  have  been  impossible 
to  bring  out  the  new  edition  of  the  “  Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibition 
and  Garden  Roses,”  which  it  is  proposed  should  be  issued  next  year, 
without  resorting  to  the  undesirable  practice  of  calling  upon  the 
members  to  contribute  to  a  special  fund  to  defray  the  cost  of  its 
publication. 
The  metropolitan  exhibition  will  be  held,  as  usual,  at  the  Crystal 
Palace  on  the  first  Saturday  in  July,  while  the  provincial  show  will 
take  place  at  Colchester,  in  conjunction  with  the  Colchester  Rose  and 
Horticultural  Society,  on  the  following  Thursday,  July  6th.  In  order 
that  the  early  flowering  Roses  be  not  altogether  overlooked,  it  has  been 
decided  to  offer,  on  June  27th,  a  lew  prizes  at  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society’s  Rose  Show,  which  will  be  held  at  their  Exhibition  Hall  in 
James  Street,  Westminster. 
A  Committee  will  shortly  be  formed  to  prepare  the  new  edition 
of  the  Society’s  Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibition  and  Garden  Roses, 
which  will  be  issued  to  members  during  the  autumn  of  1899. 
Members’  Privileges. 
Members  subscribing  £L  will,  as  usual,  be  entitled  to  two  private 
view  and  four  transferable  tickets,  the  latter  admitting  at  the  same 
time  as  the  general  public;  while  subscribers  of  10s.  are  entitled  to 
one  private  view  and  two  transferable  tickets.  Each  of  these  tickets 
is  available  for  any  one  of  the  Society’s  exhibitions.  Members  joining 
the  Society  for  the  first  time  in  1899  will  also  receive  copies  of  the 
following  publications  : — The  “  Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibition  and 
Garden  Roses,”  the  Supplement  to  that  Catalogue,  “  Hints  on  Planting 
Roses,”  the  “Prize  Essay  on  the  Hybridisation  of  Roses,”  the  “  Report 
of  the  Conferences  on  Pruning  and  Exhibiting  Roses,”  as  well  as  the 
new  edition  of  the  Official  Catalogue,  as  soon  as  issued.  Members 
alone  are  allowed  to  compete  at  the  shows  of  the  Society. 
The  Committee  tender  their  hearty  thanks  to  all  the  donors  of 
special  prizes,  the  competitions  for  which  have  contributed  so  much 
to  the  interest  and  extent  of  the  Society’s  exhibitions,  and  especially 
to  that  at  the  Crystal  Palac  ■.  Among  these  donors  may  be  mentioned 
the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Penzmce,  the  Mayor  of  Bath,  the  Venerable 
Archdeacon  Brooke,  Mr.  C.  J.  Grahame,  and  Captain  Ramsay.  Their 
thanks  are  also  due  to  their  Local  Secretaries,  and  especially  to  Mr. 
R.  B.  Cater  of  Bath  and  Mr.  R.  Foley’  Hobbs  of  Worcester,  through 
whose  exertions  a  good  many  new  members  were  obtained  for  the 
Society  during  the  year;  while  Mr.  G.  W.  Cook  has  again  done 
excellent  service. 
BALANCE  SHEET.— TEAR  ENDING  NOVEMBER  30th,  1898. 
1897. 
Dec.  1. 
Receipts. 
£ 
8. 
d. 
Expenditure. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Balance  at  Bankers . 
39 
18 
7 
Printing,  Stationery,  and  Advertising  . 
74 
10 
2 
Subscriptions .  ...  . 
372 
11 
6 
Postage,  Telegrams,  and  Sundry  Expenses . 
48 
o. 
2 
Affiliat  on  Fees  and  for  Medals  from  Affiliated  Societies 
68 
17 
6 
Secretary’s  Travelling  Expenses  to  arrange  Shows . 
1 
id 
2 
Received  fiom  Bath . 
50 
0 
0 
Expenses  Btth  Show 
7 
n 
0 
,,  ,,  Crystal  Palace  Company  ... 
105 
0 
0 
,,  Cry-t  il  Palace  Sho .v  . 
11 
8 
0 
,,  „  Halifax  . 
92 
0 
0 
,,  Halifax  Show  . 
2 
9 
6 
,,  for  Special  Prizes 
55 
It 
0 
Medals  . 
29 
15 
2 
Sale  of  Publications . 
6 
7 
11 
„  for  Atfiiliated  Societies . 
54 
3 
6 
Advertisements  ...  . 
11 
2 
G 
Prizes.  Bath  Show  . 
72 
0 
0 
Testing  Rose  Soils . 
5 
5 
0 
„  Crystal  Palace  Show . 
...  204 
5 
0 
,,  Halifax  Show . 
...  166 
5 
0 
£806 
14 
0 
Purchase  of  Plate  for  Prizes 
17 
16 
6 
As-istant  Secretary  and  Accountant  ... 
30 
0 
0 
Balance  at  Bankers  . 
86 
16 
10 
'  .  If 
£806 
14 
0 
T.  B.  Haywood,  lion.  Treasurer. 
J  D  Pawle,  )  AuditorS' 
F.  1.  Wollaston,} 
Discussion. 
Mr.  Shea  was  extremely  apropos  in  his  brief  remarks  when 
moving  the  adoption  of  the  report.  He  called  attention  to  all  its 
salient  points,  observing  that  except  in  one  respect  it  was  wholly 
satisfactory.  The  one  aspect  was  the  smallness  of  two  of  the  three 
shows  owing  to  the  untoward  season,  but  this,  he  thought,  was 
largely  counterbalanced  by  the  superb  display  at  Halifax.  He  was  of 
the  opinion,  too,  that  the  Society  had  done  good  work  in  arranging  a 
conference  at  Bath,  when  two  most  excellent  papers  were  read. 
Financially’,  the  outlook  was  deemed  very  good,  save  that  there  was 
rather  too  much  money  in  hand,  but  this  defect,  he  averred,  would  be 
quickly  remedied  by  the  reprinting  of  some  of  the  Society’s 
publications.  He  took  the  popularity  of  these  works  as  a  healthy 
sign  and  remarked  that  only  on  three  occa-kns  had  the  present  year’s 
subscriptions  been  exceeded.  The  fact  that  only  two  shows  are  to  be 
held  in  1899  was  considered  a  matter  for  congratulation,  as  it  left  a 
sum  of  money  for  utilisation  in  other  extremely  useful  directions. 
Prizes  will  be  offered  at  the  Drill  Hall  in  connection  with  the  Royal 
Hoiticultural  Society  to  take  the  place  of  the  early  southern  show. 
With  a  few  other  remarks  and  a  gracefully  worded  testimony  to  the 
value  of  the  services  of  the  two  Honorary  Secretaries,  Mr.  Shea  looked 
for  a  seconder,  who  was  found  in  Mr.  F.  Cant,  who  was  brief  and 
pointed  in  the  few  words  with  which  he  favoured  the  company. 
The  Rev.  J.  II.  Pemberton  commented  at  some  length  on  the 
report,  his  chief  regret  being  apparently  the  loss  of  the  northern  show 
and  the  absence  of  northern  growers  from  the  meet.ng.  He  thought 
it  was  most  kind  of  the  Colchester  executive  to  alter  the  date  of  the 
show  to  July  6th  to  suit  the  parent  Society,  as  that  date  was  late  for  the 
district,  but  still  too  early  for  flowers  of  some  of  the  best  Hybrid 
Perpetuals.  Mr.  D’Ombrain  observed,  in  reply’,  that  as  far  as  his 
experience  went  lie  thought  that  though  the  shows  were  termed 
northern,  the  lion's  share  of  the  prizes  came  to  southern  growers.  He 
remarked,  too,  on  the  scarcity  of  northern  growers,  especially  amateurs, 
and  paid  a  tribute  to  Mr.  H.  V.  Machin  and  Mr.  W.  Boyes,  whom  he 
regarded  as  of  the  midlands  rather  than  the  north.  The  report  and 
financial  statement  were  adopted. 
Mr.  A.  Foley  Hobbs  thanked  the  Committee  and  officers  of  the 
Society  for  the  excellent  work  they  had  done,  and  thought  it 
