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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  26,  HW9 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  SHOWS. 
As  is  usual  at  this  lime  of  the  year  we  have  received  numerous 
intimations  of  Chrysanthemum  shows  which  are  to  be  held  during  the 
coming  season.  Space,  however,  can  only  be  found  for  recording 
those  that  have  been  advertised  in  our  columns.  We  append  the 
dates  of  such  fixtures,  with  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  various 
secretaries  : — 
Oct.  31,  Nov.  1. — Taunton.— John  S.  Winsor,  16,  Hammet-st.,  Taunton. 
Oct.  31,  Nov.  1,  2. — Wolverhampton.— J.  H.  Wheeler,  Glen  Bank, 
Tettenhall,  Wolverhampton. 
Nov.  1. — Exmouth.—  R.  Pearce,  Chippenham-gardens,  Exmoutb. 
3. — Evesham.— G.  Witts,  Evesham. 
„  3,4. — Battersea.— Hon.  Secretary,  167,  Elsley-rd.,  Lavender- 
hill,  Battersea,  S.W. 
„  7,  8. — Brighton. — James  Thorpe,  63,  Ship-st„  Brighton. 
,,  7,8. — Birkenhead  and  Wirral. — W.  Riley,  28,  Whitford-rd., 
Birkenhead. 
„  7,  8.— Coventry. — John  Cooper,  31,  Eoleshill-rd. 
„  7,  8.— Croydon. — W.  B.  Beckett,  272,  Portland-rd.,  South  Nor¬ 
wood. 
„  7,  8. — West  of  England.  —  Chas.  WilsoD,  4,  Ncrth-hill, 
Plymouth. 
„  7,  8,  9.— Birmingham.— J.  Hughes,  140,  High-st.,  Harborne, 
Birmingham  ;  F.  W.  Simpson,  Victoria- rd.,  Birmingham. 
,,  7,  8,  9.— National  Chrysanthemum  Society. — Richard  Dean, 
Raneleigh -rd.,  Ealing,  W. 
„  8,  9. — Bath.— B.  R.  E.  Pearson,  W.  Jeffery,  2,  Northumberland- 
buildings,  Batb. 
„  8,9.  —  Bournemouth.  —  James  Spong,  Lindisfarne  Gardens, 
Bournemouth. 
„  8,  9. — Bristol. — Geo.  Webley,  Westbury-on-Trym,  Bristol. 
„  8,  9.— Cardiff. — H.  Gillett,  66,  Woodville-rd.,  Cardiff. 
„  8,  9.— Kingston-on-Thames.  —  W.  D.  Elsam,  Kingstoc-or.- 
Thames. 
„  9.— Windsor,  Eton,  and  District. — Mr.  Herbert  Finch,  Bank 
House,  Eton. 
,,  10,  11. — Altrincham. — C.  C.  Marne,  22,  Railway-st.,  Altrincham. 
,,  10,  11. — Derby. — H.  J.  Bell,  Normanton-rd.,  Derby. 
10,  11. — Eccles. — IT.  Huber,  Hazeldene,  Winton,  Patricroft. 
„  10,  11.— Huddersfield —John  Bell,  Marsh,  Huddersfield. 
„  10,  11. — Sheffield.  — Wm.  Housley,  28,  Joshua-rd.,  Sheffield. 
„  14,  15. — Leeds  Paxton.  —  Wm.  Smith,  The  Gardens,  Weetwood 
Hall,  Leeds. 
„  15,  16. — Hull. — Edward  Harland,  Manor-st.,  Hull  ;  James  DixoD, 
2,  County-buildings,  Hull, 
„  14,  15. — Liverpool. — Harold  Sadler,  7,  Victoria-st.,  Liverpool. 
„  15,  16. — Rugby. — Wm.  Bryant,  8,  Barby-rd.,  Rugby. 
„  15,  16,  17. — York. — Geo.  F.  W.  Oman,  38,  Petergate,  York. 
„  17,  18. — Bolton. — James  Hicks,  Markland-hill-lane,  Heaton,  Bolton. 
„  17,  18. — Bradford. — R.  Eichel,  Westcliffe-rd.,  Shipley. 
VOTING  AT  THE  N.C.S.  COMMITTEE. 
The  letter  of  Mr.  W.  J.  Godfrey  (page  338)  on  the  way  in  which 
business  has  been  conducted  at  the  first  and  second  meetings  of  this 
season  is  unanswerable,  and  such  modes  of  piocedure  do  not  speak 
very  highly  of  the  interest  members  have  in  their  work  when  they  so 
refuse  the  call  of  the  Chairman’s  whip.  It  only  requires  a  few  such 
meetings  to  bring  that  useiul  committee  into  disrepute.  But  as 
regards  the  new  rule,  which  is  plain  enough  on.  page  33  of  the 
annual  report  of  the  National  Chrysanthemum  Society,  those  objecting 
to  it  now  exhibit  a  singular  lack  of  knowledge  as  to  the  wmrking 
of  their  special  body  by  not  having  it  altered  at  the  proper  time,  if 
necessary,  because  I  believe  the  Floral  Committee  has  the  power  to 
amend  regulations  for  its  own  procedure.  A  small  attendance  may 
have  been  the  cause  of  the  three-fourths  majority  being  carried. 
As  to  the  rule  itself,  I  think  it  most  advisable.  It  will  prevent 
anything  except  first-rate  novelties  obtaining  the  award.  Really  good 
new  Chrysanthemums  are  less  numerous  than  the  certificates  of  the 
Floral  Committee  would  lead  one  to  believe.  Last  season  forty-five 
varieties  received  such  recognition,  and  to  say  all  that  number  were 
improvements  on  existing  sorts  is  a  wee  bit  too  much  for  me. 
Probably  after  one  season’s  trial  half  of  them  will  be  discarded,  and 
a  year  or  two  following  very  likely  three-fourths  will  find  rest 
upon  that  sanctum  sanctorum  of  the  cultivator  of  florists’  flowers— 
the  rubbish  heap.  Make  the  first-class  certificate  difficult  to  obtain, 
then  it  will  he  valuable,  and  the  buyer  of  new  varieties  will  be 
prevented  no  end  of  disappointments. 
I  would  not  like  to  say  the  variety  in  question  is  not  first-rate. 
My  knowledge  of  the  Floral  Committee,  however,  convinces  me  that 
there  is  no  mistaking  a  unanimous  vote.  Let  us  hope,  therefore,  that 
the  writer  of  the  letter  referred  to  will  alter  his  decision,  and  not 
“boycott”  a  useful  Committee,  but  will  produce  such  gems  this 
autumn  as  shall  need  no  fear  of  that  “  third  of  a  man.” — - 
H.  Shoesmith. 
Mr.  Godfrey  has  begun  rather  early  in  the  season  to  open  the 
sluice  gate  which  for  some  time  has  kept  back  the  flood  of  vitupera¬ 
tion  apparently  annually  destined  to  flow  over  the  reputation  of  the 
National  Chrysanthemum  Society.  I  cannot  understand  at  all  how  it 
is,  if  members  of  that  body  have  such  reason  for  complaint  of  its  acts 
as  is  occasionally  told  of,  that  they  do  not  take  the  only  proper  course 
open  to  them,  and  leave  a  Society  with  which  they  perpetually  are 
finding  fault.  Whoever  may  be  to  blame  the  dispute  is  invariably 
unseemly.  If  Mr.  Godfrey  will  take  his  flowers  to  the  Drill  Hall 
meetings  he  will  have  ample  justice  done  them,  and  certainly  the 
R.H.S.  Floral  Committee  is  quite  as  capable  of  dealing  with  the 
merits  of  Chrysanthemums  as  is,  so  far  as  I  can  see,  the  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee.  If  the  former  be  not  so,  get  the  Council  to  strengthen  it, 
and  then  to  hold  weekly  meetings  of  the  body  through  the  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  season,  either  at  the  Drill  Hall  or  at  the  Society’s  office. — 
A.  D. 
NATIONAL  CHRYSANTHEMUM  SOCIETY. 
The  Executive  Committee  of  this  Society  held  a  meeting  on 
Monday  last  at  Carr’s  Restaurant,  Strand,  Mr.  P.  Waterer  presiding. 
There  was  a  very  large  attendance  of  members,  and  interest  in  the 
debates  was  somewhat  keener  and  longer  than  usual,  a  great  portion 
of  the  evening  being  occupied  by  the  discussion  on  the  report  of  the 
Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  relations  of  affiliated  Societies. 
Before  the  real  business  of  the  evening  began  the  Chairman  made  a 
presentation  of  an  illuminated  address  on  vellum,  framed  and  glazed, 
together  with  tho  gold  medal  of  the  Society,  to  Mr.  T.  W.  Sanders  for 
his  valuable  services  to  the  Society  during  his  term  of  office,  and  who, 
owing  to  other  duties,  has  been  obliged  to  relinquish  the  position  he 
held.  The  delay  in  making  the  presentation  had  arisen  from  the  fact 
that  the  Committee  were  anxious  to  have  a  medal  that  would  meet 
with  the  satisfaction  of  all  the  members  and  affiliated  societies,  and 
the  design  wras  one  that  he  thought  well  worthy  of  Mr.  Sanders* 
acceptance. 
The  following  is  the  text  of  the  testimonial,  which  was  a  very 
artistic  piece  of  work  : — 
NATIONAL  CHRYSANTHEMUM  SOCIETY. 
Annual  General  Meeting,  February  6th,  1899, 
This  Address,  together  with  the  large  Gold  Medal  of  the  Society,  is 
presented  to  Mr.  T.  W.  Sanders,  for  some  years  Vice-Chairman,  and  afterwards 
Chairman,  of  the  Executive  Committee,  as  a  token  of  warm  personal  esteem, 
and  in  grateful  recognition  of  the  invaluable  services  rendered  to  the  Society 
as  one  of  its  principal  executive  officers. 
Edwin  Saunders,  President. 
Richard  Dean,  Secretary. 
When  the  applause  had  subsided,  Mr.  Sanders  returned  thanks, 
and  in  doing  so  said  the  chairmanship  of  a  Society  like  that  was  no 
easy  matter,  but  he  bad  always  tried  to  do  his  duty  honestly  and  be 
fair  to  every  member.  He  would  always  value  this  mark  of  their 
appreciation,  and  hoped  to  hand  both  the  medal  and  the  address  down 
to  his  children,  who  would,  he  felt  sure,  be  proud  of  the  position  their 
father  had  occupied  in  the  Society.  , 
A  motion  was  made  concerning  the  recent  complaint  about  the 
new  Floral  Committee  regulations,  and  the  matter  was  referred  to’ 
that  body  who  alone  have  power  to  alter  or  amend  them.  It  was 
stated  that  some  of  the  railway  companies  were  prepared  to  grant 
facilities  for  visitors  from  the  provinces  to  visit  the  great  November 
Show.  .!<■.,  i  . ,  , 
The  next  item  on  the  agenda  was  the-report  of  the  sub-committee 
on  affiliated  societies.  This,  it  appears,  will  be  submitted  at  the  , 
annual  general  meeting,  and  although  it  was  very  keenly  discussed 
by  representatives  of  affiliated  societies  section  by  section,  it  was 
ultimately  recommended  to  be  presented  to  the  annual  meeting  in  the 
form  submitted.  Briefly  summed  up  it  consists  of  four  distinct 
heads : — 
1,  That  all  delegates  must  be  bona-fide  subscribers  to  the 
affiliated  societies  they  represent,  and  also  members  of  the  N.C.S. 
2,  They  shall  have  full  power  to  speak  on  all  subjects,  but  only 
allowed  to  vote  on  matters  relating  to  affiliated  societies. 
3,  Delegates  must  be  elected  annually  by  the  society  appointed, 
and  their  election  notified  to  the  Secretary  of  the  N.C.S. 
4?  Affiliated  societies  may  bejiermitted  to  purchase  an  extra  medal 
which  may  be  awarded  to  non-competitive  exhibits  of  any  kind  at 
their  shows  at  the  discretion  of  the  judges. 
