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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  14,  1899. 
NATIONAL  ROSE  SOCIETY. 
Annual  Meeting. 
The  National  Rose  Society  held  its  annual  meeting  in  the  rooms 
of  the  Horticultural  Club,  Hotel  Windsor,  on  Dec.  7th.  There  was 
a  representative  meeting,  including  C.  E.  Shea,  Esq.,  in  the  chair, 
with  the  Rev.  H.  H.  D’Ombrain,  Rev.  J.  H.  Pemberton,  and  Messrs. 
Geo.  Paul,  A.  Piper,  J.  C.  Pawle,  Geo.  Gordon,  C.  Cant,  B.  E.  Cant, 
Prior,  0.  G.  Orpen,  Harkness,  G.  Moule,  R.  H.  Langton,  Slaughter, 
G.  H.  Cook,  A.  Turner,  G.  Bunyard,  Dr.  Masters,  G.  Mount,  and 
E.  Mawley. 
Report  of  the  Committee  for  1899. 
The  Committee,  in  presenting  their  report  for  the  past  year, 
congratulate  the  members  upon  the  continued  prosperity  and  increas¬ 
ing  influence  of  the  Society  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  Rose. 
There  were  two  adverse  conditions — the  lateness,  and  also  the 
dryness  of  the  Rose  season — which  militated  against  the  complete 
success  of  the  Society’s  exhibitions  this  year.  At  the  show  held  at 
Westminster  towards  the  end  of  June,  in  conjunction  with  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society,  only  exhibitors  from  the  earlier  districts  were 
able  to  compete.  The  backward  season  also  affected  the  Crystal 
Palace  Exhibition,  which  took  place  a  tew  days  later,  for,  with  the 
exception  of  that  in  1896,  it  was  the  least  extensive  metropolitan 
exhibition  of  recent  years.  On  the  other  hand  the  Colchester  Show, 
although  not  quite  so  large  as  had  been  anticipated,  was  undoubtedly, 
all  things  considered,  the  best  Rose  show  of  the  season.  Unfortunately 
there  occurred  early  in  the  afternoon  a  sharp  thunderstorm,  whicn 
must  seriously  have  affected  the  attendance  of  visitors.  It  is  needless 
to  add  that  all  the  arrangements  in  connection  with  this  provincial 
exhibition  were  admirably  carried  out  by  one  of  the  experienced  Hon. 
Secretaries  of  the  Colchester  Rose  and  Horticultural  Society — Mr. 
0.  G.  Orpen,  assisted  by  his  colleague,  Mr,  C.  E.  Egerton-Green. 
The  new  edition  of  the  Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibition  and 
Garden  Roses  has  recently  been  issue!  to  members,  also  the  report 
of  the  Rose  Soil  Analysis  Committee.  The  thanks  of  the  Society 
are  due  to  the  two  sub-committees,  to  whom  the  preparation  of 
these  publications  was  entrusted,  and  especially  to  the  members  of 
the  Catalogue  Committee,  who  devoted  several  long  sittings  to  the 
careful  revision  of  this  important  work  of  reference.  It  is  gratifying 
to  report  that  the  demand  by  non-members  for  the  publications 
which  have  been  from  time  to  time  issued  by  the  Society  has  been 
greater  during  the  past  twelvemonth  than  in  any  previous  year. 
The  death  roll  for  the  year  is,  the  Committee  regret  to  say,  an 
unusually  sad  one,  including,  as  it  does,  th6  loss  of  three  such 
prominent  members  as  the  late  Dr.  S.  P.  Budd,  Mr.  T.  W.  Girdlestone, 
and  Mr.  T.  F.  Rivers.  All  three  will  in  various  ways  be  greatly  missed 
—Dr.  Budd  as  a  leading  exhibitor,  Mr.  T.  W.  Girdlestone  for  the 
many  services  he  has  rendered  to  the  Society  during  a  long  course 
of  years,  and  Mr.  T.  F.  Rivers  as  an  able  and  much  esteemed 
member  of  the  Committee.  It  may  here  be  stated  that  the  first  of 
a  series  of  first  prizes  for  garden  Roses,  to  be  entitle!  the  “Girdlestone 
Memorial  Prizes,”  subscribed  for  by  members  and  others,  will  be 
competed  for  next  year  at  one  of  the  Society’s  exhibitions. 
The  Treasurer  is  again  enabled  to  report  favourably  upon  the 
Society’s  financial  position.  The  income  from  all  sources,  including 
a  balance  of  £86  16s.  lOd.  from  last  year,  was  £775  12s.  3d.,  while 
the  total  expenditure  amounted  to  £620  lls.  Id.,  leaving  £155  Is.  2d. 
to  carry  forward  to  the  next  account.  It  should,  however,  be  explained 
that  this  unusually  large  balance,  in  a  great  measure  owing  to  the 
fact  that  no  northern  show  was  held  this  year,  must  necessarily  be 
considerably  reduced  when  the  expense  incurred  in  printing  and 
distributing  the  new  catalogue  of  exhibition  and  garden  Roses  and  the 
report  of  the  Rose  Soil  Analysis  Committee  has  been  defrayed. 
There  has  again  been  a  steady  increase  in  the  list  of  subscribers, 
the  number  of  members  on  the  Society’s  books  being  570,  or  more 
than  in  any  previous  year. 
There  will  be  once  more  three  exhibitions  in  the  coming  year. 
The  Southern  Show  will  be  held  at  Salisbury  in  connection  with 
the  Wilts  Horticultural  Society  on  Wednesday,  June  27th;  the 
Metropolitan  Exhibition  at  the  Crystal  Palace  on  Saturday,  July  7th ; 
and  the  Northern  Show  in  the  Botanical  Gardens  at  Birmingham, 
in  conjunction  with  the  Birmingham  Botanical  and  Horticultural 
Society,  ou  Thursday,  July  19th.  At  the  Southern  Exhibition  a 
conference  will  take  place  dealing  with  the  interesting  question  as 
to  the  best  methods  of  employing  Roses  for  garden  decoration. 
Members  subscribing  £1  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  the  tickets 
is  available  for  any  one  of  the  Society’s  exhibitions.  Members  joining 
the  Society  for  the  first  time  in  1900  will  also  receive  copies  of  the 
following  publications :  — The  new  edition  of  the  “Official  Catalogue 
of  Exhibition  and  Garden  Roses,”  “  Hints  on  Planting  Roses,”  the 
Report  of  the  Conferences  on  Pruning  and  Exhibiting  Roses,”  the 
“  Prize  Essay  on  the  Hybridisation  of  Roses,”  and  the  “  Report  on 
the  Constitution  of  Rose  Soils.”  Members  alone  are  allowed  to 
compete  at  the  shows  of  the  Society. 
Considering  that  no  northern  show  was  held  this  year  the  special 
prizes  presented  were  unusually  numerous,  and  the  Committee  take 
this  opportunity  of  thanking  those  members  and  others  who  have 
in  this  way  contributed  so  much  to  the  success  of  the  Society’s 
exhibitions.  Among  the  donors  may  be  mentioned  the  Mayor  and 
Mayoress  of  Colchester,  Mr.  F.  W.  Campion,  Mr.  C.  J.  Grahame, 
and  Captain  Ramsay.  To  those  local  secretaries  who  have  in  any 
way  assisted  in  maintaining  the  Society  in  its  present  satisfactory 
position  the  thanks  of  the  Committee  are  also  due,  and  especially 
to  Mr.  G.  W.  Cook,  who  during  the  last  two  years  has  been  the  most 
successful  of  all  its  local  representatives  in  inducing  new  members  to 
join  the  Society. 
BALANCE  SHEET.  YEAR  ENDING  30TH  NOVEMBER,  1899. 
1S98,  Receipts. 
Dec.  1.— Balance  at  bankers  .  £86  16  10 
[Subscriptions  .  383  10  6 
Affiliation  Fees,  and  for  Medals  from  Affiliated  Societies  . .  75  12  8 
Advertisements .  12  2  0 
From  Crystal  Palace  Company  .  105  0  0 
,,  Colchester  ..  ..  ' .  50  0  0 
Special  Prizes  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  53  15  0 
Sale  of  Publications  .  8  15  3 
£775  12  3 
(Signed)  Thos.  Burt  Haywood,  Hod.  Treasurer. 
J.  D.  Pawle,  )  TJ  .  ... 
Francis  Tullie  Wollaston,  j  Hon.  Auditors. 
Expenditure. 
Printing,  Stationery,  and  Advertising  . £65  17  9 
Postage,  Telegrams,  and  Sundry  Expenses  .  50  14  5 
Secretary’s  Travelling  Expenses  to  arrange  Show s  ..  ..  0  19  10 
Expenses  Crystal  Palace  Show  .  12  12  8 
,,  Colchester  Show  .  .  114 
Medals  .  8  13  5 
, ,  for  Affiliated  Societies .  60  18  8 
Prizes— Contribution  to  R.H.S.  Show,  27th  .June  ..  ..  15  10  0 
, ,  Crystal  Palace  Show . 219  12 
, ,  Colchester  Show  . 129  5 
Purchase  of  Plate  for  Prizes  . .  . .  : .  .  25  6 
Assistant  Secretary  and  Accountant  . .  30  0  0 
Balance  at  Bankers  . 155  1  2 
£775  12 
The  ChairmaD,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  the  report,  alluded  to 
their  present  happy  condition  as  far  as  the  financial  position  was 
concerned.  But  he  would  have  them  remember  that  the  large 
balance  was  due  to  the  fact  that  they  only  held  two  shows  last  season, 
and  that  balance  would  he  largely  diminished  next  year  by  the  publi¬ 
cation  of  their  new  catalogue  and  the  Rose  soil  aralysis  report.  He 
(the  Chairman)  was  happy  to  say,  however,  that  their  membership 
now  stood  at  570,  a  record  in  the  history  of  the  Society.  A  tribute 
was  paid  to  the  memory  of  three  promicent  members  who  had  passed 
away  during  the  year,  Dr.  Budd,  Mr.  T.  W.  Girdlestone,  and  Mr.  T.  F, 
Rivers.  Next  year  the  Society  was  going  to  hold  three  exhibitions 
once  more,  and  he  was  glad  to  say  that  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society 
was  going  to  hold  a  fourth  in  conjunction  with  the  N.R.S.  Mr. 
Bunyard  formally  seconded  the  report,  which  was  carried. 
Mr.  O.  G.  Orpen  moved  that  the  following  synonymous  Roses  be 
removed  from  their  new  list,  giving  as  a  reason  that  they  are  rarely  it 
ever  seen  now  a  days. 
(  Baron  de  Bousetten 
(  Chromatella 
\  Adam 
f  Mens.  Boncenne 
1  Cloth  of  Gold. 
(President 
( Duchess  de  Caylus 
( Advocat  Duvivier 
j  Penelope  Mayo 
( Marechal  Vaillant 
This  was  seconded  by  Mr.  A.  Turner  and  carried. 
Mr.  Geo.  Paul  then  moved  an  alteration,  or  rather  a  new  regulation, 
instead  of  Nos.  18  and  19  as  they  appear  at  present,  which  reads  as 
follows  :  That  in  the  three  trophy  classes  at  the  metropolitan 
exhibition  and  in  the  two  trophy  classes  at  the  northern  exhibition,  also 
in  divisions  A  and  B  (nurserymen),  and  divisions  C  and  D 
(amateurs)  at  the  metropolitan  exhibition,  the  blooms  must  be  staged 
in  boxes  of  the  regulation  size,  viz.,  4  inches  high  in  front,  and 
18  inches  wide,  and  of  the  following  lengths :  For  24  blooms 
