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tinck,  and  considering  the  number  of  counter-attractions  in  tlie 
city  on  the  date  of  the  show,  the  committee  had  every  reason  to 
be  pleased  with  the  result.  The  committee  were  under  great 
obligation  to  a  large  number  of  gentlemen  who  gave  special 
prizes.  The  statement  of  accounts  showed  a  balance  in  hand  of 
£26  Os.  Id.,  and  the  secretary  mentioned  that  of  the  amount 
outstanding  £20  was  good,  which  would  considerably  augment 
their  fund.  The  report  and  balance-sheet  were  unanimously 
adopted.  Mr.  J.  Bell  was  re-elected  treasurer  and  Mr.  E. 
Hummel  secretary,  and  the  following  were  appointed  to  act  upon 
the  committee: — Messrs.  G.  Bartle,  T.  Bartle,  A.  Clarke,  F. 
Dobney,  T.  Hugh,  F.  Hunter,  F.  Husbands,  G.  Jones,  P.  Karmel, 
A.  Lacy,  C.  J.  Mee  J.  W.  Newton,  A,  Staton  R.  J.  Walters, 
and  G.  Wright. 
Shropshire  Horiicaltural. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Shropshire  Horticultural  Society 
was  held  in  the  front  room  of  the  Shrewsbury  Music  Hall,  on 
Wednesday,  February  12,  Mr.  Richard  Taylor  presiding.  Mr. 
W.  W.  Naunton  (one  of  the  joint  hon.  secretaries)  read  the 
annual  report  as  follows: — The  members  of  the  society  will  not 
have  forgotten  the  charming  weather  with  which  they  were 
favoured  on  both  days  of  the  show  in  August  last,  which  re¬ 
sulted  in  a  larger  attendance  than  at  any  previous  exhibition 
since  the  establishment  of  the  society  in  the  year  1875,  as  evi¬ 
denced  by  the  fact  that  the  total  income  received  from  all  sources 
amounted  to  £4,746  16s.  Id.,  against  the  previous  largest  income 
in  1899  of  £4,739  10s.  lid.  These  figures  prove  that  the  general 
public  appreciate  the  committee’s  exertions  to  cater  for  their 
enjoyment.  With  regard  to  the  quality  of  exhibits  staged  in 
the  different,  tents  in  August  last  the  generally  expressed  opinion 
of  the  thousands  who  enjoyed  the  splendid  collections  of  plants, 
flowers,  fruit,  &c. ,  was  that  their  beauty  and  quality  excelled 
any  previous  exhibition.  It  is  gratifying  to  the  committee  to 
know  that  such  opinions  Avere  fully  endorsed  by  the  numerous 
judges  engaged  on  the  occasion.  The  groups  and  fruit  classes 
generally  I’epresented  all-round  displays  never  before  witnessed 
in  Shrewsbury,  and  Avere  vieAAed  as  “object  lessons”  to  gar¬ 
deners  and  others  interested  in  horticultural  pursuits.  In  addi¬ 
tion  to  the  attractions  above  mentioned,  special  reference  is  due 
to  the  splendid  music  provided  by  the  military  bands,  and  the 
excellence  of  their  performance,  Avhich  attracted  croAvds  of 
appreciative  listeners.  The  different  raihv'ay  companies  justly 
merit  the  society’s  special  recognition  and  thanks  for  the  admir¬ 
able  arrangements  to  ensure  the  public  safety,  so  successfully 
carried  out  by  them  under  the  trying  and  difficult  circumstances 
AV’ith  Avhich  they  had  to  contend,  pending  the  important  altera¬ 
tions  taking  place  at  and  near  to, the  ShreAvsbury  Station.  Mr. 
James  Vine  (one  of  the  hon.  treasurers)  read  the  statement  of 
accounts  for  the  past  year.  The  total  income  Avas  £4,746  16s.  Id., 
including  £930  19s.  taken  at  the  gate  on  the  first  day  of  the 
shoAv,  and  £1,690  7s.  6d.  on  the  second.  The  refreshment  con¬ 
tract  was  £566,  and  cheap  tickets  sold  previous  to  the  shoAV 
realised  £651  Is.  ;  Avhilst  the  profit  on  the  sale  of  pi'ogrammes 
came  to  £80  2s.  The  subscriptions  amounted  to  £434  19s.,  and 
£96  18s.  6d.  Avas  received  for  special  prizes.  The  spring  shoAv 
cost  £109  15s.  6d.,  and  the  cash  taken  Avas  £13  17s.  6d.  The  ex¬ 
penditure  in  connection  Avith  the  summer  shoAv  amounted  to 
£4,075  4s.  lOd.,  Avhich  included  the  folloAving  items: — Prize 
money,  medals,  &c.,  £1,061,  15s.;  sports,  fircAvorks,  Ac., 
£543  i4s.  ;  bands,  £402  2s.  ;  hire  of  tents,  staging,  Ac., 
£431  5s.  5d.  ;  ;  printing,  £175  6s.  7d.  ;  adAmrtising,  £19(^)  19s.  4d.  ; 
and  donations,  £71.  The  latter  item  included  £5  to  the  local 
branch  of  the  St.  John  Ambulance  Association,  £25  to  the  Shrop¬ 
shire  and  West  Midland  Agricultural  Society,  £20  to  the  Bee¬ 
keepers’  Association,  and  £20  to  the  band  that  played  in  the 
Quarrj^  during  the  summer  months.  The  profit  on  the  summer 
shoAv  amounted  to  £997  15s.  Id.,  or  deducting  rents  and  intere.st 
on  investments  there  Avas  a  net  profit  of  £827  10s.  3d.  The 
society  Avas  AA-orth  £3,167  13s.  5d.,  Avhich  was  invested  as  folloAvs  : 
Balance  in  banker’s  hands,  on  deposit  account,  £400,  on  current 
account  £267  13s.  5d.  ;  invested  in  Corporation  bonds,  £2,500. 
The  chairman,  in  proposing  the  adoption  of  the  report,  said  they 
must  all  feel  satisfied  that  the  society  Avas  in  a  very  prosperous 
condition.  Mr.  W.  Phillips  seconded  the  proposition,  Avhich  Avas 
passed  unanimously.  Mr.  J.  I).  Southam  proposed  that  Mr. 
H.  J.  Allcroft  be  elected  president  for  the  ensuing  year.  The 
resolution  Avas  carried  unanimously.  In  proposing  a  vote  of 
thanks  to  Lord  Barnard,  the  retiring  president,  for  his  services 
during  tlie  past  year  and  his  liberal  gift  of  prizes,  Mr.  T.  P. 
Beakin  said  he  thought  they  Avere  particularly  fortunate  in  se¬ 
curing  year  after  year  the  services  of  very  distinguished  Shrop¬ 
shire  men  to  occupy  the  position  of  president.  Mr.  George 
Mitchell  seconcled  the  vote,  Avhich  Avas  heartily  accorded.  Mr. 
W.  Adams  proposed  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Mayor.  It  Avas  re- 
Boh-ed  that  the  folloAving  be  re-elected  members  of  the  commit¬ 
tee:— The  Rev.  J.  R.  Legh,  Messrs.  J.  Birch,  H.  C.  Clarke,  A. 
Boulton,  T.  P.  Deakin,  H.  J.  Hearn,  E.  R.  Hollier,  H.  H. 
Hughes,  R.  S.  Hughes,  H.  OAven,  0.  Pritchard,  G.  M.  Salt,  and 
F.  W.  Wateridge.  Messrs.  E.  F.  IMurrell  and  Cb  Roberts  Avere 
elected  in  the  places  of  Messrs.  E.  Murrell  and  W.  NeAvman,  and 
further  votes  of  thanks  Avere  accorded  to  the  managing  com¬ 
mittee  and  their  chairman,  to  the  treasurers,  and  the  lion, 
secretaries  (Messrs.  H.  W.  Adnitt  and  W.  W.  Naunton)  for  the 
admirable  manner  in  Avhich  they  had  carried  out  their  duties.  He 
said  that  of  course  the  great  bulk  of  the  Avork  of  the  shoAV  fell  upon 
the  secretaries,  Avho  performed  their  duties  in  a  very  satisfactory 
Avay.  He  Avished  also  to  particularly  mention  the  Avay  in  Avhich 
the  accounts  had  been  prepared  by  the  treasurers.  The  officials 
of  the  raihvay  companies  at  ShreAA’sbury,  and  the  ShreAvsbury 
Ambulance  Association  also  received  the  heartiest  thanks  of  the 
meeting. 
Ipswich  Matoal  Improvement. 
On  the  20th  inst.  a  large  attendance  of  members  gathered  at  the 
Co-operative  Hall,  Carr  Street,  under  the  presidency  of  Mr.  R.  C. 
Notcutt,  to  hear  a  paper  by  Mr.  W.  Messenger,  of  Woolverstone 
Park  Gardens,  entitled,  “Some  Seasonable  Notes  on  Hard.y 
Fruit.”  The  essayist  dealt  Avith  his  subject  in  a  chatty  and 
humorous  style,  touching  lightly  upon  most  of  the  items  requiring 
attention  in  the  fruit  department  at  the  present  time.  Any 
arrears  of  pruning,  he  said,  .should  be  finished  off  Avithout 
delay,  and  particular  attention  should  be  paid  to  thinning  the 
branches.  He  likeAvise  advocated  the  judicious  thinning  of  fniit 
spurs,  demonstrating  his  methods  by  means  of  specimens.  Various 
remedies  for  the  extermination  of  American  blight,  scale,  and 
moss  on  trees  Avere  mentioned,  together  Ai  ith  methods  of  reno¬ 
vating  old  trees  by  regrafting.  The  necessity  of  having  pro¬ 
tecting  material  handy  for  Peaches  on  Avails  Avas  urged,  and  many 
other  timely  hints  Avere  embodied  in  this  very  instructive  paper. 
A  lively  discussion  Avas  opened  by  the  chairman,  and  continued  by 
Messrs.  Chandler,  Morgan,  A.  Creek,  Cotton,  and  others,  one 
speaker  in  particular  causing  amusement  by  te.stifying  to  the 
efficacy  of  Paris  green  for  destroying  insect  pests  by  saying  it 
had  killed  all  his  bees,  a  Avarning  Avhich  he  hoped  Avould  not  be 
lost  sight  of  by  other  gardeners  avIio  A\  ere  bee-keepers.  A  hearty 
vote  of  thanks  Avas  accorded  the  essayist. — E.  C’. 
Shirley  Gardeners’  Association. 
The  usual  monthly  meeting  AA’as  held  at  the  Parish  Room  on 
Monday  evening,  February  17,  AA'hen  a  good  attendance  of  mem¬ 
bers  Avere  present.  Mr.  B.  Ladhams,  F.R.H.S.,  presided,  and 
introduced  the  lecturer,  Mr.  Cleveley,  aaIio  gave  a  very  interest¬ 
ing  lecture  on  “Landscape  Gardening.”  What  is  a  land.vcape 
garden?  asked  the  lecturer  at  the  commencement,  and  answering 
the  same,  said  a  landscape  gardener  must  be  a  maker  of  rural 
scener^g  and  po  nted  out  Iioav  great  a  factor  Avere  trees  in  adding 
to  the  beauty  of  scenery,  and  therefore  Iioav  necessary  it  AA'as  for  a 
landscape  gardener  to  have  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  character 
of  shrubs  and  trees.  Mr.  Cleveley  said  hoAV  much  better  it  Avould 
be,  instead  of  spending  enormous  sums  of  money  on  statuary,  to 
lay  out  parks  and  pleasure  grounds,  or  to  plant  their  streets  Avith 
trees,  as  that  should  by-and-by  form  beautiful  avenue,  Avhich 
Avould  be  a  source  of  delight  to  the  Avhole  of  the  community,  Avhilst 
a  tablet  in  a  suitable  place  Avould  indicate  to  strangers  the  object 
of  the  planting.  Straight  versus  Avinding  avenues  Avas  a  question 
about  Avhich  much  had  been  Avritten.  For  a  long  distance  a 
straight  avenue  AA’as  best — giving  as  an  example  the  fine  one  at 
Southampton,  Avhich  is  over  tAvo  miles  long:  Avhile  for  a  shorter 
di.stance  he  tliought  a  curve  aaus  be.st.  He  (the  lecturer)  next 
touched  upon  the  laying  out  of  laAvns,  floAver  beds,  and  AA’alks.  A 
Amry  lively  discussion  folloAved,  in  Avhich  the  chairman,  Avith  iMr. 
B.  Ladhams,  Messrs.  K.  Ladhams,  J.  Jones,  Wilcox,  J.  Miles,  G. 
Verdon,  and  others  took  part.  The  secretary  I'ead  a  letter  from 
J.  Key  Allen,  Esq.,  F.R.H.S.,  resigning  his  membership  of  the 
association  as  he  is  leaving  Southampton  for  Bournemouth.  Mr. 
Greenslade,  the  hon.  treasurer,  announced  that  the  Technical 
Committee  of  the  ToAvn  Council  had  voted  the  association  the  sum 
of  £29  9s.  On  March  10  is  the  annual  general  one  for  passing 
accounts  and  electing  officers.  On  March  17  the  annual  concert 
Avill  be  held. — J.  M. 
Liverpool  Horticultunl  Association. 
A  meeting  of  the  above  association  Avas  held  on  the  15th  inst. 
at  7,  I’ictoria  Street,  Mr.  Thomas  Foster  presiding  over  a  fair 
attendance  of  members.  Mr.  Sherry,  of  the  Botanic  Gardens, 
Liverpool,  gave  a  most  intcre.sting  and  instructive  paper  on 
“The  Elements  of  Cultural  Success.”  This  gentleman  dealt  Avith 
his  subject  in  a  most  thorough  manner,  comparing,  sqniewhat, 
the  cultivation  of  plants  to  human  nature;  also  emphasising  the 
necessity  of  proper  attention  at  the  right  time  to  the  smallest 
details  (Avhich  are  soiin'times  neglected),  and  on  Avhich  the  suc¬ 
cessful  termination  of  a  plant’s  groAvth  depends.  To  cultiA-ate, 
INIr  Sherry  remarked,  Avas  to  improve  the  present  state  of  things 
in  some  Avay  or  other,  and  thus  plants  that  Avere  Aveak  Avould  be 
drawn  specimen  to  the  street  arab,  the  result  of  neglect  and 
inattention  Avhen  in  a  young  state  having  in  a  great  measure  to 
