December  18,  1202. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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new  Potatoes,  showing  the  system  of  growing  new  Potatoes  all 
the  year  round,  created  much  interest.  Among  the  cut  flowers 
and  vegetables  were  some  fine  examples  of  culture,  but  space  will 
not  allow  me  to  make  mention  of  them.  I  trust  that  the  editor 
will  find  space  for  this  short  report,  and  that  other  associations 
might  follow  suit  for  this  good  cause. — I  am,  &c.,  J.  Botley, 
December  10,  1902. 
Bristol  Gardeners’  Association. 
The  fortnightly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  at  St.  John’s 
Parish  Room,  Redland,  on  Thursday  last,  Mr.  E.  Binfield  being 
in  the  chair.  The  subject  for  the  evening  was  “  Stove  Plants,” 
introduced  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Curtis,  Stoke  Bishop.  He'  dealt  in  his 
lecture  with  the  flowering  section,  and  proved  in  his  effort  that 
he  was  equally  master  of  his  subject  and  the  possessor  of  a 
pleasing  platform  ability.  Dealing  in  detail  with  the  Alla- 
manda,  Bougainvillea,  Clerodendron,  Ixora,  Gardenia,  Anthu- 
rium,  and  others,  he  gave  as  the  result  of  much  experience  full 
instructions  for  successful  culture -of  all,  treating  very  fully  the 
soils  suitable,  potting,  watering,  and  insect  pests,  with  sugges¬ 
tions  for  their  eradication.  A  good  discussion  followed  the  lec¬ 
ture,  and  Mr.  Curtis  was  accorded  the  hearty  thanks  of  the 
meeting.  Prizes  for  two  foliage  plants  were  awarded  to  Mr. 
J.  B.  Brain  (gardener,  Mr.  Atwell)  and  Mr.  J.  Colthurst  God¬ 
win  (gardener,  Mr.  McCulloch).  Certificates  of  merit  went  to 
Mr.  Poole,  F.R.H.S.  (gardener  to  Lady  Cave),  for  collection  of 
stove  and  greenhouse  flowers,  and  Mr.  White  (gardener  to  Mr. 
Gilbert  Howes)  for  Dendrobium  nobile.  It  is  interesting  to 
know  that  the  library  has  been  successfully  started,  the  duties 
of  librarian  being  undertaken  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Curtis. 
National  Carnation  and  Picotee,  Scuthern  Section. 
The  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  took  place  at  the  Horti¬ 
cultural  Club  on  the  13th  inst. ,  Mr.  E.  Colby  Sharpin,  the 
chairman  of  the  committee,  presiding  over  a  good  attendance, 
which  included  Messrs.  F.  A.  Wellesley,  H.  Turner,  A.  W. 
Jones  (Birmingham),  E.  Charrington,  C.  Blick,  A.  J.  Rowberry, 
C.  Phillips  (Bracknell),  J.  Sargent,  W.  L.  Walker  (Reading), 
Ac.  Mr.  Martin  R.  Smith,  the  president  of  the  society,  was 
unable  to  attend,  being  abroad  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
The  annual  report  stated  that  the  position  of  the  Society  is  of  a 
thoroughly  sound  and  satisfactory  character;  and  though  forty- 
five  members  had  been  lost  to  the  society  by  death  and  other 
causes,  forty-seven  new  members  had  been  obtained,  being  two 
to  the  good.  In  view  of  the  balance  in  hand  having  been  re¬ 
duced  iir  1901,  the  prize  money  offered  in  1902  was  reduced  in 
a  few  particulars,  with  the  result  that  the  income  had  exceeded 
the  expenditure  by  £6,  although  a  considerably  larger  sum  had 
been  paid  for  printing,  owing  to  the  demand  made  for  copies  of 
the  annual  report  for  1901,  which  included  a  paper  by  Mr.  M.  R. 
Smith  on  manuring  Carnations,  and  this  had  necessitated  a 
reprint  of  the  paper.  The  balance-sheet  shows  that,  including 
the  sum  of  £119  10s.  6d.  brought  over  from  last  year,  the  total 
income  for  the  year  was  £358  11s.  ;  subscriptions  amounted  to 
£229  6s.  6d.  ;  the  expenditure  included  £128  11s.  paid  in  prizes, 
printing,  &c.,  £58  7s.  5ch,  leaving  a  balance  in  hand  of 
£12  5  15s.  lOcl.,  a  statement  which  was  considered  very  satis¬ 
factory. 
Mr.  Martin  R.  Smith  was  re-elected  president ;  the  names 
of  Messrs.  M.  Rowan  (who,  on  account  of  ill-health,  has  re¬ 
tired  from  the  committee)  and  Y.  Charrington  were  added  to 
the  vice-presidents,  and  a  proportion  of  the  outgoing  members 
of  the  committee  were  elected,  together  with  the  names  of 
Messrs.  A.  J.  Rowberry  and  J.  J.  Sheldon,  as  new  members  of 
that  body.  The  Floral  Committee  was  re-elected,  with  the  ex¬ 
ception  of  Mr.  Went,  who  retires;  and  new  members  were 
added  in  the  persons  of  Messrs.  W.  Spencer  and  E.  Charrington, 
the  number  being  increased  to  seven.  A  communication  was 
received  from  Mr.  B.  J.  W.  Grieve  to  the  effect  that,  having 
regard  to  the  financial  position  of  the  Society,  the  pruning  knife 
should  be  applied  to  the  schedule  of  prizes,  and  the  number  of 
prizes  reduced  to  two  only  in  each  class ;  he  also  complained  of 
the  judging  in  Division  4,  at  the  last  show  prizes  having  been 
given  to  dressed  flowers  which  were  staged  as  undressed  blooms, 
and  recommended  that  every  encouragement  should  be  given 
to  undressed  blooms,  especially  in  the  interest  of  amateur 
growers  who  are  not  skilful  dressers,  and  that  the  use  of  cards 
and  collars  should  be  abandoned. 
It  was  agreed  that  the  attention  of  the  judges  should  be 
given  to  the  examination  of  the  calyx  of  undressed  flowers,  and 
the  following  addition  to  the  regulations  was  adopted:  “There 
must  be  no  manipulation  of  the  calyx ;  a  split  calyx  will  be  a 
disqualification.”  It  was  resolved  that  in  classes  10,  24,  and  34 
the  words  “Carnations,  Selfs,  and  Fancies”  should  read  “Selfs, 
Fancies,  and  Yellow  Grounds,”  Carnations  being  deleted.  It 
was  suggested  that  application  be  made  to  the  Royal  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society  for  permission  to  have  small  supplemental  exhi¬ 
bitions  of  Carnations  at  the  Drill  Hall  a  fortnight  before  and  a 
fortnight  after  the  annual  show,  which  is  fixed  for  July  21.  1903. 
A  new  class  is  to  be  added  to  Division  4,  to  follow  class  39,  for 
three  blooms  each  of  six  varieties  shown  in  bottles,  the  wording 
to  be  tha  same  asi  in  class  10,  and  five  prizes  were  allotted,  as 
also  the  points  the  blooms  would  carry.  An  additional  class  was 
framed  to  follow  the  preceding,  for  single  blooms  of  Selfs,  any 
colour,  prizes  and  points  being  also  •  allotted.  The  two  last 
prizes  in  the  classes  in  Division  4  were  withdrawn  to  supply 
the  prize  money  in  the  new  classes  just  created.  The  method 
of  awarding  Certificates  of  Merit  to  new  varieties  came  in  for 
some  sharp  criticism,  and  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  F.  A.  Wellesley, 
seconded  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Jones,  it  was  resolved  that  “  the  grant¬ 
ing  of  Certificates  of  Merit  shall  be  vested  in  the  Floral  Com¬ 
mittee.  It  shall  be  an  instruction  to  that  body  that  when 
awarding  a  Certificate  of  Merit,  the  variety  shall  also  be  classi¬ 
fied.  Thd  judging  of  new  varieties  tO'  take  place  after  the 
judges’  luncheon.”  It  was  understood  that  application  would 
be  made  for  a  table  to  be  set  apart  at  which  the  Floral  Com¬ 
mittee  would  sit,  and  all  new  varieties  would  be  brought  to 
the  table.  No  one  but  the  members  of  the  Floral  Committee 
would  be  permitted  to  be  near  the  table  at  the  time.  It  would 
obviously  be  of  great  advantage  to  the  representatives  of  the  gar¬ 
dening  Press  if  the  awards  to  new  varieties  were  made  before, 
and  not  until  after  luncheon.  The  proceedings  concluded  with 
a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  to  the  chairman  for  presiding. 
National  Chrysanthemum. 
The  usual  monthly  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  took 
place  at  the  Royal  Aquarium,  Mr.  Thomas  Bevan  in  the  chair. 
Among  the  correspondence  submitted  was  a  letter  from  Mr. 
W.  H.  Hawkins,  Blackheath,  who  asked  if  one  or  two  classes 
could  be  provided  for  amateurs  residing  in  the  smoky  suburbs 
in  London.  The  secretary  suggested  the  letter  should  be  re¬ 
ferred  to  the  Schedule  Revision  Sub-Committee,  remarking  that 
in  the  particular  classes  Mr.  Hawkins  referred  to  he,  though 
residing  at  Blackheath,  had  to  compete  with  growers  in  the  Isle 
of  Wight,  Ashford,  Hitchin,  Ac.  The  suggestion  was  approved. 
The  prizes  awarded  at  the  December  show,  amounting  to 
£59  7s.  6cL,  was  announced,  and  also  the  medals  awarded  to  mis¬ 
cellaneous  exhibits. 
An  interim  financial  statement  was  submitted  of  a  satis¬ 
factory  character.  The  secretary  announced  that-  the  cheques 
for  the  payment  of  the  December  prize  money  had  been  signed 
at  the  meeting  of  the  Finance  Committee.  Acting  upon  a  re¬ 
quest  made  to  the  president,  Sir  A.  Rollitt,  at  the  annual 
general  meeting  in  February  last,  which  arose  out  of  a  point  of 
order  in  relation  to  the  voting  powers  of  the  delegates  from 
affiliated  societies  not  being  members  of  the  N.C.S.,  certain 
amendments  submitted  by  the  president  were  considered,  and 
After  considerable  discussion  a  resolution  was  adopted  thanking 
the  president  for  liis  assistance  in  revising  the  rules ;  but  ex¬ 
pressive  of  some  concern  lest  their  adoption  in  the  form  in 
which  he  had  submitted  them  might  affect  injuriously  the  sup¬ 
port  received  from  affiliated  societies,  and  requesting  Sir  Albert 
to  inform  the  committee  whether  he  desires  his  amendments 
to  be  submitted  to  the  annual  general  meeting  as  his  personal 
propositions.  An  audit  of  the  number  of  blooms  exhibited  at 
the  November  exhibition  was  submitted  by  Mr.  A.  Taylor,  which 
comprised  those  staged  for  competition  in  the  classes  for  cut 
blooms  alone,  and  the  figures  were:  Japanese,  1,797;  incurved, 
471;  reflexed,  24;  large  Anemones,  108;  Anemone  pompons, 
12;  pompons,  114  ;  singles,  18;  in  the  three  last  classes  bunches 
were  counted  as  single  blooms. 
The  chairman  stated  in  answer  to  a  question  as  to  a  future 
place  of  meeting  for  the  society,  that  the  committee  appointed 
to  make  inquiries  were  negotiating,  and  he  hoped  in  a  very  few 
days  to  be  able  to  make  a.  satisfactory  announcement.  Three 
ordinary  members  and  one  Fellow  were  elected,  and  the  thanks 
of  the  meeting  were  given  to  the  chairman  for  presiding.  At 
the  sitting  of  the  Floral  G’ommittee  in  the  afternoon  nothing 
worthy  of  notice  was  submitted  in  the  way  of  novelties. 
The  National  Auricula  and  Primula. 
The  annual  general  meeting  of  members  of  this  society  was 
held  at  the  Horticultural  Club,  Hotel  Windsor,  on  the  13th 
inst.,  there  being  a  fairly  good  attendance  of  members,  Mr.  E. 
Colby  Sharpin,  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  in  the  chair.  The 
annual  report  declared  that  the  exhibition  in  April  last  was  one 
of  the  largest  ever  held,  and  the  sum  of  £11  6s.  more  was  paid 
in  prizes  than  in  the  previous  year,  so  good  was  the  competition 
throughout.  Eight  members  had  been  lost  to  the  society  by 
death  and  removals,  among  them  one  subscription  of  £5,  and 
ten  new  members  had  joined.  As  the  balance  in  hand  is  small, 
a  reduction  in  prize  money  was  recommended,  in  order  that  the 
balance  should  not  be  wiped  out  in  the  next  year.  The  balance- 
sheet  showed  an  income  of  £92  6s.,  including  £21  13s.  6d. 
