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well  on  chalky  soil  near  the  seaside.  October  and  Xovember. 
C’annell. 
Large,  a  delicious  half-melting  Pear.  Requires  a  warm  soil 
and  situation,  otherwise  it  will  not  ripen.  Not  to  bo  confounded 
with  the  t’alebasse  f^osc.  which  i.s  a  good  market-garden  Pear  of 
second-rate  quality.  (1).  G.)  Rivers. 
A  large,  shapely,  yellow  Pear,  covered  with  cinnamon  russet, 
in  warm  soils  buttery  and  richly  flavoured,  in  cool  soils  crisp  and 
juicy;  a  heavy  cropper  and  healthy  grower.  Clibrans. 
Large,  rich,  and  delicious;  tlie  tree  is  a  great  bearer,  and 
generally  succeeds  best  against  a  Avail  either  trained  as  a  dwarf  or 
cordon ;  it  forms  a  medium  .sized  pyramid.  October  and 
November.  J.  Veitch  and  Sons. 
Large,  recpiires  a  Avail  or  Avarm  situation.  HAindreds  of 
bushels  are  marketed  from  orchards  in  East  Kent,  but  unless  the 
soil  is  Avarm  and  deep,  it  is  not  suitable  for  standards.  A  long 
ru.ss6ty  fruit,  Avhich  succeeds  on  chalk  by  the  sea.  Rich  distinct 
flawonr.  (1).  G.)  Runyard. 
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Societies. 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  N.R.S. 
A  very  large  repre,sentation  of  rosarians  from  all  parts  of 
the  country  attended  the  annual  general  meeting  of  the  National 
Rose  Society  at  the  Hotel  Windsor,  Westminster,  on  the  after¬ 
noon  of  Thursday,  the  loth  in.st.  Mr.  C.  E.  Shea  presided,  and 
there  were  present  the  following,  Avhose  names  are  given  as  they 
occurred  in  the  .signature  book: — Me,ssrs.  Alfred  Tate,  B.  E. 
Cant,  C.  HayAvood,  F.  Page-Roberts,  Alex.  Dickson,  H.  V. 
Machin,  R.  Harkne.ss,  G.  Burch,  G.  Moules,  H.  P.  Landon, 
Geo.  Bunyard,  Geo.  Paul,  Cecil  E.  Cant,  W.  D.  Prior,  Le.Avis  S. 
PaAvle,  W.  H.  Cooling,  Capel  Gifford,  R.  BaseAA'ell,  Ed.  Holland, 
Clifford  ChadAvick,  F.  Cliff,  R.  W.  BoAA’yer,  Dr.  Shackleton, 
J.  T.  Strange,  J.  Stevens,  ConAA’ay  Jones,  W.  J.  Jefferies,  A. 
Foster-Melliar,  G.  Gordon,  R.  PoAvley,  W^.  Boyes,  J.  Pemberton, 
0.  G.  Orpen,  E.  MaAvley,  Courtenay  Page,  H.  E.  Molyneux, 
A.  R.  Goodwin,  G.  Spight,  T.  Rigg,  H.  G.  Mount,  H.  J.  Spooner, 
J.  Mattock,  H.  S.  Bartleet,  J.  E.  Rayer,  F.  Cant,  A.  Christy, 
G.  W.  Cook,  E.  Smith,  E.  T.  Cook,  J.  Bateman,  G.  W.  Piper, 
G.  Caselton,  J.  Dennison,  Dr.  Masters,  T.  N.  Flintoff,  A.  T. 
Pipon,  A.  Prince,  T.  B.  Gabriel,  W.  Gallon,  Mahlon  Whittle, 
V,  B.  John.stone,  C.  C.  WTlliamson,  and  W.  H.  Birch. 
After  the  preliminary  busine.ss,  the  hon.  secretary  read  the 
report,  and  the  hon.  treasurer  the  financial  statement,  as  under  : 
Report  of  the  Committee  for  the  Year  1903. 
The  report  for  the  past  year,  Avhich  the  committee  have  now 
the  pleasure  of  presenting,  mu.st  be  regarded  as,  on  the  whole, 
a  most  encouraging  one. 
“  The  Rose  season  of  1903,  like  that  of  the  previous  year, 
proved  extremely  backAvard,  and,  as  the  date  of  the  Metropolitan 
ShoAv,  July  1,  Avas  again  unu.sually  early,  it  appeared  likely,  only 
a  AV’eek  before  the  exhibition,  that  there  Avould  be  fcAV  Roses 
out  in  any  part  of  the  country  in  time  for  it.  Fortunately,  with 
a  change  to  warmer  Aveather,  the  prospects  became  more  favour¬ 
able,  and  the  tents  Avere,  after  all,  fairly  Avell  filled.  As,  hoAA- 
eimr,  might  have  been  expected  under  .such  unfavourable  con¬ 
ditions,  the  general  quality  of  the  floAvers  and  the  number 
exhibited  fell  short  of  Avhat  one  naturally  expects  to  see  at 
this,  the  leading  Ro^e  show  of  the  year.  The  number  of  exhibi¬ 
tion  Roses  .staged  Avas  eA'en  smaller  than  last  year — indeed, 
smaller  than  any  year  .since  1893,  or  for  ten  years. 
“  The  committee  gratefully  acknoAvledge  their  indebtedness 
to  the  Treasurer  and  Benchers  of  the  Inner  Temple  for  again 
alloAving  the  shoAV  to  be  held  in  their  garden.  They  also  tender 
their  best  thanks  to  the  President  and  Council  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  for  so  considerately  placing  their  staff  of 
assistants  at  the  society’s  disposal  on  the  .shoAV  day.  Both  of 
these  concessions  ape  Avarmly  appreciated  by  all  in  any  Avay 
responsible  for  the  success  of  the  society’s  Metropolitan  exhi¬ 
bition. 
“  As  to  the  future  xirospects  of  that  shoAv,  the  committee 
feel  convinced  that  Avhen  once  this  grand  display  of  Ro.ses  comes 
to  be  regarded  as  an  establi.shed  annual  institution,  it  Avill  bo 
much  more  largely  patronised  by  the  genei’al  public  than  at 
present.  In  a  huge  city  like  London  three  years  is  scarcely 
sufficient  time  to  alloAv  of  an  exhibition  of  this  kind,  held  on 
only  one  day  of  the  year,  to  become  generally  knoAvn.  The 
committee  have  pleasure  in  recording  that  at  the  Teinxile  Rose 
ShoAV  this  year  there  Avas  a  gratifying  increase  in  the  number 
of  classes  for  Ro.ses  staged  in  other  Avays  than  in  the  regulation 
boxes;  indeed,  only  half  the  classes  in  the  schedule  Averc  devoted 
to  Roses  staged  in  the  latter  Avay,  Avherea^  only  five  years  ago 
the  box  classes  claimed  four-fifths  of  the  schedule. 
“  The  northern  sIioav,  Avhich  took  place  at  Glasgow  on  July  In, 
proved  in  all  respects  a  magnificent  one,  and  the  resources  of 
St.  AndreAv’s  Hall  Avere  taxed  to  the  uttermost  to  provide  room 
for  the  exhibits;  3,970  blooms  of  exhibition  Roses  Averc  in  all 
Pear,  Beurre^  Bose.  (Reduced). 
staged,  Avhich  is,  Avith  three  exceptions,  a  greater  number  than 
at  any  previous  northern  exhibition  held  by  the  society.  Every 
credit  is  due  to  the  committee  of  the  West  of  Scotland  Rosarians’ 
Society,  and  particularly  to  their  neAv  secretary,  Mr.  John 
Lindsay,  for  the  arrangements  made  on  that  occasion.  These 
were  rendered  unusually  difficult  oAving  to  the  extent  of  the 
shoAv,  and  to  its  being  held  aAvay  from  Helensburgh,  the  home 
of  the  society. 
“  Early  in  the  year  a  subscription  Avas  set  on  foot  in  order 
to  raise  a  fund  in  memory  of  that  keen  rosarian  and  generous 
friend  of  the  society,  the  late  Mr.  Charles  J.  Grahame.  Through 
the  kind  exertions  of  the  Rev.  G.  E.  Jeans  and  Captain  Ramsay, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  fund,  the  sum  of  £52  11s.  6d. 
AAas  collected.  The  first  Grahame  Memorial  Prize  Avas  com¬ 
peted  for  at  the  .society’s  Temple  SIioav  in  July  last.  It  is  Avith 
much  regret  that  the  committee  record  the  death  during  tho 
past  year  of  Mr.  .1.  D.  PaAvle,  a  vice-president  of  the  society 
and  one  of  its  earliest  and  Avarmest  suxjxjorters. 
“  Fin  vxcE. 
“Considering  that  the  takings  at  tho  Temple  Rose  SIioav 
Avere  only  about  the  same  as  in  1902,  and  that  £62  had  to  be 
liaid  for  the  printing  of  the  neAv  edition  of  the  official  catalogue, 
which  Avas  issued  to  members  last  year,  the  present  .state  of 
the  .society’s  finances  must  be  regarded  as  highly  sati.sfactoiy . 
The  total  receipts,  including  a  balance  of  £14  19s.  3d.  from  tlie 
preceding  year,  amounted  to  £1,179  7s.  lid.,  and  the  expendi¬ 
ture  to  £i,126  Os.  lid.,  leaving  a  balance  of  £53  7s.  in  the 
trea.surer’s  hands.  Consequently  there  has  been  this  year  no 
occasion  to  make  anj^  call  uxion  the  guarantee  fund.  With  a 
view  to  obtain  the  nucleus  of  a  rcseiwe  fund,  no  provincial 
exhibition  Avill  be  held  by  the  society  in  1901.  Previous  to  1901 
there  Avas  no  necessity  for  a  reserve  fund,  but  since  the  society 
began  to  hold  an  independent  show  in  the  Temple  Garden  the 
need  of  such  a  fund  has  been  keenly  felt.  In  the  opinion  of  the 
committee  this  Avill  be  a  much  more  satisfactory  plan  than  rely¬ 
ing  from  year  to  year  on  an  annual  guarantee  fund.  In  the 
latter  case  any  deficiency  that  may  arise  has  to  be  made  good 
by  the  guarantors  alone.  Avhereas  Avith  a  reserA-e  fund  tlii.^  Avould 
be  defrayed,  as  it  should  be,  out  of  the  general  funds  of  the 
society.  There  has  again  been  during  the  yt'ar  a  very  gratifying 
increase  in  the  number  of  members.  In  1900,  tho  year  before 
the  Metropolitan  SIioav  Avas  first  hold  in  the  Temple  Garden, 
