The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ccom- Secretary, which was acknowledged by Mr. Paul, and the Secretary. Thereafter a keen discussion took place onthe question of Foreign Competition, which wasably introduced by Mr. .1. Brown, Peter-borough. The debate was continued by , Cull, Wallace, Walshaw, Chai-croft, Lake, and Stuart Low, who said thatif the British nurserymen maintained the Eng-lish standard a clientele for their goods wouldalways be forthcoming. The President said theevidence which could easily be obtained
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ccom- Secretary, which was acknowledged by Mr. Paul, and the Secretary. Thereafter a keen discussion took place onthe question of Foreign Competition, which wasably introduced by Mr. .1. Brown, Peter-borough. The debate was continued by , Cull, Wallace, Walshaw, Chai-croft, Lake, and Stuart Low, who said thatif the British nurserymen maintained the Eng-lish standard a clientele for their goods wouldalways be forthcoming. The President said theevidence which could easily be obtained offoreign firms offering in their catalogues dis-counts to gardeners of 10 to 15 per cent, shouldbe collected. A strong representation should bemade to the Government that such firms arebreaking British laws, and the Governmentshould be urged to deal with the matter. TheCouncil was requested to consider the importantpoints which had arisen in the discussion. Mr. F. Perkins (Northampton) introduced adiscussion on the Insurance Act. Mr. Perkinssubmitted figures showing that the actual bene-. MR. WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON, New President of the Horticultural Trades Association. plished by the Council in the interests of theNursery and Seed Trades, Workmens Insur-ance, Government Competition, PhylloxeraLaws, Unfair Trading, Railway -Matters, andRating questions being the most importantsubjects dealt with. The membership of theAssociation embraces most of the leading firmsin the country, and is over 400 strong. Thefinancial position is also satisfactory, there beinga balance in hand of £729 15s. 9d. The retir-ing President, Mr. Jefferies, proposed theelection of Mr. W. Cuthbertson (of and Co., Edinburgh) as his successor,which was seconded by Mr. R. W. Wallace, ofColchester, and carried with acclamation. then took the chair, and afterthanking the members for electing him as theirPresident, proposed the re-election of the re-tiring members of the Counci
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