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- An old Carnationist looks back 1951 Yearbook
- PF's Registered in 1950 (From 1951 Yearbook)
- Perpetual Carnations and their Scent by A Morgan 1953
- Trying to get it right with P.F.'s By Fred Wynn1999
- CATALOGUES AT TEN O'CLOCK By. Morrison Nicholson 2000
- Pinks for 2000 By Fred Wynn
- The Pleasure of Pinks by Stella Tracey 1999
- Perfect Picotees by Ron Bowers 1994
- Exhibitors and Judging by Monty Ray 1994
- Another Convert! 1994 by Alfred Guy
- What Kind of Bone
- Mixed Up by Bill Buxton 1997 Yearbook
- Bizarres, Flakes and Picotees 1999
- The BNCS and the RHS 1999
- Breeding new varieties, 1998 Yearbook
- I Look Back in Envy by Ron Bowers 2005
- The Sweet William by Brinley Thomas, 1961/62 Yearbook
- Richard Bibby 1992
- It is your society, 1935 (modified)
- To a Picotee, 1935
- OBITUARY - ARTHUR ROBINSON
- David Crompton Obituary
The President 1990 JOHN GALBALLY
The President 1990 JOHN GALBALLY
To have been elected President of our Society is an honour of which I am immensely proud. Ours is not among the largest of specialist societies but is possibly the friendliest. I take pleasure from the fact that we are increasing our membership steadily year by year, which is easier for our Society’s officers to adjust to than a severely fluctuating membership. The number of affiliated societies also continues to rise steadily; local societies are very welcome in these days of expensive and sometimes unreliable transport.
Our Society is fortunate in having dedicated officers managing it, all acting unpaid. I remember a president who invariably began ‘It would be invidious to single out a few names’ etc. which meant that he never really thanked anyone for their services. Our General Secretary, Phyllis Dimond, seems to take the work all in her stride and without apparent effort, but the Council are fully aware how much work she gets through to keep the wheels oiled. Our Treasurer, Fred Smith, takes all the financial problems off our shoulders while Arthur Robinson and Terry Pepper ensure the smooth running of our shows. Helene Keates has encouraged the spread of floral art at our shows and Bill Randells produces the Year Book that we all impatiently await each summer.
Our thanks are due also to many others, particularly exhibitors and judges, and the editors and their writers of those gardening periodicals which give us valuable free publicity. Long may they all continue to assist our Society to grow from strength to strength.