192 THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



sowing they will not touch them. There are at least a hundred different ways of 

 frightening birds from peas and other things, just as they are pushing through the 

 ground, but a kite's tail has been found the most efficient. This, it need hardly be 

 «aid, is formed by tying strips of paper to a string, of sufficient length to reach from 

 one end of the bed or row to the other. It should not be put down until it is really 

 necessary, for if the birds become familiar with it before the crops come througU 

 they take no notice whatever of it. It should^also be removed immediately it is no 

 longer required, especially if there are other crops requiring protection. 



Gkeenhotjse Climber. — J. M. M. E. — There is no climber that will bear sweet- 

 scented flowers throughout the winter in a greenhouse from which the frost is barely 

 kept. Lapageria rosea blooms throughout the summer and until quite late in the 

 autumn, and would do well in the position mentioned. Roses are not desirable, 

 because of their liability to the attacks of green-fly when grown under glass in 

 company with a mixed collection of plants. If you determine upon planting roses 

 we should advise you to select Princess Louise Victoria, which has delicate pink 

 flowers, or Climbing Victor Verdier, which has deep red flowers. Both are hybrid 

 perpetuals of good quality. The presence of ants in the greenhouse is not desirable. 

 They cover the foliage with dirt, and help to distribute vermin, with which any of 

 the plants may be infested, over the entire stock. 



EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD IN JUNE. 



1 & 2. — Royal Western Horticultueal Society. — Annual Exhibition at 

 Plymouth. 



2. — Royal Horticultueal Society. — Cheat Summer Shoiv and Meeting of 

 Fruit, Floral, and Scientijic Committees. 



8. — Royal Oxfordshire Horticultueal Society. — First Summer Show. 



8 TO 10. — Crystal Palace. — Great Dog Show. 



9 TO 11. — Leeds Horticultural Society. — Annual Exhibition. 



16. — Burton-on-Trent Horticultural Society. — Annual Exhibition. 

 16 — Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Societt. — Summer 

 Exhibition. 



16. — Royal Botanic Society. — Second Summer Show. 



16 TO 18. — Yorkshire Gala and Floral Fete, at York. 



16. — Royal Horticultural Society. — Meeting of the Fruit, Floral, and 

 Scientific Committees. 



17 & 18. — Lee and Blackheath Horticultural Society. — Annual ExM- 

 hition. 



23. — Fareham and South Hants Horticultural Society. — Annual Exhi- 

 bition. 



24. — Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. — Great Summer Exhi- 

 bition. 



24 & 25. — Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. — Great Rose Show. 



25. — Exeter. — Annual Rose Show. 



26. — Crystal Palace. — Great Rose Skotv. 



29. — West of England Rose Society. — Annual Exhibition in the Shire 

 Hall, Hereford. 



30. — Royal Botanic &oci-Err.—E.vhibition of Fruit and Cut Flowers. 



30. — Maidstone Horticultural Society and Maidstone Rose Club. — 

 Annual Exhibition. 



30. — WisBEACH Horticultural Society. — Annual Exhibition and Great 

 Rose Show. 



30 & July 1. — Spalding Horticultual Society. — Annual Exhibition. 



