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and soft soap previous to the woodwork being painted. The walls should be washed 

 over with " hot lime," that is whitewash made with unslaked lime, and applied im- 

 mediately it is made. Afterwards a wash prepared with whiting and size, and 

 coloured to suit the taste, can be applied to give the work _a more finished appear- 

 ance than, that presented by the limewash. 



Woodford. — This is a bad season for vines, and for almost everything else. 

 Instead of sulphur, in future use the Aphis wash of the City Soap Company, and 

 keep the vines warmer ; yours have been too cold. 



W. A. — Sow the cones, when ripe, in a mixture of loam and leaf-mould in a 

 firam they should be quite brown before you gather them. 



H. A. — The FLOR.iL World volumes are sold at 7s, 6d. each, handsomely bound. 

 Any bookseller can obtain them for you. 



EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER. 



1. — RoTAL HoRTiCDLTURAL SooiETY. — Exhibition of Dahlias, and Meeting of 

 Fruit and Floral Committees. 



1 & 2.— ^kT-a.— Second Floral Fete. 



1 & 2. — Borough of Ttnemouth Horticultural Society. — Annual Fxhi- 

 lifion. 



2 — Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society. — Autumn JExhihition. 



2. — Central Kent and Ashford Horticultural Society. — Annual Fi- 

 kibition. 



2 TO 4. — Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society. — Fxhibition 

 of Fruit, Flotcers, and Veyetablet. 



2 TO 4. — Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. — International Fruit Show. 



7 TO 9. — Crystal Palace. — Autumn Fruit Show. 



8. — Glasgow and "West of Scotland Hokticultvral Society. — Autumn 

 Exhibition, 



8 to 10. — American Pomological Society. — Fifteenth Biennial Session, 

 at Chicago. 



10. — Bury St. Edmunds and West Sdffolk Horticultural Society. — 



Autumti Show. 



15 & 16. — Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. — Or eat International 



Fruit and Flower Slow at Edinburgh. 



15 & 16. — Stamford Horticultural Society. — Annual Exhibition, 



21 to 23. — Crystal Palace. — Exhibition of Bees and their Produce, 



29 & 30.— Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. — International Potato Show. 



TEADE CATALOGUES. 



M. C. Alkemade and Son, Zeestraat. Noordwijk, Binnen, near Haarlem, 

 Holland. — Catalogue of Flower Moots, Bulbs, etc. 



James Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen.— ©ewerai Spring Catalogue of Beddinq 

 and other Soft-wooded Plants, 



E. G. Henderson and Son, Wellington Road, St, John's Wood, London. 

 —Illustrated Spring Catalogue of Stove, Conservatory, and Bedding Plants. 



Louis Van Houtte, Royal Nurseries, Ghent, Belgium. — IlluHrated 

 Catalogue of Stove and Q-reenhouse Plants, Cactuses, Pelargoniums, New Roses, 

 etc. 



Paul and Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt.— Car;a%Me of Neiv Moses 

 and Dahlias, Delphiniums, Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, etc. 



RoLLissoN AND SoNS, The Nurseries, Tootlng, London, S.W. — General 

 Catalogue of Stove, Greenhouse, Sardy, and Bedding Plants. 



James Veitch and Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Kino's Road, Chelsea, 

 S.yf^.— Illustrated Catalogue of Neu) and Beautiful Plants, 



