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CONTENTS. 



Apple and Pear audit ... 

 Athrotaxis selaginoides . 

 Book— 



Tuberous Begonia 

 Caltleya Bowringiana ... 



„ labiata War.-ce- 



\wczii rochelleusis 



Chiswick 



M the future of 

 Chrysanthemums 

 Cucumber, long-lived 

 Cyclamen, fringed 

 CypripediumLliiotlianun 

 Dendropliyllax Fawcetti 

 Douglas Fir in Scotland 

 Flowergarden, the 



Fruit register 



Fruits under glass 

 Gardening appointments 

 Ghyllbank. St. Helens ... 

 Juglans mandshuricn ... 

 Kitchen garden, the ... 



Loslia Euterpe x 



ManchesterHorticultural 



Society 



Melons, preserving 



Mussaenda borbonica ... 

 NationalAuricula Society 

 Nepenthes Dicksonianax 



Orchid notes 



Phcenix dactylifera 

 | Planting sandhills 

 Plants aLd their culture 

 Potatos, dis ase resist- 



640, 544 Row 



lug 



loyal Horticultural So- 

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locieties : — 



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Kingston 



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Southampton 



Stanhopea saccata 

 Tussilago fragraus 

 Wall tree fruit borders.. 



,, borders 



... 545 ) Wheat crop of 1 888 



Illustrations. 



Athrotaxis selaginoides ... 

 Begonia bolivieusia 



„ Davisi 



,, socotrana 



„ Veitchii 



Kepenthes Dicksoniana x 



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