Established 



No. 103.— Vol. IV. { S T ™.} SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1888. 



/Regt. 



\WITH SUPPLEMENT 



Newspaper, r Price 3d. 



r-\ Post-Fbee, 3}d. 



CONTENTS. 



Adhatoda cydoniiefolla... 



696 



Kitclien garden, the 





Agricultural returns, 1S8.S 



595 



Lvciuni barbarum 



701 



Anemones... 



706 



National Auricula Society 



701 



Apiary, the 



698 



Obituary — 





Applet, large 



•;u7 



Mr. Robert Castle ... 



711 



Athrotaxis, the si tesof 



703 



Orchid notes 



li'M 



Books- 









Book of the Farm 



703 



Peas, early market 



7oH 



Principles of Agricul- 





Pears 



m 



tural Practice 



70! 



„ at Belvoir 



705 



Carnations 



7»6 



Phylloxera laws in Russia 



701 



,, and Picotees 



',04 





64'» 



CatasetumGnrnettianuin 



692 



Plant notes 



696 



Chemistry of vegetation 



697 



Plants and their culture 



K98 



Chrysanthemums, new... 



70S 



Plants, certificated 



694 



Ceelogyne Massangeana . 



694 





711 



Cork in Spain 





Royal Horticultural So- 





Crucifers, a few al])ine ... 



Ton 



ciety 700 



706 



Cultural memoranda ... 



70.i 



Satyrium car eum 



K"ri 



Cvpripedium insigne 





Season, the 



7oa 



Horsmanianum 



m:i 



Scotland 



710 



■i ,, Sandene 



692 



Scottish Pansy Society... 



7o-' 





693 



Shows, Scottish 



700 



,. laceravar. multilida 



m 







Exhibitions, Interna- 





Linnean 



709 



tional 



706 



Royal Horticultural ... 





Fernery, the 



710 



Stachys tuberiferu 



;,..; 



Ficus Roxburghii 



698 



Sugar-cane seedlings ... 



70.' 





70S 







Fruits under glass 



699 



Trichosma suavis 



.;•-,• 



Gardening appointment . 



715 



WiLson, Mr. G. K 



700 



Hampton Court 



691 



Weather, the 



711 



Hardy fruit garden 



699 



Zygopetalum margina- 





Kew, plants ;n flower at 



695 



tum 



693 



ILLU8TF 



ATION8. 





Ficus Roxburghii. (Snpi 



leme 



at.) 





PiuusLaricio 









Satyrium earneum 







ft'7 



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OUR Illustrated Descriptive CATALOGUE 

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 3s. 6rf. each. All sent packing and carriage free. 



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well-grown Specimens, 9 to 36 inches, £1 to £10 per 100. 

 J. J. CLARK, 

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THE CAPETOWN BOTANIC GARDENS re- 

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 for thisseasons Bulbs as early as possible. Delivery in Jan. & Feb. 

 —A. F. BAXTER, Sales Depart., Botanic Gardens, Capetown. 



Palms, Foliage Plants, Heaths, &c. 



FRANCIS R. KINGHORN will be pleased to 

 forward LIST of above with low prices. Leading 

 decorative PALMS in all sizes, great quantities, and in finest 

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