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biggest single-spanned tents in London, are each 

 140 feet long and 85 feet wide. The Orchid 

 tent, which is to be heated by hot-water pipes 

 and kept at an even temperature of 60 J Fahr., 



an average yield, are as follow : — Winter Wheat, 



93.6 on April 1, 1912, as against 95.9 on April 1, 



1911. Winter Rye, 97.7 on April 1, 1912, as Horticultural Association.) Price Id— Homes 



against 99.0 on April 1, 1911. Spring sowing for with Incomes: how to Own a Freehold of a 



Publications Received. — Carnations, by 



James Douglas. (London : Agiicultural and 



to 



keeps 



ren- 



escape, 



ders the tent water-tight. A special staff of elec- 

 tricians will be in charge of the lighting plant, 

 and 40 men are detailed to look after the many 

 tents. There will be abundance of water at all 

 points ; a 3-inch main has been laid, hydrants are 

 to be fixed in all tents, and a plentiful supply is 

 assured for the rock and water gardens. Drains 

 have been laid, so that should the weather be 

 unpropitious the visitors may feel confident that, 

 as sometimes happens at provincial agricultural 

 shows, they will not lose their boots or shoes in 

 the mud. In connection with the drains, it is 

 interesting to record that timber to the value of 

 £98 was used to line the drain trenches, before 

 the drain pipes could be laid. We are indebted 

 to Mr. W. G. Phillips of The World for the 

 photograph reproduced in fig. 150. 



The cup presented by Lancashire is il- 

 lustrated in fig. 149. The diameter of the bowl is 

 14 inches, and the arms of the County are en- 

 graved on one side. The cup weighs 170 ounces, 

 and is 12 inches high. The county cups, including 



Limited, 2, Lombard Street.) 



will be 250 feet long by 70 feet wide, and 46 feet Wheat, Rye, Barbv, and Oats has been brought Ready-made Fruit Farm in South Ontari 



high. The cut flower tent covers a space 600 feet (London : The Southern Ontario Land Company, 



long by 40 feet, and in the hopes of prolonging * 



the flowers, this tent will be ventilated 

 by means of a special compensating principle, 

 which, whilst permitting the heated air 



the ridge taut and thus 



ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION. 



PRIVILEGE TO OFFICIAL GARDENERS' 



SOCIETIES. 



The directors have decided to grant a special 

 privilege to members of bona fide gardeners' 

 mutual improvement and similar societies. The 

 secretaries of such societies purchasing not 

 fewer than 20 admission tickets for the exhibi- 

 tion will be accorded a discount of 20 per cent, 

 upon Is. tickets, and 10 per cent, upon all 

 higher-priced tickets. A parcel of 20 tickets 

 and upwards need not be comprised of tickets all 

 of the same value ; in fact, it may be made up 

 in any way convenient to the society, so long as 

 not fewer than 20 are purchased at the same 

 time. Societies wishing to avail themselves of 

 these facilities must apply for their tickets on 

 or before May 13, as no discounts can be 

 allowed after that date. 



that presented by Somersetshire (see fig. 151), 

 will be awarded at the discretion of the Execu- 

 tive Council. The proprietors of The Gardeners 1 

 Chronicle have presented a cup shown in 

 fig. 150, and it will be given to the best new 

 plant, species hybrid or variety, which has not 

 been exhibited previcusly. The cup weighs 163 

 ounces, and is 21^ inches high; it was manu- 

 factured by Sydenham Brothers, Birmingham. to an end in most countries during the present the first three days of the show. 



FlG. 150. ROYAL INTERNATI 



CULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



(The Gardeners Chronicle Cup.) 



HORTI- 



EXHIBITION CUPS. 



It is felt that the public should have an oppor- 

 tunity of inspecting the numerous cups and plate 

 to be presented at this exhibition, and arrange- 

 ments have been made to exhibit them at a meet- 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, on 

 May 14, in the Society's Hall, Vincent Square, 

 Westminster. They will also be on view at the 



ing 



International Exhibition on May 22, 23, and 24, 



Condition of the Corn Crops. 



The 



month, and the crops appear, in the majority of 

 cases, to be coming up very evenly. The final 

 returns for 1911 are given for the cereal harvest 



follow :— Wheat, area 1,223,000 



SOME OF THE ENTRIES FOR THE 



EXHIBITION. 



From the entries received it is evident that all 



April number of the Bulletin of Agricultural 



Statistics, published by the International Insti- in Japan as 



tute of Agriculture, has just been issued. The acres, production 13,309,000 cwt »- _ parley, area types of Carnations will be represented in abun- 



figures showing the area sown with winter crops 3,101,000 " 



IB the Northern Hemisphere are, for the greater 



part, the same as those published in the March 

 Bulletin. 



Oats, 

 cwts. 



acres, production 40,719,000 cwts. 

 area 110,000 acres, production 1,261,000 

 The results of the live-stock census taken 



The information as to the condition in Croatia and Slavonia in 1911 are also given. 



of the crops is, in general, satisfactory. In 



Flax Fibre. -A new process of treating Flax 

 straw has been discovered and acquired by the 

 Canada Flax-Fibre Co., Ltd., of Toronto, which 

 is incorporated under the Federal Companies Act 

 with a capital of $3,000,000 for exploiting the 

 patent. It is stated that the process will extract 

 the tow from which yarns will be spun suitable 

 for the manufacture of linen cloth, and that the 

 refuse can be converted into valuable stock for 

 •)aper making. Flax is grown on an extensive 

 cale in Western Canada for its seed, the " lin- 



see 



Expert Forestry Information for Land- 

 owners.— Grants from the Development Fund 



of sums of £2,500 per annum for three years 

 will be distributed by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries as grants to certain institutions in 

 England and Wales to enable them to supply 

 technical advice to landowners and others in- 

 terested in forestry. It is proposed to attach an 

 experienced forest expert to the forestry de- 

 partments of two universities and three colleges, 

 whose chief duty will be to supply to land- 

 owners and others advice as to the general and 

 several countries the crops are more advanced detailed working of their woods. Each institu- 



«•!!?- ? kl . n ? more health Y than at this time last tion will, therefore, become for a given district 



a centre for information, to which application 



*IG. I49. — ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTI 



CULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



(Cup presented by the subscribes in Lancashiie.) 



year ; but in the United States and Japan the 

 condition i 8 not quite up to what it was in 



may be made on all questions relating to the 



Fig. 151.— royal international horti- 

 cultural EXHIBITION. 



(Rose bowl presented by Somersetshire.) 



dance. The perpetual-flowering section, the Sou- 

 venir de la Malmaison, the border varieties — all 

 will vie with each other in presenting a brilliant 

 show of colour. There are, for instance, four 



a vjvuv^ u.jj i*j » iictu lb was 111 Illay ue uiauc vti «*** ijuvuviv..^ ~ 3 — — - 



April, 1911. The conditions in the United States formation, treatment, utilisation, and protection entries in a class for groups of Carnations in 

 expressed in percentages of a condition promising of woods. flower, arranged on spaces of 200 square feet 



