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THE GARDENERS’ 
2° to 3° more cold at a lower level than 3 the 
following readings were taken :—Febru 3, 
4th, 7°; 5th, 13°; 6sh, 23°; 7th, 28°; Stb > 28°; 
Ob, 26; 10th ; llth, 7°; and "12th, 20°, 
ge „ 
enn 4 a 1 ai ag sent 
ur correspondents in various parts of the country, 
by o 
all tel * much ys same tale of severe — and 
heavy ano 
LAW NOTE. 
THE REJECTION OF DELAYED GOODS. 
In the to of London Court, on Saturday, a 
ner Kerr, the case of Johnston & 
adjadicated hf — the arse of 
to traders in 
1 
and buy elsewhere. 
Son, D 
ried- fruit ap geod 38, Bot 
worth. 
raised a er biii for damages for the delayed 
delivery of some of the goods. Mr. James Welfare 
(Aldous & Welfare) was solicitor for the pe 
and the defendant appeared in person, In support 
of his counter-claim, the defendant said that one of 
iffe’ travellers called spon him in the ordi- 
„July 2 last. He 
he could be sure of delivering them the following 
day (Tuesday), or Wednesday at “9 was 
not to take the order. In the event of the traveller 
not being able to do that, he ainda) would have 
e cou ld 
stipulated, and that he (defendant) w: 
trouble himself about the matter further in meee to 
eT 
however, 12 m come e to han 
forward delivery.” He ee to have that 8 
and made his purchase elsewhere. Bat now 
asked for damages, as his 8 had suffered ri 
omatos o Wed 
having the Tom n the nesday to 
supply to his e Mr, Commissioner 2 
you go and buy other Tomatos on the 
in open sor dona The 3 
ms Wednesday, and there had been any loss on 
ur part in having then to pay an increased price, 
ps could have justly claimed the difference in the 
price you had to pay. The defendant: I waited to 
get this letter from them. Mr, missione 
Kerr: That was m ou committed. You 
ntract 
fe which the plaintiffe can be held responsible, 
because you did not buy on the Wednesday when 
the sine was no greater than that which you had 
to pay to the plaintiffs. But you wait until 
the Friday before you act, The law, you know, 
s those who are vigilant. If you had bought 
elsewhere on the Wednesday, and the price had 
1 
re bade liable. to pay the increased pri 0. 
w 
Judgment was then entered 
ee the easy on the claim, and on the counter- 
claim with co 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
FEBRUARY 12— second me eetin for the year 
of the 8 of the R 
e Drill Hall, J 
character of the weather preven nte 
e, from moving valuable plants for the 
han two dozen 
ot — flowers of Orchids, Rhododendro 
and a small collection of fruit, including 
the garden of R. I. Measures, Esq., Cam- 
e Mr. Chapman brought a collection of well- 
d Orchid flowers, which 
probably N — no . than we have been 
he 3 of such an exhibition 
as we now — expect to s 
e annual general — ni — Society was 
held in the aftern e in the pres compa- 
ratively ſair number of members, — the proceedings 
were mainly of a congratulatory character. 
Floral eee 
Pre : W. Marshall, Esq,, in the chair; and 
as, J. Lain 7 2 Felten, 
B. t. W. 
1 J Frase ser, O. Thom 
Des 
H. Briscoe Ironside, J. Jennings, "i 
Grant, R. Owen, H. J. 4775 and H. Turner. 
ears. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic e 
Me 
King’s Road, Chelsea, exhibited s sprays o 
of varieties of Rhododendron javanico jasminiforam 
brids. That such ‘beautifally- tinted flowers in 
various and pleasin 
these hybrids during the Ai 
sufficient evidence of the value h the results of the 
o 
* 
telling erimson-scarlet in 
petals perfectly smooth and sit ka i 
od one, whose name well d 
Parity ie white, Imogène a very Pale de del 
and B:leaminzflorum-album is 
The old Princess Royal was 
So stand. 
cribes its co 
icate eal 
a good double one, 
included in this 
ir Tre vo 1 Burford Lodge, nie 
Dorking 858 e W. Bain), 8 a spat 
Anthurium X Pundai the spathe of this Anker 
is Kesey cross, Arro i n- 
let in colour, with white spadix tipped with pale 
ye (Award o rit). A small plant in flower 
yJ 
: ans was also shown. 
A bunch of English-grown Azalea mollis, Mid 
well flowered, was exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son 
E. Barton, gr. to Sir E. J. D. Paul, Bt. Cam- 
ouse, 3 exhibited four plants of 
Bouqueti; and Mr. J. Evinton, 
ir id Evans, Ewell Grove, a dozen plants 
Pilal inthis var. Lad Evans, and a number 
of dere ula blooma in variety. 
essers, 8 Sander & Co, „ St. Albans, showed 
several flowers of eee 3 an intense 
dright a sep 
but 
3 8 een 9 
Orchid ce 
Present: Harry J. Veitch, E 
vu. 8q., in the wert For 
E. Ashworth, W. Thompson, Walte 
"E and H. A ia ae H, 57 
In consequence of the seve re frost, the ex 
hibits 
were chiefly composed of sad spikes, and 3e 
nted a number of good and in interesting species 
From Lord Rothschild’s 
CHRONICLE. 
gardens, Tring Park, 
[FeEERuaRy 16, 1895, 
= — (gr., Mr. E. Hill), came a grand example ol 
rare Phalænopsis intermedia Portei, a 
e spike, ede about t flit ty eee white and 
m the best e 
ural 8 nd 
P.-C, 
batum, Cypripedium X Lathamisnum, 2 
C. Charles worthii, C. insigne Bandes 
Harrisianum superbum, and C. x Sallieri 7 
ss) 
p 
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2 
ae revor Lawrence, Bart., Barford, Dorking 
(gr., . H. White), sent a fine spike of Odonto- 
sae coronarium 1 for which a Cultural 
Commendation was give 
Messrs. Jas, Veitch & yim e Exotic 1 
King’s rigs ad, Chelsea, sent plan 
Calan xX masuco- pada ware a pretty 
— by crossing 25 tw 
in the name. It is a great improvement on 
i ene and has flowers an inch in di 
suffused with lilac (Award of Merit); ; and 
Cymbidium x eburneo- um superbum, in 
e upana flowers have the lip 
richly coloured within the margin, with a band of 
parple (First-class Certificate). 
Messrs, F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed 
X callosum) a 
Dendrobin m luteolum and D. 1. superbum, the la 
a l form; Odontogloss x Coradinei 
albanense, a very showy thing, equal in beauty to 0 
Lelia anceps Schroderiana, the 
the broad dies front lobe of the lip is 4 highly 
developed; Phaius x Marthe, and P. X abilis. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn o Sheen 
(grow ae ; cut exa 
num, and the true Lælia 
Hardy, Erq, Tyntesfield, hal hton-on-Mer#y 
T. Staffo rd), showed a a collection of five 
v: 
nifica, being good in every respect. i 
good examples of Phalænopeis Stuartiana, P Schil- 
leriaua, Dendrobium X n me e and a pretty 
Gascogne,” a very 
sepals have larger blotches of red-brown than the 
petal s, which were adorne 
vary inpoi size. 
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mac aculatum, e ee 
orm, their f 
being exactly retained, after the manner 
formerly exhibited by Mr. Hinds of Sale. 
