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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 2, 1895, 
or a Iadan, and peek away without any judgment, 
and in most cases he cuts away shoots and branches 
which should not 25 e been touched. It will be 
who 8 anything of the was, a 
cel 
with 
re, Bas The proper way is to be 
and w ork from this point outwards all roars: remov- 
o seem- 
fru 
which h had been eee for many years, but if 
the operator would make a beginning at the in — 
e instead of outside, and carry it ov 
8 much better Fate and — fruit 
Whe 
ut into 2 81 d all useless oa et ared out of i it, 
1 be kept in sabe by slight attention annually 
ariel out. G. A, Bromfield, 
HILL’s EDEN.“ —I do not think it worth while 
to —— Dr. Hill or his works further in the pages 
the Gardeners icle, o Hemsley mis- 
quotes me on an important point. 
twenty folio 
as 
authority as anything else. 
Boswell's Life of Johnson, of Hill's efforts to o 
zome Swedish title or other, but I cannot And ‘the 
Douglas. 
— Even in a com ively c 
house, in which only just was fur- 
keep I have had no difficalty in 
that imulus 
at exceedingly tiny seed, 
losus, to germinate, with great freedom, when 
January. The chief trouble, indeed, which this seed 
gives is its tendency to produce plants in far too 
_ are so minute that, 
even then 
sown sparingly, a 10-inch — u will produce several 
hundreds, and whilst or one-half may be wanted, 
al somewhat chec or har — y soh 
ee overcrowding. Self-denying, indeed, 
the man who can sow so thinly that the needs 
lings shall not be crow — ene s0 as each 
develop into a fairly sturdy plant ere Ce 
pricked-off into other pans, without being at all 
drawn. As a rule, seed of t e Mimulus is sown 
fi 
y grow. No sooner are y large enough to 
pon * than they should be 3 out thinly, aaar 
into pans or shallow , where the fine 
run out freely, and quite flat spreading plants vil 
be produced. From such receptacles the seedlings 
be transferred either singly into small pots, 
SOCIETY, 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Fesavary 25,—The annual general pt or of 
members took place at gp yet: Hotel, F 
Street, on the above date, Mr. Charles E. Shan 
one of the Vice Presidents occupying the chair, 
ge attendance of members, The 
annual report, read by 12 Secretary, Mr. R. Dean, 
t - 
year of increased pros 
members had bee 
ceived into 
n 
affiliation. Fourexhibitions had been held 
on anger d 
during the year. The autumn te in November was 
co te 
five societies 
the 3 aa + of the Chrysanthemum. 
e er exhibition the Japanese blooms were 
e issue of 
Royal j paaa during the oe onths o ctober, 
November, and Decem mber in September the 
usual prizes will be offered for mi Chrysanthemums, 
e and Gladioli. Substantial addition pare 
made to by classes for specimen gl the 
pi Uk to the retirement of Mr. Robert 
committee, w ral years, an 
testimony is ihe to the valuable services rendered 
nancial statement shows an income of 
uarium Society, £294 
38.; entrance fees pae con of space 
£34 17s. 6d.; and another £60 from other 
sources; the gross income being just over £830. 
On the expenditure side, £359 6s. appears as prize 
money ; 6s, as medals ee in addition to 
several pieces of plate and silver s. There are 
pe —.— items of * mn diture for medals, printing, 
nery, show expenses, 59 220 udges’ fees, &c. 
o the — bein 20 105 In addition, 
there is the sum o 
reserve fund. The Chairman moved the adoption 8 
the report and cash statement, which was 
were given to the auditors, Messrs. a. 
Williams and T. C. babel and Mr. Geo. J. Ingram 
was n the place of the former, 
who retires oy tation. Sir Edwin Saunders was 
elected President, Mr, B.W n of the 
Denai, om Mr. T. i 
vote of thanks was passed to Mr 
R. “Ballantine, 158 a resolution authorising the 
Mr. Richard Dean was re- elected General 
d Mr. Harman Payne Foreign 
Corresponding Secre retary. 
The election of one-third of the = cn com- 
— of Mr. F. J 
the place of Mr. nders. The ru 
were re in a few partjenjart, especially 
g greater privil sub- 
e d one guinea. Mr. Co les 
Child and Mr. R. Ballantine were added to the list 
Vice-President. Eight new members were 
elected, including one Fellow; and the Woolwich, 
pieces aE The been y 
> ) a closed “om 
a hearty v Mr. C. B. Shea 
LAW NOTE, 
Mr. C. S. mene of Pinchbeck, near Spalding, 
was e at t outhwark Police Court on the 
20th ult., with ba Messrs. Cooper, Taber 
Co., by obtai from them the eum of 
£73 14s, by false aiei sentations, The prisoner had 
undertaken w for Messrs. Cooper, Taber 
& of Purple-top Swede, for 
the seed of which Messrs, Cooper, Taber 0. 
were to pay at the rate of 1 y 
to have obtained £1 a 
and hence the present prosecution, The prisoner 
2s, as representing the . 
Eee s 
pleaded guilty, and was committed for 192 2 the 
ensuing sessions. The prosecution was ducted 
by Mr. ome instructed: by Mr. Charles Sake 
solicitor rser rade. Mr. 
Stiles, 5 Spalding, appeared for the prosecutor, 
— N —— 
5 P 
1 indica 
22 
[The term “accumulated 
— verte mbined p is ex pressed i 
ifying 1° — 125 
egrees —- a — — 
twenty-four hours, or any pa — pumber of degrees for 
an inversely proportional number of hours. 
TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL., BRIGHT 
Sux. 
Swe ACCUMULATED Sig jg 
2a cp |e |S 18 
é 12 Sug |A -JA JAR 
ANER os le .| laias 
E o oa. 12 52 
5 58 3 3 3% „ E K 
3 3 2 > 3883 S| 2o 38 h 0 
855 8 8 8 88 3 88 g — 0 q 
Bleed) Sy | Su SERRER TS oal S gags 
258 8 g Sgalag] 2E lea] © galat 
< iy blo” pb EY 
re OF | SF gabas pl Eg 4 
33 3 [ 283583 88 3 333 
3 |4 |a 8333328 3 
1 e S * |à 
Day- Day- Day- Day- | 10ths 
deg. | deg. deg. | Inch. Ins. 
0 6 — 0 61 5 prika E — 32 | 4°7| 34 26 
1| 8 — 0 85 + 416) 4 — 27 38 32 | 24 
2 4— 0 | 47 — 67 322 3 — | 36 | 5:1) 281% 
3| 5 — 0 54 |— 68 330| 4 — 32 | 3-6] 25 
alz—| 0 69 — 84 408] 5 — | 23 | 35] u 
5| 8 — 0 61 — 90 347 5 — | 23 3˙0 2225 
6 8 — 0 69 — 76 385| 9 — 24 28 19 28 
718 — o 65 — 6 [T 34105 — 25 3˙2 11 
8| 9 — 0 62 — 112 348| 8 — | 25 | 4°6) 36 | 3t 
9 7 — 0 57 — 112/4+ 302 6 — | 29 41 3428 
108 — 0 46 — 1637 224| 8 — 29 | 5'8| 432 
* 8 — 0 35 123 ＋ 2310 1 — | 32 | 4°8| 8904 
ne e oop indicated by number in the e first t column are 
0 
N. Principa He gen e Districts 
5 Fagiani, 3, "England, E., 
i ps London, 8. 
c., Districts—6, 1 V. 7 
* England, S. W.; a 
*Ohannel Islands. 
England, N. w. 
10, Ireland, S.; 
PAST oa 2 4 R. 
T owing summary f the weather 
Ss ap British Islands ir — week ending 
eb s furnished from the Mei teorological 
“The weather during this week was fair 3 
and at 0 very cold, but during the latter part t e 
iti intry than of late; in many 
decidedly, but in the west the change W 
ed. 
pronounce 
“The temperature as a whole was below the a 
the deficit ranging from 4°i — ‘Engla — N. E., — 
5° Sage 3 1 901 
nd, rded 
districts. The ee of the War Wen net 0 in 
on the 237d, w hen the thermometer rose 
8 3 F. and England, S. and S. W., 
between 44° and 48° elsewhere. The abe 
karst which were registered during th 
days of the period, though very low, were 
ecorded 
an airn’ (in the sam 
5 — the minimum readin gs ranged fi 18° 
„and 9° in Scotland, a. 
land, N. E., to 19° in ‘Eo gland. 
to 28° in the Channel 
wer ve 32° in man of 
but were several degrees s below over a, Ire! 
“The rainfall (eat ly rain and than the mean 
snow) was very slight, and much less 
5 all districts. in 
“The bright sunshine exceeded the mean 
