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Arr 6, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
431 
2 in the way of bands. 
These — may not 
h-class form o from 
be a very high amusem u 
the e point of view Fe are ania inventions, 
EveRYBODY’s POCKET LAWYER. — 
described as a popular legal handbook for the United 
Kingdom, and is published very low cost by 
It isa — little book, whieh 
take 
need to coneult their solicitor (or doctor) by pre- 
Fie, 60,—anigs BALSAMEA (FROM KEILLOUR 
— 
(SEE 
ference, We find in the present manual nothing 
pre ng to the 4 which most often are put 
the editor of a 5 journal, viz., the length 
of notice to be given in case of dismi 1 
Where the gardener lives on the estate, and those 
ate a 3 rai oe of gree reenhonses, Sadie &c., 
PEETERS’ OaCHiDS.—Miltonia Bleuana, 
with five 9 flowers, beautifully marked, 
i pot in Mr, PEET 
e grower y 
r alba, with four fine flowers; and a plant 
of the rare Cypripedium caudatum um giganteum, a 
vigorous and sturdy specimen, 
PINETUM): 
P. 422.) 
OSE SHOWS.—In addition to those dates of 
e shows already given in eur} pages, the p 
following have been — to us by Mr. E 
AWLEY, viz., Colchester, Thursday, Jane 20, — 
Diss, Tuesday, July 2. 
YRSHIRE HORTICULTURAL LSC TURES. - On 
Monday, March 18, the third of he series of 3 
on horticulture was delivered by Mr. WILLIAM sox 
Tarvit Gardens, Cupar, the dha being — 1 
The lecture desctibed the method of cultivating the 
more ordinary garden, stove, and hot-house flowering 
{Mae 
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— a — — om ; — i 3 
WY SS ON ey 
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SHOOTS, CONES, SEEDS, AND BRACT. 
and foliage plants in pot, giving minute inatructions 
with re atering, manuring, and handling. 
The lecture, ee e PE 25. treats of hardy 
flowers, and was undertaken by Mr. M. TEMPLE, of 
Carron Gardens, Falkirk. 
CHARLES * K. C. M. G. Such of our 
many—who have had 
when he was 
pleasure w 
of the parties en He took much interest 
in the agriculture and horticulture of the Cape ; and 
vo can be little doubt of the N he — 
to bear—indirectly it may be—on the development 
of fruit-growing in South Africa s the supply of 
the ensi markets 
GRAPES FROM THE CAPE.—The Goth steam- 
ship wet from the Cape the other day with Sate 
onsignments of Grapes, amounting in all to 
1292 boxes and cases of white and red — re 
quality ranging from indifferent to very fair, but 
prices were not those 
sign 
average o 
the reds fetching 35s, per 
The lowest price (for wasters) was eq 
3d, per Ib., and the highest, iis pi was 15d, per 2 
fa or a 
THE DAFFODIL AND SPRING SHOW, arranged 
by a —— Botanic — for the 9th and 
10th „ has been postponed until the 24th and 
“THE ENGLISHWOMAN,” — The first — 
Drxon), is now out, and will be fo 
plenty of both prose _and fiction, clearly pied 1 on 
tter as we 
among similar journals of the same class. 
of the Orchid Review, an elaborate review of the 
hybrid — of Sei dium is given, The tables 
e of the various hybrids and of 
haw 
— 9 — and uncrossed. A complete 
ndex of names with references and synonyms affords 
read f ref upp he 
history, but for botanical purposes, ag pp cially før 
gaining light on the origin, degree and tendencies 
of variation, it will furnish ahis matter for the 
studen 
Ferns, ic Ferns, &c. We shall take 
an early opportunity of referring to this important 
volume. : 
AMATEURS’ Ù COLUMN. 
HARDY FLOWERS ar AMATEURS’ A 
328).— 8 our 
grown in a pot, 
cultivated ae 4 + plant 
mae house until they hs Toots. 
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