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CHRONICLE. 
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as analogous cases, “ South Wales Railway Com- 
pany v. Swansea Local Board " (4 E. and B., 189), 
“ Newport Dock E v. Newport Local Board " 
(2 B. and S., 708), a “The T v. Midland 
Railway Company " (L. A 10; Q. B., 789.)] 
Mr. Justice Day said he did we pens for а 
M that i ground was es the mption, 
d should operly rated де опе- -fourth 
His Lokdship и this а 
It was а place used to garden іп, 
glass, or 
had walls or a ro 
this case it was a market g arden, because it was used 
for producing fruit, an and vegetables for 
market. 
Mr. Justice Wills was of the same opinion, and 
the rate was x dered to be amended accordingly. 
" Times,” Mare. 
THE INTER- 
Іхргѕ- 
1886 
LITTLE & BALLANTYNE, CARLISLE v. 
NATIONAL EXHIBITION ASSOCIATION OF 
SCIENCE AND ART, EDINBURGH, 
D) 
Judgment in this case, which has been looked tor- 
ward to with much interest by the trade in Edin- 
burgh, was given on Saturday, the 19th inst., by 
Lord Fraser in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. 
The facts of the case are as follows:—The pur- 
n the grounds of the Exhibition. 
The trees and shrubs were planted, and all went 
Highland gam an 
Sports in the Exhibition grounds. In 
making arrangements for these games, defenders 
required or he ground occupied by 
pursuer’s exhibit, and requested permission of 
the latter t 
lanted. erae averre 
the public, and which с 
the whole remaining portion of the exhibit, — 
light, heat, and moisture; ; that 
allowed to remain till the close of the Exhibition 
(six weeks) ; that in the erection of the stand, or in 
On receiving 
rs official notice to remove their exhibits 
at the close of the Exhibition, pursuers, after inspect- 
ing them, decline1 to do so, and made a demand on 
defenders for the sum sued for, and which they 
refused to pay, 
The. defenders averred that they obtained permis- 
ку from pursuer's representative for the erection 
the stand, as well as the barri barricade ; that the plants 
à ed were ae en ttended to, wid had suffered 
o injury ; that those that батут ed had been uni 
who put the total loss sustained b: 
s. 6d., and had се £7 T5. d 
to date of tender in full o 
giving [рте ail there was 
ere invi 
did so without being invited; but the point was 
immaterial. The plants were ere as a loan 
on hire oui vta i зя and the defenders were 
liable to the amount of all preventible dam 
while "d амыны, remaincd in th 
defenders did not use ordinary care or skill; 
result was yes they suffered very materially ; and it 
was only on the footing that berg ب‎ sheuched 
during the time of the games (four 
pursuers’ representative agreed to an 
removal to а sheuch. As regards the erection of the 
stand there was some discrepancy, but the Lord 
Ordinary APRES — ev ira ке the pursuers' 
representativ t ough that the 
ffect of the дой уы: w айа, сын зиз tothe plants. 
It excluded air, prevented rain from getting to them, 
and the sun would not operate beneficially upon 
them. His bera. did not think the sums stated 
in the acco pursuers were d ici 
as in гине the plants had to be remov 
, he remitted to Mr. Mitchell to uw enl 
which he did at £12 A ld., at which price they 
were taken over e pursuers. г after- 
wards realised by клн. £12 8s. 64. Deducting > 
l 3 veia in the 
Abn 
© 
m 
titled to the balance, £46 25, 44., as damages, with 
expenses, Correspondent. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
REES. E a column or two in the Gar- 
de Bien Ek sai со 
Majest te 
ingdom and Ireland, it would afford pl t in- 
formation to t ead t ti d 
may also add, be an interesting bit of history for 
t тб о T 0 rrespondents through- 
Je 
ates, 
might be the h 
of the many trees planted 
uring her long and beneficent reign. May I further 
suggest that ns eee should be publis i аз 
a whole and not in fra s? This would necessitate 
the fixing of a wo e for the лыс» че һе а& Ше 
Gardeners' Chronicle office. Corresponden 
3 
PLANTING EVERGREENS.—W hen is ime best ез 
to plant? is a questi d radi as addressed to me 
few days ago, and | gre as the su rprise when 
2 be ne in Apri ril d ques- 
tioner thought that to rae rem ever, greens en w: 
something akin to madness. That на тна 
тте 
ҮШҮ. the ры e Mr. Charles dud of mith, once 
ld me that the spring and s months are the 
best in which to plant de ns. He ce that 
his practice was egin, say, on April to 
X until June, and "leave of while the pedes 
making their strong gr " to comm 
ауны э for about a fortnight at the end of July ; but if 
young ve. and that the una ‹ 
almost burst into wood again. KY phone naman 
the latest attempts at planting the first growth m 
not be broken away, as that will, to some stink 
have become matured, bat only the young shoots of 
the second growth. Ё, 
HH 
a он, Bie Кре: Те: ackson, in 
on * Wonderful Plan lants," in 
Dri " adding, “ Whether or вон си үөр 
" identical with ‘that which is kowa 
is a question that p de cided.” s 
mind c ы оп this point, 
To. set Mr. , Jackson's 
and for the sake of accuracy, I may mention, that 
what Hermann Nicolaus Grimm (no е * Hermannus 
Nicolaas” Ж, орос in 1682 in the Ephemerid. 
Acad, Ni . i., dec. ii of the 
8 
I quoted, or E. арнат Teber die tung 
Nepenthes, a e mply stepping over is 
museum into house Met the Pitcher plants are 
kept at Kew. ^ Guardia, F.R.M.S. 
HLOX.—I read at p. 381 that “ the c 
nol of Phloxes may equite وو‎ ол It is best 
have those so that — ДЕ thro 
good shoots," vie that chopping а 
де 
nusual ay ido sri t then. 
way to g trong healthy young plants is 
to take cuttings now. Plenty of them can be obt 
by nipping off t uperfluous bei with the 
fingers. This is the only way to obtain strong 
vigorous growths and handsome Pdf J. D. з 
DEVONHURST.—At this place, once part of t 
Riya al | Horticultural | چ‎ 8 Pues at Chiswick, s 
now E.W. s, Esq., we are e pleased 
to find that an enithastastic. horticultur al spirit is 
dominant, fostered by Mr. Watts’ zea 
‚ Wright. 
е nd & fin rm Я 
gloss ums, Dendrobiums, Cypriped 
celogy ne cristata, the now somewhat scarce m- 
cidium cebolleta, ig eria E flowers, 
figured in Mag., t. 3568, So 11 
nage Н Cyclamen persicum іп posa dotted here 
gal there about this house, had a у i 
Pel roh a afri se co 
subject, was also well E: oy wer—a, cool treatment 
being the c prog the summer 
month In by sep Azalea 
narcissiflora forms a pio ital fee -blooming subject— 
a specimen here being literally clothed with flowers. 
gton is an 
much dama Th ergreen 
badly likewise, as also a fine example of Quercu: 
suber (the Cork tre e). В. 
HUGE reee —I have just flow three 
very fine Cinera easuring repeat 9 E feet, 
5 feet 4 inches, Mid 4f feet 5 inches e head 
A CURIOUS FACT IN FERN мус gp 
Amongst those who have “made Fern е al 
study it is à c recognised fact that the pim of 
abnormal forms, though g enerally quite 
t 
ield plants of denser cres 
finely xcd forms, plants of still finer division ; and 
" чачиң of which ve particulars 
much different psig lage hat I € it 
ws a pene ord. A о years ago ved a 
frond of an n extremely гент divided form of At Aten 
filix-foem y normal outline (viz., A. f.-f. plu- 
ns, Parsons), raised from spores Of a 
wild frond known as A. f.-f. plumosum, Axminster. 
Upo e said I foun erous sori inter- 
mingled with bulbils capable of producing plants, 
the oy genie hich, as I have Pee ere " en 
fro frond without a trace of produc 
ith 
“plentiful crop of plants, all of EE x ith but pem 
