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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
- {January 11, 1919, 
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SALES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
З ат JANUARY 15— 
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. Protheroe & Morris, at 1 o'clock. 
Paul & Son ое, 2 ‘Limited, at 11.30 o’clock. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18— 
f "Hollies, Rhododendrons, &c., at the High 
e. Жагат Loughton, by order ‘of Messrs, Paul 
& Son n (Cheshunt), Limited, at 11.30 o'clock, 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE ae week 
deduced from observations pl last fifty 
years at аураты 37.99. 
AOTUAL TEMPERA 
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ксы ул. а concerns th 
of distr othe 
аку! е characterises S. saxifragoides 
and S 
Ye t—and herein i is the point of interest 
—the two form e distinct stations. ` 
ey' a А of опе species 
can u in view of. their 
general identity of characters, but why 
the ould ‘thi markable 
spatial segregati puzzl he only 
plausible explanation is that they repre- 
nt geographical, o. ther, climatie, 
arieties, each representing ate o 
iriness rdant th the special 
imatio conditions of several 
habitats. In support of this view, Prof 
the peninsula that the differences = 
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tis t D o hoped that Prof. Wall w ill 
Examples’ of ilar nature amon 
nimals have been investigated by Loeb 
and other zoologists. For. instance, ‘‘ The 
Ww ес1 f salamander, Salamandra 
atra and. S. maculosa, occupy istino 
stati he former occurs in d bm 
ter, in lower regions, with 
cem g à prety piece of. experi- 
k is waiting to be done on the 
two species of Senecio бәз: form the sub- 
ject of Prof. Wall’s pape 
Gardeners’ Royal oe eee oP с 
The Se аш ual genera! th 
member: and 
iti and the accounts of 
(as audited) for the year 1918; ele 
the year 1919; and the electi 
annuitants on pus "funds. - The chair wi ‹ en 
by Sir Harry J. Verrcn, F.L.S., V.M:H., trea- 
surer and = бш rman Be committee, at 2.45 p.m 
The poll will be open at 3 p.m. and close a 
4 = 
nour for god т. в. Pulham.— -The Order 
of кт» Brit: Seem ы been conferred оп 
Major F. B. ULHAM AND 
Son, ул е Бинг Oxford Street, London, 
= Broxbourne, for “ meritorious service 
the war.” — PoutHam obtained his 
commission in 1914. 
: іп France.—Writing from Brunoy, 
Seine we S eo France, la = — entere Cus. 
fter ime, during 
which 1 had to'skut off à the he чери кену eae 
uses and make shift as best 
, but we are 
able to save the greate: 
brids, and later 
t Plant Antmals. The Cambri Manuals of Science. 
By Frederick Keeble, + (Cambridge Üniv. Press. “ 
ot та оғ 
I hope to tell you 
as possible, and (4) le ^e etters to. the Wa ages 
of some very interesting NDIN 
passed through his Army dutie 
he Wi 
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need by writing to vr. ptem of the 
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y and as shortly 
may Бе sent unstam) 
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rveyors’ ps 
the 
will be taken at 5 o 
rketing 
ers 
Laro, of Birkenhead 
speed of 15 0 
secure the maximum amount of space for fruit 
ouble Wedding at Newry. — On S 
Stephen's Day, 1918, two interesting weddings 
St. Mary's Church, Newry. - 
married to 
S 
rps (a recently returned prisoner from Ger 
many), married Miss G. C ске. Second 
Lieut. N. Ѕмітн and Miss E. S. Ѕмітн are the 
son and dau т. Gro. Nor Suri, 
and grandson and granddaughter of Mr. TxO0S 
MITH, Daisy Nurseries, Newry. St. 
Mary's Church was de for the wed 
dings and the Christmas festivities by Miss і 
etry ЅміТН, with materi ely obtained 
from the Daisy Hill cages 
olverhampton Floral Féte.—Mr. GEORGE - 
ЧУА. ires. Secretary of the Окы аг. 
Floral Fête us that his commi has | 
decided loral p 
n two шр Wednesda Y і 
"Thursday, Ju. е vd 1, 1919, instead of three 
days, as in for: 
vernment is 
societies. ез 
above-me 
of “Death 
inquest recently held Ж ы "Royal i Devon 
