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Walls, Ае a fine selection n baran N е бари Оше; үсеше. get older. The progeny from this cross 
including the гание Odontoglossum Ajax Present: Messrs. J. Cheal (in the chair), grow quickly, are shapely, having great depth of 
- (amabile x promere: s) a grand cream white G. F. Tinley, W. Bates, W. Bullock, W. Poupart, body ta make desirable porkers, and sufficient 
| flower tinged with pale yellow and bearing effec- P..C.. M. VEM James Vert, W. /. Н. Divers, ая to добо bacon, Such а Sow m mated with 
tively-arranged clusters of spotted lines and F. Jordan, . Allan, De CR. Berry, A. E. sor iq т would produce pigs equal in 
blotches of = АӨ т The lip is white with к Май. ты i quality, but generally the young are fewer in 
small red markings around the ye goce only exhibit before this Committee was nu mbers. 
0. Ajax Armstrongiae, broader in KE i пе s ot Several dishes of Potatos—King Edward, age 
than the preceding, white, blotched in the inner Drummond Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Sir John We are advised b < haat of ag apr eae 
half with r ed, Odontioda Ariadne (Oda Llewelyn, Satisfaction and others—from W. G. to keep all heifer een NS ind I 
Coronati x m Conqueror) of Od glos- Вірсех, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. uei Queens- especially on farms in = rass nties, as po 
size shape, white blo ith Indian wood, Englefield Green. In most dishes the stocks of cows have of late bur гче 8н very 
red, the front of the lip being -whi tubers were large, and in some instances they ow. 
эшти) pt us e e ith a S E The type of cow most desirable is purely a 
гехіл > r, claret г i J 
few white markings in the margin and Кум к › Коча ч уга ment. Wher Jr Looney 
the petals. А plant of Sophronitis grandiflora s AND DISTRICT MARKET horn from a good milking strain; while some 
1 ES — briliant scarlet flow ARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION. > persons pin their faith to those of a light roan 
E нет тн j Pier pear i Camden Ns Association held an n Exhibition of Rhu- colour, аиса ee A ly keen on red and white 
| 1" od ee А а selection ef rb on the 8th inst., at Abo Albion. Hotel, OP even. sek gene " 
ў Е lontoglossums and Odontiodas, a very Leeds. Prizes were offered in four classes; a Colour is but one quality ; result in 
dar on orm of Odontioda Joan being cup, value 10 guineas, was offered by Messrs. the main object. Wher re the dairy diua is 
specially тозар Garcia Jacobs and Со., for the best three intended for pier use on. high quality apes 
Messrs. Brack showed marketable bunches of Victoria Rhubarb, not to cream and er are uired, then 
pure whi te КОЙУ Princess Ilea: 2: ur oid exceed 3-lb. each, tied with ordinary material. breeds are во desirable as Guernsey or Jersey. 
Peeters x Luddemanniana alba), a very attrac- Tha best six sticks of Prince Albert or Lin- While the “atter may give milk and butter 
E tower nm variety were shown by Messrs. T. W. and vies slightly pom ma y. Ноу are less ted 
T. Вова Stamf . Popplewell, Bramley; the best six sticks’ i emer; so profitably 
T тита 4 shoved Miltonia voc Ма of Victoria by Мт. В. Driver, Bramley; the 13ро6 mae heir ао days аге past; 
E variety, а clea Sid violet best six sticks of Daw's Champion by Mr. генв T recomm end the Gue endo Ni which is a 
„mask o Жез р. vee Legh heart d Morley. The Silve т Cup was won first-clas ea т very тев Бог a 
X by M A. Cowling, Tingley. At ae close Utility pur es a cross between a short-horn 
i arcissus and Tulip Committee. ot the Show the. exhibits were. sent the anda Mei ey bull is тегу desirable, as = as слав а ow 
esent : wounded soldiers at the. Milit Hospitals, gives a ulk and ої д ui 
| H oer | e сеси (їп Ане Qu Leeds vei ospi Y gular attention to the fe eding . of Уй calves 
eder F- Barch AT E^ from their birth naturally produces the best 
É Reuthe. W. P. i а wy. cem [3 Был б T $ animals. I find the E. C.C. calf meal excellent; it 
| TONS Miss > Wilioti, Rev. J. d Rev. CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME а ME ho AXIS and, 1 have never k КЕЕ 
igby, and С. Н. Curtis (Hon. Sec 2 : Ауа, FARM. ш occurs wih shat it is, generally trace- 
7 Aw. ; REEI able to an excess, which should not be given in 
e ARDS OF MER $ ; fairness to the ‘fo od as well as the 2 Welfare of the 
mper variety 0 тан very TT proportioned ‘= Pres. animals. 
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light golde pa Bs З Sid tho a Щи. PS 18 The more I: see of the markets and. ge prices Rant gru AN d to tee komia, 
кашу Tile. The avide ае cime i рар for pigs, the more ore Ї am po й nee poe, condition of the animals, if it deos not t kill p thea 
С like : i of fine substance. This variety pe Weder oq pe а ТЕРДА атой the best pay- Ж quality meadow, hay and linseed cake form 
glorified Lord Robert: d it : : a valuable food for ‘calv To maintain good 
of te Mr. malig ota pe Ча Shown by people were geo Spa of their sows Owin da^ in the animal snot wise to turn the 
cod sh е other reasons ncreas 
| : on grass until they. are at least six months 
" бы arcioous Golden Cy Cy e PP (о hybrid or a young nipa i tht there пя old t warm офат pias ул al де к ri e» sei 
t€ crossed with a from Golden берса who followed -my- advice at the time ps an Баео ae Bint the anim ae ае 
[stems 12 to 15 inches high. atif Шеп, нче e for ‘satisfaction. , As giving ап idon exercise - will. E.,Molyn 
_ golden yellow flowers about the siz py d "e * oa аа store pigs are, animals tw | 
_ N. Johnstonii. The trumpet is fairly Кош abd eeks old re eali sed 78s. the open market чач - 
suggestive of №. cyclami ` B we ie oe à 
bati "Hd pean pueri ые dere, Ai chat is ob that age made £34; not | Obituary. 
plant does well in heci AD bad о» estm = : 
тыў flowers render it н for Fg riage The point a uld impress on all who intend “н. E. Маш reg 
m, ott y Capt. HAWKER, Strode, Erming- to keep pigs is to obtain a good type of wie and récord the deai th G pes Tell 5 сагу Ы 
m, Devon attend to “well. Mans rsons think-any- of- first-rate vege bles.  Mr.: Wallis will be 
E thing will do for a pig in 4he way of food or rem ered for cellent collections of 
3 largest group in the hall add i commoda , and too many а тан ЗЕ сИ bles ich he contributed to t H.S 
peels me of May- {һе pigs wallowing in mud they are flouris meetings. Pr ly his best effort 
- bowls, 2 ana = ae 14 grown in fibre, in ing. isa mistake. Nothin desirable of Se r last, when at the annual. show of 
_ Barn, Lrp. г 9 1 oor by Messrs. В. Н. аз dry, wooden sleeping quarters. Woner isthe  British-grown vegetables he set up such а splen- 
above the general Gavel в were raised e worst of all for this purpose, for too often with did non-competitive exhibit as to win the higher 
well developed. . but ie аа e flowers were concre the young pigs affected-with honour of a Gold ^ € This medal, by 
x mei i x like the cold cramp in their legs Wh im milk is obtain- irony гай fate, was by. his widow ae 
liant, G i ies included Feu Bril- аре, as it is on. bu is made, the days after his death, wh sich pne rred on March 
Е Sandan Bob Pe T E » Mr. -pigs k this freely while quite young, gro ; after only fi ur um illn following a 
- and Mrs. Moo Pasch of Chio a es rapidi; look w their coat, showing serious operation. SMe Wallis ‘wae in the prime 
gro dis ona ct m xhibi p cde constant progress. that by the time they an ji nd one would naturally have expected 
. entrance to the “at (Silv it, facing "the weaned at seven weeks old they are strong that very many mo 'ea ful activity 
Gens (Silver- gilt "Balkan animals. Some weam them first, and castrate the would have been spared him. e was a native 
à males after. This is, in my opinion, wrong Warwickshire, and c gardening at 
| Daffodil small group of choice e MY developed They should be left with their mother fully a  Elcot Park, Kintbury, Hungerford. From this 
Lrp., was ies сота by Messrs. Е. Н. Baru, week after that has been done, oth the place he went to the nursery of М . van 
i tly mired; j President (of young pigs receive a check to grow h. er Meer, Croydon, and thence to Sulhampton 
Euren (very Many make mistakes in their management of House, Berks, and 8ч to Mongewell Park, 
E ttle regard to Wallin ord. move was to Bucklebury 
Mayoress ( white), 8 ver Dawn the sows and boars, paying littl His 
and i pir qn CAM orange purity of breed. My practice is to obtain one Plac се, the Berkshire É rng of Mr. Arthur 
he c th he became foreman at 
erb varieties shown cross only, as Т consider by t greater Sut 
eti jue Barr AND Sons strength and a full development of the two types Wyford Court, gg кб А Twelve years ago 
on of cut Daffodils, vg among are obtained, wh h, eed hardly say, should appointed head gardener at Sherfield 
ties we noted Peter Barr e of a desirable character to effect the pu ? all amd seven у took (ha 
е King Alfred nent es in view. Having tried reeds, I have come of Drayton House Gardens, Sherfield-on-Loddon, 
and vl colou: Barri form, to the conclusion that no sort is better fo Жастары where he soon made as à all- 
ysses Ма Flora Medal). utili: а. cross ween à round gardener as well as a successful exhibitor 
showed a i few seed : Strode, Ermington, Devon Yorkshire s sow and a middle white E e. of fruit and vegetables. Of  unassuming 
the charmi sedli Daffodils and two uer of From pee may t on an average a litter demeanour, Mr. Wallis a lovable 
g Narcissus in number аз the nature and was a grand man in all his ways. 
Golden Cycle. of ten p , with а reduction 
