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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
f Mrs. Bruce and Miss Wrisley, officials 
ж committee, анаты Messrs. ue 
and pr the gard eners’ secti 
were ы, re- Sect 
The ind — presented as follows :—Ash- 
Eds J. J. Bolton's Gold Medal, 
| К Objet d'Art, Cypher's Gold 
- Medal, A. Hanmer's Silver Cup, and WW. Pickup" 8 
Silvert Gilt М pdal Ee if) GR ‚ Esq. Gar- 
dener’s prize to J. Tova ' J. Bolton’ 5 
Society of 
е е \ 
Silver Gilt east "Royal Botanic 
М wer Goid деч, апа Mee NES 8 Gold 
Mrs. ep d WR 
Gardener's, ae 
o urns. 
-Handley's Prizes and xs p Smith’s pals 
То Monge: URNS, J. энн, ze as sebo 
All the above prizes agai red for 
этен A with the exception of ihe Хорні 
Trophy; this И. aoe will be by 
3 ua. md in addit tion. Mr. 
J. Evan will offer a a бе, ‘medal, with a prize to 
the бегде; for Dendrobiu 
It was decided that prizes shall be onon o Be 
СЯ flower of varie only, to be 
tion with plan 
Obituary. 
Thomas Smith.—We announce with very deep 
the death of Mr. x 
Thomas Smith, pro-- 
f Dai ill Nurseries, ewry; 
which occurred at his h en 
Dos Tw ae in his seventy-ninth year. 
Mr. of a rdener in 
һе c 
at. their Саш nu 
hort О Кт was as fore 
oi Messrs. James Veitch P 8, 
ег 
е he was е for a little over three 
Ба Не left e up an engagem as 
r to Mr. John Smith, of Dulwich, but 
h a very ME t time he was appointed manager 
> e: Daly, of Novis. who was 
d ‘byt firm of Rodger, M‘Clelland 
K t x - 
.and Co. Mr d ith 
ceiving that dis was scop 
ducted on ынан lines te those 1 in sere do vid 
cou 1887 he enced 
mm "business 
о his o ni bios i she took was occu- 
pied with daisy-covered fields, w led him 
ose the e Daisy Hill Nurseries for his 
new venture es ed al one for 
his purpose, and_ his ren ari руе exceed- 
ingly, песен ап of е агеа 
Ree at the. anes t day i 
t sixty acres, with glas 
ackin 
sheds and 
в and ious pac 
Daisy Hill Nurseries nown 
-lovers all over the world, : Smith 
ered together an almost ecd collecti 
rare and beautiful plants, and it is stated 
that he cultivated no fewer than five thousand 
isünct species, ар: from varieties. It w 
s custom to send us from to ti 
: v 
t and frequently for material for il 
s m this jour catalogues w 
ed from time to time were quite distinct 
of the general nurseryman's lists, as 
ere filed with des ions of 
ovelties which he T to have 
for discovering. essentially 
man, and h me rare gift of knowing 
the Possibilities from a int of view of 
varieties e under his 
.He received the Victoria Medal 
n . the highes 
ch, 
.7 sale without attaching. a label is liable, on 
CHRONICLE.. 
citizens is shown in the peus eat which 
we take from m local paper recording his 
xoc — abes e death of Mr. Smith the town 
of t one of its most “enterprising 
and distinguished citizens, and his death is sin- 
cerely mour throughout the nM re te 
He has, however ‚ left behind him the priceless 
heritage 
name, and his memory will 
always M hka by those who had 
рух and privileg 
. Smith es 
the 
e the employees 
of the Daisy Hill Nurseries, end the mem — 
of the vestry of St. Mary's Parish Churcl 
TRADE NOTES. 
E Board of Agriculture and Fisheries desire 
to al the attention of governs and yh in 
Uooseberries to the fact that Article f the 
berries from any plac 
cepting the моту Чы» 
п the Order of 1915 remains in force, and a 
THE LATE THOMAS SMITH, V.M.H. 
growers and deale ers in Gooseberries should take 
otice of its provi Tere rine of the "eu that 
they will. be strictly o ced. The chief pro 
sions of the 
(1) Every consignmen: x of Goo: этү: for sale 
aust carry a la bel icon ng the e and address 
at the consignor or а fotu жт or mark 
whereby the л еэ can b3 iden tified. 
Every person w for 
con- 
, exceeding ten ‘pounds, 
е eased Сарке. 
to disclose the 
viction, not 
whether She р e 
berr: 
D necessa. 
peci 
in writing andet a penalty, on conviction, 
u 
at ten pounds, should any diseas sed Goosebe erries 
be found in the consignment. | 
(3) y duly autho inspector has the 
power to examine any consignment of Rare 
pedo for sale, and to pie any.person, hav- 
der his vim any 
sd Goose Tries :— 
T may 
ed (Gooseberries are removed er dins 
With this excep. E 
(b) To all 
package in w i Which dise; 
Gooseberries from 
diseased and forthw ца to destroy all those fo 
d by 
vilier suitable m 
diseased бонда errie: 
1 rie eoa 
wel 
Board 9t. 
He iow 
to “hospital and A institutions instead 
being s for sale in competition with 
ү Жыз 
арреа 
men’s, Fru 
he markets 
fire or er effectual means ; 
o cleanse олу by 
ethod, the 
s may be foun 
oilin рех water 
remind geet 
le exe: se Mp 
"S ose 
spain. inedita to notify t 
tte occurrence 
al has poan made by t 
us gie pee zm e iba d 
any 
ased Gooseberries may be 
und 
washing, o: 
package in "M 
s to wers 
of the fact that ра Gooseberry Mildew is 
Order, an 
the 
e East ex 
market 
whose living depends on 
1 supplyi ng 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM. 
was held а 
Thursday a 
Fellowes presidi 
On the 
been a 
nd : 
isting. 
(2) 
has beea 
g 
taa report before 
Bo: 
That after the quest: 
Ex S we S.W.1, 
and 30,Sir 
Pall № 
d Friday 
ng. 
— from the committee w 
nted es песе the various Res 
nade members of Dis 
h 
s had 
the matter. 
ion of ee rs т 
dealt with every notice of 
ssed 
the next moelik 
trict 
Dis 
AGR 
A MEETING of ihe. Agit Wages Board - 
t 80, on 
on 
A ilwyn 
ich had 
sms 
opportunity of further con- 
E 
адд Е ears Z 
th 
the 
ers 
Wages Board. 
(3) That copies of the Press notice of 
Board’s meetings shall be sent to all memb 
of the District Wages Committees one clear 
day before th tice is issued to the Pr 
(4) That, in addition to dealing with actual 
orders made, the ss notice mig n 
deal with nd other 
pro 
pos matt 
— veni i mr to рор асоей 
and the о 
for a Led day week, an 
fixed f 
of all ages 
ion of specific figures 
коч апа lodging fo for 
Pembrokeshire, Carmarthe 
h ue 
male workers 
n, and 
