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rendered, but the poce Mo" Baty expired. A 
quantity of the Wat mlock g in the ditch 
oq they had ur a ыо d. x d e of. the root 
und, with the marks ‘of teeth in it, 
roo pocket of o 
that there can be no doubt that they were poisoned by 
i e root of this plant in mistake for some 
И. 
Bees and the Fruit.—In our orchard here we 
| have not noticed that the honey-bee breaks into ripe 
fruit ; but after the rain, when a large ue of the 
Bigarreau Chervies became cracked, ees came 
. down m. mbers o bul e the 
_ gatherers hey likewise E cer themselves to the 
split Govsebenies, whic to intoxicate some 
of them are acer pre with the Plums. 
W act euim. and they are devoting their 
attention Pial to the Pears, occasiona f 
| which we find full of them, 
honey-bee applies 
have an i intoxicating effect 
"me 4 Нел ўта Wood. 
udging at Flower Shows.—In reply to your 
i correspondent’ s query as to the discretionary power of 
be a 
F atch a prize for an ео, 
TOROS ане h ies may not be any competi- 
ad 
of horticulture ру, training 
to make 
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recognised = of performin "S is 2d т wd 
some standard, such as is recognis 
by florists, could be established. With plants or cut 
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ae perhaps, a day or 
With large collections 
nes are well up in or and 
more meritorious and more pre- 
sentable than small shrivelled productions that 
pa A be slightly Т ah flavoured from excessive ri 
n ly 
arely necessary to disfigure 
be 
M d fruit ^ inita ae er for the eden 
the of 
of tasting, any more 
Onions and Man vegetables. 7 
Bedding-out at the Crystal Palace.— The 
oa which we have selected for representation this 
k will be found below in figs, 61, 62. The first- 
Fic. 61.—CARPET BED AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 
named (fig. 61) is one al the coe round the Rosery, 
which, it will be remembered, is 12 feet over. The 
centre, A, is ears with Pyrethrum "Golden Feather; 
5, € oleus ; ; €, Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Duke о 
Edinburgh ; Iternanthera — paronychioides 
jor; E, elia Blue King; F, ternanthera 
paronychioides ; and G, Echeveria secunda glauca, 
ern is rather complicated fo 
planting has been very well Esch out, 
boli is Mns result, 
inner band of 
сана the same all r Aisa 
the silver variegated 
| Also near the e mounds there is a E 
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composed Mei work of Verbena Sports- 
man, mixed with Р m Shottesham Pet, the 
flowers of which are $ singu- 
larly effective combination is of Purple King 
cta. The a even- 
sale of tness E habit must drive | 
the Centaureas am of the field. The genea of | 
many Pelargoniums have altered so uch this | 
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safe to pass verf positive 
Mesham, agi is in Lord Llanerton's grounds, ne Tulip 
u lip 
Hooker to be wo t specim weg ; 
and it certainly is magnificent trei, = йн mass 
of foliage from its йаг to the ground. Its dnas 
t ta 
Geo. Chorley, Coaster’s MW, Midhurst, token 
Fruit and oie ea ee —I make no 
apology for ng you his letter in the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle knowing, as I do, your r willi 
ess and desire 
better able 
e Iam would bc ven expression to it. The 
idea i is this. That a акынд of ground (say ап acre 
more or less) should. be set apart for the exclusive use 
vineries — - built upon it. m 
ould be cut the iy at se it чы 
up, cut flowers, посна 
plants in 
elling | 
Fig. 62 represents a section of the | ri 
pots, a and B aea Po be grown 
other the ground AE 
planted with Ac Pears, Plums, Cherries, Straw- 
a fruit which was thought 
nnial and annual plants 
o any number 
flowers. 
4300 would be ample to meet working and other in- 
cidental expenses. ng thi ion I a 
not losing sight or undervaluing the in 
right-minded men are due 
such a- 
contribution must be patent to наа а ну ета 
— winter 
cor 
and summer, an 
the pleasure and sat 
and flowers came v 
Fic, 62,.—PLAN OF BEDDING-OUT ROUND THE ROSERY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE, 
wh he could have the leasure and satisfaction of Ț 
M. E ab adn bene- 
places be if we had one in connect 
The Prince of Wales Plum.—In a 
себе at Bedfont, where the Prince of Wales 
Plum 
is largely grown as standards, fine young ien ting | 
=й. E e 9 € through, 'and which have born 
(f 
ini f f them, but -— lar " m is season, are d iie "ott in the 
ena ac experienc gee ченей we can — | ids Aha at * e Dancer complain Е má 
еора! is vastly superior to the rden at Chiswic is sudden deca: ) 
мен m pink, {уы | tally been attributed to ol Soper late 
A Very Fine Tulip Tree,—In answer to A. 
| frosts on the young gro 
no late frosts Aer oue the young 
