JCLT 6, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENT S. 



MOXD-VT, July S.— Unit^il Horticultural Benefit and 

 PriA'ideTit S<x;i-ety, Committer? Meeting. 



TUKSDAT, .Tuly 9.— National Sweet Pea Sooi-ety, at 

 the Uoyal Horticultural Hall; two days. 

 National Ko&e Society, RoyaL Botanic Gardene, 



Regent's Pa.rk. 

 Wolverhampton Floral Fete ; three days. 



WEDNESDAY, July 10— Bath Floral Fete; two daye. 

 F>ast Anglian Hortioultiirai Club. 

 SevenoalvLS H o rt ie u 1 1 u ral Soc i<» t y . 

 Formby Horticultural Society. 

 Torquay Sw-eet Pea Show. 

 Here(fo<rd Rose Show. 

 Elstree Horticultural Society. 

 Wood)brid'ge Horticultural Soeiety. 

 Hen'el Hempfit-ead Summer Show . 

 Walton-on-Thame^ Summer Show. 



THUKi^UAY, July 11.— Helensburgh Rose Show. 

 Bam-et Horticultural .Society. 

 OuseC'lifFe Rose and Sweet Pea Show. 

 Newmarke t 8u m me r S how . 



Eltham Summer Show. 



MaJy em Hort icu 1 1 u r al So ciet y . 



Potters Bar Summer Show. 



FRII>AY, July 12.— North Lonsdale Rose and Sweet 

 Pea Show, at TJlverston. 

 Manchester Roge Show at Old Trafford. 



SATURDAY, July 13.— American Sweet Pea Society's 

 Exhibition ; two days. 



Con g le to n Sum nier Show. 



Edgware Horticultural Society. 



Parley Summer Show. 



Thornton Heath Summer Show. 



CONTENTS. 



Among the Alpine Flowers 



Answers to Correspond-ents 



English Ix^gisLation and Plant Dise-aseis 



Exhibitions and Meetings 



Flowering Cannas 



Great Exhibition at Holland Park ... 



In the Dt^side Woods 



Markets 



New Plants^ etc 



Note of the Week 



Potentillia davurioa 



Rose Lina Schm,i<lt Michel ... 



Roses under Glass 



Summer Pruning 



The Charm of the Rock Garden ... 

 The Possibilities of a School Garden 



The Prophet E'lower 



Tobacco Culture by French Peasants 

 Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Portrait: Mr. J. F, McLeod, 501; A Beautiful 

 Uock Garden Scene at Holland House, South- 

 cliff, 503; Tobacco Patch with Drying Frames, 

 505 ; Drying Tobacco Leaves after Gather- 

 ing. 507; H.T. Hose, St. Helena, 509; Cattleya 

 g i ga-s , Louiti var., 512; Liliura Wa r ley ense , 

 513; A Remarkably Beautiful Arrangement 

 of Roses. 514; Neit)iridt>iiis *^xfiitata Pochfordi, 

 515. 



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