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GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



January 22, 1898. 



Obituary. 



Mr, Max Dekgen, a well-known dahlia grower and nurseryman, died recently 

 at Kostritz, Thuringia, at the age of fifty-six years. As a raiser of new dahlias 

 Mr. Deegen will be widely missed. 



Mr. Michael Laurence, an able old gardener, who had long had charge of 

 the flower gardens at the residence of Mrs. W. Gilbert Tuck, Tostock House, 

 Suffork, died a few days ago. He had held his position since 1847, and, though 

 eighty-two years of age, was active and capable to the last. 



THE WEATHER pugiNGj rHE Week ending Janua ry 15, 1898 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest, Lowest. 



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Centi- 

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Raihfall, 



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An Experiment in Electrical Plant Culture 



Answers to Correspondents 



Blue in Flowers ... 



Catalogues Received 



Exhibitions and Meetings : — 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution 

 Manchester and North of England Orchid 

 Society 



Northamptonshire Horticultural Society 



The French Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 don amu t9t tt0 t9t 



The Scottish Horticultural Association 

 Farmyard and Stable Manure 

 Keir Gardens, Perthshire 

 Law 



Markets 



Leaves from a Rambler's Note-Book 



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New Winter-flowering Begonias 

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Awards to Novelties 



Plant Sleep 



Variety in Plant Houses 

 Notes on Orchids 

 Root-grafting the Apple 

 Royal Horticultural Society ... 

 The Late Mons. Jean Linden 

 The Weather ^ 



Tree Preservation in Suburban Districts 

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The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 30 25 inches ani tK 

 cf the Thermometer 4 1°*8, the latter being 3°'8 above the week's average in the'co vea 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the air bein 

 55 per cent, below the week's average if ^he rti years 1860—75. The duration of registered bri?h? 

 suishine in the week W2S 3*5 net if. No lain was measured during the week. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Begonia Winter Cheer... 

 Calanthe Harrisi 



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