GA RDENERS' MA GAZ INE 



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Obituary. 



Ci nnsFR of the Hounslow Nurseries, died, we regret to record, 

 Si'OO-NER, 01 u«_ ^ ^ A . nof . n h ; s seven th-fifth year. 



M^^ ^^t Hounslow, on the 3rd inst., in his seventh 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



Roval Horticultural Society ; Committees meet at 12 o'clock ; Leclure upon 



^^o^"^' G - °' BrieD ' V ' M ' H " at 3 p,m ' 



Vorkshire Fete and Gala ; three days. Lecture at Chiswick Gardens 

 WiX **DAY. J^^SS3?w upon - The Imoortance of a General knowledg. 



^^.i'V^rultivators." 



;e of Vegetable 



K^ne ?6 -LTnnean Society Meeting. 



SfefsSS*^ Society Lecture 



Colchester Rose and Horticultural Society 



CONTENTS. 



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Asm* to Correspon 

 I Miniature Rockery 

 A Morning Mixture 

 A Renovated Apple 1 ree 

 Donr House ... 

 Dwfed Chrysanthemum 

 dements for the Ensuing Week 

 biuoos and Meetings :- ■ 

 Goers' Royal Benevolent Insti- 



tution ••' 3 7 9 



Isle of Wight ••■ 379 



'aiming Charities and Gardeners Wages 376 



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gatictiiture in Canada 

 Lfaiod their Requirements 



Mirkecs 



NirdMos Triandni! 

 N«w French Roses 

 New Plants 

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Notes of Observation 

 Notes on Orchids 

 Notes of the Week :- 

 Cacti 



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365 



Evolution of the Cultivated Strawberry 365 



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Imports of Fruit and Vegetables 

 Obituary ... ... ... 



Old Gardening Books... 

 Preparation of Manilla Hemp 



The Weather ... .»• 

 Vegetables for Exhibition 



Widnes Public Park Competition 



Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



A Miniature Rockery 



A Renovated Tree of Blenheim Pippin 



Apple at Anerley^ ... ... 373 



Eulophiella Peete si ma ... 371 



THE WEATHER during the Week ending June 4, 1898. 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 



Fahrenheit, 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



LondOQ ,„, #f .•••,•,••.•••••„♦„, 



Croydon „ 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich ;;;; 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield 



Bradford 



Hull 



Rainfall. 



In 



Inches. 



in Cml 



metres. 



6 5 '6 

 66-o 

 64-0 



59*o 



6 3 '6 

 6i'3 

 58*8 



58'5 

 66 -o 



4o'o 



37 # 5 

 42*8 



42*0 



37'2 



36*8 



35'° 

 41*0 



a7' 2 



39'4 



Si'9 



5o'7 

 52'3 

 49*9 

 47*9 

 49'8 

 48*0 



49'i 



47"3 

 5°"7 



n'o6 



io'39 

 11*28 



9*94 

 8*83 

 9 80 



8 89 



9*50 

 8*50 



10-39 



o"6i 

 o'66 



o'6i 

 0*23 

 i'i8 

 0-97 



o*35 

 V*l 



o 75 



i # 55 

 1 68 



i'55 

 0-58 



3'oo 



2*46 



0*89 



3'o7 

 1 90 



1 30 



- J*b e mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29*66 inches, and that 

 Of the Inermometer 5i°' Q , the latter being 5 °' 4 below the week's average in the 50 years 

 1841— 90a I he direction of the wind was westerly, the horizontal movement of the air being 

 29 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years i860— 75. The duration of registered bright 

 Sunsnine in the week was 26*4 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to o # 6i of an inch. 



Mr. G. W. Cummins, late head gardener to A. H.Smee, Esq., The Grange, 

 Carshalton, has been appointed head gardener to W. H. Lumsden, Esq., Bilmedie, 

 Aberdeenshire. 



REAPING AND SOWING are the two most important periods in the life of the farmer, 

 and granting that all circum nances are favourable, he naturally, during the latter period, hopes 

 JO get an adequate return for his labour. As he sows, he expects t) reap, and unless constant 

 industry has been exercised, the harvest is generally a poor one. So it is with regard to health, 

 if we are not constantly on the watch and destroy the germs of disease as soon as they are dis- 

 cerned, the body becomes weakened, and at last is unable longer to resist the attacks of the enemy. 

 Hollo way's Pills destroy even the most minute traces of disease, by purifying the blood and 

 strengthening the system. — [Advt.] 



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