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but they must be frequently examined during dusk or dark, otherwise the wood- 

 lice will have had a feast and returned to cracks and crevices whence they cannot 



J. R. G., Leeds. We cannot say with 



easily be ousted. 



Cauliflowers Going Blind. 



certainty what is the cause of 4 1 blindness v in your cauliflower plants, as we do not 

 know the conditions under which they have been grown. Where the seed has 

 been sown very thick and there has been no thinning out of the plants until 

 planting time, there is always a large percentage of plants that have no growing 

 point. Possibly the planter did not examine the plants, ere planting, with a view 

 to using only those that were likely to make good progress. Where seedlings are 

 allowed to remain thickly in the seed bed, they also need a good deal of water and 

 so probably drought as well as crowding had something to do with blindness. 

 Then again, such plants have little stamina, and so, should unfavourable weather 

 occur about planting time they fail, either by collapsing or going blind. 



Names of Plants.— Under this heading we can only undertake to name 

 species and specific varieties of plants, and not florists' flowers. Specimens should 

 be packed in stout boxes with damp moss or leaves as packing material to ensure 

 their reaching us in a fresh state. It is essential that flowers must accompany 

 specimens of flowering plants, that fern fronds be fertile, and that the numbers be 

 legible and firmly attached to the specimens. We cannot promise to name more 

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



J. E. T. : I, Viburnum plicatum ; 2, Eteagnus longipes variegata; 3, Choisya 

 ternata. No. I is readily propagated by layering ; No. 2 by layering, by cuttings, 

 or seeds ; No. 3 by cuttings of ripened wood put in during spring or early summer 

 under a bell glass. 



A. T., Bournemouth : 1, Torenia Fournieri ; 2, Lychnis diurna ; 3, Aquilegia 

 californica ; 4, Catalpa bignonioides. 



W. R. S , Derby: I, Erythrina cristi galli ; 2, Iris florentina ; 3, Sisymbrium 

 alliaria, a weed ; 4, Centaurea cyanea ; 5i Clematis montana. 



G. R., Kingston: 1, Cornus Spathi ; 2, Euonymus radicans variegata; 3, 

 Coenothus thyrsiflorus. 



C. D. B., Halifax : 1, Streptocarpus Rexi ; 2, Lathyrus splendens ; 3, Veronica 

 gentianoides. 



H. C, Hants : 1, Retinospora pisifera : 2, a form of R. pisifera ; 3, Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana, a seedling form ; 4, Taxus baccata aurea ; 5> Calycanthus laevigatas ; 

 6, Maxillaria marginata. 



F. S., Beechwood : An exceedingly fine iris, and apparently an exceptionally 

 fine form of the garden variety known as Walneri. 



E. J. C, Croydon : A moderately good Cattleya Mossise, but by no means 

 worthy of a special varietal name. 



E. C, West Croydon : T. Trichopilia coccinea, a variable species ; Cattleya 

 labiata ; Caliphruria subedentata. 



S. G. R., Yaiding : 1, Leycesteria formosa ; 2, not a good specimen, probably 

 Spircca sorbifolia. Second set : — 1, Pyrus Aria, a form very like P. A. scandica ; 

 2, see next week. Please do not pack specimens in cotton wool, for, if unopened 

 for a day or so, they can scarcely be identified, 



P. S. T., Sutton-on Hull: Can you send another specimen, with leaf, al o 

 indicate the form of inflorescence. See next week. 



LAW. 



LIABILITY OF SEEDSMEN. 



The case of IIowcroft v. Laycock, heard in the Court of Queen's Bench 



before Mr. Justice Day and Mr. Justice Lawrance, was an appeal from his 



Honour Mr. Lumley Smith, County Court Judge, raising a question as to the 



effect of a clause very commonly put at the head of seed merchants' bills. The 



clause was as follows: 11 Messrs. give no warranty, express or implied, as to 



description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter connected with the seeds 



they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If 



the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms they are at once to be 

 returned. " 



The plaintiffi had supplied some seeds to the defendant's order, 

 was for a species of cablxage called Couve Tronchuda. 



The order 

 The seed sent when it 



grew up turned out to be Jersey kale, a form of tree cabbage. The action was 

 brought for the pr.ce of the seeds ; the defendant counter-claimed for damages 

 for breach of contract. The County Court Judge had an unreported case named 

 Reynolds v. Wrench," in the Court of Appeal, cited to him, and he referred to 

 "Bowes v. Shand" (2 A.C.). He thought that the non-guarantee clause 

 protected the plaintiffs. But for that he would have found for the defendant. 1 



*or the appellant, the defendant, Mr. A. T. Lawrence, Q.C., and Mr. G. B. 

 Hamilton appeared, and cited the cases "Joeelyn v. Kingsford " (13 CB., N.S., 

 447) and "Nicholl v. Godt " (10 Ex., 191 1 



Mr. Earle appeared for the plaintiffi, and cited "Allen v. Lake " (18 Q.B., 

 560) and w Randall v. Roper" (27 Z./., Q.B., 266). He contended that when, 

 in ordinary cases, goods had been accepted the purchaser could only recover for 

 breach of warranty. Here, however, the purchaser had agreed not to raise any 

 question of warranty, and therefore had no remedy. It was an important matter 

 tor seed sellers and seed growers all over the country. In this case the seed sellers 

 had bought the seed from some one else, so there was no imputation on their bond 



U^. Seed would oe v *ry mu ch dearer if the sellers had to guarantee it. 

 The Court allowed the appeal. ^^** 



Mr. Justice Day was of opinion that the County Court Judge had been misled 

 by a case which had no bearing on the question. The clause in question could 

 not be construed to mean that no action should be brought. When Couve Tron- 

 chuda was ordered the seed sellers were not entitled to deliver something quite 

 cmterent. The custom of a trade might qualify a contract, but it could not 

 aestroy it. A rational construction muse be put on the words relied upon, 

 construction desired by the respondents to be established was unreasonable. 

 Mr. Justice Lawrance concurred. 



The 



iSl? l ° aPPCal Wa * granted if an ind emnity as to the costs were given 



plaintitt. 



to the 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR 



TuisdaV, j UHB a 3 



THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



l*m<^rmtion a on CommLtees meet at Twelve o'clock; 



at Three p.m. S«ff m ^S&^W C ^ P ? f " E * HcnS, ° W ' M ' A " V - M ' H " 

 Wkdnmuav, J UM e ao.— Cr\vdori 11 . » Society; t wo da vs. 



AncieDt Society o? ^^ H ^ C f ^ S ^iy. Richmond Horticultural Society. 



Sutton Amateur RoaeScMtv/ ' bhow * Canterbury Rose and Horticultural Society. 



Satu.dat, J„ut a.-Ne&oal R^s^^ft 



Eltham Rose Show. Gloucester 



roylucial Exhil» : tion at the Crystal Palace. 



Rose Show Fixtures 



June 25 (Saturday). 

 '28 (Tuesday). 



29 (Wednesday). 

 (Surrey). 



30 (Thursday). 

 2 (Saturday). 

 5 (Tuesday). 



Windsor. 



IN 1898. 



July 



99 



99 



Eltham Gloucester, and Norwich 

 Crystal Palace (N.R.S.). rmch ' 

 Dls £f Harrow, and Hereford. 



and 



Hich 



99 



99 

 99 

 99 

 99 



6 (Wednesday). — Chelmsford, Ealino- r 0 u 



Redhill (Reigate), and Tunbridg? $3T* f Hitftk 



7 (Thursday).— Woodbridge. ' 1 



8 (Friday).— Ulverston. 



9 (Saturday). — Manchester. 



12 (Tuesday).-*Wolverhampton, and 'Westminster (R H S 



13 (Wednesday). -Bedford, Ipswich, Maidstone 



Tyne. ' 



14 (Thursday).— Halifax (N.R.S.), Brentwood 



) 



Fund), Helensburgh, and Reading. 

 16 (Saturday).— New Brighton. 

 21 (Thursday).— Sidcup. 

 26 (Tuesday).— Tibshelf. 

 28 (Thursday).— Bedale. 

 * Shows lasting three days. f 

 Rosebank) Berkha?nsted> Herts. 



and 'Newcaule^. 

 Canterbury 



99 



99 



99 



99 



Shows lasting two days. 



Edward Mawley. 



8s. 



Marke 



rs. 



Covent Garden. 



THE market is well supplied with green vegetables, and the supply of nsas m • 

 day by day. Salading is moderately plentiful, and there aAS^^ 

 fruits, especially cherries, strawberries, and apricots. * applies of 



Fruit.— Tasmanian apples, 8s. to 14s. per case; English grapes i s 6d 

 Jersey, is. to is. 6d. per lb. ; pineapples, 2s. 6d. to 4 s. 6d. each ; bananas -\ 5 

 bunch ; chernes, 4s. to 6s. per half-sieve ; strawberries, is. 6d to 2s &L 'rl ^"iP* 

 basket ; apricots, 6d. to is. per box ; gooseberries, 3?. to 4?. per bushel • oranJ <* 

 to 24s.; lemons, 8s. to 15s. per case; English tomatos, jd. to 8d.; Jersey arfJ* 

 per lb. ; Spanish, is. to is. 4* per box ; green figs, 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d ' wSlL° 5 

 to 12s. per dozen. 1 f^ucs, 3^ 



If lowers. — Arums, 3s. to 4s.; carnations, is. to 3s.; eucharis is to 

 gardenias, is. to 3s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 3s. to 4s.; tea roses, 6d. to is • pink 

 3 s. to 6s. ; red roses, 2s. to 4s. ; cattleyas, 6s. to 9 >. ; Odontoglossum crispum r <tt 

 to 4s.; and tuberoses, is. to is. 6d. per dozen blooms; Adiantum cuneatum' 1% t« 

 marguerites, 2s. to 4s.; mignonette, 25. to 4s. ; pelargoniums (scarlet) 4s'to6s • 

 azaleas, 6d. to gd.\ stephanotis, 2s. to 3s.; lily of the valley, 6d. to is.; white gladioli 

 6d. to gd ; and pelargoniums, 4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays; bouvardias, fct toto* 

 white lilac, 3s. to 4s. per bunch. 1 ' 



Vegetables.— Egyptian onions, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per cwt.; English spnnfc 

 is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bunches; asparagus, 9d. to 4s. per bundle; rhubarb 

 is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bundles ; mushrooms, 6s. to 8s. per 12 lbs. ; peas, as to 

 4s. per bushel; French beans, 3d. per lb. ; spinach, is. 6d. per bushel; new carrots, 

 3s. 6d. to 4s. : turnips, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; parsley, is. to is. 6d. ; mint, 2s. per dON 

 bunches ; endive, is. to is. 3d.; cauliflowers, is. to 2s. per dozen ; lettuce, 6d. tood. 

 per score; Jersey potatos, 7s. to 8s.; Canary, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d.; St. Malo, 6s. to ?i. 

 per cwt. ; Lisbon, 3s. to 4s, per box. 



Borough Potato Market. 



The supply is larger than the demand, though the latter is good. Prices moderate. 

 Belgians and Germans, 4s. 6d. to 5s. 3d. per bag. New— Teneriffe kidneys, 4s. to 

 4s. 6d. ; St. Malo, 5s. 6d. ; Jersey Flukes, 73. ; Kidneys, 6s. 6d.; Cherbourg Flukes, 

 5s. 6d. ; kindneys, 5s.; English kidneys, 8s. to 8s. 6d. per cwt.; Lisbon rounds, 

 2s. 6d. to 33, per box. 



THE WEATHER during the Week ending June 18, 1898. 



Stations, 



Temperature of the Air. 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Rainfall. 



London . 



Cr 03rd on 



Brighton 



ttristol , 



Wolverhampton 

 Norwich 



Nottingham 

 Liverpool 



Hnddersfield 



Bradford 



Hull 



9 • 



78*4 



63*o 

 60 -o 



73'i 



74*4 

 72*0 



67-4 

 70*0 



74'2 

 74*o 



46 7 



45*o 

 46*2 



38*0 



39'2 

 48-0 



35*o 



46-3 



38 5 

 44*8 



37'o 



55*2 



537 



54 *o 



53*4 



53*5 

 52*2 



5**9 

 55'o 



5 2'2 



57 2 

 5i'4 



12 89 

 1 2 '06 



12*22 

 II'89 



it '94 



II 21 



1273 



H'22 

 I4'O0 

 1078 



In 



In Cat- 



Inches. 



metres. 



0*01 





0 00 



0*00 



0 01 \ 



003 



o'oo I 



0 00 



o'i8 



0*46 



o'oi 



0*03 



O OJ 



0*00 



O'lO 



015 



0 01 • 



003 



O'OD 



000 



O 03 



o*o8 



# f 0 ^^ 11 readm « of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 3°'° 5 inches. Md jJ*' 

 of the 1 hermometer 55^2, the latter being 3^8 below the week's average m the 50 yw 

 1841-90. The direction of the wind was variab'e, the horizontal movement of the air oei ^ 

 15 \*r cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registerea cngai 

 sunshine m the week was 32*3 hours. The measured rainfall amounted 1 1 o'oi of an inch. 



CONTENTS. 



A Journey to the Forests of Central Africa 

 Answers to Correspondents ... 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week" 

 Exhibitions and Meetings 

 Bath s 



Colchester Horticuitural Society' 



R m dl " s If and Distri ct Gardeners' 



Mutual Improv-ement Association 

 Horticultural Club 



Law 

 Markets 



Mornington Lodge, West Kensington 



Mulching ... ■ 

 Evolutionary Jumps 

 Dinner Table Decorations 



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Ne v Plants, Flowers, and Vegctab.es 

 Notes on Orchids 



Oxfordshire Onion and Bean Growers 

 R.H.S. Examination in Horf.cu'ture 

 Rose Show Fixtures in 1898 .. 

 Soils and Potting {conclude ) 

 The Cabbage ... 

 The Weather ... 



Tomatos 



Work for the Week 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Cymbidium Canalicular * Var n * 

 Mr. J. Green's Excelsior Runner^ ^ ^ 



Old Headington ... v * . 

 Odontoglossum Crispum Luciani 



fACl 



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Placed «vj ,h°t US ? ma ^- &hortl y be supplied wi t h ekctric light by a simple P ie ^ ° r dliect fm 

 PiacwJ over the kitchen chimt ey, if a new plan of Edison's for generating f 1 ^"'^- which «• 

 not iSSSf"- , Thus the P^est person could have the benefit of a usefu '^^^er, M 

 riven ™« I* 1 ^ Ury 0nly for tie comfort of the rich. Mr. Thomas "^S^^dBConi- 



'p^ ng l 5 h ^ man "y than has yet been afforded by the P^wg ™ lh *iix* £ 

 meS'tr' ft f a " d .,°i n tment have succeeded in cases where the greate« a . 

 effect ^ J£? «i ent , hav f - fa » 1 . e d. Whatever the condition of a patient may be, these m 

 enect a cure if such a thing is humanly possible- [Advt.] 



