April 25, 1895. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
351 
DICKSONS’ 
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IRISH ROSES. 
ALEX. DICKSON & SONS 
Have pleasure in announcing for distribution in May a further 
series of their 
CELEBRATED PEDIGREE ROSES, 
HELEN KELLER (H.P.), Rosy Cerise, superb .. 10, G each 
MAVOURNEEN (H.P.), Silvery Flesh, first rate 10 G „ 
MARJORIE (H.T.),White, Pink centre, very pretty 7, G „ 
ALSO 
The Best of the NEW FRENCH & BRITISH ROSES. 
Descriptive Catalogue Post Free on application, 
NEW (H.T.) ROSE 
BELLE SIEBRECHT (Mrs. W. J. Grant). 
ised by Alex. Diceson & Sons, distributed by Siebeecht 
and Wadley, New York. 
.e most valuable introduction of the past ten years. This 
,perb variety has gained the highest awards wherever exhibited 
i>. Great Britain and America, chief among these being the 
National Rose Society’s Gold Medal, 
aluable alike for exhibition, decorative, and forcing purposes. 
No collection, however small, complete without it. 
ANTS IN POTS IN MAY, 10/6 EACH. 
Full Descriptive Particulars Post Free on application to 
LEX. DICKSON & SONS, 
ROYAL NURSERIES, 
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.CKFORD’S SWEET PEAS 
Varieties). The greatest triumph in the floral world 
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HARDY BORDER PLANTS—6s. per dozen ; 80a. per lOO. 
PANSIES—8s. 6d. per dozen ; 20s. per 100. 
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LAINGS’ GREAT EXHIBITION 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA^ 
CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. 
T he Shire Highlands is that part of British 
Central Africa which lies a little to the 
east, but within the northern basin of the 
Zambesi River. For the last three years it has 
been under the administration of the British 
Government, The Highlands, taken as a whole 
and comparing it with the other great divisions 
of Africa, is fairly healthy for Europeans if they 
take the greatest care of themselves. Here., 
practically, we have no scarlet, typhoid, enteric, 
or yellow fevers, no cholera, nor any of the 
diseases which cause so much mortality in other 
countries, but to a very great extent this 
immunity from disease is counterbalanced by 
the serious mortality resulting from African 
malarial fevers, the most deadly form of which 
is h^matunc fever. Statistics are not yet to 
hand, but I believe I am correct in saying that 
the Europeans at present in the country number 
over 300, a large majority of them being settled 
around Blantyre. It is noteworthy to mention 
that nearly 200 of them hail from the land of 
Burns and Scott. 
— OF — 
OLIVIAS (IMANTOPHYLLUMS). 
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NEW PLANT CATALOGUE (fss)s 1895 
WM. CLIBRAN & SON mBW CATALOGUE of 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
SOFTWOODED PLANTS, TEA ROSES, 
DAHLIAS. HARDY CLIMBERS, FLORISTS’ FLOWERS, &c., 
POST FREZ: FOR THREE STAMPS. 
t52 Pages with full descriptions of all the FINEST NOVELTIES and the BESJ OLD VARIETIES of 
the above-named plants. 
OLDFIELD NURSERIES, ALTRINCHAM, 
No. 774,— Von. XXX., Third Series. 
The altitude of the Shire Highlands’ plateaux, 
roughly speaking, is from 1500 to nearly 3500 
feet above the sea level. From these elevations 
again rise some magnificent mountain masses, 
the chief amongst them being Mount Mlanje, 
which has only recently been ascended to the 
summit, and found to be 9680 feet in height. 
All round Blantyre are some very picturesque 
mountains, notably Mount Ndirende 4500, and 
Mount Gochi 5000 feet, while near the Blantyre 
the flat-topped mountain of Chiradzulo rises to 
a height of 5500 feet above the sea level. 
Needless to remark, the presence of these 
hills and mountains influences the climate to a 
marked degree. The Shire Highlands is both 
well watered and wooded. Large forest trees 
are conspicuous by their absence, except along 
the banks of streams, and hidden away in the 
fertile valleys, where are to be found some 
handsome specimens, comprising Khaya sene- 
galensis, Erythrophleum guineensis, Parkia 
filicordia, and several others. 
The rainy season generally commences ia 
November, and lasts until April, and with the 
NO. 2430,—VOL. XCII., Old Series. 
