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February 1, 1896. 
pressed the little hand he still held, and then Eiley 
disappeared with Hortense. " It must be done 
purposely,” he muttered savagely as he walked to 
the library. •* I will speak to Lady Bewdley about 
it. It is simply intolerable to have that woman 
continually watching ray every movement, as I am 
positive she does. I expect her ladyship's sudden 
indisposition is only a ruse to get Eiley away from 
me. You will find it useless to try and thwart me, 
my lady ! Well, I shall only be in London a day, so 
if my little girl cannot come down again this evening 
I shall be obliged to put off speaking to her until my 
return. I think I said enough to make her under¬ 
stand my meaning and that will have to content me 
for the present it seems.” 
It turned out as Lord Bewdley feared; Eiley did 
not come down again, she was in attendance upon 
Lady Bewdley until two o'clock in the morning. 
Being obliged to go to London by the first train, 
Lord Bewdley had left the Manor before Eiley bad 
risen on the morrow. She was having her breakfast 
in the small library when Hortense came with a 
message from Lady Bewdley saying she wished to 
see Miss Deane as soon as possible. 
Eiley quickly finished her meal and immediately 
repaired to Lady Bewdley’s boudoir. 
Her ladyship had apparently quite recovered from 
her indisposition of the night before. She was 
writing when Eiley entered, but at once laid her pen 
down and rose from her seat. Walking to a small 
cabinet she unlocked a drawer took out some money 
and then resumed her seat. There was an unusually 
hard expression in her face, and the peculiar gray 
eyes, which were almost like glass in their trans¬ 
parent clearness, looked cruel and cold as she fixed 
them upon Eiley. 
<• i have sent for you Miss Deane,” she said, coldly, 
to tell you that I shall not require your services 
any longer. I am fully aware that your time does 
not expire until next week, but I regret to say your 
conduct is such that I cannot possibly allow you to 
remain until then. Kindly count that money and 
see if it is correct, and then you will oblige me by 
going at once.'' 
“ I do not know to what you refer, Lady Bewdley,” 
cried Eiley, in surprise. “ I know of nothing in my 
conduct to which you could possibly take excep¬ 
tion-” 
“No?” interrupted Lady Bewdley, raising her 
eyebrows superciliously. “ That is a pity, for I have 
no intention of saying anything farther on the 
subject, and as my head is aching I will wish you 
good morning.” 
“ You desire me to go to-day then ? ” asked Eiley, 
in a voice quite as cold as her ladyship’s. 
“ Certainly,' replied Lady Bewdley. " And if you 
can arrange to go before luncheon I should prefer 
it.” 
“I will not trouble your ladyship a moment longer 
than I am obliged,” said Eiley, and, giving a slight 
bow to Lady Bewdley, she left the room. 
Susan burst into a very genuine fit of weeping 
when Eiley told her she was leaving the Manor and 
asked her to assist with the packing. I am afraid 
poor Susan would have been dismissed quite as 
peremptorily as her beloved “Miss Eiley” if her 
ladyship had heard of the very uncomplimentary 
remark she made about her in the servants' hall! 
Mrs. Wilson had let her one spare room, so Eiley 
decided to go up to London and try to get some 
pupils there. There was a train which left Bewdley 
Station at twelve o'clock, and this was the one she 
wished to catch, if possible. 
The last parcel was packed ; the luggage had been 
put into the trap which waited at the door ; the last 
good-bye had been said to the weeping Susan, who 
had shed perfect torrents of tears when “Miss Eiley ’ ’ 
had put her arms round her and kissed both her 
round rosy-apple cheeks. Eiley was just stepping 
into the trap when Carlo came bounding along and 
nearly knocked her over in his delight at seeing her. 
Poor Eiley’s eyes filled with tears as she caressed 
the faithful fellow. 
“ Good-bye, dear Carlo. I am going away and 
we shall never see each other again, most likely. 
We have been very good friends, so you must give 
me one of your beautiful wavy locks to take with me 
as a keepsake.” Drawing a tiny pair of folded 
scissors from her pocket she cut a piece of the New¬ 
foundland’s hair, then hastily kissing his rough head 
she sprang lightly into the trap and was soon on her 
way to London. It might have been her fancy, but 
when she arrived at the London terminus she thought 
she saw Hortense alight from the train and disappear 
in the crowd. 
(To be continued.) 
Qaescions add adsujsrs 
*,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
Names of Plants— A. M. : A species of Aphel- 
andra, but please send a good leaf to enable us to 
determine which.— T. L. : i, Dendrobium Ains- 
worthi; 2, Ada aurantiaca ; 3, Cypripedium barba- 
tum crossianum.—ill. G.: 1, Humea elegans; 2, 
Peristrope speciosa. 
Varieties of Laelia anceps.— W. A. : Taking 
all its qualities together, the bloom labelled Laelia 
anceps sanderiana was undoubtedly the finest, 
because largest, most expanded and purest in colour. 
Sepals and petals and the exterior of the tube were 
pure white. The purple apex of the lip was rich and 
well defined. That labelled Laelia anceps (white) 
was really a form of L. a. sanderiana and inter¬ 
mediate between the latter and L. a. dawsoniana, 
having the broad petals of the latter. The flower, 
however, was smaller, and the sepals tipped with 
green. The marbled blotch at the apex of the lip 
was exceedingly pretty, so that the variety is well 
worth cultivating, though the first-named would be 
reckoned the finest and most valuable by Orchid 
connoisseurs. 
Rhubarb from Seed.— T. Bentley : It grows readily 
from seed, but we cannot guarantee that it will come 
true to the variety from which you gathered the 
seed. The seedlings may differ considerably from 
one another, some of them worse and possibly a few 
of them better than the original. If you can afford 
space, you might try the experiment. Sow the seeds 
now in a box, harden off the seedlings, and transplant 
them to the open ground in May ; or you may sow 
the seeds in lines during the latter half of March, 
and thin or transplant them when well germinated. 
Vine Eyes — H. Colder : It is the opinion of some 
gardeners that vine eyes will develop roots all along 
the cut, surface, if they are cut down the middle. 
Whether they make this statement from experience 
or supposition is a doubtful point; but we presume 
it to be a story handed from one to another. We 
have made the experiment and found no advantage 
from adopting it; on the contrary, most of the eyes 
so treated either died or grew very weakly. The 
ordinary way is to cut the shoots into lengths about 
ij in. long, with a bud situated on the middle of 
each ; so treated they give the most satisfaction. 
Elementary Botany Book— J. R.\ There are 
several good books we can recommend including 
Oliver's Elementary Botany (price 2s ), published by 
Blackie & Son, Edinburgh, and Botany, by H. 
Edmonds, published by Longmans, Green & 
Company, London. Price 2s. od. 
Communications Received. —G. Reuthe.—W. 
Swan.—W. Napper.—A. Wright.—W. Tolling.— 
Wm. Ogg.—C. H— J. L—J. Spriggs.—J. G. 
Pettinger.—J. Gibson. A. Dimmock.—S. T.—H. 
Warner.—Amateur.—R. Y.—T. Ryan—B. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED- 
J & R. Thyne, 83, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. 
—List of Garden Seeds. 
Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, N.B., and Orpington, 
Kent -Small list of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 
and Plants. 
John Green, F.R.H.S., Norfolk Nurseries, 
Dereham.—John Green’s Annual Guide to Every¬ 
thing for the Garden. 
Cunningham & Wyllie, 98, Mitchell Street, 
Glasgow.—Seed List. Liliums, Cannas. Begonias, 
&c. 
Michael Cuthbertson, Rothesay, N.B —List of 
Novelties, Choice Seeds and Plants 
- 1 “"- 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
Jan. 28 tli, 1896. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report an improved de¬ 
mand for Clover and Grass Seed. Prices unchanged. 
G O 2ST TIE 1ST TS. 
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Amateurs, hints for.352 . 
Begonia Veitchi .354 
Birmingham Amateur Gar¬ 
deners' Association.351 
Bradford Paxion Society...350 
Chinese Primulas, Messrs. 
Sutton’s.35+ 
ChrysanthemumAlbum.the 351 
Chrysanthemum uligino- 
sum .357 
DaltonHorticulturalSociety350 
Eiley Deane (a serial tale)...357 
Flower Shows, rules for 
judging at..349 
Fruit under Glass .355 
Gardener, the .355 
Gardening Miscellany ..337 
G-ease bands for fruit trees 357 
Horticulture in the United 
States .356 
Lectures at Eastbourne....350 
London Nurseries, the.356 
Luculia pinceana ...".356 
Orchid Houses, the.355 
People I have met.351 
Petasites fragrans .357 
Phlox coccinea .357 
Protea cynaroides ..357 
Rare Mosses in Cornwall...357 
Royal Horticultural Society 
of Ireland .351 
Spiraea Thunbergii .357 
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris. 
346 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 
Carters . 
•345 
Dicksons, Ltd. 
Dobbie & Co. 
• 345 
H. J. Jones. 
C. Sharpe & Co. 
R. Smith & Co. 
R. Sydenham. 
. 34 H 
Webb & Sons . 
W. Wells . 
Chrysanthemums. 
T W. Cole. 
W. Etherington . 
• 345 
W. J. Godfrey . 
• 34 « 
H. J. Jones. 
R. Owen. 
Chas. Shaw . 
W. Wells. 
A. W. Young. 
•345 
Coals. 
T. T Pascoe . 
.346 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. Laing & Sons . 
• 345 
Siebrecht & Wadley .... 
• 34 » 
A. W. Young. 
•345 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Sons, Ltd. 
Fruit Trees, &c. 
G. Bunyard & Co. 
..348 
R. Neal . 
■ 345 
R. Smith & Co. 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
Epps & Co. 
..346 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 
345 
A. Potter. 
•■ 35 S 
H. G. Smyth . 
-345 
W. Wood & Son . 
-346 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood. 
..346 
Thames Bank Iron Co.. 
3+5 
Horticultural Builders. 
W. Cooper, Ltd. 
-359 
J. Boyd & Sons. 
-345 
J- Gray . 
W. Richardson & Co 
-345 
I. Weeks & Co . 
Insecticides. 
Gishurst Compound ... 
-345 
Manures. 
Clay & Son.... 
W. Colchester. 
J.D. Kirk . 
Native Guano Co. 
H. G. Smyth. 
W. Thomson & Sons 
...346 
W. Wood & Son. 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 
Gishurstlne . 
... 3+5 
Mesilla Valley Irrigation 
Colony. 
-355 
Rubber Stamps . 
-355 
Netting. 
Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss 346 
H.J. Gasson -. 
Rigby, Wainwright & C0.345 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher . 
Leeds Orchid Co. 
W. L. Lewis & Co. 
Hugh Low & Co. 
-347 
G. McArthur. 
-355 
F. Sander & Co. 
...345 
Trusteeslate J.Stevenson 345 
Palms, &c. 
Iceton .. 
B. S. Williams & Son.. 
Roses. 
J. Cowan & Co. 
R. Neal . 
-345 
R. Smith & Co. 
-348 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 
J. Box . 
-345 
Carters . 
M. Cuthbertson . 
•••345 
Daniels Bros. 
Dicksons, Ltd. 
F. C. Heinemann . 
-345 
Pennell & Sons . 
F. Roemer. 
R. Smith & Co. 
Sutton & Sons. 
-345 
R. Sydenham . 
-349 
R. Veitch & Son . 
—349 
Webb & Sons . 
• ••349 
R. J. Wickham. 
-345 
Witton & Co. 
-345 
Strawberries. 
S. Hamilton. 
-345 
Trees & Shrubs. 
R. Neal . 
-345 
R. Smith & Co. 
Yines. 
J. Cowan & Co . 
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