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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 1, 1894. 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1894. 
September. 
4, 5, 6.—Aquarium Flower Show. 
f % 8.'— National Dahlia Show at the Crystal Palace. 
n, 25.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
xi.—Woodstock Show. 
12, 13.—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s 
Show. 
October. 
g, 23.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
10, 11, 12.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium. 
November. 
2| 3.—Chrysanthemum Show at the Crystal Palace 
2, 3.—Battersea Chrysanthemum Show. 
6,7.—Leeds Paxton Society’s Chrysanthemum 
Show. 
6, 7> 8.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium. 
7, 8.—Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show. 
7_ 8._Hereford Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show. 
7, 8.—Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
8^_Buddleigh Salterton Chrysanthemum Show. 
9.—Exeter Chrysanthemum Show. 
10 —Crewe Chrysanthemum Show. 
13 , 27 ._R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
I3> X4_—Kingston Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, jg.—Aylesbury Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Bristol Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Hull Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, xg—Tunbridge Wells Chrysanthemum Show. 
15, 16, 17.—Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show 
16, xy.—Bolton Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 21.—Chrysanthemum Show in the Town Hall, 
Manchester. 
December. 
4, 5, 6.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium. 
11. —R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
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