January 9, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
291 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE 
FOR 1897. 
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Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , JANUARY gth, 1897. 
J|ardy Flowers in Bloom.—If proof 
were wanting of the mildness of the 
winter over the British Isles, it is amply 
furnished by the flowers, native and exotic, 
now blooming in the open. Late in the 
season, Roses were flowering in the far 
north, but as recently as Christmas eve the 
frost was so keen in Fifeshire that curling 
and skating was expected in a day or two. 
At Ambleside, however, in the north of 
England wild flowers in bloom were rela¬ 
tively plentiful. Concurrently with this we 
had evidence of flowers in bloom, and 
Strawberries fruiting towards the south and 
west of England. Monthly Roses, Snow¬ 
drops, Crocuses, Red-Campion and other 
spring and summer flowers were plentiful at 
the end of last week at St. Mawgan, in the 
beautiful vale of Lanherne, Devon, as well 
as at other places on the south coast. 
Bunches of Primroses were gathered at the 
same date in the neighbourhood of Liskeard, 
Devon. 
In the suburbs of London, Primroses and ' 
other spring flowers may be noted; the 
grass is greener than at mid-summer, and is 
thickly dotted all over with Daisies in some 
