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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 27, 1‘jOO. 
Pippin. — Ellen Parker : The fruit of Pyrus Maulei or 
Maule's Quince. 
Communications receivedD. McGregor.—W. 
Angus.—Omega (next week).—C. B. G —M. Temple. 
—I. Miller —T. D —R. W.-H. A. B - D. C — 
R. D. —J. Proctor.—A. L.—J. W.—E. W.—J. R.— 
Win. Craig.—H. G. C. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 
Sussex. — Catalogue of Ornamental Trees aod 
Shrubs, Fruit Trees, American Plants, Roses, Forest 
Trees, Rhododendrons, &c. 
Vilmorin - Andrieux et Cie, 4, Quai de la 
Megisserie, Paris.—Special Catalogue of Gladioli ; 
also Flowering Bulbs and S'rawberrtes, and Seeds 
for Autumn Sowing. 
Wm. Watson & Sons, Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin, 
— Fruit Trees, Roses, Evergreen Shrubs, Ornamental 
and Forest Trees, Hardy Climbers, &c. 
SHOW FIXTURES FOR 1900. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 
October. 
31.—Exmouth, Torquay, Steyning (2 days); 
Penarth. 
November. 
1. —Horsham (2 days); Leyton (2 days); Newton- 
Abbot. 
2. —Battersea (2 days). 
6—Truro (2 rays); N.C.S. (3 days); Belast (3 
days.) 
7. —Bideford ; Bournemouth (2 day-) ; Cardiff (2 
days) ; Cheltenham (2 days) ; Donca-ter (2 
days); Ealing ; Halifax (2 days) ; Hornsey 
(2 days); Isle of ThaDet (2 days) ; Lowestoft 
(2 days); Manor Park (2 days) ; Newport (2 
days) ; Sevenoaks (2 days) ; Waltham 1 tow (2 
days); Melton Mowbray (2 days) 
8. —Bakewell (2 days); Beaminster; Cranbrook (2 
days); Devon and Exeter (2 days); Penzance 
(2 days) ; Royal Jersey (2 days) ; Swansea (2 
days) ; Windsor and Eton ; Forest Gate and 
Stratford (3 days) ; St. Botolph’s, Colchester. 
9. —Derby (2 days) : East of Fife (2 days) ; High¬ 
bury (2 days); Leicester (2 days); Hayes 
(Middlesex). 
10—Bacup;' Nottingham (2 days); Stockport 
Chrysanthemum Society. 
13. —Dulwich (2 days); Folkestone (2 days) ; Hartle¬ 
pool (2 days); Ipswich (2 days); Longton 
(2 days); SoutheDd-oc-Sca (2 day»); Wimble¬ 
don (2 days). 
14. —Alsager (2 days); Banbury (2 days) ; Bristol (2 
days); Caterham (2 days); Chesteifield (2 
days) ; Faversham (2 days) ; Finchley (2 
days) ; Hull (2 days); Kiug’s Lynn (2 days) ; 
Lewes and District (2 days); St. John’s Seven- 
oaks (2 days): Sutton Coldfield (2 days); 
Sutton, Surrey (2 days); Tonbridge (2 days) ; 
Warlingham ; York (3 days). 
15—Barnsley (2 days) ; Jersey Gardeners (2 days) : 
Ludlow; Scottish Horticultural (3 days), pro¬ 
bable. 
36.—Blackburn (2 days); Bradford (2 days); Cbor- 
ley (2 days). 
17.—Burton-on-Trent ; Batley. 
22. —Dundee (3 days); Norfolk and Norwich (3 
days). 
23. —Cumberland. 
December. 
4.—N.C.S. (3 days). 
VINE & PLANT MANURE. 
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