... of the Saciefirlresisteitee. Of coarse the show did not compare with Chelsea, Shrewsbury. or .Vork. In point of site. but he did not th . nk there was an industrial district, which could boast of such a show as Cannock. It very to observe that notwith ...

... afford them more warmth gradually, and syringe daily. When the flower hods show. a moist heat of %/deg. to 65deg. is necessary to open them. Attest LlLlES.—Plants that are pushing flower stems may receive liquid manure and abundant supplies of water to ...

... GARDEN GOSSIP. Show Pelargoniums.—For a few weeks the plants should be stood outside in a sum, position after flowering, and then have the pots laid on their sides to give the plants a short period of rest. July is a good time to insert cuttings in light ...

... musical syllabus of the annual flower show and fete, arid prizes of 13, Z 2 and Ll, will be offered. The follov,ing are the test pieces that have been.decided upon for the various solo and choral competitions, at the show, which will be held on August ...

... rightly catalogued as very distinct, but there its merits do not end, for it, is a lush-formed, fully-petalled large flower. A quaint flower, too. is that offered by • Carnation named Traddles. On a deep buff or straw-coloured ground appear ',lashings of ...

... during February may solve the difficulty. A few of the best large flowered sorts that may be planted now are Jackmani, Jackmani alba or Snow White, Star of India, and Gipsy Queen. Flowering in spring and early summer we hare Edith Jackman, Marcel Moser, ...

... Staffs. son of the Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Peace. of the Vicaraki.. ltarl ision. Stoke-on-Trent. With profuse decorations of flowers and evergreens. appropriate mottoes flying front the trees. an arch of tulips and 1:!ac. aunt the i;eli4htful Oresses of the ...

... including the Earl of De‘ou, Sir William Howell Baker, and Lady Ashburton, were among the prizewinners at the Taunton Flower Show. Little Buretead (Essex) village pump has been used so incessantly by casual tramps and peapickers that the villagers, fearing ...

... plant can bear Bowers which do and do not open. 11 le observations demonstrate that the closed flowers or cleistogams are more fecund than the ordinary flowers. - COLONY. Lawny., of the Swedish Army, has invented a magazine rifle similar to the Misuser ...

... NO HOLIDAYS FOR THF.M. Toting New Zealanders have a great love for flowers, and their home. ere never without them. The long, low wooden honscs, which arc often only one story high, are covrr'd with exquisite creepers, and the tiled stranger who crosses ...

... The base of Nelson's column in Trafalgar-so uare was as beautifully decorated as in any previous year with evergreens and flowers. but the decorations were of • kind which did not call for the employment of steeplejacks for several days before. The hero ...

... was treated everywhere with almost regal honours, and at a banquet given in his honour at Warsaw almost smothered by the flowers showered on him by lady admirers in the galleries. The Board of Agriculture announces the publier.iiou by the Ordnance Survey ...