... entrance to a considerable height above. The centre of the hall is occupied by a flower-stall. from the mniddle of which a large gaily-decorated May-pole rises. Here flowers and fruit are dis- played right temptingly by the Countess of Scarborough, assisted ...

... designs in which these flowers predominate, and the same may be said of old Oriental pottery, tC. We' first hear of the chrysanthemum in this country in 1761, when a small flowered variety was grown in the Botanic Garden, Chelsea. This plant is said to ...

... least four miles distant from the Chelsea Workhouse. TRn feature of the National Chrysanthemum Show at the Royal Aquarium to-day was a number of blooms of chrysanthemums sent from Wellington, New Zealand, Each flower was frozen in a block of ice, aud ...

... Of the loveliest goons were those worn by Lady Chelsea, the daug-liter-in-law of Lady Cadogan, andl by her sister-in-law, Lady }y'oidorowna Sturt, the youttg wife of Lord Alington's only 'on. LadV Chelsea's gown of ivorv iluchesse satin had the bodice ...

... year at the t .flower show held in the Botanic Gardens d r under the direction of Mr Bullen as one of 12 for v which I received first prize. It was one of six il L'which I staged at the West of Scotland Horticul . tural Society's Show, in September last ...

... CompaLny, taling advantage of the powers just obtilued frion- Parliamenut, have suddenly raised their fares. The suburban rates show an advance of from 361 to 50 per cenjt., whilst on other parts of the line the increase is from 10 to O per cent. The Chatham ...

... Cornw'lbrocecli, Pd. ;4d,, 1d .Docks ?? 2;6 Edinburgh do, 14 ,, 12 -l'abbits ?? 1/4 ,, 1/d Cut flowers, r b'quet /1 6 1/ -Tukeys,.emch ?? 3/ ,, 9/ Greenhouse flowers,. ;j(Gdeese, each . . '2/i ,, 5/ ' fortablel`lboqlveit' 1/6,, 2/LI Prait-' . ' Watercre ...

... more can be got at present owing to the demand on the spot for refin- j ing. A friend of ours has given us a sample which shows n it to be a most beautiful sugar, full of saccharine matter, t and of an excellent colour and quality. If a sufficient r quantity ...

... LsIivempool, a lisrgo yropnrtioancf ths people about: al the steets displaying a bunch of the flowers, and 1 n- the various Conservative Clubs mnakiug a large I 0i show of bouquets and wreaths. Tho stastue of Lord i n- Beaeonslield in front of St Gtorge's fla ...

... where a show which would repay a longer and :n4ore tedious journey is open. The great a vinery, its glass roof draped with green and jolden foliage, among which bang clusters of black Hamburgs, is like a fairy garden of ex- c quisite flowering and cut ...

... time since 186l that a full year's interest had been paid and the arrears of' interest 8 now amounted to 41786 2e sd. The flower show held I in ?? ?? and l4th r of June, on account of the bad weather then experi- e dr.l63jjj!W alonqtota garden of nearly ...

... inapplicable to the painter's Tiectious. But when he goes on to re- LoaSt to say of a picture, as is often said .;aise, that it shows great and earnest 4Zt b to3 say that it is inco*mplete and unfit :Zrw, it will at ouce be seen what a dau. pr ftallt' toderhes ...