... FORTUNES IN FLOWERS fnlL => . - _ . I . ~ J. J-,%J T XX J,.LkAJ That Bloom in the Spring. id A Dutch Picture. h~e The Dutch growers still maintain their tradi- he tional einience as the champion hyacinth rearers he of the world. There is something in ...

... the28ihof June, on which day the address will be present e to Her Majesty. a eVENTNOR. d TEa UI;DERCLIFP FLOWER SHOW.-On Wednes. e day the annual spring show of the- Under. dclitf Horticultural Society was held at East lDene, Bouchurch, the residence of Mr ...

... very much patronised. It 'was a shower arrangement of n flowers with 'nio'apparent handle. The idea is it that of a spray of rose-branches with the foliage ' stripped off in the middle and the flowers fixed in d above, belowv ani at the sides, so that the ...

... sent out by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, may be used as curtains or blinds, but they must be drawn up or aside every day, otherwise the danger to which I have alluded will soon be present in the form of weak, blanched flowers, which cannot be expected to ...

... annual exhibition of roots, plants, flowers, fruit, poultry, and vegetables in conneetion with this So- ciety was held on Tuesday last, by kind permission of the FIl Duke of Marlborough, in Blenheim Park. The show was excellent, both in the number and ...

... has been laid by of the institution of flower shows, which add to the de deep-seated' love of nature which abides amon& the co poor a wholesome personal emulation. Besides, if In the mere presence of beautiful flowers and plants tb confer pleasure, how much ...

... Oxact resemblance of a spotted I brown meth-three flower petals arranged so as co to look like the insect's 'wings, and two long aspistils projecting from them like antennae. The a Dove Masdevnllia shows a pale green flover, Id looking into the heart of ...

... R:EADING. FLowEn Snow .-On Tuesday afternoon a very successful and attractive flower show was held in the Corn Exchange by the Reading Amateur Horticultural Society. The display of flowers was very good indeed, but the vegetables were not so good as last year ...

... and they were heartily applauded. As regaris the show itself, the exhi- bition of roots was very much better than could have been anticipated from the unfavourable season, indeed it was the best show that has been seen in this neighbourhood this year ...

... Obarles Fred. Wade, of .Cavdiff, 'so Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr.M.'Haudsof:Stxatford- on-Avon. Jan. 14, at St. Luke'.si Chelsea, Henry Obhaxles Temple !Hughes, youngest son of. the late Rev. J. W. Hughes, ?? of St. Clemetit's, Oxford, to Selina Thornee ...

... Exhibition ?? all flowers or plants should be carefully labelled with their i scientific names, arid, where practicable, with the nurme of the country whence introduced. Florists' flowers andv fruits to be labelled with their names. Seedling flowers exhibited ...

... 89. 5s. A pair of triple gourd-shaped bottles, with flowers and kylins, 731. 1Os. A pair of long- necked bottles, medallions of flowers, 861. 2s. A globular bottle, long neck, enamelled with flowers, 541. 12s. A fine large pair of jars and covers, powdered ...