... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... umbols of white-flowers, 12 feet in cir- The' -cumferuce, and leaves equally enormous from five to this -seven feet wide. In the last number of the Journal nt of the Horticultural Society, Mr. Thomas Moore, P too Curator of the Chelsea Botanic Garden ...

... House, Chelsea, which S d have been prepared for and devoted to tie t ? purposes of the Exhibition. Enormous crowds s g assembled on Wednesday, as is invariably the s h case when there is the smallest chance of obtain- is ing even a peep of a flower on our ...

... mast stick up aggressively. Bright blue u in corni-flowers, or blades of grass, or huttarcupe, and 0P1 Lit other things of the kind which stand up straight, are in quits carry the day over the flowers that droop.la Ig~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?? A bonnet trimmed with ...

... what these early picotures of o' ?? show. I believe. it is nowr the Ueshioni to o, and admnire these works, bus I must candidly state thit buto th seem to0 me' unlovely. They, are intensely A btinteresting, as showing both what'te~h ical sikill threa In ...

... reception of nurses at Marlborough House 'Was one Of the I'last interesting events of last ;week. Our Royal family constantly show their appreciation of the quality of thrift, which is as valuable nationally as it is to the individual. The er nurses who ...

... Argyll, Duke of Beaufort, gre Duches's of, -Sutherland, and the Duke of Devonshire. ant During Prince Albert's visitI to the Flower Show a vary ate; spirited photographic likeness of him, was taken in three 1 seconds by Mr. lligretti, the artist, who has onccsededl ...

... with its prettiness. ' Bennie's Flo-wers. Little Ben is waking From his inotning sleep; Comning back from dreamland, Opening blue eyes deep. Granny, look ! he murmursa Lifts his curly head, a Who has put these flowers On to Bennie's bed? V Granny does ...