... and other flower shows, were on Thursday last disposed of at public auction by Mr. S. R. Force. Mr. Lawless decided on taking this step in consequence of the illness of his gardener, the labour entailed in maintaining such a collection in show oondition ...

... almost can paint flowers ! So that, on an average, more than half the innumerable flower pieces in our exhibition are k by women. In all this there is the confidence of igno- rance; for, as a matter of fact, there are many who e paint flowers creditably, ...

... Borneo is a vegetable paralise, and has many strar.ge and beautiful exarnples .f plants and flowers, Among other things our traveller saw pitcher plants with flowers as big as a man's hat. He made anl extensive selection from the flora of I the island, and ...

... magnificent display of plants, flowers, fruit, and vegetablesthat was brought together in Poliloe -Park on Friday,-the task would be endless; but we cannot forbear referring to the rare and choice collections of plants and flowers exhibited by Messrs. Lu combo ...

... unfortunate that the election should have occurred when it did, as it interfered not only with the archery meeting, the flower show, and the amateur perform- . ance, but also with the trade which those attractionss neces- sarily introduce into the city ...

... be removed under glass when the flowers pt, where they can be protected from the weather. Ours -ore removed indoors this week. Potting young plants of tree or perpetual, flowering carnations. The plants intended t-w flower in INovember and December should ...

... the box with paper, end the flowers will reach, fthe ah extremities of the kingdom' in good condition. Let us or of ad the modes of faulty'packing, to wairn'our friends against Mose, their adoption ?? 1. Placing the flowers in contact with dry t his cton-wool ...

... eighth annual show in connection with the West of England r Society for the Exhibition of Fat Stock which will be held, as usual, in the Plymouth market, on the 15th, 16th, and w 17th of next month, bids fair to exceed all previous shows, r both in ? ...

... Protheroe and Morris's last sale of orchids in flower, a specimen of the rare coilgyale eristata lba was, after a keen competittioi, knoulkel down to Air. W. Bull, of Chelsea, for £131. Tile plalnit has seven flower spikes, the blooms being snlowy white. LoRD ...

... COTTON, showed a balance in hand from last year of £355 ; the year's receipts had been-grants from the Committee of Council on Education, £1,244; from other sources, £516 17s. 4d.; total, ,739 17s. 4d . The expenditure reached$2,43814s. 6d., showing an adverse ...

... LOTS OF FANCY GROS, is. Aid., Is. 61d., to 2s. 61d, per yard, much under regular prices. In RIBBONS, LACES, MUSLIN WORK, FLOWERS, and PLAIN GOODS of every kind, the Stock has been greatly increased and improved. FAMILY MOURNING. ?? 7 1WQF ORE - STREET ...

... coldness of the spectators. They look, he said, as if they had come to see a show rather than to bury one of their greatest leroes. Certainly, a funeral in England is a show; nobody thinks of paying the slightest Asamk of respect to the dead, while ...