ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SPRING CATTLE SHOW

... the hedges have no fresh shoots, and the banks no primroses; though our gardens grow blacker instead of greener, and our asparagus refuses to swell-(laughter)-yet, out come our short-horns and our Kerrys with more rounded proportions of form, and more ...

HOUSEWIFE'S CORNER

... U~Ic~~tes~1O~fA..I2.. ?? .1 ads Ditto ?? ,1 0to1 . SuS 'Ping~fiiz4 ,, ,. 8.lo O0 o o lo .,o a 1 0. I D0. 0 0 0 0 O o00 Asparagus. 100& **0.0 ?? a dbeotsf ?? tpouid..e1 6.0 ?? 4 0a vgmialk r 1Ed gs*ptal oeh n 6..2~ 0D;tu 0 0 ?? 0a 0 mitPceisn. . ?? 0 ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... of the street. As we proceeded to- gether, W- passed. That is the villain, exclaimed he, 'who helped me yesterday to asparagus, and gave me no toast. He very nearly overaet my gravity once in the pulpit. He was sitting immediately under me, apparently ...

HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL FETE AT KIRKSTALL ABBEY

... gardener to Mrs. C inTetley, Armisy. Drace, of cucumbers, let, Mr. Dale; 2nil, Mr. Dye- Ce msert. Mushrooms, Mr. Eastwood. Asparagus, Mr. Dale. Rtound Be potatoces, Mr. Dale. Rhubarb, Mr. Chadwick, Skinner-lane, Carrotsg, Mr. Dals. Onions, Mr. Dale, IT ...

Literary Notices

... green pease all winter, has so struck Alphonse, Kerr, in that he has set himself to teach the Nigois to ordit cultivate asparagus into something thicker than of or knitting-needles, and to grow artichokes larger he w than pigeons' eggs. For this benevolent ...

THE FLOWER SHOW AT EDGBASTON YESTERDAY

... ClchonoIStst, Sir F. E. Scott i1 2nd, Mr. Alston. VColETAoLno.sukumnsr: (in braces) : Ist, Mr. J. Cobley; 2nd, CMr. Sheath. Asparagus (15): 1st, Mr. J, Bt. Chamberlein; 2n, .Mr. T. Byland. Potatoes (round)': li1t, Mir. F. E. Wililiamson 2nd Mr. J. C. Cohen ...

GARDENING OPERATIONS

... litter which it causes. Get ground pre- pared by heavy manuring and trenching for fresh plata- lins of rhubarb, seakale, and asparagus, and remember ,that -the ground for these things can hardly be made too rieh. COrrAGERS' GAaDEN.-Aill leisure hours should ...

FLOWER SHOW AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

... 2mid, Mr. Jasmees Kelway, Bath. to oft C~auil'owe three ]heads, 1st. 0. C. Lane, REsq.; 2nd, Mr. Win. be willi, Ilathm. Asparagus, h0e1ads, let, 11ev. J. Heywot lot 2nd, lil. G. T. 'Hmmzll, St. George's. New potatoes, Isaf- soe; a-~ Iat, It. P. King. ...

THE MIDLAND HORTICULTURAL SHOW

... brace-lt, Mr. Dryden; 2nd, P. Jeffoock, Esq.; t4 3rd, lfr. Jackson. a Collection of Vegetables-lst, Mr. Dryden. tl ExTBas c, Asparagus, extra-J. J. Simpson, Esq., Potatoes, extra-Mr. B Seas; Potatoes, kidney-P. Jeffcock, Esq. II CoTrrAoxes-lat Rhubarb, Mr ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... fromn Nothans and the outfitters orf this tge; hbfere rail and bteam were invented or the muarch of irtelleet forced like asparagus. Mary (Zuee of beets, it is said, was the first importer of a looking-glass ietO Eenglaresl. That beautiful, yet unhappy ...

THE HULL FLOWER SHOW

... and 2 Miss Broadley. 0Strawberries-S plants in pots-i Miss Broadley, 2 Mr Peck. ?? Mr Egginton, 2 Mr Terry, 3 Mr Moasted, Asparagus, 25 heads-i Mr Maxstead. 2Mr Newby, 3 Mr Haworth. Collection of vegetables (open to amnateurs only)-t anid 2 Mr Newby, 3 ...

THE FLOWER SHOW

... Littledale. Bhubarb.-Tbree: 1, 2, snd 8, P. Blesaig. Munhrocmss- and 2, the Earl of Derby; 8, Mrn. W. Roikell, EXTRA PRIZES. Asparagus -Fifty Sticks: 1, John Williams, nursery- man; , 2,I. Littledals, Esq. Colletion of Cut Flowers.-Twenty-four: 1, Mrs. BWrd; ...