Identifier: gardenerschronic35lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ated his willingness toafford every facility for carrying out the scheme. Itwas resolved that a meeting of the market growersshould be called at the Ilummums Hotel, Covent Gar-den Market, on Friday, March 8, at 9 p.m., to requesttheir co-operation in carrying out tMifitc ; and for theappointment of a committee of their body to workin conjunction with the committee of the Fund. TheChairman laid before the committee an actuarial com-putation of the capacities of the income of the Fundin relation to placing children upon it, which hadbeen prepared by Mr. A. H. Smee, and it ap-peared from the computation that the committeewould not be justified in placing upon theFund more than five children at the ensuingelection in July next. A hearty vote of thanks wasgiven to Mr. Smee for his valuable report. Authoritywas giveu for the insertion of advertisementsannouncing the intention to place five children upon Supplement to The Gardeners Chronicle, March 2^° 1889 L ;g;;.». .-J ^^^^^^Kjf^^^ ,.^ i
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Ink PmOTO SPBAOUt iC iZ MABIiNS tAlE CANHO S lONDOK, Views in the Royal Gardens, Kew. March 2, 1889.) THE QABDENER8 CHBONIGLE. 273 the Fund, and invitiu;? applications on behalf ofcandidates. Subject to bein^ able to obtain the useof the Cannon Street Hotel for the purpose, it wasresolved that the annual meeting and election tothe Fund should take place on Friday, July 10 next.A hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman concludedthe business. Flowers at the Drawing Room.—MadameCatalanTs 0oweis were, we lenrn from a dailyjournal, the feature of her costume. She wore askirt of black satin with over-drapery of guipurelace, caught up at intervals with large sprays ofViolets of the dark shade sliown in our Englishflower and the paler hue seen in the double Kea-politan variety. The berthe of the low bodice wasentirely made of Violets arranged with their ownfoliage. Sleevelets were also entirely covered withthese flowers, which, though singly modest, are inmasses capable of most etiective disp

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