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  2. IN THE GARDEN.

    Flag iris, flag flower, and fleur de lis are the popular names of Iris germanica, a beautiful flowering species indigenous to Central and Southern Europe. There are numerous ...

    Article : 320 words
  3. POULTRY.

    Questions relating to fancy or commercial poultry keeping, diseases, etc., should be addressed to "Ancona," "Herald" Office. ...

    Article : 21 words
  4. APRIL REVIEWS.

    A "Fortnightly" writer quotes an old article of Lord Morley, in which that political philosopher points out that the government of India, though theoretically perfect, is ...

    Article : 206 words
  5. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Mr. S. F. Peckham writes an excellent volume on the technology of the solid bitumens, substances to which he has devoted his attention for more than forty years. ...

    Article : 384 words
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  7. SHOW DATES.

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  8. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    It should be distinctly known that all business matters in relation to poultry should be addressed to Messrs. John Fairfax and Sons. During the past three weeks, letters with ...

    Article : 1,691 words
  9. THE JOURNALISM OF ADDISON.

    The "Fortnightly" reminds us that we are [?]t celebrating the bi-centenary of the birth of the only newspaper that ever became literature. In 1711 the taunt that journalism is ...

    Article : 227 words
  10. DAISY, POLYANTHUS, AND PRIMROSE.

    It is the time to plant daisies, polyanthuses, and primroses in order to have them in flower in winter and early spring. There are many charming varieties of these hardy, ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. THE FUTURE Of ELECTRICITY.

    M. Lucien Poincare is generally worth listening to. Discussing the futurE of electricity [?]e remarks that the mechanism which in the Hertz waves transmits a very small amount ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. THE SERIOUS DRAMA.

    Lawrence Irving writes in the "Fortnightly" on the plight of the serious drama. He says the English public is a sorry master to serve. Provincial theatres that have not yet been ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. NOTES.

    Ipomoea versicolor, or, as it is sometimes called, Mina lobata, is now flowering very freely in several gardens. This is a luxuriant twining plant of annual duration, with ...

    Article : 261 words
  14. THE INFLUENCE OF LATIN POETRY.

    The Romans had no imagination, and in a celebrated passage Virgil himself admits that they were not likely to be poets. Yet, as Professor Tyrrell shows in the "Nineteenth ...

    Article : 200 words
  15. CONCERNING WASPS.

    The true wasps constitute the division of Hymenoptera known as Dip[?]optera, from the fact that the f[?] wings are longitudinally plicate in repose—doubled over lengthwise. ...

    Article : 529 words
  16. NAVAL ESTIMATES.

    Lord Brassey emerges from obscurity to discuss the Naval Estimates in the "Nineteenth Century." He remarks that in aggregate expenditure we are not far below the ...

    Article : 141 words
  17. GLASSHOUSE.

    In the middle of bright, sunny, calm days a little shading may still be necessary, and the sashes should be opened a few inches to admit air, but be closed again very early in ...

    Article : 220 words
  18. THE SEAMY SIDE OF TRAVEL.

    Sir Harry Johnston, in the "Nineteenth Century," assures us that travel is not undivided bliss. He speaks not of lions and jungles, but the harmless necessary trip to ...

    Article : 209 words
  19. FRUIT GARDEN.

    Strawberry runners that were selected and allowed to remain attached to the old plants after the crop was gathered will not be sufficiently strong and well rooted to bear ...

    Article : 440 words
  20. THE GERMAN NATIONAL IDEA.

    F. M. Cutlack, in the "Contemporary," says that it is a fair complaint that the English do not know Germany. That is one main reason why they suspect her and are ...

    Article : 175 words
  21. ANCIENT STEEL.

    There are many remains of prehistoric forges and smelters, and some of the very earliest ancient monuments known to us must have been cut by steel instruments, for ...

    Article : 217 words
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