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  2. POULTRY.

    Questions relating to fancy or commercial poultry[?] keeping, diseases, [?] should be addressed to "Anco[?]," "Herald" Office. Reader.—The growth on your fowls' legs is caused by ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  3. IN THE GARDEN.

    Few cultivated annuals withstand the dry, hot months better or produce a greater profusion of brilliantly-coloured flowers than do the many varieties of Zinnia elegans. As they ...

    Article : 320 words
  4. SCIENCE NOTES.

    The switt axial rotation of Jupiter generally maintains a distinct parallelism among his characteristic dark belts. The phenomenon, however, is not absolutely uniform. A ...

    Article : 159 words
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  6. THE NOVEMBER REVIEWS.

    Mr. Walter Sichel contributes to the "Nineteenth Century" an appreciation of Distr[?] suggested by the first volume of the new biography by Mr. Monypenny which covers the period ...

    Article : 254 words
  7. FEATHER STRUCTURE.

    In all the European ducks, geese, and swans, and in certain game birds, there is a remarkable feature about the structure of the primary feathers that seems to have ...

    Article : 205 words
  8. A HINT FROM THE TREES.

    Under this whimsical title Maurice Hewlett, in the "Nineteenth Century," puts forward a clever plea for the rearing of fine children —strange into what quarters the modern ...

    Article : 200 words
  9. ANNUAL GAILLARDIAS.

    The annual gaillardias are another class of plants that flower most profusely under ordinary conditions during the hottest time of the year, and are worth a good position. There ...

    Article : 238 words
  10. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

    Mr. R. Blair has made some interesting inquiries on the subject of bringing science and industry into closer relation. Ho had before him a vast amount of carefully collected ...

    Article : 357 words
  11. PORTUGAL OLD AND NEW.

    The reviews naturally have several articles on Portugal and the Revolution. In the "Nineteenth Century" Francis M'Cullagh sketches some of the causes of the trouble. ...

    Article : 320 words
  12. SALPIGLOSSIS.

    Although varieties of salpiglossis have been cultivated in Australian gardens for more than 30 years, the newer types are becoming in creasingly popular with gardeners. They grow ...

    Article : 207 words
  13. NOTES.

    Erythrina crista-galli, the cockscomb coral plant, and some of its varieties are now flowering very freely on the eastern side of the Dividing Range. These shrubs, with their ...

    Article : 238 words
  14. CONCERNING SAND.

    In the course of an interesting Royal Institution lecture Mr. C. E. S. Phillips made some novel remarks on the properties of sand. Sand is mostly a curse, but in it we find the ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. CONCERNING CUBA.

    In the "Fortnightly" Sydney Brooks has a good article. In which he gives a compact and clever sketch of Cuban affairs for the twelve years since Spanish rule in the island came ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. GLASSHOUSE.

    On still, warm nights the sashes of the glasshouse may be left partly open with advantage to the plants, and the shading and admission of air to the structure in the ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. THE PLYMOUTH ROCK-FOWL.

    Notwithstanding the fact that poultry shows and attendances are on the increase in England, such cannot be said of Australia. There certainly is a greater number of shows than ...

    Article : 603 words
  18. FERDINAND OF BULGARIA.

    Edith Sellers in the "Fortnightly" writes a readable personal sketch, of the King of Bu[?]garia. The lady describes him as bombastic, egoistic, and ut[?]erly lacking in a sense of ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. THE WORK OF JOHANN GALLE.

    Galle was one of the most famous astronomers of the 19th century, and his recent death removes a link that carried us back to the days of the Herschels. W. Herschel lived until ...

    Article : 321 words
  20. [?] GROWING.

    Is is the seasonable timo to sow broccol[?] cabbage, and cauliflower to provide plants for autumn and winter cropping. Prepare beds of rich soil, and on the level surface so[?] ...

    Article : 371 words
  21. COMMON SENSE.

    When your stomach goes on strike, and mass meetings of indignation are held all over your body, then it is that you should sit up and take notice. ...

    Article : 275 words
  22. COMMONWEALTH SWEATING.

    Sir,—instances are numorous in the Raleigh State electorate of shameful sweating by the Commonwealth Goverd[?]ment of those in charge of small country offices, ...

    Article : 137 words
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