The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . with an excellent effect on aMarchian stand ; Mr. H. Wells was placed 2nd. Baskets of Narcissus were a very pie ising feature, the bestcoming from Mr. G. W. Miller; Mr. R. W. Green,Wisbech, was 2nd. Prizes were offered for six foliage plants, and Mr. J.Butter, gr. to Dr. Mason, Wisbech, took the 1st prize withvery fine specimens of a glaucous form of Araucaria excelsa,a fine specimen of the variegated Phormium tenax, Yuccaaloifolia variegata, and three others. Mr. Miller had the best six flowering-pla
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The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . with an excellent effect on aMarchian stand ; Mr. H. Wells was placed 2nd. Baskets of Narcissus were a very pie ising feature, the bestcoming from Mr. G. W. Miller; Mr. R. W. Green, Wisbech, was 2nd. Prizes were offered for six foliage plants, and Mr. J.Butter, gr. to Dr. Mason, Wisbech, took the 1st prize withvery fine specimens of a glaucous form of Araucaria excelsa, a fine specimen of the variegated Phormium tenax, Yuccaaloifolia variegata, and three others. Mr. Miller had the best six flowering-plants-Azaleas, Cinerarias, Cliveias, &c. Some capital Calceolarias ^crc alsoshown, as well as some good low standards of Azuea indica. Of other cut flowers. Tulips were shown in collections;also Auriculas, Primroses and Polyanthuses, Pausies, andboxes of cut flowers, gathered in the open, which containedmany pretty subjects. A special prize, offered for the best bunch or bloom in theshow, was won by Mr. G. W. MaLERwith a bunch of fineblooms of Narcissus Glory of Leyden, finely developed.. TKKVOR CLAHKE. ®b(tuarj2» Colonel Trevor Clarke.—Old Fellows ofthe Royal Horticultural Society will receive theannouncement of the death of this famous horticul-turist and lovable mau with the deepest regret. Hedied on the 11th inst., in his 84th. year. At onetime, and, indeed, fur many years, he was one of themost active members of the Society, having ever itstruest interests at heart, and serving on the Counciland on the Scientific Committee. To the latter bodyin its palmy days, his varied ani extensive know-ledge and his great experience as a cultivator were ofthe greatest service, and he had ever something newor interesting to exhibit. lie was, in addition to acultivator and hybridiser, a botanist, a chemist, anentomologist, aud a scholar ; and those who wereassociated with him can never forget his quainthumour, his imperturbable good temper, and geniality.In 1891, Colonel Clarke was a re