. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . -graved, a silver chain and pendant. Mr. Christiewas well known in South Warwickshire, and hor-ticultural societies have repeatedly requested himto judge at their shows. His many friends inAlcaster and district, at a public gathering heldin the Corn Exchange under the presidency of the ston declares himself to be, as most of us are, strongly adverse to the extinction of wild birds,but it was certainly never the intention of Parlia-ment to cause the destruction of millions of youngsalmon and other fi
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . -graved, a silver chain and pendant. Mr. Christiewas well known in South Warwickshire, and hor-ticultural societies have repeatedly requested himto judge at their shows. His many friends inAlcaster and district, at a public gathering heldin the Corn Exchange under the presidency of the ston declares himself to be, as most of us are, strongly adverse to the extinction of wild birds,but it was certainly never the intention of Parlia-ment to cause the destruction of millions of youngsalmon and other fish annually by allowing worth-less birds to increase as they have done. It is acurious fact that at this season more sea-gulls canbe seen at any one time over the Thames, even inthe centre of London, than can be witnessed onthe coast. We have lately had an opportunity oftesting this statement. This looks as if foodwere more abundant in London ; whether thereis a corresponding deficiency of fish in the seawe do not know. We should in any case bevery sorry to see the gulls ousted from Fig. 19.—feuits of caerya elliptica, purplish in colour, (see r. 44.) High Bailiff (Mr. E. A. Jephcott), recently pre-sented Mr. Christie with an illuminated address,together with a purse of sovereigns. was also a member of the Arrow ParishCouncil. It is hoped that this good gardener willsoon obtain another appointment. His successorat Ragley, as we have already announced, is , for the last eight years foreman in theRoyal Gardens, Sandringham. Fish-destroying Birds.—In the January number of the Nineteenth Century, Mr. Marston,the editor of the Fishing Gazette, has a paper, inwhich he says that the protection of wild birdshas been carried too far; the effect has been toincrease nearly all kinds of birds, including manywhich destroy grain, fruit, vegetables, and increase of sparrows is indeed deplorable ; iftheir numbers and those of a few other birdscould b
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