The Forfar Directory and Yearbook 1905 . GAEDENING FOR THE MONTH. About the middle and end of the monthfull crops of celery, celeriac, and endiveare to be planted. Early in the monthFrench beans should be sown, and in thelast week late crops of broccoli, colewort,and cauliflower. Medicinal and potherbsshould now be gathered and dried, andsuch herbs should be propagated bv slips and cuttings. Plant strawberries in potsfor forcing next winter. Prune and trainwall-trees, and destroy insects. Budding— of use in the case of many fruit trees, andthe chief means of propagating roses—isthe chief opera


The Forfar Directory and Yearbook 1905 . GAEDENING FOR THE MONTH. About the middle and end of the monthfull crops of celery, celeriac, and endiveare to be planted. Early in the monthFrench beans should be sown, and in thelast week late crops of broccoli, colewort,and cauliflower. Medicinal and potherbsshould now be gathered and dried, andsuch herbs should be propagated bv slips and cuttings. Plant strawberries in potsfor forcing next winter. Prune and trainwall-trees, and destroy insects. Budding— of use in the case of many fruit trees, andthe chief means of propagating roses—isthe chief operation of the month. Hedgesand evergreens require cutting at thisseason. Take up spring bulbs. 7th Month; Never cross a bridge until you come to it. [3 J THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY. A ROYAL MARRIAGE. The Princess Alice of Albany wasmarried to Prince Alexander of Teck atSt. Georges Chapel, Windsor, on theloth of February, 1904. There was_ abrilliant assemblage of guests, includingmany members of the Diplomatic Body,Ministers of the Crown, Peers andPeeresses, Members of the House ofCommons, and other distinguished Prelates who officiated at the cere-mony were the Archbishop of Canterburyand the Bishop of Peterborough. Prince Alexander of Teck is theyoungest of the three brothers of thePrincess of Wales and cousin of hisbride, and was born in 1874. PrincessAlice of Albany was born on the 25th ofFebruary, 1883. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OFCONNAUGHT. His Royal Highness, Prince Arthur WilliamPatrick Albert, the first Duke of Connaughtand Strathearn, was born in 1850, and wasthe third son of the late Queen. His careerin the Army, during which he has won grea^tpopularity, is well known. On the 6th ofMay, 1904, he resigned t


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