FOREIGN AWARDS.

Prepositions.

Prize Winners (Half-a-Guinea Each).

Very Highly Commended.

J. W. W. Hogan (Penang), Laura O'Sullivan (Rangoon).

Highly Commended.

Mrs. G. Marrett (Hyderabad).

Honourable Mention.

M. Browne (Oudh), Elsie V. Davies (Australia), Clara J. Hardy (Australia), Lily Harman (Benares), Elizabeth Lang (France), Maud C. Ogilvie (Deccan), Hilda D'Rozario (Bangalore).

A Short Story in Verse.

Prize Winner (One Guinea).

Elizabeth MacPherson, Umbango, Tarcutta, N. S. W., Australia.

Very Highly Commended.

Lizzie Cameron (S. Africa).

Highly Commended.

Nellie M. Daft (Portugal), E. Violet Davies (Australia), E. H. Glass (Oudh), Mrs. Hardy, Clara J. Hardy (Australia), Caroline Hunt (Tasmania), M. R. Laurie (Barbados), Maud C. Ogilvie, K. Prout (Deccan), E. Nina Reid (New Zealand), Mrs. Sprigg (Cape Colony).

Honourable Mention.

Ethel Beven (Ceylon), Winifred Bizzey (Canada), Gertrude Burden (S. Australia), Milicent Clark (S. Australia), Lillian Dobson (Australia), Maggie Douglas (N. Zealand), John A. FitzMaurice (Australia), "Gertrude" (Transvaal), Lily Harman (Benares), L. Hill (Argentine Republic), Miss Horne (N. Zealand), Margie C. Lewis (Johannesburg), J. McDougal (Jamaica), Mrs. Daisy McFedries (N. Zealand), Mrs. S. F. Moore (W. Australia), Mrs. E. E. Murray (Australia), Violet Sellers (Portugal), J. S. Summers (Bombay), Mrs. H. L. Thompson (St. Vincent, W. I.), Herbert Traill (Bombay), Fred. Walker (W. Australia).

FOOTNOTES:

[1] In our last number we will give a tabulated account of the various prepared soils necessary for each species both when grown in pots and in the open ground.

[2] Some persons very naturally object to taking hold of such slimy customers with their hands, but their enthusiasm for their plants will soon overcome such scruples. It is very tedious work to remove these pests with sticks or forceps.

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