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EASTER UPS AND DOWNS.
The strenuous Easter pro- gramme has made no clearer
as follows:
DIVISION L
MANILA CONCERNED OVER SMALL-POX.
QUARANTINE OFFICER SENT TO HONGKONG.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
CHINESE TREES.
The Famous Maidenhair.”
In the course of a vory interesting article in the North the probable positions at the end. Numerous small-pox cases bave China Daily News, Mr. do 0. of the season. Derby could only been registered recently on board Sowerby writes obtain two of possible six steamers coming to the Philip On the whole China is a great
And passing points, Leicester the scoring side, pincs
through played three gealloss draws, Chinose porte and Hongkong. Dr. place for trees, though the casual Manchester United obtained five H. F. Smith, chief of the US district might not guose it. There observer living in the Shanghai out of six points. Plymouth have quarantino servies, reported to re a great many indigenous drawn level with Swansea in Governor General Wood, says Division III (South). Full tables the Manila Times. An epidemic forms, and many that, aro including yesterday's gaines are is threatening, and to prevent it peculiar to the country. The Dr.R. W. Hart of the quarantine cient aais shown by the presenco troo-flora of China is vory an service is leaving on the steamer of the well known maiden-hair- President Lincoln for Hongkongforn (Gingko biloba). This hand, Swatow and Amoy, where he will Goals & tako necessary stops for the strict in China in a wild atate. It has some troe no longer axista oven, P. W. P. L. F. Aonforcement of quarantine rules. been kept in existence entirely by
It is understood the plan is to Huddersfield .38 20 13. 5 03 25 53 West Brom...39 22 8 9 56 33 52 prevent shipping companies from the hand of man, who has valued Bolton....38 19 10 9 67 34 48 solling tickets to passengers who it as a sort of sacred tree for have not undergone sufficient in templo grounds. It is unlike any Newcastle...10 16 16 8 61 30 48spection by quarantine officials other living tree in the world to Liverpool...38 19 9 10 60 49 47 and declared free of the disease. day, belonging, as it does to a Bury ...39 16 14 9 50 46 48
Governor Wood asked rare known from other parts of bygone age. Only fossil romains Sunderland...39 19 6 14 60 48 44 Smith to notify the home govern- the world. It is one of the most Notts C. 38 15 12 11 40 27 42 ment of the steps being taken in handsome of the treas to be found Tottenham...39 14 12 13 51 41 40 the matter. Birmingham 39 14 12 13 42 51 40
In this country on account of its West Ham ...40 14 11 15 57 58.39
sizo and the gracefulness of its Cardiff....
....38 149 15 51 50 37
branches and foliage,
Sheffield U....40 12 12 16 52 62 36. Blackburn: ...38 11 12 15 49 58 34 Leods. U. ...39 10 12 17 43 54 32 Aston Villa...38 10 12 16 49 67 32 Everton ...39 11 10 18 37 55 32
Burnley ...39 11 10 18 44 68 32 Arsenal... ...39.13. 5 21.32 56 31 Preston N.E..39 10 5 24 36 69 2 Notte F. ...39 7 11 21 39 60 25
DIVISION II.
QUEEN'S THEATRE,
The list of troes found in China is very long, which, after allis only natural, considering the great size of the country, its "BODY AND SOUL.”.
fertility and the wide range of olimate that it boaste. But for Parisian photoplaya-until "Body the fact that the Chinese them- and Soul" brought Alice Lake to selves have been so wanton in the the screen again last evening at the destruction of thoir, timber trees, Queen's Theatre-have been of two the country would probably be sorts, very drawing-room and unrivalled in its tree flora in the impressively smart, or very underworld. There is ovary evidence of Loicester 39 22 10 784 31,54 world and very cave-monnish in an the one-time existence of immense Derby County 39 22 9.8 68 32 53 unconvincing, Apacho-like way. forests, and aver to-day in a few Manchester U,38 21 9 8 61 22 51
Honce the relief, and later, as isolated areas some magnificent, Portsmouth...39 14 16 9 51 48 44 soon as the really unusual story though greatly shrunken, forests Chelsea ...38 15 13 10 47 33 43 began to grip, genuine thrill at sec-occur. Notably is this the case in Wolves ...38 18 5 15.50 48 41 ing the screen version of William West Shansi, Southwestern Kan Hull
...39 14.11-14 49 43 39 Hurlbut's drama.
su, the highlands of the West. Port Vale...38 16 7 15 42 46 39. To bo too specific about the generally, and in certain areas, in. Bradford C....38 13 12 13 37 41 38 story is he opening Christmas thejCentral and Southeastern pro Middlesbr'gh.39 10 17 12 34 41.37 gifts before the appointed dawn; vinces.
DIVISION III (SOUTH.) Swansea ..38 20 10 -8 63 33 50 Plymouth...38 21 8 9 68 37 50 Bristol C. ...39 20 9 10 54 36 49 ...39 17 13 9 56 36 47 ....38 18 10 10 57 35 46 ...39 19 8 12 58 40 46 ...30 18.9 12 56 43 45
Millwall
Swindon
Newport
Abordara
Nelson...
Talbot and Mare Robbins.
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You are in a position not only to render them most valuable] assistanco in locating the most desirable varieties and stains which are known to oxist and are good regular bearers, but also
The United States Department of Agriculture through its office of Foreign Beed and Plant Introduction had demonstrated
Southampton 37 11 15 11 32 33 37 but this much may be revealed It is impossible here to give the Fulham.39 14 9 16 38 52 37 without denaturing the delight by names of the numerous trees that extremely fine specimens are to home in China and prove to be a Clapton O...39 13 10 16 39 41 36 revelation: it is the drama of an go to form these forests, or that be seen in such places as the valuable introduction not only for South Shields.38 11 14 13 39.36 36 American girl was went to Paris to occur scattered throughout the Jessfield Park and the grounds of timber and fuel production but Stookport ...39 13 10 16 35 48 36 study art, and who found out non-forested areas; but a few out-St. John's University, in the latter also as a stock upon which to Crystal P.39 12 10 17 36 48 34 several things not in the official standing forms may be mentioned. of which there are also some graft commercial walnuts. Wednesday...39 14 6 19 44.55 34 curriculum of the atelier.
very handsome examples of the. Oldham... .39.11 11 17 30 49 33 Credit for splended direction is
camphor trea and öther Blackpool .38 12 8 18 55.53 32 due Charles Swickard; and no less
interesting specios. Stoke ...30 11 10 18 31 43 32praise merited by Arthur Reeves
In the matter of coniferous Barnsley .38 11 10 17 41 58 3 for photography and A. E. Frender to China is particularly in- The Chinese are really very Coventry 39 11 8 20 44 76 30 man for the art settings. The teresting, since there are several fond of trees, in spite of the photoplay was adapted by Hayden beautiful and useful forms that wanton way they destroy forests,
are peculiar to the country. Such and in most old temple grounds to assist them in getting such are Cunninghamia, the well know fine specimens of such specios as varieties grafted upon congenial Foochow pine, Keteleoria and the cypress, the whitebarked pino long-life stooks for future plaat Fokienia, while the magnificent (in the north) and the gingko are inge. trees known generally as Cry-to be seen, while in such cities ptomeria are found only in China as Peking and other large capitals,
Was there not a place among and Japan. True pines, firs, of the North, gigantic elma the nut and fruit orchards of Spruce, juniper, larch, arbor are abundant. In such places China for foreign commercial Exeter ... Northants ...39 19 5 16 47 38 43 Gleanings From Our Exchanges, are also prevalent, mostly repro- also numerous, while everywhere cherries, pears, apples and many vitae, cypress, deodars and yews very fine acädia trees almonds, plume, nectarines, Brighton ...39 17. 8 14'54 43 43 Southend
In other coun- ...38 18 5 15 49 48 41
The world is a hazy place gented by eevoral species, A. vory in North China the jujube-tree other fruits?
interesting species in the white-abounds...
tries, where the soil, and climate. Watford
39 15 8 16 34 46 38 geographically to many. The barked pine (Pinus bungayonus);
conditions were similiar to those Gillingham...39 12 13 15 34 42 37 country they live,in is, of course, which grows wild only in the district, and there is no reason plaat hunter, might find cotton,
Trees grow wall in the Shanghai of China, Norwich
2 trained Chinese 38 12 12 14 48 46 36 known: but the name of the mountains of west Shansi. Reading
...37 13 9 15 33 31 35 country might not be so surely Charlton 39 12 11 16 40 45 35 grasped. The British Empire is of Chipa are, however, what are famous for its plantations. It is other crop plants which would The greater part of the trees by this city should not be corn, wheat, barley beans and ....39 14 7 18 51 60 36 represented by in regular splashes Bristol R...39 11 12 16 40 45 34 of red covering a large portion of orally known as broad-leaved, to be hoped that the authorities not only be at home here and ofton, but not entirely called de- Will be mindful of this, since prove of grantor valve than. Luton ...40 9 16 15 44 56 34 the map of the world; and foreigeciduous. To this great group of the importance of trebs to similar crops which are now Bournemouth 37 12 8 17 37 52 32 countries are in a fog. Lady
troos belong the elmi,
cannot the humanity
ba over- baing grown. 38 11 7 20 35 61 29 Trge told an illuminating story walnut, the willows, the oake, estimated. All too easily, in a Q.P.R. Brentford 39 9 7 23 35 33 25 recently at a meeting of the the chestnuts, the poplars, the growing city like Shanghai, un- Merthyr ...39 8 5 26 32 66 21 League of Mercy, at which the
Prince of Wales was present. She limes, the camphor trees, the sightly dwellings and groups of buildings spring up, and fine trees maples, all our fruit-bearing troes, was looking at an electric newe DIVISION III. (NORTH) -
sign in Trafalgar Square, London, hazels; birches and a number are ofter saorificed for this pur. the practicability of government:
of trees peculiar Darlington...39 249 677 30 57 she said, when she board a girl that are not known to the West, backed by popular opinion, see to
to China
Unless the authorities, ...38.28 7 9.74 41 51 standing near her exclaim to her Southport ...38 21 7 10 57 31 49man friend: The Prince of except such as have been init that our trees are preserved, Bradford 39 17 12 10 80 40 46 Wales is going to visit Argentina, troduced into parks and botanical irreparable loss will be sustained New Brighton38 19 7 12 60 43 45 what's he going to see hor for 2" gardens. Such are the Catalpa, by the community at large.
Paulownia and Pterovarya. Some Rochdale .39 19 7 13 67 50 45 The man disdainfully replied: Chesterfold...39 16 10 13 55 39 42 He's not a shoho's the cap-blossoms, and all beautful foliage, of these carry very handsome Halifax... ...39 14 11 14 51 49 39tain of the All Blacks."
There аге 8000 vory Wigan....39 14 11 14 59 60 30 Ashington ..:39 14 10 15 64 73 38
magnollas in China as well, the The report of Norwegian ex-blossoms of which when out in Lincoln 39 15 8 16 44 56 38 parts that the Gulf Stream has full bloom beggar description, Grimsby...39.14 9 16 55 55 37 cooled five degrees during the past China is the home of a great Crowe ...
..39 12 13 14 49 71 37 quarter of a century is not likely number of magnificent tree Walsall....39 13 10 16 41 47 36 to cause much alarm, for the rhododendrons, and in the high- Barrow... 38 15 6 17.46 61 36 theory that the Stream influences lends of the West and Contro, Doncaster....40 13 9 18 51 63 35 the European climate is no longer those occur often in regular
Mr P. H. Dorsett, plant explor. Durham ....38 11 13 14 41 65 35 held by most oceanographers, and forests.
or for the US. Department of Accrington ...37 138 16 56 66 34 has almost disappeared from A Wrexham 39 13 8 18 46 58 34 modern textbooks. As an ocean foliage tree is the liquid-amber University recently on the work particularly handsome Agriculture, lectured at Yonching Tranmere...38 13 4 21 56 69 30 current the Gulf Stream, accord-tree, as also is the oande tree. of introducing foreign flowers, Hartlepools...38 9 10 19 40 62 28 ing to the new school, ceases to Very handsome troos are the fruit trees and other plants from Rotherham...39 6 7 26 39 82 19 be distinguishable not far cast of different spacios of Ailanthus tile United States, says a Peking Newfoundland, and we owe our and related forms, known to the correspondant of the N.C.D. Neus, mild climate not to its influence Chinees as Hsiang Chun and In his opinion there was no Rangers...56 24 9 374 25 57 south-west winds, blowing almost they are sweet or evil smolling. even China with her floral wealth,
but to the fact that a great bolt of Chou Chun according to whether country, said the lecturer, not SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS. Aidrie...
...35 24 6 583 29 54 continuously throughout the year To them are related the valuable might not be materially benefited Hiberniane...37 228778 41 52 from the northern limits of the varnish trees, some of which are through government plant intro- kindly supplied us with the Mosers. Ellis and Co, have Caltio...
...35 18 7 10 74 39 43 trade winds to the southern limits as poisonous to humans as the duction judiciously and efficiently following cable quotations Cowdenbeath.37 15 10 12 73 65 40 of the polar regions, sot up a drift poison ivy of America. The wood handled. Partick....36 14 10-12-59-55-38 of the whole of the surface water oil trea is a handsome specios
Shanghai stooks from their St. Mirren....35 15 4 16 57 61 34 of the North Atlantic, which with huge leaves.
Was there not already ovidence Shanghai office- Dundeo.....35 14 7.14 46 50 35 reaches the north-west coasts of
of the value of foreign plante in- Raith R....36 13 8 15 50 57 34 Europe and modifies the tom-
troduced to the Chinose farmer, buyers..
Langka's (comb.) Tis. 2011⁄2, THE INDEFATIGABLE PLANE Hearts......37 11 11 15 63 68 33;
fruit-grower and gardonor? Ho St. Johnstone36 11 11 14 56 68 33
Turning to the troos of the called the attention of the hoarers Ewos, Tls. 1111⁄2 ex div.. Hamilton ...37 15 3 10 49 61 331
Shanghal district wo find that to the extensive plantings of the buyers. Morton ...37 12 9 16 44 66.33 PNEUMONIA PUZZIE. while a great many of those are so-called largo foreign paanut, for-
Shanghai Dooks. —Tia. 127, Falkirk ...36.1 8 17 42:49-30 A
person may have purely Chinese, a considerable eiga apples, pears and other fruita, ox div., buyers. Aberdeen.37 10 10 17 44 55 30 pneumonia and not know it." number of species have been also foreign carrots, potatoes and Ayr United...37 11 8 18 43 64 30 said a doctor at an inquest at introduced from abroad. Most other vegetables. The black wal-
New Engineerings. Tla, 84, buyers. Motherwell...36 10 9 17 53 60 29 Grimsby. He said a man who conspicuous of the latter is the nut of the Pacific Coast (Juglands Kilmarnock 36 10 9 17 47 63 29 diod while eating dinner had boon London plano, a tree that, above California) a fast-growing treo of
Orientale. Tis. 3.75, buyers. Queen's Park36 11 7 18 47 70 29 suffering from pneumonia for all others, thrives in the smoke better timber value than willow Shanghal Cotton. ~71%, Third Lanark37 10 8 10 40 84 28'sovbral days.
and soot of large cities. Some or poplar might find a congenial
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