WHERE FLOWERS PREVAIL. -
The north-west of England has two examples, delightfully emphasized this August, of the importance of flowers. The Horticultural Society of Shrewsbury, which is a private body, has made these many years, in spite of occasional bad spells of weather, a very solid profit out of its annual floral fête, which is unique in the world, both by reason of its site, where Sabrina fair," in -her loveliest gesture, embraces " the quarry," and by virtue of its organization. It involves each year an expenditure, I should say, of not less than £10,000. A good part of this profit has been spent for the use and adorn- ment of the town. The flowers have provided the citizens with parts of two public gardens, with a bridge across the Severn, and, among a host of smaller gifts, with a trout hatchery. In the Dingle pool are trout of a good pound in weight waiting transference to the river. This private society, though it has no sort of connexion in any way with the municipality, has definitely helped to lower the rates.
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