LECTURE AT LINCOLIN.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 926, 15 July 1891, Page 2

LECTURE AT LINCOLIN.

On 'Tuesday J,^'jnh^/]Vj|uly f ßiH'.,''''tlfe isual, njeetiiig, of the, Lincoln , R|u|;ii^l mprovement Association was held, v Swl i .r lev. Mi ,Twikle iii the chnu\J ; There was J good 'attendance. Aft.--r the usual rouine, the chairman imro need Mr \V r ood rant, of tSurtngston, wuo rend a most

int«restinsr pniici*. on • (Jai'.leninsr from nn educniinnal joint of viow ; nn«l tlir pleasures of the Gardpn/' II«» lo^He thnt th« ynuntr New ZeniuiuliT wns noi takina- i<\ fflr.'cning its lipnvtily as lip on«ht, nnd nitrilmleil tin"? m event inea««re to tho nculeot of parents tn.lf>nch t.lir first piinniilci <f I'nrileninjf fi» lli'ir cliildren. He advocuteJ the inclusion of thf> elements of farmii)" and uardening m the subjects taught m our district schools and suggested the^afjvisabjllty, of. having* lessons on those, s,ul^ects included m the proposed new school -books, .', flo then proceeded to point out' some of tho inanv, mistakes riiade'by-'attvfttear gardeners m /planting arid sowing at wrong seasons and more especially, m .overcrowding. He deprecated the favourite plaii amojVff -cottagers of, surrounding; tl^e hotf?ffs wltli'. evergreens, and then gave .soniepraoiffjai, ,' hints on the cultivaiion of . flowers ■•; find [> vegetables, especially of vegetable mar~, ro ws. Ho 'briefly tpdehed on the snbjefct j of botany, iilnsfrVJing His .remarks' 'by' numerous speciiiieiiS; ' ! | !.'"-" Mi ; At the eiul of his lecture, a very hearjy' vole of thanks was accorded, on n^q^p of M^r Bank's^ to Mr Woodward. „ ,f ;