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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10426, 26 April 1897, Page 6

It has been assumed (says the Gardeners' Chronicle) on very slender foundation that Saxifraga ambraia received the name London Pride because it was a favourite plant of London, the famous nurseryman, who died in 1717. London is further supposed to have been the means of introducing it to cultivation. In the current number of the Journal of Botany, Mr. Britten points out that it was common in London in Gerard's time, and that it" flourished exceedingly" in his garden. Gerard says it was called of our London dames " Pratting Parnell;" whilst Parkinson says some of our English gentlewomen have culled it Princes' feather, The name London Pride attached to the plant before the end at the 17th century. By losing the Kailtohe-Ohaeawai cricket match, all possibility of the Kaikohe Club winning the Association trophy is precluded. If they had won, it would have been a tie with Kawakawa as to the number of matches won; as it is, the last-mentioned are once again the conquerors. Probably, if the Onaihau Club had met all their engagements ' as fixed at the commencement of the season, , the result would hare been different.-{Own I Correspondent.]