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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 593 
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THE EFFECTS OF THE WINTRY WEATHER.—It 
is perhaps a li ly to estimate the losses 
sustained by nurserymen and others in the matter 
of reputed hardy evergree hrubs, for while 
some killed outright, others, though great 
njured, show signs of ; but ir apparent 
vitality will t to a severe 
of the ene appears to somewhat sheltered, and 
it is here the intensity of the frost 
possibly because the soil was mois 
head of the slope, while the growths of shrub and 
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much browned on the exposed side, though scarcely 
disfigured 
rienced 
or several nights it fell to Pion and the „ was 
piercingly cold the — time; and Araucarias and 
mias on the low gro ound suffered severely, 
urseries were established man Ok th 
Conifers: that are little harmed, — — be 
made of Cupressus wsoni its 
lutea, Pinus austriaca, P. paama — the — 
pearing comparatively untouched. 
nd Hollies, much cut about in some 
possi 
to the hardihood of 
likely to be valuable to — in the A to — 7 
Conditions of position, cot aches soil, dryness 
atmosp others, have, no doubt, 
oned with: K. D. 
VULGARIS.—It would appear from * 
fear the co n Prim ome exter- 
mi j OF a scarce, in some localities, 
where it h lentifal. There is no question 
but that this plant in ite wild state is — ri 
chiefly from seeds, and ~ gathering of its flowers 
i r year, must eventually 
tell its tale. doubt if individ in 
i peoi short-li re corre- 
ve reasons, 
sponden appears to 8 
which 1 ve, for thinking otherwise. T 
about 1800 acres of park, so — me of it wood!and, here, 
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most im 
— — mrt of both « of th the above-named are 
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to the place, which is appreciated more than it ever 
was, Many of the Primula plants are from 
feet in diameter. Wood Anemone in blossom, 
when seen as here, covering acres of woodland, is a 
sight not to be forgotten. T. Coomber, Gardener, Th 
Hendre, Monmouth, 
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NATURAL pe na A — Poo a there is 
reason why allotment-holder 
e not grow ae og hy enjoy it as 1 as ap 
e, yet I was somewhat surp nd o 
— Richmond allotments recently that s 3 eee 
ove together, 
out a — on either side, and cover up 
era dae inches with soil, — 
Richmond is — vee light, and enables 
to be admirably blanched. One —— 
of Kale bel. Still, all 1 persons did 
not sell, fora as one wer remarked in his 5 
way, “ Me and the missus likes it „ a8 W well as on 
else,” and pleasant a is it to find that * on — 
as represented by issus a share - 
cellent which too long been es- 
med a luxury. "Probably, more 
value of Seakale roots upon 
gardeners generally through the mischief wrought by 
the hard winter a les, It will 
say about the middle of June. 
— roof of the wa 
gardening has been utilized, A, D 
1 8 MANAGEM 
lease * Mr. D. F. Mackenzie e hi 
ideas Á cn subject l in the Gardeners’ Ch 
I doubt his ‘opinion that landowners will not “ ‘aks 
seriously ” the opinions already e N by some 
writers in your ss in 
natruction in 
lished. I think he bas stated that they amounted to 
u per cent, in some cases, and here is a 
curious commentary on his statements, Both Pro- 
four and Mr. Mackenzie are n mem- 
bers of the Scottish Arbori Society, and 
perfect, grengen m may be med, der Ert 
pu 
in the acknowl 
above Society but what does Profi 
fessor (who has no 
declared that of eappositions valuati 
profits fro there 
bond 
cultural "Society, ‘ted the 
1 20 acres in a remote locality. Is not 
this ge of the Professor, with Mr. Mackenzie at 
his i Why = yem Professor Balfour with 
the very in been vainly searching 
for so long? I foar the same may be said of some 
foresters, as the late once said in the 
of the limeki —— They 
were like the vendor of a “ patent hair-restorer 
n three hairs in the 
nape of his own neck ; #0 some 
Dr. Somerville s 
profi 
North of Scotland, could hardly be given away at 
the present I was in Perthahire last De- 
1 what I el roe by 
ings were worse I imagined, It 
puzzle even to land now 
on miles and miles of 
Fi pruce, and so little of the more useful 
8 quit ain * well. I am afraid to say 
pruce and Firs I saw 
n the gro although a timber was being 
daily M — the Firth of Forth om 
hund of t Ne rot feet, The 
ied unts give f the 
Will he tell me, privately “Te w his 
try to see it, J. S. 
material is fast 
ne g favour, and, so far, experiments 
— «A culas, and man subjects, 
— 44 in Jadoo, and all were healthy and 1 
well. What surprised me was the t of 
root space plants grown in it „ rte ‘tee 
consequent pared with similar 
plants grown in mould. I red a Pelargonium, 
one of a batch of two dozen, all much alike. The 
was 31 inc iameter, and the plant showing 
a large number of flower-buds, was 23 — through. 
It looked quite top-heavy, Cutti to strike 
2 readily, and = germinate — 4 in N It 
stuff to grow seedlings in, for material 
brous, when 8 young plants 
— te ; indeed, th 
that two friends ho — the tr heag with me 
could distinctly detect the aroma 'at fully 30 feet 
away. A. D. Webster, Boxmoor, Herts, 
THE EDUCATION oF GARDENERS.—Although I 
use than his hands, and although I do all possible 
to assist in the edu cation of those over whom I have 
any control, I should hesitate to that all gar- 
deners could be be educated to They are to 
a great extent recrnited from a class not easy to 
cannot 
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training exclude them from the 
sibility of ever becoming in the true sense 
0 term. This is when the 
wages are taken into consideration ; a 
pable of a le gardener, is not 
likely to be content with the wages of a common 
and having more sense than to attempt to 
get up demonstrations and strikes, he watches his 
„ and usually finds some other employ- 
ment wi better. The work is under-rated, 
and the pay is too low to attract the best class of 
men, Ne doubt the present rates of payment are 
