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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avavsr 31, 1895, 
Statter’s reply was good-natured in the utmost, he 
h 
parison we had the spike of Lord Derby, and Mr. 
Macfarlane's admirably executed painting of it, and 
Lee. 
plant of the same demus 
it was carried амады у ур. Lor 
tial thing they 
De В. Crawshay, Rose 
ет I ask it it is a fact, as stated 
is 
eld, Sevenoaks, Kent 
. in а contemporary this 
tbat what чадв wance" of 
1 15s. ld, is the amount spent on Chiswick 
са (some 12 acres in extent) annually? I offer 
comment on the disp this sum, but would 
f our big gardener’s real 
would think of pen into hysterical lamen- 
tations over а Head, (0 of £180 a year under these 
not aware of the circumstances of the e and i in 
d 
ounts spent in r 
— — by previous 
WHY ARAUJIA ALBENS NOT CATCH 
THE CODLIN MOTH.—In the Беч of Gar- 
deners’ Chronicle fi 
moth-catching habits of A. albens 
rom 
* McIntosh, of Dalkeith, detailing the 
excellent quality of the — I may also state t 
an annual supply of cuttings was forwarded to т 
Messrs, ме. Edinba h, b 
| — y Mr. 
THE RECENT SHREWSBURY 8HOW.— The com- 
mittee which controls the fortunes of this really 
var horticultaral ee recently published 
a list е numer y had locally 
mia. s ion their surplus fand, amounting in value 
to several thousands of poun All honour to them. 
g over this list, т failed to notice any 
donation being made to either of the great Gardening 
I trust there can be no harm in respect- 
they are to gardeners who so largely he 
those magnificent shows for pna Shre arra is so 
edfal to invite the 
which attended their dein show, of 
е nations to each fund, and thus identify the 
hrewsbury society more closely with horticulture. D. 
POTATO DIGGING IN RA АА. artist cor- 
respondent on p. 133, of August 3, gives a very hope- 
less looking sketch of poor Pat digging his Potatos. 
I have been through Tipperary as well ава goo 
many places in the — of Ireland, жа have come 
uch cases, but yo е ot be 
that the land in that county 
e has ever tilled and pastured in 
Ireland, and his crops and cattle showed it. Potatos, 
as we know, are the chief food of the working classes 
in England, Scotland eland; every cottager 
any other varieties. "The Potato 
that the tubers are bad, and they neve 
against the disease, although a few that I know hao 
tried the sprayer, but they M Ayre it broke down 
the tops too much, and wo 
found in Ireland t 
ad no d re Es three I. 
p to the prese 
date, but rota! 
deal to vidt n т. 8, 
GROWTH.—On some of my irs gph 
I кй ‘that at the ends of the shoots both flow 
buds and leaf-buds have been ‘for 
this, one у 
say; but what is interesting is, that the leaf-buds 
have lengthened into shoots, whilst the flower-buds 
remain нту н y^ should growth go on in the one 
and be ed in the other, the period of formation 
and the — being the same in each case? X. 
dry summer 
duced a curious effect 
ring . Since the 
came donee have developed, and the tr 
and pomona such as I have 
never seen — every branch bene va either loaded 
tender leaves, 
charm- 
orchard show 
Park, Beckenham. 
quarter of Apple 
bashes, late in "ehe spring, were, pple 
consequence, at " standstill. during the warmest part 
of the summer, and they are now fuil of blossom, and 
making a little new foliage, Ep.] е 
е — FRENCH AND SU N 
DN zi TRUE BEANS.—In the report eie s 
rui mmittee meeting held at wick 
vul oque eee, Chis on the 
together under precisely similar conditio 
the im 1 that they in eei 
identical, but that they all the same leave to сеа 
to determine perc which of the above о! 
dem Td 
n cropping . Y think, а жае 
was, ава m awick for 
ом with a full наді en of its - Ж. 
‚ 1885 (six years „Tender d- Tra 
official re 
French Bean), and seeing that no m made 
of it in the autumn report of носе tried at Chis- 
wick in 1885, the ет - ee and justly, 
arises as to what bec 2i 2 French 
Ch iawick | E ey in April, 1835, and 
5) is pronounced by the 
Royal Horticultural - 
to be identical with one (Tender-and-True 
that body had granted a First-Class Certificata at 
that is to say, the que 
B 
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1 
, , 
conclusively settle = question of “ commercial right 
of priority.” As registered in the book referred to 
will be — “Climbing Canadian Wonder Bean.’ 
Ten years have I k abor: facts 
from the г — press, and һа ot been for 
the turn which events have recently pole, probably 
I should e have referred to the matter in print 
Н, W. Ward, Longford Castle, Salisbury, 
ARRON'8 RETIREMENT.—Had Мг, Barron's 
resi; tei den been voluntary, the mere authoritative 
announcement that he had r sii an bis 
services were to be rewarded by th e Council with à _ 
liberal pension for life, might have "йу ciot Me 
the country are entitled to the full 
il, In "il г first notice (August 3, 
p. 138), after referring to the — difficulties 
and precariousness of Mr. Barron’s on for many 
years, you state in true and forcible —— hich all 
loyal horticulturists will heartily endorse, “th 
peting with market growers 
e purchased - & few pence 
florist's.“ These words are true, pi in sii 4 
of us read a —— cue to the res 1 * 
Barron. But a @ 
Чи; and makes ma bad, er the 
nued silence of the Couneil would prove a serious 
blande r. It e that such, a 
shoul here de 
uld have acted in the manner signed hare 
ene . 
mittee of the Royal Horticaltaral | Societ] has ws 
33 — in E Rol degut 18 of this indignity p. PO 
garden Works he country would 
to buie b heard of the di. uieii A 
Society! I 
! wa t 
before I am fully informed of the wh — sudo 
€ sides, but the question has now 88801 set at pet 
an aspect that it cannot possibly be 
