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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Frnnvanx 12, 1897, 
they are again stopped, and as soon as progress is 
renewed the are shifted into 32 or 24-sized pots, 
plants in a pot as as the case may be. The 
ping is done — the middle of July. 
secret in this — 2 treatment; it is what is 
done in th es ober and dion vember 
flowering чане n rr e it is difficult to 
lay down a rule that will “apply to all the ж 
and in this respe anex xcel ent mentor 
—€— in bloom ard nine months i in the year at 
least, a proper ing made of the varieties 
r to their ide ree bloomi ine: R. 
ARAM po ба-а тар ае р. 178, I see 
of An m se squipedale 
X uat: Tüsnton 
L TO THE BENEVOLENT.— Permit me 
he wer of 
ЎР Colchester: but the keen competition in the trade 
h 
proved t for him, and some years ago he 
removed to Ipswich, but fortune refrained 
smiling upon his Mo ot т. William Thomp- 
son, Tavern Street, Ipswich, assures me that 
case is one ofa boná m муан га and urgent, and Mr. 
having written to me asking for — 
I shall be happy to receive and sen any sum 
that may be sent to m it dr poritssidn 
acknowledge the same in the columns of the Gar 
' Chronicle. Mr. idge 
many as the — of Calliopsis (Cosmidium) Bur- 
ridgii, Chrysanthemum tricolor Burri pe 
Richard. Dean, Ranclagh Road, Ealing, 
a paragraph under 
be stated that 
atton, 
Gardens for trial, 'R. D 
EASY METHOD OF  MEASURIN 
HEIGHT OF A GROWING 
of m — ing growing trees have appeared in your 
colums at various times, but all requiring a more or 
less postin enter зарына й. and consequently can 
o have a fairly good 
pa e бага; poke bly, expensive 
An rate m же һе 
quickly taken without “either, as any о 
эн песевзагу — inav -— short ti 
st of not mo raight 
rire p dus 4, a. 
e string, with а loop at one end 
and small weight at мн other E a — and 
that is all — is red. e tree 
hole om suit e: gus “ight, slide the 
peg, and hang the — 
line on the peg, è to a distance from 
tree, so that wh mri i the iath ач upright, 
mg u 
which the е plumb-line w will show, 
iagonal line across the boa 
‚ Sheet compared favourably w 
wed a 
have the exact height of the tree. pani ` simply pro 
sides pa a square which must be This can 
e by any one, and certai җук e ni m take five 
чегиле зе Thos. Woodfor 
The Nurseries, Atherstone. 
h if the 
or the base line is inaccessible, owing to water or 
other trees or penta of some kind. Ер.] 
BULLFINCHES AND FRUIT TREES.—I should like 
to ask the “member of the Selbourne Society ” ув 
so emphatically — Mr. Evans for suggesting 
a tra cage sont oe of bullfinches, т 
course І can р 0 
depredations of tl shine birds, and not subject myself t 
the — (€ he has applied to the proposer of the 
trap-cage. I am prepared to admit that the bull 
finch is one of the — a most intelligent = 
engaging of the fine have ha 
tunities of adigi e а йты for birds, and sadi 
e ce es to ravens, and I 
of a bullfinch that 
saying a word in defe f a gardener who has 
doubt ts er from the peculiar taste 
bullfinches have for fruit-buds, and who would c 
ir destructio 
nity that has, by the 
rapacious birds, destroye due 
balance which a pro vident Nature has 
Selbo 
this ultima ratio regis can be averted, г vill is 
а favour on а North Midland Sufferer. 
а GOLDEN СЕМ. —І forwar 
ow of tate kinds during J — 
which I described to 
received worse treathient enu 0 
of room. п. | Thef маа yas fresh-looking, 
carrying healthy leaves. It should prove a useful late 
variety. Ep.] 
TRADE | NOTICES. 
THE NURSERY luo SEED TRADE ASSO- 
CIATION (LIMITED). 
Tur annual meeting of this Association was held 
at the offices of the Association, 25, Old J 
on Monday last, Mr. N. N. Sherw 
sident, in the chair. From the report of the com- 
was read and adopted, 
appeare 
of debts which had been treated by the m 
ociation for collection 
of applications made by embe 
tion as to the status of nane customers had con- 
siderably increas n addition to i 
stated that several: failures in the trade which had 
occurred during the year had been NE by 
the Secretary on behalf of such members were 
creditors and their interests protected. The báljibie- 
Mos that of the 
vious year, and showe ked increase 
in the receipts. The number ot members has 
steadily increased, and the interest in the Asso- 
ciation has grown proportionately, At the 
that the Association was rogii 
nal experience he could say ; 
iati 
during the pas 
(J. Vei Mi & Sor, Ch elsea) 
р ой, Hill), Mr. C. A. Hooper (Hooper & Co, 
mited, Covent Garden), Mr. Watkins Bu. q 
nning 
nent members of the trades, were present, and took 
part in the ne ee id 
Messrs. Олквнотт & Co. | 
Messrs. Oaks & Co. announce that they have — 
admitted into tenni Mr. James Henry i a 
nd t will henceforth be known as hott , 
& Millard, « of the Royal Counties Seed and pe 4 
Corn Establishment, Reading. Mr. Millard was for — 
many years in the employ of Messrs, Sutton of | 
Reading |. 
Foonp's AxNvAL Potato REPORT. A 
From Mr. W. Foord's жде quM report we 1 
extract t the following particula | 
, re experiencing an T er вед- 
а from 
for some tim 
deterioration i in the qu uad ity of 
t is a remarkable fact 
trade that, althongh a at the ea 
Dunbar Magnums s (Red Mou 
50s n 1 
epi the opportunity of of c: e: only 3 
ntend, in 
low freights by water, 
“Twenty to thirt rty years ago i oo ой ш 1 
pos cage to Е n Potatos of inferior il y extimt з 
most of the w almost totally E 
peso s Say ruin 
Rocks, Scotch Downs, rias, 
Flukes, sex d Blues, ses dene : 
ntion 
md others ковао to ery pro lie What зге 
for dinner the Champion, its po 
ni; but, alas ! alone only in its sev 
it ong been mani that this 
doomed to a very brief d. as is evi 
