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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jone 4 1887, 
we have learned about ЕЕ ауа d the effect 
been i 
of them has че the wrong direction, salesmen 
aving more rt lty to dispose of prj: fruit and 
fair remunerative prices to the growers, 
he consumer does not benefit one p^ by 
the тте гн J. W. B 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S COM- 
Horticu 
of consulting with the Fel 
ill you permit me to invite that body to consider 
also e и of varying Seige character of its 
mm way that they shall 
e m r be 
future action, 
n 
a This т may 
rhaps be (€ е that the Council] ена 
these meet ings do not pay to advertise os ps as 
shows. The anise afforded to all and sundry 
= ng products, but especially flowers, p the 
th ow 
ıe conservatory happily n 
commensurate kind to gratify them—then it is wise 
to regard these meetings henceforth as purely ргас- 
tical business gatherings се treat them accordingly. 
We at th th etings need be 
longed, as D till a У о гад іп the day, compel- 
ling exhibitors even of d most sem. objects, 
to kick their heels in depressing suspense and im- 
oan heraus kept there И бене ا‎ no 
compensation found in an a ing public. As a 
remedy Г respectfully жын that. the meetings shall 
uniformly clos eem which hour it shall жа 
open to all md "ot ie or ere roduc 
staged siccae in the judgment of the respective 
n 
ndon ti 
upon orious exhi 
"Practically i it — € оой 
т ће рп of adjudi- 
fi 
resentatives of the 
ish to seri the exhibita must do не 
within the hone pre pay iio and by fixing the hou 
ofclosing as late as 4 pee opport 
would be afforded. T seems hopeless to suggest now 
that even those hours might be again enlivened 
by some dissertations on the sin exhibited. X. 
Press, if 
YOUNG age ON OLD a aw. oat the 
young Vines referred to by “J. 18 
were planted between the old ones in елы old border, 
whic the condition of the latter 
vin we some of their roó 
0 
Vines are swelling their 
тагу improvement should 
imed at—that rob ding and ripening larger 
bunches by laying on the border a few inches thick 
ung and givin gi liberal а са of liquid 
s 
nent i 
Vin мыи re opening a trenc i 
length and depth of the caca at about 3 or 4 feet 
m the Vines, анов away all roots within that 
removin surface-soi m the roo 
he 
space, 
in the stri "E ap bor By between the ко апа 
stems. Fill th a compost consisting of five 
t 
8 г one of wood-ashes, опе of 
^ ^ ' ‚опе 
ordinary-sized garden barrowful of fresh soot, and a 
bag or two of Thomson’s Vine and plant manure, 
са каме mulching a Mes rder as recommende 
wo years late 
nother section of the old 
border should A ево dad then filled up as indi- 
ed, and s until the whole of the old border 
fre rom the een point is removed, and in its stead 
is a new one. H. W. Ward, Longford Castle 
AUGUSTE NICAISE STRAWBERRY.—— Ther 
a mistake in the note on Auguste Nicaise Strawber тту 
07; 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle, May 28, p. 7 should 
have been eight instead of eighteen to und. 
On the 14th I gathered two fruits which weighed 
5 oz., and fifteen pia ig . I gat over 
17 1b. from ч plants, and had the largest fruits 
only weighed eighteen id the pound I should e MAT. 
thought it wo orth while to have written abou hem ; 
indeed, my tag nde and every person то has ne 
theni say they are the j^ est Strawbe 
ave ever seen n e should disbelieve. the 
have some ripening now whic not quite so 
weighty ав the previous lot, but there are numbers T 
them that will an ounceeach 
but those were from picked pl ants This з variety hab 
een tried at Bagshot Park gardens 
although the plants were lifted fr s 
being self-layered ; ps pro d the best crop that 
ا‎ од e had — ри: that I consider the 
variety quite ju. i any o ns. while to try who 
have not чаны re во. E. Webber, Hall. Grove. 
A d us ci TO йз наан CRICKETS, 
&c.—If any of your readers have a stock of crickets 
or mera I should like to send iid. free of charge, a 
new mixture that 
Cucumber left 
went. We ha il fair su co baiting bottles with 
avoiding temptin 
ee to attract them off the she away fro 
he roof. Crickets proclaimed that they were among 
our pat, by since pac this pins m eme = 
ns A aa e do not 
dener s үзе” ч 
shelves an сту 
Thi Тав my gar 
etles in the kitchen, e: 
ne. 
watched the effect i hes P 
it appears to stupefy and voc ‘all those that "epa: 
out, ур is safe human being to use 1 
want to the expetiit of others before recom- 
Christy, 25, Lime 
2 it generally. Thomas 
FLORAL EMBLEMS.—I do not ета in your 
any flo 
notes on the Colonial Exhibition y floral 
mble India o e "ый wer 
described. Should any exist I ee be glad if you 
he readers eners Chronicle 
st of their —— 
correspondent must 
wil favour me with a li 
Rowbotham. [Our 
explicit. Ep.] 
et 
—1 am surprised to learn from Mr. F. 
W. pe ds the Potato crop of last season was 
inferior in ген I think that is news to most 
Pota » "— T 
far arly kinds 
geriliyi excellent in зү kinds, the гоне н 
well кө aintained. en we have had one of the es 
Pota winters on record for evenness of tempera 
and refines е early pi чидч 
re in the early planted Potatos to 
through ; indeed, I eie ee before sorted such 
restfulness, and it has many growers uneasy 
because tubers two months in the soil uie made 
no external sign. A few warm days and € will, 
no doubt, show soon that the tubers have not been 
— — but they have fou ib d the 
soil, as ave found in the store, the smallest 
foiiis. оо и to rae It is also obvi 
that 0 wn Potatos are concerned we 
are not likely to have any in the pen for six 
berries! dien old ‘tubers w ell preserved 
should 
that the qued from the best Potato districts are _ 
bought up first, and those from the indifferent ones 
las lesex and I ndon districts 
which turn out Potatos of the first quality, few are 
left for market after Chris n 
cia ably. he tubers should be 
MR in barrels o xes, being occasionally looked | 
ver ae ш ы emi growth. A. D. [In п many - 
district as 
adt folem a E e 1 
affected unfavourably great didt of the tuber, ` 
Ep. |] A 
SOCIETIES. 
а BOTANICAL AND 
TICULTURAL 
May e annual exhibition ot 
plants, fruits, and flowers at Old Trafford was opened 
on the above date on a plot of ground that had been — 
secured by the Council of the Society; and for the - 
accommodation of the more tender plants a long - 
range of glass was specially erected. Several large - 
tents were also utilised, so that altogether a very large - 
space was provided for the safe keeping of the - 
exhibits. The show bras held on ground away - 
n the re f the Botanical Gardens _ 1 
ems count w have lost тне tie of the 
pleasure hey eese it had hitherto enjoyed in con- 
nection with the it-week floral ye but when we 
entered the онан and inspected the Piante anil 
flowers elves it was with feelings of satisfac- 
a 
was stated that exhibitors eium те of their bee 
bs cla ss and quantit y of plants being le t to t 
Medals belig: е instead of the usual money - 
The as most hearty and liberal, - 
large Td s of ime 
other famous exhibito e great 
of pe of smaller size H сч adapted to the em- 
bellish $ 
eps “collection £ of ` Orchids by many of the pe 3 
ing n most extensive; whilst many - 
н аат id willingly large groups, the whole 1 
making o t effective displays seen in - 
Manchester. Such Tiber 1 
of deep r Many of 
one ind two laters; ad reached down 
below the basket. Immediately below кк was 
bank of choice Orchids, Palms, ern 
with the Odontoglossum citro re 
Man Le purpura 
neri, Cattleya Moss ик С. Mendel, 0 "Skinneri, 
, various other 
n fine form, and many plants; а hi 
Odontoglossums, O, nævium majus, Miltonia, Schi! 
tum. vexillaria polyxanth 
