2 
Orchids have no superiors. Certain of 
types are so floriferous and easy grow that 
they would prove a valuable acquisition to 
th: who supply florists’ flowers. Were these 
t 
hairman of 
Gatton Park, Sur 
THE ROSARY. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
doubt they should be examined under the micro- 
er, he wise oig that in spite 
on affected 
mycelium con 1 the "fend 
es t 
ind the blot ei үе ын follow. 
very 
Mr. Alcock’s discove win 
the disease is undo ly of consid ble in- 
terest and importance to Rose growers, and if 
t > 
CHRONICLE. 
(January 4, 1919, 
aps pr od uces flows At 
in 
ers in great abundance. 
У а 
Oo 
e 
а Mulberr 
comparatively broad, roun 
but its general outline can rarel y be said to 
either re т or ornamern Both in shape and: 
colour the es are unlike those of any other 
tree that I call to mind, being of a peculiar 
pale, blu n tint above and pea-green be 
and branches, в th е 
ar ground lev el 
ickly are M rs wers = produced that in many. 
wreathed with e [ 
So thi 
instances the bra: 
, pin iy 
e attractive pet cm tree is in rl 
e or by inches across, often 
зе ез 
and 
I m 
A NS D MER 1. the fung ne season to anoth 
ў be of great assistance towards enabling us to 
My recent article on the control of Rose dis- our gardens from this troublesome pest, 
has produced oar of тз which is so fatal to our autumn Roses. mn most 
which show of us have discovered tha we ere is no royal road 
О лану лазе or ond d in Sram poss Mm to success in Rose-growing that will “supplant 
of my letters, however, has proved more unremitting attention aud observation. Whit 
interesting than one I received from Mr. Li Bose. 
ae A Bond whi DA very kindly forwarded 
which he contributed to the Ker 
Palletin (So. 6, 1918) on. inm life-history of the 
ngus, wh is known to most 
" us - s pot. 
any rosarians pios endeavoured. to ascertain 
how the fungus of this disease thee through 
t nter, in order t steps may be 
in the following summer. 
monly accepted is that € spores of the disease 
ar on the leaves fall to the ground 
y get 
y wholesale removal of the top 
of soil; by sterilising it mechanically, 
by burying it deeply below the surface. The 
i ug leaves has 
ntly recommen: 
rows 
4h £f. 
At the same time he 
h had remained 
ning s 
äiseoloured tissue were e ЕЕ 
wood of the previous season, Poaceae caused 
хаш: ese were 
t unciis 2 com- 
earing spores of 
Mr. Alcock considers hace э үе of the 
winter stage port e dim eceasi+ 
tates a 1 
the pri and that methine may be done 
careful prun He ints out that the 
of Roses will have 
to be iu in addition. to the necessity "S 
removing all affected wood. 
So f has observed, the o 
b e 
ld igne 
effete and do 
spots on Rose-wo 
пета (Black Spot), and suggests that i in case сн 
Fig. 2.—cERCIS SILIQUASTRUM IN THE 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
JUDAS TREE IN LONDON 
the appear der rare 
THE 
able for cite i in every p e metropolis 
is proved by the size and age hich specimens 
— кш in the grounds at Fulh Palace, 
an arks, Golder’s 
Maryon 
ilson ; the tree has a branch-sp f 30 feet, 
the trunk girthing 4 feet 9 i t a yard 
from ground level. Tho E. 
was 
: ug 
partially blown over many yea 
and the henry EL together, p his 
giant specimen of its kind is in perfect health 
GARDENS AT DOVER HOUSE, ROEHAMPTON. 
give the impresson of having been nailed Ш 
position. i | 
das ag "и атаа тан in this cow 
ger he 
that on which Judas hanged himself and not? 
e Elder as it is vulgarl jd." ‘There 
hite-flowered form and one named carnea, V 
beautiful, de flo For am 
тел studded w 
before the 
rich s a rom old tre 
wood, ж erby’s Kentish 
thrives хе beneath the shade and drip of othe 
A. 
e illustration in fig. 2 shows the fine 
men 3 Cercis Siliquastrum in the g ardens, Е d 
Dover Ной. Roe ^a mpton.—Eps. ] q 
