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January 4, 1919.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 7 
demonstrated by the fact that no fruit, unless Canal zone d lr tage ps ially as regards E y Custodian of the United States, the 
perhaps the “ти is more generally distributed food product Large a of land have bee n ul German interests have been eliminated 
r has a wider range in the State than th laid out for ithe iur ‘of fruits and vege an ina | the usiness taken over by a new bis nn 
Citrus ily, even on the tablelands, wher les, sufficient grazing land has been cleared company known as AMERICAN Facro 
heavy frosts are experienced. The Banana is and fenced to provide for the fattening of 25,000 financed by American residents of Haw 
universally grown on the coas m lands of Queens- head of cattle, cy cold storage provided for All shareholders have to satisfy the authorities 
and, and Bananas thrive and bear mel in North the preservation eat, fruits and vegetables. as to their loyalty, as it is believed the Hack- 
Queensland several hundred ko. inland. Greviliea Thelemanniana. У ьа ры FIELD COMPANY W z ГТ centre of German эмеш} 
presentation.—At the thecting of the Coven- mannidna (seo fig. 3) has just claim to be placed. 2895019 12 the Pac 
agains s' Federation, held on the 16th nong the most beautiful of cool Ё зс e Life the Arctic.—A recent issue of the 
lt., a presentation, consisting of an engrossed plants, and it is a regrettable fact that it is Daily Es өйы contains an — с t of 
letter, fra Oa together with a goes so seldom seen in cultivation. The plant is of an interview with Mr. V. Srera “Ке an i 
containing Tr ry notes, was made to "rome eii c re, and, like m return Tork с: ndo 
Е Ө. [ORRELL in recognition wr his E in revilleas it es particularly ful for and a hal years in the American Arctic archi- 
connection wit. lotm morent di prowing<te Йй ts. Of neat and graceful pelago at the head of an expedition sent out 
Coventry and neighbourho during the past habit, рі uces its racemes of flo by the Canadian aree to us tl 
seven years. he presentation was made by with such freedom that it compares most favo islands and seas north of Alas H Mr. 
Ald. H. Manner, in the presence of representa- ably wi y ot cc he greenhouse; —STEFANSSON vs that, contrary to po pular m- 
tives of the different societies affiliated to the moreover, it flowers ove y long peri ression, the Arctic regions are dis pilar ; of 
Federation, of which Mr. W INBOW is is rarely out of bloom. Grevillea ME life, and that тте is 25 М lace = earth podes 
the secr У. RRELL suitably acknow- is readily raised from cuttings ог see it "ies easier for a man 2 t himself if he 
ledged the presentation, p e of the plea- cuttings “should be moder rately firm и ins knows how. "There is bes etin i ám every- 
sure it given him in the further петог. 
Sec- 
i 
т» with diy housing scheme brought for- 
wa 
f Red Cross Tree for £1,300.—A fi 
intermiss ery 
ow check continuity ‘of fowering a 
little, e" for no len The er 
hi 
a long cep cut in 
way they last V than when removed care- 
lessly a little ae the gr plan 
ing, No manure should 
in н 
р 
hed for a year 
hi There is a ве autiful bog variety 
N Ads t will succeed if treated in the same way 
Food Production in the- Panama Canal Z 
F 
—Everything possible is being done by "the 
United States Government to make the Panama 
р? 
Fic. 3.—GREVILLEA THELEMANNIANA : 
een. in a sandy compost in the autumn. The 
loo are borne "s rminal racemes about 
4 inehes in ер; € are coloured pale m 
h green, and are rendered a 
ti sanity ‘attractive LE e long, "en ate =- A 
style. e pinnate leaves are rative, 
from 1 to 2 бов long, and E sien y nibh 
This Cae is figured and described in ot. 
pink, t 
Mag 5, 837, unde er the name of G.. Preissi, 
Fé at Kew in 1870 from seeds 
sent by Mr. Du Bowrey, of Perth, Austr lia, 
where the pe was found b Cet and other 
collectors jur Thelemanniana is usua * 
flower e Greenhouse (e 4) at Xov durin 
the sui aid of the y 
American Control of — M Pro- 
important 
H: TELD. Co. 
dd а ia leas 
Now, as a result of c С ‘of ie Alien 
FLOWERS PINK, TIPPED WITH GREEN. 
where, he em ‚ there are polar bears and seals 
ter 
On 
Hydr үөн cyanide ^ Burma Beans. — As 
of Burm were found to be 
dis esee 
ments, reviewed in Bulletin No. 79 of the p será 
