8 THK GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
al Research Institute, Pusa, it has 
rown 
ries considerably with dif- 
ferent soil and climatic conditions 
rs in France.— ALL and 
cultural courses in this Division, pen de- 
mobilisation at of necessity, 
Our aim is to 
both iai ening, and we have 
been gi the French Agricultural 
and Horticultural School, close to Douai. In 
the t little 1 be ible .at 
present except the preparation of the land fo 
P ps, which will constitute 
practi side, with lectures dealing with + 
че гэн, side. Regarding horticulture, we have 
some material to work on, notably a finely 
laid about 4 acres, well stocked 
ork, in 
all of which з we ho оре will be very beneficial to 
the students, who will Фе "od, billets and a 
lecture and a The 
action 
sentatives of the Canadian frui 
pe ro gi and Т" Training for 
Li W. Н 
sell, or offer, expose or have in his poss 
for sale, xe fruit packed in a a ge 
upon which package is marked ** No. 1” unl 
such fruit includes no culls and dieit of well- 
grown specimens of one variety, sound, of not 
than medi ize of good colour 
less medium size and g 1 for 
the rn of normal pe and not less than 
90 per cent. free from scab, wormholes, 
b uises m еы де: ае 
ргорег rly pes cked. Doi estic ots ma оой 
pos- 
any pu е putet 3 a closed 
ssi ge is m 
e 
Domestic, ess s 
and consists of fruit n not less t 
fo d 
per- 
, expose or have in his 
sige aedi hich 
Es small for the variety is stir ye def: 
cent. e of its surface 
affected by any of or чы бе нн injuries 
in- 
caused by apple М (Ventura рош 
весїз, Pe bruises, or other causes, th 
flesh of which is not Aia an "edible Коло. ог 
ie MNA Which in roken so as to expose e the 
ssue benea 
The p of importers 
called to = fact that, b 
No. 
estic Grade, and that 
5, formerly interpreted as 
A Я 
al pe m of по заа pe d 
the Genus * d t deat 
with the following species : E. Тама : 
cuan i platypus, E. mo- 
phylla d E. argillacea, ese con- 
d to West Australia, except E. g ylla, 
which has collected within the south- 
western border of South рии and perhaps 
in the Northern Territo the species are 
shrubby or trees о sm N dimensions. E 
Lehmannii is ea in having the flowers 
seed vessels embedded i thicke 
stalk, forming ete i 
pu 
mass in the, fru 
andsome cult tivated plant 
Sued in the Botanical Magazine age 140) 
a Mr. Marten refers h- 
OOKER’S hon Plant- 
E. (Hoo: 
slat ), of this affinity, is vous guished 
ved 
roader 
a of Lonice зин 
" Immigrants.” — Several in interesting 
are cited i: in No. 138 of of feles desee 
78. А. Actinidia ni 
cellent. € у. л-- 
of New York. Nice ous 
qum 
grower, it will cover a trellis 20 
(January 4, 1919. 
d 10 feet high in two or three years, 
but the n not (a t in Mary. 
nd) flower freely until six to eight years 
ol The flowers are ractive, with their 
white petals and dark stamens, the flavour 
of the fruits is sweet, pleasant, and Fig.like, 
A hybrid between Berberis Wilsonae and B. 
aggregata is of even more spreading habit than 
the former species, and has foliage which 
turns deep purple at the approach of frost 
grown as a winter crop in 
make a nutritious and palatable 
Publications Received. — British Rainfall, 
1917, By Hugh Robert Mill and Carle Salter. 
(London : _Edward Stanford, Ltd.) 
ORCHIDS IN 1918. 
HIDS were extensively and consistently ex- 
Orc 
hibited at the meetings of the T al Horticul- 
beg: "Society in in 1918, Messrs. Armstrong 
Bro Charlesworth and Co., Messrs. 
ics und Co. staged large exhibits of ex 
cellent саид Messrs. Armstrong and Brown 
were ld Medal at the closing meet- 
ing ot th year жен a TE fine peatas £ 
peny ал 
gained that i. i 
C 
tificated Orchids, 
Pies derivation, and other 
's collection number 2,439. These 
teil form a valuabl f ref 
ве: to 
Оте 
awards аге 
is more ors double à that e the previous year's 
record, and the ral character of the exhibits 
pere. 
e plants which were uM. the Fi 
2 йлы Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart 
hibited two of the best in Brasso- Laelio- Catitea 
G: Park variety and Bras 
Cattleya Gatton . Lily; C. J. Lucas, Esq., 10 
e 
E 
warn! 
ae best and brigh test 
ley, Esq., 
Fe m Mm Harley, sho en great — in 
Messrs. 
rong Town 
ong , their Laalio-Cattleya 
President Wilson, Odo: ady Vei 
Miltonia Lady Veitch, and Odontoglossum pro 
merens xanthotes, all of which received First 
class cates, being noble plants. Th 
were also awarded twelve Preliminary С. 
datio: i of romise. 
harlesworth had as their 
C best plants 
the very fine Odontoglossum St. James, Cattleya 
тю. var. General Pershing and С. Brita’ 
a 
Messrs, y and Black produced several very 
а aia 
nad 
