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ON INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION. 
р. 
note by ol. LXIV., 
on the st eee: ‘Sui ewes for seed in 
terested me. The planting of Sunflowers Mie 
and р 
and the нарт зэи to 2 feet asunder in the 
rew splendidly, many of them 
of 14 feet, and most of them 
In Sept end we 
generally do), which 
ај s 
It would have been far better if the experts 
had them to centrate on well-trie 
subjects, which 14 have given them good re- 
turns for their labour, and һа ed to the 
food supply of this country in a time of scarcity- 
W. H. Fraser 
SEAWEED. 
the experience and opini 
gi Yorkshire’ e 220, Vol LXIV.) as to the 
value of seawee certain vegetable crops, 
and would go further, to say that most crops 
ould be ben Riel y it, but especially thos: 
n ией an application of a 
ich i oda 
a e oie of the Moray 
rit uc 
Rn A. 
ases it w 
cured i са with soil till "the 
Wine of. sipas hing, F Dua in many oth 
was carted directly on to grass land, 
ploughed in ааа ГЕ any preparation 
of Corn, Turnips an and grass 
which the weight 
This was 
H 
s in the soil, "uk 
and nitrates, or even 
ied alternately with the 
of 
кт en 
us, Chondrus crispus, 
Rhodymenia palmata, да бча in quantity. 
d. o. 
SEWAGE AS MANURE. 
In these days of c-— of stable manure 
prejudice as to the of home resources will 
hav he be inked and gardeners sheuld 
realise that sewage sludge is a valuable 
sigs manure. 
Sewage alone is not, perhaps, a 
re. It needs potash, Lek this can bead чы 
in the form of flue dust, which also has the 
e of Lese pest -killing M ау, 
one-eighth part of flue 
sewage should be spre ad on the 
^ round at the tte of abont T tan o a little 
NM per r 300 yards, and dug 
THE GARDENERS’ 
I do not advise the use of what 2А known a 
cem ion sludge. As a rule it contains 
much water to be of xen and its m ieasant 
Su Beet. Parsnips are not quite so good, 
but, on the contrary, ове is not so common 
with sewage ia ani Tus manure has 
been used. Æ. 
PRECOCIOUS PLANTS AT ALDENHAM. 
I HAv; just returned ied from a visit of a few 
hours 208 етуй 
т 
| be cum until the New Year was wel 
A large mass of pae Sweet  Coltsf. 
=. fragrans; growing among a lot of ot ad пша 
— 5 the eye m its pale lilac 
b 
iov ven more the nose, its de- 
bow - "Hits e mall Т noticed, E 
Hamamelis vernalis sev r Wych- 
Hazels covered with their pink, brown and go 
rosettes of flower, which twin - 
sional sunbeams on their bare twigs. ox eei 
cm of a Simonsii hundre 
arlet berr still лө к gully: the Shinde 
| having ki kindly déc them 
How 
, perhaps the prettiest + ing to be 
Sea in Mec aude was a good-si gues to about 
5 feet н of Lonicera *Standishii lanceolata, 
of Wilson’s introductions from China. 
This was cove with white blo: d 
Tly..and some half open, but all sufficiently 
iced to develop completely if gathered and 
brought into room.  Althoug 
eysu 
as they are in ihe United States, wher 
be iu n: 
can counted n to produc ull 
crop of showy red fruits, yet surprises me 
- the s are not more vbi be 
in English gardens, especially is 
т rule that thoy a are A hardy, а accom - 
modating as to al of so 
of the cold of big eities, vs to 
reproduce, uick- ing, inex ive. 
Surely there are not ibs that will 
supply a pretty ae i that on 
idwinter 
can afford to neglect them Tiry Gibbs. 
НОМЕ C CORRESPONDENCE. 
odi a corri ent: 
A bah ybrids.—T est against 
the te rm Austrian Briar Webride 1 being given to 
the “ үе те jana’ . Mons. Pern i Doa 
the raiser of Soleil d'Or, has ааб Е pis the 
hat owes.its origin the off- 
spring po^ оеп d'Or, and the Na iota]. о 
Soci adopted the name “ Perneti: 
CHRONICLE. 
[JANUARY 4, 1919. 
The ue 8 of the Бо on Some of the Newer 
ard. Chron. used the name Austrian 
w nurserymen still 
ba aa bah 
and ¢ 
a large ERE of gratitude for 
На creations in Roses 
Walter аата. Eastwood, Leigh-on 
The Loss of the p in carom (see 
З г. Robin should 
or 
lants, raised from were so ba ay 
WU a 
that “he disease is due to gr мр, f it can 
be nants T е о we are йш open to сопуїс- 
tio 
mn; if n suggest it should be withdrawn. 
George Bunyard and Co., Ltd., Royal Nurseries, 
Maidstone 
Fruit Trees in Shrubbery Borders.— irees 
growin: in association w ith ober? need manur- 
if жон exubena: rgrowing t..e trees 
As the fruit ee are са in conjun 
т their ornamental КЕСЕ thes 
hould not ba Pr runed yet d 
ре congenial to 
es are, in all probability, 
that the latter are 
in a sound. condition Ap is à danger 
of MR from a NY fall of snow or strong 
winds. me Hudson, Gia House 
Gardens, Act 
Sterilisation of Leaf-Mould. — We make the 
be ould at Kee ie RENE e dec 
leaves are t separate vide 
8, ating kot tod: €" Tor 
pos with W. we 
his remark on p. 225, Vol. LXIV., 2s to the 
of a machine for sterilising soil. Leaf-mould here, 
at time, was badl f 
Ou thod 
. о 
н 
Е 
|=) 
4 
l1 
rather crude, but effective er a large 
fire are pl galvanised iron sheets su 
rted built walls about 2 feet high 
A large quartity of leaf-mould is placed on th 
sheets and k "ecd turned with shovels 
to prevent burn Ina few minu 'hole 
ulk is stea ad heated through sufficiently 
roy all insect lif or this treatment 
the leaf-mould is wheeled under an open shed 
or future use. о men can sterilise a large 
quantity of mould i inaday. W. J. Guise, Keele 
Hall Gardens, Newcastle. 
Romneya Coulteri (see pp. 227, Vol. LXIV.).— 
Tam doubtful ii if Romneya Coulteri is th grow- 
ing. Ih and las oe m dimer 
of. flowering) | it had only two bloo this 
year on ne, ill form ed, and a тегу асе 
tion, as I ат nothing but an amateur. 
Hicks, Е 244 Road, Maidenhead. 
Silver Leaf (see pp. 178, 210, 215, 243, Vol. 
LX Ту). —I have <n great interest the 
о A. the various ndents, а 
include ornamental as 
have seen all stone е а Lilac (in 2 
