14 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
(January 11, 1919, 
failed. In tj soil use 
the plants of “te kens Fir aid Зе е 
a heigh re than at least 
an A еу at na in the garden 
in the experiments already recorded. 
Bantam reached about Die same size; Cat 
proved to be a little taller; while Howling "Mob 
and Extra Early е made distinctly larger 
and ene OF gris E 
pened earliest, 
X 
sugar Maizes, 
when gathered aj 
After bein, 
weighed i M sults the 
yield in bushels per "acre was Баран. Тһеу 
were as follows 
nning 
pie E had out th 
qwe 
ваи in acre. 
Flint 
any of the su. ins Май, 
! ‘tak гав 
к is evident, how 
evon "at from the а of QA yield 
of the early 
eo 
ar Maiz 
From the. сук чам facts it is clear that in 
the south-eastern n part of this со 
rate, it is ible to. grow ‘flint Maize lich 
ripens well and gives a good yield. -Nor i 
grain inferior in кин, Aa iat grown in su 
huge q ies imates. ^ Af 
analysis very kindly undertaken for me by Mr. 
F. W. Foreman, of the 
bridge Uni versity: 
th fein соп: 
School of “Agriculture, slowed e prot 
tent to be about 10.5 per cent.; ‘that of oi 
5.2 per cent. The oil content, which the 
high feeding value of Maize so largely ers 
is about the ват that o: сэз, 
Maizes taken as a whole, and is, of с 
several times as great as that of the bor perd e 
cereals grown in this country 
A Maize уйн 50 bushels per acre, and I 
do not seé why this should not be materially 
exceeded under f 
be of consi 
un 
ave found that a mu 
ns plants are about 4 inches hig gh 
e that n be taken of the 
eg Once 
very Tittle ‘attention. 
ho cere улеп 
the n 
, W. re- 
moved the land is found to be remarkably clean 
їп, garnering in is a simple 
ily 
һе rows collect- 
sna) 
ing them. The pup ee of = 
og eas 
ing with small © белю I have found an 
oyster knife to be a у efficient bui 
ment. As soon — first row is loosened thé 
. rest л generally come off easily with the pres- 
си the thumb. T have kept no 
or dari ring the long winter rer 
have some form of оле: for the 
gather from -Davy’s boo 
there are mans forms of m: 
sma. nes costing about a couple of 
pounds, up to м power-driven on 
ing wi rther advantage of 
Mai em is ; not tana T by birds—at 
I know, its реу 
апа р а att rabbits and 
apt to "be Т ОЙДО where they § are 
abundant, for they nil pn Au. rain off the nearly 
ere Bde the 
to the ground. 
it is ур. in in ases to walk down the 
rows abo eek Jem the early part of 
чыны two Bi anā to pick off cobs which 
show signs of being nibbled. As they do not 
appear to be attacked until nearly ripe, such 
cobs will dry satisfactori 
Taking all things into consideration it аге ре 
there eal 
‚Мене straw is certainly 
se е the 
possibi lities. It is ү liene Nos ke of 
other cereals, it bleaches and it has the 
hard nodes which render к\ч latter objectionable. 
e straw appears to have bars used w 
cess for the manufacture of paper, tok o in 
Sou culis NO eu and in ds United States. I 
write without e: ience, but in view of 
ber shortage which is likely to be with us for 
many years to , the f Maize straw as 
sourcé of l aper migh 
worth serious esie qum If it were found 
suitable I see why Maize should no 
t 
bur a dente a ee for British agriculture. 
. €. Pun 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
PRIMULA ACAULIS VAR. RUBRA. 
T proved a stumbling-block in 
he nomenclature. n Prim 
acaulis var. rubra is that orp and 
Smith, but it has been sent out from different 
sources as P. Sibthorpii, Hoffmannsegg ; as 
; and also as P. „To enter ‘upon 
a ey: discu ion of the потепс1 
ас: i 
that it diffe m -Bieberstein . amoena by 
being sca isa xa or, rather, Hose 
flowered Primrose 
of m uty, and deriving 
a high additional Pos fruta its Miseni of 
flowering. It even surpasses in this respect our 
= Primrose, and well e беп ы planted 
a sheltered where у continue 
give: a few flowers throu ms jas autumn and | 
winter, breaking e into a good display in 
cd — The plant appears to like 
yellow flowers on powder 
leafy outer bracts which are also covered with | 
white meal. 
distinct Primula is shy of flowering, and | 
generally delays coming into bloom until the 
plants have at a considerable a; It» 
not considered general rdy, but ive 
in a shel situation in the milder litis 
t is therefore desirable to cultivate it 
frame or house, ere ib pho 
action. p inuri is increased by seeds or 
f 
division. z Arn 
NOTES FROM LAMELLEN. 
My garden is, as my friend Mr. Far 
describ em it in a 
his book, Jn E 
Garden, “a glen in the hills” facing north- 
west, and is about six miles from the north 
coast of Cornwall. It is shelter y high 
el 
atts from the north, east, and 
п to 
rce in the lower par 
is a heavy loam bci shale, 
except in the бези where blue clay is beneath, 
e suffer much from iy hss rough v which 
h lendrons 
$E 
B 
Е 
ae 
2M 
aire ing! 
Hy кашк is eii ng w are good de E 
chilly among Bhod dodendrons ns Daffodils, kr 
n the lat ter т 
igma 
I have had 
no ko for this plan 
maculiferum, 9.16 tpe in a loose tr tm. F 
кл with a blotch о А е еба the 
and spots о: same colour on th 
segments. Corolla S-lobed, 18 > x ЕЯ С 
ma and filaments Ў 
