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January 11, 1919.] 
Exeter Hospital on the body of Mr. ок H 
CRosscoMBE gardener at Belmont Pleasure 
Ground. The deceased man cut one of his 
fingers, and four days later complained of stiff- 
ness of the neck; two days afterwards he went 
spital, and had his finger dressed. The 
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urgeon considered deceased 
came to the hospital too late for serum to be 
of any value 
Japanese Rice Cro op.— The production of Rice 
(uncleaned) in Japan is estimated at 209, ag 000 
ewt., or 8.1 per . above last year and 
4.4 per cent. above the average of the m! years 
1912-16. 
isease of Potat мы ae E the 
ber 
tingham and 
to be declared an $ cted 
ner 1, 1920. 
area as and fro 
e n 
li the 
а ill ultimately a a nefited by this 
Work extends 6 нт ь 20,0 The Com 
mittee h. 
of the Boeder. 
18 a brief sum 
sie ae 
бы age ibd: 
ary of 
ort 
wee ; estimated 
ain 
roved, 250 iiam od cost, 
crés; 
THE G ARDENERS' С HRONICLE. 
£140. Tranmoor 
: cae red 
—On 
aa Area improved, 150 
, £50. Little Went Drain- 
by the член the 
Went has been cleaned out by co-opera- 
joi rs; this i known to 
provement 
been done (to give 
counties so far agis as di rth 
Yorkshire, Norfolk, Berkshire, Okiki. 
shire, and Flintshire. 
ROSA MOYESII VAR. FARGESII. 
и 
A HANDSOME Rose has appeared іп Ns 
vation under the name of Rosa Fargesii, the 
botanical source of which I have ‘been un ive 
to trace 8 its characters agree so 
closely. with. those of the now well-known Ros 
Moyesii; Hemsl. and Wils. (Bot. Mag., t. 8,528) 
that it сат над, oe considered as a variety of 
e striking ere are bushes of both 
the Kew a тете which I carefully com- 
d when in bl , and found an almost com- 
greement ir it, armature liage, and 
in Lis large flowers with deep crimson petals— 
aracbers which are found in no other s 
species 
Fic. 6.—FRUITS OF ROSA 
A fruiting branch of the so-called Rosa 
shows the inen 
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made extensive Sali 
у xe Sachen, near the borders 
of Shan-si and. a-pa -shan ONDE 
is 
, is "within ces ar of Ros 
ecti 
см Herbarium, 
ved from Messrs. James Veitch and 
s, ves is all that T rd been able 
of it tory. It is a graceful and 
beautiful plait, in flower or fruit. 
A. Rolfe. 
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THE MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. 
DECE 
EMBER Was asperating month, owing 
to the frequent еи ions to work їп the 
open by rain t was not that the rainfall 
wás heavy, only 2.48 inches being recorded here 
but there were only five > days quite clear of rain 
The ground was always wet, so that practically 
no progress could be made with digging or horse 
bultivati ion. The weather was remarkably mild, 
frost seldom holding long after sunrise, so that 
the ground was at no з frost-bound. For this 
reason weeds and grass have continued to gro 
to . Good pr 
ever, bi een Pet du pranisg, pisc nlt the 
shortage of skilled labour 
RABBITS AND FRUIT TREES. 
Sa not Jave to wait long to learn утра 
Ет у band of wir re netting would suffice 
SH M Bet gnawing fruit 8. Althongh 
there has been no severe weather rabbits appear 
be unusually troubleson inter, and 
they have done considerabl amage amongst 
newly-planted trees. So far from being afraid 
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MOYESII VAR. FARGES. Y 
Ja nd it a con- 
of the ing, 14975 „2 +1 
venience, Moos their fore-feet on 
ing any part of the tree within reach "They 
have done this even where th g is 
18 inches high, which has hitherto been con- 
sidered t safegua Apparently 
nothing under 2 feet affords с lete protection 
This means that, if bush trees are to be planted 
rabbit-proof fence must ted around the 
plantation— xpensive business, and prac- 
i i One 
pushed into the spout to prevent the string from 
