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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[January 18, 1919. 
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for the merid week 
the fifty 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE 
е from observations during 
ears at argon 38.89, 
AQTU. d TEMPERA 
— Омен Office, 41, Wellington Street 
15, 10 ase чеде. London, Mila s January 
eutenant Trufiaut, 
Partial Soil : ; 
а аот нызды A. has a wide circle 
Vegeta of 
Proauc 
ое 
tion. British horticulturists, 
y the use of 
antiseptics, косаца the fertility oÈ Pun 
soil. ieut. Truffaut’s ^ exeprim 
have been made with sees bisulphide a as 
a soil-sterilising agent. In one large-sc 
exper he obtained the 71 езда 
Suri нщ 
CABBAGE €— 
Four rods Hase з 90 days: 
In unsterilised so In sterilised soil. 
13,684 plant 27,894 plants 
ань 115 ibs. Bie lbs. 
us d raised in the soil treated 
sulphide were Merc чаң bly 
ee from disease 
d in September- 
1917, gave the following re- 
cn In eme 
i 1 
Untreated Di Мыны 
Len Жойап ‘sulphide 378 Ibs. 67% 
) 495 Ibs. 119% 
2200 506 Ibs. vis 
The celeium sul hide used in this ex- 
periment was of 50 Les ci pre 
Similarly with Swe the u: ure 
ealcium 
_ gave rem 
їр 
ide a br sterilising agent 
arkable increases in yie m- 
. Honour ae 
turists will lea; 
ployed at the rate of one- -fifth of an ounce 
P 
3 per cent. (418 lbs 
ds 
net en favourable results have been 
obtain by Lieut. ‘Truffaut with 
various subjects—Cabbage, Godetias, and 
omatos—grown in pots. 
The fac E are an increase of yield was 
obtained e case of the Tomato is 
фону of ‘te: attention of those in charge 
i 
phide is one of 230 з. per acre, 
spread on the ground in February or 
March, and forked in. Experiments made 
by using a sterilising mixture of calcium 
sulphide and naphthaline gave yet more 
riking results: in the case of Swedes a 
inerease of Minas over that of the control 
plot of 511 per cent. 
Lord Lambourne. — Horticul- 
with pleasure that Lord Lam- 
BOUR: sie, бн Bishop's s кы Romford, has been ар- 
poin of the County of Essex. 
eni de pes = Mi R. E. Ms cie 
We indere = и Rt. E. 
PROTHE filled the aon of Presi- 
den a ef. HW Bond. E Agriculture. during we 
war, сн м va alition Governm 
Coss abilities in the 
late кааны have been recogni: by 
cultur ernmen’ 
British берн in Belgium rw Бе 
German ings tion.— Messrs. Е. 
MMINS, who have dod i the 
head and second gar- 
ely in gm employ of Monsieur 
Everberg, Belgium. have 
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sight. years bee! 
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the _ Germans , frequently potes prem visits 
Owin: hortage of fuel 
able w—an fro’ ge 
juste of produce, much of which ch went to 
Belgian people less fortunately placed than 
themselves. 
Land for Soldiers.— According to the Parlia- 
ers ena и of The Times, it is 
understood th rnment Bill to o 
land for жо settlers i is now ready, and 
it will be {ег the ass 
° 
of. 
resent owner, the State 
right ut any time fo redeem the 
E EE as President of the Board of der 
the new Gove 
dui 
limestone appea 
annuity by awarding Consolidated Stock a 
ldings committees of th y 
be charged with the duty of ascertaining 
land is required, and th d of Agricuiture 
fault hu 
and a n 
as possible. The Count 
sponsible for Laie oped е песеѕѕагу housing ac- 
reds ation and farm buildings. Schemes am | 
epa: 
ар credit, furnishing loans to settlers 
or 2 pur farm implements, ete., for 
encouraging and for village 
rural ree tries, 
reconstruction genera! 
Flowers in Season. — Some very 
A ‹ 
and he wri With reference to W. W.'* 
recent ‘ Notes from Kew’ regarding the hardi 
ess of ia Baile i 
and 
about 15 p high and are almost as much 
through." 
Waste Lim e.—Acc ording to the 
Notes on Aias issued from "e Rothamsted 
Stati 
heavy soils, but. is liable to cause yes "o 
light 
All s Organisation in Greater London. 
—The A grictitura Organisation Society has FE 
stituted a Special ndon District Атон 
Committee, representative of organised allot- 4 
ment holders, to st allotment holders v 1 
a к mile т of Charing Cross jod, 
se themselves us properly consti E 
ассан, with to rent land on еса 
sub-let to members as allotments, and to P" 
Potatos, 
т? 
ational Seed | Ted 
Seed ass paan at 
ere tes 
five months of 
namely, а. à 
8,185 sam 
vendege е les. were Oats 
This season Peas and vegetable seeds are being | 
received in far greater ponenda than last sea 
Wheat: 784, amp 
