THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
WINTER FL FLOWERS. 
As might be expected stad dd this side of Eng- 
land, Mr. Vicary Gibbs's list of “ ane nag 
could be considerably extended here, yet it 
would fall of such a list compiled at th 
da y ago. Chimonanthus 
fragrans and Standishii are no 
their best. Garrya elliptica is laden with a 
great f ful, silvery-gre Р; 
some 
of flower owing ae done in the pre- 
vious h winter 
H elis — een in flower o£. some 
japo ul: with branches 
weeks, and m 
smothered by "ts gr pel brown buds, and 
still carrying шап year’s nuts, is just 
opening. 
Berberis nepalensis, with the e vr 
Laureola and Ruscus aculeatus all 
flower. 
Cornus Mas, Prunus Pissardii, and Rhododen 
dron Nobleanum show coloured bu ds, but pos 
with many of the yellow. Crocuses, now 
showing colour, 
of January, 1913, 
Primroses are 
y a ys 
Violets, Snowdrops, mi 
sufficient numbers to provide 
a bunch of pios 
Eran cilicica and i aee in getty, 
with. single specimens of cojum 
Scilla sibirica, "v 8. bifolia, Hyacinthus 
azureus, algens (in bud }, 
and Iris ШЕЙ, var. thers 0: 
the brave little plants h th ti 
40 feet high in 1914, 
should now creed in height eun Ьыу 
not in. күне 
some of фәс o ber о к, are edible, 
К: acid taste, and or 
an ingredi 2 
rds "Ua Priory, Mon anuary 
Тнв following Вн бе ан А in e 
Happy Valley rock "Landi 
January 1, 1519; артан, "in plenty, "Rock 
Roses. Erigeron ven эн MES ^ 
Rosmai X 
saxatilis, dos hepaticeftiy T L dix 
е, a oe э, muralis, С. irsuta, 
Б urseria agna, Hippocrepis comos 
Coronilla € (in full flower), Linum dicas. 
Dianthus roseus and salm 
onea, 
Achillea Tunica 
tauricum, Armeria plantagineum, pro- 
currens, usa  myosotidiflora ge bed 
Coum, Megasea онны. Myosotis, Pent. 
; Roses. I have also ed 83 
stemons, 
_ varieties of wild flowers, found on the Great 
бахс 
Orme, on the same date. A. C. Axtell, Dlan- із 
dudmo. — i |. obtain. 
ON INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION. 
POTATO MAJESTIC. 
Turs variety was the first Potato I dug last 
the size 
yes above middle, Pur id 
The bas es thi 
weak able. Ih 
more failures amongst other iEdánys, although 
1 
they came from Ireland, and were seed 
I attribu to the fa at the 
vend а ul me 
hem early enough, with the result that the first 
and best we roken off, and a large 
proportion of the eyes looked decidedly doubt- 
ul at the time of planting. Owin i 
delay, I d planting til April 9, 
and Majestic was pl n Agi , which І 
о 
gland. This 
meant a bad start for the oe followed by a 
drought of ten weeks’ duration, 
pens Lean e growth. I emp not aed 14 Ibs. 
of my crop, so Majestic is de- 
ү а ЫЕ sas J. F. 
Мв. тунат ема if I have many 
A: sized tubers crop of "rese Potato. 
I can only repeat $ what t I have already stated, 
al 
which was that one quarter of the Ор was of 
size, w. is equal to 5 cwt. per ton. 
The of s of this variety by 
tting three days before planting’ is, in 
opinion and experience, wrong. Cu d 
planting sho be done simultaneously, when 
the wound is 
cu owi 
his loss can redu consid. scs 
Moss li find is a good m for this 
vigorous Potato, but only a i шше | E be 
xo жаы о E 
of assisting, a g vem 
ond with but very little m manure, it is 
err on и safe side by under rather than over- 
at 
suggest that a portion of the gor 
should” зе planted without коше with. a 
to obtaining tubers of seed size. Loss of vi Vi ur 
will eae follow in нае, айсу as it 
is a 1 havi sh and 
ripening шан ыу fon Ro 
ge. 
bertson. 
SING ES WASTE. 
I RECENTE hrough couniry lanes, 
where I saw piles of ad ver, tons of 
banks, here, there, and everywhere, and I could 
not help thinking what a waste it was that 
terial е not used for manuri x 
a time when ordinary семе or farmyard т 
at such famine pri d almost. esie to 
(JANUAR, 18, 1919. 
How to use this valuable material . is not. a 
olve. One way of u 
powerful 
rom e yis closets, or, if 
that is unobtainable, with s in urine 
m the ho I believe 
Ind 
Ф 
g 
$ 
A eee in plant го 
р гага are table 
actical A int, "o leaves am 
sidings shoe be well saturated w ith the urine 
mixed with one-fourth йот озуп bulk of the 
and either ай ар mmediately or 
ellow for her or so, and dug 
in фі заа March Я Tight i x A little 
crushed gypsum to fix the ammonia, 
and a covering Pa heaps 
eri over aa 
render them Ф, 
inoffensive. Ё. 
PEAS AND BEANS. 
the cropping cis Lon of the “ 
ood in м form 
Е 
^ —— — before uns had done va 
much d Of c eans, = n 
Fuku eighed ; 
full height the yield w. 
the dwarfs (m 
Gro T FS t 
rows of Pot: tetos m feet t space), the woke 
only yield oz., whilst in the same тоў 
ha 
Of the orte а, Pa. E Udzara gave 
nd seemed " little worth in the 
an po ls кош mew ket do of mem- 
brane; moreover, the flavour has 
studied. 
ig making 
gs. cedi by habit into ve 
Dwarf sorts, and then : ап E 
е ере and flag 
