Janvany 18, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
—(1) Mult wires group—the sca 
me French жей 
fl 
Ё these are includ аа jam ihe flageolets) 
(2) Mangetout—membrane-free but with strings 
E (8  Mangetout—me e-free Les 
strings. (4) Waxpods—free fro mbran 
ith or without st Ё ү Flageoléts in. 
which the pods develop membrane more or less 
“4 early. 
О Dw (1) Mangetout—with strings. (2) 
e [inni vito strings. (3) Waxpods. (4) 
in 
to those that have noi t the advantage me- 
saved seeds. Н, E. Durham. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The Editors do not дош тан responsible for 
the epinions expres: by correspondents.) 
Birds and Fruit Buds.—The able gardener 
E — rsbury ore appears to a yee em 
ws, nor has he any spec 
A Td of these birds, but I ‘would "pads i 
siderable lengths to kee arden clea: 
if by accident they miss any f uds of 
oseberries, and Plums, they pick 
e buds expa As 
е of large size, it is a 
er, as Mr. Huds sug- 
| в are во ) destructive here that the 
сй n of s Me с eas and 
Lettuces adond. The ш garden 
gun. When living 
d Park, sith a fee garden to look 
iced that m many more species of birds 
: dor K i = = case at Brixton, and 
Ka umber. Perchance the 
ы E blackbirds 
if this 
TOWS a 
a they Would 
e to ende hero, as ый n dul ui. Gen 
em William, n Chaffer, 
with the sparrows. 
eadtands, Efra Road, Brixton 
—Duri a 
ad gaged in ese авео 
many о] Етти За apts observ 
disastrous enr produced Silvan. 
Blu and some months ago i commenced a 
us with th the object of finding ow: ist, 
ether “Stereum purpureum" is responsible 
cases of Silver Toto and жн, to dis- 
means of prevention and rem 
a 
З in the field, d 
oe S rg imp or from those which 
‹ а те hyphae in their tissues аге identi- 
ureum those produced. a aea Ste: к. à 
© ims stated Mr. Жс: it m 
SER “ape ep nore roots, roots, which have 
: me аы various ough, 
Gardeners RP del Dec. 
spade thus providing a ready awe "x 
the fugis pedro urpureum, which 
cording observations and 
E Tet ve 
. The ыас: 4; 
tereum purpureum 
wherever found, pO E saprophytically. 
2. en amputatin g anch or — branch 
wi i ess il se br suche 
should be cut off as near as possil Te to their 
шм Ee A v their pus of origin, in order 
callusing. А clean 
d pou P бане SE always follow the saw, 
and wherever a roun ed surface is 
noticed. Whenever vH 
surface should be tarr 
eek or a Sota a afte 
м res of the fungus whic 
e wind alight on an open abd, erminate 
readily, and the penetration into tissue 
begins. 3. In plantations where the plough is 
used for the D gt catch-crops, it is diffi- 
to 
cult revent inj superficial roots, bu 
injury may be аа, more careful use 
of the spade, and by pulling up suckers. ie- 
ties of Plums grown on their own roots produce 
be е 
4. Deficiency of (m in the soil and 
possible. 
unsatisfactory oe pete together iex ап -ex- ` 
er во] 
the con- 
th 
er = pac susceptible to disease. 
Occasionally wn under such abnormal 
conditions, Eh y: attacked by red uli dr 
с pes if top-grafted on an unsuitable 
an гае vig i naked eye 
silvered Lui in reality this i T not “ True Silver 
“ False Silver Leaf," the cause of 
hi is i be, attributed to physiological weak- 
ткаат Root-pruning of such f ilvered trees 
rubs, and imp roved cultural methods, may 
adily 
cuttings, and Serp qualities oy a кн 
for grafting or budd Other remedial 
measures are gp ers 7 Tus Food Pr 
d m. 56, апа a singe od views ex- 
se о т ; 
28, 
une varieties of Apples апа Plums, 
tocks used for grafting, is in 
e to be 
coming нес at the 
à сес should be i be = 
a ition 23, аара bet ^t 
iss Silver Leaf before completely ане 
um "their "piii Practical Vs aig Med 
period the Ed labour involved in tarring 
surfaces when pruning nu trit. It is 
ule. evident that those stone 
Eine яза ш subjected to g, fall 
victims mu er to Silver Leaf Бк ‘hore 
on which this енна is not followed. 
ӘРНҮ, MS rial College of Science, South 
ensi 
eems to be generally _ agreed that 
cleanse ог 
a ys gone Y being operated upon twice by 
surgeon o first cut into c borders of an 
.bscess = en the ae 
me knife Му d 
amo r 
is the question of cleansing the wound, dressing 
d Seng it. Mr. ae аып mona 
case 20 those who 
“айй ийа 
or they were gainsaid by those who і 
33 
held that if cure ensued, the mne could not. 
have been the real disease. Bet 
as thus diagn and condemned by a visitor. 
Thi pe was especially abundant in the t 
er, and one Caan tree was p. swarming 
with the MM all over 
as well a pue 
posed О а 
), Le., the root 
of need. ' The other spelling, if correct, Minor 
oes it come? Lo o Danish or Swed 
ish 
dictionary, but these appear to the 
only other intermedia rench the p t 
is pue 5 ves et: pe Bet and if the 
Germ 
by a mangled м6 ellin ing, the term “ Field е yl 
might be used. But it would take —— 
turies to induce the е to adopt 
term. D. 
Austrian Hybrid Roses M 
with Mr. Walter Easlea Y ttle E Хав. 
or further 
у 
and I am surprised that an authoritative 
body, = as the National Rose Society, should 
stand. The t ee 
м vocates is 
order 
eil M the Nona Toss Society, 
of R. Pernetiana was 
nec ae -— was successful. ' 
ial 
ing Roses is begun 
to он. атут it will ve ui ** Austrian 
id Roses 
ia 
accurate one for them. When bey apes kow- 
ii name is 
ttle 
| the Veh: ar ae 
at leas 
€ m— have been савана" a 
Rose "e In nor Roses, Mrs. 
= superior to Rayon d’Or as ui. г 
eight. “Would 7 сае call Mrs. Wemyss 
Quinn a “ Pernet Rose? George M. 
a 
са S. lagopus (see 
18).—Ther s to be pretty close analogy 
between the behaviour of these two forms of 
Senecio and that of our British Polygonum 
amphibium, w ч. when growing in the water, 
is quite glabrous, but when growing, as it does 
with equal freedom, on dry land, has down 
leas p s is said, though r have not proved it 
by е tha. f 
rsa."  (Avebury's British. 
1777 иј еа, р. 348). Herbert Maxwell 
Monreith. 
