E dixuany 25, 1919.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 45 
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the go-ahead make can, in reviewing the natural products of the under supervision, with pro r o 
E. uccess of te efforts. ps will be Fem £e world an Pas erican ош, wrote that Roots rd be i ashed. prepre 
their grea pl iir the oppor- “ Great-Britain bs an idealland for drug culture, ^ dry them in ds sh when most of the adhering 
E d fox their purpose, and means with a balmy, e equitable climate, a varied and goil may be shaken off, after which they can 
to obtain necessary dat dd, pers ferti- fertile. soil, and a population of intelligent hus- be washed ter adhering after wash 
j nable rates. If this matter ^ bandmen. . If any one country might attain ing is ly superficial and readily dries off 
oldly yet cautiously handled there is but supremacy n drug culture it should be Great Flowers are treated 1 The drying of 
reat s wil result not Britain.” Qu ns like these are somewhat leaves, flowering tops, flowers and roots is best 
y for the individual, but also for the nation on the lines of the proverb that “ actions speak one by means of air. Artificial heat i 
AFFORESTATION.— I he little land in this louder t. ihe d nnection with this but demands close attention а great care апа 
t cap ucing some the results obtained b e am Small- xperience, unless carefully managed „the 
other, and where it is unsuitable Holders’ Association are both practical and in- crops start to sweat 
for growing vegetables, fruit, corn, etc., and is teresting. Apparently this is a group of small out than the air is capable of vase This 
azing, it cou e devoted lders who wor atively, and they sweating destroys the are of the leaves, an 
forestation. Nearly thirty-four million pounds’ published their returns. They enced work lso the arom е process of Жери by air 
were imported in the , and laid down 11 acres of Bella is easily and simply accomplished by using 
аг 1915, besides 52 million pounds’ value o do 1j e of He e co ed pen-sided shed whic i full current of 
actured woo imber. he growing expenses, including initial outlay, were £40 air. Trellised racks are fixed to each side so 
ovide work for further labour, Their returns were, for Belladonna £1,300, Hen as eare e h frames 
nd the poorest land could be sed for the ^ bane £15 , £1,450, for an jede id a about 2 feet by 3 feet and 3 inches deep should 
Afforestation is a subject of This is an excellent result for a e used, the botto in vered with wire 
ially i ld cially when it is considered what an exceptis netting of about 2-inch mesh. These are placed 
arge quantities that poor growing season 1916 was. Judging from the о e racks, and about 12 inches of air space 
ill be cls for rebuilding the ruined place Press reports which appear from time to time is allowed between each row. ` 
т f peo п їп 1а 
whi ich the enemy has burned and de- classed as ‘‘ Doubting Thomases," who believe over twice a day if possible until the 
tha en thi t ver orm te I 1 Р 
| rtaking a work like th 
8 ‘lis written these remarks with the hope of affairs will be at once reverted to, and sup- that all expenses should be reduced to the m 
that they will give a lead to thinking men and plies again obtained from Germany. In fact mum. Ordinary unskilled Levent е be em- 
" h a is i i 
en Ps when they realise the urgency T some even adv his policy, and consider ployed sipari ek, and women and chil- 
the ay cause our administrators to drug cultivation as merely a temporary expedient dren e harvest pues Highly 
inderstand the real necessity of not only main- to tide us over. Fortunately these timorous indi- skilled hortiouttural labour must not be con- 
i food production work on the land viduals are very few, and their opinions can idere e outlaid on the soil by the ap- 
oken up during the past few years, but also only be considered as the outcome of a nervous plication hy artificial manures is well w cremas 
еа nly i 
of giving increasing and or ‚ени temperament, and a microscopic аз the crops are far more remunerative, and а 
d to the important industries con- а i on life. It is to be hoped that the future eater amount of material is obtained rm ds 
gr 
е in order that we may become far more re for this great nation will not tolerate same area of irs for the sam unt of 
elf-supporting as a nation, and, besides pro- the peo of affairs which formerly existed, that labour. Therefore an outlay in artificials is well 
viding healthy work for our big population, home industries will be safeguarded by t гезе, bti in edis other department look well 
lever again risk finding ourselves so near starvà- ^ vernment, 4 н так Trade will take the place 
were in 1917. In furtherance of this of Free Trac that the small acreage of rtant questi th eting 
е urge the need for more practical and land under ате will become a thing of the te Produce, and this m must be iiie ig gone 
ing lectures on these matters for the in- past. inte t is a very essential int, but one which 
ation of the ** man in the street," and eve It has been iiid that it is no good attempting it is ere outside the scope of this paper to 
extension of the system of school gardening w this kind in Scotland, but Чеш deal with in detail. Broadly speaking, however, 
3 E the children may receive, as part of ^ assertions such as thesi seldom stand the strain best Policy to pursue is not to depend upon 
rriculum, a knowledge o f the cultivation of criticism. For an answer, reference must.be the requirements of one or two direct users, like. 
Я land, a knowledge that ma em ade to Nature. Two of the drug plants most manufacturers. Distribution is best conducted: 
such good stead in later life. Edwin E Нут: urgent] uired, viz., Belladonna and Hen- gei UNDE brokers, who handle raw drugs in 
bane, are native to Scotland. In a field on the ^ quantities, and up m а manu- 
; north side of Edinburgh Belladonna may b хен argely depend for their su 
* found growing in the hedge. Henbane is botani- To i concluded. 
MEDICINAL PLANTS. ly is tak on the Berwickshire ia ae ( OSES ) 
woke: entally both these plants have bee 
(Continued from p. 22.) successfully and havea high standard s. quality, HOME eee 
LS an g all the tests of the Bri чай саад AA gee ves responsible for 
EE een 1 ee ts бетабаа iier ‘like ke all 1? тепнде) 
iaa conference, Sir Edw je ср iens of a horticultural nature, environment seeds <n иран 
S de word afi: н "rides Pes ue uring must be taken into consideration and carefully bci pulcherrimum. - —I Shall е аа glad to send 
› Said would like to p examined. In the pamphlet issued by the Board seed ippeastrum b rum and 
of this country seems adaptable > i - ; tly issued Dierama Lowe quis onc to an sais who will send 
; Del of Agriculture, and in articles in recently is 
ES the growing of medicinal magazines and booklets, it is generally stated Ше A stampe dressed envel T 94 
t it does uce is superior to д : This Bart PRR 75, СЕ st Road, Readin 
prod » - that Belladonna likes a во is i 
elsewhere.” He then specined itv f p that 9 sare 0 r. R. Windsor Rickards 
es of plants for cultivation. Here we have true; but it does not of A T f ites from Us er Mon., in reference to 
uge business, with a thorough, A Te M iiy ad Sell free er d ed dió nya rides upon ied d ges qnie тыкы 
imate knowledge of what is re- кошы Б th th-western counties and in t in your issue of Janu 
red, уйш the establishment of this fo пале eee Us the Bilerceting inform atin f 
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bares is very nearly pure blue in tone, and of 
t beauty. Jeremiah Coleman, Gatton Park, 
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Belladonna does id like a scorching sun, Es e 
a spite of ы == competition as prevails, say, on the Surrey hills. But ub An iin — un vidis sae Т 
E ful pro ito English keit was criticised, and rightly, I 
: conditions do not prevail cosa in Scot. 
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dens ode DILE Si and in these northern distric ex think, by Mr. Brotherston (see p. 1 s 1. 
4 emphasised iy DL ooper, who for posure will ll be found to be the most suitable. ‚ as an — tool for cutting away 
"Dy years was superintendent or ds: botanical The pd of a herbal drug for the mar- бр mes the baceous border. The home 1 
“dens and Government quinologist in India, ket is a matter of paramount importance, for a roduct known as * garden or pruning knife is is 
€ a practical botanist Een a Eh ing the fine, well- жоп aes т ently or badl у often a м; and inartistically made tool, and 
t of home cultivation in an address given in preserved has 1 commercial value. Leav often, too, Mp ee its temper вне Eos 
оп last July Dr. Hooper said that it was and flowering а ust be collected in ary bs * ene онай Fa hi thic and ae 
s ional importance, and that the weather, andi in the "e Lux not = nails ae hundred years ago J. pere Gaia a 
rman an rian drugs, though convex blade; has anyone tried such a knife 
inferior in quality to those or orth: thems If the collectors are Aen Proper lately? For clearing a herbaceous border or 
untry. Mr. Kilmer, an Ameri- facilities, it у a matter of skill and prac- the jike there is nothing d to surpass the French 
R Glo tice. Collection must be = aay! children if « serpette du vigneron "—or Vine-g1 er's knife 
Guyer, Edinburgh. Reprinted from the. the work is to become comm y bos fig. 17). The blade is is recentis in, 
Part 3, | the Pas Horticultural Association, т dun soon be ишы. to E the work Well well hafted in the ha ndle. Н. Е. E* 
