48 
CROPS AND STOCK UN THE HOME FARM. 
ee ee 
Con’ eather is seriously retardin; ng 
land operations, (ойм тч оп id 80! 
uld be 
ppo 
seized to employ the ione 
roads 
New r ten made in a slipshod 
mer, and commonest error that of failing 
to provide a good foundation. The base of a 
n ould be made in true convex form in 
8 ann the finished surface, with 
a good fail fr e centre to the outside, so 
as to keep the centre dry. The rapid removal 
y be provided for by 
is considered 
side on the 
the most sitabla- e depth of * "metal" i.e. 
es, clinkers, pora bricks, or whatever mate D 
s S available, must be governed rd xy чай 
traffic MCN 10 
carry ; 
with 
е ae Barry line, will res 
heaviest traffic. Where there are ag 
vr и undles of fine coppice wood uld 
r the purpose i сг tus such 
пні ый к тапу уеатз -- e good 
сем bing the hard material s When 
the b made and the heavy material filled 
ould be Ww A: o prepare it 
wide o 
Roads in TA are generally those 
at the entrances 4 to эк by gates, where shes 
are frequently water or mud. First 
clear away the latte à ES level "i the hole with 
d lk, which prov an excellent material 
5" such fonndations, з where frost cannot affect 
fion © cat а ; the уеп, and the first shower 
ынан turns the spot into a quagmire 
юы». 
Hedge-trimming is разы, work, especially 
around arable fields, where high fences е harm- 
ful to harbour 
better without them, if sheep are turned о: 
the land close hurdles are в i 
Where es around h b 
overgrown and thin at the base 
p lash 
ing " enables: hedge to be put i hape 
again, as the in s are bent and laid in 
obliquely one above another until the ired 
i к or 6 feet—is rea this 
method an old hedge is es once con a 
into 
new, rigid, live fence. тулы аер Swanmore 
Farm, Bishop's Waltham, “Hanta. 
Obituary. 
George Bunyard.—As these pages are being 
passed on ake reaches us шше дөн 
оп Ме, ра 1 of Mr. George Bunyard 
—We learn with regret of 
the year, of Monsieur 
louard Michel p was for many years direc- 
talablishment 
pienta, Ris wer of permanent, vate to ur 
ago as м 19000 M. Michel retired from active 
. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.'s Paris | 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
[January 25, 19]. — 
TRADE NOTES. 
PROHIBITION OF PLANT IMPORTS INTO 
AMERICA. 
к A. J. Jackman, of Messrs. George Jack- 
and Son, Wo king Nurseries, саве sends 
the. following remark. regulations 
issued by the Federal Hortioaltural | Board of the 
United Sta tes es of онал чара govern- 
ing the importat of pla into the 
Uni States, to which we tees a in the issue 
iw January 4, p. w regulations come 
to force o uM. ге — 
"The regu ic are ү a most drastic EREN е, 
во їаг 
E 
ntal and — 
P 
sec Air du, Мо, Central and 
, and other foreign countries and 
m 
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2 
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the States hat in 
been traced to importation from: Aint eo ry? 
ne can commend the Un ier зра Sintra 
for taking all necessary steps d 
nes € to exclude all n sos stock regard- 
condition and origin is beyond all 
d on. 
From information I have ived I ha 
reason to doubt чеки some ober a may 
he m of this new t, and 
d sol 
that it has not e opted solely as a ой 
of ere p The American firms who 
impo k are, I unders , not at all in 
fav of the Bonds action. Since July 
1916, the Government of the United States has 
ntroduced r reg ME ee 1 in 
other approved person, an original certifi ac- 
com i ai 
bein, or package 
Th th believe, worked satis- 
country 
d Duces to 
e. early viet and hav 
cultivated varieties ror jene p Зане a gent Hs 
drons, Roses and ornamental shrubs 
to the ат аще 
trade. is 
y uii of the 
e growers are not pero to destroy their ok 
if they can get ri e of it к тсе at some price. 
Are = ie i allo send it here? 
The n of this cat try has irm 
al Moi sored by foreign dumpin, mE Tor 
years. Is that to Без ncreased tenfold? 
clearly incumbent on the Government to "d 
immediate action vith a view “igen eg these 
new prohibitive r rescinded, 
р prevent the Чолой of foreign stock in this 
GARDENING APPOINTMENTS. 
Mr. J. B. Ros accom 
RINGTON, Uly: tle Hall, Market Lavi: 
Mr. Jas. T. Irvin, recently Бка % Sunninghill. 
Park, Ascot, Berkshire, erii cem A General Foreman 
tage, Berk IN ye Кес 
setshire, ag 
shine 
dener to H, TAYLO R, Esq 
S.0., Co. Durham. 
ANSWERS TO — 
CoELOoGYNES SHRI G. M. S. E 
Coe зе із а ‘plant о of the Er. species 
са reatmen u mention, as to 
Sonet i 
а. 
flag for а fe 
which pl 
not be prolon 
viti di. 
a lack of suitable iud 
be responsible i 
foliage, eta d no disease 
NAMES OF Pus 
Cypripe um Тева 
crossing €. insigne 
саз ЕДЕ; ане d 
3, 
Tinu $8 mia japonica ; 3, Coto 
frigida; ; 4, upor rbia m 5, 
wardtia tri 
RENOVATION Law. W. 
Rake M al "ds 0) ае d rough grass with à 
wooden ll 
yo ined, А eretar , 
Pas T of dr 
square y 
such as old potting о 
The 
and c g 
figi at i Intervals, but d 
г with a light ro 
th a 
wi 
high. If the knives are 
— mowing | the sward d will soon eg me ё 
will then do its 
easily, _ We have: in mind - 
0 
— ве 
п this 
; the punta: was COR 
was 
as fit б 
ue two years’ neglect 
m оч: in February and the lawn 
play on den 
HITE N Tow р. Г. As all 
means you. have адстой for the 23508 
арогагіо orum) і 
оте will Chro 
sf Яй roo а Tomato Houa э» in Gard. : 
Octo а ee 1918, p. 154. E 
Wir 8. "E Ж; various PO 
pa ap x yc letter are [53 Sun with. 
another part of the present iss 
Amt 
bey tg ions Recei 
B.—A. ан 8.—0. 
Рн J.— —H. РА 
Ww. aD. 
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