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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 1, 1919, 
EDITORIAL NOT.CE 
Special Notice to Correspondents. — The 
Editors do not undertake to pay for any contri- 
butions or illustrations, or to return unused com- 
кичен. or ilustrations unless by special 
e The Editor: Le not hold up euros 
an pinions ezpressed by thei 
Loc News. .—Correspondents will greatly 'oblige 
by sending to the Editors early intelligence of 
local ел likely to be of interest to our reade Hd 
matters which it 2 C v irable to bri 
der the notice of horticultu 
APPO ИТМЕКТЗ. FOR FEBRUARY. 
t. [o faq З ops meet. at Essex Hall, Essex 
Street, Strand, at 7 p.m. 
TUESDAY, FEBRÜARY 4— 
Bolton Hort, and rys. Soc, meet, 
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a 
Royal Gardeners' Or rphan Fund a meet. elec 
tion of orphans at Tetons онан, strand. p^ 
m m. Manchester and N. of Engiand ‘Orchid Soc. 
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7— 
Lea Valley and ea Nugserymen’s and Growers’ 
Assoc. ann. dinner at Great Eastern Hotel, et 
Street, at 6 p.m i 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10— 
United H Ve and Prov. 
TUESDAY, S EBRUAR 11— a 
Roy. Hort. Soc, sai) meet.; Coms. meet, аё 2i p.m. 
Hort. Club ann. meet, and cinner at 2, Whitehall 
Soc. Com, meet. Bath 
FRIDAY, FEB 
Lorem eie allot at ay Association, meet. and lecture, 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17— 
Executive Com. meet. al 35, Welling- 
. Chrys. Soc, 
rs "Street, Covent car W.O., at 6 p. 
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20— 
and. N. vo irm ce Orchid Soc, meet. 
hton Hort. Soc. 
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY gw 
Roy. Hort, Soc. Coms, meet: Lecture Љу: Capt. 
Arthur Hill, M.A., at 3 p.m., on “The Care of Our 
. Soldiers’ Graves." . . 
WED DAY, FEBRUARY 26— 
W: Gard. Soc. meet, 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
deduced from ou during the last Tae 
- years at Sr 39.59. 
AOTUAL TEMPERA 
g? Chron icle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 
Covent age y, London, Сечен. January 
27, 10 30; 399. Weather— 
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SALES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MONDAY and TUESDAY— 
: Sale of Ware's celebrated collecti of 
Begonias, Dahlias, Herbaceous Plants, Vases,- Office 
-», at Ware's Nurseries, Fete; by 
is o'clock, 5 
Sale of Rose, Fruit Trees, Plants, and Bulbs at 67-63, 
‚ Oheapside, by Protheroe & Morris, at 1 o'clock, 
merican investigators 
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a rough indication fos its fertility. 
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a composition of the soil mean 
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this ined ts or comparing the rate ot Aetion 
of different fertilisers, dried blood, eee 
me : given. In the ea 
ed blood the production of ammo ee 
as revealed by the со mposition of the soil 
ае was at its maximum two. wee 
eeks 
ter its ABS Gon; and was completed 
is ee weeks; nitrification began 
within eeks of the original кыне 
tion of lie luer à d procee moci a 
great rate during the third week 1 
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the soil. 
The, oa ea is given АЕ with 
the objec i new met 
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Owing to the coim greater rate of am- 
cR E and nitrification which, as 
dees but also by plant 
* Bull. No. 39, Mich'ean Agric, College, Sept., 1917 
Royal Gardeners' Orphan ТЕ 
annual mene of the Royal Gardener Orphan | 
Fund will be held 
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Seeds for 1919.—A census of s 
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relatively unimpo огап exceptions, ample quan- 
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for sowing this 5) 
(the Order is tl 
with a od of vegetabl d 
e Order unless the seller. лане а declara- 
tion rh аң RET at 
Official. Seed Testing a “for “En 
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es, 72, Victoria Street, London, S.W W.L F 
prepared to test seed for allotm -holders an 
voce who' ARM to use the seed f voe 
sow at the rate of 3d. p 
Paris Spring Show.—A show will be held 
Paris from June 5 to June 9 next. It wil i in- 
ide exhibits of all pit of garden p roduce and | 
horticultural sundri 
Chairman of E e Winey Development = “ 
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Sir RY Verro, who’ riea the chairman- 
AR in pes last." 
National Chrysa nthemum Society. — 1 
0! 
National Chrysan с 
ssex Hall, Essex Street, Strand; Londo he 
on Monday, Febru 3, 1919, 7 p.m. 
report of the Executive Committee and wa 
financial statement for 1918 will be presen" 
he officers a ird of the mmitte? 
elected for 1919, and such other business bor 
acted tains to an annual meeting. L 
president, Sir ArsERr Вошлт, LL.D., D.C 
:М.Н., will preside. > 
French Horticultural War Relief Fund. ie 
The National Horticultural Society v bir 
has opened a subse криев list amongst 
a fund to assist all those т. 
who, ~~ a horticultural Joe of. view 
been victim. e Germ vasion an 
aferet d f war. Subscriptions 
should b А Treasurer of the Societ 
84, Rue de "Grenelle, P 
for уаш УМЕ will 
есин, in th arrangement made by the nad 
P чей МП ail 
bei] ‚ how i distrib ion WE 
take ] d only | ia d srs who have 
ered with the Horticultural d beekeeper | 
their county. Each regist karina 4 
аа from the Кыша Sub-C d 
Fond сате Comibitteo, wii be Алы. А 
