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APPOINTMENTS d THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Моа Oneya. So Soc. mag oe АП Com. meet. м Welling- 
Street, Covent Garden, W.C., at 6 p.m 
THURSD. FEBR! 20— 
sper 1 and N. ot En England Orchid Soe; meet. 
Brighton Hort. 
ATERAG: ‘TEMPERATURE the ensuing week 
MALE tex from orc os ТЫ кы the last fifty 
ngton Street, 
February 
i Wednesday, d re 
30.5; temp. 
© British horticulturists 
ibition of have learned with great 
Plants 
to 
of the plants which they thi 
pose are of slow growth ; these nurse rym 
a considerable 
» pe баў 
and withow warning, it i is . "escena 
that the American pes e to be closed to 
produce. I that 
d O 
vigorous ropresentetions will be made by 
the Government of this country, and cm 
Д: 
decision will be d with the object o 
g at least a delay in puting the 
regulation into ыза is said— 
we cannot believe ei authoritatively or 
seriously—that the object of he regulation 
is to gu ei the United cite against the 
| imm ts in 
ltivated — 
gh 
ts 
Љ nation 
Althou 
must be a tise pem itself неч ns 
respect to pm fiscal ou all nations bave С 
[FEBRUARY 15, 1919; 
ап interest in securing that each shall act 
ates of common sense 
е 
arrivi ide of p meric 
s, the decir |détosion of all tore 
uce woul ог example, 
at Industry, 
B 
nts ‘all parts of the wortd; not excepting 
British cR E is a grimly 
ironical fact, on whic! mented 
mere ey Exc , that the plant лын, 
18 ned’ with 
Боор ч al, Бай ав “his main duty 
the discovery f remedies for plant dis- 
suffered much from intro 
n ts, but it is probable, nay, = 
in, that the advantage which this country 
has gained by the introduction of 
plants which bore those is many hun- 
red tim reater tha dis tages. 
ven though they press hardly 
oth ities; but it may be s 
with out fear of contradiction that if this 
ранае т decision is based upon 
О son e pests, it is. a fene i ie 
one which will press а 
on n the ишпе of fe Un ited gewi 
ose of Europe. e кзы 
м ти argo our colleagues in America 
to use al me r influence in p кады i 
ate 
an imme ipeo m of thi 
question 
oyal Agricultura s T 
ia Agricultural of En hàs ar- 
1 е 
Society o н а 
ranted to hold a show. at Cardiff on June 24 
to 27. 1 2 rticultural ion in- 
management of 
Bram, Trentham, a 
durs of H and Wages for 
Gardeners.— e ag ag. ae T Mats of hours 
of work and w wages has been 
adopted by the 
British ч iation, and the Аззо- 
ciation will endeavour to obtain this ard 
1out the country. \ of the Asso- 
minimum, and are advised not to accept fresh 
situations at terms under these rates. The 
suck Street, W.C.) will welcome infor- 
mation as | Pasi roma еи 
throughout, керй Perseo кз 
In all districts me prevailing county е 
as a basis for fixin 
ar 6d. per week above 
mimimum county agric alti al rate to age 
when minimum кы for adults begins to apply. 
Adults : Less tha боч) анадан ехрегі , 2s. 6d. 
per week over ty rate; exceeding 12 
months’ experience, ak over county rate; ex- 
ceeding 7 years’ experience, 7s. 6d. over county 
rate. Foremen: 15s. over county H 
gardeners and single-handed gardeners: 308 
over county rate. Hours: 52 in summer, 48 in 
nter. Overtim Time and a quarter ordi 
n tity working mage e and a half Saturday 
afternoons, et and holidays. M 
nursery W urs and overtime: In all 
cases as ior private gardeners. Workers: Over 
3 years’ свата 458. arge hands: 55s. 
ш rates to a me to workers over the age 
en the minimum аха icultural rate 
begins to apply. Jur Up to county rate 
2s. 6d. above age tld papae la 
nurseries.— Workers up to foremen: Same rales 
as laid down for private perve Depart- — 
mental foremen: 6 week. Jobbing gar — 
deners : e does not think it 
advisable at the present time to ‚ definite 
scale of rates for jobbing gardeners. In public 
park gar vers: 15 
ing to respo: 
Sweet Pea An 
and ~~ pio year 
Soci has ned 
ssue { 
ul iuterest who have | 
with gre y all 
an enthusiastic regard for the Болчу s elegant 
nt name-flower. 
3 
ay 
descrip 
yoo “alike varieties, and the suggestion to form 1 
a branch of the N.S:P.S. in d. The con 3 
ба 
at ro» hen ual to non-members is 2s., р 
Ed. Godard.— We learn but now of he 
TON on Арш 26 of Dah year, of M. e 
ose coloured drawings of p 
so valuable a feature of : 
‘Yong 
Revie eted GODARD "s work pat. in 
А —— Я 
а man o exception 
patriotism ; he took part 
Paris in 1871. He get all h 
to the aro, Natural History Med an 
the Observatory. 
if Trees.—Great Britain's wondertal | 
and unrivalled collection oP exotic uade Чу r^ 
mt of a Cho lec n given ent! 
Mr. x J. ELwk E before the С 
bert White Fellowship. He referred to a 
that s Lovpo: lays ther e had bee 
Anl” Б 
