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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 22, 1919, 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
ALLIUM KANSUENSE. 
THe dainty little blue Garlic illustrated in 
fig. 32 is pe о hardy as сте са species, 
I w f ider den s 
th. com- 
mended to the consideration of t| who love 
out-of-the-way and beautiful tittle bulbous 
plants. It is, I believe: still obtainable from 
the trade. Arn 
illustration fig. 32 is ee Sa 
from a pore КЬ taken o Mr. Regina 
Farrer on the Roterdsp: —E»s.] 
HERB-GROWING. 
THE M e taught us many less 
It is 
€ € 
the ordinary Potato-masher, A which the skins 
son! retained by the gauze scre 
n the age toa the great point is 
n exposed i 
e.g. 
October), or they vid be p = storage 
OS- 
in layers with dry earth, and P 
Moe about zie 3 if us pee " eon лег 
ing them is sunk the and sheltered 
by a slate or cloche, they keep wd but are apt 
to commence ing in February. On the 
whole, it is etter sow without nd: and 
eep a pot full M pm os t a e 
of accident. soil xx aa 
, and one chs ris from the 
wants of bie A Pda pum dat. a a liberal supply 
of potash should be 2 rthco: water, i 
must not be sti n dry Westies A friend 
once remark t he would not t 
porog bins уе, ыо аѕ Е: could not supply 
S iba i ge and sun 
The dud; delicate "seedlings, 3: 
forming round little “ tubers” whilst still п 
seed leaf, are rather difficult to thin, but 
spaci: uisi get roots of fair size 
The v he soon док an another crop, as 
by of Jun may - acc 
the 
in fact, ‘t е аы matters jt "the lea 
allowed to die off c Ren ere the larveitin: 
takes place. e early loss of р 
: € to 
Hitchin, pthill, Wisbe pes х nina 
M t bat ы erm minimi DITS UE, LE publi adel to poi 
the needs of the € ere is also a her So # 
growing school Chalfont St. the зг у A ee goes, йада seem to be 
Peter, under the directorship of Mrs. M. Grieve. rad ? 
new industry is опе that should commend A e ра line a Abas Sugar Parsley, а 
itself [2 = lovers сЕ. барос occupations—allot- ` another, so that f d. йе шы н) от 
етз апа s—and there are un- h 4 or seed-saving it is we a to 
ment ho ave several plants. H. B. D. 
dou А ў nd we could sp a few 
square yards of their land for the. Gulitution 
ofa ofa few herbs. N - 
The question of soil should be considered, and OTES FROM BELGIUM. 
to make a g a few of the commoner 
kinds gro arsley Mint on a clay soil, M. IS GENTI informs us that the annual 
Thyme and eona soil. Later, the meting “of the Roy al Linnean Society of 
Poppy might be grown; it is one of the ра Seat was held on Laden 26, while the 
Board of Agriculture st mmen 1 Toops were marching ough the 
for cultivation. Its cultivation ou profit streets of Brussel à Massart, chair 
with €— present prices g high, man of the Royal Society of Botany, and Р. 
likely to be maintained for е considerable fessor at the University of Brussels, proposed 
ua RE b- & be able Reload so Peed Gee o eee ead 
ivid v a herb-grower may not be : innean Society us 
to do much, but it might be possible fora few $ "d necting together f Hest: бше in 
holders unite on a tive basis, and nnua] meeting since the liberation of Belgium, 
cultivate such he be easily disposed January 26, 1919, has decided: (1) To remove 
of in the open market, the several holders har- from its list of members, and not admit 
еза bed ng бе profi ге, н, денты, чеши апа 
It is therefore to be ho шь А hat i members shall. i 
instead of being confined to a rf бы etre A a 1 pres х of Mem 
and there, wi recogni iir S use exhibit, 
which will commend itself to hay dir will take oe kao dm onl ТЕ E 
up the dig feeling that bay are providing for ywhere where Germans, Austrian: ns, 
khe ii ts of the arta mm both асе or Turks are invited ; | ü act, to cease their 
and 4 standpoint . €. Wrig 
BULBOUS CHERVIL. 
LATELY we have been о over dishes of 
ra s vegetable, and зА; frie who partake of 
merits = 
algo We usually serve it as an “© entremet "' 
by itsel сма) heels кш ee е ис 
вої force” for tur owl where a 
che st is Bii I fancy that 
many uses could be made of it, such as in - 
ding form pec chocolate. 
boiled whole and the skins removed afterwards, 
they woul 
e 
its mem 
mised themselves with 
abhorred occupation. 
hoi Arthur De Smet, 
rs who have compro- 
the enemy during the 
en appointed ore 
attached . the 
E of Agri 
great qüestion of the American prohibi- 
tion of the importation of plants in the U.S. 
is viewed w ak a great concern by Belgian horti- 
has e 
o for Шашкын. 
icult 
the в 
БОО" wit at which жыл: “stop the leading 
and do 
mpost. 
gon train thinly, 
in 
Е 
Cucumbers. 
Au n-Bown Onions.—Should the weather 
and the soil be favourable, seedling Onions should 
soon be trans plasited- Li ghtly fo fo її ov тер je 
face, gal ar ressing of burnt gar 
Rake level the surface, and Sees in rows a 1 foot 
distance fro: 
puss nions 
ing of into € 
ped three or 
g 
0- thé pres 
the seedlings gradually to more ah air i 
ness for April plantin 
А weather has been very i 
hi Give every js 
when possible, d frequent hoeings, with broad- 
cast sowings of soo -ashes, 
blanks with spare Ee: from the seed-bed. 
Turnips.—Make a say at Turnips on t 
very gentle hot-bed, in a 16 Mut 
prepared soil. Do not euer fers plan 
Good +: mg 
arieties for e EM A are ie ng 
and Red and White Milan. 
Potatos.— Wh = weather z pose M 
and clamps should be examined and the tu 
turned. 
firmnes: 
qua! alities. 
NE Em Now 
reak off all growths, so as to retain t 
and flavour so essential to good cooking 
is an excellent e 
w this crop. in boxes in gen ager ta 
tick off when dh into pier boxes, planting 
out at the end of April. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
is necessary 
pin ola Уй, ‘of the soil. 
one kind of soil are пар always ths best to 
oth ich | may 
soil. 
ightened by adding sand, are a 
fruit- iE Clay. soils should be t 
a ко апа дыз тый MM the weathe 
long 
poly eis mized wih 
m plant 
from ' 
he 
