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‘THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 22, 1919, 
CONFESSIONS OF A NOVICE. 
FROST AND THAW. 
the thaw came, although the “ ропе 
was P in the dien I could iue Кеча 
ut 
п my 
tion of novices. 
ot read it, for the ey 
ow ineffici 
a 
rising genera 
rse, they will n 
1 
all are. It is goed 
vio 1 Tave 
n ground, 
кл the value ed the асе stirring of 
the soil which all g gardening books recom- 
mend. 
The сере of the unstirred soil when 
the thawed, show pit well CR 
the stirring бере ri drainage— 
of the frozenness to be attributed to Е 
ed soi 
ummer mulch 
e sand in like clay in 
winter, wh d ome md Ce 
waterlogs itself. 
"The forcing effect of frost is always fasci- 
той: this yot dose пр beautifully 
in the Pear buds, eed , dormant until 
re 
had o 
is the virtue 
wore am our nerves 
er to forget the lessons 
of cheerful к. а 
so that we begin а 
which it bir 
mor CORRESPONDENCE. 
MER gti responsible for 
orrespondents.) 
two forms of Polygonum pate dis met 
with i sta or some y arg due dry 
land form was recor under the name of P. a. 
was recorded 
terrestre, but the name has been Rue dis d in 
the belief that ү уен їз по регшапепсу ог die 
tinctne: betw: n the two forms, but that 
would gi E io the other if the conditions 
ere re d Ze not made the e 
in such proximi that t sould А, КЕ 
been one and sam They were cer 
taily a que and th 
pns MIT and floweri 2: er 
from yx bes. of the Aass at the same spot ex- 
tended r th and bore short, broad 
leaves with. sce 2 ы long. These stems 
were flowering even more ко Еа: It is my 
experience that the species Чем flowers = 
profusely when каш and that a 
S low- ios and cd 
r less covered wii 
ч 
out, 
a "p: a agio spike y bloom. I have flowers, 
кеа, from a bank 6 feet above the level of 
aoe ата also h arsh 
en a ; float ing state when the water is sufficiently 
doe to Ds im the leaf-stalks. n doo 
"s oulteri.—If your ponden: 
. Hicks, examines the tips Pax the grow E 
the cause of this 
A very minute 
TE illar fi feeda on 1 the embryo flower-buds (one 
bud , 
at this stage. If this is found and destroyed i in 
e the rende Pe Loc th v a gorus blos- 
terminating ie not 
ен what yd pena ‘Tay: ОЕ egg. 
M. C. H., ai Dublin,” 
s. he 
вои ve going b 39 
prm 
EI 
s that Rom- 
flow: 
suckers taken беба а good source previously 
flourished in the same site, flowered 
tinuously ito the autumn. F. 
be any o 
pie nh hold E g to know opinion, that. | in- 
the wireworm is "n n the Mustard so 
ravenously “hat they b et бе зч обаа 
than Ріопа, Ultima, №. В 
Gardeners’ '' Victory’ Memorial. — 
especially interested to note the generous space 
given in the issue of February 1 to th the report of 
the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution. It 
has survived the war period, although the funds 
I was 
are a little restricted. 
gengrone spirits are 
their (shall I sa; 
„Yet we note the same . | 
still at UE giving oi 
y in many cases) dimini i 
who hav 
Чина t 
of- a tablet 
ory 
ulat 
to renew X er for year, vas ex- 
ceedingly generous. only hope with the - 
aid of the festival dinner about esumed 
ore than the stipulated sum ma n 
Silver Leaf Disease.— About 16 yéars ago a 
Barrington Peach tree at Rotherfie'd Park de- | 
veloped Silver Leaf badly. 
d lass. 
a orn: 
eve ry year since, without showing any 
Silver Leaf. Wilmot H. Yates, Alton, Hants. 
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SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Bp ent tine © ош mM 
т 
М.А, (їп the chair Col 1 н. Rawson, Messrs. W. 
та < io: rsdell, and F. J. Chittenden 
(hon. s etary). 1 
Nectria cinnaba 
—Mr. E. А. Bowus 
Acer wer with the 
ung 
e inf 
rea ons cu ; 
ortions well behin Noemi tn нев the f n | 
тда аге шап e au d a апу pt 
a bro n disco lora: in the 
Prot 
т by him b 
different varieties as recounted in Gard. Con on 
January 11, 1919. A с ы eee dos 
was unanimously recomm: aes won i 
l T inr mre varie 
=з. * Paper ые: collected a: 
Yiewsley, Middlese: 
EET pedes 
dt or BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND 
ax» С 
he following awards ere a ma 
Royal Horticultural Society after trial 
BRUSSELS SPROUT: E 
Merit. Dundee, t ir M : 
; Favourite, sent b. T 
Awards о 
Barr and 
