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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 22, 1919, 
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material should be sprinkled over the surface 
of el уул Кылан апа Med pupa or 
har n days before sowing the = 
cwt те г е, p^ 1i lbs. per т d. is su suffici 
E. Molyneux, Swanmore Farm, Bishops Wal. 
ат. 
TRADE NOTES. 
Mr. R. F. Marri, for many pee alpine 
and herbaceous foreman to Messrs. T. S. Ware, 
and recently i arge Mess оо dis and 
gras id + Nursling, has 
entered the service of Mr. H. Hemsley, pcd 
man, Cawley, Sussex, and will have charge of 
the alpines department. 
A SPECIAL sub-committee of the Chamber of 
Horticulture met on Thursday peru et 15 
(whe Edw ard Laxton an my Mr. [o 
MH. “Shawyer, a st He ee qo pre- 
sent position of M iced s), and 
gave батды io gd A т. rawn up by 
Messrs. Laxton Bros., and suppor Hed by. other 
firms, to effect some kind of protection in the 
futu 
re. 
he committee instructed the secretary to i 
vite expressions of opinion on the Siri 
grievances and the possibility of. such endis 
amended, 7 be sent to him at Norfolk Hous 
Norfolk Street; Strand, forthwith, All «һа 
that the committee way d efor 
at an early date. 
In reply to a question in the House of С 
mons as to whether, in view of tke da pr Sbability 
th 
rmine railway ra r to arra 
for preferential rates for home-grown produce, 
but they will continue their endeavours to ensure 
equitable treatment for British growers. 
Obituary. 
Sir C. T. Dyke —On the 18th in 
road C E: Dyke ша. died at Killerton 
k, near Exeter, of TOM aged 77 years. 
He took a great interest in forticaitqre and agri- 
culture, ind at t Killerton, Де oe vated a large 
an 
vision of 
886 
Board of Trade. As recently as 1917" hee More 
his rights in Exmoor to the Nati 
Henry W. Wood.—Born i codes in 1864, 
Itural 
and was at one time President of the 
deni at Jai e Association. He died sud- 
denl on January 14, while on a 
visit to н fer for. ‘the panei. of his health. 
G. H. Leak.- HE is with prétoung regret we 
have l g d Mrs. G. W. 
Leak, of Wis Ad. have puni ey by the death 
of their eldest son, which occurred on the morn- 
ing 
of Februa: € After leaving school, Mr. 
k was employed for two years in the 
seed departm mai E eec R. H. Bath's Floral 
Farms, Wisbec h, and then spent two years on 
the seed farms of M. Н. bois, Brain-sur- 
Іг Authion ates -Loire. In May, 1917, he 
came home, enlisted in the Kensington es, 
and in ber of that year he went to 
France, where he mei i in 
n Mer the pee. en ү 
ment w: 
at Vimy Ridge, ‘and PE ыз in. this 
али pep ut being wounded, 
a August 8, 1918, when he 
ceived a severe wound in the thigh and was 
есі, sent to Bangour Hospital, N.B., 
and afterwards © a hospital in Edinburgh. On 
сов covering, © ав transferred to ап Agricul- 
fin с 
Һот 
cultural furlou 
Fey phis hades x gio suddenness. On Thu ursda н 
the 13th inst., he aken ill with influenza, 
which bro ught, on dysentery, ыт which he had 
d considerably in and to this he 
ccumbed on Febru ie a 
uary 1 at th early age of 
92 years. He was a lad, beloved of all who 
knew him, capable and modest. Readers will 
join us in expressing deep sympathy with Mr. 
ло Leak and his family in their great and 
sudden 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
aD Bres: T. S. T. We have examined the 
pe ета and find no symptoms to 
pics E te үг Pound io Isle of Wight dis- 
care 
de Louis, from its having been ass 
his device by Louis VII. of France. ys France 
the appellation is sway referred to Iris ger- 
manica, and sometimes to the common yellow 
асогіз. 
GREENGROcER’s Business: Г. F, В. By taking 
an empty shop you are adopting the best 
жале à vm a 
quirements. Always bear in hat “it 
tak sal о sell inferior p 
t good ware sells itself." If you cannot ob 
ta od to k your shop locally 
could obtain it, from Covent Garden Market or 
Kew Bridge = ; the former Б - 
ways provi e be st selection. 
mar. * your n ighbourhood “it 
through a large market. ie зо boy 
ес se. Since the outer frames were so essential that in = ening ex- 
mouldy, it would be to e stock pe e one should poss Bo ability, 
ne a clean, dry , with d foresight, reliability, and sufficient capital to 
It be wise, > top car ver the period of establishment. In 
in the sunny summer-house, as you suggest, ing ot overs c > һе commence- 
choosing a bright day, and doing the work as ment, particular! ns and i 
quickly as үре, % Bre sca the «сү апа vegetables. ^ à ind. die fact that the 
as little disturbance to the colon t 
Lata no for bees ceu к p TM Leica sup ply Vegetables eed mcs uiid 
winter except under t gent circum- б рт oe rye - 
stances. Get ever ydus "Redi "GRE will pe рте a Dated; Fi ini s p Jor ao 
boe, efore opening the hive. Too ma 
quilts of. non-conducting material can 
ү т. be used. 
DWARFNESS IN Prants: V. x Dw arfne ess in 
e 
one "es intermediate; if both absent 
wa: In other cases dwarfness of habit d is 
жарау. ше to environmental influence, 
A 
rtifici 
ra Oh endi Conifers, is said by some 
. said to be brought about by ogame: a lateral 
branch of limit ted grow wth a a ing i 
grow 
w weeks of so en large 
enough to handle the piii om should be 
Lange singly into thumb-pots, us со а сош- 
post composed of » ~ -mould, loam, and sand 
mad. pete In due е course transfer 
use, 
be pl for at leas 
monihs of the year. After t the plant TAN 
i of the 
LEUR DE Lis: J. M. Whit & Prak sok 
е е м Mi) pe вестей from Fleur 
progress s a 
fair b p m { 
months. Should апу part of the venture prove 
a failure, cut it ө the earliest possible m moment. 
It is generally a good policy to conduct à 
fruiterer's and greengrocer's business in con- 
junction, in p ection alone 
Hives EAE ED WITH Iste or Wicut DISEASE: 
solut: made xis ide ix one part of 
Ca arts ES 
too mucl 
carbolic acid will burn t akin: and s 
used with care. | 
NA E. S. 1, Eu ee 
micran (eva, Weinmannianum) ; s 1À 
баца. (бете) Саи schlini ii | 
е ` the 
4, Ве egoni 
Varieties y Veronica Andersonii, on 
prete: form 
p Pres: 8. PEF 
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far as possi cep the Sable а= should 
So ted 
cleaned inside and every part should Pe ed ў 
nd put ; 
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water is clean. Some joints may f 
Кериге] if they A under the pe a 
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P. S. H.—H. H.—A. G., Tasmania—E. L.—Pte 
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