92 
eo of using green copperas (ferro sulphate) 
y be —— in this connection. 
кз pees o green nuring or digging 
in авоб а for the purpose 
materia 
SE en 
conditions ar 
insoluble mineral compounds 
the la tory. 
in a purely itr 
ems ins igr ms e, and where 
e well 
m not ab te the 
mplete or P neatly ases eee 
tion of phosphoric contents may be 
readily attained. With regard to potash in the 
weed oap; ere there will By м prre 
among the varied constituents, kd it w be 
profitable to know a malyses of o mary w 
such as Groundsel, pm might pae Punk p 
fitable to allow [e -collectors to 
grow a bit before pui the hoe and rake. 
If desired, bonfir headed to the 
compost. The following figures eee 
on the dry weights from m of 
a - aide? з Roberta (enr d the 
or ie MATER LS 
Acid. otash 
Alfafa (һау) ... id is 0.72 11 
Apple prunings =“ jë 0.24 24 
eech Leaves (August) pe: 0.41 0 
Beet (Leaves) ... > 0.82 84 
Bu y) pa 0.86 .49 
Cabbage... . - 1.56 .68 
Lettuce ... a ase 0.43 3 
Lupine (Yellow) ee». 0.23 mud 
Mustard ( 1.08 .82 
Oak Leaves (? decim 0.24 42 
Pea (“Нау”)... ES pe 0.82 «91 
poar (Prunings) casi h .50 
to (Haulm, July) a 0117 -45 
crt (Stem and Leaves) eee? 0.9. .82 
Spinach. “a è ТУ 1.0 .68 
To! (Stems an aves) 0.91 .08 
Tomato (Vine) se 0.24 AT 
Well-rotted Ordinary “Manure 1.43 2.38 
Lei a MM — 1.0! T 
Fresh Ditto. 0.72 
It will be ЖЕЕ" peus ereas the ы 
——— generally fall below that of manure, in 
ases the ок tash is well above. aed 
“To bacco, а адз barb may be not 
ash and it would р ап im- 
o 
THE GARDENERS’ 
. course, 
reserve of phosphorus or potash, E be 
Sonn. "while. to determine the effec E i 
mentatio: t, a ence ides E 
addition of fe terial 
(owing a 
е addi- 
process is ca out 
for the nutrition of the young seed. 
the by uit pulp of 
material (Apple, Pen, йшй, etc.) Bu 
ust be assured that a sufficiency и 
lime rage carbonate) is present to annul the 
tendency to harmful sourness. 
this neighbourhood 
st 
— of straw "agi rg otherwise 
; this, p erhaps, was due t * availabili 
ne ' of some of the pic artificials а. 
had been applied in the past, and of which 
e E. 
only à pary is extracted by the crops. 
Durhan 
A REVIEW OF THE YELLOW ROSES. 
(Con cluded I page 
er, the flowers, of the decorative class, 
g.a' dee n- w with о 
outer surface. e om т wever, will not 
8 rain, and if RE Ts while Pur 
<a ion. 
Arthur R. ete coppery-orange, is very 
edge m e stage, but opens to a flat 
the centre egy eing short. Lady 
Hilingion 1 is a hrigt зрана and а most 
satisfactory bedding Tea. The flowers, how- 
ever, are thin ; Ф full enough for the exhi- 
tl Or 
ear, and at i deep citro 
yellow, but it до infrequently appears as a less 
tisfactory со iate 
"Th e Rose the was undoubtedly Rayon 
Ot Р; which is is a жашна вер bright еду! be- 
З а A Da nas Me 
Rs 
fem us a a 
Ф 
Е 
2 
2 
c 
dc 
n 
ae 
z 
kl 
ry po 
Tittle РО: for cutting, and the plant i i homes 
iable to. dying braka е the winter for 
gore’ obvious 
iy eres Prat is the fifth poe 
a 
nae ot is year I shall name, and is a pale 
“Тоол. with кеш ЖЫН Тһе Pa 
are рге dt ар attractive, but the open flowers 
ave по interest. 
A. Hill ¢ Gray (1911) was a great acquisition to 
our bedding Teas. It has good foliage, and a 
nicely Жаса п тер ower, occasio! 
lar d еде for the front row of an exhibition 
box, but its true place e попе. the de- 
rative than exhibition Another little 
orange-yellow Rose of the ger ear is Herzogin 
Marie Antoinette. It is cole formed little 
flewer, and one that has given: me a good deal of 
pleasure, but the plant is orga a €: grower, 
and so cannot be generally mended. For 
those, however, aoe to ж а kr 
© flower of айсы beautiful colou 
ing, I would suggest that.it is worth а К 
in the way I grow чу, namely, by leav 
practically unpruned. sei of tae ike habit й 
will break Ае АА ла, 
І always Кее poe ub ae for 
ез. 
ays 
the peng litt "ыйда, dower. ie it produc 
Melody, of same year ie ae in colour 
under ge pA uncertain the 
Cissie Eas! aliad. is a ee a d'Or 
rum; Marie Adelaide, of 
and ter e ha oo but i р 
senenha fom qa with black spot, and not 
pa it is 
k 
quite so free as that little Rose: 
orth growing. 
Sunburst, also 1912, a good 
CHRONICLE. _ 
__ [Marca 1, 1919. 
ТИИ 
grcwer, and beautiful wken it com 
but the oe Relea of the flowers are a dul e 
and uninter 
Mrs. Wem bis "Quin (1914) is perhaps the 
ы posed in ка dir “ко we аге seek- 
ing as ar It is quite a good 
Y os, La peer foliage and good 
wth. 287 ers a rich golden- “yellow 
ind th ty i jore 
size, and ы: iti is purely a decorative and 
bedding variety. It deserves to be more widely 
grown. 2 
cum rg arom (1914) 
Tea R 
is very nearly a fine 
full flower, of good form, and 
е foliage is ex 
© 
It has, 
аша. the frs rank. Thes e 
flowe asil and E injured M 
roin, vem pee yellow suffused 
wi ith buff, which gives i it a a Mus dull appear- 
"Constance (1915) is a Rayon d’Or of slightly 
improved form, and I trust ү Age better con- 
5 titation At least, it has hitherto — 
that unfortunate ушп епсу io. "ie back aíter 
winter oe ch I ve noted as characterised 
Ray и 
sol 
corsets Rose о 
has not grow 
e Ro 
one cannot yet write of them with S: assurance, 
The following are that have been ex- 
hibited : 
дыз тх 1915.—Golden Spray, with igi. 
about 3 feet long, covered with semi- - 
os flowers. 1 
Golden Pann = rather thin flower, of the 
on d'Or c ing. 
anna Br iron , a pretty and free-flowe 
had. with thin, scarcely double flowers, she. 1 
and bufi- yellow 
"Tipperary, like Sunburst, has the 
үн Md in the centre, fading 
Шш eo plant is 
2 a flowers are vei shaped an 
nu “than “sunburst, but like that pie Ы: 
о lose their colour as the 
oe 
^ Snow IN 1916.—Chrome is 
describes ihe colour of its fm 
of fair form and medium: siz 
кн, шоке cadmium yellow, paling towards | 
and as cel might be considered | 
Aaron War 
a name which | 
ers, which are | 
a 1 ler Mis, 
wood orange-yellow, nicely - 
poin nted flow ; 
Christine, rri brightest Rose of the year 1 
rettily-formed flowers of EN decorative ipe | 
95 a rich golden-yellow colo 
SHOWN IN EM Mrs. Redford, with coppery - 
er 
N 191 peg lden Ophelia was - 
finely shown early in the E as a beautifully | 
шше КОМ: aloe flower of medium ue adi 
mia, a pretty little decorative Rose, Ms = 
Раны of Mrs. А. Pi Waddell, with bro 
foliag 
my Чы, from which it will be. 
pes us , 
t is miren curious, and perhaps поро 
the still primitive character of the I 
such develo has prov 
o 
is not to Melanie 
beautiful is, is not pure yellow toward! 
Again in colour, though gre drame there 
the pure golden-yellow has been тах e, of the 
been a iderably greater production a j 
orange colour’ t one time it Оо 
though this golden yellow was to come са 
he Teas, but М. Pernet D ch m 
bright yellows, some of 
Eis and selection, may appear 
ant, however, a fixed colour, which 
