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APPOINTMENTS FOR MARCH. 
THURSDAY, CH 6— 
Manchester and N. of England Orchid Soc. meet. 
MONDAY, MARCH 10— 
р ited Hort. Ben. and Prov. Soc, Ann. meet. at 
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эт. ort. Soc. Com Lecture by Mr. Ed- 
hit. е єч даш A: the Study of. Economie 
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DAY, MARCH 26— doas & 
e G ard, . meet. 
WEDN Bel 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
deduced from ee during the last fifty years 
at Greenwich, 
ACTUAL” ad fain 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Offiee, 41, Wellington Street, 
Cov ent . ba xu ne Wednesday, February 
26, 10 a. . 29.5; temp. 439. 
1 who have Picea tan 
i Al 
Wart Disease the spr. EM ow but 
of Potatos. dy б Wart 
A this country 
are ware that ihi. кра о is becomin 
rious menace 
a зе: to Potato g g 
It iq true that, thanks to the work 
done by the Board of Agriculture, 
varieties to this disease have 
the opinion often sed by growers, 
уту те н the resi stant of Neti are excellent 
Йога already published, -= those 
of the Ormskirk trials about to pub- 
lished, provide ample evidence p. this 
fact. Босат thanks to the enter- 
prise of the raiser of eties, there 
no means 
the danger which is to be apprehended 
gh vm malignant disease. The nature 
of danger may be judged reds 
the following ys p No remedy for Wart 
Di s known. The spores E мы the 
example, they may be, and are, carried 
on the boots and implements | of i - or 
allotment workers. ecor 
which illustrates this iol s Wikies An 
eee = Wart Di 
isease occurred on а 
of the workers on the far 
| wig a ae ent and on that allotment 
Wart Disease had already occurred. 
is no be doubted but that the spore 
were carried by the allotment holder to 
the farm. The spores may be carried 
on ware Potatos and hence, if th 
Д е 
latter are used T4 die infection 
may occur; or even if t eelings find 
their way Шопан the ‘pigs to the soil 
the brc may be spread. 
Саа E. tribe” raised on infe cted soil 
— been prove to bea вр 
the disease; for es 
mena. in the ball of earth, attached to 
bre roots of the seedlin 
he carriage of 
infected land, if used 
1 е recent кыга 
of the disease is in ун ay to a lack 
of appreciation of that f. 
urthermore, the spaces: a the vee 
Disease Md capable of remaining dorma 
in the soil so that there 
disease by 
the casts corms an 
infection, as was proved to be 
the classical a refered t of ебх by 
by the Rev 
The едо. а ‘show that' the 
menace of Wart Disease 
опе. 
Hines. 
we come 
Ms t serious part of Ше case—this method 
of circumventing E ae will arse 
leave immu seed own in in 
рок "e of carrying ак 
ning widely known 
that 4,2; ind E seed is the best in 
the world, and ther should be great 
Е pA à increase in the 
seed. It therefore 
be fou 
e gro 
d areas shall be consumed in 
ae country, and that only ware a 
see 
До: а 
thro com- 
for table КЎ of "State contra = anyone 
ahin it will be evident 
that the тыгы alert and constant inspee- 
tion t be maintained. The widest 
CHRONICLE. __ 
[Manes Eb Bess. 
m every means talon 
to dott the planting of seed from 
suspect plac 
The furore raised b 
that Kew Gardens were under the same - 
nuo Mn 1903, when they were trans- — 
ferred to the Board of Agriculture. 
Hampton Court owes its popularity as 
much to its historical associations as to its 
ny attractions. Fr he 
Henry VIII, when the magnificent Car 
dinal Wolsey built the palace and sur- 
rounded ith gardens and pa 
Hampton Court, as a residence of kings, 
nd as a place s “many beautiful 
ga dena planned ‚ maintained 
5 oleate js h 
dens as they are "to-d 
ә аба н of nr famou 
aste are seen in the ave 
1 
was 
ut nd ueen Victoria mads 
have PAM to this day to Pe g 
appreciated, as much for thei 
plays of spring and summer ‘flow 
ib rao I 
rsen) he dec 
tate to make dius at ens 
T \ 
he summer ding, immensely popu 
though it is, has its detractors, who bu 
abolish it altogether e 
are. mu h 
Sushi utu rd, we pleas ourselves, ог d we 
to, — when the publie are concerne 1 
lease them, or шу have a 21 
4 ith as much Ben 
change B tune of ilie National Anthem 
W . 
the flower gardening at Ha 
Let us, therefore, contin 
e. feasts of Flora’s wealth 
Е oon nified " 
the flower beds 3 Я 
е turfed over, and the | 
to have our | 
Sua an a 
effo rts t0 
Hampton Court wer 
