100 THE GARDENERS’ _ CHRONICLE. [Mancn 1, 1919 
1 advantage in retaining a heel of old wood upon 
BEA. QUNM War Wee THE SELECTION AND PROPAGATION OF ch ttings Fato possibi 
E А у опе migh 
по опе has had time turing the war des atte STOCKS slightly b ня ое = p s yc - 
to obtain statistic the amount of food xd PARADISE a of Dorin E We have nok ti [+ 
Чү mined by gardene LN d —— wood ” а taken in late summer аз yet, 
ments, it is evident that the sum al has been w ; 83 aE E^ mpreasion that? а aA 
: Concluded from р. * but we are under the impression that in cases 
very great. Valuable work has been done in Miei as tho Ромен, which ja slow И 
AS ки ba ur Tle Tage hats ye iem pie e Raising STOCKS FROM CUTTINGS “callus,” this might be a more certain method, 
е give the wing re as = : ym А 
аре: Dik Ви ri ee 1916-18 there were In the present circumstances it m ay be worth We have also уке Е ere 1 rie of the 
э ipo у a 7 a дос Р, A 
supplied from the garden of Mr. FERGUSON, gadug a be details as to унон types, Pg Fm Nee d үз т 
at ba Hollies, Weybridge, Walton, and increasing the country’s available supply of types come quite н У, age c work- 
give io hos} abs арта quantities oi P Until the current year _ have only able stock for grafting Е 1 eie oi the 
vegetables A fruit:—Cabbage, Cauliflower and tried these methods in limited e аг but atte ~~ p iu ux Mia 
= о е : iti a in these times of dez o us a 
ads; Spinac е it is quite clear that the freer-rooting types, o 
S Gr d e 699 ne Tumipe, Pate such d Broad-leaved, Improved Doucin, and root cuttings about 4 inches long and about the 
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Beetroot, Pars snips, Artichokes, over 4,000 Ibs. ; 
Marrows and босиш; x Peas, 5j ет: ——— 
bushels; and Beans, over 1,5 bs. ; together 
ith ut 2 tons of fruit. 1 rdener, Mr 
F. SwrrH, who was responsible for this work, 
n 
Бити. undertook the supervision of 2 acres of 
allotments, «орой ed over 55, plants to allot- 
meut holders, ran a wasp competition which 
esulted in h destruction of 960 ‘wasps, 
ibbage butterfly competition, which 
сощ for 1 butterflies. Ү it is 
that this is but one of u- 
s many t. 
Безе of examples which might. be gen it will 
be agreed that the gardeners of Great Britain 
live scored well of their country. 
ts on Bee Candy g 
Charit The Board of Agriculture and 
Fisheries ha received from Messrs MES 
ALL, LIMITED, a cheque "far £175 1 d. 
representing the profits made by them on the sale 
bee candy for he iod from July 14, 1917, 
1 , 1918, i rdance with their re 
mise devote the po le of their profits ma. 
frcm this source to any charity the Board mi ht 
name. The Board have sent the cheque to the 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, who 
have undertaken to devote it to the relief of a 
neces veis gardener or gardeners, giving prefer- 
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ato Statistics The March issue of 
ү. be. obtained from the Secretary, Board of 
griculture and Fisheries, 3, St. James’s Square, 
edat S.W.1. 
ublications Rece'ved.—The Straw- 
be dens North America : History, Origin, 
Botany and Breeding. Bv S. W Fletcher 
Professor of Horticulture at the Pennsylvania Fic. 58.—ТНЕ SUNK GARDEN AT HAMPTON COURT. 
State Tae New Ү‹ rk : The Maemillar an Co. (See p. 98.) 
"rice 8/- ne Gardening. By N onsuch, root nearly 100 per cent. from cuttings. thickness of an average lead pencil. Very early 
obert Hos Serenade of Gardening to the Qn the contrary, very little success hus attended in the year we have dibble "these in, in a pre 
Jerbyshire “Education. "Committee, London. А. these experiments in the case of such types as pared bed, just below ground level, and bie 
sabre - 5 Sons, Ltd. rice 3/6 net. The the Doucin. We have usually taken stem cut- the shoots appear we have { grubbed out all but 
Science and Practice of Manuring. By tings of the current year's growth, but well the strongest. Та all cases oucin gave 
V. ie 1 k : id I red edition. ripened. The cuttings are made as soon after us most trouble and often disappointment. — 
London : > Lockwood Pre rice 2/- net. leaf fall as practical, they are each some At the present time there is one type of pan 
How to For m a OMNE. By Herbert W. or 8 inches long, with only about two or three dise stock, Type 3, possibly the Dutch Розов, 
рее m relth we tion. London:. Jordan and buds above ground level. Cuttings inserted ^ which might gain an unjustifiable populari Р 
Sons, Lita. price 1/4. a Book of the last winter by this method will be admirable ^ it roots exceedingly easily by all meth ods, ang 
Allotment. Ву С.Е. La rti for grafting in the coming March. They hav individual stocks àre very ready to ''spawn + 
ра. Корен Education well-develor root sys s and my only In fact, I know of folk who pul ed his 
Comm London: Evans Brothers, Ltd. criticism is that they are not ideally straight the “ spawn " from around the colla? oi ee 
Memorandum on the Industrial Situa- ior working. I should hate pem more advised type and planted them as дос. This "p 
tion After the War. Ву the Garton Founda- {о plant them ы ghtly deeper in order to get the certainly does not thrive for long in our a 
tion. Revised and enlarged edit on. HN: new es well “shove. the ground level, or mate, though it is бает а кере 
Harrison and Sons. pesi net. Seed Far: es little Улас т to allow room to put visitor from abroad. It is jesse ^1 it 
td in Britain J. Macself. Burn' ey: the scion on the old wood below the new shoot. classed among the more dwarfing t an 
Hortus Pri ting eas Lt?. Price 2/6 n So far I have not yet found much appreciable is certainly one of the most dde 
