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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
107 
Ri GALANTHUS _IMPERATI. velop into — blooms. It is far from my BERBERIS AGGREGATA. 
№ intention to imply that I have made an exhaus ee 
п 1 Е seti tive attempt to prevent or control this disease, Ba 
is Tue identity of the various species of Snow but the above experiments would seem to show One of t] e new species of 
г drop is often difficult to determine, but there what a difficult fungus pest it is to cope with, гб, introduced from China, more ч 
n 10 doubt that what is ki to gardeners especially in respect t the \ : ariety Juliet. Others in regard to the beauty of its fruits, is Berberis 
as Galan hus Imperati is a =r re irable plant who have tried this variet » the same com aggregata.* This = es was origin: co 
ü be e it was this species which used to plaint against it ko hails GE thorn lected by Potanin, in ниш province of y m 
grow so well at the foot of the famous wall their garden should be sorry but was first introduced. to cultivation by Ir. 
in Canon Ellacombe's garden at Bitton, and to see this Rose - Tt is a variety Е. Н. Wilson. He collected it in Western 
no one who saw it thriving there would be that has been \ bused. aesthetically Szechuan in 1908 and again іп ‚1910, und 
content not to possess it. p have not had an speaking, but it has | well market plants raised from seeds sent home 1 him : 
opportunity of Reo. up the original descrip. nerits as a bloom, e.g., unusual colouring be oming widely distributed in gare one. l 
tion, but the name Imperati suggests an good size, fragrance, and a stiff stalk well is a deciduous shrub of bushv, rather dS ас 
di Italian origin, and it may well be that this clad with foliage right up to the flower. A but not ungraceful habit; its shoots arme 
к Snowdrop is merely the Italian wh ере ative of single good bloom of Juliet furnishes a vase slender three-pronged spines 
ple our well-known G. hie That is a hin 
thrive, for it nly see ) like more 
sheltered ak. pen an stand more roasting 
in summer th the cor zdr 
its s are nearly twice 
he size of cle of the latter species. If 
there is any dices е, apart from size, between 
the two species, it is that the foliage of 
©. Imperati is rela vely shorter and less de 
Imper: s 
veloped when the fiowers open in January. 
W. R. Dykes, Charterhouse, Godalming. 
THE ROSARY. 
BLACK =. К ROSE J 
ULIE 
THE article on A New pase ery © oncerning g 
Black Spot Di ild h 
winter ago pustul les on the current year’s shoots 
ће previous autumn by black 
Spot. Thinking these would be fr uctifications of 
ше fungus, I confirmed my.opinion by micro 
copie examina ind. 
In my limi ited experience of modern Roses th 
variety Juliet is by far the 
t 
еш > H 
lisease does not а much headway 
with this variety un til w a int reas 
Julie arly y, with the result 
that de угтав ease. may in es Ses with the pertect- 
ing of its first blooms. For three years I have 
1 f this у 
plant of Hu ugh D ickson grow ing 
came somewhat badly s ap in 
ush of Juli 
917. h uliet was rca nd 
lated. ast үш ы the Roses that e been 
her associates including the above-mentioned 
Hugh Dickson, kept free from Mein sp 
showing that Juliet was th urce of infection. 
uring the late spring and early summer of 
1917, this bush of Juliet was repeatedly sprayed 
With a standard ack ap e potassium sulphide 
is and soft soap; black however, began to 
Y Appear as usual on the inte es in early July. For ООС тол о dedu эБойкон 
, time I removed the leaflets as soon as they УАШ 
Showed the least sign of infection, hinking this : 
F night check or eT the spread of the disease without. the addition of extra foliage. Further, Тһе leaves и» x edd ova М м, о 
» vith i Pursued со upward courte this variety, if the disease will allow, is a strong outline, 7 : il E x 1 with up a puse A eth. T 1e 
with no apparent, p riiv the,shoots becom- SUE and, a ees not always recognised, its but usually armed with a fe e мо 
p mg defoliated in early autumn. Pec is B : nte It is also a cool season flowers are yellow, and borne x sho t prar 
When the plant was isolated, all shoots made the R i inedit wet, an additional merit in followed by dense clusters of sa mon-red g - d 
, Previous summer were cut away to the old wood, “ty fes aay Turning to defects, apart from its fruits very densely packed on the twigs. ey 
# thus removing the pustules which apparently "us EAM to black sp wr one might mention the are ripe in October, and give the shrub a e 
if carry the disease over the winter. Fu rther, this ajes Spee which the flower о comes double- handsome appearance at that season. The plant 
И drastically prun lant was well drenched with T Uu pit the failure es to show a is hardy, m weil in soil of even m eric 
potassium 5 phide' solution. t produced last is uet an gold | n its m pe. defect that тау richness, and its fruits set fertile — pe: 
[ Тег three rather spindly, long shoots. 8 uch sunshine and atmospheric provide a ready means of obtaining an abundant 
А The leaves of these became as badly affecte 2 ien A compared with H.T. Roses supply of young plants. The - rberry ` зен out 
Ww Е В i^ a гу Ё м a aos Ni 
b black spot as e hut ie Чревге Tollowed enerally, it la acks freedom of blooming but its by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sor ns as B. garded be 
> e bed course, attacking the leaves successfully = ына сы doc Rad kid aho kimin Pun tii, is now regarde D 
Tom the bas zi tems ; variety of B. eg 
bare of foliage Gp tokio Wü partie by the satisfactory та : 3t Tp ith je Dr. Schneider as a variety : ume E 
7 В ms ? Tf no ear thi cca ж Berb ata, Schneider in Bu erb. Boi 
4 thee, Mea 3 pee buds меса —— ird we н í3 Р, arlisle. erberis aggreg: 
ots, bu ese never manag o de- 
sér. 2, vol. vii, p. 203. 
