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é 
Aula of this 
Marcu 8, 1919.] 
ust a large scale. So much time is wasted i 
carrying back apes re efilling the empty iin ы 
a power plant de he spray con 
tinu the only hal fting the 
main pipe ind тк along‘ the 
headland at long inter 
pr esent level it i is nece fo 
use of labour-saving appliances, 
rs to make 
INCREASE OF ES 
The dram sion of an fime spraying outfit 
great satisfaction to me, because I feel that 
im fruit-growing depends more and more 
success ni i 
upon ones power to dea 
eases 
1 
number and Slee in recer goes 1а 
gardeners testify th: the culture of fruit 
used not to be half such a struggle as it is to- 
day. The reason is probably to be funa in the 
xtension of the industry and closer m oe of 
planting. Where thousands o one 
species are growing close together, a ?y are 
in market plantations, 
гегу opportunity to spread. have an ex- 
in the Raspberry growing district 
THE GARDENERS 
rows are grubbed up, because the trees are worn 
‹ unsatisfactory. "Then the 
be well manured, deeply ploughed, ud. a crop 
of Potatos grown, so that it gets a year's rest 
from fruit iiia tion and a thorough cultivation. 
After this young trees can be planted with good 
€ е 
оппа can 
prospect ої ess кай ан is nothir to 
eprive them P ligl id ai When filling 
zaps the holes a dci be dug wide and plenty 
) nure introdi I ad. the manure 
mz uc spre 
after the roots have been just covered with soil, 
and then complete the filling in. 
pig STOCKS 
It is to be hoped that the investigations carried 
out at the imental station of the South 
Eastern Agricultural 1 College (see pp. 71, 82, 100) 
will go dar to clear up the 
dwarfing stocks used in анон 
М: ket. growers чв ive generally been 
amongst 
Apple з trees. 
to many of 
them that they did not 
what they i 
ordered. The lack of uniformity 
CHRONICLE. 
109 
NOTES FROM AMERICA. 
STEVIA SERRAIA 
HAVI often wondered why Stevia 
serrata via las neve become popular 
in England as winter cu flower In 
America it is wn in immense quantities, and 
proves invaluable in the cut flower markets in 
inter. It may be had in flower as ear is 
November 15, and by riving the lants 
cool treatment they may be kept in fine condition 
until the end of February The plant closely 
resembles. a small Eupatorium i flower and 
foliage, and forms dens cymose head ) 
white flowe in wonder profusion. Thei 
light and graceful appearance render them 
specially valuable in all kinds of floral worl 
wd no fo к here who does a retail business 
can afford be itn - 
will stand а to long dis tances and keep 
Fic. 42.—copONOPSIS CONVOLVULACEA : 
irgowrie :otland. 
: „bia с , in Hodge, 
Writing in the Scottish Journal ve 
that 
gric ulture, 
g y douea ice 
it has ee а а level that nid 
Ё markets were normal. 
1909 until 
hardly be pr ofitable 
x 
| during February was the 
or Soci] 
Silver Leaf. Ev 
i = this pur- 
Satisfac 
really ondered 
> since they have to ba ere wn in ‘axes es tne 
dein A" as е old trees, and so in soil 
gen erally the -plant foods ходио and they are 
i оу vershadowed by eir larger neigh- 
It a di idet m. sei when , several 
FLOWERS LAVENDER 
(See page 108.) 
seen in the growth of trees of one varie 
ofter ‹ 
all supposed to be on бка same stock, is сия 
i i at the оош И 
youn s 
times sufficient. have recently planted evi 
ircm five different nurseries. All are supposed t 
be on a S Paradise, but i quite evident, 
from t ariation in root system, that the 
different murserymen have not used the same 
dwarfing stocks. This is no longer surprising 
when we learn from these experiments that the 
foreign nurseries, from which most of the stoc ks 
used in this country are obtained, do not produce 
> single stock e зе the most desirable 
types of Pa ‘ais, e Broad-leaved and the 
whils t the ie ks they send us (mostly 
various names. оган о 
een pose ed 
growing in 6. 1 
same row, and ro difference in size or habit 
traceable to the stock = be detected in many 
instances. Market Growe 
BLUE, 
fresh in for a number of days he 
cultural requirements of the plant are very 
simple. Here cuttings are taken from cut back 
mpm in Februar ry or March, шу root within 
ten to fourteen days in an ordir 
Men эк: ате hen ‘potted ier ` The 
grc s plant their Stevias about the end of 
rm in ground which is only moderately rich 
as the plant is & S grower. The shoots 
i ired until August 1, when 
ilte carefully and борук: 
ry for a few da after 
roots become reenbehliahed. 
ves the plants are placed in a 
gre e — е. Very коо tr 
7 dive but the 
me Е вав es th st sprays of 
Каа ure Should, поё fall below 32° at any 
time. 
In England 1 think culture in ts through 
the summer and p mging the ais in coal 
ashes would be the bes reatmen Some 
growers prefer this plan even here An 
лаа аа water mM and applications o 
€ 
viris manure are necessary, as are top dressings 
Clays' Fertiliser, which. by the way. кы 
a large ile: amongst practical 
this country. Some. years ago ч 
Hor w pus j 
