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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING 
WEEK. 
MONDAY, MARCH 1 
papo L4. rt. ар and Prov. Soc. 
he weak. r^ н posi Тана 
ies ria "n rie Signature 
guarantee of 
arl, 
the aue. 
printed, but 
Ann. meet. at 
y. Soc. Hall. Bath Gard. Soc. meet. 
TUESDAY. “МАКОН li— 
Roy. пое Soc. Com: Open clas: 
for iy 
bulbs in pots. apo by Mr. James 
Whitton. at 3 p.m. Ut em Тһе Glasgow Public Parks." 
be de ceu mai кс АВС: 
gravi Lowe 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
дейле from ae during the last fifty years 
t Greenwich, 
dium TEMPERATUR: 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 
ids BORE ак: А e Wednesday, кас ems 10 
mp. 5 We: 
50°. ather—Rai: 
The Village“ Céntres 
The National Council, has 
vp Centres offices at 5, Little Col- 
lege Street, Westmin- 
istricts coloni 
ex-service men during the period whilst 
they sti réquire m 
ical treatment, but 
— they have reached as of r 
raining 
carry out its 
programme, donis further financial assist- 
ance. 
The first village centre. is being es 
lished near 
res, has been pure 
114). It is proposed to train about 1, 
men there. Building operations are no 
The trustees of the Red Cross are pro- 
viding s for the building of the 
hospital, which is expected to cost £ 0,000, 
and a mumber of hospitals which are 
being closed are giving furniture and 
equipment. .M. ^ King has sub 
scribed 100 guineas to the fund, and 
the ‘trustees of the King's Fund wil 
gra to men who, having 
padres treatment training at 
alified to set 
n industries for which they ha га ге 
ба at the Be Mr. Che 
Crawley, is chai 
ond Horticultural | Сопы tee о: 
of bw Enham Cen ui t the 
the committee include Mr. 
of 
Pn the Agricultiral 
THE GARDENERS CHRONIC LE. i 
James Hudson, V.M.H.; Mr. W. 
Divers, V.M.H. ; and Mr. G rry 
of the Board of Agricultu 
reported. t they regard the site as 
кы for the purpose to which it is 
to be put. 
азиа and horticultural train 
ing will be ek and will include not 
only practical wor ut also courses 
lectures and Ач 
tion, ШОШ е s Асоев of 
Mr. "Crisp, Miss p un ean Horti- 
intendent, wil! be given 
2р А, 
crafts in which rige have been trained. 
It is too often assumed, for example, that 
a man is, say, à labourer "ed he is fit 
only for unskilled work, yet instances have 
come to our notice of such men, Sho, M ne 
traing in a technical school, have been 
able to go into workhops and do skilled 
work so well that. in the course of a few 
months they could ea: 
-. We suggest, S PR to the Min 
istry of Pensions that it should put 
dispassionately ‘the which i 
accumulating, of the аач of. "the 
Lee rong А disabled at ps disposal of the 
bah are sure, will 
evidence 
[7H 
take the 
est d ide sympathetic interest 
in 1 the progress of this beneficent work. 
ith e centre at A 
r would be glad to give every 
training. which is to be оо. out at 
t 
he forms. w _assiftance can tak 
are various—a donor n assume nancial: 
responsibility for the “initial vog of one, 
or more— Those who wish 
e о many of whi 
be required when the scheme is in 
full development. 
ers' Examina —The Board of 
R.H.S. Teach 
Examiners : Boe: к al fost ticultural Society 
have recomm the President and Coun- 
ci adopted the Tec ommendation, t can- 
the e honou xamina- 
ers’ Examination m 
" Cotta age сан сап үсөн 
th Distincti 
S. f 
a 
Tuesday, April 
Show takes place at the Botanie EA ae 
gent’s Park, N.W., on Wednesday, July 2: zie 
Tue ARCH 8, y EN 
Provinciai Show will be held at Norwich on 
Thu vam July 10; and the E Apa fe. at 
the London Se ottish Dril Hall Tuesday 
September 9. 
Yor ala.—The schedule of the York Gala, 
makes special provision for groups of Re. 
and liberal prizes are r to both pe 
and traders in this п. dre eo classe 
exhibitors not permitted staging of 
any ша. ‚ав it is int ed that ‘the exhibits 
may wed from all aspects. The schedule 
also includes Да es for Orchid and 
greenho pla hardy herb: plants, 
* pines id 
o Roses, and there are also nun 
is hardy ' flowers, and a section она floral de- 
corations. Vegetables will Nd 
usual, but the 
on n this occasion, es the comm realises that 
g to the shor tage of fuel and i labour the cul- 
AR ПЫ in the majority of estab- 
obra York Gala is one of es first of the 
large provinc bins to re activities 
and we wish the a great s 
l Foster а — at Cam- 
iridge University —Ап off 
. Hur 
the pio a the 
Studentship from 100 guineas to £200. 
Diploma Examination in Horticulture.—It has 
oya Hore ue 
t the Practical 
comme 
in n past years. The Written Diplo 
kauni aha will take place on September 6. 
for ex-Service Men and Farm 
he President. of the Board of Agri- 
ial appeal to landowners to 
С Councils, any 
i which 
A So де Ыз pe of P land i is i 
but most of it is in e occupation of siting 
a e to q 
Б Sala with th 
Cons оша е possession of land, 
convenient of access, on rh т нш could be 
vilt, ae with at least an acre of lan 
Associat 
tenants, 
uon 
D 
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ing to the railway strike. te 
how vy i is Friday, March Шу ra ud dinner 
to be held at the same and p 
previ т anged. 
Belgium.—M. Theodore Pauwels 
| us e e following. letter from Meirelbeke, 
Ghent :—Belgi ian ho. Sema page have vi 
very hard s dur war, and 
take years a i ыш va phas 
to bring Ghent .horticulture. to the um 
of splendou had reached in 1914. Most 
horticulturists have ered from lack of fuel; 
have seen their establishments and plants 
8 
е artillery during the last 2 
that | took ue beo ore Ghent on November 8, 9, 
and 10, жр No ея than 60 howitzers — 
ected u ouse and Orchid houses, ап 
the 3,000 square metres devoted Oret 
сона опу thre ee houses were saved. Thousa d 
of Cattleya, Odontoglossum, — de 
Et T hybri na most. of i resi of went 
five years’ work 
I had the pret honour to receive parm 
