, 1919.] 
Я 1 p н 
- Larch in such clumps was affected, although 
1 ^» - x in similar soil hundreds of ‘trees were 
great confidence in Corsica Pine for 
growing у in all 
owth is free, clea 
f soil. The gro and, for 
inside work, the timber is excellent Non trees 
twenty-five or thirty ye lanted. Another 
point in favour of Co Pine is that rabbit 
do not eat rees the same extent that 
hey do other kinds of Fir. Spruce to piu 
timber for home use is yaln able, the trees 
owing fairly fast in any soil 
ots Fir is also Чаа, and where it 
i RES Е widely planted, as the 
азу “ kink " at the base for 
a ed im the stem which quite spoils 
As a wind 
ade big: is Mosa 
site pur this Pine is 
recommend. 
P Some Ub on forestry advise a mixture of 
rs; I think such advice is 
ing too much with the 
y l to 
plant in ‘ blocks " of one so ) by the 
awn up straight with a minimum of 
edgerow trees should con anyone 
ot require spa or the 
at 
fi of side brai 
tb 
орар еа 
, includi 
n 18 inches high. With trees of 
1 ys e are fewer failures than 
re planted. Е. Molyneux, 
e Farm, Bishop's Waltham. 
— 
Obituary. 
` Ducane fion 
Godman 
The late Mr. Frederick 
D.C. F.R.S., whose ie 
E ea c n Wed ednesday, - Шш з es 
horticultarist, rv 
Horsham he had o ye i vac beautiful 
К, had fine collec 
Orchi 
tions © 
ids. 
Although his ess educa- 
п at, Eton and Cambridge gave him no specia. 
ith a love 
He had travelled Dei 
was a great mere in the 
word. As a zoologist, Mr. бошап Wa qe 
to: 
TH [E GARDEN ERS” 
Legg. who died on 
James Legg.—Mr. Jas. 
February 27, at Walton p^ E 
of 
in his d year, 
Gardens, Warw rick, inown as one 
most able gardeners j in ы Hie Midlands. His Bim 
wit and jovial disposition obtained for him a 
large ao friends, w will greatly miss 
his genial preser M gg had charge of 
e t Walton Hall for forty years, and 
е 
ing, is now 
Yorkshire. 
€ 
son, W 
gardener at Wesker Priory, 
TRADE NOTES. 
sin ва ЕМ 
THE reine which ha wing to 
the position in т which both ‘employers and eñi- 
ploye d have bee plac vated 
due io the could scarcely "be expec RE 
1еауе ihe Horticul tural "Trade Bay Hoe eg Ee 
they undoubtedly cail for sympaithetic con- 
sideration on both sides. Fortunately, the hot- 
headedness and ignorance o immutable laws 
ness the 
of economics, which are oe the future 
of certain other trades, are not likely to it 
the calmness and soundnes 
experience has show 
tkose wh 
Fic. 47.—THE LATE MR. JAMES LEGG. 
understanding: and respect тп has existed 
in trade, it is pleasan note the 
n, Pk all events, 
ing 
workpeople 4 e faced, especi 
increased cost of living. 
The endis pape resolves itself into 
and hours .of labour, and the 
therefore, th increase the 
price БА horticultural produce beyond a certain 
mers will merely = ‘hie the outlay 
poned on their 
e 
= fix a — 
possible с a nurseryman 
tomers n if his cost of “production old 
rise 50 hit Узе to leave no profit as an incentive 
to remain in the business 
On the contrary it x equ ally obvious that 
which e “ostomary 
If a manual worker 
at least have 
о good wor 
the сае of feeling that i 
CHRONICLE. — 
quarters that mas i should be a 
n7 
turn for his labour he is s to сш his -— 
nc ore 
ers water financially. It is clear, ther 
that there must be an i ene in а so 
Шо os as the in антау cost of living remains as 
a fac r to admit that 
to be faced, and it is fai 
the pases of pede ers Ша acknowledge 
this necessity 
Th 
пе question of the form in w ares any in- 
crease in wages should be mede itself by 
no means ын Коал е to decide it is clear 
that owing culiar оноп of the 
pec 
Horticultural “Trade manual workers cannot put 
num of work put in, 
which G mean more wages earned in the 
mmer than in the winter. 
difficulty which arises in connection with 
ihe latter method is that during the winter 
the manual worker is still faced with the pro- 
blem of hav to expend a minimum weekly 
sum in order r^ maintain bis family, and the 
fact that he is реа у darkness from 
w vorking as long nter he can do in 
tez whi ch cannot 
even during that season of 
shorter hours of Jabour obtain, 
a minimum pesci 
thought among the ork ers may to 
“have the matter both ways," that db 
say. "Torgettin a benefits which they 
n 
heurs of work put in during the summ . 
i result that the employer would to some 
ent pig paying twice over. 
"i d whole, the best method would appear 
e 
> 
may у from ише to e; ther 
with some additiona 1 remuneration to be paid 
in respect of the longer cem еч be worked 
during the summer months. This, however, still 
leaves open the question of what is to be re- 
garded as a standard day’s work. I obvious 
hat о work on the land are not sub 
jected to same ealth nditions or to 
ech implements which represent the 
ormal life of the wo; to actories. 
comparison, € re, of the hours of labour 
i 
ork pu 
Ишей wou: ld 
gether with an average of an 
hours per week during the summer months. 
This extra six hours might perhaps be paid ior 
Ü a ghee Кре rate, sucn as, for instance, 
me and a 
"The pr s been made 
'Opos AS v certain: 
seek minimum 
wage for oskari engaged in 
“intensive ” rie and a lower fixed mini- 
um wage. е those engaged in erste ;sive ? 
cultivation ot so easy of ed рее as MA 
appear at first sight. If land devoted to the 
former meth Ке * 1 
ang of workers, quite distinct from land devoted’ 
to the latter purpose, difficulty would arise,. 
but in practi it is obvious that the two 
methods of peace i re in man псез 
essly interm em orker in 
horticulture may, rj stance, be employed for 
an hour or two on work which might be de- 
serihed * intensive cultivation," and im- 
mediately afterwards he may be employed for- 
three hours: work: which could’ 
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