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duty the remuneration is now fixed a 6d. 
por pide = overtime i — fo C the cas of 
1з. 3d. our. The ‘pack "Lu n by Kew in 
иса аил рту Ms and 
an excellent iilusteation shows the eie in front 
of Kew Р 1 Potato 
ет eh resses 
the ара 
er, owing, doubtless, to the increased cos 
of printing and paper. 
Notes from Belgium.—Mr. Backhouse, of 
Kork, has received a long ив 
frm of De Smet Frères, 
en hich he has ded 
kindly {огу 
Lone eaaet Pay communication states that t 
Germa 
them back me every ay- They settled at 
Teddington, n ampton, and have been very 
happy there and dune andi express how grate 
to 
Mr. Snow, of 
ful they ar the English. 
Bush. Hill pM took them under his protection 
and Mr. Eis le, of Henry A. Dreer, im iladel- 
very content ppy, 
‘we had scarcely a letter “tr om them. 
has en à 
ee him 
Eve кй жаз hs т and very scarce 
. Nearly every "month ihe. Gans an soldier’ came 
to our house sta look for plunder. 
quisitioned all our copper, w mB leather, bicycles; 
our ham, eggs, butter and “е 
оа way. Bu 
the 
things away in 
m 
аа а little а They ате thi 
der but we кто everything with courage, 
victori 
перон bos we su 
than a lot of glass uei de shrapnel a ‘ths 
explosion of the railway bridges and railw. 
Damping off and Collar Rot of Tomatos.— 
e disease which ca g off of 
seedling and young Tomato plan as been 
traced by Mr. G. T. the- action of 
a fungus, pS Mey ei Phytophthora, which 
gains access e you тШ plants шй 
pe. Е Sterilization of Wags e soil — 
be of t 
Wart Disease of Potato Order.—The Board 
of Agriculture and Fisheries desire to 
Di PEN s allow: х Sa or 
for praece any Potatos varieties hg нн 
by the Board as immune from Wart Disease 
i th 
crease the 
нали асур іп нет “of ‘ade. that t were 
\ апа iius Mr ANM ihe pee 
dn ice geom 
ry has to be made before e the Tienes can 
x and *gr of varieties 
tors 
$e i ieti 
THE GARDENERS’ | 
during the coming season will be well sour’ 
to apply to the Board for the examination ы 
their gue owe in c to avoid delay i 
issuing lic ext ye 
“ Reversion ” of Black Bud MEL 
to the nd of Mr. A. H. Lees те 
em jie E Mercer ae оше commonly kno 
dies vers; ion pit bed to the develop- 
of tw а 
normal Pas pere 
to the күм oi the norm 
tative bud are various. The he 
terminal bud "nd be due to МЫС [a ES Bud 
mite hi wth of two ае 
i * production of maliormed 
oots. In other b Tun 
пау result in the terminal bud becoming not a 
etative but a flower bud. is bud is, in 
Me e a mixed Pod oaa ; beside the 
terminal flow it wo lateral grow 
wood. ib 
year Бо growth i is “ИЙ weaker a пеат1у 
always result in a terminal flower bud. 
dues: are allo wed to 
ears there wi 
re 
owth, and to allow ine a a tittle с 
main. Lastly, a attack 
ding to a check 
у тау 
са: in the development of two terminal 
growths —€— of the normal one, and her 
again those symptoms of зү шу бы т" 
as Reversion may make their appearan 
Publications Received.—Seedli inp Dies 
- Pierio By уы ee L С. Merrill. 
дещ Repri ed from “ Journal 
of Аршы Research T Published TE au reed 
e Secretary of icult: ith the 
gton : 
; Relating pi 
In i ub agar Soil Colloids | to Plowsole 
Cit Groves in "n California. 
Irrigated Field Crops. By S. Scofield. 
print pd : Pin Agricultural Re 
search. Government Printing 
Office ; 1918. [eire on Sugar Beet Trial. 
1017: Е Сар Feeding Exp eriments ; Isle f 
Bee 
BS qmi s ; werd 
Poult rofts ; Small- еар Cheese ; 
Poultry C Cheese ; Cottage нке The 
pates ы 2 Ms ddar Che Ex- 
pe on vedi Ta ta of 
Bracken Rhiz efor Figs 4 d Пту ; 
Cropping under War Conditions. Fifteenth 
Annual ae Л ine nglan gricu 
tural Colle; е 1/- postfree. A Contribu 
Pee to the юу of F Fruit: Fly MM 
п Haw E. Pemberton and H. 
Villard “Reprinted from ‘‘ Journal of Agricul- 
ashington : G ment 
Printing Office ; 1918 Botany f enior 
Students. © By Thod ond edition. Cam- 
ridge University Press. United States r 
ment of Agricul Bulletins. Washing 
Government Printing- -— Circular 7. The 
Washington m pagus E Information 
€ Suggestio es ers of oe 
* Reversion in Bla ts. By Mr. H. Lee 
шы Pos Agricultural and огеш теш d 
searel n, Long Ashton, 1917. girl 
CHRONICLE. 
e p 
„since these "iffer in 
[Marcu 22, 1919. 
— a ver 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
а iGA KI KELLERERI. 
and t 
a 
ary, 
a n 
early gems of the race may be e qui in con- 
junction with later flov kinds for purposes 
ss-breeding. Requiring little or no protec- 
E. ‘the plant is seen to the best advan 
the re a с 
т їп 
eed, the enhanced 
he hybrid when grown 
n is m developed bie glass 
be two 
suc сй p^ good 
of flowers. The plant Cn quite 
in gritty, well-drained loam 
SAXIFRAGA BURSICULATA. 
Tr did not occur to me when looking about 
и a suitable name for this a which 1 
instrumental in rai sing near decade 
son that the one eventu 
adopted clashed w 
having г botanical vum 
$ t 
diy 
m 
Fro VIAE um parent it inheri 
“bunch: "дали н. ‘ame an ha ot a little bes its 
om the seed red-tinted s 
S 
the red tinting 
In a sunny 
the full, , со 
of ‘tne flowers, 
In substance 
parents. е ers, 
well formed. The shape о 
ally is that of S. salt 4 
ses i 
silvery y which T eris Sultivate and 
r 
8 зараве Љу 
me at ot thers 
€ 
Б 
5 
& 
È 
habit, tom. 
vus nas et y 9 flowering 5 Ma 
orth rder to S 
afforded an oppo y 
m which are rarelv 
That k S. 
йоз 
s р hour orm. 
2 gos cipe: its ые counterpart, an 
interesting fact og kes them alike 
able. . H. Jen 
