144 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI on 
additional reason wy. there ppt be a clear 
Tag on the subject of notice between 
he oyer = employed when a ipe for 
rvice in nursery grounds is entered Me 
"End ugh 
perhaps said 
generally what are the principles whieh ae 
guide the Court in considering the facts of pet 
ihe case. pular fallacy should, 
owever, be | д i 
in 
impression amongst a considerable section of the 
р! lic. ve the length of notice to be given 
i t u 
ener entitled to 
Ss agp notice for instance, might still prefer 
his weekly for the sake of co 
THE UNSTERBERG PEAR TREE. 
One of the many instances in мы ich plants 
йд the fortunes of persons р 
with a а ancient as 
Its peri yide Hs 
with th 
peror. 
tempo other 
will show; but their fortunes 
ibly icit А des 
ana 
to which the Poet 
in one of d poem 
The subject is certainly one о шеген to the 
lovers of plant lore. Е. Willm 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The Editors do not ка н у for 
the opinions M. 
"The Two rity Trek pe 28).— 
W. J. B. has omitted to ett the quiso 
way s enable anyone to distin, Um ish between the 
Chinese and erican деле the latter 
e Tite horn which t es idrib at 
ie ge absent 1 er, the 
extending beyond the blade. This is a far 
guide than shallow or deep — which vary 
on diff trees n different е 
I have both s 
the foliage of the two trees is v 
same, e drawings of the two leaves in your 
paper 
pgs 
looking at. is, rci na “in Tea Ped ite is vnd 
from being the Vica 
Gardeners’ Victory Memorial s p.p. 115, 
129).—The remar! ks of Mr. А. Cranston are of 
terest, — a en 
me rig as à onal m: amongst m 
hort cura к se “the community, c 
establishing of a large reserve connectio: 
à pe letter signed W.-W. 
with the Gardeners’ Royal beri eines E 
tion oa the Royal Garden Orphan Fund, 
a MR carly 1d fe pe my 
e pedis " but also do everything that lay 
wer to farther hug ша бирер: 
роп the plac 
id not on 
went from " 
already kno 
intend i 
Edwin Beckett. 
eather (see P 115, 129). 
J. (Ampthill) 
ett, from Februa 
uch the same as were 
о 
асаа of our gar 
of edt who, like selves here, 
adop is form of memorial. 
E readings Зо, 
fe Sat ay respectively. SAN plan 
of t a fami with the exception of 
Sp bd Wc, Were шеа outright. Тһе heavy 
р A € en oru the cabbages from 
wel ered them. ОСА 
thas Ve КЕЛТ X: ce suffer ed badly, also 
Berberis s Knightii, ‘Ole earia Haas and Viburi rnum 
Tinus (Laurus stinus) in „the к the 
common Laurel and 
as b 
ason. 
bats ete et 
ad 
= 
eavy, as is the case let; it. a t do 
to pl Les Broccoli, Kale, etc., largely. 7. W. 
tan 
The атың ог Cuckoo-Spit.—Well та; 
your correspon sae К. Ashley (р. 122), write 
concerning othing save the mos 
саге personal in. constantly exercised, 
can 
th-west 
Ek eis disgusting froth- ike masses. is 
bourhood 
pum ges, so s they ao E I. in suburban d 
B, De eese the 
make their ot nce in q araffin 
emulsion is p Хэ аз effectual ar nedy any, 
but it is fon syringe it on with con 
siderable force in order to wash away the froth, 
and get insect itself. This pest cannot be 
as bad i istricts as it is here, otherwise 
e etes ore generally referred to in hor- 
tural journals. The life history as detailed 
by your correspondent is particularly interesting. 
T 
Gardeners’ Wages and A pag 128).— 
au issue— 
ming, MT AMEN i ds = pe rig 
of his „professi 
laa s i supply а and demand will det etermin ine this 
p» pesce s at all, or pay them more than 
they can afford pay, for what i 
many places more of a luxury than a necessity; 
, judging from the advertis columns in 
your paper, t more gardeners who 
want places than there are vacan 
e ee 
© will in nine cases out of ten prefer the 
free man. The has taught us that we can 
withou 3 s which we before, 
ре just as happy M them A 
e 
asted o 
ot Тш, pleasure grounds, d esp Mai private 
enclosures,” whose 
be “ cultivated 
= 328 
e 
g 
óld m 
erou ite 
or 
to f 
and wom 
1 
full wages, ирон 5 
с 
. W. thinks 
e advantage 
qo which, if 
of being the 
i 
they ought 
ea in the pe 1 
ргеїег 
eat. majority of aie em- 
spirit of consideration — 
to 4 
indust: 
seems orge 
most country places a tar ge me pistes ol 
A idet or 
en not s 
earn ag 
se aay s work, but who, under the 
dir 
of one on | gardener—or even of an employee 
who lov. is garden, as many do—are able 
and willing а rform a great deal of the work, 
without regard to fixed rs. Though we may - 
not able to teach them such luxuries as - 
Orchid-growing, such willing helpers as these | 
will be tu out of their places to please 
any e union, as they are in an engineers 
or shiphuilding yard; and the sooner mers 
who discontented with their pay and pros 
pects gnise this fact, the better for them- 
selv To such men— es to W. W 
print 
Elwes, Coleshor: 
case | i ng A pm T. 
tion as the payment of full wages a БӨ 
of 18? ea ie in a hun is adult in 
either brain or muscle at that age, and pes 
quently cannot earn full wages; so that the tr ad 
of the clause in the C Production Act Ф. : 
от both employer and employed. Boys are ғ 
discharged when they come to the age © inl 
which is for them, and in a few dg кы 
employers will suffer from a lack proper _ 
trai en. J le of h 
юы à he con сала e 
e s oun, tallow 
Th 7 Я т this ‘idiotic clause is canes ed 
will 
oe 
es Mr. W. Chivers, of Leeds, spoil 
лей 
that 
es that day after employment, 
Sey ee 
ыа 
owdham. 
every 
card and hung in d. 
Mind bel, for She benefit of yoùng and ol 4 
EU 3 
In 
all concerned. 
are to 
capable 
do б 
bothy and | 
Chas. 
