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THE GARDENERS’ 
outdoor Roses become few, and those that are 
worth тыыр aer noticeable. 
I doubt  whethe е; 
аш 
plan 
oomed most freely and continuously os чх 
find lace among t 
e season aegre А nd a p id latest 
varieties. But nights a then ong and 
the weather so trying, even 
the most per 
sistent flowerers, that it is ер а matter 
of luck which varieties find a e in any yea 
as the latest in bloom. Thus latest Nove 
p found to include both full. flowe d thin 
provided th stance of petal is fairly ‘stout. 
In one year I have 1 Karl Druschki, in 
another Mrs. Walter Eas u Meyer has 
appeared more than nd even s 
th ae 
This year in the last week of the Christmas 
MR. api 6th. Jaman $ picked three 
qui ases of Letter Day, which 
end веазо: e ihis Rose, that h 
flowered continuously since June; and th 
first day of the Hilary term, 11th January, my 
wife gathered enough flowers of Mme. ard 
Herriot, the '* Daily Mail" Rose, to uite 
a creditable decoration for the le, 
the se T after- 
ward. 
v 
was wes ru permissible, in these evil days 
for "ihe arden, to feel a small aes sg in Gy 
taining these two Roses so lat e zn веазо: 
for are ewhat ted by black 
asily 
spot, than which ЖОШ i is more qa lto 
s ieri d Me m nd gine 4 had i = past suffered 
la; E солар 
flower of 
pre d in ате ‘he Le 
sulphur, when the weather was а ntly war 
make, this effective, succeeded in warding o 
any serious attack last season. White Hose. 
i nt of the 
gard and their free-flow lities are 
` тей; in the beauties ny es, pillars, 
pergolas, and other structures which lend them 
selves: so to the т of these 
lei ere is, however, one unfortunate 
characteristic common. to this class of е, 
that is а pes lack of fragrance ulent in p 
blossom most of them , undoubtedly | NS but few ` 
ha’ ре al that is consid essential 
ati te of all g oe 
e 
unfortunately, it lacks a good climbing habit, and 
in this is of the weak 'ers 
in the sectio: which it is classed.- ers’ 
ite Rambier, the best white. Wi iana 
Rose, is perhaps the most sweetly seented:of- all. 
ence com оре 
rong grower. ly, if not wholly, resistant 
to mildew, and ji bee elegant t eee of well- 
ormed flowers of the purest white. It is not 
so widely known as it deserves, but it will.pro- 
y f the most popular of the 
ambler: year or two. т Andrieu is 
an admirable companion anders’ White 
Rambler. It is a variety sent out by Barbier 
in be “and hel peer. e that it is — 
R. Wich . Cramois: 
isie 
re e an ation « and 
possibly the first ion of the 
China blood with that of R. ichuraiana. e 
fr ni Ed: i 
s 
George M. Taylor, Mid-Lothia 
ery 
that possess a ey tful- 
NURSERIES IN THE WAR .DEVASTATED 
AREAS. = 
І am’ wr nig vere brief notes in Germany, 
w months in France and 
back 
per io 
thir ing ot, 
armistice. 
just a few we 
Canal, for X 
precipitate retreat—so rapid, in fact, t our 
wn artilleryme Pu tell you that o 
frequently ‘‘lost touch" with the 
entirel 
Often have I wandered round the ruins of 
corner a of Mint,, der, 
represent е ved stock of plants in th 
ounds. : 
What problem faces the owner on his 
return—if ever he does return! Perhaps 
I saw him at Cartignies, where, fici 
the office wi , I watched the crowds 
of liberated French and elgians  loadi: 
their few and chattels on to the 
Briti sh , motor ne veying th 
he vast ma, se e we 
But the greatest problem he has to face is 
not ie chaos, but the question, “ How с 
echo the Br Ир, nurseryman сап 
ut"? 
“We will help y 
ened, the mutual Sdn 6 
all. and British nurserymen, m see to it that 
their addition to the chain is not missed.—'* One 
of the Archers.’ E 
CHRONICLE. 
Vermand and other . 
iur put тшс, the 
with us will 
ARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By James E. НАТНА Gardener to JOHN — 
Esq., uy ‘Park, Thirsk, Yorkshir 
Pea es on s.—The flower ite о 
Pear trees are well advanced, and crowded ог 
a st rs should be cut back, to keep the 
trees in od shape and assure a Sri T 
a go 
Where ше fruit m are ve 
well to thin them a little : 
werk in pim the fruit е 
light to reach those that r 
Manuring.—Pear trees e 
greilly “benefited by dressing the sot with 
nitrate st en as soon as top-growth 
and also dee the fruit has set. The fertiliser 
should Я: applied at the rate of фол. per square 
hould n 
ry iti 
this po puc. he 
and.allow more _ 
ted after the fruit has set, a 
к in every th Е S m eeks until 1 June. This specifi 
Y Dre амат е s t pests 
The sam 
оша 
5 
again dk 
е у be 
feed on the. foliage. mixture maj 
used for Appius but be diluted with 
another 50 gallons of water. 
Aat in ы tes 
Caulaincourt, Poeuilly, д Ў ] i 
lages, scrambling over piles. of- bricks and rotecting it som.—Pear blooms of. 
broken walls 55 Peeping, into боран, ane generally varieties are very tender, open very early, 
*scrounging row —to ry are n xem to damage Е ar They | 
slang term hue: pls e doidg nothing in should, there de protected, using means — 
particular." And ю uch occasions it has similar ecommended for Exe. es ina q 
usually been my ens jn: tumble across what ^ previous asa ; 
T MH. ср brought me into what Cracking hy eae many Pria = | 
ruits crack throug е agency о 
mont have boen а mursory gardon, and a deseri” Т trouble worm the т a ie {р | 
3 Y i rai 
but hundreds, even thousands of pn cases. Dor ew fth ] itself ' Ті is now too | 
The gardens ran from the corne cross 8050.00 the P th pia Re е, but the ground - 
roads апа stretch a paci distance _ ate M Bb bou, od good fertiliser. — 
from the roads, being roughly diamond shape may. be bie to prm should be sprayed with à — 
eus оо cer — w «ili cron m ao m п A phate of бат 4b. to 12 doe | 
EON of the b brick a being aif; that re- of water, just coh еу ^x lod hdi he trees | 
mained, save for a few pieces of broken m" he specifi e P but before the — 
scrap iron burnt timber and ode pto djy.: When Шо mue pra Oi rayed with | 
гы of flower e water ate jere , flowers expand, the trees sh P ii pins to 70 — 
: or less full of "rabbis, and a one-time n. peni mitre гы Dk quicklime | 
hating appar mee. у phe A fragments in the chaos gal DETA it the colour of ski:n milk. he spray. | 
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E ORCHID HOU 
By Н. б, ALEXANDER, Orchid Grower to 
Horronp, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Аниса 
Cattleya, Laelia, 
nvmerous species hea. perenne 
imi nt er roup of the 
hiemem 
cter 
mant in w 
reason Wy these Orchids 
m aces phis e dri e so a 
the _ Wher 
strength 
the plants to 
extent to which pé 4 amit, dira 
of atmospheri the 
