THE GARDENERS’ 
TNAM NOTED: 
rd; cam 
fixing minim overtime rates for male 
workmen in Essex, dated the July, 1918, to 
any workman oi th e of years and ov 
employed wholly or ly in connection wi 
the use land a market under a 
contract of service or apprenticeship with an 
employer who is engag in e trade or busi- 
8 ket ening 
т (1) 36s. sha 2 bie substituted for 32s. in 
Clauses 1 an the um ines уч pay- 
able in respect p 54 н: in summer апа of 
48 hours in winter. 
(2) а се be ийа for 32s 
Clause the Ag weekly Wade 
payabk whole-time 
Е by 
period for tHe rs work agreed bet 
him and the employer in any week oe 
hours of overtime employment), notw а 
їп th m le on: à 
summ ш winter. 
(3) 10d be substituted for 9d. 
Clause 4 ‘oy y as the differential rate for 
overtime on week-days. 
(4) 1s. shall be substituted for 114. 
с : B, e аг the differential rate for 
rtim А 
Tix dde e come into operation on the 
24th day of March, 1919. 
Some members of the porticultutal 2 want 
on of import pro- 
ments 79 favour of thei 
Thursday, March 20, at Essex Hall "ера, the 
opportunity Sn expressin ese views 
ord The 
ET ed. meeting was ies jointly у 
‘the Horticultural Trades’ Assoc and 
British ts leration, aed ойу r 
mornin of the Chamber of Horticulture 
at whi ere was a preliminary discussion con- 
of opinion with regard с the relaxa- 
es rob the thine prohibitions Order: 
Tue Chamber of 
only one answer to p 
given, because, 
inquiry could not je um 
while there seemed to i be lit tle 
е of — about uns с я 
ог no difference 
the majority o: rest trees 
shrubs, — might beg шло diversity о of бра 
as to the e ало, „ч porte to the fact 
that there M^ rs who are 
not growers. ^ Apes ew i “placed ac th 
Mr. б. : made a capital 
. Messrs. R. Wallace, W. Atkinson, 
W. th. n, ton, Oldham, G. W. 
Barr, A. W. White, M. Allwood, L. Perkin, F. 
Sander, H. Hudson, . Cunliffe, H. 
Page, and W. H. e were the chief speakers, 
in addition to Mr. C earson (secretary, 
H.T.A.), and Mr. Q retary, 
B.F.F.), in a a meeting attended b ly 
people. , 
Discussion continued from 
Bin — that саке 
5р The suggestion pons E horticultural 
атыг а ibe excluded wa: 
and exclusion for five years ae with no be 
reception. e spirit of compromise prevailed, 
and eventually its was agreed. by a ат 
majority - the i 
of the following bulbs from Holland 
that free poris of these kinds be admitted 
—i.e., Hyacint y-flowering 
double -Tulips, cds. JGladioli, " Spanish Iris, 
Chionodoxa and Scilla sibirica; and that the 
embargo on other bulbs be continued for a 
period of one year from April 1, 1919.” 
E nurserymen, as apart from bulb growers 
d ‘dealers, -— v had their үги, aad the follow- 
ing resolut s passed u usly: ‘‘That 
the особа оп 1 the im шон. ot peat-loving 
evergreen shrubs, erae, weri 
plants, 
hrubs, 
fro dl 
that this resolution applied only to Dutch pro- 
duce. Th er, the flower growers came for- 
ward, and in spite Ns me objections from at 
least one retail floris X carried the following 
resolution :—‘‘That the bugs dirt on the 
impor! баіо" of cut tan from Holland be 
strictly enforced that the ti f licences 
be discon tio Ss ? А1 these resolu- 
tions v 
е. А зат. deserv ed vote 
to the sae n  еројодей ч interest- 
mg. 
ing and, at times, quite exciting mee 
Mn. R. GREENFIELD, Leamington Spa, who 
has been paving Munition ie Production 
кы ды һе ота tions during 
he will resume bu duties, on 
April Ї 1, i Midland and та represe! senta- 
tive for Messrs, John Peed and Son, West 
Norwood. 
An ша хаз ned at Marks Tey, Essex,’ 
n the 22nd inst., on t nd bai of Henry iW eight; 
manager to Messrs. n epe nd Co.,seed growers, 
in Nr орсо and as dum Paty who was fo found dead 
in - office irom wounds. Two double- 
bar guns von бы lying on sae 
one goal i having fen discharged from each. 
Tt was vini that aa Wright had ee suffer. 
f 
floor, 
ing from influenza, ad kp about busi- 
an mai His ers stated that his 
coun ere ect o ion e jury 
мулы a verdict of ** Suicide during temporary 
insanity." It wil be remembered that Mr. 
MAR. n recently catre Mr. Andrew Ireland 
есе at Messrs. Dobbie апа Co.’s Marks 
Tey N ery. 2 
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NOTES FROM IRELAND. 
On ё ene inst. ET Interim Forestry Au- 
tho dy ferons of Lord Lovat, Mr. Y. D. 
Acland t tc chairman) о Мт. РопзопЬу, 
D.L.; tation irom several bodies 
jes we represen ntated, Tri 
Forestry Society, the. Royal Horticultural e| 
arose. те ty. the Sur veyor Institu- 
e" Trish жемш: егз” Con Mars ion. 
ong bos tendin; ihe of 
Headfor dev qan of B ns den fist-named 50- 
cieties, vd count Powerscourt, K.P., and Lord 
Cloncurry. 
BE 
Pyrus crenulata yunnanensis has been very 
T » 
ccnspicuo: 
fast aoe Lin; 
St. Patrick’s Day, the great PAPA holiday 
of rom the 17th inst gal. ue clear, co ы, 
апа n Dublin. All sorts and conditions o 
ng many overseas warriors, spot 
olium:minus, the 'ecognised kc 
rock of Ireland," although ЗЕЕ is not want- 
ing to show oe original plant. thus honoured 
was Oxalis a a _. 
A First Class Cul biral Сене awarded 
by thí» Royal кандын год наат 
Scciety of 
the 14th | inst., to Mis Stanistreet The Red iur; 
or a collection of Violets, 
distinct, varieties from the 
comprising a score vof. 
open. K., Dublin. 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 29, 1919, 
ANSWERS Т0 CORRESPONDENTS. 
коше ОЕ ТвАт AINED APPLE TREES 
бош ECTION OF VEGETABLES: W. E. P. 
mber o of y your Committe ee is wrong in stating 
with d and any oe 
CYMBIDIUM  HYBR: н ait s of 
the Se, col whic Me you give paren: 
are: ©. (Pauwelsii х еритпео- 
Lowianum), a ae io-grandiflorum (Lowianum 
x grandiflorum, syn. Hookerianum), C. Pau-. 
welsii (Lowi: concolor х insigne), C. 
Lowianum). ses with C. 
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