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Gardeners Chronicle 
No. 1684.—SA TURDA Y, APRIL 5, 1919. 
Ee c eet o 
CONTENTS. 
... 163) Land Settlement Ree 
d Mone garden, e— — bep scopa- 
Aubrietias . 162 with doubre 
Board of Agr ricult flowers. . 107 
рок ng o ‘the 166 | Mice and v oles 169 
Botany, the Б, САСЫ dear show 167 
economic f itrates, the influ i 
British Gardeners nitr 
Association ... 166 s 
Bulb Garden, t Obituary— 
Chionoscilla Rochford, E. ... — ... 171 
ilium superbum ... 164) Willard, Jesse.. .. 171 
= жүй nent inagric cul S piu qain ine Ajax ... 168 
ture düring the war... 168 | Orc notes 
Farm, crops and stock Р е РРА 
оп the home 17 bl rer p eA nae- 
Foreign correspondence vium ... . 102 
Peas, culinary 
26 etri rio po paoro hor? 161 
icultur one * Pritzel," revision oi . 167 
nd Park, 
at 166 
Rock garden, a valuable 
plant for Ше. 167 
Societie 
Lambourne, Lord, ap- Royal Horticultm al. 171 
pointed President of Trade note «171 
the Royal PR | iiis Work, the 164, 165 
turalSociety . 197 | Women in horticulture 169 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Acacia retinodes 163 
Chioposcilla and its parents: Silla ноја, and 
nodox: LM 164 
P ish xa e nx E . 162 
coo ia lon, peut ot us mE m Reet OT 
Odontoglossum Ajax .. toy c .. 168 
Willard, jede: бонгав of ihe inte: Ae — UT 
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CULINARY PEAS. 
ULINARY Peas are amongst ost 
"appreciated or E at = hate 
ver season e\available, but 
good "Pens are Hob "hé амаа сгор 
ee e. During » 
n, excessive heat, wet, an 
а Wena affect them Aes t esent 
t 
mildew frequen ly a rs with 
sudden du сее еек the bm 
crop in 1 when. re- 
cautionemy: e The 
necessary. 
ci ene er Beste, soil highly ао 
wr yard stable manure, a d 
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TH 
ot | рончаш. it Ta it dá 
sufficiently decomposed to enable them to 
assimilate the food; i it con 
ns. хр 
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rate the oit tó a great depth, к 
Toy avoiding the rank тапиг 
lateral roots are 
position of the 
Which enter the trench wall. 
i case of ае oils. 
tinuance v of rainy weather, 
rain for the sur- 
. THE GARDENERS’ 
‘oot system is extensive, and in 
Rounding sil, end the е exogss of moisture d 
causes. cca and premature decay of 
the pas 
In y kitchen gardens, 
those that Jave been wed ey 
many years in successio the 
much humus, often x an acid. ed 
ues ally 
шү e dor 
are impro Sade аай ii and 
pides ve plenty 25 leaf soil, if this 
rial is availa or р moderate 
2 E 
soil should be prepared in autumn or 
early winter, and a light dr of; basic 
slag and Kainit, e p е ion of 
four о er to one of the 
latter, is beneficial. уч ана prm ing 
of wood-ash, which should be well forked 
balos the surface before the seeds are 
sown, is also benefici те 
Bh results with 
e year, subsequently 
Б г pests but lime being added 
the second time. In both wet and dry 
Seasons grown in ground that had 
been tr this manner were more 
rown 
in tre ay of experiment, or 
those grown in land that had been 
recently manur 
Crowding the plants Е уат the 
cause of failure. Sm 
ductive mid-se ee 
spreading vein КОН if pim thickly give 
return than inferior varieties 
E ho w 
at least six inches apart, pre 
erably. one foot. With ample Bpace, 
ach plant will develop into a = 
lateral 
n great quantity 
once saw à ot of Peas of a wel 
The seed pee! аа badly and in dans 
с plants were a yar по art. Th 
farmer “expected. ux iot. but instea 
€ ant, or develop- 
t Branched ош pu. in аЙ меле апа 
mind ell a record ero ро seeds was 
produced. 
Uniformity of moisture at the roots 1 
desirable, — Ба not always obtaina le. 
may done 
u 
stirring of the sur: | с 
other suitable dus ov eagle early in 
spring onwards. Hoeing creates à dry 
mulch n on well HAM land, pre- 
evaporating. 
litte: 
through өр 
The adve 
be traced to d dee 
u 
r а soat ; of water 
PUE d 
Arr th us Dryas are 
prostrate shrubs with®branches that mol ot closely 
e pressed agai f rocky 
ks. 
: are spread over the 
e plan! 
division s ‘by lay ers, and may 
` gated 
161 
vation and to constant surface заи 
nd ma 
uniformity о mpera 
n selectin 
succeed in some districts, са, мує =` 
varietios 
habit succeed perfectly. 
eedling Peas tr spia 
g ma; e 
with advantage for ear riy and second e 
e se soda should be tanlay + 
e plan ots, 
De Vei ci бана ia ровай ally unneces- 
sary, the plants succeeding much better z 
the roots gem shaken free from soil a 
extended to their full length. vw 
lan eas suc better than those 
own direct; why, it is difficult sa 
haking the roots free from the soil is 
d t where the land is a 
sticky clay in which the roots are difficult 
ish. 
Sa 
m 
@ 
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tr аера OS a use 
n afford in these times of 
itake suitable for the variety, at à 
e of growth. The stakes should lean 
and not meet at 
e top in a porma angle. 
Retarding the be m- 
plished by, removing 4 Е: е ‘blooms as ces 
times as necessary. Removin pee pras d 
Peso 
also resu ew in "iac "P 
tory to croppin 
DRYAS. 
e members „of the gen 
ES 
=] 
There are only three iA. and these 
perate and 
T! 
Here they form wide cushions of shining green 
foliage furnished during the su wi d 
numerous flowers consisting us eight 
pen Tue are all of easy €— bs 
jet 
[ic e ot г decayed leat Sr p d and loam. 
The plan y be in creased freely by means of 
also be propa- 
LA (se e Fig. 67).— 
flowers, in shape like a wild Rose, having in the 
centre a bunch of dp stémens. The blooms 
are. about 14 inch in ter and are pro- 
ced singly on rifum ees re inches in 
length. The flowers are s һу pretty 
th ts like those of Pulsatilla. 
scan! cages gt à but it ei^ 
sionally grows wild pe granite | to a heigh it of 
9,000 feet. The variety adus ha Sometimes. 
been aecorded c rank. It is а Tyrolese. 
form with a silvery pubescence the ее 
sides of the иеа “which in D. octopetala ar 
always smooth an d glabrous. In another for: 
whole of the North Тет- 
—This species is . : 
. the most “ornamental giis the, best for, Bardem. 
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