APRIL 12, 1919.] 
ere the county councils propose to util 
кенет powers of the Board. It will de of 
eg to learn 
mall-holdings, 120 
acres, have been 
Flowers in Season.—Mr. E. Knight has no 
us bas. Матов Park Gardens y emo ear 
xeter, a new Violet named Nx а. бова еп. 
The petals are white, иву Ет pe mauve 
at the аре, The has the a ightful 
fragranc ien Men the iole fick 
fav mit flov 
American Gooseberry Mildew.—In view of the 
prevalence of American peers ae Mildew last 
ley the {в 
seasor Tamar Val and other districts 
in the south-west of England, the Board of Agri 
to i е rowers im - 
= 
mE 
£5 
Е: 
on of lime 
horoughly rs 
phur is а preventive of the disease and not a 
cure. On this account it is essential that the 
first application should be made before the white 
d. Li 
be expecte 
! Pat the first signs of 
attac or ines weeks later, when 
чу ‘defoliation hae taken place. This pes 
bor pe ке in eck by add ad 6 Ibo. of Hille. 
bore Powder iude 30 gallons of the dilute 
lie ана solution. 
Fruit Exhibitions at the R.H.S. 
Meeting, —The Council of the Royal Horticui- 
e has 
shia to co-operate in the com pilation ot the 
дан ules for these special competitive exhibi- 
formed M Эка, --The collection of Orchids 
P 6 UN. F. M. Ogilvie, The € 
bery, Oxford, ov sold by grum on April 1, 
ХА Меш ‚ Prot and i 
silo eit a comparatively iie collec the 
olia: ised £5,597 best plants, although 
wifes mg fairly good prices, were lativel 
ordi per than some of the р orms of mor 
Clifton things. ] ts of Brasso-Cattleya 
end аы к. m ee du guineas 
es ely; cli rig: mag- 
herd 27, 24, 20, 17, 14, and 10 guinea 
Odontioda Armstrongiae var. тен 
ТНЕ 
GARDEN. ERS ) 
_CH RONI CLE. 
45 Batis Oda. orence, 18 gu iio. Кой. 
Bradshawiae Per "Pri 14 and 15 ineas ; 
a. Brewii cupreum, 14 une; E 
Zenobia, 35 gnineas. ontoglossums main- 
tained their reputation for reali sing hig i 
Odm. Mirabeau var. Mastif d 
at 100 guineas; Odm. БОЛУ 
ealised 50 guin i10. 
ris 
rw ood, pln 
rispum 
mta Magnum "Bonum, 22 
crispum Ror ald, 21 guineas; О. 
illustrissimum splendens ‘Shiubbery var, 44 
guineas.  Cattleyas, M stileygs, and other 
Orchids found ready arri: 
ТЫАҺЫ 
War Items.—The many friends of Mr. James 
© Brien will be interested to жр that his son, 
aign 
Major denen O’ Brie - 
п is brother, John: yi ан fouk years 
181 
This plant has stems one to two feet high. well 
clothed with shining green leaves and axileary, 
ril 
us ended lowe TS Another more 
attract 5 і OWS 
e 
rhite flc Unlike ге É 
illustrated appears to be short-lived in many 
ec em bulbs tending disappear after a 
nay be maintained by raising 
ES 
t a stock 1 
pedi aide Шу. 
Plants for Dry, Sha indy Places.—'* vog 
writing in Zrish Gardening, March 1, 1919 ecom- 
mends the following plants 
shady places iA ‘ucuba, 
амі: ы aculeatus whi 
ri thri 
a ге 
Euphorbia amy Ygdaloides BE 
deficient, Hypericum ray: a 
flourishing mn sun, not  intolerant of 
shade, and will grow in the poorest soil. Euony- 
He japonicus with attention, will ` establish 
ah dry, shady 
places, and so will Euonymus 
` Aquilegias will sometimes become 
naturalised paer trees, but seedlings d x 
purple, short-spurred 
FIG. 77,—FRITILLARIA GIBBOSA : 
ip MER gibbosa.--The charming little pim 
ae ted i n БЕ, € еа пше Fritillar 
ub bosa is so nown in ‘gardens 
hinopetałum Karolini It has been in cultiva a- 
tion in this country at various times sin 
1836, ia it was received at Chelsea a irom 
Petrograd. e imen. illustrated is smal 
compared to some of the wildlings, which oft n 
i 9 inches, and 
syari — 
oe borders 
dl 
zowii, also known as Koro aida Sewerzowii. 
FLOWERS, ROSE PINK TO WHITE, 
а . Trachelium, if given a fair start, 
eed. 
tions es ved.—The Cultivation 
оа 
T asker Willo 
Fisheries Leaflet Nc d aggot Draining— 
ush Draining—Wood Ditching. Board 
griculture and F ies aflet No. 62. 
ourth Annual Report o Nursery 
and Market Garden Industries Develo 
t Society’s Experimental an - 
» hesh C. Bu inter, 
P oll. wager. 
Reprinted from ye t Agreda Йа, 
Vol XV., No. 10.- Washington: Government 
Printing Office. Parasi itism, Morphology, 
and Cytology of Cronartium ribicola. 
gi - Colley. Reprinted from а 
of Agricult tural Research, Vol. XV., No. 
Washington : Government Printing Office. 
