r 
_ Wood a o high 
E урыса conditions to үнө еп 
Armin 19, 1919. 
See 
THE GARDENERS’ 
situated reasonably near to markets, with 
moderately good күп facilities. The 
organisers of the Government’s scheme 
k 
ded for the return ning service тп h 
little аса. жола кү, v agr doulture, oh 
orked an allotment in town 
fu us 
from half m acre to f г five This 
ng the ma w il е ‘able to ype rs: in 
for nig o will be able to 
ed 
experience, 
ass from 
e e 
on co-operative lines, er as small holdings 
colonies, or as l arin 
basis, Ín former case there will be a central 
farm in charge of an experienced agriculturist 
d grouped round it wi a number of small 
holdings of various гай SNR provided with a 
house and the necessary farm Байтеше These 
pme. Уш be let es -service after 
rved a period of райо 8 
Rot of eds жекке, —The demand 
ment of ° ordinary 
large demand for the of Кы rd 
phylla, me Miei Hemlock, of . which 
million re in the United S 
affected adversely by the 
асрн) todecay. Rec 
h 
arious species of Abies, such, аз A. grandis, A 
concolor, A. nobilis, and amabilis. _The 
fact is that the Western = h it 
ourishes best in regions of relatively high rain- 
fall, is very tolerant of envir ntal conditions 
and is fonaa n most undrain 
we I ing state it contains in it 
тагы of w ote es offers о? 
f the e parasite 
е can he little hope y" preventing th the 
_ disease, and nes роб beter st be 
the 
rdinary faye of ecg ees is са- 
us, since owing to the large amount of water 
contained in the w tree which h 
ringed so that a girdle of and 
veral years. Therefore the authors recomm 
the d ronas: veh ion e Mal e indi 
pow tre by 
еен! fact ‘referred Md у бе "айога has 
заря тсе e of the f y North 
American “Padia i ith cm de, oil the 
Ww 
Sea fruct "fica tions of Echi 
nctorium were mes for the preparation of the 
1. ine ** war- -pain 
rcissus Vus Knight. mitad Wise of 
e “oe ae which governs to 
ps by the Royal Horticultural Society's 
Narc rcissus and Tulip Com is o high 
КҮТ: Study of the Heart Rot їп Western Hemlock. Ву 
Бара» and E -Hubert. U.S. Dept. of Agric., 
that rarely does a variety obtain the coveted 
First - Class Certificate. This 
variety wnich has excellence 
of form, distinction, substance and purity to re 
commen it failing this is 
found in th e flower 
— ie illustration (fig. T ed the shape 
wr ead. wer, and t om shown in 
profi ML МОО the regular, rolled rim 
of the rum arked fea Narcissus 
Mis Kni anted an pe of Merit 
n May 2, Tote. qe PN « as on the 8th inst., 
by Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., rre it 
holds the double honour. In 1916 it was also 
CHRONICLE. 193 
caught. Ea d 
taken. А first ЫП) should be given before 
the blossom opens. + 
very small and easily killed. 
дү} am stage, many flower trusses wi vill 
evere or even total loss 
result, an and wag d руы, ог complete ЕЎ ition 
е 
following ye зонуи ау occur The | 
t this time, according toa Board t Agriculture 
is a nicotine and soap w A d 
n 
Fic. 89.— NARCISSUS. WHITE KNIGHT: A WHITE TRUMPET VARIETY. 
(First-class Certificate, R.H.S., April 8, 1919.) 
exhibited in splendid eee at the Midland 
Daffodil show by several competitors. When 
White Knight and ence white e trumpet Daffodils 
are sufficiently numerous and cheap to be planted 
р к нче, ihele dow n anni be popular with 
Precautions Against Caterpillars. — Frui 
growers should keep а sharp look-out for leaf 
eating caterpillars in the flower trusses of their 
fruit trees as the buds ie opon, In ore 
districts last year great age don 
fruit by the ravages of caterpillars. "both at this 
sta na Tater in e year. There is every pros- 
pect o aika during the coming season ; 
for hers ; zrease-banding was carried out in the 
large numbers of Winter Moth were 
Dissolve the oe in-hot water, dilute veces coin 
water to the md stren ngth, add the 
and stir we. is a “ contact insecticida ^; 
3 
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E. 
3 
Q 
2f 
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е poisonous 
Lead posent should not be i^ jos ere vege- 
tables are grown underneath the fruit trees, or 
