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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
ш. 
APRIL 19, 1919. 
Sg л гла 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
(The му: 
pis) ~The rls iy yr 
ary Peas” will, 
alk thinking 
ds ihe 
top than at the bottom in order tallow the 
Spr a Bite e nail 
ead as to watering : listos seen gardener 
in ыз: height of the summer, when the ground 
is v ны. р with fun direct 
fom. a very có reservoir. D. White, 
Theydon Place de Epping, Essex. 
ote for Seed. 
ded disappointment i 
flowers joe seed for po 
an 
ree wLich exceeded about 
dred. Ow 
w hun 
ар less to ke use 
a the eni. x Е w were 
Many were planted out Nena a fence. Unfortu- 
hadow of trees. 
As anticipated, these did not succeed. W: 
thered the heads as soon as the peripheral 
ets wither, cut off the main part 
g florets 
ing. If gathered thus early the 
y iormed, "bu the birds pe not 
yet started their attack. small 
flowers, also 
‘though not “enough 
ndo p: our der (med pe. Buc 
tried, € this 
à and . 
was grown 
wheat was 
a 
small gard S ache. th и 
or en ; e green haulm 
eedily eaten by ducks and fowls. A 
just related to me that he lost much 
wer seed rats, which were 
im Н. E. D. 
ressions of the Chiswick 
g it may be: of fi interest to zonr 
erewith an extract from a 
ticultural Shows held at Chis r the 
auspices of yal Horticultural Society 75 
years ago. Mr. Colman 3 prominent agri- 
this co to sti and 
pe. ыг os een zoe t upon E: European 
(Extract from Zur 
ife and Manners 
“2 as rio 
Road. 
On Saturda: y last I went to th 
of the тайды Horticulitgal Society, at Chisw! ie 
- terms of admission here ear c ae 
a dollar a ticket ad- 
parted before the He of he s show, en- 
and- oo on that day, if La ме A your 
ticket at the gate; and no free tickets are given 
у, nor can a irre be purchased with- 
recommendatio a member. Chiswick 
Љу W. W: eiS 
out a very poor pro 
is seven miles from Lond It of 
«чарен for the ladies to do in full aiid d elegant 
d Th Thani fifteen thou 
r bands of ai 
and as the carri М ther е were not бшу 
res but miles of them. I went in a public 
conveyance, and en we reached the first 
arriage in the line waiting hs н turn to drive 
ы and set down the company at the gate, we 
ere then nearly three tiles ен е place. 
But they must a wait their turn, as “the pes 
would not let one go before another. It 
posable for i de you how beaut: Иш 
flowers and fruit bei and how still more 
beautiful the ladies were." 
Hours and Wages (see pp. 128, 
T po nes is a alloy concealed in Mr. 
igi soak on of үнө, lad of 18 i the 
th y- In the latter 
man rder ** As you 
a plant that in boon kill i pyi Transplantation 
at the wrong season of t A head 
by ex and it is у 
that < КШеа youth 18 should command 
full wages. At the present moment I am willing 
to take into my garden and teach him all I ca: 
about Irises, opns yi а. any young 
gardener who is k ys afford 
to pay full wages Ky ‘hat ‚ and 
if Mr: Chivers is to Have: Bis. мау pin io pre- 
vent any g eee from accepting Фата than the 
Ыш rms merid no course «р to 
my уш еп с W. Р. 
Die и. dal 
case for gardeners e been aj d ut 
W Chives Mr. Elwes holds 
Ч y: 
columns in your paper, there are many more 
Tu. NU BA places than there аре р1асез 
t. 
o doubt there are at present, owing 
to ашланы ы | ү; the statement is rather 
misleading, employers prefer er- 
ing adv ion ae. ao advertising; and, again, 
many gardeners who are want are not 
cessarily out ing a 
to d t y 
things we had uite true; many of us 
had to go short of the necessaries of life. 
He probably m uri As gar- 
wil y experience in private 
dens and nurseries, I do nov envy the one 
EE Ше man who иу have to Dus on with 
inexperienced labou Ba 
omen. I am Фә aid his pleasan 
dii him, however esci ka quus 
would often 
his Une ud With all due respect, I wo 
ask Mr. Uy к he considers a fair living 
wage for nian ‚ taking into consideration 
the presen H pex PA of living. "We are up 
nord "s чеш оа of lite and ыш live 
uch. as a 
n poetry, nd do appre- 
Vies t ге а a wi id to 
skill т is much less than i: for 
unskilled labour in many other occupations, and 
omen in типине ( pod cdi 169). 
—Having ben > мей gardener aoe long 
before the vig Nee I “have read Sse much йер 
е correspondence connect in hor- 
ticulture, and my opinion i ho are 
at their wor! ак ыо 
k ап 
being dismissed, unless it із at the hands of an 
; ‹ woman-] "ow pays attention 
work itself 
to "stick to it," as many of us do. It is true 
women have “ _Toughed it," M in damp and 
unhealthy bot , and its seems to me they would 
o X 
men.—‘‘ py enceless,” 1 
** glarkeara ” р. (see page 184).—А mes 
from the three era Brassavola i 
So i 
ara, as reco raed 
p. 360. The name of Colonel Clarke's 
therefore Lowiara Paul  W. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL mrs ra dr 
RI F KALES. 5 
The following "edite have been made to 
Kales after trial at Wisley. 
Award of Mer 
Ormskirk i Harting Curled pu sent by 
Mr. Clucas 
plant i i 
ighly Commended. ] 
неп Kale, sent by Messrs. R. Veitch 
and Son; Dwarf Purp le Curled, sent by Messrs. 
arr and Sons ; Extra Curled "Scotch, sent by 
Moris. Sutton and Sons; арс; sent by 
Messrs. Sutton and Sons; n Curled, sent 
by Messrs. Robert Syde niam. Ad. ; 2d 
Иеагайру o ent vl Mees. Sutton ‘and Sons; 
Purple ume; sent by M J. Carter 
Co.; Scotch Selected, sent by M 
Barr and Sons vt J em Purple, sent by 
Messrs. Barr ted 
ee sent is- Messrs. "d 
ended as a decorative variety. 
SCOTTISH HORTICULTU 
living isms, some of 
others h to 
orga: prepare nitrogenous food have 
en 
Ў о iv: 
were shown to ve а beari on the ечк 
organisms, apart from the soil itself and 
feeding of the с P P Rae Lge 
ы anisms utilise plant lestroy 
nk and interfere wii fert 
facio] of of Е these by partial 
steam and heat was described. 
Se are ee ДЕ 
of soils Ъ 
CHESTER PAXTO 
Tuts energetic Society, o quee ЕЯ ор 
bons Frost, J.P., is the president, 
results. e Society also offered a 
ertificates for the 
prizes and cultural oreh a io d 
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