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EDI FURIAE - NOTICE. 
AD TISEMENTS Уи be sent the 
ate eg c 41, Wellington Street, em 
Special Notice to Correspondents.—TAhe Editors 
do = a to pay for any contributions от 
or to return ex pale communications 
rrangement, The 
opinio: 
and е select. "photographe, or dr 
for reprod of gardens, or of remarka 
flowers, jag "ater, but they cannot be responsible 
for loss or injury. 
Letters for Publication, as well as specimens of 
plants for naming, ас Le addressed to the 
Он 
ED , 41, Wellington Street, Covent 
Garden, don. one ica afiona сорса, be 
WRITTEN ON ONE SID THE as 
early in the week Pa a sible, and Jag by 
the writer. If desired, the ore АРШ not b 
printed, but a guarantee of good faith 
моо) ews.—Correspondents will greatly oblige 
ending to ane Editors early intelligence of 
NA events likely be of interest to our reader 
or of any m matters олем it is desirable to br 
under the notice of horticulturist 2% 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
deduced from a during the last fifty 
years at Greenwich, 
ACTUAL TEMPERATURE :— 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington e 
Sorat, Mon ge Wednesday, uon 
, 30.2; eather—Fin 
An accoun the 
Rubus markable Behaviour "of 
Barkeri. pine. ca 
giv 
Spe Chron., November 19, 1910, * 374, 
ж ch the record of this 
ы 
reviewed хо, after a period of Ghout 
nineteen, ince arkeri was 
brought inte о cultivation n, the same author 
records* that its reluctance has 
prod, and en n the 
nferred that 
the species is dioecious. 
The fact iru е has 
only 
occurred after so man ears might 
ased 
tem and size of the plants, 
is all against 
view. We are therefore driven to 
voters to the 
The curious facts 
yne with respect to this Rubus, 
cnly serve after all to remind us of our 
ignorance of the pores орна which 
determine whether pla a bud 
shall remain rtis or greed dcn 
ferous. The recurrent and n tim 
sporadic p ecd p Е ане in ‘the 
case fruit tree 
THE GARDENERS’ 
explore this subject further, not only in 
Space ng the remarkably interesting 
'esearches of Prof. Klebs, which were 
referred to in this Journal, June 24, 1916, 
npu e also: ^ followin mg by micro- 
ier yes mal course of 
development. of disse pee of fruit trees 
in course of become fruit 
6955 
Mir 
Perhaps the most striking illustration 
f the terminis influence of external 
tructure 
from those хл branches growing in shade. 
What, however, is more remarkable, is 
the fact that if a Branch which grew 
say, in shade in one year, is expose 
in the following. Pond w var sun, а. 
е impr ress of 
of plant behaviour. 
can be pee ds mt that the reaso: 
the great roductiveness of Sco 
i ior is to be sou chi 
found in the. soil condition® ich 
attended the early development of that 
ud or collection of buds which is the 
e bu = It! would be well worth 
investigator hay 
EE into is the: conditions of soil te: 
perature and moisture ME Lapin in ie 
Lee yas ira c" sai th those 
tain generally in кет чс less 
favourable to the production of prolifie 
The Surveyors' Institution 
general meeting of the Sure 
e held. in the Lecture Hall of 
es 
.--The next ordin 
* Institution will 
„the e dee 
ead by Mr. Jose; 
The chair will be t een at 5 sar 
Horticul Turai Instructor for Durham.— үү. 
S. Sharp, Vom gre KM House, sd 
Salop, has been ed chief instructor in 
ана тез to the d n rii County uncil. 
e prep has had a wide and wailed experience 
Aon of horticulture as bu as forestry. 
old ro ipsa € since leaving Kew 
e Tad: charge of — gardens, including 
Mr. A. Bulley's Баа m den at Ness; Burton 
Manor ае Cheshire; Ince Hall Gardens, 
Chester; and Swinfen Hall, Lichfield. oe 
time Mr. Sharp has die een assistin: 
turing and demonstrating for the. Staffordshire 
Education Committee, and du the 
D has a i 
ыр 
advi — capacity to 
us smali-h fruit growers and allot- 
ment holies i in појдете, то те. 
in March.— rdin Sym 
ГА кокс the А-ы rainfall d 
the average 
land and 
areas in the south and Midlands, 
go pos шке elsh mountai: th 
d, the excess wi 
ous ble in many areas the fall was 
hori аана cag n 2 inches fell о: 
th ‘coast, and 5 to 10 inches in the 
wettest parts of the Highlands Treland was wet 
generally, but a few scattered stations had less 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arr 26, 1919. 
han the average. Less than 2 inches fell over 
таң omire and 5 inches was exceeded only in the 
extrem е те Ж omn rainfall expressed 
as a Sad he average was :— ngland 
and Wales, "6; hel 105; Ireland, 112; 
British Isles, 143. 
Successful Ailotm ym! 
The progress of he allotment movement is 
well exemplified i of th enr. 
Allotment Holders, which was registered and 
aff ae 1 the  Agriculturai Orgia 
Soci September, 1917, and concludtd 
that Ы К 55 members апа a trade E 
cvor 5 x hs Mak "à a E bcr 350 
miber Men 600. 
This aire e obtained" udin "the local Urban 
miner oe 216: res of land in different · — 
of the у 
г George Watt 
Реан, 
members of the new 
Authority for Dumfriesshire. Sir Geo 
who is a member of several ‘other public bodies, 
= work, and is a 
number of tare 
Windsor Rose S | 
King, Windsor 374 Shae’. will Se. We eri 4 he 
Aone di of Win Castle on Saturday, June 
he ate аР х ЖАШСЫН is “the King’s © 
БАЕ Cup for 48 blooms, distinct v = ' 
ЧУ); Sd Ce Aine Po wr 
oes Хапойше апа TU and iN 
ety). 
ET of the каше 
A New Public Garden ea Snan 
sca itects in Frai 
preparing to shee plane г th ne 
garden which is to be created at 
the rd Rocheplatte. The site, 
bas cquired by the municipality, p 
many favourable- features, and th 
to be a large riumber of entries for the 
tition. They will be ju 
which. is the cl 
A Mem à as 
the late Sir Thoma; 
tiful residence oen as We 
with its extensive айк for the site 
The estate » within five 
memorial village e 
utes’ walk of the town hall of Lancaster, and 
Mr. T wson has laid it out as а model 
village, to provide accommodation ѓо isabled 
service men. Mr. S ney has also : to 
vide on the esta all ornamen 
te Mies 
bowling green, poss tenni 
n the public are pede to з 
ahs have fallen and as thank-offerings. T 
pe is design: accommoda men, 
the proposal is to ide a 
(for married men with families), and three the 
four hostels for unmarried men. At rote 
n as it stands will he us as а bose 
but viene. when the new b s ; 
erected, es poc will be used as reading 10 
billiard ro ouse and room.. 
Lord Roberts ,vorkshon is to be erected on 
estate, and there will be other ‘workshops, | 
hich goods il "ja made by disabled d 
