Кы 26, 1918] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 209 
] have no fear that these workers will infested. This, the third year, has demon- 
eri interfere with the usual employ- strated, Sree that the immunity referred to SOCIETIES. 
men in the garden. Many were utter is only relative since both Boskoop Giant and 
me о: 
Bares, and their сео oe geet ane pkey a> ce ate ag 2 сек b en toa UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT AND ; 
hout re; А \ Į modera! s the results are not E 
gardeners, but between the real woman altogether Шы йомыр Sog it is cer inly di M E y 
and the majority of women doing Magie ыен o have varieties exi ibiting compara 14.—The Monthly Menus of this - 
Е there ABE Ion and significant tiv nity. je relation to the pest, it is Society - was i in the R.H.S. Hall A Кака; 
ence. If г sound constitution күт: to note that it proves most trouble. the 14th inst., Mr. C. H. Curtis in the cha Ў. 
Љоозеѕ in her ear а ent p bg. the occupa- some on the drier soils, though thi yt course, ight new members were elected. Fou bead e 
ion of gardening seriously, and gain her liveli- may merely bear relation to the erate Members withdre interest amounting P 
оой thereby, I do not for one moment doubt growth occurring under such иле; £15 15. 10d.. and one member over the age Å 
that she can, by perseverance, gain ad- (Лаз. W. Layhew, Morpeth. nom. ek А a prs his on 
ent and experience and be entitled to a Gardeners’ Hours and Wages (see p. 196). TIS received, and Vs sl id d. £58 178 pem 5 
isition of equality with the majority of men — The writers. on this subject do mot paid to their nig б ctive nominees, also the death | 
age. The ordinary woman gardener wil advise how any rule of wages or hours certificate of o no Парней member, and the sum i 
be successful in obtaining employment in сап be enforced, and as matters are now оғ er paid to his Ronee One sa 
pe when men cannot be obtained, unless no one can. The general secretary of the member was gr ао РБ dok Giese ET 
e of the most energetic workers and B advertises that a new standard of wages jt Е usa an i egt tn 
rii А the Distress Fund. The sick pay on the me 
qual in п constitutio n to her task. А ee and hours has been adopted, when he must know ordinary side for the month was £90 13s 4d.; E 
oman poc ner will stand a fair chan that he cannot enforce it. ТШ such time as this ^ State ‘section £38 16s. 8d.; and maternity d 
places, and slo: ug do if she obtains her can be done it is not right to ask gardeners to claims £6. : S 
aal on the same foo ing ys oc den d b subscribe to the funds of his association. Re- uS 
C Horticultural Colles d stowed by Su on кыа quate der, abe, plum. (os 
ually provide ‘their cuc fm an e ex. Page ій, April 5th), and for a gardener for а TRADE NOTES, 
- wind eroi te поб dinaya the ot pl known to the writer, advertised in Zhe ST RET 
itable for the average ge ga соге dre gs Para ly, there bios 221 Tue Canadian Mission, which has recently 
nen trained for a year or two in a college applicants, many an Ё dE. к-ге. D 15 been establin hed in London at 1, Regent Street, 
po as much as a gardener with a life experi- sh employ et to ats gt "Is d d Ду adi " rive S.W.1, by the Donga Government, was con- 
^ ҮЕ ARAT ntil women gar- "19 as give P gam, a g stituted by an Order of the Canadian Privy 
ner engages a foreman at 40s. a week, whet (Council in November, 1918, and Mr. Lloyd 
s too scuss. 
rs can do all things gemi p hs his à nly g ets 38s. When he mentioned ^ Harris was appointed cha. kn: tt Qe Mission. 
to his t ol 
ев plants in three frames, all in deners ought to have better pay, but how are ditional trad 
: dia health until about a fortnight ago, they to get it? If they all come out for better ae work of reconstruction and 1 
en they were suddenly attacked very badly pay will the B.G.A. house and keep then: till reorganisation- tena be undertaken in Euro Long 
= 
a as they would wish and expect those Ё it ^ 
them to do, they are in no wise entitled loyer the answer he got was tha The objects of the Mission are as follows : 
* position of authority or ута ek he s saw pl of gardeners advertising for places, (a) The serious tonnage position arising out t of : 
en can only attain success gentes and very few wanting gardeners. Now if this the war, — I ow! numerous ions E 
К the same meth t Кыр Ae gardener had downed tools would there have pat t in force, both in the United Kingdom and E 
m J. a ger, Tredegar Park D du. ig a general strike till he was reinstated at in Canada, P^ i pote and export trade, tended iM 
andard wage? No; hundreds would have p^ sever old connections which had existed for ` SE 
E ci after the place, а d to take less than the a between the Mother Country and ps 
p^ mig agh in April.—It has been the 38s. nee as been ery aed time for gardeners Eire ong It is one of per duties ч Ts г 
, “ме ars to grow Potatos оп hot- duri past fir years, and many have Mis ission to s tudy the к рсе t first-hand and E. 
eds СА а boat the middle of April. This A ум hours to keep things going. Gar- tv devise the means of r metobliahing t ds БЕ жа 
ha 1 yc 
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4 
Potato blight, and are рощу the wages rise all round? ‘he writer knows a during the next few years in order to moved e 
I preyed the hanim with Burgundy gardener who had ten to twelve hands in pre- даны effects of the war. Raw aterials, x 
but as too е 10 save the crop. ar days under him, sg ра. does ngt get ое etc. will фе necessary for this work, and many д 
variety is Myatt s Ashisa the seed was vipa of the сотта а 36s. articles рон сап be obtained from Canada * 
Eros n and lr was practically free Then there ıs the question 1 of ‘the hega ot of Tha Miss means of negotiations 5 
om di: ease last A would be interesting ы DEA getting Bs. AG this a good fo йн the Governments of th t nce H 
4 Ex if any of your dan have "had this eigh DE ix to thirt Lauf "have "a make arrangements for the supply of such E 
n to a crop so early in the sea he uM : : good to the advantage of all interests involved. E 
P y in the season as t a the hand be aid in proportion. Gardeners : 2 
st eh in April. Æ. Sutton, Kilkenny, Castle сап never deman ф high. ж б. aoe It is жүре considering how, by a system of x 
'arden : , credits, te assist the Governments in purchasing xi 
E, means, they become united. However, there may Hals. E 
7: SEEN disease of Tomatos (see pi рр. 142, be а better rk for them if the wages (©) cn т Mission is convinced that the r оше. = 
7, 183, 188).—Five years this spring had question keeps so many from entering the pro- neni of Europe is largely dependent on s perc. { 
i fine seedlings o of e then new variety, fession. W. supplies of food being a RI en inn distribution 
>» _ that grew into strong, healthy — —Most gar sda eners, cepecially those holding E being properly organised. only be е 
DATE they were shifted into 48 sized cgi positions, kn should say, be i obtained in two ways :— 
т" а week from the date they were 1 agreement with M x der in his art article (a) Экз арн нак ‘countries having margins 
found, to m _ amazement, that оп m above gera on = Тһе Wir 
еа 
plant had collapsed ‘similar to the one points out many of the inconsistencies of trade (2i By cd {ЕУ in Europe itself. 
pe fuos P they сета фе arhont unionism as applied to gardeners, and he might Canada has large supplies which she is will- 
ided Rr i was at a loss what well have indicated many more. In t e majority ing to place at the di al of Europe, and, 
he h QA. Hie h ealthy геи ae “eu uiti ngs. of gardens the remuneration does not solely moreover, by reason of the fact n she has 
à; ‘shoots were removed "v the first leaf AS consist of the money paid, as the Seger the always specialised in n the manufacture of agri- 
t in 70 siz of Socialism would have us believ ain, the cultural machinery and ae a she is па 
was were kept close for a fow days, chen weak point of trade unionism, and an 1 ition to come to the assistance of the nations 
as ш tied gradually, and from hat time weak one, is that are be con- of Europe. in their endeavo to. produce 
E y grew into fine healthy plants and produced sidered equal, yet anyone who has had a number supplies n their own borders. 
grand о crop of fruit chasers ‘he slightest sign of men under his charge is fully aware that Фра officials of the Mission will at all times 
a successful in some are worth at least half as much again as to advise persons in United 
are w 
ing a batch of ‘bout fifty ze nis. D. others. This Socialism, if it takes hold of the is dom ЗА а of nt aia information with 
dge, Nether Clos Gardens, Esci: реше fraternity, ‘will destroy all friendship Dd to Canadian tra 
гаса d Mite between employer and employee, and prove to ieee eas \ 
з ж чу рр. 141, 156, bes —Black bea set-back to horticulture, for as Mr. 
North are badly affected with big b ud mite Elwes observes, no union can force employers to The Chamber of Horticulture is organising a 
thumberland, and, conscious of the rela- employ, ste Me at all. Shoul ardeners conference to be hel ld on May 21 at the Royal 
cures 
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es or preventives recom- class in for trade unionism, the only Einer aral тн Chelsea w, when a 
ес zu from 4 time to time, I have been, inter- ones s likely EX benefit are a few loud-voiced men on easing - upply “of Home — — 
п varieties for which immunity = who, dissatisfied with gardening and everything be contributed to by Mr. 
эм "^ respect to the pest. Up to no else, will become secretaries of some branch or W. б. obiit, г Р. Mr. “Smiil, of Loddington, 
, mM кык: erly negative other. In all this spirit of discontent the lover Professor Salmon, of Rye Е. Hammond, of : 
РЕН тее years ago, for instance, in of plants will find no зори е his energies. As Hai 5 
E bud pacco Currants badly affected with the pace at which an marches depends 
x б ап the following varieties of проп its slowest unit o his: spirit of Socialism 
eus : Victoria, Edina,  Boskoo will bring all to the ‘lower level. 
Seabrook’s Black. At the end of mare. in trade under the idea that 
: that ; 
reas Victoria and Edina had both become Gardener 
