EDITORIAL NOTICE, 
— Our respondents would 
Editors and Publish 
com- 
S8 
З 
c 
S 
a that ай кои и оте 
referring to the Literary 
т , should be 
х directed The two departments, 
` Publi ishing and Editorial, are distinct, and much 
^ra miedivo Mm and confusion arise when letter 
are misdire 
Covent 
Garden, E э. eared = 
NLY OF 
n the w 18 possible, and dir Soi by 
If desired, т dignatur Toi not be 
ood faith. 
Local News — nden ur greatly oblige 
y Pelt i Editor. rs early my у 157 
local events tke to be of interest to our Muro T8, 
: or of any m ee which it is desirable to bring 
rs inder the moi of horticulturists. 
Бе, a Special Notice oe Corr ndents.— Editors 
do not undertake to pear Rig any A done or 
illustrations. or to return unused — one cations 
ial arrangement. The 
‘responsible afer 
т 
ув 
early i 
the riter: 
printed, ок ан ар of 
EM A 
hotographs | or drawings 
2. “but the ens, or of remarkable 
t they cannot be responsible 
X to s 
or рч uc оп. 
Rower 8, tree: 
» 
РЕСЕ 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING 
WEEK. 
(ey 
ES MONDAY, MAY 12— 
A gee Hort, e and Prov. Soo. g Oomi: meet, Bath 
ard, 8 
TUESDAY, MAY 13— 
Roy. Hort. Soc. Coms. meet. 
be pg. a Show. Lecture by ме” “Vineet Barks 
ла. on “ Bottling and Drying Fruits and 
jles.”? 
тусч MAY 17— 
РА Hort. Soc meet. 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE ensuing 
deduced from observations «e qe last cd 
years at сари 52.59, 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, Wellington Stree 
` Covent Garden, Lag wend dnesda: t 
10 am.: Jar, 30; 5 Weather Мөр 5 
n р ма 
A Potato growers will find 
x^ TENUTI A eae of Sets hehehe 
e- 
evoted ы 
ib 
it is estimated that during the X 
uet ird to one- 
the 
стаса fh. re 
T 100 acres T ее 
10 were under Potatos, 
жок їп Вг itish cultivated land each 
onl 
March, 1919. 6d. poet free. 
res contained on the average 
pe Pied 
The high food оиа of the Potato 
may be Jude y the following nger 
of the n on Sons who та; be 
supported = hs produce a Agi — 
crop is used dir as oni 
* Journal of Board of Agrioulture Supplement, Xo. 18, 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
100 acres of Potatos pan rt 490 
s.. ЛЕ half is. fed to 
m grass, 
beef, support 15 persons. 
an interesting fact that recent exp 
ents have shown that the dietetic xul 
of the Potato is greater than was 
rmerly supposed, for although the 
quantity of nitrogenous food substance 
which it E De is a great, the ete 
at of 
Potatos grown in eas 
districts of England. In 
(Arran Chief, Kin 
cot and British 
the western-grown 
So has been said recently in praise 
ia well to 
balancing advan 
me pups concludes that he Potato 
valuable of all spring crops 
ea 
Potatos are grown 
after year, but 
catch crops such б 
Italian Rye Grass. he 
h ay t Lew e ees three years, or 
ay part of the root 
за Г usually follow a Corn cro 
Although farmyard is gener 
appre to the Potato crop, aevertheless 
Vields may be bts by the use of 
e rtificials alone—e. g., 2 ewt. of sulphate 
of m A euk j superphosphate, 
and 2 ewt. of sulphate of potas Men.— 
Wi pect to varieties, the Supple- seo pon. а тет 10,250 
ment mentions favourably ueen g the гаа land and Wales have. so 
uke of York, Ninety-fold, Epicure, Di gi the, oca І authorities es for 
Sharp's Express and Eclipse among the small = ings s pr 
first earlies; British Queen. (although, €—— Mie 4000 civilian applicants s 9B. = 
ften very susceptible to blight), Great reported The Page vice men ask f 1 e total 
Scot, King rge V. and al Kidney acres, the civilians for PY z ndi and -— 
anong second earlies; King Edw. eid nd m: sp d asked for by exser" i number 
Evergood as early шаіпег ор уа ear a mber- 20 lasts 
Arran Chief (which though: аа т E of applicants 14,50. 8 d and Wales have - 
other respects is very Piept to w. County Councils in page 14,354 acres of 
disease), President е itant uired or agreed to асте Councils pro 
variety, but suscepti leat ее sup Med lor еы чол Ai дез now being СО 
. therefore not own except with Pl iud "Up s Жоо of Agriculture а bori 
annual change of seed), U erue and 9 Vs" ^d air диг. 
, СА About 150 1 i) Board 
similar va arieties, че! Golden 80,000 acres rg 
COPONM 
ay 
[Mar 10, 199 —— 
Wonder and жын Wanted; Trish Queen, 
Lechar an mong maincrop 
(late) var ма 
mportance properly MA E. 
f seed and to the use 
Enough 
observations "b a the 
interested in its cultivation or use 
ne Mr 
British Carnation Society.—A re-union шак 
and concert will be held byt the "British Carn 
tion Society at the Holborn Restaurant, a 
Wednesday, May 21, at 6.45 p.m. Mr. J. 8. 
Brunton will presi ide. 
Bradford chrysanthemum Show Aban E 
The Bradford and Mox Chrysanthemum 
Society bl in a suitable hall — 
in which its © chibition has decided 
to abandon the show for 1919. 
Wilson appointed Assistant 
tor of the 4 Arnold ee —On Ар: 
last the f Over Harv: 
appo PM: 
ot the Arn e 
late Mr. E. à Ж 
eminently peon to fill this important 
for he has a m x i ; 
ed a 
хер ылы at ipei Ernle, Ee 
` dent of the Уер of Aerial, © терү em 
наемат ad ie Sud : ley in B mt 
was strong opinion - 
form a part of 
ght to ; 
hment at Kew Gardens. 
the ri п ar сые $ 
educational facilities affor there were gre 
and advantage should be taken of them re 
interests of the public. oon as the ant 
of the Treasary had ived an app d 
ment wo rane and notice of it W rer 
given. It was hoped that the expe ts, 
in its new ca сбн 1а be even more rd 
ше MN, um I 95 results WO 
ор in anent + continuance 
