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THE GARDENERS’ 
Horticultural Club.—The Annual Dinner of the 
Ж Ар зө Club his take place о n Tu esday, 
„50 Fa Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet 
rece "Е.С. iin чын» there will be a 
musical program 
British Gardeners’ Rap ae tion.—The Annual 
Conference of the British Gardeners’ Association 
will be held at the т Hotel, Birmingham, 
on Whit Monday, June 9, when a lar, e atten- 
dance of dele ates is ex ipeo cted. e Union has 
"vi 92000 members DE ihe put few 
formed many ne nches 
d Annual Meetin; he 
asked to tity the rond Mr. 
вик 191, Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
_ Institute for spe —At the 
the A of 9» 
ose of founding a 
р breedin ng institute. for. Wales in connection 
with the agricultural department of the College, 
and guar a er sum of £1,000 a year 
for ten y to the n of the 
institution. It was also repo that Mr. В. G. 
Stapleton, who was for some years co ected with 
the College in the capacity of adviso botanist, 
appointed to the Chair of Agricultural 
ТЄП 
hilli 
the study of рез месо аа 
and the ponda = — т: big and deris 
increase production from th 
Retirement of Mr. M. ver € 
of forty-three years тид. 
Garnstone Castle, Weobley, bey, Herefordshire, Mr, 
this tim e he was 
ое, г for 19 
only sur- 
› Royal Benevolent Institution. Аз 
our readers are aware, this useful 
i i 
and 
funds of the ves q^ have su 
considerable in consequen A 
from this fact, poca sums of money pas been 
contributed by m charitable to various war 
funds, E Ut older atc a have seen 
their Kaa inc cades 1 conside Arce 
below ке of pre-war deer hat peac 
is in in sight, the Committee ka decided to 
с а this year, and the 
d. placed their fine 
at the di 
of the ceci for the holding of the dinner 
on June 19. The fact that Sir Hany Veitch 
sande « on this occasion should 
consent! р 
. make the dinner a great enn for, apart from 
the fact that he has been and honour- 
ably associated with hortieuitare, “gardeners will 
wish to give him the fullest mea: of support, 
seeing that he is of their sitit has the 
of everyone both in commercial and 
private gardening. S rry Veitch has been 
associate o: worthy gardening institu 
tion for y years, and has held the office of 
Treasurer ME not fewer than реа ears. 
SA re igs i more fitting object a 
= Ме йолды í 
Lv ‘funda of “this 
R 
othe 
ee очо they л» ferte hybrids, 
P. arvense and P: 
approved list of fifty-eight applicants * exo last 
election the present tim en are 
in receipt of Paco a for life « at t 
rly £5 and others on the ү: aiting 1i list 
he Vict 
‘tions at this office, and trust tha t our readers 
iberal 
will make a liberal response 
Inheritance of Characters in the Culinary Pea. 
—So long ago as 1908 Lock summarised our 
knowledge. of. the genetics of the genus Pisum, 
and rch of considerable 
int thas been published. Students 
grateful for a 
10] 
genus Ерй is remarkable- espect 
M n us DA between the so-called 
Ө ies of Pisum ae Inde: E Kewen- 
ар 
= 
t 
A 
rY 
are very similar to one 
similar that 
pa ed is perhaps. Ps w^ теридей а 
species of t P. for s dist 
guished irom these podia by its "perennial habit 
sadi ts lack of tendrils, and P. fu 
case of sterility between “species ”” 
P. humile, the Palestine ъа 
used by Mr. Arthur Sutton in cross 
with the he culinary Pea (P. satiram), failed im j 
some c seed. Mr. White's summar 
is d y complete km it is curious that he xem 
hav give an account of what [е 
most еце work done of тесеп 
the 
b concerning curious ie ‘ooking 
“rogues " well kno to growers, 
ge etics of which has been worked Mk E: is 
ateson and his colleagues. In another 
e been investigated 
pate be 35, so that 
than 7i Fours in this plant have been shown 
= ipii dis on 5 seed nen behave in ee 
Publications Весе! ы ee son Manure. 
v , Rep rinted from ig pum "i the 
\ griculture, 
iculture, n . 
за. Stat tion 
s with Nor th 
еи ы кисы 
Office. Bree eding 
Areen and Sout 
ei Toa E. ses ore 
San of Agriculture. uie: 
= Б т ЕЯ Obtainabl Ft the rer, 
Derer t of Agriculture, Pri 
able from the Librarian, artment of Agricu 
re, ria. Price 3d. nt Immigrants. 
s _ Ко. 148, August, No. 149, September, 
* Studies of oe 
> in Pisum. II The P 
State of Knowledge of He and ‘Variation нес 
Ргоо. of the American PONES $e 1917. 
sum. 
Mim i Studies in of Agric. 
Researeh, xi, 4, 1917. 
CHRONICLE. | 
[Mar 10, 1919. 
HOME — ЕР Н 
(The Ag do not hold themselves responsible for the 
opinions expressed by correspondents.) 
(р. 222, May 3).—The important 
ў пана А ks made in 
гу еер 
Ja. u er 
usual, the plants may ‘be ‘stored nder rap A 
earth, a and e the 
winter. H. p 
The Patona паса Society.—It 
great surprise 
ирге the "above Societ was in co 
That the flower is poca in po 
bor doubte 4 judging from my limited 
rote е two хабе ая qua е - 
hort tim k a 
letter of aret stating Mak all lae. was T. 
T 
or replanted. I hope Mr. Blin will be 
cess sful jn creatin ng fresh interest in the tine 
t our long and interest- 
ing spare of the Midland Daffodil Society’s show 
ith. proper 
the amateur. 
amage b; 
Sunday E red 
for ‘though it d it did ien injure 
аби 
as Ње опе ciet ik year, 
he à th bs an Mns st : 40 
va. s old, which I have planted myself, far more 
У It is duris at Alde should 
kave ed more heavily from the two snow- 
storms of 1919 and the one of 1918 than it has 
done ш the те һе last 35 years put 
roget ether. This has for us, though not for 
thers, one .of the worst winters ever experi 
enced; it is true that the February о 
e КЕБЕКН boug ап = 
E wil be inv y cd “all over the garden 1 
bro! anches uni 
wipe ou life’s work; however, 
likely to hi en, and 
jew » a pes tte saying. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 
House, Histree. а 
Gardeners’ Hours and Wages (see рр. ^^ | 
144, 157, 169, 185 and 196)—Your corres — 
pondent, ГА G, seems to be wo orri ; 
or ih zo that 
eri 
matter is vag in "the right v 
Maai is slam Tae е сну. їп = 
re e "of y. М. 
І thank An 
greai 
employers, but ге o the 
ter, has 
and Old fe че 
or 
does no 
Ve do aoe wish to ei employers 
members. There necessity 
to 
for 
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