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Gardeners’ Chronicle 
No. 1690.—84 TURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. 
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Agricultural and horti- Nati 
uw, research, ae а. e ... 240 
*tate aid for b E 
Black Currant, big bud Oh Ре 
ite of... | 243| Orchid’ notes and 
Books, Notices gleanings .— 
The American Rose D s cuum 
ps : ЕУ . 287 936 
Jottings о ап ot- 
ment Gardener "LS Rosary ec dA m 
Plant Products an 
Chemical Fertilisers 238| F-H-S. hin ir Lxhib.. 
Broccoli, whatisa? ...243| tion 
Cardiff Gardeners unite "n Runner Beans 
Erythroniu 2| Societies : 
Florists’ Flowers :— British Carnation 
Herbaceous  Calceo- National Tulip 6 
larias ... ..235| Royal Hordeuitural 1944 
Fruit growing, the Scottish Horticultural 245 
future of 2:84 United Horticultu d 
Gardeners' Royal Bene- pon mius n Pro 
net Institution, P alb nt ^. 246 
4 я Succu tek nee in "plants, 
Horticult ural Club, new 
BE president of the 7240 the chemistry of ... 240 
Bo icultur for E rade notes =: . 246 
rvice men 0 T and shrubs— 
Magnolia Kobus `:938| Conifers = — 
$ pid un garden, le 236 
.. 243| Week's Work, he: 238, 239 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
^. 243 
Erythronium we абая 242; E. revolutum 
s flowering on wall at Kew ... а 299 
. Odon possum Satter var, Pittianum 235; О. c. 
. Lehmannii 236; О. c. Oakfield Sunrise 245; O. c. 
Rose m . 937 
. Rose pests, d Я ve ee» m oe 241 
nn ean i bl 
great utility, and may be aldvan- 
geously grown by all.. btain 
he best results in crop and lity, 
abundant supplies of food and moisture 
ecessary, or pods will be tough’ 
and flavourless e Runner Bean is 
a amount of 
this respect'it differs from certain ether 
crops of the kitchen garden. ons, 
ample, grown on excessively rich 
are not in quality as 
: ] d m tely fertile 
ground, whilst roots of the «uli ry Pea 
Wil not tolerate animal m in 
quantity. The Runner Bean is to 
full advantage of a rich ng 
; and vided with plenty of 
P 
ч тап а ground РЕ average 
ut if a period of. drought occurs 
will poor and the pods 
y reason в the trench system is 
; їп heay soils, the 
ac rain in rainy weather 
and the Sinking caused b a pos. 
ander uses many of the r to 
-— 3 is а much better plan, 
ny у labour is качаан, to 
THE GARDEN ERS’ | 
the manure over the dare and 
the land, placing m 
bottom of the one oe as 
igging proceeds. 
The root system of the Runner Bean 
develops to a large extent, — and, 
on shallow soil, during = weather, 
e 
may be n penetrat- 
some Bonet from the 
enerally perish in 
, v V 
from d : he effects of hot sun- 
shine. Generally, surface mulchings of 
anure are inadvisable on ur unt cf 
encouraging surface rootin ib being 
better to stir the surface oil frequently 
CH RON. ICLE. 
285 
CHUNG stirring and pue a process 
which involves less labour and at the 
same time destroys weeds. 
Water should not be —— unless 
ateri 
absolutely necessary, ng 
encourages roots to grow near "tlie sur- 
face, even when the ground is thoroughly 
satura The zater- is applied, t 
soil should be saturated for a goodly dept! 
elow the fa or supporting Run- 
ner Beans stakes, wire netting, twine, 
an wine netting, are all useful, the 
choice depending on circumstances. e 
support should b ured firmly to 
at the 
placed in position before 
sowing 
the edi ings or 
PITTIANUM, KNOWN AS THE “© THOUSAND 
Fig. 113.—oDONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM VAR. 
GUINEA " ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
(See page 236) 
io create a dry mulch of dusty soil FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
which the e E not enter. 
Surface chings may adva ee: 
geously nop in certain circum- HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 
stances suc d eavy, wet soils where AMONG "the: many” beautiful flowering plants 
e ground is lia ble to crack, and which that are e raised annoa lly from кү. for gn- 
defy hoeing after a period of rai serva ecoration -— is more showy than 
M. iesus maintain that a light, e v Herbaceous Calceolar 
dry mulch 1s cial during hot x btain a good вті = бараннар Шашы 
eather, a point I эро РЕЙ розы the Suring Мау and Ju une great ca t be 
ht cunei e variable Wilt heir cultivation. It is ча P hat » 
Mon recen os wo сад tia call for асау кыо but once they 
ma receive a check they never a r to get over 
weather for any considerable length of it however careful the grower m in trying 
ime; long periods of wet weather fre- t) remedy the defect. On the contrary, they 
quently follow drought. In such condi- quickly r spond to intelligent treatment. 
t the driest of light iem become For ordinary purposes th im of June 
dden, and partly ay; the roots е а ш table time for sowing ‘Well 
nvariably r such terial ne this drained pans should be ч den a ight, open 
entails the provision of another mulch compost and the seeds thinly. If the pans 
for protection when drought returns. тре Ра placed in a ЗЕ “moist бше or d Hane 
: : : t will in about eight 
T only way of preventing this trouble daya, ро > hey should b ani pad е to the 
is to remove, th Ich when rains fall el gum Aaa. cote 
process too laborious for most gar- rec they should Ж transferred ra boxes and 
deners to undertake. O felt soils a grown in a cold frame. Do not discard the 
light, dry mulch is easily obtained by 
smaller plants, as generally these give the most 
