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of any — -— Bid = desirable bring 
aimee the M rois rists. 
ecial Notice ni he Editors 
ait not unde Peake to pay Correspon any ы нне med 
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AVERAGE MEAN the ensuing week 
TEMPERATURE for 
deduced from тие during the last fifty 
years at ——: 56.29 
ACTUAL TEMPERATU: 
Chronicle Office, 
London, 
; 30.1 temp., 49° 
41, Wellington Street, 
Wednesday, May 21, 
Weather—Bright 
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Agitation for the 
Hampton c: Court storation of p haves 
баса beds at Hampton Court 
is IR in i 
and xin increased | Rag San 
; omisi ben eh 
to have 
шча the gardens woul deprived of 
one of their chief reor t for the 
public. But we know the best 
equina that it is not ihe. айша ot. 
the ce of Works hos - away tes them. 
5 pian 
las 
this there а Беке the war, 53 flower 
beds in a double row adjoining the Broad 
Walk and 61 in the semi-cirele in front 
of the Palace. Owing to the war, many 
of these beds т hoor over, and now 
that there is for the economy 
which led to this reduction the гетд е 
e on- 
of beds 
floral display. the ol 
well р Fo ү apel 
t only 
Ust were sire A boss published 
The Tim on M 
7 rs 
rts. Public criticisms are not al- 
ways fair, ne are they sepes y mind 
to proper action. We satisfied that 
e bor as ie. pt acid are concerned 
he ч ane РЕ мәл are such as would 
with expert approval. The pro- 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
Broad Walk requires el considera- 
tion. To reduce the width of the walk 
; 5 ft. might not be an баша) 
to the 
э теа when 
med 
at Hampton Co yey 
have all been added тира the pe te 
years or so. То be logical, those w 
Mond to alterations ees should andas on 
e gardens being restor o their form 
in the days of Charles IT., m even to that 
which grt o pda to Henr y VIL. 
and his Cou 
Appointment. um І. Dowding, Assistant 
‘Horticultural Lecturer to the Staffordshire 
Education Committee, has been appointed Chief 
-Organiser and Instructor in Horticulture to the 
umberland an estmoreland -Joint Agricul- 
tural Commit: Previ to his ointment 
nder the Staffordshire нает Committ 
Mr. Dowding was gardener to Haa 
Lord Stafford, at Swynne Park. 
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution.—In 
С to our appel on behalf of the funds z 
yal 
э 20, ‘Grainger 
A Public Protest.—A meeting of local 
sri me held at Teddi poa on hie с 
., dec ided to send to vernm. 
wr tic protest against xc er fu endo: ока 
of the fover beds at т канон Const. Gardens,” 
and a demand that the peds — tur e 
should bo resto’ Pens um 
be asked to receive a Vut tion, and if t the 
interview is unsati: isfactory, a est is to be 
made to the King to receive a ^ lic petition. 
Mond is 
Fruit Prospects in Devon. rrespondent 
informs us that fruit growers in a Topia and 
Exmouth districts of Devonshire are looking 
f a fruit year. Of the earlier 
bush fruits, Gooseberries give evidence of a ac d 
average crop, though there some indica- 
кам 8 к; ра m Te Es ight scale in some 
t bush f y i d 
ue [eng tainly heathy, and eo y e de i Ue Е 
аа пе. he 
ms, Pea: 
[Sere the outstanding failures of last ге ткен 
an 
have now every appearance of bein n plentiful 
supply this year, whilst a g st of Plum 
is almost a certainty. an 1 ga sue p 
whilst admitting the adva iae e a lat son, 
as is the case this year, attribute the "rw nis 
pects to the енга oo option throughout the 
area of a thoro tem of spraying in the 
winter nd ear vue aie 
ти Gardens “ы Allies.—In 
very  urg аб from the 
British umet of ibo T Red Cross a 
special consignment of vegetable and garden 
CHRONICLE. 
р 24, 1919. 
seeds has been sent by the War Relief Fu 
the Royal Horticultural е whilst thousands 
of fruit tre e to be sent x the autum 
Many oni poet and garden tools к 
nid — es A seeds have also been recently 
sent 
ouie s Death AM P ard Primroses. 
three-year-ol 
reve Dumfriesshi 
local doctor ieee: 
irritant poison. The boy 
gastrit 
had been — Prim- 
ght +} the 
е аа which ended іп [te pé 
d bees gris dealing with the 
: i 
pois 
rae pons "S tor making wine, and hav 
been used i 
— Palmeri.—This species, native of 
the western and southern nig: of the San 
[com Мой of Ari is described in 
ant Immigrants, No. 152, "bes 1918, as à 
desirable acqusition. id = у Меч spike 
4 to 6 ft. high and as eot , may 
throw up flower mikes yee 7 Т feet and "berg 1o for 
a len e of 2 or 3 feet pud pink flov 
sid bug 
ж 
growing district, it is a serious nd al 
growers ld b " 
to take timely measures to control it. There are 
several species of these but the only one 
at tl it r is the Green Apple 
Nae eG "rugicollis is). It is almost 
, early in th 
ш and 
ister the lander поса а 
та fruit. Many of the 
they reach maturity, while a ut proportion of 
what are left are defo poen ү -—— unfit 
for market. The hast apsid 
bugs is during the w 
preceding the ope 
may be a to sp pray again after the pe 
have fallen. DE dues cieli ash to use is a nicotine 
nated Pe Apple Sucker 
(95 per cent. Pm 
water, 10 gallon: 
young 
soap ма 
and E Nicotine 
$o 4 lb.; 
The Royal Academy.—The pictur t this 
year's Royal Academy include mined “suis of of 
ecu 
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н ош aust, 
А ooe ks 
eorge ,Ma rks 
Foi df 
arch of Lady Ga: 
енир, d 
m а mos 
trees and herbac 
W 
old house as poer Th 
of deta tail апа | brilliant clone wi 
dan Knowles, with се s 
"The stilllife groups 
ыен ^A blue Wedgwood jug standing on d 
an antique leather book and filled licis 
flowers is cleverly put together. 
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