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pou» ted the members on Lord Lam 
bo оз en! - fill the vacancy, and thanked 
him. (v bein: nt in nd Ag ir that ev : 
a rd Labor e. in a hum speech, bon 
Sir Harry Veitch for his kind тепаа and stated 
that quite recently he had t al honours 
co ed upon him, on Жш of being asked to 
be President of the Royal Horticultural Society 
an other similar office in the 
rn 
health of the 
whom they owed 
evening. 
TRADE NOTES, 
Wr regret to learn that Mr. John Seymour 
died at his ге oS in ста Sleaford on Tuesday, 
the 6th inst afte g and pp. illness. 
Had he lived un ntil m ES of "exl ext he 
would have completed his 78th y 
He was a Lincolnshi pre | > 
where his father, who lived to tne g 
years, was gardener to ge, father of 
the present pen wate ` After leaving ERE 
he iced I" under pm father pes 
nd then took up 
exter gardens, 
OIN position with Sir Brandeth Gibbs, de 
well-known: orticultariat and s al 
Half Moo: е to to nis 
native county, and in 1880 came to late Mr 
Charles Sharpe, to whom, to Messrs. Charles 
Sharpe an 0., ae he render years’ 
ed 55 
is retirement, owing 
in 1915, MI pui firm susie 
appreciation of his ong and valued 
continuous serv vice 
"s ill Бк 
arked i 
ШО 
Warr Disease ОЕ РОТАТОЗ. 
Tue Board of Agriculture is prepared to 
ice edis ba Eae erg of crops of Potatos of 
va ac disease on applica 
tion E "Nr in England and 
Wal in hg ar Deas ке. жон the Board 
МУТА г the production of “seed.” 1 
Е . Where, 
satisfied that the stock is pure and the gen 
condition of the crop satisfactory, a се бева 
to that effect will be issued the ear 
Las pai 
until ther viden 
pure and the й “condition of the c 
satisfactory. The possession of 
the 
pection of growi e on 
forms provided for the purpose, fuge an be 
btaine om the Board of pP M. wen 
Fisherie Cos d. Division, 
Street, Жадо, S.W.1. 
72, Victori 
BLUEBOTTLES IN A VINERY: J. Мер. ‘The flies 
may be largely prevented from entering the 
house by stretchin 
trapped with bottles containin 
но? or sweetened beer. The h 
be obtained from horticultural sundries- 
еп, 
DiosPyRos Lorvs (Date Pruw).: 
tree is dioecious; therefore male and female 
|. THE GARDEN; ERS’ 
ciis netting 
GG. Tes 
specimens should be planted within a reason- 
able distance of o; one. anothe! т їп : that е 
fruits may 1o rm. Th flo 
duced one d Axe together 
leaves, ` but É 
singly- The. н tain 
inch in diam 
coloured at r 
astringent апа one for eating. ш this 
country, Ж?Р least, the trees are only of огпа- 
mental 
Erratum: Trifolium uniflorum received 
m Award s ie = 13th | inst, fes sunt. 
шен i ae 
. Wells and Co., as еса 
by oue reporter. 
EnvrHRONIUM  DENS-CANIS T. Моп 
seein Е the conditions in мна your plent is 
growing we are unable to arrive at the сгизе 
з die pen XR Я sp 
eean in rich light soi in a ee 
freely when mm 
id 
erem 
If oe en Е 
place move it to where it hp 
e done any 
о 
EE 
EE. 
© 
5 
Ф 
E 
- 
B 
: 
ager 
growing perennials of loose 
EsrABLISHING LicHENS ON SLATES AND FLINT 
BUILDINGS : Lichens have been HE 
party artificially on a аай scale, but it was 
done by scientific men for scientific pup. 
In order e. reprodu 
smooth surfaces like relatively rad 
flints it would be necessary make 
prebende rough to prevent the rain and sno 
om 
uce or establish tuem on 
slates o 
w 
washing away the spores or young 
ters Possibly thin cement splashed on the 
M mw c on à ile day wo 
and the 
узун x nave 
«убн s, whi 
rustaceous or folia- 
stone 
knife. It 
to find fruiting vraag if ано 
пн етай 
Any ва round e ds à 
col outed differently fent d the rest of the plan 
The ашып ict they are the more advance cd 
the spore would be. It would шо necessary 
С = et because tiny 
pie n them and both fungus 
ga EN make a lichen. You 
have ae trust to the те of the fruits, 
and sow powdered: pieces of the whole plent. 
EvcRYPHIA PINNATIFOLIA : ©. 
те 
plant is a 
handso; scu attai 
This 
ining о a. height of 
eet on she outskirts of London, and 
in the county of London itself, where it 
i 06 flowers every year. 
dy in the s er western 
ushes pied 
siderable 
E their own peas Гоол 
ad like single omis or large 
white Hyperioums with eat brush 
stamens in the centre 
the осам 
` The flow 
Fics nor .MATURING: W. B. The frui 
is disease, а nn 
send is affected with spot 
a fungus—Cer ra Bolleana. ^ Collect and 
burn all diseased leaves and fruits. Badly 
diseased tre е ficult to cure are 
best t 
helpful in checking the spread of the ppt, 
LaNTS: A. F. (1) Berberis 
R. 
M taam flori- 
Names or P = 
stenophylla. (2) Pieris 
lunda. (3) Kerria japonica flor 
Praca Leaves Unneattuy: W. J. 
tion of fhe lea eaves when first г MUT. ут wol 
no fungus present, and bes injury suggested 
. “scorching " by water ог, atmospheric. con- 
eri 
-ditions, . Cladosporium ad асе saprophy 
or weakly- parasitic fungi deepal in cms, 
CHRONICLE. 
Lem Жж 1919. 
the 
ScCALDED VI Lea di e Scalding is 
chiefly ae de ihe y effect of bright 
but it m urge to say whether any were 
e pri 
sunshine acting through globules of water on 
the une ge—t he ied acting as a - 
glas nce to ventilate the v 
i ing 
vay 
сапу, їп de morning, ar if the yte 
be aerei allow a little Кешке 
all night, so the excess of moistur 
the leaves may "m dis re 
shine is bright en nough to scorch the foiiage. 
Lew 2 was a suggestion of mildew cn one leaf, 
sulphur should be kept at hand to prevent 
read of this disease. 
the. 5р 
Vicrory BEDDING SCHEMES: А. If it i 
desired to use Радар Раш С 
Ше sc es, this v 
in the centre of th 
be pl with a few dot plants of Chry 
themu Írute Ss. Var. 
under-planti P 
entaurea candi 
silver hie foliage having all the effect 
whit wer; as an edging, the soft blue o 
associates well with the silvery 
пип, edging the hé 
blue su abject already see a Scarlet a! 
white East Lothian Stocks, edged with bi 
ПОШ also -— a p" bed, which would c 
tinue in flower to the end of the season. 
Worx ох HxmnaAcEovs Borvers: Miss Ё. 
men should trench the amount = border x 
give in two or three je the t i the ра i 
on the character of soil, me 
8 sted is pl 
y fertile, the 
suggested should be sufficient 
of risa PEETER , Ic rhe amo 
applied durinj rowing pu 
or indul ida pee Prae is "jor too m^ 
for th loads 
appl with m 
SERN on the surface and 
lightly forked in before planting 
o flowe 
of е јене 
due 
ing. e E eo 
to be dv ibd s replanted aiter à 
о and when this is done 
La of the clump should 
wo 
uter 
for replanting. onies are 
isturba’ eae on generally require 
t blished after t сопре 
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