| E >=> THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Mi aid 
AGR RAL WAGES been ` ‘publishe ed its rece issues of Es Ah ee ueia eue a the Tree Tom 
A meeting. -of p P "Wages Board Gard. Chron., and in the for March quires a greerihous e tempe 
as héld in London s te Sir. Ailwyn 29, 1919, Mr. б. Taylor stated "that the mite А DEAE.: ‘Prat Padus. Н, 
Fellowes presidin heer may be controlled by using a mixture cons sist- cum ages men, Do ДЫЙ > 
E The Board appointe to ing of 10 per cent. of soap Жай. 5 pef cent, of gonum yirginianum ; (2) 
n and repo ын к ms рт at crude carbolic acid. Pick б all the affected purpureo К БОЕГОН: 
oo nfer кес heli" ‘on ee the “ae yg ЧЕ ud burn t The spraying should albus; imula 
ay rum d of Dis- commenced about the beginning of April divaricata; (6) imu 
ici е O mittees for the” efc of ш еа once weekly until the first week nium. coeruleum ; ( jt 
a e ng. de tae o ad ihe Board and $ С ) Prunus Р (2) P 
he rict es Commi minal is; earia dia ан Ө 9 
‘ fter з, thá^ d ЕД АА оона VINE.— ай А Cinnamon унь is im э: (8) Olen Си Еи D 
; ^ad. bean lodged ао, their . proposal of the 1st the popular name for Dioscorea , the га ers ymoides; (2) Е d 
April to vary the m ates ot va eg" for of which are twining herbs, grown largely in Соке esculenta; ari ‘Comus N Хи 
male workers of 18 eed ot. а over America for furnis MURS arbors, pergolas and Staphylea colchica. 2. C. 
V. ‘throughout England and Wales, and ae the. re- the jike. Certain species of Dioscorea E culti- 
ul 4 ports made on the proposal by the yarious Dis- vated in io Sorge ls for r their handsome foliage. Pzar Lear BLI Mite.—West Der 
: { trict ‘Wages Committees, the Board’ decided to There a e es, but we doubt M ы Ребе leaves dd. fruitlets are attack 
NM confirm their proposal except as respects ordin- would p ба а great locata in this country Pear-leaf Blister Mite (Erioph: is 
°з ary labourers in Cumberland and Westmorland out-of- doors, posing that they are natives of mite inhabits the buds 
2 (in agn ес ме ш ate Com- warm countries. is said e 
УЗА ; mittee wi ain be consulted), and as respects mer. 
a the special oo for special dnos of workers y at i Xem TM. Tu ES q.i ars S, tht blisters on the Pear lod ves 
such as stockmen, horsemen and cowmeu, in КЫТ red h Е ЕВО I ena. p. 225 w. un as bon Р bryo fruits of susceptible Eje, pe 
Herts., Kent, Middlesex, Northants., Salop, nicotine he refer du Congrés. The damage on 1 
ey, Sussex and Wilts. In the case of thes t: October му the actual чо таз gradually di 
y cuc ‘lb. carriage paid for а 80-1. lot. Ву РА арр 
is 
A little later nicotine was practically unobtain- 
The Ya nufseturi ring 
m 
classes of workers shall be paid at the minimum х 
УД rates ‘applica to ordinary Co; Maidstone, ты a^ aldin g Man which ful, time to attac 
Е labourers. TEWE A ie \ [ uis: in хатто just as the buds аге 
- Тһе variation made by the Wages Board eaper. At о is period the mites which have 
| ig med into operation on the 19th May)  Qypryary хур Dessert APPLES.—ÜC. H. Assum- dur иша winter under the bud всай 
1 ing you propose to plant nary trees in "the accessible to sprays. Lime sulphur at а! 
(в) on reduction in Jor dae d for 1 ya ch Me : LU the follow ng varieties of Apples will’ strength of one in twelve, or one in f 
dere yi d ме fn or "tf к and 48 jme be found suitable for your district: Culinary ha armless to the Pea r and destructive f 
paya inter,” a ithe cointa: where ж Lord Gomis Оте”, Ecklinville Sed. mites. 
hours. Dave’ been. ip. excess these ре BON 4 Wilks (early) ^ yon es eta SHELTER BELT ror Евілт Tress : R. H. D. 
hours. ” eroys en ern Wonde Tan astle rows of trees will suffice for the shelt& 
(mid-sum ); Ne on nes Prince For the inner one, 
ressu. sii 
N * deb 
adjustment to round sums) :—Workers essa Чу} eley, Beauty rv tae grows тыну" T ‘the ent Pine thr 
of 18 and under 19 years of age, a Devonshire Quarrenden (early); Cox’ your locality, 
week;. workers of 19 and under 20 ` Genes Pippin, Rs of the Pippins, ‘Allington for the ein ro. Hi 
ears of age, 4s. a week; rsi of Pippin, Ameri Mo jns (mid-season) ; dian Poplar пірі 
50 and under 21 years of age, 5s. a Adams's Pearm: Sturmer Pippin, Sanger bue zm feet apart in TOWS, 
week; workers of 21 years and over, ue ae, Claygate Р Pearmain, ‘Lord Hindlip, a datée TOW opposite the spa 
» 2 6s. 6d. а week с; "with corresponding of Devonshire. The distance between 
Y ne ld nonis vix vt DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTU R: H. Xon would ^ should i ‘about 12 ft. E 
Khu) oS tne URP it ЫН on. Handkys be able to obtain fuil ination and nA Soi: ANALYSIS WY Dr. 
: сазе of those counties tore copies of ‘papers set at previous exami Voelcker No. ii Tod r Mie, Now! 
the number of hours per week are in рош Bers ee s of the Royat Horticaltaral Street, London, E.C.4, M ertakes the 
— а, а ar: 46 = Pec ent Square, Westminster, jen а, soil for cin Tf you ae a ves 
winter, the ve additions wi е 1 Horti tural Societ; 
made, not to the present weekly wages, kai AZALEAS. —J. L. 1 is probably disi the a cial Pure df ка A 
to the present weekly wages re- larger, wider flowers of Te mollis, of the from the шу of the Royal. Hor i 
: . duced to a basis of 52 hours all the Anthony Koster. type esent the true Society, Vincent Square, ! Westminste 
х bi - des vx 85 Марак ун irae the be КАП flowers те- don, S.W. ‹ 
c) An ease in the. MSN. rate ше zalea onea Rhododer ч “pale : 
. . for special class: iti of workers os as does orme куел je 45 уы айса ob. Mee : увах OWTHS ко ү Do was? VINES : 4 
^. horsemen, _and shepherds, by. anaiba Lachs Баш id edt ih: There is à phe. substance in the g 
; amounts corresponding to the increase Mid e flowered among Abe: cr ot the: Your. Vines which points to a deficiency 
in the rates for -ord $ ex- grafted variety. or more of Peli ек minerals—li 
x in the the е counties г or potash—in the son; : 
oW bove - ү nidi à Hinman i 0. ae „ннн of ye e poloratioti “aul large y: epe S pith 8 
S ages Bo ен ve ај under con- Е astrum Amary forwarded for in- that an excessive quan ni rogen h 
sideration the special rates ris E es“ . spection is a seedling or hend d pow A Vit mel ‘Tf no lime. has recen y bee 
men, shepherds, еіс., with a view to modifica-  tatum, a species in Soduced apply 10 lbs. to the rod, after slakin 
ton OF the OU of “шш Шоп. ig Сай Peru more than а се he hybrids allowing it to cool. A dressing of wood! 
which those workers are paid in a number of re very showy s pes “The | form, size and burnt vegetable refuse, spread over 
counties, but they were not legally in a positi к substance се с of newer varieti ies, and are a "of an. inch thick; kaini 
i at 
the moment, and they consider that in the- Nantes om Froma У N. Probably a sbrivell ed seré ii the n potasn. 
P Ў * 
. meantime these workers should not be deprived — hosphate ab the rate of 6 lbs 
. of the increase granted | ae. Ge AO eis ри, Should be applied бог immediate ass 
E where it on making a new rate к NAMES or РгАхтв: North.—1 Phyllera. augusti- followed by a similar quantity of bo 
; к dra) m. Ps new s for oo. brad Ты folia; 2, T н i, Em 2 — pin- steamed bone flour. In some 5015, 
i кушы almia augu: а; ernettya ti in der. 
m К cate ers issus Смс сыл TM Dem 2c - Mene ii tiir ele pion 
CES e анаа hcm Board, 80, i sesle: 8, la ices sylvatica; 9, Tiarella cordi- be iio By the knowledge of what 
= : olia; 10, ) Ledum latifolium ; і 4 Petasites fra- applied io to judge 
ЭХ. Vaccinium mystill E he abov пее pen éd i 
the j^ ү, баш twa гу. 
heria ‘shation. Aid. (i) Pilea maosa; s ove A decr 
у евопи ; $ Manone at manure should be hou bx 
such ma Р 
“elements "ot petes ‘oe ant is Et a 
ADDRESS WE birch Will Mr. J. us of 
Theale, Berkshire, ‘kindly send us full 
' address, А, а letter sent as above, at been 
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