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. purposes subject io the safeguards already out- = ня Is the red colour a by-product in 
lined. : rom taking place in the leat, or is it THE MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. 
aid Н зра of а direct effort made by the plant 
а issue. жыр, зо wi ich water for some special р se? To these enquiries t month was one of the driest 
should be dd dor destroying eel: I would reply in the following terms. This of d 1 have any record. ere, in Su; 
D ulbs, was, owing to a prin Dessus s error, red pigment 1з very widely distributed over the only a quarter of an inch of rain fell op. 
given as 119 Fo instead of 1100-17 pieni kingdom. Jf you dig up germinating days, and there was a drought of 19 days 
iss Е 
- orns you will often find the fleshy cotyledons the idth, which continued unbroken "at d 
Presentation to Mr. эсе уш уту edt = the an аш the young stem i inge ed w x red; and the clcse of the month. The showers which Т 
conclusion! of the business proceeding, he beens autumn colourmg of any leaves is freshed the western and northern 
recent meeting of the United нае also caused by it. Frequently in ie spring also Ero: а not reach this 1 
ксн апа Кеке Seriei the Chairman, the oe ae bud and the young leaf а en y the land conseque 
n behalf of the member the Committee,  tinged with red; the leaves ot the Ash di moisture. Бае Һаѕ "its wor 
a Mr. mm Bediord with a case of сазе in point These instances all oc eur at it follows a very wet winter and spri 
cutlery as a wedding present and token of periods in the life of the plant when — ihe surface soil, having run together, od ‘ 
regard and esteem. Mr. Bedford has been processes are; especially active—the process baked hard, so that horse cultivation а 
Vice-Chairman of Committee for many years building up-in the case of the seedling or peer: hceing are эшо impossible. ave 
and he is joining the ranks of the ben edicts bud, that. of Байыш down in the dymg autumn quickly killed where һоеі у 
: bef di r. Jas. Hudson in the chargo leaf. As to the eftect of the colouring in the but the work has been slow cost] 
em of the gardens at Быз House, Acto: plant itself, it n coring that in the case я Boim E ex gently wanted for Sita ү 
2j - the autumn the blaze of colour whic an ush fruits, as well as for Potatos ; 
й advised t ere ag = 2 Чез the. pen is of no value Men other vegetables. 
Z glassh during the coming D» is o the trees which peeves it. We can, ur Fruit PROSPECTS. 
, probable. chek coal will again vods nae suggest a use for the red colouring in the Apples and the ^ 5 ofthe Pers а 
only limited aene, be available f Be the Ea case of the young leaf. I may perhaps rem ind were in bloom in what many people 
ing of glasshouses. At present anthracite coal, a e green, chlorophyil- E zd the regard as ideal wi er Y" 
mechanism e plant is able to absor' а 
s аш сер nsidered by nons d io bo s up ior to any from the аач the energy required to build day с. арага DR 
m ед. up food from the carbonic acid gas contained in A х 
Eod be freely pure dor coke in the Е the air; and the water whi is absorbed by y Cea E Е асака 
than in the winter, and where Наваг ail. the roots and drawn up into the leaf. Now, due us fa few IR gir dall 
аМе а stock ‘should һе в secured wel in Are of Chlorophyll is a remarkably complex and % H 
her. m 
n Smut. em UR Лы Onion n grower: 
y 
support this prediction, at ал, 
district. А p at deal of the 
т intense light i 
first time last season. It is highly important to the sides and back of the cells of the leaf. 
that if ee outbreaks ora pera should be. Young leaves, in which the outer protective 
ont t the spread of the skin is very n Y 
к, sooty онар early yet to Bo omo E, d 
8 exposed. p- pov her e private and ie 
E tg pud en Soe PORE E These ‘spores those kom w which derive ` "E decorati ive. dcs д: E xli isappointing after 
ith = ST anco com К deir nated ^ effect from KE К fenis as “ a т жов of bloom. Plums are mor n 
and fe enticed № abies ey? on Caladiums are two wonderfully and a fair ee can da [pere es dep 
ff vor for Onion growin; танае илы ot “which you will have geen.. for differen Vi 
aber oN d s an K planta — be dug ‚ many fine Specimens at this exhibition. Variega- carrying a ET 
E ia TOES Мой is caused by the non-development of the {ау behind, whilst 
ат ‘Bulletin of green colour in paite, pi e eii which is some- fair promise. 
: Prunus yedoensis..— s 
-. Popular rania ere "Series es, m V., times yelow.(trom the e of a pigm ‘Louvain have light érop 
No. 2 (Arnold Arboretum, Harv: Unie own as xanthophyi) or white from total Black Diamon: Mo 
versity) this Cherry-tree has been stati in. emi of colour ] there is а failures. The non-setting of muc 
large numbers in the squares, parks and d effect, from the ees sof a ап mia a in bloom I do not attribute to the 
emple ^groands: of Tokyo. It is a Хаві- the ‚зар. Absence er chlorophyll ‘involves . except, perhaps, in the of 
growing, short-lived tree rarely fifty feet high, inability to carry ou e proper nutritive -and Monarch, which were 
17 e short trunk Jot pe E an a foot in as ages; of the PER on in view of this ee. it _ because Victoria and 
eter emarkable observ: of n 
preadin 
The flowers are e «M slightly fragrant, and 
© iums pedis ow far this ДО чн set well. 
are followed by abundant small black fru can be carried without apparently decreasing ^ said to ha 
Сао 1а Reaves On tho third day of the D 07 Ше piant, Talking of abn Goober, v 
QUK quim tinm Dr. А. B. Rendle, of the ^ green colour hich should b fined to th vd ow. 
‘Natural Museum, рау address in the P , colour, У s e confined to the promise very Men 9 young x» i 
lectur he-d It specially C са. чке the- flower. The green Rose wil of the fruit has droppin in o "3 lar 
ur 
co zal some of.you as a arden cu riosity, presumably owing to the d 
id, is more refreshing to the eye than the but pete Ag sag E phenomenon is a L pert oc sie adis rawberri 
he Fern i x c 
resen 
: + are almost as gr ATERPILLARS беча 
and Son's exhi re Ёз шой fonda Мау malities are more common among plants in cul- .. For the third year in successi 
у tiny d hi aee " di var tivation than in Nature. The “ bling ° of -plague of caterpillars, chiefly of "the 
T qur AM sk E. dc b tiful folim X flowers is really an abnormality, although in Moth group, supplemented Буза 
- which E Ф vent” A eau dh: age, some of some cases—such as the Rose and.the Chrysan-  Jurvae ы б е Lackey, 
3 ih ee Brons tint: пеат has become no! rmal under cultiva- Figure oF Tighe Moths. All kinds s of 
y- f a | ‘ 
asked hat is the cause of the red tint in the иын Fruit .—Fruit ‘Growers who not be 
n trees. The normal foliage leaf growers in East Anglia have ve decided 1e, hold an т ile i t нүө pd bg 
of eem. he colour being due exhibition during autumn at unately, the fine, dry w X З 
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