June 7, 1919.] 
blossom got too forward. There is always a 
difficulty about this, because it is aie to start 
early, before the bloom buds h separated 
their clusters 
so good, use erpillars, together with 
aphides, and Apple suckers, have time to do 
n damage in e bloom clusters, where 
ost of them d their attack. Nicotine and 
soft soap wasn, at the peut time, Cleats 
feature of the season. The 
attack zi Plum aphis, and a D» aphides have 
made a belated шешсе on some varieties of 
Apple; but I ун never before seen Apples 
so free from this 
GREASE-BANDING SUCCESSFUL. 
Grease-banding was tried for i first time 
about eight acres 
on this farm last autumn, 
THE GARDENERS’ 
serious attack, all date: ey affected, 
estimated the infested Sega es per cent. E 
the whol ш апа, аз f the ees are Cox 
Orange Pippin which "generally theives in that 
place, ee талса loss must be Growers 
who are not familiar with this Pd. are advised 
examine their Apple trees at If any 
of the blossoms have failed to expand, but are 
ped over I 
5 The 3 weevil deposits her: pew gl in the half aa 
id the 
bud, and ceases egg-laying when 
blossoms expand, as the grub cannot live in 
the open blossom. Thus a season like the 
present, when the bloom is slow to develop, 
favours the pest by giving the female a longer 
iod for egg-laying. wo remedies аге 
available: (1) To Bats off and burn the. in- 
sted buds; (2) later, dps the  weevils 
nave hatched out and ar the trees, to 
р ze them on to tar RE баға They 
fall гешу on slight E of the branches 
and are held prisoners on the sticky surface. 
Market Drow er. 
CHRONICLE, 
285 
Mecum (1) what leaf St. Patrick is supposed to 
e chosen as A: тте ^ us Trinity, 
g p? ith a to (1) we 
all probably never =o what leaf the saint 
actually did sele imagine that he was 
addressing his audisoce d in an open place, such 
as the slope ok; a bare hill, an open down, or 
some su ch clear ex үре ase, and I have always 
Кат фа, а “leaf de 
is as well to be 
purpose, and 16 is not at all necessary that 
need eem been one of the Clovers or yug 
resembling it, veu as es ew E t is also 
b bea 
esirable ear ind th: rish word 
shamroge (pronounced ‘shams, of which 
Shamrock is cere means trefoil, € 
foliate, o xa aud therefore gives 
r thr 
clue to the real identity of Shamrock ; also that 
=o was used of old g food by the Soy 
and am ven to an article by Colgan, in 
Fic. 143.—messrs. 
vid еч 
vell. us 
lead has dh 
I do not doubt that it has paid 
сот Piste za arse por: Sa 
nnecessary many 
e been ited; for t 
iy hoe this year, and these are not controlled 
d ne So may argue, I used to, 
са а st spray for some may as well 
P ay tor all, and omit banding. re is, how- 
e this great ad antage about banding: it 
ows one breathing time in sp e 
"URS es, if they hà sprayed a 
M be left till last without taking much 
ha Í great im e in a season 
ns a че 4 у = 
bly 
ruit farm 
o oh more 
EDWARD WEBB AND SONS’ 
EXHIBIT OF INDOOR FLOWERING 
(See р. 260.) 
(The Editors do not hold Жин, resi for the 
opinions expressed by correspon ndent: 
The Cabbage Caterpillar 
dents for preven Cabbag 
ing devour = by с herpa lara er poesi mention 
ing. The firs t is my own discovery. 
= Wrest ridge 
., Six inches dist ane 
Carrots ге not rob 
tables 
from the Br e 
nourishment from the green but 
their foliage will spread w ia over t 
prenn and n tterflies * will approach 
then he second expedient was long prac 
Gee near Paris, and was deed e hus, 
with the Hemp will b 
Shamrock (See p с 60, gm —I am mu e: 
obliged to “К.” for is reply im your issue © 
N RANTAS to my inquiry on this subject, an nd 
must apologise for delay in acknowledgment, 
It appear d me шч ше че ity of Shamroc 
depends on what we wan ascertain Spout it; 
PLANTS AT THE CHELSEA SHOW. 
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 
» Ireland (Vol. VL, 1896. pp. 211 and 349), 
(Bla ck Medic) were че. 
ed, Trifolium repens and T. U 
our iost in request in 
ar 
o k 
ТЕ grew in Irelan 
of them ig d А е 
С. Nicholso , The Avenue, 
ко] in Plants (p. 251).—T rence 
dicoty se ince 
be called 
three cotyledons amongst 
lanis s frequent, even if it cannot 
common. I not remember seeing it amongst 
use been at 
r 
camore (Ае сет Pseudo- 
on the ped plant. ree and four cotyle- 
platanus) produces two, t 
