ч 
е 
TRES 
SS ee Чы ш 
E very 
pinach. 
p 
Ed Beans, the lower leaves 
ing dyi 
June 14, 1919. ] 
slowly; the same is true of the 
next я Ss sabi npe st the Peas 
e 
ving been - кен carelessly on them, 
Пед up around t 
UR was л din number birds 
which visited this somewhat ri А pe 
. Numb tails 
garden plot ers of crows, wag 
larks came he terraces dail me to bath 
in the irrigation channels, poke about 
e had plac 7 
garden, Whose ris it was, bition delving е 
inquisitive dogs and goats, іо throw stones 
s. 
By February 24 several Runner Beans were i 
flower. On the same day green ca 
from this bed, and 
plants 20 s after pulling = m 
actly six weeks пене 
ing. 
as were in flow 
s made on the Turnip 
*poys knew how to run the garden by 
F. Kingdon-Ward. 
FERTILISERS FOR POTATOS.* 
Ir has repeatedly been shown - a small 
dressing of dung—l10 tons to the e—supple- 
mented by artificials, usually giv ‘eager crops 
ES ined nd of better quality ‘han larger dres- 
f 
but in 
\ sulp 
f amm 4 ewt. i 
phate or muriate of potash; or 14 cwt. sulphate 
of ammonia, t 
4cwt. super ho hate, 1j cwt. sul- 
phate of duum of po ^ x. de: i 
dung hie а used M ipie E 
artificials diae be increased. In Pin 
tances the | reco 
o 
less migh 
Баа phosphates шө 
үз: be Брна applied : 
oil and the high 
point in giving too mucn nitrogen 
ба ^o m "ch. p 0s phate ; eres of nitrogen only 
uces excess of haulm and may reduce qual- 
on Manures for May. From the Rothamsted 
ans Station, На а "Herte- Reprinted 
XXVI., Sry of the Board of Agriculture, Vol. 
1, April, 1919. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ity, while excess of phosphate may Fasten 
ripening and bring the growing season to ап 
end. These points are we strated in the fellow- 
ts m the Devor port : 
YIELD OF POTATOS -— ACRE. 
Increasing Phos 
T. ewt. 
400 Ib. super + ET of £ anms and deos 
of Latent 8 8 
533 ^ super р р 
potash...  .. Р vM 
сараи "oye ie 
256 lb. sulphate of amı + sulphate of 
potash 8 
341 Ib. sulphate ot “ammonia Ж superphosphate 
and sulphate of potash Р elt ee 
Increasing Potas 
192 Ib, sulphate of potash + ns. ceder and 
sulphate of ammonia . eR Бе. 
256 lb. sulphate of potash + superphosphate and 
sulphate of amm . 818 
In ui Glas exper of 
c slag and y эми ү-ы Be Nora E enc) 
better than  superphosphate alone 
CHRONICLE. 
291 
tricts , Lancashire, Wales and Somerset, or 
in iua! dm good condition in Herts. In these 
ортаа. therefore, the grower need not 
be xious i 
b ы pa n use 
nate of жш and 4 owt, of superphosphate, 
or 2 cwt. of bone m in TBE Ae the dung. 
Where no dang was applied, in tne pen 
forward districts Se lighter EN pcm 
Herefordshire, Devon, Bedfo , Wiltshire, рош 
ved more necessary, an nd g effor 
On peaty soils the ‘dreasings of sulphate of 
uced, and in the Fens it can 
ether 
n clay Fen land the following has worked 
No d p to 8 ewt. иа; 
40 6с 
on. 
better tha; 
basic slag, both of which rather tend 
to <i = ашы Кос ал gini з ае: 
Lime is to be а r the same 
On 
Кы las proved 
soda and 
Fra: 1 
Hne сш steamed bone flour (3 cwt.) w 
Seen ither. 
In the No АЫ 
ade basic 
45.—CARNATION CLEOPATRA; A BORDER VARIETY OF RICH OLD ROSE COLOUR. 
CARNATION CLEOPATRA. 
The fine border Carnation Cleopatra illus- 
trated in Fig. 145, attracted a great e ot 
шок а& Ше Chelsea Show by reaso 
fine size and = ссеПепф f orm. It was rais зн дыг: 
exhihited by v. di The colour 
he is spread evenly n 
nes drills. * On the top of the dung the arti 
al manures are applied, then the Potatos are 
lanted, and the drills covered. 4 - 
ageous' to apply the basic sine 
when this fertiliser is mix Ave! e of 
onia hn nd e there is Ree to 
be'& loss and, further, the mixture 
does not Желе * we ell. 
Where dung was applied tne omission 
potash did not prove serious in cool, moist ak: 
of this eie 
ing colour is pa 
patra is a border — À of the best type, 
and it w: Award of Merit by the 
ы Horticultural осун Floral Committee 
Тау 20. 
