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June 14, 1919.] 
Queensland, the greatest attention being paid to 
Citru s fruits, kien. nie and Bananas, and in 
the 
ued by 
ent "etatis r the year ending 
, 1917. gives he ЕЯ information 
s to the results v ш шш: the Ather 
T d 
E. district :—Bana Ends 877 bu ше; : 
Pineapples, 4 ac Orange 
ing), 10 acres 
980 "bus Ото (not heár- 
ng), 12 acres; Mee yc 3 acres, 245 
bushels ; ; Mangoes p je bearing), 4 acres 
; Peaches (cres, 195 bushels ; 
4 ‘Bish els ; dtes mons, 57 eve 415 bu artes R 
Pepi Apples, 4 acres, 718 doz 
ional ои ltural Society of Franc ce.—At 
ibition 
Es. Kew Flagpole. —In the hope of havi 
the Posee Fir spar ready ia fying the Union 
рат 
Jack during Peace i dr pre tory 
work in connection with i мерени" й оп теп nced 
on Monday, M The new pole is to occupy 
the site of i ecessor, h was also 
aking an active part in th 
consultation with H.M 
‚Тие Wages Board and “Sum: and 
Winter? Time.—According to Оев d" of the 
Order v. varying the minimum rates of wages at 
present in force f i 
u as 
n the first Monday in меса Жы ending he 
the last Sunday in Octobe , and '* int ed 
the remainder e year, with the e ception 
of certain special classes of workers in Derby- 
shire. Th ages. Board have no to fix 
tħe hours of labour, and consequen r- the 
number and arrangement of working hours are 
a matter for знан, Weg dies d employer 
and worker, subject to the t orked being 
or : 
is expressly defined as 
employment in market gardens and nursery 
The Hay Control.—In view of enquiries which 
Ee to-reach the зе ee = Agriculture with 
Tespect to tne control o we are asked by 
ре Boa oard to explain ‘hat ‘ae hay control is not 
Б АНА the Boa ni of Aen EE The 
ifting, use, price a Е ө poo of hay and 
Е" аге гер шь 
and Regu 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRC RONI CLE. 
culty in making adequate and regular mnis 
for towns and non- producing areas ally. 
The Government, it is understood, 
decontrol hay as soon as this course is prac- 
ticable 
Checking Apple Mildew.—Considerable los 
caused by Apple Mildew in some арс н sus- 
ceptible ‘varieties of Apple, and reports re 
pong by tne Board of Agricu ulture show ge i 
pre valent in some districts this y 
Aii the varieties reported as being att od 
are " Bisinattk, Lane’s Prince Albert, Allington 
Рірріп п, —-— 'Cox's Ога ange Pippin. Experi- 
e show. that Apple Mildew can be 
pe under control if proper measures are 
adopted. Aifter wintering in the buds, the mil- 
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Fie. 
dew appears as these unfold in the ae This 
is known as “рг imary" infectio and no 
oe will preven its ET ERE Where 
"ibi all infected buds should be cut off so 
ey are seen and burnt. 
infection by spores from this first 
be contro 
er. 
mea л у half the stren ai sh should on used Dd 
1 gallon of concentrated lime-sulphur d» 60 gal- 
lons of water). The Board e Agri wei gives 
further particulars of the spread “and с rol of 
this pest in Leaflet a be 
obtained, free of charge, on арноо to the 
Secretary, 3, St. James’s Square, S.W.1. 
| £95 
ANTHURIUM PFITZERI. 
Охе oi the most enthusiastic gardeners I have 
ever met is William xg rere cnc. Stutt- 
art. He was at Van Houtte’s nursery when 
d years ago, 
the same ABS. 
stock nd clev 
plants obtained there 
Anthurium, which the raiser, after whom it was 
147.—ANTHURIUM PFITZERI. 
kindly presented to Kew, 
since it has been one of the 
the large-leaved a ир 
Its parents are A, Warocqueanum 
ҮН ш, and it is a happy eia of the 
leaf characters and habit of these two daga, a 
named by Engler, 
ed species 1 measuring by 
20in , and 6 colou being дЫ a od 
ives veins; 
the Prog 
Fig. wing in a over 
si te slg ы "tho Nepenthes house at t Kew 
it revels in the hea istur 
the ultra-tropical ds of this 
include Calatneas, Costuses, НЕГІ Fittonias 
and such-like foliage plants. W. W. 
