С Joxe 14, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(Th pei m ү hee тенеке М a 
espondents.) 
Е sed by сот 
Variability . in Pt К 251, 285).—When 
in the Manchester University green- 
idis ped a shoot bear- 
e a inserted a 
, but as it EIE months since I 
T do not know if the plant still 
continued its abnormality. 
пру of growth noted 
л nden 
when e are treated as b: 
he leaf arrangement of "the young shoots 
n 3-4 leaved 
ear the С 
The ow ie ped in the number 
uced “break” is 
low peal sh af otyledonous 
hes, 
ordinary leaves abs ons ; 
- leaf arrangement of this s plant, is also very vari- 
al E mm eei turally Eats ый coty- 
an ne ие 
A de ‘of itl. ыа t ог узе. ural value 
P they are fixed. P. Sargeant, а, ight. 
Pea of t t the National E 
an К Society, the British sheen n Societ 
e National Rose deese will be largely. repre- 
n. nted, {ше uld be n 
а the the + Reliel Fund, 
а Street, S.W., on or ^ before June 17. 
rt Grover, Press Representative 
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CHRONICLE. 
SOCIETIES. 
UNITED d BENEFIT AND 
PROVIDENT. 
Noc monthly meeting of E 
n the R.H.S. Hall, on Monday, Jun 
One ne 
ondinar 
the State pen on £26 7s. 
£4 10s. 
claims to 
to 
6d., 
Society was held 
e 2. ME 
w E срт 
membe 
3d. 
аша. maternity 
BRITISH GARDENERS’ sc qoem 
The annual general Coun 
den 
British Gar 
ing agreement 
m а ‘Agricultural 
ional 
2778 
The Executive was elec 
R. Gr cme 
fide 
and G. Hoc 
( 
C. ieu 
Preside 
ney 
ners' creandi was 
n Whit Mo 
irmingham o 
nei m ei 5,000 
It decided to 
Marylebone), was re-e ce 
(Tottenham), 
een arr 
and 
ted 
(Leeds), 
onemi e (Putney), 
eeting of th 
eld. at 
nday. Delegates re- 
bers were present. 
44-h working 
ived at with the 
Rural Workers' 
follows :— 
H. 
as 
heffield), 
Treasurer м “and 
was 
ected Vice. 
os ы ы lou Lco 
THE WAKEFIELD AND NORTHERN 
TULIP. ' 
N 
a num 
with Mr cia E Wood ig 
Netherwood, 
биче i3 ue 
Reed T Tops ( 
—The annual show of the above 
e 
officiated as 
eral years. 
looms, which were grown at 
of the 
and 
as judge at this show for 
and did so again this 
season 
att 
ows :—Six 
"(Open Ges) 1a at. Toit. 
(Pr 
3 E 
Stockport, Mabel and Mode 
c ihe Local Class for zu) 
Не Gr LL 2 placed 
inn WICK 
In 
the ia 
МккрнАм excelled 
A. d, Talisman, Co 
Hall’s Seedling. 
was 
‚ме 
2nd, 
Lloyd, Talisman, — Mabel 
ill 3rd, Mr. R. Вовгх 
Bus 
Cla for Six Breed 
with the, varie ‘es S. 
Mr. 
m. 
essie тема с ЈАТ 
Mr. NEEDHA 
), 
ety Tulips, 
1st; Mr. J. 
KEY 
o 
Rose Hu p 
ENTLEY, with 
n 
In the Local Class for Six pu ae R. 
Бовгмзом was awarded the Ist Prize. Н. 
„бпл.. 
Mr, NEE 
ee В 
HAM also excelled in the class for 
the v 
ita, ааа Columbi 
Goldfind 
, Mr. BEN 
er, 
TLEY 
arie ене А. Lloyd 
2па, Мт. 
Bridesnaid, and 
299 
ne feathered and 
ax 
NEEDHAM, y толе Collier 
feathered. 3rd, Mr. R. Ков 
——— 
 ———————E 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM 
йыт 
STATE Arp FOR AGRICULTURE a HORTICULTURE. 
as zat 
Ir is pleasing to know that the Governm 
proposes to expend a о тен sum of mon 
on the advancement of both agriculture and 
hortic e. 
It is to be hoped that assistance will be given 
the аай of the practical as well as 
the question. In each 
"e ts of тапш apply for 
and crops. The analysis of soils migh 
ee? aken, for ould be boon 
the farmer if in ks i what constituent 
his il lacked, and he ould also know 
age 
where i uld best serve the interests of each 
individual county. mittee of manage- 
ment should be practical men who know from 
experience the kind of information required. 
Men with no first-hand knowl of agriculture 
0) ommittees, and the work 
should include investiga of crops 
such a farm 
= the orticalaral section, th 
needs m aid. The selection and \ reten- 
tion of the ee and t. of suc! 
as Strawberries, siaa 
Beans and nes eal ОШ domo sul 
xitable i investigatio e of 
d m russels 
Which ‘cannot pro ofitably “be pees under ihe 
isti lut of these par- 
needed is à system P motor transport 
St id uch crops into the towns. 
Such a gr would fee to the increased pro- 
duction of vegetables. 
ese are some few of the pecan such com- 
mittees should set themselves to e, and thus 
be a channel of useful — n; ‘those who 
are commercially шокташ at the same time 
ccnfer a or efit on to Ше 
STIMULATING CEREAL Crops 
he long «шша drought is arin ng its 
wet on the growth of O ч жо € ora is 
ood mu her 
Mus ie jo rate of lewt. 
growth, improving 
€ bulk and quality. 
n of cese 
bes acre will Es а 
the straw and the grain 
коне 
€ is perhaps the 
sheep farmer, 
After 
e 
Mun Kk, September 
Turnips in and October, 
Swedes berige over the period, until Mangolds 
are read in December, January and 
onwards Te 4nd rai Íarmer are а 
oon from January until the middle of у, 
they keep better than Turnips and have 
greater feeding value. For a flock of 400 ewes 
es pip te thirty of Swedes is none too 
no 
uch. Rape with the Swedas, 
find lambs фрон the extra green 
