308 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. (Jone 21, 191, 
raiser, гез thought the matter might well be HOME ce silty oma ravages, and they may be shaken off the tre 
studied by a special commission. The demand to a cloth and burnt. Where they become 2D 1 
was п that the names of plants (The Editors do not hold elves responsible for the ful the destruction of young fruits and folage s 
submitted for award should in every case be ons express: a ys corresponden terrible, and kis ^ means epa - Pa А 
followed by the name dE wi raiser or intro- ошен IOE. nir. усак pack daere their increas i The insect 
he sitio; Monsi Rivoir names Clo a ^ 
ot po gs “Congress те с. d that a Sic has existed among a гла ph of young known pi Bracken by i Ж od mme Dum E 
for the stu novelties should be а gar rdén a des d se anb) e sn руны. а ос by thon i 
iei with a sufficiency of funds for the tend their аі ge of their profession. m Gücketbatdy: Hk Deere T RAN 
urpose. phis a foreign language by a visit abroa = a = ee 
Т There have been some АГ cases in whic ‚ныш in Plants 4. A 
Gift of Reed Mats to Belgian c ae these men have reaped substantial reward tor dh obli gni. 8 on pen 
—The Gardeners’ Company is endeavouring to their. voluntary exile. The number of them “Mar Aera — ibutiong d eos T. iu 
se a fund of £12,250 in order to supply re has, ever, been far smaller than that of Since first writing, my attentis 
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mats to Belgian horticulturists. The company ^ young foreigners who have come to England for been called to a Fuchsia — rlo pe ur le; 
has already telegraphed to Belgium an order à like purpose. Thirty years ago a few French and also to a case the o opposite о 
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volume of trade has now to be rebuilt. The highly respected president, George Schneider, a es ipiis ad line of Vid рд which, wh 
most pressing need is for reed mats to replace Frenchman long resident in this country, the eve y be оа. in itself, тау perhaps 
those . commandeered the Germans. The society flourished and did invaluable work. It ге Кай thinking? vi ently, with 
Cler. r. E. A. Ebblewhite), in announcing placed young French and Belgian gardeners а cotyledons каш so commofily as 
subscriptions to tl fund, said that all the Pitable. situations in ‘this HS not, be i to be the e, the Fuchsia, at any nata 
s- gi were expos e observed, as competi and to 7 А ae be re we es as a dicotyledonous plant 
elements, las baas ee ‘cp е more limited extent because ОЕ smaller and simple. three-fold arrangement app 
plants required protect: Each demand, it found places on the Continent ж to spring from within its nature, as well 
cost about a s the “gift would P бесте those young Englishaien who desired to gai two- RN while a four-fold has also been 
beneficial, as would be made, b continental experi d acquire a Ба ed ire varieties, then, to be conside 
elgi о pes P» employment. The tongue. But ots a Mea et is dead, and, ravolutionarily included within 
company had that day voted £200. Sir Charles alas! there ар о one competent to nature of the species ч» n that case, һ 
Wakefield had given £1,000, and among other iJ] the vacant place. Philippe de Vilmorin, the the nature of the ш to be consid 
contributors were: Mr. Joseph Francis, £250; orary president whose influence was far- The least co egi the [iple ie i three 
Mr Ward: › ; Mr. Julius reaching, is also, and the society for four ia twelve da bras aw o be t consid 
Ro eere dn 1 изои Сар Ms. and a half has been МАР utely dormant 2 ее way ot is simal p.e V 
w. uimeas;; an all its active members in this count 
C. G. Ashdown ед “Hansford С.В., and М were obliged to return home and — їп the Arrangement, appears in pees. wes a 
ims Ehblewhite, 25 "eur each. The grand defence of their native land. The society, how- mon univ ie a plant nature, characterised by 
total was £2,560. ever, does not pen wholly of foreign members least common multiple, the factors of which 
Onion Smut in Great Britain —This disease, Stang BE! ies бна Epi. nurserymen, gard- continually recurring in the gs € 
due to ‘the fungus Urocystis cepulae, Frost, thers who have, from ап soe ents of the specimens ‘observ: 
which causes serious losses to ion growers national point of view, almost, mc grow E such a view can be inert a help | 
in the United States and in Europe, is probably. interest in ше revival and maintenance of the шешшп аре of classification, E». 1 
ew to this country. At all events = authenti- iety as those on the other ий were іп pre- might known meory of — 
са of its occurrence in d pre- War days абе supporters о not rather than -of aee or the : 
vious ks this. ear is to be found, ШОШ. it hesi acd to say feat if English horticulture is ой a variety, which is such a stumbling blo 
is known to hav pear vun ле Edin ms about to preserve and extend the ex xcollebt vec to the theory of evolution, wou Ы a 
seven bs: d губи corded i that hast таза, > tween it апа с to be the outcropping of an elem 
the Journal of the Boni СА Agriculture, Onion d uiri e. moro жуы perhaps iUe dime which benar 
Smut has now appeared, must ter е before, it wi e fs atent. offer the suggestion q 
be p to ent it Pom acne itself. time s sine big ne make a move Perhaps otners, besides mys 
It is probable that it was м хар sete ак of the society. bora English interested in the facts 
foreign seed. m ts were made in the cas gardeners, the sons of nurserymen, Fuchsias, established b 
of an outbreak at оннара to v ра “the and еге in the trade who desire ie They certainly do not s 
origin of the seed, but, beyond the fact “that themselves in their calling, ought not to be along the line of the accepte еогу then Я 
1t was purchased locally," no information could ^ debarred зе the facilities for doing so. Con- tion, whatever the true Yom s 
be obtained. -As a result of the publicity given apenas on Diese will also Paes the means be. E. Judson Sage, А.В... i 
by the Board of Agriculture to the occurrence тасар. terchange, and it needs no great Уа 
ог recurrence of this disease, it was pointed [mes dedans to say that the revival of the Potentilla fruticosa.—Mention oi t J b 
out by Mr. S. P. Mercer that an outbreak had ^ active working of such а socie! e as pro- little Potentilla nitida in Gard. Chron., «2 
occurred in 1914 in Northumberland, when Leeks ductive of eubstuhtial benefit to English as it P. 292, su s a shrubby member of the g 
—which : ve sceptible to the disease— will ыя French, Belgian, Swiss and other French- which is чы pes more attention than it 
were attacked. Onion Smu y be i g horticulturists. €. H. eives. This is Potentilla fruticosa, а 5 
its early stage by the presence of dark opaque owing shrub of wide geographical distrib! 
spots or streaks on the leaves. At first, covered The Gard — (Phyllopertha horticola).— ^ throughout the northern hemisphere both m * 
by the skin of the leaf, the streaks soon be- : This insect is causing serious damage to the old and new worlds. It occurs in the 
come ruptured and expose a mass of pple crop in the Leatherhead and Dorking England and in Ireland. This Potentilla f 
spor berated со: inate district of Surrey. In some gardens the chafe somewhat upright-growing bush, usually f 
ке е plan е p attacked in the are numerous that three of them may be two to r feet i ight. he leaves 
ery young stage. k infection urring below the seen feeding on one fruit; ney also devour the are pinnate in shape, are markedly ho ry und 
ground level, lang i in the frst Jar Hence, ев and in many instances this would seem neath. The flowers are fully one inch аси 
t least so far s garden med, it to be "their usual food, as none of our standard s me oasés more. . Of anhy 
i Pong i es the dis z^ hs peces seed. works on gardening mention Ше eee that youn: colour, their value chiefly from 
lings in sterilised or uninfected soil and trans- fruits eaten, with th n of Johnson's mental standpoint, and is greatly en 
planting them, for by the time the rdeners’ Dictiona (Gd e e : orne fr uly ¥ 
ab Y у y the fact that they are b 
for transplan sk of -infection is past. арреатз to be rather local at present and is said early autumn, when few flowering shrubs 
b oe т iod n for to occur chiefly where the soil is sandy. gre best. ' This Potentilla in its v 2 
ёсогёв DEAE t people have not ә ает oed pue season, t particular as oil. 
tran after aloe years an infected field т may still and there are i new pest mime a " vely dry, warm 81 
Didi the di . In case of an outbreak from California, кед or that its numbers AT. ks be xpected of a plant whit 
it is of great importance “that аа а are increasing. рас olour it is brown, with a id тт di н b : ed. there cre severa 
should be pulled up and burned, if possible be- dark purple head, and the under wings ure раје ^ Widely, distributed, | there, der from tle 
fore the spores have been shed. ; bro shape is very similar to that of the Parked varie pe D Sie particular? 
Price of Vegetable Seeds in Lille te ta mon May Bug or ак and from ушы, which has been By 
Warn т tng d : vulgaris), but it is only nilo "i p sciam form is Veite a Pe pa zx 
їп Jardi Ne esting article віле, and flies more swiftly. It lay wee regarded as @.distinct spe "china, Wh 
ar Pied ay; fend" cn horticulture in th A eT С J home by Wilson from Hupeb, China, 
jas А a in the grou: jd or pene of md sd вооп т vi id dling ye Eron behali of Messrs- 
Tiflo ve al ee in the grub 
or maggot. stage under round Bx before odor Veitch anc d Sons. The lea « of this P 
ing into . During this time the hoary, while the joain rely large randi 
feed on oe roots of өе. s and other plants. Pure white. Other varieties собо llow; 4 
Ms ath AGN in АРЫ when they can with large flowers; ochroleuca, pale уе Cojou 
ghe In the ЫН. ог pee Dene Vilmoriniana, a - а ОРА 
ing the trees with. arsenate of lead their form of Veitchii. W.. 7. 
