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ent of wages is illegal, but it has been 
p ag 
ery common in certain districts for farmers to 
atn such i е to their labourers 
** allowance perquisite." Some employers 
n ihe cider districts, in view ei 
ir men. 
inquiry from the Agricultural 
oard of Custom and Excise 
e duty on 
i 
purpose wit! 
of the liue: in accordance with 
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officers 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
9 
dealing with matters through Government 
departments. Florists, nurserymen and market 
gardeners will gratified by the approval с 
their achievements in he э increase de 
food supplies the country during 'the past 
five years, in a note from Dr. Keeble, Controller 
t Horticulture in the Food Production Depart 
ment of the Board of Agriculture, where it is 
shown. tha of the leading nurs ^ and 
florists, к holding 2 acres, 
devoted no less than 4 acres to the Fari pie 
of food ls rapi in “i918, and also that out of 
at ea of cres of glass used for flower 
an plant ae ation in 1917, no fewer than 222 
were йш production in 1918. Ап 
ic Horticultural кше: shows ‘how 
igo this bra ness is, and how 
clesely the sund bs trai ecome allied to 
M of the pees thus j паб уло the Federa- 
s decision to include 5 Sundries Sub-com- 
bene and. section in its activities. It is 
of such an association as that of the British 
Florists' а eee: which was ultimately able 
to persuade the authorities to relax suc 
unjusti able preclusion. The > Bulletin 
the Rules of the Federation, and t R 
the Committee for 1918. The membership 
shows a gratifying increase from at the 
end of 19 o nearly 300 at the beginning of 
1919. The financial statement sa isfactory, 
for the balance sheet shows a small sum in 
hand; the estabiishment charges point to great 
economy in the management. 
Shirley Poppies in 
The fine effect 
Shirley 
he Pleasure Grounds 
i by a дЫ b 
y Poppies in association wi 8 
roundings may well be eon INT the illus- 
tration reproduced in Fig. 6. Few D - show 
greater variability colour and c inly none 
has more refined ой thar 
1 afi ‘modern de- 
velopments of a chance offspring of one the 
ed Quirements of the Statutory Regulations 
к, 325, 1917, made under Section : 
(2 E 
réla il асаана. 4.e. 
llo ons, xt i. one he to one те. 
zm cences, Justices’ as well as Excise, are 
Florists’ Bulletin.—The first number of 
publication, issued by the ak Florists 
tion, contains a i and motes of interest, 
Ко y to iade ts, but to all intere: mc in 
Eon coe, As re eh ers are aware, the era- 
flo an ui whole: sale and "retail 
; orists j in men Br gm 
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generally. ! 
Breat adv 
own mem growers 
d it gives ir nis evidence of the 
antage of co-operation, especially when 
Fic. 6.—SHIRLEY POPPIES MASSED IN WOODLAND. 
m 16 to learn that a large proportion of 
goods ee - the term of 
“horticultural sundries ' formerly from 
Germany and Austria, ‘an "that home-made 
articles are now 'available, rendering it u 
necessary to so abroad to meet the wants of 
trade in this ect. W. Ladds T 
espec 
tributes an interesting article entitled ‘The 
aca in Commerce,"whilst Mr. H. Page 
ome beo hints in a note entitled í ‘The 
ез 
Ёш isiness End a Florist’s Sho The wat 
has shown the js im ас ТЕ bulbs to all 
who are concerned in the production of flowers 
especially 7 ones for market—and the 
vw ty been made by the Federation in per- 
suading tl d os dnt to remove the embargo 
a certain bulbs from abroad, is amongst the 
useful work it has undertaken. ne о 
the ЧЫМ mysteries of the official mind 
was the ions ed upon the 
ve 
ere restricti 
exportation. "ol € : 
Guernse the country where much 
money had eae sak in the indu stry, and this 
fact alone provided ample reason fo; the needs 
[Photograph by E. J. Wallis. 
commonest weeds of our corn fields Althougn 
the colours and colour shades are so varied, tne 
all queo so readily the at th 
cord a large bed rs ga all 
variations, oppies offe 
large park o 
eni question Fi cost 
ered, thi 
be serious 
i is wore remembering. 
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