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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
[єтї 12, 1919 
eee к well. It is hoped if the Leg 
essful to establish an oil industry in 
supply, or is in wa repair, and as E 
on acce of 
um sum Rund under 
the Orde: The maximum sum which y be 
deducted f. t uum in ct of 
a cottage free from the above-mentioned defects 
is 3s. for all counties in England and Wales, 
except Northamptonshire, Herefordshire, Mid- 
Bucks, and parts of erset, where the su 
is SR ‚ and North Bucks where it. is 2s 
f complaints as to cot- 
tages so > fa Daria by о Wages Com- 
tees has not been large, and fro gms many 
mpa int eported. 
districts со has 
Private gardens or estates are dd held TE the 
ard to come ihi the scope of its Orders, 
xcept сун produce thereof is grown 
wholly or. vM ү for qo - But in pue utter 
hold the view oe FA 
tates] of their fixing apply, and Aer 
Potato an 
allons of water. When a sample of Wheat is 
poured resi into this solution t 
k 
ma 
Wheat - rinsed wit! 
e 
does not ран attack 
is starved out if its host р ап we noi jue 
Land Settlement for Ex-Service M 
е н кошо йу. two Со ed 
ah the Board o 
a 0,000 recent applications | fo small 
holdings у: ex-Service men and others. Between 
7,000 and 8,000 of th 
as su 
„area affect 
ceeding 1,600 a 
June the Hoard: oh A 
e last sr in 
чат Es approved the 
1916 01918 рне ving вл - "- око purchase of nearly 4,000 additional acres by local 
їн E by 115,539 res, or cue for small à kord ee urposes. 
19. r cent., the areas under cultivation PAUSON nghamshire, Bed- 
being—1916, 586,308; 1917, 709, 1918. аро, ‘Cambridge, ‘Chesh{es: Cornwall, Derby, 
101,817. lt will be seen that from їзїї to 1918, es Kent, Lindsey (Lines.), 
hese ecreased by 7,416 acres 1.0 Бош gone mpton (Han на): Stafford, 
cent. : B a decrease of r^ acres m uc "anl ex, Warwick _ Wiltshire, еу, 
Мол SRM arch ЗА Танаш, раа area Denbigh, Flint, and Glamorga C ML be 
in Connaught increased by 4,856 acres, and i gathered from this list of a lide pet s ари 
Ulster by «2,765 acres. - Antrim showed oe approved that the interest staken by local 
ncrédse ake acres, Galway 1,840 acres, authorities in the biter land for ex- 
£a 1742. асгез, Roscom mon .1,6 Service men is genuine an espread. Sine 
acres,” and Mayo 1,500 acres, on the the beginning of the year Counts Councils act- 
СЕЕ thesivea: deersased in ‘Con Be: 4 ing under the Small Holdings and Allotment Act 
acres, in rE es у 2,809 acres, have bona for this ie фарс! with the onal 
by 1,265 acres, | in. Kilkenny ix 1x acres, © Of the Board of Agriculture, close on 37,000 
e área unde it in ed from 15,567 acres „28е 3 acres in England and 2,938 acres 
in 1916 to 17,024 acres in 1917,and to 18,503 Чп Wi Possession so far has only been 
in 1918. Th linerease from 1916 to 1918 obtained of about one-seventh of this b 
was 2,936 acres, 18.9 per ce The area in of the y the authorities will be 
Ulster ir d by 1,900 acres, in Leinster by -Service "nearly half of th 
5 acres, in b: Ress and in land bought. Tt should be added that the Boar 
Connaught by 122. acres. Armag wed an Of Agriculture and the local sa el pe 
increase of 601 - Down, Antrim, ar while are co-opera ng (0 „train the`future small 
and Fermanagh, each showed dn ‘of holders or to find 1 plo) t, y 
over 200 acres. The total | by that M баз» аг бан es ae the Boa 
1,479 acres, cr 8.7 per cent. fick, 1917 to 1918. for t ase of over 100,000 more acres, 
The area in Ulster increased by 752 ac s, in including upwards oI се eres to be acquired 
Leinster by 348 , in Munster by 287 aes М ise of c mpal y 
and in Connaught by-92 acres. Antrim, powers "s. m is dada that purae land. een 
Tyrone, _ Tir Y Londonderry, each = aunobtainable by amicable cel ation local 
showed "an i of over 100 acres : "authorities I. dc eges to ask for powers 
Eel ЖО? е, innumerable _pests which. Wi stn 
attack vated plants Eelworm is one of the | Lemoine, an officer i 
most se aioe ыи. because owi ootheir Td 16 a Regiment of the line, and son of M 
illions the evil which th еу do is often ascribed Ra e the well-known nurseryman, of Nancy, 
to “cultural: defects," - Like pests —- ha У mention “Four times ш irr 
Eelw ате by no means e termina EN ouis Lemoine has been three times wounded 
tion. hen distributed | generally through a 2 has been awarded the om. of Chevalier и 
soil they сап only be got.rid of completely: on of Honour | M. [че 
far as is known at present—by a thorough another sun whe served in the ынд 
sterilisation of the soil, € is a difficult opera also been mentioned in Arm y Order 
ue Se which, = far soils in the | open ——News has only just re ins us of the death 
ere, 
however, as occ curs cases, 
carried in the x vedi ial measures are both 
practicable and successful. Thus, in a recent 
paper on the subject of Eelworm. Бк eat,* 
Mr. Byars shows that. the “cockle P. 
which are infected by Eelworm may те аг 
from i шок 
devied by 
ns үм м salt brine 
3 Johnson, of Wiscoi 
к Вуе. То o apply x 
od a 20 per cent. sen A ey. made 
by dissolving 40 pounds of c in 
* The c= Disecse of Wheat and its Control, 
By L. P. Br Farmers’ Bull. 1,041, Fa 
of Agric. Marec 1919. ые 
Bor р Багы; which 
tleman was a greai 
horticulture at pim well known 
He oten 
in we of Prince took place at 
This f 
"M ee 
EE ees € and p t tho For 
Members пена of the "International Horti- 
тау Exhibition held at Chelsea in 1912. 
e Single- 
res ыы 
blications Receiv 
end Cont ach Canning of Tea 
Fe pot. ries VII. 
oid Yor! Thi eth Annual P» t o 
же ишш Soc Soci da iw е. роті | 
Toronto: A, T. Wilgress. аа 
НОМЕ CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The Edi.ors do not hold уунан оо 
енен рее — 
Е.Н.5. іеї т desired by 
Presi mi and бошоп of ‘the pie al Horticull 
Socie! 
{ u 
yo pA ie P all the membe the 
cultural trade who supported t lety's 
Relief Fund Féte, the Council's sincerest tham 
the whole-hearted response made to their ¢ 
for help and co-ope ion, an ru — r: 
und the Society to 
d und for g 
d ейп acc Т gardens | 
of our Allies. t is anticip 
i y will: 
made known as soon ai 
дсй Royal Hortioull 
J o Ee folia (see 5).—I 
interested in Mr. Arnott's credi t this pa 
e x 
goo a pa abd. "of P the | pla 
n a ops in sharply-sloping, wi 
und, in a sunny situation. 
year one Sud confidently pax for vana Я 
dozen ог more wi 
scented flowers. 
" 
g I 
he warmer rts of the country t 
tion of lant should not offer man 
difficulties. О ау is pid m A ck l 
addition of lime some form il lackin 
in this con situent cdm ba he! pfol: J: 
Bat 
Halliburton, Royal Victoria Park, 
as 
and was fed libera 
ms and various other hem in 
uding lice, which are arently 
expecially ырк by the littie an! Dg h 
ured mole is a voracious eater and fier 
е burrowing Aboni in its caged dampi 0 
= or three hours at a time, then res ting or s 
g fora сатри Леп ngth pri time. It would bel 
teresting to kn ow if any of your readeres hat 
e h 
Plants.— e that @ 
efine as жы ark гасна: - ) 
th as not à 
00 
su permanence 
creativo principle i in Lesen or species eei 
calyx of Eucharidium may be regarded a 
ле р immuta . Ina previous mae Im ent 
Begonia big a superior ovary and open carp 
гэв ova d Prunus Ce ram 
ne poon 
