E ent of these islands for the 
"AvcusT 2, 1919.] 
should be made to save money on the 
y effort 
mer by using the pon us s of the 
ler to their fullest extent. The үа manur 
d, th 
E ѕ app. to thon 
the drainage from dungsteads, ya 
8 p.e до, so хашар, should as e m 
and run into the 
licotine for Spraying.— For soñe time past 
British manufacturers of cotine liste 
eed th 
and others needing nicotine gs 
pel 3 "Mrd by the Boal of Agricul- 
@ to send in their orders as early as к 
mut Disease of Onions.—A disease of Onions 
EM Onion Sm faro which has only been 
түн кз 
n 
° with Seilly Isles, The question of the 
urpose of 
р 
15 а permanent, steambo vice al 
ues and the mainland h gaged the at- 
the on landed Proprietor, the islanders 
: par 
lies of th’ esent condition and future possi- 
a isles, for use amo 
ests concer е mg the various 
ned. 
E d Horticulture. —A strong Technicai 
Horti teo has been appointed b e Chamber 
" т" to deal with items relating to 
d - үкси undertake ers of re- 
тек Ta ion, entitl е Horticul- 
i. ssociation, ‘has 
E ing leading scie ific m н, 
nt en а ed to the 
em educational centres oaei the 
1d is affiliated to th 
5 еа will be e Chamber. From 
Геб е the best commercial results 
nii Í tters 
Rin attention of these committees shoals 
etary, С : acar $n othe ech 
“am t 
о W.C.2. The Chamber 
ques tations which can deal 
sition, AN а фисад ye Nardin immediate 
ai at Wisley 
be 
> быш are S 
з of res е specially equipped for 
ры ute Marguerite. Mr. 
orms Us tha f Cape Town, now in 
oy 
Eng 
Р fiat а plane of ће роршаг v double 
d “ly in South ahora, 
grown a 
Yellow flowe са, sported, and pro- 
Pe He has vers of the same style as Mrs. 
a moderate stock of the yellow 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
71 
form and endeavoured, but ерки success, to 
bring a ius with him to this ntry. # NOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Т 
Seed wing in Poland.—Now that bienes e" scd peter need. by corrie sinn rdi 
на а "e her peine, the large number il и 
agricultural and horticultural seed ovem, Phyllopertha horticola. уч reference to the 
pila ‘formerly grew very оң e; «аң note about y beetle (see p. 36, Gard. Chron. 
d merchants, are anxious to establish direst 2 чу: 19), t may pal pact Бүт. Lees and others 
rading relations wi his coun As r з, f ks 
er- in Ju 
ing, w. n s s her hi 
selves into a syndicate called the United Agri- side, at about 325 feet altitude. It comes out of 
cultural Pasce te of Poland, and the leading ig — when warm weather begins and com- 
m han n: 
directo: been on a short visit to England ces to attack Roses, chiefly the “ wild ” ones 
for ibo e of eain ng the needs of this ай > aga with single flowers. It eats the petals 
country d insitti ргорадаш. Offices have and the ns and prefers the blooms of Rosa 
been opened a gh Since у, London, the spinosissima, R altaica, R. rugosa, R. multi- 
directors ads Be oin Died "M. y, ora an e Austrian and Penzance Briars. It 
who has a thorough knowledge of horticulture rarely өс double Roses, thou h, if wet 
and ag iculture and also the advan f weather threatens, it takes refuge а ong Shee 
years’ residence in Britain, to I eo the pee It so netimes attacks Соне 
arrangement and proper execution of growing 
\ 
Fic. 32.—FINE CLUSTERS OF WALNUTS; 
contracts and other matters. Thus the possibility 
opens up for British firms to obtain the seeds, 
bus cannot be economically produced in this 
try, wit] Shout P a necess ity for re-opening 
обесе with German firms 
French Chrysanthemum Society.—The French 
Chrysanthemum Society me has its head- 
quarters at Lyons, has, like so many other such 
to ho g 
if il posite a conference, in Moab: probably 
the occasion of the Chrysanthemum Show to 
лї: 
ich h 
president, Monsieur Max de la Rocheterie, who 
will be greatly missed. of z ре yet known who 
will be elected to fill his 
sionally Berberis, Lycium and the Tree Pong 
ONE ORIGINALLY CARRIED FIFTEEN FRUITS. 
= ые never found it attack Apples, Pears or 
I regularly collect the beetles and 
е thi 
they emerge from the ground. J. 5. Gam Ме, 
88. 
Plane.—With reference to 
The Lon don the 
article on the London i (see p. 47), the 
eng hires Ay be of interest: Previous 
1884, everal hun- 
m 
is, was- not the spec: 
well-marked variety known as the Sn дад E en ed 
Plane (P. orientalis санана), diode which I 
