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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avcvsr* 9, 1919. 
EDITORIAL NOTICE. 
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when letters 
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Say in the week pr seio, ind 4 n by 
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Illu € to receive 
ditors dr yel ti 
drawings suitable 
strations E 
and to m. "photographe". e" 
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jor reproduction p ER i о] remarkable 
flowers, trees, pes гаки be responsible 
Jor i jury. 
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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING 
WEEK. 
MONDAY, AUGUST 
United Hort. Prov, Soc. Com. meet. 
Ben and 
TUESDAY, AUG 
Royal Hortigultural ые Committee’s Meeting. ` 
Lecture by es Hudson, at 3 p.m., on. “Fruit 
Trees i 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13.— 
ivi 1 Ре ношеша) Association's Sho of 
Flowers and les, to be held in abe | Corn 
z sts (2 MD Southam 
iety's Summer Show. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15.— 
outhend Fruit and Vegetable Show, to be held 
im the Chalkwell Park, Westcliff, (2 days). 
pton Horticultural 
AVERAGE MEAN for. the. ensui week 
deduced ia oe observations meang: „the. st Afty 
years at herein 62.40, { 
ACTUAL TEMPERATUR ; 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, 41, жын о Street, 
Covent Garden, London, Wednesday, ` Aug. 6, 
10 a.m.; Ваг 30.2; temp. 679. Weather—Bright. 
h the weather 
Vegetables ү Ur been more favour 
for Winter and able for the growth o 
Spring Use. stem vegetables; the 
й spell of drought оме 
which suffered i е. 
is likely to betray its effects in a~ lative 
rtage of vegetables in the and 
spring. This p юзер shortage шау ре 
aggrav. r Potato e and 
this for ti aa vg planting: was in 
many с dela; that the acreage 
under Potatos p 1 w a large 
reduction from that of last year. 1t is, 
therefore, important tha effort 
should m to prevent shortage b 
utilising all a ued for th 
sowing an table crops 
oe will be ‚ available "er use in 
the 
varieties which are likely to give good 
les 
inda Hen 
wy rarus in the leafle 
e the oet of he Cabbage тае 
Cabbases, Kale, 
owe and b nva property cooked they 
are also amo he Leek also 
has this merit, ie i he: m " bring 1 rete 
sticky soil am better condition. The net 
te of roots which it forms appears to 
aid in the. disintegration of the soil, and 
Peers it more wo 
Another ve setable gms CE hould be 
grown more freq y in gardens is Good 
King Henry, jor ‘thou v n oye had 
no experience of sowing 
sumimer, we see то rea HR Hi tiie 
summer a tumn are favourable to 
growth a good supply of the inflorescence 
the part used for food purposes—should 
not be obtained in early springe when 
2а vegeta ables are always scarce. We 
hope that gardeners and others Who have 
‘indo £s Кре cial practice of growing lat 
summer sown crops will do all that they 
od ; hood e this method of aug 
se 
food production by thos 
sn pun that seed time and harvest are 
ynonymous with s spring and autum 
Speedy Fruit Picking.—The daily Pres 
үч ta "Mrs. Mayhew of Hickling, JNorfolk, 
n а rud v4 eee ring 184 stones of 
Black ii in 104 hi 
iing.—On the 14th ult. the 
members of the Brighton fete and’ Sussex 
Horticultur: F uction Society 
2m the e garten Castle on the occa- 
Eridge 
f lety's аш outing. The party, 
thirty in umber, cae cs gto Бун "e 9.22 pam 
dor ‘Tunbridge and о: val spent 
pleasan gU ig pe ax т famous 
Common and through the town. Luncheon was 
served at the Swan Hotel F. Woollar 
2 
r 
"The with their 
vm. evill. 
{ vily-laden trees, the masses of scarlet rela 
berri urpassing in anyth ing that the 
majority of the Ат "had ever seen—were 
Mee with the keenest interest, and the kitchen 
а 
was thoroughly enjoyed by 
leaving the Castle, | tea at the Gun Hotel brought 
the day's proc: eedings to a close 
The Brent Valley Bird Sanctua: 
Valley Bird € ot the 
has been ished f. 
uary.—The Brent 
Selborne Society 
with orders for 
Nu cw Aphides.—The disease of Apples, com- | 
only known as Aphis, Dolphin or Ж... Bug - 
Blight, is at tim s loss a : 
leaflet’ traces briefly я 
their life histories, and finally suggests treat- ' 
ment il destroying € pests. The only satis- 
facto; 
А of the ee B Nec obtained free of 
harge and pos application фо the Bo ard, 
2, St. James’s Squats. London, S.W.1. 
National Dahlia Society.—The nal | 
— Society will hold te annual Exhibition ў 
Tuesday, September 9, in conjunction with - 
the cage еа of m: k ( 
cultural Socie the Lond i 
s Dahlias, distinct, in e : 
ssion on Agriculture. тһе 4 
sion on - 
e Royal Commiss 
rned meeting of the Royal Commis; 
ge e previous meeting, 
in ант 
steps ertain e 
y tho Government to the terms of 
lar 
rs of employment except "2 
an economic effect on thy 
consider what o: 
be or make any recomm 
That the. Commission ur es 
subjeot of Колу о of te 
costs of paccm and to t 
pr of the farmi 
'ospects ng in 
ion then decided upon the gener: 
investigation e quse and 
ents. reply to inqui m. 4 
nun yi w io prevent any тиївсопсер 10 : 
its. іса to use ^ Басре t 
рото іа UR cases = -— Ed Ms once 
