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Ш а good г 
i dof Phormium "tenax, for 
^o" undertaking. 
oes Seed Cultivation in America. — In a 
Mer read before the American Seed Trade 
n to believe that the ess e 
fibre, will pro 
» and “it 
an inds 
hs acreage ARE 
Arp we ex aor ct jore 
et Pea 
wn seeds have 
i ested-their vitality has been in y саз 
to that of imported seed of the 
This the 
a3 g 
komm pA meeting of the. Village 
Association, held Sat m Pall Mall, 
Re in 
; V with a o 
iif On the suggestion К) the 
he Cou Co 
т slides 
a'o быш pamphlets < 
the Assoc 
op E e "va gu s 
У 4 i Thitely aries, Village E u 
Imith D2 e subjects dealt 
Ed raft Rules toe "Village Clubs," 
23 wand] Facies, ? *How to start a Club,” 
Building Plan 
a Improv асби of Freesias.—An interest- 
43 article on progress in breeding Freesias, con- 
uted by Mr. V YA 5 n 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
95 
was followed in the 
pure white 
LN Fischer 
usual garden variety, but 
early years n — Marsa? x M 
Р 
form Purity, olp 
йеп of Long Tel iud, Another pem ance was made, 
which Max Leichtlin discovered in an Italian 
nursery, the variety 5 замн as Е. ichtlinii, 
a strong growing plant with w ell- Lshaped blooms, 
of colour verging from sulphur еер yello ow, 
with deep orange blotch. Ner: beer fo 
Herbert Chapman produced the golden- yellow 
variety known as F. Chapmanii Hy /bridisa- 
tion between F. Leichtlinii F. ngii, 
chtli x Armstro 
the new pink- Saved species, and the original 
garden Freesia has le of 
mere with apricot, ся еу 
flowers. F. Armstrongii, p 
Natal, into commerce about 
NN [е uction 
flaming em ge 
species from 
ie and 
came 
Fic. 
though iacking in fragrance, prove ed of gre eat 
value to the hybridist, and by its use Freesias 
of flower colour 
copper, red, го: peels, and even violet 
blue have à produced. oubling is also 
eginning to appear, also departures from t 
normal stature in the direction of dwarfness 
nd tism, and m e corolla 
In , the Freesi now embarked on that 
voy f discovery which all g arder 
flowers enjoy when once they have consented 
depart from the se bad at-home pattern which 
t 
White Fly and its пепо. NET ve 
White Fly (Aleyrodes vapiriridru 
44.—CATTLEYA ILLUSTRIS; SEPALS AND 
serious pest in glasshouses, attacking prac- 
tically every kind of plant. During: summer 
nay spread from the glasshouses to 
adjacent plants out of doors Th “adult 
ae tiny white “flies sometimes 
as “Snow Flies." The females lay 
spe ur ipe aves of the App and in 11 to 14 
produc — louse-like 
VELA w which w Ur Peut pu o to four days, 
then settle down on the anders of ie leaves 
sucking their sap and becoming rather like 
small, "transparent, scale insects. The scale-like 
stage (including a resting stage) о Di 
50 to s days, accordin \ 
and a f tl 
Fly эй and the cycle begins dida. 
the young stages the pest secretes much “ Tien. 
PETALS BRIGHT BUTTERCUP. YELLOW, LIP 
WITH SREMSON MARKING, 
(See p. 92.) 
dew," which clogs up the leaves and usually 
s 
ча affected with a black “оша,” thu 
adding to the damage due the los sap 
Foie to = : 
waxy secretion, sprayin 
ae bolas i Fum 
acid gas is undoubtedly best remedy ; failing 
this, repeat umigations with nicotin Pyre- 
thrum preparations. Sulphur vaporis are re- 
orted to have been successful at times, bu 
evidence is not conclusive 
mpossible and spraying only can be У chee 
continual appli tions of soap solution 
potash soit so and water 10 ed pe 
paraffin — may be tried 
