erst 16, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 97 
remities protruding, appearing very like a When we arrived there was alrea uch a 
which has been Шы, апа зо caderas th E it was by the y urest ier] pa 1 Res Saat te азер gre peior: ot 
RU тайшы full - die th tentions of i Г obtaining the last catalogue perfect oval form, There was some conf 
у , the caterpillars spite of the fact that it was an uniformed jn the two classes for aca and t Mel 
is stage are often t with, crowd, a khaki crowd, it was the е of but there = no fault to К бе, 
often unfortunate to them- crowd that is attr by any flower show. which to most € attractive-lookin ‘i it. 
n They are re were the tors, exalted o — Cucumbers ' were the only poor re Ж ie 
very striking in appearance, being yellow- according 4 а. sin showing their ens анэ The air is much to mie 
colour, with a weM define iriends thei ured exhibits and ex- Sere out here, and tliey turn Yellow 
3 stripe. which із, how- plaining MH shay mould have ec if such long t before aac have attained вш Үй Jk 
rrupted at each segment by an orange and "ie had not wits р д соне Ыы» um gr 
e, going аннат. aes the: body: There „78012005 .20 ed ien y inspect MT were p* eat feature of th 
three lateral, narrower, greyish lines exhibit, possibly under the mistal ven e fairly adequate — Kerne these 
m d the same OUR th rs the ey had paid for admission and must get fruits are the most il and. sen 
heir full value. There were critics o de- the cou y > 
that 
f dark Bos Bises: by 
sige ag ты ундеп, green ground 
The 
showing in between. whole body is 
n a covering of whiti irs 
are shining, dark prd x 
the roots o 
n Pond fer 
inter. 
appears in as ay, June and Jul 
т rmm ring, as it does, 
25 ATA across the expan 
EN are violet-grey in colour, 
ed buff spot about size 
n to the body, the 
8.4 Ape at у insect has 
p sieke inl 
habit of pn in compan 
with on the Rose, aci ы 
а. spraying with lead 
EUM eal 
picking or 
A: H. Lee 
TERS FROM SOLDIER GARDENERS. 
МА FLOWER SHOW IN THE EAST. 
€ 
‘it’ as- children \ 
pre day afternoons poring ‘over the 
s in the big re emay Bib 
d padually w forgot fee dreams in the 
у Sgen 2 ина 
r et action 
hay арро, | every 
`р 
à woke 
: hold a dream Sen shinin with ой Tight 
боша scarcely believe that the afternoon 
ive just pos thi 
neatly printed Be ah whic ^ dies before 
There is pi e leas 
е е 
оа, Ca ogue of 
d Programme of Show, 27th July, 
i k бе ss es of the 
fore it conveys 
nds. 
bur; dfe about forty classes 
with ''Class 1, Best 
vegetable) 
— vp 
held (as flower shows have from 
rini tees held) in a level, newly 
ith a haystack in the corne i 
ey thorns an’ most 
т „ДЕЕ Bee oc агсоте 
ona 
ке 
when. . 
wh 
ewe to little circles e аа the whys and 
wherefores of the awa 
My friend an 
e tents thoroughly. 
was e dut. the Blue Division gard with its fi 
es, could show E айу: 
clear skinned, sha ae oe Potatos. 
easy es root sections which 
& fundamental prin- 
ep 
products, 
each ‘class were ' models of 
should be. 
as was to m ege were prominent, 
exhibits showed pro- 
ided е 
he 
a Зеба gan ag 
t 
ing 
same тау! фе said of Swedes, wh 
were, 
general, er .below the ci vole while 
“MR. ARTHUR W. COBB, NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF 
PEURA 
EMOUTH PUBLIC PARKS. 
(See p. 94.) 
white Turrips, though of good quality, were 
poorly represented. | 
here were not many Onions, and what there 
ong gy the кали which are 
Ow! 
Se me 
any for the Cauliflower class, but Thor 
MEIA те, though we uld ге 
7 aughed them to scorn at the poorest village 
show ошо, the prizes they won were well 
earned 
competitors made desperate афет 
Seve d Qu 
to put Mr em on nthe large — of table 
тар fu Radishes. All 
honour 
the amazing 
the G 
Macedonia 
that wring, The 
rst prize green Marrow handsome- 
imen ‘which must have н 1 jittle short of 
in von 
= "x were — all staged. The judgi 
cult, but the prizes ware 
undoubtedly won iy the best all-round exhibits. 
A cup was offered for the best collection, It 
ав an зс уша idea, while it ible 
for anyone to specialise on a variety, it r 
a l-round | чори. à stage 
a and de pie ec ar 
E 9 to eae daa hs the amateurs 
n uch as 
es and Du and e rried 
simply by Fore dirum cli He 
no Parsni Carrots, Leeks, Cabl 4 
rove a promine 
ses devoted 
as was to 
e 
field implements. There hing - 
ordinarily stri about, these, and the 
general consensus of opinion was that the best 
: 
esources 
acc ompanying a koder army 
d yin tools of sis чн Ко 
difficulty whai 
who should 
are about nine hundred and ninety-nine things 
which are done better in civilian life aad in the 
y. I discovered at this function one thing 
e army can do v much better than 
атт 
which th гегу m 
апу Е body. That is the presentation of 
prizes. One рена a Tape the soleci кое, 
the awkwardness о show with am 
ment after sing гаа бн -yet pens 
ceremony at t esent function 
A littl а under че fluttering flag. eis a 
rous distanc t of it, ge 
in one long, led. ioni On the left 
il officers of all sorts. A knot wi 
med to be a шан of white dee s 
насчы ј And 
heterogeneous mass of тї file, soberly 
interested, subduedly curious 0 2 aited 
or the coming of the . ed 
the line of prizewinners. m p ‘they were. 
fantrymen, Artillerymen, R.A. .E., 
Simplici icity, brevity and dignity marked t 
prize- gris A little speech from the emer 
the smart approach, salute 
calied, 
€: i Herbert Mace. 
pr майке on, salute, retire. 
VEGETABLES. 
THE CULTIVATION, N, COMPOSITION AND 
DISEASES OF THE т АТО. 
onths ago, under above title 
the Board o Agriculture and Fisheries issued 
ment to their Journa: volume 
ked full b ак 
The 
eMe уз еше рес 
The Potato Supplement to the Journal of the ard 
of Agriculture, 6d., ей. free from the. Tu of 
Agriculture and Fisheries 3, St James's Square, 
ndon, S.W.1. 
