98 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ecial Reference to the Season 
pe 
or Бома 1918 „Сова Snell ALB. RE, BSE); 
tos Ord er, 1918, and In- 
spection of ssi Grop 
The first two icles 
one on P in endid written [o 
ly. The 
cles 
essrs. Cotton and Taylor's article is worthy 
of the closest study. a that very 
many our troubles wi 
from careless clamping 
No problem associated w Potato culture 
to-day is more important than that of Wart 
disease, and the Board of Agriculture does well 
this subject in a 
irk, New 
e been by Dr. F. 
а “whereby gd Snell will in future devote 
to th This ar 
e WOrk. angement 
t Nn great national Rica rtanc 
of the work, not n made a day too soon 
it will enable Mr. Snell to undertake 
trials 0! in t of immuni 
trust it will о him 
ood, well-manured, 
rate the 
es е arieties as 
sonal remove s prejudice 
pago lead to eid же prio in non- 
will p e 
this t 
ол traders capris “would I ‘bespeak an interest 
in this wonderful 
all who are vele 
ihe great i atay of Potato growing flour 
W. Cuthbertson, Аче peus Midlothian. 
The Bais, a. "7 ible for 
he Latcors T 
Pelargoniums.—As ав old 
culti T, seen the rise ап 
ine of шап 
plants, I was extremely pleased to see the illus- 
tration of the variegated-leaved form of Pelargo- 
nium cri Fig. 39 (see p. 82), and to learn 
that the plant was awarded a First-class С - 
um 
Р 
cate by the Floral Committee the à 
Horticultural Need on the 29th ult. It is 
questionable if д honour has been b 
supply 7 sprays for nosegays, when these con- 
an informal b { 
unch of flowers and 
re is the way in 
к nne pue st Os are in 
related. » Pieces NM 
handled, a strong Citronlike 
s, ma os, imd 
curious large, woolly-leaved 
tly like Pe 
ак 
Р. tomen smells int. 
m some the Nutme сан is very noticeable. 
€ bes fragrant- eae i wi 
once more as i 
San the bounds of Г possibility. 
y indebted the 
v eee bit of growth, and w 
time grown as train specimens. It 
ie very се as а wall or pillar E in 
the ae gite eod piod um larger than 
thos very EON y. 
doen ping te on з dh has Lilac 
ccloured blo inn there are Соус (bright 
sedente] CN Kingsbury (magen 
Roilisson's Unique (violet crimson, 
and Scariet Unique (soft scarlet). 
ше ре, 
Abu vitifo| —The arks o N. 
on pac тшшш axe interesting. “This most 
beautiful shru ip я hard, d less fasti- 
dious than i n bel There are 
гети in this nro кдна. м 15 i in шым, 
a moderately open space, and 
ing 1 
Ык soil. P al ML En m these Bii та in 
1915, and plan the seediings in 1916, just 
— joining the inue, Frais here in 
rch of this and was _ 
pleasantly Dior Уе s find el ^m "plants were 
about 6 ft. tall They are growing in stiff, 
year were covered with 
clayey soil, and this 
beautiful mauve flowers. 
16-17 was very 
suffered. 
from this year 
Some of these т а planting eh w 
feel sure роп vitifolium will do ak with 
its *toes" in water. F. J. R., South Stone 
ham батасы yum ythling, Southam pton. 
The Late Harry Rabjohn (see p. 99).—It was 
with the deepest акъ os i learned € the 
death of this promising young gardener at 
ies ieee Gardens, Debien, Наа Few 
a greater loye for gai ardeni g than Mr. 
Rabjohn, and the gardena at чока were main- 
tained at a high state of efficiency in all — 
bue He ially excelled іп ve 
culture, including salads, Sweet Peas and с 
g n nerally. e Twickel gardens 
е or their fine Orange trees. Part 
of his ca was t in South Africa, 
d on his return he took up an appoint- 
ment with Messrs. Wills and Segar, at 
Kensin wards going to Welbeck Abbey 
as decorator. He wen Holland some 
seven years or more ago. During his stay at 
the Cape, he a and collected the native 
flora and intere himself particularly in the 
genus Stapelia, E eus де had a fine collec- 
tion Fu dried s Ernest Beckett, Fota 
Gar MER. 
Publications Received.—The Flow 
inp the Bee; Man pele and Pollination. 
ohn H. Love : Consta 
Tid. Price 10/6 xit A Study - of Compsi- 
lura cone innata, an imported Tachinid 
Parasite of the. Gipsy Moth and t 
prot: tatl Moth. By Julian J. Culver. 
No. 766. Was nogi United Stat 
Department t of Agricultur he Rice Moth. 
By F. H. Chittenden. Bulletin No. 783. Washing- 
ton "United States De ment of Agriculture. 
Horticultural “Resources. Бу Sir Frederick 
e , М.А. Pese Rg sig mius ety. 
Struc: of the Maize Ear as 
Indicated ай Zea. емис Hybrids. 
By C : Reprinted from 
the TU rei е cf isse June 16, 
1916. Dairy Farming under Small 
Holding Condit Board Agricultu 
т, Fisheries Guides to оет lders. Price 
CHRONICLE, 
[Aveusr 16, 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICUL 
gre. During the 4 
Mr. Jas. Hudson gave a lecture on “ Frui 
in Pots.’ ў 
Floral Committee. 
Present: Messrs. H. B. 
John Green, G. Reuthe, John Heal, 
00! Geo. Harrow, C. R 
J усу C. Dixon, 
J. т. Bennett-Poé, Н. Cowley 
AWARD OF MER 4 
Gladiolus Mrs. Swainson.—A { asing д 
that show dins in . primulinus j 
hooding o ent. The flo 
of large rh ble broad outer segmei 
are of a clear cream colour, and three | 
inner segments of a light ма оз yellow | 
of the flowers showed a few sti 
Shown by Messrs, J. KELWAY А 
Gladi a p i ж. е 
feature E inei meei 
presen ited a 
рен of Hs iden (t ic 
ed streaking; Аа Girl E A y 
hybrid, was v у 
of the “blue” varieties, of light 
with y expand 
deep rose-pink, with red blotch; and P 
the forty bowls and vases stag 
of various sizes (Silver-Gi 
The v — named M. Johan 
this fiia a clear canary-yellow, l 
esting because the expanded wos: ж 
single row, instead of 1 
ge 1 
J. ar he mpeg s grou р ч 
includ a hod asi A 
тозе- ag Mo nt о! ° 
iby ey (йш Pana 
pond 74 CHEAL 
Roses an 
the latter had suffer 
Banksian Medal). 
OF un 
=- 
Messrs. РЕ 
tributed a selection o jc. chier E 
