112 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Auausr 23, 1919. 
to p in. the f A. statement p hel ' japonicus var. albo- 
is to eiim the mé an of tne farmer for the ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. gp ó, Spiraea rm pot 
next ы gue i ly needed. Last osi e x E 4, S. discolor; 5, Buddleia nivea 6 
y cr as fixed at £8 per ton; this year, so A GARDENER's NOTI It is usual for 7, Spi n: B 
faz, no к\з= Жанр is forthcoming as to whether a head gardener к p^ and receive a month's о — Ў 
hay i в to be controlled or not. The hay crop notice on terminating an engagement, but aurea p Cupr 
+ imal = M lf gt eae o here appears to be geen rule on the ibo- -varie és А пірег 
е average, 1 е prospect of hay being question, and as you ipee and fastigiata; 4, Thuya occidental 5, Cupressus 
£12 or £15 per m d " k for the sheep ha written n ded nt, you be кенгә var а ‘amen Ws 
farmer is very rther reduction rega by the courts as only sited i a Lawsoniana var. er 
of sheep will be a sie jatana 1 loss week’s notice. The icle entitled “A pisifera var. plumo: 
In our travels we did not find a single example Gardener’s Notice," ^ publish in rd. jana v 1; 
of a satisfactory crop of roots, not even of Man- Chron., ^ = 22, 1919, p. 143, might be variegata; 10, Querc 
golds, whi easier to obtain than Smeden; helpful to onica Bumalda var. An 
ips, R Kale. Last yea angolds, p 
e Goss Salis. sid pilosa s" са per Соскснағев dam IN FLOWER BORDER : tear Douglasii.—B. and W.: Руш 
ton; what they will be this winter, no one ca = deed grubs are not very ч got rid M uet pe hare w. 
tell. For the sheep farmer Mangolds provide of, but hens penned on the EN ccs " em eNe ү TERT oe TREES 
one of the best of stock foods, sE е in spring, whe be pene à зеро E 
feld hem ве: 
Eyre "ot Bread Clover is short 
now shrinking in bulk, and what тоша 
BAGES FOR swim FEEDIN 
vily О ubt suitable 
wholes 
ammonia. 
are two methods of cultivation: (1) 
-bed and trans 
plants to the proper distance. 
—— tite ane ae ‘practised in the 
it entails less less labour. Horse Bom 
s the 
can bo dete ted. Many growers корне. to ges 
the nstead of growin; шоп from seed ; 
they are re unl vas be een i 
pa 1,000. 
Feier тей by d 
should be 
с, of plants becoming in 
delay d d transit. 
eld intended to receive Cabbage plants 
and deep D tivated. As 
unbroken 
: sequen: 
ing if the plants are in наус т 
—— кё to the furrows and at right angles to 
uitable varieties are selected, _ seeds so 
consumption from October to early spring 
wn in LM A ; are re- 
moved partly and partly from Feb- 
ruary to April, "wi пасті Cabbages from May 
to November. бы "ed ful 
е dairy cows. If Cabbages are cut so as to 
leave a few inc base, "e will 
out second e stumps. - 
_ throw 
Ж. oa 
grower 8 
ions :—(a) il under i ggin 
чу үз ties an = = winter ; (b) deep 
f at 
Te eng ri inches oud Bé аний by sur- 
face cultivation. A heavy dressing of ps in 
early spring "should helpful. ^ Unfor- 
tunately, mas is no “sure means" of destroy- 
ing the lar 
GRADING FRUITS FOR MARKE Ж.В. „ Тһе 
hardy fruits commonly graded for market are 
а often, Plums. The 
lo 
Rest according to size; ; 
colour and freedom Кош! ab ог оа ble m- 
ishes have to be taken well. 
At any Mie. the “firsts? " should iE eod po 
coloured Ё 
well-coloured fruit of fair size and PE 
ape. The “seconds” incl any tha 
a size v pr lacking in coe or slightly 
disfig ‘Thirds’ are gene eral ite 
е 
lo not know o 
dealing: with "grading only, d there is an ыр. 
to-date сһар "3 packing fruit for market 
in “Fruit Тыз is Cultivation," apt 6d., 
published by W. L. Collin, gridge, 148, 
Aldersgate мыл. 
LARGE SR ок Іхроов DECORATION 
dee raa cordifo lia, №. 
ma, 
"teris cretica crista and P. 
The most suitable cm ior culti- 
pr 
Ouvrardii. 
vation indoors in baskets are :—Nephrolepis 
e Fo: rstérae and 
legantissima, N. exaltata, N. 
N. Scottii 
Names ОЕ PLANT: E. G. 1, Rosa Will- 
mottiae; 2, R. multiflora; , Photinia varia- 
bilis ; 4. Cotoneaster microphylla ; 5, C. hori 
zontalis; 6 withered specimen, deter- 
mined.—7'. Sus 5: iore plumba- 
ginoides; 2, e ormosa; 3, Ozoih. 
nus glomeratus; 4, Mec irae not recog- 
nised ; Hart Н. M.: pN 
Cupressus. Lawsoniana var. lutea; 2, 
Pas mg Пы суп gigantea ; 3, Aconitum luteum ; 
t for determination ; 5, 
m. Tecoma- m grandi ; 
т 8, Acer palm: 9, ), Reseda 
atum ; = 
10, ide nad ‘cerasifera var. Tr 
Cornus Mas var. быгы М 12, rond ied 
gus spores 
the wounds as soon аз m t 
tar. Тһе branches кя be =a 
b 
of iron bars 
u 
н bars 
e tr 
SILVER = DIsEA АЗЕ” А. К. Your Plum 
is affected with Silver Leaf Ын 
sometimes possible to ва 
шшш the diseased tle es, pe if the 
s badly affected he method is quite wem. 
he disease has been dis- 
S best plan would be "to up- 
an run hen risk of the 
trees. 
disease spr 
ОМАТО LEAVES DISEA Е. Е. The lea! 
are attacked by the k 
met of prevention is 
at intervals from the time they are p 
onwards, especi y = к. where 
has been. prevalen previous season. 
Leaflets aod ens ip “affected should b 
emoved and burn once, and the p 
sprayed with sulphide Е аяз 
diluted Bordeaux m 
i are 
Botrytis when 
if cultivators | 
WEEDS IN Pn aed E то best разе 
be to asc 
i other the в 
іце po $e bs p TE абл, 
рањ о 
m one 
