128 
crops are exceedingly dissappointing. B. H. 
ea Moreton Paddox 
wberries promised a good crop, foin 
owing ipta exceptionally у weather ey 
failed to mature. The soil is very light over 
sandy subsoil Gaiger, Wells они 
Burton 
Warwick: 
House Gardens, 
JTHERN SESA та 
Ber —-Strawber bundan tly, 
but the “fruits failed S id yi em owing 
e dry weather; our best late variety this 
was Utility. ae e clean, тесе 
аге good, and all bush апа s nall a 
good. Rasp rum. ries giving à very 
7 И addi, Engleetd Gardens, m ding. 
emp the s weather we ex- 
Miro: in Apo February and March, the 
m ring se: i ine 
t Was 1 
se 
check and onl y he alf f the fru 
Small fruit. were peni, but “the peering was 
der inty, The Gardens 
le crop is exception- 
: es very clean ; по variety has 
failed. Кин їп _ the season w had : attack 
spread. Axford, The 
pples "promise a very good 
very many varieties. Me "and Damsons are 
athe Pears 
are good, 
reli n, Beurré Diel, 
d, 
u 
; T 
. Denny, Dies Bire 
e a heavy crop of Apples 
E.—We hav 
d the fruits are clean and swelling well. We 
suffered оте ee —— attac 
no e pes 
was the Lackey mo Aphis is 
mu ce et ans in a slight degree. ` The trees 
are making ponas growth, and on the тез 
ps crops ar "y promising. Plums are scarce a 
e blossom era from frost. Æ. Molyneux, 
A ris rk. 
—- All f ‘ood, 
uit crops are g and t a 
especially Pris and free from Rotis aes 
РЇ. аа small plants have cropped abu mhen ni 
berr ha of 
Straw been excellent colour, 
finish ibd 6 avour у the varieties g 1 here are 
Royal Sovereign, Reward, International, British 
Queen, Utility, Givon’s e а 
Laxton’s Latest. Ours is a particularly 
Strawberry soil, being retentive loam 
laying clay. The average rainfall is 40 inches 
per year, a es 2 2 1 f the garden above 
sea level Blake, Castle 
Gariri Higher, енй ry. 
Kent.—Apple trees are cropping well and t 
fruit ` very T owing to dry weather e^ 
ay June. x's Orange,Pippi is re- 
markably fruitful here. “E. A.  Bunyard, 
Allington, Maidstone. 
rly in the season the prospect of 
average сг i of most M ge ang of 
fruits was good, but rather severe 
attack of caterpillar, and a нвн fall of snow 
accompanied with cold winds, the outlook 
very poor for "bar E. Strawberries Mire 
been end, ut a poor crop. aspberries were 
of w 
some geri y good crops of Apples 
and on the whole I think the ries average 
THE GARDENERS’ 
will 20 better than last year. Until the rain 
Le 
sh: all shava only a 
po 
> fall of sm дй ae мее as siz 
alnut may ributed to ow > rush of sap 
caused by : eavy fall of rain after the 
drought. J. G. Woodward Barham Cour 
—— The f crops are v orratie and i 
certain places there were no Black Currants 
iu dg xooseberries or herries 
8, . 
t Cherries ж never been finer. Apples 
are POM half a cr J. T. Shann, [os e 
Par rk Gardens, De fal: 
- Apples of almost every кг аге сгор- 
ping very much in excess of average. Most 
63.—HOLLYHOCK LADY BAILEY 
Fic 
R.H.S. Merit, Aügust:26. (See p. 120.) 
varieties of Pears 
of enden 
Aw ard of 
have crops, gd every mep 
i 
Wigs S 
some yea: 
M cds 
condition. The soil here is ot a p es retentive 
à Idosa the drought better tha 
1 ‘we ries gave excellent and 
bountiful crops. J. С. Weston, Eastwell Park 
Gardens, Ashford. 
(To be continued.) 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. 
e finished their season's 
growth, per ow that the leaves are У ecaying, 
Pleione.—These 
scarc ely a 
ny water will р needed at the roots. 
the same time the pott 
t 
е 
ing material should not 
ust dry, a k pt just 
ope 
p its gr d ак 
supply of water “at the 
e pe an 
be given a shift а t this ile 
more moist atmospheric conditions indv quick 
growth and free ro tion. Those plants that 
are fast approaching the flowerin ge will 
benefit by having a substan tia com 
than hitherto. | loam t6 
the potting mixture, but ш p pus ,or Ad 
it settling into a close and gp ass. ; 
ts must be well drained, he 
coveréd with a layer of moss, which will “mak 3n 
impossible for the soil t ashed down c 
amongst t before the e нан a godi m 
hoid of the co t, after which there is 10 ў 
fear.. Small seedlings might also b removed — 
from ds. on which the seeds have been ш 
sown, pricking these out separa ely, or several mi 
in a pot. е best rooting material for these 18 
one consisting of equal parts of clean, chopped f 
Sphagnum-moss pos fibrous peat and loam, with М 
all the fine particles shaken grt. е е E T. 
mee ly firmly in the pots, 
| seedling s to take Кеа “quickly E 
iven a warm, п ] 
п, по 
апа TE osition, where the rooting n 
n keep moist with infrequent waterings and 
raying overhead. 
T cM OMM ае. CORAN, Soe 
THE FLOWER GARD I 
By Н. Мавкнам, Gardener to the Earl of STRAPFOBD, 
Wrotham Park, Barnet, eie Mire E, 
me should be lost in рїё Ш 
mona plants 
may be 
ating.—No tim 
е stock of cuttings to 
Sufficient — oie in 
Pros ag 
oil; press E 
the cuttin ngs; give a thorough жые 
the compost ‘round the stems an the b 
of cuttings in a 
of ene oi Heli 
Fuchsia, Petunia, 
flowering subjects, them 
and place 
m Borie —Care гају examine all 
ove decaying 1 
su 
eost 
to prevent breakage 
Мові. of these will be ! imp 
ye manure at the roots, at 1 
ather. 
should 
arnations. —Hootod ayers be 1 
t their roots, 
he aid with ample soil ‘abou 
transferred to open ' in b 
viously голуби: fo m. Land deeply 
taining plenty of ott suits Carnations if 
oderately firm. int firmly after d 
nd with some f 800 Surp 
ould be planted in nursery beds, eithe 
making any losses that occur or tor ira 
planting next spring; keep varie di 
rectly named so as to prevent trouble an m 
appointment later on. Very choice вр 
may be p in small pots and winter 
pod fram 
arf koii: —These are promising а fine 4 Р 
of pe flowers, and as the rainfall has not bees 
close 4 
