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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 13, 1919 · 
of this being true, I should be very glad to арр 
his ке it will be worth much 
market, wer to find a Me d п which Cox's 
instance, co be 
; п purpo 
treat in this йен айла of double 
grafting would АР complete unless they took 
into чара “the length of the intermediate 
stock, for it is possible that this might have 
some influence. The matter i 
form the subject of investigati ion at tne Wye 
College Experiment Station at East Mallin; 
Cosr oF enp = Pac 
itj e increase in agricultural wages th 
resumably, if 
bs ац mogh to 
than 
t wa 
men with ladders ‘were emp loy vd to reach the top 
branches,the usual 
could with their steps. This madethe picking very 
ee жар out at leo 9а. per half-sieve 
Such rates ar of m ce whilst 
Plums sell a d prices ; M they would never 
do if returns got down to 15. 9d. per half-siev 
as they have done in years of heavy 
Black Currants are the most ensive crop to 
th y e yield was very light and 
picking consequently slow = at р 
half-s ne ‘the 
ich. hey have often een picked at 9d., 
harves "m wages, becausi ere is no 
partic h get them off the trees, and 
they not be weighed апа mark j 
can 
they are, but need grading and packing properly, 
Periehebig team, 1i like Plums and’ Currants 
rably 
sicking = is dana by Pieve the price put must ~ 
to allow the pickers to e not 
piecework is almost a necessity, because con- 
dition soon deteriorates if ше crops are not 
dealt сс rapidly; ап hey аге certainly 
picked twice as fast ‘by the piece. Market 
Grower. 
ANTHOLYZA PANICULATA. 
THE refer to the made by Sir Herbert 
Маке, of "his qut Blant, a бка. Chron., 
August 25, reminds m 
perience with bs som e years A sp 
"edi and bulbs, as pulled up, was sent m 
eeu I TM ted the specimen in 
ib flowered нета, 5776 although 
EN. lao ie in the year. Ultima i me a 
eed, coming up in the border and gravel walk, 
and I did best to eradicate it, but without 
avail At 
present it is stil a thing of beauty, 
but threatening to ее eed its bow жеч, Тһе 
лове es fm arises why so many of the 
ted Irideae which 4 ме others ines im- 
ported, y to lose, cannot do the same. Jas. 
O Bri 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
NGRAECUM SCOTTIANUM. 
This ex сааб rare and i rx me is 
flowering in the Вот of Н. Т. Pitt 
Rosslyn, Stam: Hi 
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oro Islands, and was 
nbach, in the Gardeners’ 
089), p 556, from a specimen which flow 
Scott, Cleveland, Wa thamstow, 
Ess ssex. A Fiet oai Certificate 
for it by the late Sir Trevor Lawr 
es was but span 
a LORO) fs 
wi gracefully 
rranged, “warlike, т white Sein ц long, 
гы make Shem 
and the fra, eem генная ГУЧ а propos 
BRID ORCHIDS. 
. (Continued from July 12, page 20.) 
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Cattleya Bronacha Gaskelliana alba x “Peeters | Pantia Каш Esq. 
Cypripedium Capab x Harrisianum superbum STANS Duke of Moro. 
Cypripedium Rosslyn - Godefroyae leucochilum x LOTES AE -| H. T. Pitt 
Laelio-Cattleya Brightness c. escens x L.-O. ieu o Yt 4 Senders. 
Laelio-Cattl Clovis C. Dusseldorfei Undine x L..C. Ophir |. E В. W. Ric ue Esq. 
Laelio-Cattleya Muriel C. Ki i g^ ee callistoglo: Hassall and Co. 
Laelio-Cattleya Rhi i5 c „groda x Dominiana . Flory and Black. 
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ссе е Odm. crispum Ода, dokn C. J. Phillips, Esq. 
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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
rawberry in North America.* 
THE student 2 horticultural history in the old - 
rld is so n handicapped by "t Era that 
his subject tak m back to the when 
envy the ple 
undertaken, namely, t ше history of the Straw- 
berry in North Am e this work 
is. beset with some E син › lacunae exist in 
the records, the ipse dixit of a century 
needs some tment to owledge of 
ay. Nevertheless, the author has produc 
two Am species, Fragaria virginiana 
F. chiles that v E € expect pei it c 
hav untzy, 
ish va 
place. The aei seems 
Пау influenced by its e 
this coun 
ronment, 
country it is quite же тн for a variety 
^ e good in some ar hag реу 
in oth Experiments at Lon 
also “shown that plants from in 
transplanted than others. 
A curious Problem lies here Б be explored, and 
one which not seem capable of the ^ 
Mn which vi ps forward 
M ES tos онда climes. 
Ms: es AG some length tl 
part а “Fragaria uoce и has played in tel 
wberries, and also refers to its 
European dino crys The crucial question of the 
origin of the Pine variety he also discusses ‚ and 
m Саза rather шош; towards its origin as 
Поепві 
* the varieties, however 
in the ntry show ие Ж 
virgin jana, and corroborate Duchesne’s opinion 
et it isa“ — eration’? or a smaller edition: 
i F. chiloen 
OSS. 
which we hav 
Pet little КМтын 
7 The git ень of the book lies in its У 
ord of th 
to be proud of t rd of his coun 
his sli dency to overlook the contribution 
of the old world is a pardonable and rat 
feeling. It m inted out, however, tha 
his accuracy in dealing with European his 
not always te oci 
Де tells us that the Strawberry does 
English writings before. о? 
Tickpeny in 1430. is quite wrol 
of those pies ny which are copi 
inis xp by another, and therefore needs 0 
be corrected. I necessary to refe 
Aelfric’s Vocabulary, d he eleventh centu 
where the cu at 
cussion as to the o name, 
reference to Muse. 8 V ыа would 
* The Strawberry in North America. 8. W. Flete 
334 pp., illustrated. The Macmillan Co. 
