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HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The Editors do not hold espe oy ee for the 
opinions expressed by 
Gardeners’ Hours and Wag ages 
siderably d half a century since I yc 
a horticul 
esponden 
wor 
—As s: x con- 
rked 
nothing, amy 
ways been in tha commercii side of Endet 
е, а 
tural career the standard of hours 
ted b У 
manager. For this position, which entails а 
ood deal of foresight and worry, a n- is 
alued at s. 6d. per week, only 12s. 6d. 
more than the veriest tyro, providing lat- 
ter is over 21 years of age. Between the two 
comes ry ioreman, whose work is of 
a decidedly exacting kind, and yet his know- 
led responsibility is valued n 
7s. week above the ordinary nursery 
hand. So far as I e out the stokers 
apj to ie regarded as deserving the best 
rate of рау, ., £3 105. per "week, for over 
time is to be paid for at the rate of time and 
; While for Saturdays, 
Sundays, an lidays, he receive 
uble pay. It is, of course, necessary for a 
er to work, more or less, at aM t 
If the 44-hour k is insisted on it will be 
impossible to carry out t ork of a garde 
т nursery in а sati ory manner. Provided 
а person ; which a true 
gardener should have, ould rather wor 
hour wo longer n that his то 
ould er. The man who thinks more 
the clock than his work will never rise 5 a 
prominent niin in his calling. An Old 
Stager. 
Apple "Dev onshire Quarrenden.— This Apple. 
Md AE plentiful this season. Excellent, 
well-col fruits are to be seen in ps an 
South- 
> у t and 
& M "native country, the 
Lid LED 
+ ‘< Qua Med ders, 
price, s then 
ts erally staged to attrac 
purchase ames Mayne, Eltham 
page 
to hard io 
arty fruits at the 
е does Corni 
pio 
Government control as to 
"buyers would share the irme row 
would-be 
n 
yia ss ta) which 
os 
pests; but, i a begrudged 
unity, sparrows for the past thre 
e bee constant source of an- 
noyance here in respect this vegetable, so 
much so that the rows of Beet have had to be 
protected from th mischievous birds during 
e sum When: the Beets are quite young 
e to length severing the 
as 
In a н die 
y alighting upon new sources 
Be 
ese 
in dry 
ets 
mil 
cen partionlarty. attractive 2 
а prac 
es 
this respect. 
Meri ың sparrows, are 
of j 
Joy 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 13, 1919. 
for themselves which, unfortunately, often 
entail new causes ow for the gardener, 
They probably carry over in their gee y 
о following season such freshly acquired 
astes and conv them by ex ira T the 
young birds. In the g каг ач а to goes 
ылга for the last few years have been 
pe — in their attacks on “Plans, aig ‘he 
y tiav горасна to 
on pe fruits. 
our жо ч all the year го 
freque any country hon 
move pen From its vicinity, consequently habita 
paniy seue з va these birds restricted 
ay r , for a н а oca 
Students of “bind ‘life may, е: Tuve some 
ism to offer on this point. , Carlisle. 
Mentha piperita of Linnaeus.—In need 
James Edward Smith wrote ` paper en titled 
““ Observations on the British Specie of Mar 
tha," in which he announced that the British 
M. piperita was n МГ Piperi of Lin- 
naeus. He admitted that the latter was the 
ermint of the north of Europe, and a 
cultivated plant. The specimen described by 
innaeus was grown in the garden at U 
ir James wrote that it differed Mut Tittle from 
the M. hirsuta, in 
ein e 
common 
rather more slender, of a le pn a d 
leaves somewh hai 
i 
known fro ur Peppermint “ S very 
hairy Дол даш and calyx. It is merely 
variety о ban hirsuta vot, Linna rae with 
he flavour Pa 
келеде. S de- 
of J entha Mista, but 
here Dex "ride d to p sati 
and its for rms. [In his 
EE араја of i 
he iod described by him 
8 анса, ds ut M 
id. is „hirs 
а. 
Жо d. ту 
the paren 
im was 
үз ы a hy- 
on, and 
tanists ч» pe Water or ‘capitate, "Mint, 
opinion remains unchan as to 
P shasta T ren- 
pa habit of a paren. 
rite. Two forms agree 
Tames Pie ae a of the 
int of North Europe. J. P. 
Бе. 
are those 
рее with Sir 
Peppe 
awn 
ormed tree, upwards of 80 it. 
a ае of branches, Sweeping the 
55 ft. diameter. A fine tree o 
охур bylla parvifolia (Syn. E E x E 
greater height ser the Lim 
lawn. rong piste 
rae afted at some ү feet from the are 
a foreign stock, and in each case the s scion. has 
sealed s more ау than the stock. Thou 
ese species, or varieties, hy ihe case may be 
are Senn eem агу trees, which j 5 
to t Am ^ been ош illustrated b 
W. J. nevertheless pres to мб 
been overlooked "d planters of a 
description tree. Coomber, 
Hendre Gardens, peed 
eux 
ground, 
cra 
er upon 
бй шыу. 
SOCIETIES. 
YAL HORTICULTURAL. 
. — The i meeting 
gis ме Dahlias "wien ly predominated, | 
any with s 
Orchids, 
ET 
Medals Ja dila 
ecies of Gentian 
collections. The join 
ittee bestowed Awards of Merit “to. severa 
Dahlias. 
oral ama 
Present : Mes W. В: m (in the duin. 
W. a Baker, John Green, John Hea 
Reu oorman, С. Dixon, 
oom бш. E Agi ge , A. Ireiand, б. 
E. T. Bennett-Poé, 
m. H H 
К, m psa W 
. Hudson and E. H 
rreri. ові: tian 
ridge-blue flowers and is described k 
the p a being a perennial with 
sprea де shoots and stolons, bes 
pouce small eaves a k 
stalked tubular foes over tera inches long 
and fully 14 inch across e long throat 
white with regular spotting. Before the flow 
open the ed' buds are of striking ap 
ance by reaso "ks the uncomm urplish m: 
ing. It appears to be экол plant wh 
would spread ‘quickly, forming handsome, 
trate tufts n - green ans Shown | 
Mr. W. WELL 
uem 
rin won Medals уг lt awarded гю Май s. 
an ec 
tion a Sis Carnatic, principally 
flowering varieties, 
p се of the very useful Allwood 
С. Revurue for a collection 
diro and alpines, pé cim rosea 
ably from t aias open in 
hard 
psu 
isan Me 
J. р Sons 
which included v vus “fruitful b 
tal Cra m. Bride and other fog 
ing a ai another Fin Уся 
had beris of their маи аг Dahlias a 
her us perennials. Mr. G. W Miter hà 
ha teins spikes о ол omas and a selection 0 
other border flow 
Fruit “Vegetable poems . 
Present: Messrs. C. A. 
Pou о 
Seelli vies rs—Dr. Jules Guy 
Colmar d зай, Roosevelt, Petite Marguerite # 
Mme. Tre 4 
shown 
