the кен described are unlikely 
favour with British gardeners. For 
1 гы, IS giver pos rien the 
trenching of a garden consisting ( Tour lare 
i is shown how one ot меу е 
for barrowing any soil by trenching 
in succession, commencing each one 
d working dia gon ally he 
view 
a 
opposite c corner, f 
ste easily outweighed by the 
such n are 
Fi 73.—MICHAUXIA CAMPAN 
resulting set in keeping the surface е 
Хог сап that when converting new 
piece of » garden “it is very im- 
portant M ind lower spits 
together.’ Indeed, should strong ly advise 
the exact opposite in most "— ев. 
Potato disease (^ Blight eferred to in 
several] places (the name Phytophthora being in- 
variably spelt wz ingly’, and on page 83 it is 
recommended that Potatos should е sprayed 
ith Bordeaux mixture “in tate May or Jun 
THE GARDENERS’ 
This 
may be al right in ince it even in 
Cornwall it is rarely advisable to spray befor 
the 15th Jui On the same ie it is stated 
hat failing a knapsack sprayer or fine syringe 
“a birch broom dipped in the mixture and 
violently shaken may be used і‹ у the mix 
ture." That, ot course, is perfectly useless 
In he chapter on "erri N read that the 
author “finds difficul о name {һе best 
varieties,’ and in the чү і scheme at the 
ULOIDES; FLOW#1 V HITE 
151.) 
end of the book we meet with Epicure at the 
head of a list of maincrop varieties 
There is a useful monthly calendar of opera 
ions commencing with August, which the 
»uthor considers begins the garden year. This, 
together with пча on the succession of ‹ rops 
and interplanting, and notes on the cultivation 
of the most important vegetables, constitutes the 
second pa re the box 
‘ond boo inte res sting in so far as it gives 
CHRONICLE. 
SEPTEM 
BER 20, 
1919 
Gardener to W 
Bishop’s 
THE 
. ELLWOOD, H. M 
more Park, Waltham, 
ns.—The bulb 
Onio ire harve 
should be finally ripened ready 
winter If om permit Onio 
trellis shelves, otherwise 
roped | or bunched 6 in numbe 
the roots of dry hed Treated 
деер remarkably well, and the 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
YERS, Esq., Swan. 
Hampshire, 
tially, and 
ё 
l 
+ 
һе{ Vet a п | ! u асе ar 1 Ы 
Oot it inter 1 f th et om 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. Messen G ener to Major J BERNERS, м 
"члени пе Park Minh ns Ipewioh 
Pineapples.—Arrange the plants according to ` 
their conditior The fruiters may be arrangea 
m a separate structure, but re separati t 
not available 
betor 
ompost 
provided th 
moist, no water м be required 
sider ab le time; allow ample 
tirmly Where tan bark is used to 
heat it may essary to ad 
new bark to maintain the Я 
hot-water pipes are used there 
culty in regulati ie 
should be admitted freely on 
to well-established plants 
be closed early to conserve as 
юв Ме Maintain a nicht 
