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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 20, 1919. 
EDITORIAL NOTICE, 
ADVERTISEMENTS should be sent to the 
ism 41, Wellington Street, Covent 
Garden, W 
uini her. — Our correspondents would 
in obtaining | answers to esie 1 com- 
dire The departments 
Publis e and Editorial; are “uintinet, maa much 
pie te ri ll пч and confusion arise when letters 
pecial Notice to Correspondents.—The Editors 
do not undertake to pay for any contributions .or 
illustrations, or to return iere ни nications 
or opone unless by special arrangement. The 
Edi do not hold themselves "responsible 
nions expressed by their corr nden 
ы 
—. 
ме» s.—Correspondents will 
by sending to the Editors early intelligence of 
Weal ос likely to be of interest to our readers, 
matters beh it is desirable to brin 
iculturists. 
wk ея 
.—The Editors тн be glad to 
1 tographs drawings Facere 
^ ‘of! ardens, or of remarkable 
flowers, trees, ett., they sonnet be responsible 
for loss or injury. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING 
WEEK. 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2— 
ee s Chrysanthemum Society’s Floral Committee 
at 3 p.m. 
Hall 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23— 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Vegetable Exhihi- 
tion Lecture by a Ronald G. Hatton, at 3 p 
on “Fruit Tree CHR 
bos rece AY,. SEPTEMI 
eeting of the Sante et of es B. G. A. at 
ohe ndos Hall, Maiden Lane, at 7.30 p. 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week 
deduced from ` phter rations during the last fifty 
years at Greenwich, 57.1 
ACTUAL TEMPERATURE 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 
еза бале К а. ао ДЕ Реа 17, 
10 a. —Sunny. 
e known as Shot 
fruit production. 
‘The damage to the 1 іса idm may cause almost 
Pd te defoliation, ры uent loss 
ven w e fungus does iene 
a ae the ко эд! is formed 
mature knn 
mature con 
HIE 
© 
һе fu 
merly known ylindrosporium Padi 
me ен tn ек ма the discovery of the 
stage — called Es 
элд s Higgins. The first symptoms of 
the dise: small абмен pus which 
la t ene бона The spots a E. 
circular in outline, but may 
gular r Owing to several ARS distinct 
ning tog The shot-hole effect 
produced by the falling out of the е; 
patches which has given the popular name 
to the disease is pr бел by the health 
tissue &urroundi 
leaf-tissue les, withers, and 
falls = Mig leaving a circular hole, sv that 
a badly affected leaf presents appear- 
apo of чыке. g been riddled w hot. 
is 
is respcnsible for the disease passes the 
1 1 fallen diseased leaves of the 
these dead 
mg spores) are 
in the following арена ми oe 
f new leaf formation the ascospores 
ол! out from the cases (asc Sams in which 
є formed with sufficient violence 
to reach the leaves. These they infect, and 
the nias estabiished in the leaf tissue 
us pU бене 
ВЕ "the foliage takes place. 
n Farmer's Bul- 
tin 1,053 of the U. s. E partment o 
pr йү bg! and carried out in Michigan, 
E uda that is possible to control the 
sease эчу Рант, . The fun 
gicides which have been u uccesa 
e lime sulphur and Bordeaux mixiure; 
2 lbs. of copper sulphate, 4 of lime, to 50 
gall f water, and that of lime sulp um 
is 1} gallon to 50 gallons of water. In 
uid is added in the first t plica- 
ons. In the case of swee rri 
there is risk of age і the foliage if 
the above sirengths of gx bie n are 
* if lime я ые of t rength 
allon to 50 gallons of ieri is em- 
ployed no damage is done to the foliage, 
and the disease is к о pan 
кылыу should по 
Cherries, because of the iik of mo ab 
the foliage. 
In the case of the large trees of Kentish 
vhs other Cherry drin. when spraying 
bs impracticab'e, it is evident that 
‘hie ystematic collection an lestruc- 
tion ‘of the bla bates wil do much to 
prevent thes porig infection and hence to 
control the diseas 
e Kew Taerar —Seaffolding ж, a derrick 
feet in height are ага ected pre- 
paratory to liting t the Douglas spar in position. 
. Coubro Бано seat makers and 
козшщ of Billiter Street, E. G., the contractors, 
anticipate that ан аА will be completed 
and the flagstaff placed in position during the 
coming beri 
Small dings. Ои о 
(ары, im Ez ,898 
31,445 acres. Of 5 12,3 app icant: v 
viewed by 47 чет Councils, 10,799, ннз 
cent., have been approved. These approved 
applicants, rig oe over нын who require 
small kol unting to upwards of 184,000 
afs ges require Cottage Holdings 
amounting to only 2,430 acres 
Honour for a French N seryman’s s Son.—M. 
René Сауе. son of М. Fe erdinand Cayeux, of 
the well-known Paris firm of Cayeux et Le Clerc, 
has recently been awarded the Croix de Guerre 
for services with the Allied aruis in the East. 
Welsh Office of the Board riculture 
The President of the Board d of vr eum re has 
established a Welsh office of "s Board at 2 
Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth 
business in Wales uui 3 Monmouthshire relating 
to agricultural education, that part of the work 
of the Agric cultur: al Exe utive Co не (хо 
claims Ё ion) which is now Че with 
the pro 
Land e 
1 condu the Wels e. Com- 
unications relative to these matters should be 
addressed Board of Agriculture, Welsh 
се, 24, Marine Terrace, I. stwyth. 
Paris Paris Aut 
Show will be held R the October to 
the 7th тшшн, both inclusive, on the old 
site on the Cours-la-Rein ne. The schedule Book 
regulations have been published. Entries 
ach, йе о by the ч Laon т follow- 
ame 
Ee Fine arts; (xiii.) Horti 
in 1920.—The National | 
en 
o 
s each Vader, cst pe enclosed Ba a plain 
acket, this packet to be placed i an outer 
atkok, upon End is written name or number 
of the variety; the colour section and the sender's - 
name and add The va 
H.S. Meetings.—It will be seen from the | 
RE LS. Book “J Ar ок, for 1919 that — 
е 
there will be special competitive classes for 
vegetables on Tuesday, e а inst., whilst the - 
Society’s twenty-t hird exhibition of 3 
da on Tuesday, 
British- gronn fruit veal i 
October 7. pen 
С сыза, sev 
vegeta 
at the "serial exhibitio 
whilst he oe of the fruit exhibition only 
ste and the Floral and Ora 
sitting for hole month. 
sponde pe eq the: Coreta to waive the rule 
by whic n to cut spikes, owing 
e give: 
6 the difficulty of ‘bringing plan 
Committee decid 
the danger sit vicissitudes to which he E 
been subject for so long that he is denm agat 
in France and as well as can be 
sidering bse injuries he iure hed “the : 
German lin 
The ард ‘Sea Island Cotton. mede à int 
on Plant o L 
tan - 
of this house provides obviously su Ё 
саайа for their growth. ^ While wig: 
hued flowers are attractive to visitors, very COn- | 
ied ese is also evinced in the Cotton, 
Eu beat s, Coffee, , Tea, Sugar Caney 
ether pner plants in э bung 
an сеа 
evergreen this -- hyra 
tive vd d 
Í 
with white, Crocus-lik wers. 
French Horticultural War M 
Société d’Horticult Pratique du Rhône, @ 
may other French s ies сола 
piling a Tableau d’honneur in which he names 
Of all its members and their sons ha 
fought in the war are to be inscribed raid E E 
mmemorated. 
