176 
A well authenticated report mm 
purs an esame ls, of the value of “ Yeom 
field was lately published. Tt Mas 
cultivated вечи normal conditions, л without 
rtificial manure, on three fields on a a large fa arm 
Wye, Cent. The croppe 
ushels, 
eventy-seven bushe! т acre. e field, pre- 
uds эсик ег hol. mprising three acres two 
ae and eight poles, реа 540 2M hels, or 
an average i of eighty-six Ъ 
results may b 
produc 
short, эн. rath for th Thi 
eria acne of the 
s to grow tall oc е beaten down 
si pF in rainy season A most desirable 
S dere nt in се g in this country 
tain 
at growin 
wheat bey imap early 
ring 
maturity with a a yield approaching і that ас 
wheat. There is likely ulty in 
securing eee S" rd resulta, re what 
Biffen has already achieved dealin ng with 
qualitative and бтен КИ Нок offers 
fair pror of success. The establishment of 
a National Instit Agric 1 Botany for 
the further development of plant breeding and 
the distribution of pur may be regarded as 
Ko et to the welfare and y e nation. 
growing is a very important industry 
in dis It was agni in 1906-7 that 
twenty-nine million under cultivation. 
in eat with a yield o E nine million 
tons. Of “this consumed in 
India. A botanical еза er the Indian wheats 
was undertaken Botanisis at 
high- ities wer b 
with high-yielding power, rust resistance, and 
stiff W, that wheats were produced which 
and Pusa 12. i 
distribution z seed it is estimated that the area 
under. Риза duri the ] wheat season 
(1918-19) Ya abont 400,000 area 
under as about a res. The 
increased. Siela of 2 per cent. over the varieties 
formerly grown in India as wel as one m 
per qua: more on the market, owi the 
in 
with less uer than the рас Indian : 
wheats 
e portant work carried on at Pusa b 
Howard and aun wife has Ardet 
closely on the methods found so successfu 
Tiat 
Ca: mbridge. It is interesting hoic iai m 
ob g new ds uc d hybridisation between 
Indian wheats and rus ng forms in Nor- 
E a c d to flowering 
idge for spring sow- 
ing and by carrying out the M. crossing with 
Biffen’s new hy. brids in England. From the 
ward reports Pim а wide 
ange о y wheats has ih ee likely to prove 
‘meee to Pusa 4 and Pusa 1 
e admirable work don “en Biffen at. Cam- 
bridge and the Howards in tide оч ponam 
strates the value of thorough acquaintance with 
pure Botany as a qu ualification d grappling with 
questions of economic importa 
In reviewing the gain to Dm wers 
the — of the 
di 
Agricultural Research dur 
recently y cups that in of the 
pain par which 
ed and th 
res. This 
near future in i ung of the Nerei pro- 
-duce a шш. one crop only, of 75 lakhs of 
pees o A ralio b n 
(To be continu Li ) 
* Journ. Bd. Agric. xxv., 
1161. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
LILIUM W: AERIAN UM. 
chian 
of which he was writing, L. Walli as 
e lowest in range, not ascending beyond 7,800 
feet, at whicl int e epee ram held 
o be the tenderer, said to 
e of these. 
is more tender than L. nepale is now 
nearly forty years si had the ае of a 
tity of bulbs of L. Wallichianum, and found 
nat in ш а 1 ы, bod 
needed the tem 
What is more, tike T c nelleharena they quickly 
дезин п time die » how ey: 
Lily a pe 
our gardens or E greenhouse sah bare of 
the sickening s of the fl 
j} have not noticed rue, 
allied. 
7 in, I think, 1878, is stil 
remarkably clear and тара despite the fact 
that framed, i poas light in 
my PET chsh for nea It was, 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Firewoods, Their Toe and Fuel Values.* 
ne moment, for 
ul be e i bg pm dear Which kinds 
hase 
So Jar I we are 
uM devoted 
uthor o be 
HIS boo! 
many people 
of wood are t| 
etc. 
ed as ‘three of 
es, pe pui of the 
oods burn 
= Beech 
vd in 
em dangero 
grat The chapters on char. 
wood tanks will be found of grea 
fo: 
ean 
possess it, and w 
a = “elaborate M do» eata 
hav advantage. 
educed price would 
e ain oods, Their Production and Fuel Values. By 
A. D. Webster. Published by T. Fisher box Ltd., 
1, Adelphi Terrace, London, W.C.2, price 12s . 6d. net. 
wn, 
if there are many, bu 
crop it is better to store them 
ith dry ind 
S e smaller roots 
d used ficca ely. 
auliflowers.—This 
Ранке ie frosts. 
through the bed 
tender 
It = 
coli.—Hasten the development of a few 
to maintain а 
ibus 8 gt a autumn zaratio. 
constant supply at a later dat 
ing.— the 
e soil, Wich. d 
[OCTOBER 4, 1919, i 
t E inis. a Venen 
will keep well 6 
Edg edging kitch 
hat needs "attention should be lifted, 
should 
vegetable bo 
advisable to go 
P 
wards cut eh a te a ж: : g* a 
after 
to the depth of three or four inches. 
small pieces of Box close gether in 
Stand the 
ench, 
n the tr 
fill in сые soil to hold the plants in position : 
and then add more soil, finally treading 
Y FRUIT GARD 
By James E Gardener 
it firmly. 
DEN. 
. HarHA to JoHN BRENNAND, 
Esq., "Baldersby "Park, Thirsk, Yorkshire. Р 
Fruit Trees.—If fruit trees are 
habia en at this time of the year it assists 
em to plump up their fruit buds 
s too late for the t to make muc 
and the food given no be 
е s 
urishment will аме d trees to f 
(ee till the new leave e able to s a 
. Farmyard manu or, if this » 4 
available, sheep droppings or poultry man a 
y be used ig th of the po 
water. Sulphate of ammonia 1 lb., Ag а a 
ae 2 Ibs., Pe рышы. B po tash 2 ғ ul А 
be added to each 100 gallon 
be applied on about 
Top-dressing Peach and iie 
as the ee 
no 
ce тав for use as ар ing. и 
be spread about an inch thick, pm 
lime, and the whole well w: atered. 
RÀ Po an 
—As 500! 
iat | 
are all Meine ш "trees t 
e hould be top- ressed. - 
and | 
йг 
Tt should 
with | 
Jed "oak | 
