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OCTOBER 4, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
179 
ge by a cairn in which a rough stone 
y be placed recording the gift and its pur- 
The custodians of Super Pike will be the 
отне of dio National Tra 
d meeting of the Royal 
the 23rd ult., Mr. S. 
showed the mittee 
plants of want Be eans from a trial of regs үс: 
table co ndu cted in the R.H.S. Ga pden’: affec 
th 
e Com 
лепей 
to ascertain from seed firms if ihe "nes was 
already known to them in this country, and to 
draw the attention of the Board of Agriculture 
to the prevalence of the complaint in Beans i 
‘oad. 
ported fi 
Scabiosa ае —The Caucasian Scabious 
has long bee popular inhabitant of our 
ay it gro 
prising that а varietal forms are very fev 
in number. Nicho: olson ecords 8, 
s c. heterophylla with dd diee cried and 
hairy, pinnatisect leaves. A more recent intro- 
ction is , which Mr. М. Prichard 
introd i en this has been before the 
p. twenty-four years, as it gained the Royal 
rticul end Ж Vra m 3 Merit on 
oo ‚ 18 An (RI 5, of 
Feyi is sepone nsible. This 
the autum 1918 and Aree pee ring the present 
season. The. fine flower heads are 
the ped 
Another con this 
QW ery broad and prettiiy 
crimped ray-florets 
Women’s Exhibition of Country Produce.— 
exhibition country 
by E n 
Da чу id 
ance bois 
c A 
T xhibits will 
i include fresh fruit and, stb, potted and 
ned fruit an 1 
i asket 
home-d set isle and Done e-c 
Work, eller Lc ime 
schem 
labour-sa 
he exhibi- 
s, National 
men’s Tastitutes, 48, Grosvenor 
S.W.1 
—Aco can be 
for жиз буы aul I ind 1 um 
Ing cattle, фер, pigs and poultry; “bat 
they should be fe d in small quanti ше in admix- 
p with other foods. Tt is desirable to com- 
pee with a small "i , an E a, in- 
the unt. e is some in- 
ease 
jurious effects. pum о anion: of 
on o Le 
Quantities of Acorns by y young cattle, although 
not apparently by cattle over three years old, 
mep and Pigs. Acorns should be — in 
x. sound and dry У 
re likely to „Во, топ 
its never Ww ER large quantities are 
B eis they should be spread out to a -— 
of six 
ace moisture has evaporated. An 
plan, where | feasible, is to roast the 
ho pak or та kiln), whereby 
isk of mou cra 
Е Ас 
to stock ote gue gt shell. 
iculture.—All the 
various committees of the Chamber of 
Нос го have been cancelled for the present, 
meetings 
groups of Orchids and other flowers will be 
— d. Pera who wish to send collections 
than fruit should notify cre 
iater ten the, aah insho 
om is a 
gu of the Hogg Memorial Medal.—Messrs. 
. Rivers and Son write to inform us that the 
if 
ruit неа 
| ойдо iltural Soc 
ultimo ahs ш жзне RER ү the Corneil 
a Hogg Memorial Medal. 
Maximum Prices for hip dr les—In view of 
the онар of vegetables vie markets due to 
the lack of transport ow iir the abnormal 
Fic. 81.—scaBIOSA CAUCASICA PRIDE OF EXMOUTH. 
and those previously fixed to take place on and 
after October 7 pus moet to improvement in 
the conditions of transpo: 
uit Show Postponed until the 215% 
inst.—In consequence of the railway strike it has 
been f necessary postpone the Autumn 
Fruit Show of the R.H.S. until the 215% inst., 
and tk — be no meeting of any kind on 
Tuesday n The postpone ow will 
be held in 9а Vincent бапа: Ы teretes 
and the Floral Committee rad Orchi mmittee 
bei hee: meet on. ne occasion for adjudicating 
velties su or award. It is expected 
ubmitted fo 
that “the exhibits ri fruit will occupy the whole 
of the available space, but if room can be found 
conditions on the railways, the Government has 
issued maximum wholesale prices for vegetables 
as follows :—Beet, Carrots, Parsni d Tur- 
ips, £11 per ton; Swedes, £8 per ton; Onions 
£14 per ton; Brussels Sprouts, £1 r owt 
abbages and Cauliflowers, 15s. p lly (60 
heads), or 15s. per cwt. ; (these prices include all 
green vegetables in bags); Potatos, pe ton 
ximum price chargeable by olesale 
dealer is the growers’ price wi owing 
т ton for s, 10s т ton 
gs, - 
е amount actually and 
or payable for transport charges. 
Sale of the Rosefield Collection of Orchids.— 
The collection of Odontoglossums and Odontiodas 
