THE GARDENERS’ 
: cou ears’ cours 
‘that is two ше» in addition to ‘tie two years’ 
соп d be t 
ES 
a 
eas 
Б, 
1 rers, they 
“capable а in риме m an ‘intelligible 
1 йге 
Тһе j рае д + agricultore and _borticul- 
he 
With reference to school gardens, the Educa- 
tion Department worked in conjunction with the 
Department of Agriculture. All school teachers 
have to laka a summer course at ro elph, which 
ae over two years, lasting for five weeks 
rtifi 
tain a certificate. 
ea 
and nti this is done they have no increase of 
salary. The schools ме aoe an poms 
agricultur: 
al and hort ural shows of their 
own, а it was stai ur ae Nagar of these 
juvenile shows were becom prs oa 
the agricultural f the 
tural shows Priz 
mee "alo given for the pts кер, ‘plots, anl E 
ted that in er competit it 
potter for the children to pay аге fom 
ji encouraging them p^ be independent of 
arity. 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
A OF A SINGLE TREE. 
of March 29, е 
ері foun 
never seen soe ga fine specimens of their kind. all 
стопаў, toget Оп the sheltered side, the 
was d Жш {е tiny Барона 
а cain furthe! а Sarcochilus 
held his own, and ps from bade 
the branches, hung two specie i. Banus, E. 
mucronata, and E. ДА ii and. last, but not 
least, an enormous clump of Dendrobium Cun- 
ninghamii in bloom. The Orchids of New Zea- 
la to be у little known in Eng! 
are not large or Маун x full. of e 
from a botanical point of v and some 
certainly worthy F notice fox. a отынга fl 
standpoint. Dendrobium Cunn inghamii and the 
two Earinas are tap dps d Er and some of 
ше terrestrial ones are not e despised. Some 
and The 
as sorry whe 
find that even Kew could not show a single repre- 
wW Ted M. F., Manaia 
IMPROVEMENT ОЕ FREESIAS. 
I read with interest (see p. 95) the report of 
Mr. Van Fleet's article on the, improvement of 
Freesias, but would like to point out some not 
а; 
i gr the 
entire stock of the: - hybrids until, many years 
after, about 1896, the discovery of the pink 
F. Armstrongii was announced in the Gard. 
) Л ї 
i ies till ng of 1905 
I fertilised man y flowers of all hybrid forms of 
шу first cross m also of е two o game 25 ies 
ner ge 1 F. Leichtlinii, 
ve "Armstrongii. ery 
а, " obtained a hybrid progeny сойып. 
ing a great variety of colours—rose -lilac, 
shades. The entire stock “ot these hybrids was 
purchased and sent out by Mr. Bruggemann, of 
. 
CHRONICLE. 
splendid 
result 
og pollen. = a new ютщ on the stigmas of 
mi 
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EE. 
