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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 11, 1919. 
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‘AVERAGE MEAN for the ensuing week 
TEMPERATURE 
deduced from observations during the last fifty 
years at Greenwich, 49.99, 
ACTUAL TEMPERATURE :— 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington 
TEMA: pr i, x cents Wednesday, 
Wi 
Street, 
Oct, 8, 
ather—Bright 
Ben Sai ишкене 
Old Age in nvesti; 
‘Perennial Plants. tions on the “senile 
and ; ness 
:plants* contained pe terial ж ial rx die 
to frui Teow ers, but owi 
ble 
greater 
ad in ad cm 
ees Pri 
^ Knight makes ies yet 
Íe comment :— I dis- 
L. and 
University 
ion, "June, 1 
difference, after over a hundred years, would 
seem to have been now demonstrated. 
t may be added that Mr. Benedict has 
extended his ob tions on the veining of 
young and old varieties to fruits other tha 
he vine, and he found in the case of Apples, 
Pears, Plu and Peaches that increasing 
age is accompanied by the same concentra 
tion of small veins as occurs in the e 
Hence it would seem that it might | 
sible to ascertain approximately the age of 
by an examination of one of its this 
s leaves! 
y, M grs should be made t o the 
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e s the s 
vidt Metchin koft | ascribes to the eer pos 
the guilt toxins (poisons) which 
destroy ne Loans par 
Another hypothesis scribes senility t^ cell 
iali . On this, ialised cell 
t 
but again st 
Wi 
visi beco ecoming once again 
ereby resuming its im- 
hatever be the final verdict on es 
P. oid age, 
ў sin room for improvement among 
cu сз dori varieties of fruits and plants 
nera 
Roses at Bagatelle.—Raisers of new Roses are 
asked to send varieties for trial at Prgateils in 
1919-1920. The Cur: 
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judged until after two seasons i 
рр Бел growth and freedom of flowering may 
be ained. 
Potato and Chrysanthemum Show at Birming- 
—The National Potato Soc "€! .of Great 
Britain and Ireland and rmingham 
Chrysanthemum Society will conjointly r hold a an 
exhibition Birmingham, 
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at Bingley Hall, 
November 12, 13, 14, and 15. 
markable Yield of Wheat.—A farmer at 
UM d hen Farm, Stranraer, has ‘grown the 
жей c crop of 90 bushels gi Wheat to the 
was sown a end of October, 
pera the pam was ‘heated: = Heptonaber er 18th, 
the variety being Webbs' Standard Red. 
A Disease of Potatos.—Great fears are 
that Wart Disease of rne may 
spread t in the south, as 
there have been 
of spasmodic cases of the ано from 
all nae pc. Home Counties. The Board of 
Agriculture is making special efforts to check 
ly by making 
the planting of 
be immune. The greatest 
danger in the case of w ha Disease, as com 
with other fungous |; of the Potato, 
the contamination ie soil, due 
presence of long- 08. E which 
tunately, resistant е oe with fum, аан 
is i ible to g 
a 
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growth which he di 1 
the early stages of attack the warts may easily 
be seen in the eyes of the tabes: They increase 
in size, and in me large and vie 
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ly 
Mee on 
ev x dide ur to 
medo in this country. 
by dise ge 
Wight disease, the uctio 
hoi: seriously, r and ib i it is estima 
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Queens 
Тһез 
Вее Committees ormen under the Hort 
approve 
asmuch as the schem 
зна is of the n 
ocks, it may be e pecte d that, in the co : 
a г d Behr ands of stocks re PR 
tant bees will have bw. reared. 
railway strike, Messrs. Prolia and Morris, 
the ay siri eers, have decided to postpone ho 
sales by auction of the Orchids belonging to The] 
S. and a: А MU pin S al to 
catalogues for these sales have ' : 
rospective purchasers, those who p 
received copies are asked retain them. 
ates on which the sales will be held have an 
fixed for iplo y, r and ag vi 
Wednesday a da; tol 215% : 
and 23rd sespectivel, as announced on page P 
of our adve columns. i 
cow 1 
ited the 
united ой 
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Bentham and 2l 
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xad Ves names 
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and. voces d 
seem likely to grow much mor 
