192 
THE GARDENERS’ 
PERPETUAL-FLOWERING CARNATIONS 
IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 
AROUND the large manufacturing towns in 
е north of England during rep win eec y is 
uncommon to experience of 
pe e little more than seven i bor. "E "light. 
and t n ns clear. Under such con 
ditione. despite modern houses and frequent, 
i h tside, н is almost im- 
of perpetual- lowering Carnations for insertion 
towar the Ja y. Pune ently 
valuable time is e се ан lighter days to 
strengthen the shoots. To a this eic. 
autumn propagation beco: his ens t- 
tings of gro ade during the summer 
readily if ery dy soil, in 
a cold frame. Af a watering to settle the 
soil the lights are kept closed, and shade 
aff Toen с hen the cuttin 
have rooted, is gradually admitted, and per- 
feck D diae г? induced throu 
means of pu ventilation. Furt 
during the dull days is seldom nec 
itus arly in rires some of these young aen 
th 
oe winter by 
soe Snes ing 
e potted and grown in the usual man 
ey commence to bloom in September nd pes 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 11, 1919. 
or two beforehand. If carefully lifted 
placed in their flowering pots, the plants receive 
check, and it only remains to encourage the 
e first soaking. 
Through out the winter these plants are kept 
in cool conditions in order to keep them 
sturdy. 
Under this mode of treatment early flowers 
are not the object, nor is it на it a 
batch of pot plants ca be grown for early 
i t does pend ce excellent plants 
m 
labour saved in growing them 
not to be overlooked. So far, Жеты ‘the ure 
in the cold frame nor full exposure afterwards 
has encouraged any of the usual Carnation 
diseases. 
Further evidence of the hardiness of - 
гіп; 
Tem 
Jaagerrod à 
x 
Fic. 86.—POTATO TUBERS AFFECTED WITH WART DISEASE. 
(See 
tinue to do so more or les the winter, but 
are 
ie 
ms 
Wit reasing daylight, лду 
tends rapidly us “the turn zn sue year, the 
pias quickly make Е se 
e remaining п, ie a 
disturbed in the frame until ine ‘middle et April 
and are then planted out plot that 
anig Riho 
winter. 
ly, so that А сап Белен 
in March it is levelled 
and 
ing wi 
the day is eres fot raking 
pin bed Ie level pek firm, and the p 
ants are set 
each way. In ey are 
ME duos r, and throughout 
the s tine of cultural details is 
rigidly attended to. Towards the end of July 
a further stopp: some may 
be necessary. trea ts in well 
balanced, sturd by September. A 
compost of yellow, fibrous loam, wood ash 
lime rubble, together with a small quantity of 
bone meal, pared and .sufficient six-inc| 
pots are provided with drainage for these 
р! — weather is en i aor 
for lifting, and potting; failing this is 
to thoroughly ‘water the bed a Ма зш 
р. 190.) 
These have deve loped into large specimens, 
which this year have given a large supply 
of blooms, and although they have never been 
disturbed, they are quite dwarf, and the picture 
of health. 
Where it is desirable to use these 
r beddin 
ideal Plants, 
the; 
Carnations 
bove the following stand 
well : — Champion, scarlet Glow, Gor- 
geous, Roseti Winsor, May Day, Mary 
Allwood, and п Анан Р. Т., Rotherham. 
VEGETABLES. 
„ое crime SCOT. 
the 
cut down, in 1916. The crop from the turf land 
has not been satisfactory, the haulm in many 
cases withering before the proper time, in 
patches, which has been ascribed ns the turf not. : 
being fully decayed a nd to the dry weather in 
cada and May The yield has consequently 
n poor. 
Plinia in | the woodland soil 
y yi 
vhe s rows faced 
ow was against the path, and 
the aeg amount of sunshine, the succeed 
n he Pob ifted 
weighed in gr Min ой уйк сша: — o: 
Eos A ped wa barren in 
grown. 
whol 
Num eee, of the Rows 1 2 3 4°. @ 
= or = 6 MS 45 343 38 323 24] 
?nd . 50 38h 354 20 Sb 
' MET 43 39$ 29 $3 26 
K 4th 474 424-: 28$ 264 29 
»BDUL 2269 hewn ДӘ 4i 2H 291 
‚ 6th 434 444 32 34 
Total weig ht in lbs. 1.060 ce 240} 197 1844 1 
Average weight per set 59 66 55 5l 
„ рег DANN TERM 10.18 "n ba 11.5 19.47 8,8! 
Tons per acre 21.0 28.6 24.7 20.3 18.911 
e land carried a crop last year; previou 
to that it was нтр ТМА а. Н. Bostock. 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 
ent: 
eld its first sitting o 
held six үш; aa xami ied six witni 
It also ived statements from various gentle 
men va uld ran attend personally, and һ 
now ела its report. 
eviewing the attempts made to increas 
ulness of the gardens, the Committe 
states it has formed the opinion that the Roya 
Botanic Society co uld Д e made ‘more useful бой 
rom the scientific educational point 0 
view by the КАБАР t of— 
(1) A School of Boot Botany at which 
nomic plants and thei 
knowledge of the eco 
produets, including 'those of tropica cal regions 
might be obtained. 
(2) An Institute which might be made a се 
$) Horticulture, un 
ена ‘of pius could фе ера their necessa 
ining pure science at existing Londo 
colle ges. tin 
(Aj Courses in “School Gardening ” ab 
е ат for apo in Elementary, Continu 
activities the gard 
tom which Colleges otany Sc 
be supplied with mate for teaching ane — 
rch, and in which students could m: 
- f е existing facilities for the study 0 
Appendix. 
‚Н g еве m rt, the Commits 
aving s e "m "nciai 
ing as is required should contal 
00: A fair-sized laboratory 
for TM 
