OCTOBER 11, 1919.] 
2 ) A laboratory fitted for research in physio- 
al botany. 
5 Various smaller rooms to be used for inde- 
dent workers. (For these a г ble 
igh mi 
е subsidised y organisatio: 
e Society, who would ООЛАК w wor Багы) 
"a E a oe for members of 
x Directors’ office. horticultural instructor's 
oom, са ories, etc. 
(6) Balance room, general store-rcom, chemical 
1 m 
(7) At least two other rooms for eventualities. 
"The p et ор library, museum, lecture 
ton 
ey ab. 
een suitably Mi o i be made for the 
ES. in Horticulture ould be 
i 
а dens, the present kitchen Чеп and ground 
EU by the School of Gardening being also 
ees staff, the following suggestions are 
at [стз 
Direc Per annum. 
Sh ald be largely 
because of d a "ability to co- 
d E with е; 
n; (2 8- 
з 0) сара 
; UN Or 
y ... £800—£1,000 
Shoul uld 55. аррої ited after the 
nd his knowledge 
should supplement that of 
e.g., if the former be 
ап economie botanist, the latter 
a _ Physiological * 
k £500—£700 
Assistant : 
Who would aet as curator of 
а librarian, etc. Is mt 
Dsirable Һе should - have 
eneral kn — of plaid 
lseases Ed ..  £250—£400 
At least one of the above 
officers should have a practical 
of the  tropics, 
plants and. their 
2р 
iculture Instructor... TA 3500—-£400 
ant (labora atory, museum, 
P .. 9150—20 
museum, lec- 
ures, еј 250—100 
Upkeep of museum, ` laboratories, 
= library, material, etc. £400 
ge by А. 1 Botanic Society 
oti ordina тагу e arden 
£350 
£2,780—£3,550 
aaa 
ual, pre- war, say £2,000—£' 
ildings, = К 84,000 
£1,000 
equipment, З 
equipment, “laboratory “and “books, 
3 Plants, horticulture, e As ves 
A VETERAN sida 
- Ма. WirtLIAM Gur h t 
n this e, has аы ted fifty years’ service 
3s bailiff on the Kelly а, the 
- Maitland Kelly, r Tavistock, 
nshir 
To mark the occasion Mr. Kelly recently 
ed Mr. : 
to the 
with vhi bi Pad нча the 
ата: mei ly during the 
ent dimas times. He esented a silver 
THE GARDENERS’ 
teapot to Mr. Gullick with a suitable inscription 
and a silver cream Жр to Mrs. Gullick. Mr. 
Bals lsdon followed with a gift — bes employees 
bra Miss Pls on AM e omen of the 
p presented Mrs, Ton with a shawl. 
i pled mr 
uiid pues for 
took 
Е 
Later, 
i the vines a bells 
= NE in hono dra габ the occasion. Both Mr. 
sixty of 
August 28th, 
d vie Wr. Arii ЖАЫ! ш 
April, ie his son eginal eeded to the 
estate: on his death i n 1899 his Mete: 
the Rev “Maitland Kelly, Seas the proprietor, 
t Mr. Gullick has served under thre 
At the time of Mr. Gullick’s appointment the 
ere ШШ}, as th 
easure grounds of the Kelly estate 
ey were planned and planted 
Мв. WILLIAM GULLICK. 
vel paths gave place to bold beds set in 
UM ks gay Т ith the character of the 
turf and co-ordinated w 
mansion. Large Planting of the common Laurel, 
sombre beds of Yews - other evergree 
cleared away and ped: cont up stretching 
to the Cornish moors ТА rock oo ote € 
the natural freestone of the local 
den and Lily pond made and е маа на 
Е suitable leae the herbaceous ха Im 
rubberies and Rose garden were 
to date. 
жоны апа nt up to e ө stiff, 
straight eem Yew and removed 
d windin ad er fine old Oaks, 
Beeches "m Elms that н on the place. A 
stream and chain of lak ve much cha 
g р б е utilised to the best 
any Conifer and other trees wer 
Sit oe these have dev into 
specimens, including especially fine 
pia er oi Ben pn us) fragifera. А tree 
Arbutus Unedo, the Winter Strawberry (which 
some twenty feet in diameter and 
25 feet high, e à profusion of its Straw- 
berry-like 
The old, A Lid glass ho e dis- 
mantled and in their place a pus aes of 
vineries, Peach, Orchid and plant micas was 
built, and later, a very pretty conservato: 
added. . „Some years ago Mr. Gullick 
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193 
was a successful exhibitor, in Tagen classes, at 
the Plymouth, Maxis and oth county shows. 
fruit asina have also 
ended ; Abs fruit garden, үрен es 
for: ny m a deplorable condition, now con 
as good a collection of ЕРЕ з and өе pem 
ruis as can E iound in any garden in the 
Mr. ick has Е daughters and one son, 
Need. succ cain nurseryman 
seedsman P florist at Salisbu 
, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
(The ертты do not hold themselves responsible for the 
nions expressed by correspo ndents.) 
A Good Crop of Peaches.—I have е just finished 
gathering an 2 изер fine crop of Peaches of 
the ven cess of Wales уау; T 
of unusual s and tree h 
d weight of a Peach. 
Qa: bw Ohiheoreh Manor ebrei Romsey, 
оло largest үе h of which w e record 
fruit e Dr. pees ey А wel hing 
23 ounces, Sind by Mr. Alfred p d win 
Roseholme, Mandatos See Gardeners’ Chronicle 
October e 1918.—Eps. ] 
Late Apples.—In our district 
are ге аут теч, {С Mee uem of Apples that iud 
early, such as s Codlin, Keswick Codlin, 
Lord Suffield, Lord Grosvenor, Warner’s King, 
and Stirling tle. o s are laden 
with fruit, varieties have, g y speaking, 
light bar with here a there а ам. s 
this fac t do be attri ibutable i y dien 
onger s earl; 
crops en or aré the blossoms 1 less сери 
to the vagaries of our clim 
run of the later sorts? i cm dtum 
r ays in r season, late keeping 
All the trees of 
n ad mediocre c are 
this This remark applies particu- 
. Dyke. 
es f 
weeks and ral а. The sprouts were 
showing nicely. „оп all the tubers, i.e., 
about half nch long and Я 
The boxes == өсне to the field where the 
= i 1 у оре The twelve 
rom 
ments of Majestic as follows: Twelve 3-ounce 
tubers, six ще. Pesan ass and three 12-ounce 
tubers, These wi р in box or six 
SR 
e sets were planted whole. 
taberi were ont in haives, and the 
атфегеа. W 
o he tubers and han them 
Mr. Bone, who immediately placed them in posi- 
tion in the oae they were not limed or treated 
in any wa ey were covered up at once. 
Recently de op wee lifted and the outcome is 
as follows: Only of the sets failed to grow— 
i.e., one of the p » 5 in No. 
(No. 1)—Twelve 3-ounce sets, ‘planted whole, 
produced 38 lbs. ; (No. 2) Tw. 
tubers cut in halves) ни 44 Ibs. ; үче: 5) 
Twelve — (three 12-ounce tubers 
qua кырр roduced 36 lbs 
Second Т Test :- = 
(No. 4) , 454 Ibs. ; 
(No. 5) 
31 Ibs. ; 
42 Ibs. 
Six 6-ounce ene halved indie set decayed). 
(No. 6) Three 12-ounce tubers, quart. 
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