OcrosEn 11, 1919.] 
Obituary. 
Wiliam Swan.—We learn with much regret 
hat Mr. ее Ree gardener to H. m 
arajah Jam Sahel of Nawanagar (Prin 
; iteinhji), died on Friday, October 3r d, 1919, 
ged 78 y 
The dn "Mr. Swan commenced his oe 
eer With the firm in Messrs. Hugh Low a 
er Clapton, apd during P 
8 
usiasm for these plants ihroogho ut his 
ee a gardener 
left Messrs. Low and Co. гала) 
г. John Day, of Lower Tot Ата 
ime ап enthusiastic cultiv: ae 
here were, however, a few Orchids, 
S natural k a very kee 
a 
ing 
essrs, Loddiges at Hackney; 
lants, including „Orch hids 
w 
x interested | 
Boso: in ene plants and eventually i 
ES ns gave place to these aristocrats of the flor 
After thre e years service with Mr. Day, Mr. 
Wan | Eu: gene pls as n at Bowes Meus 
) у rer mira lar 
returned to the employ of En a 
igh Cross Totten ho now 
large and valuable collection of Orchids, 
des, Vandas and colabiums 
Cross a terrific s n burst over 
and hailstones ke practically 
in ho 5 уо 
consequence. 
S . 
Swan took charge of the 
el, of Mene 
thr 
е years 
pril, 1875, was sold mgr ius 
do. 
Sw: ext employed at Oakley, 
NM M: bad adi Mr. W. Leech, 
g 
Preston, Mr. Swan entered the 
Mr. G. C. "Ra hael, of Castle Hill, 
у <3 
MH. eric ah Jam Saheb 
nd his name wail pt [ләк to 
der readers. 
TRADE NOTES, 
R a period of over four years with His 
E. orem, Messrs, Carter and Howard 
rned to their pre-war business as 
THE GARDENERS’ 
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horticultural builder: They have relinquished 
their former premises at Kingston-on- -Thames and 
removed to Wimbledon. The firm is fortunate 
in рр aie cally the same skilled staff as 
before the war. 
AN interesting meeting of the stand-holders 
was held in ie саза. а н erigi d 
Mr. 
the 2nd ins 
David and 1 uen. pet ed by 
the British Florists’ Fe — for the purp 
Í раа ier new rules and regulations 
embodi i sh ндн which the 
ovent Gai za n Estate єс ee propose to issue 
to the stand-holders, all o ар are for the 
moment under notice to na uit in view of the 
increased rental. 
About sixty salesmen and growers attended, 
and the agreements, copies of у ee been 
sidered 
mpany, but recommendations were ma 
in наб with porterage, lighting, тена 
tion, repair of stands and hours of opening and 
Farič Aron, 
Fic. 88.—sTORING POTATOS : оте ТНЕ 
EN 
must be quoted on the invoice or other written 
eae given to purchasers. No Potatos for 
nting other би. утен can be brought or ye 
to i s; ted a xcept u under the authority o 
ced ‘sued D gros Boar 
he Board p РЭ е to vid in the closest co- 
operation pid persons introducing Potatos for 
ing into in nfected areas to xe that the 
of Р, 
е 
duction of non-certified stocks until they are 
satisfied that the supply of certified stocks has 
een ve ш up. 
кре mported into certain countries ri 
in і and Wales must be ота ат 
a a certificate an the Board as to the та 
dom from Маг sea. 
Potatos, giving the name of the farm, the pari 
and county in which it is situated, and bere 
TUBERS ON STRAW ; IN THE FOREGROUND IS SEEN 
D OF A COMPLETED CLAMP. 
closing. These recommendations, w 
other е) will be placed eas the 
Directors of the Estate Company at an early 
date. The Directors have agree d to meet a 
tena: various 
ed 
se 
po п depu: e 
n Octobe er 2nd, are Messrs. D. Ingamells, J. 
Collingridge, F. W. Ladds, W. A. Cull 'and 
. H. Curt: 
Тнк Board of Agriculture and Fisher 
to point out to merchants and sini miim saias 
immune varieties of seed Potatos for planting 
in areas infected with Wart Disease that it is 
proposed to issue at an early чө an order which 
will pes the restriction in 
merchants m.ust obtain licences or ling such 
Potatos under the proposed o 
Stocks of approved а varieties which 
ere i grow and certified as 
reasonably free from rogues by either the Bo 
of iculture an isheries or the ard of 
in 
any licence. But on the occasion py a sale for 
planting, the serial numbers of the certificate 
that Wart ‚өнгө has not been known to exist 
on the The application and the 
declaration mu each the ae а 
deyi before фе кока 
charge 1s made for BN ph asl 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM. 
VE 
of ыа intended for sheep food 
next June, or seed, should be sown on 
any е ан К еап 1 Two 
bushels of seed sown broadcast by the aid of 
Massey-Harris cultivator, or drilled, is 
e quantity per If harrows are drawn 
t 
as it is not wi b t те clods too small 
at sowing tim they ac protection to 
the plants = а; e niae and with the 
v e clods crumble. When 
roled in the sp E. pressing the soil aids in 
making the plants firm at the roots, enabling 
them to grow rapidly. Е. Molyne 
