Te 
Ocrorer 18, 1919.] 
and collection which was sold in 1883. 1. Is an 
unfinished study of Tulips and double 
Anemones. 2. tudy of three Anemones. 
The quality and thine of И paper adds y 
b the charm of these two fine iris wings. 
group of À Maria 
Sis lla Merian. the following picture 
I 
ere in Lord Bute's gis ge erg then in the 
Beale Шү before Ho ey и by 
Prof. D: Oliver. 
E Juweel. w ith 
5. F ti 
an “unknown artist, also from the 
Б-ы. a collec 
Mildew.—The Board o 
American Gooseberry 
Agriculture has ася а new Order Чеп d 
American Goos eberry Mildew "ua cancels all 
previo i^ Or sag 1 except the can Goose- 
berry Mildew Fruit Orders of Аю and 1919), 
" 
and Jim considerably the previous restrictions 
zelating to the movement of Gooseberry and 
Fic. 
Currant bushes in certain 
ar Under 
new Order the sale and movement 
(ith 
the 
of bushes 
the Same to be sent direct to 
Policy is now em ie 
Gate Honey -Harvest.—The honey harvest in 
E ue „атар. the pt Seay P EO! 19 has 
meen very variable. In some districts, notably 
THE GARDENERS 
those in which fruit is grown largely and 1 
keepers gave proper attention to their Чо 
during the autumn of 1918, a good harvest has 
been gathered. Owing to the fact that the 
weather during the flowering of the fruit trees 
was favourable to the sec eting and gathering 
of nectar, an average return of 70 ibs. per stock 
rec Jhen white Clover was in bloc 
was oo 
с It ` 
few districts, »w-l; land provides 
moisture in dry seasons, that a good yield from 
white Clover is reported. he harvesting of 
honey from e trees was hindered by con- 
tinuous rain during the flowering period. 
Speaking generally the honey harvest of 1919 
has been disapp 
Nerine Bowdenii in the Open.—At the foot of 
a sunny, south wall the charming South African 
decision, whi 8 ] 
cies “The ages Board Gazette онш 
CHRONICLE. 
203 
out that this decision does noi A se any limit 
on the number of hours which a farm labourer 
may contract with his employer to work. It is 
anh ад stated that the membership of the Agri 
ci Labourers’ Union has risen from 36,000 
me se in in 1918 to 100,000 in 1919, and that no 
other trade has increased its union members ship 
in like proportion. 
Rat Poisons.—Some rat poisons are prepared 
» 1 i › phosphorus. Of 
these the first twe expert handling, and 
are not to be comme s d for 
by the g ral In 
public. 
lion ained wor — 
dh d: 
h 
in-the neighbourhood of Звао 
astig 
care is 
p 
in putting 
The Board of Agriculture’s inve 
proved that baits ads from the od 
from carbonate of barium, if applie? 
tions have 
squills or 
93.—KALMIA LATIFOLIA IN THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM, U.S.A. 
Nerine Bowdenii is flowering freely in the рар with ordinary care, are comparatively harmles 
air at Kew. The border is not more than tw to domestic animals, = are ae best eager e 
feet wide, with a brick wall at the back and a ents for use in zhbo ag of the 
gravel walk in front. With loamy soil placed poultry run and Man ar ти we кс noting 
n the gravel subsoil of Kew warm ат ry well that rats welcome a : hango Е diet and it 1s 
di ained conditions күш о wth of often found necess e oo of the 
this South African bulb are provided baits, or even to tr ry a ев of pois There 
are, of course, well known and w cem Р гиа 
ее king Hours оп the Farm.—The Agricul- preparations containing ot poisonous sub- 
al W Pn Board, ci А confirmed on Septem- Stances that have proved very effective ir os 
ber 25 еа reduc ap ae = been E proper hands and under the right conditior 
which overtime ) 
doré October ad рген pa h the summer months Kew i At the special general meeting 
next year, the new ER cran have now come the w Guild, held in the Lecture Room, 
into force. It a be re merase wl that the ew, on October 7, to consider proposed altera- 
President of the Board of Agriculture and tions to three rules, there was a fair at dance 
isheries, cani powers confer ed on him by of members ule 4 was altered so as to give 
Section 5 of the Cor rn күш Act, directed the Committee greater fre in electing a 
the Agricultural Wages reconsider reed Chairman, wh uture may be an Old Kewite 
they Шенне, deci and not necessarily a me f the Committee 
Rule 6 relates to. the subscriptions, and it was 
