:04 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ocronea 18, 1919, 
imously agreed that in future the annual minimum wage, under the Corn Production Hop Cultivation.—An increase the Hop. 
лаана shall be 2s. 6d. When Me: T Act. Тһе man in оош һай been paid acreage up to the total of the 1914 Perse. is. 
came to be considered, the meeting felt that £1 2s per week whe the minimum agri- to be permitted by the Board of Agriculture, 
while it was клеш to increase the life cultural rate for the nty is £1 16s. 6d. It Growers wishing {о avail themselves of the 
subscription from 20s. to 40s. if the Kew Guild was argued that, pater as 50 per cent. of concession must obtain licences from the Hop 
Journal is to Ho ee in its present form, the produce of the gardens had been sold, Controlle 
any Miren of Income from present Life Mem- they should be regar as market gardens 
bers must be left to their apu yi So future coming under the operations of the Act. ue G Parr ome a «ы z si ag i 1 ттн 7 МИ 
Life Members must pay 40s. iis Committee ^ magistrates, however, decided that the еа а i er WAP Е ae E office of 
hopes that present life аана will рау ployee was not a worker in agriculture within pa hene it i pem ass hi f rad Les: 
either 1з. 6d. annually a further the gae ic of the Act, and dismissed the c presi ae his Е hs ithin * ew days of the 
20s., and we have no doubt that this which will probably b r ең to a higher с do eec ади е ; ale 
Г ll be well-known to the majority of ol 
will be done. e ar Memorial to Skin i Disease of Р Аң йн өй, Koni ji ill bar Tu edo : 
the 55 members of the Guild and other em- ticle а gee M. Nest qj» pcm Skis E: nis ewntes, w abili E NN official 
ployees from tha Gardens was considered. The x: icle У pen Ае си ri LT E x po of great capability in the multitudinal services. 
President of the Board of Agriculture will isease of Pota ubers, caused by the fungus he was called upon to perform іп connection 
d aha: tah ra  pustulans, is Lir on in Pe with the museums, his cheerful disposition and 
Коше IAS Te чо in Temple Bulletin No. 8, 1919. The dise velop diness t his knowled th 
of Arethusa. The Committee еа subscrip Stace. n A n 1l pa ^ Abl. dic T is "Badd 1 ре же оаа Оз мны: 
tions, which should be sent to Mr. Conte. OS ah Thi "d Е зно гона EREA а У Мг. Badderley was а carpenter by trade, and 
ina atten. Kew reci Ано ethos about spring. 1e diseased areas are, for the his knowledge of cabinet work fitte for 
£150 will del a 1 y part, confined to the skin, and though the fle the post of preparer at the Indian Museum. 
quired, iod we venture to remind е tibai nons Bb vathoctad Mb 7 : > : 
Ets db He v Sho аз й of the tuber is sometimes slightly t зу When the Indian Museum's collections were 
quickly." the fungus, it entails no appreciable waste in transferred to Kew, Mr. dderley was trans- 
peeling. The disease is more barmful in the ferred with them, commencing his new duties. 
ant Collecting in China.—In addition to case of seed Potatos, for tubers much affected on April 1, 1880. | Frequenters of Kew will 
Pl Cc In the- 
several expeditions made by plant collectors of may have the eyes injured. The only pre- remember Mr. Badderley’s wife, who died in 
this country and America, an Austrian expedi- ventive measure which can be recommended is 1915, as the caretaker of the North Gallery 
Water Fowl versus Water Lilies at Kew.— 
Mr. W. Robinson, Gravetye Manor, East Grin- 
& owi 
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ects 
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ui the a 
imd coast Tine and СЫ апа г 
of r id the can of these 
и baie n my opinion no culture e 
such. birds should. be allow in the Roya 
ns, th 
bour in attending to suc а 
they are quite out of place, аси по о doubt th 
is worth considering. W. Robin 
: rd of Agriculture апа Е Fisher 
Sir,—I раг кашы сыгы) the President of the 
Board. of Agriculture and Fisheries to thank | 
гоц for your letter of the 2nd inst. relative to 
i ds at the Royal 
"т 
E З , ( Botanic Gardens, Kew, but to say that there ary 
j & Fic. 94.—APPLE MILLER's SEEDLING (see p. 206). ther Sabi а ot De maintaining, a а 
i at after 
105. (ON; dacted by Camillo Schneider and Dr. t» avoid reap! exis tubers, for if badly censidoration of all the circumstance the J — 
Handel. Mazzetti; started щ Матсһ, 1914, under affected se e used, onlv is ther e.danger `° ау no propose any change 
the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of of the shat Чыйп to ue owing ‘the eyes cs 4 We ам не, 4 'seistant pisi 
Vienna, to South-West China. ышы Mazzetti being destroyed, but the soil is likely to be 9m it ап 
has travelled extensively and won reput seriously contaminated with ngus. V ing. 
a botanical explorer and piae оол "The F Fore ompetition.—In a Potato compe- vegerabie Botting, F wining an d Prys 
Akademischer Anzeiger of the Vienna Academy tit o allotment holders, promoted By V and Geo a Banks, London; eed= 
for July 6, 1916, published an account of the jointly ^y "e Киш Сакыш апа Burnley ена Societv. “Price ls. 6d. Proc Vol. 
regions stadied by m while a preliminary Horticultural Society, the prizes for the ings oft Na чиш Irish Academy. pies 
е on the vegetation of Kweichou and omi root of any на were awarded as XXV., Sectio , No. 4, on the Hist ets 
in the ess The Kew Bulletin follow: lst, Majestic, 9 !bs.; 2nd, Majestic, Dunk eld Hybrid L dh h, Larix eurolepis, with n 
unan 15 r > 4 
states that the pail remarkable discoveries of 85 lbs.; 3rd, Kerr’s Pink, 72 lbs. The heaviest оп other hybrid Conifers. By Augustin e 
the expedition include Taiwania cryptomeroides, yield fro; ix square yards, of any variety, and Margaret G. Flood. Hodges, Figgis and Pr 
a Conifer (so far only known from Formosa) as 77 lbs., the variety being Majestic, which Ltd., 104, tim Street, Dublin. Price у d 
as far West as the Salween; a Cedar оп UN as second, wi ia To a Ehe d, Private Companies. Thei ility bart 
Mekong; Juglans стар ыйыы wild on the Salw fcurth, fifth and sixth prizes were all won by the Fxemptions they Enjoy. Ву Her & 
a practically black- ered Rhododendron, "end Kerr's Pink, eh: Sa aput nl dn 703 lbs, W. Jordan. Ninth Edition. London: Jordan I 
a saprophytic pice less Orchid 8 ft. high. 704 Ibs., 70 lbs., and 694 Ibs. though Sons, Ltd., 116, 117, oneri eed Price 18 of 
Majestic heads the list in the above competi- ^ post free. Repor osition a 
Gardeners and the Minimum Wage.—A deci- tions. it not best aver ield. Feeding Stuffs id ын кие Analyser 
sion of considerable t vei to gardeners was Тһе results o 1 square yards uring the years 1914-18. mpiled = 
given by the Warwick County magistrates on оп ho: allotments w ; 944 lbs.; Harold Т Cranfield, Agricultural Ke dit t 
the 11th inst. Lady Fairfax Lucy, of Charle- Ally, 53 Nei 5 уон pes 523 Ibs. ; Midland Agricultural and Dairy joe tr 
cote Park, was summoned by the Board of Majestic, "52 Ibs. ; Lochar, 49 Ibs. ; Tinwald W. Thornley & Son, Printers, Bowling Green 
р чад for not paying a gardener ^ Perfection, 46 lbs. Prick: Is: EY 4 
