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THE GARDENERS’ 
EDITORIAL NOTICE, 
ADVERTISEMENTS should be sent to the 
Garden, WC. 41, Wellington Street, Covent 
Editors Our correspondents would 
W. 
nd Publisher. 
obviat = delay in obtaining answers to their eom- 
munications, and save 
directed to the EDIT departm 
Publishing and Editorial, are distinct, and inen 
cee stig and confusion arise when letters 
are misdirected. 
1 be Ws Correspondents will greatly oblige oy 
sending to - арг eli d Pha леу of local 
zante келу t be of interest to our readers, or of 
any ти s gp which it ү нра to bring under 
oti of horticulturists. 
ти. THE ENSUING 
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28,— 
Kent Commer ial Fruit Show 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29.— 
Ormskirk Potato Show (two days). Scottish Horti- 
cultural Association Кыр, Exhibition (two days) 
im the Waverley Market, Edinburgh. 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30.— 
Deal, е 4 
nd Districts. Horticultural Society’s 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE 
deduced from езам 
аф сеат ‚ 47.3. 
Gardeners’ "Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 
Cov _ Gai rden, London, Wednesday, Oct. 93, 
0 a. Bar. 30.3; temp., 549. Weathe 
for the ensuing week 
during the last fifty 
r— Bright. 
In publishir 
The Architect let" under this “tite Mc. 
«п the Garden. William Robinson has 
performed a Public ser- 
vice which will be appreciated by all gar- 
deners. We y^ ee it will be по less 
PRIM and laid to heart by all сенд ын 
ef though the on be, the n- 
tive ENS of its pages wil m a 
garden hit professional or 
ateur, from fi Бог 
teaching what to avoid М on sho 
by implication which are essential prin- 
ciple: whic rden designs must rest 
ho has.not had rience in laying 
rden ses realis: w easy it is if 
а and knowledge.are his guides, nor how 
difficult the task and di appointing th 
result if citer of these aids b sent, 
as indeed is the case in all constructive 
things, the principles on which 
2 
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ou 
and truly laid 
in the mind of the ml poit, for they 
же Wis eae e е. edifice- It. is 
per use of neral An 
for p ples and the misai ision of them 
a sort of pedantry, that so m of our a ci 
tecture both gardens a buildings, is 
ea 
of ga nd bu gs 
and i е сар and therefore ugly. 
In illustration of th y o 
we call M 
were nsiv: spite of act that 
aphis and petrol fumes sapped their strength, 
n rdeau i e—too a meat 
for such weaklings—gave them coup de 
ace. Mr. Robinson has no hesitation in 
prescribing t ‘The spot is 
It nfit for flow arden." Thi 
we suggest that it be applied prac- 
А that the Pelargoniums be banished 
next year, the ground 
and which they 
occupy be laid down to grass. 
Of ra ursc, 
not all the avoidances insisted upon by Mr. 
Robinson will commend екан to 
everyone, g i mendations 
E р 
е om ouse, or to 
dispense "with it alto oge ether if the site den 
ot 
excellent point 
ing and shap ing E forest trees 
It 
and t e iei is practise que as the resu 
of бае f the wealth of plants which 
are suited 
{С 
rg ar owever, we. dare 
to avow ourselves addicted to heresy in this 
doctrine, and vi a penchant fo 
uaint topiary inson, we р 
will т ve us this ‘sign : of lack of grace, 
if only because we so whole-heartedly concur 
in his general principles of garden design 
much 
architecture a have gained from a stud 
of thes too brief pages, > п 
and beauty е? 2 rm pe thro 
and be the scene x » 
every fine da ny in winter and s 
How stupid to stamp p life aad change out 
of a garden. 
er the и of land settlement man 
{Бонг of со 
5 
c 
ning ue 
r gardening in to 
prevent the planting m the пев P our 
suburbs in the field of the countryside. 
nal Chrysanthemum Society.—The annual 
spin of n xo wil be held at the 
1 Horticultur ll, Westminster, on Tues 
doi; ovember Pee pP t advices suggest 
that the show will Pe much larger than those 
held. in ent y Tt is e 
Excellency the {тию Ambassador, Viscount 
Shinda, with Viscountess, Chinda, Bog be pre- 
nt at the opening of the exhibit: 
Us Horticultural UN Fund pus 
Fruit Trees for —The Committee ex 
the Royal Horticultural "Society's War Relief 
Fund has а еей first ee yee! £10,000 
for the rei it Онт fruit 
trees with a best TE immediately relieving the 
devastated distri wid and has already 
the supp Arrangemen 
E ve been made for the immediate T of 
50,000 ire of vegetab 
furt iiber arrangements are being m a Й Pes 
supply of aen ш fruit trees to follow po 
autumn. dreds of thousands of qua. of 
seed are cred The Hon Sir 
Harry Veitch, is making a sp ecial "appeal. = 
ub. which will te к ully астай by h 
at: 17, br ше Street, London дем 6 1. 
Biennial Fruit Ж" Tren well- талы. 
айу), w 
of which had been grated Gravenstein whilst 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовев 25, 1919. 
ше other ШТ consisted of the original Mata 
. Each half chooses differen 
waiting its turn in the m 
med ge ental Station, Har- 
last. Professor 
the L gricultur. Ha 
caw р вала 
that for many y ears agriculture ed n 
lected by the yeu but its national i importance 
was discovered | r, and he knew i 
са 
е п Agriculture had been neg- 
lected Aw mH uh research, 
experimentation, Then various ins 
һе Board of | gelatin Thad үе 
their pE on what they had learnt DM toam 
were now spending a respectable im of 
дын money in agricultural кайса} те- 
агсһ 
Welsh Secretary for Agriculture.— The Presi- 
dent of the Board of Ай апа Fisheries 
ed r Jon 
cided to ma 
gated to i 
si sible i in future for all the work co 
agricultural education, boi lines cto and cer- 
tain branches of Sus of the agricultural 
ex н, committees, ont P also, as hitherto, 
conduct the business of vip Welsh Agricultural 
Council. Mr. C. B. Jones was Professoi 
Agric MUN. uad ао “oli the Colleg — 
IT College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Base 
1907 to 1912, and in the lat ter igs? ap- 
poin kid Agricultural Commissioner "Wales 
and Chairman of the Neun. аа Coun- 
cil. 
Le Mérite PEDEM preneh Order is 
а on those who lide aps con- 
spicuous service in connection ith a. cult 
id Lattices. It is peores a E decori 
tion and has been occasionall ү. е ferred 
B Р 
го 
the chair hip of t oard of Agricalturs 
d Fisheries, the French Government conferre 
on him the Cross of Commandeur, a his jc 
pletes the list so far as e We 
er to these few cases chiefiy to draw attention 
to a very lengthy list of decorations recently 
towed upon British Army officers by the P 
sident of the French Republi r services in t ji 
great war In that list, under the heading 
** Ordre vad — Agricole” е will be seen 
that eleve of receive t 
highest ЖЕЛЕ, ies of pom die: fg ec 
are made Officiers, and one ideda ae 
are given Cross of Chevalier Among t si 
ritish Army officers thus ho oured add 
pleased to notice the name of Mr. Harold ed 
of Mess t 1 arter о. à ses 
among who hav appointe ы 
Chevaliers ae Mr. Harold Beale s father ts 
the first Englishman to r the Men e 
conferring of it upon the’ n! ew "m S Эрон 
t n which 
mb. m mit is Targ ete on ha i cata: мей 
Duce. of “this Order 
ET 
ds 
2m. 
