246 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ee to Midlothian Early, though more 
and the third consisted of 
i the A 
t rst 
judges was no 
oints to 
nearly 7 good 
e task of the 
the awa 
much in the immediate results: obtained as in 
реч д о of t ure. Altogether, at 
пишен тта the produce of over 
20,0 seedlings was represented in, the ‘show, 
out of whi h numbe nust be some whith 
have a future before them. Messrs; Ryder’s 
кые 18 bee ed ce Potatos Ша, um be aea 
nnually seed, and i 
g, w 
йыл of Ше. 
a keen enthusiast in gardening. The 
icturesque var include a 
sitchen garder The college 
of a commi lee. of 
is Hon. 
King, ws 
fine old walled.i 
is under the танадай 
which the Hon. Ethel MeNaghten 
prism ary 
A Nephrolepis.—The American horti- 
m a pers chronicle another ар. Nephro- 
lepis, which is r кру oe as superior to N. fen ttii, 
ro hes t ori igi 
vii interest among por pots 
Pla абз; ва ailway Banks with нек — 
In a written Parliamentary yen to a question 
Colonel Yate, Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen, 
e 
pointed out that it wou 
take the work pres m owing to the shortage 
of fruit. trees. ‘Large ‘numbers ‘of fruit tree 
to be. за. ‘at ei College and Lon 
“Exporhieytal Station for distribution 
си nurserymen, and it is ged that within 
a few years there will be large supplies of home- 
S FOR MARK 
: THE ены, CHALLENGE TROPHY 
(See р. 255. 
x» 
s, howa 
the н с crop 
Irish College of Gardening for Women.—A 
new оешты college for women “ча oe 
ished 
uc 
After the 
‘the Cha irman, Sir Frederick Moore * congratulat m 
on the acq of such 
со ittee 
suitable site, Кароолор» t 
ical work in connection with class room in- 
ax to be. 
MK as varieties 
then, 
ЕТ: THE WISBECH dcs: S EXHIBIT WHICH WON 
AT CAMBRIDGE 
raised stocks available for growers 
country. 
Ф of the Board of a 
light, but they are sound, 
from фе л, except in the south-w 
certain amount gn blight is rence 
Kew.—In Gard. Chron. 
it was stated that iom Еге, 
е 
Осі 
Мау dh; 99195 
ич а Agricult 
President оѓ th 
ishmi ew 
Gardens." A guide was s ши appointed, 
ut the response by, the public has been so 
that the scheme has been abandoned, and 
experiment will im de resumed unti 
as the finances of the country а ждө i a further 
endeavour to me this educational m Ad of the 
gardens a succè 
ricultural ol ook.—Very good progress has 
been made with autumn cultivation, the we течан 
having been 
throughout. the month 
CHRONICLE. 
in this 
е Potato 55 —The mo йй: ee 
n Official Guide Phoen 
tat K 
ies times 
[NovEwBER 15, 1919. 
avouat although, particularly in the south- 
easter of the country, ie ground ae in 
veen too dry work or drill. 
young 
б! “and ‘look we al. 
he same neighbourhood, | 
з a 
up аа patching 
пет iid however, be noted during the 
mont ra in 
eac in the Unite y, a5 
is siis y the following returns :—Apples, 23 
Поп barrels, as comp with 274 million 
barrels last year, an 4 million boxes, as com 
pared with 214 million boxes last year Pears 
are estimated at 84 million bushels, as compared 
with 74 million bushels last year. Peaches are 
better still, the estimated yield this year being 
295 million bu shels, that M. being 20} 
million bushels. The 
hose of Californian, W sinn and Idal 
Fruit Conference at Leices The ds. ation 
Committee of the Leicestershire County poene. 
i a dozen experimental 
8 
ted th е pem >i holding a conference 
of growers i on Octobe th for 
the purpose Sof obtaining Во on as to suit 
able varieties, soils, etc., for each district, Most 
he gr ra ent wer of he opinion that 
that some 
which “ free” aoe » Ивет 
spersed wi ther v. which are “shy 
in bearing to ensure fertilisation of the blossom 
of the a 
Home ood.—Speaking at the exhibi- 
tion of us Gloucester re Root, Fruit Ly Стан 
: P. 
Society, e nm on the ч Lor 
Lee, Presid tof aet Boa Аксы, 
sta’ that i was нш is E 6 ерец, 
from He at farmers might 
help by showing a little more sympathy tor the 
small h e and allotment holder e Govern- 
ment stated, was determined in th tion's 
interest not merely to m t to extend 
ea of arable la and would stop a 
nothing which would ist this. It was also 
or onable disturbance. 
brought prem by the amendment of nthe existind 
law 
Floral Tribut Falen  Heroes.—The 
enotaph in W hitehall” at present rises out 0 of a 
wealth t floral tributes which are piled around 
ts base. These floral trib ae were contributed 
» Hw Majesty the King, Mr. Lloyd George, by 
пишер of ordinary people, and by v 
с 
ildren. Chrysanthemums in all ms TS, í 
Lilies, Roses er Carnations were the principe’ 
flowers placed about the Cenotaph just before 
and immediately after the Great Silence ОП 
November 11th 
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