November 22, 1919.] 
UNE CORRESPONDENCE. 
t. 
esirable in every 
non-returnable package 
s 
s tsi sieve? "Aud why 9 the n 
е ected to provide baskets for grow 
pit 7 iddlesex. 
[Fig 126 illustrates end ked in non- 
к bushel boxes апа s be compared 
rated 
-Ёрз] 
were shown at Cambridge (see p. 255) 
Flowers in the Garden in November.—Not the 
mr es Pe d S 
кастет, and 
att 
T; 
note on summer flowers. Aubyn Tr 
ip? Ashford Chace, Petersfield, Nov. 15, 
oe on Fruit Tree 
s to the readers of The 
11th ult. an invi- 
bsen 
one exception was the Peach 
It must not be understood that the 
foliage — all mature or growth ripe, but from 
ке scarcity of moisture supplied either by the 
rtifici ri he leaves b 
ere 
Bo the beetle 
s l а ж эркын flies devour 
green dues or aphides a all kinds. Again, it 
1s report "a MN among other insects, certain 
wasps off small cat erpillars as food 
tor their Ач however this may be, the 
o first named *' friends" have done excellent 
ets this year, and Бин the question is under 
consideration, we cannot but doubt that the 
drought respons: sibl e dot their appearance in 
such myviads, because a dry season is favourable 
m 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
SOCIETIES. 
BIRMINGHAM CHRYSA ANTHEMUM 
HE NATIONAL POTATO. 
Жы M. ‘ten 
ge Birmingham, 
looked forward 
on the 
other. he rest 
pit SE sida although the show was s 
many of the first named Society's аканом 
days. 
2.5, 15.—The mbin 
two йы held in Bingley 
on the above dates, 
ES 
E 
to th iei he ingham Chry 
Society suspen ended X opät erati jani in "1914, 
> which iuis fifty-four annual shows had 
nd ci The Socie 
Fic. 126.—APPLES PACKED IN NON-RETURNABLE BOXES FOR MARKET: THE SPALDING SOCIETY'S 
SECOND PRIZE EXHIBIT AT CAMBRIDGE 
See also p. 258.) 
er and дек the drought public seemed to take little interest in them 
the more numerous “they become. The eh The quality pad variety of the E аана 
n fiy and its species are жеге which owers were very g competition in the 
prey upon ap prey known stem and leaf- plant group c мах А left something to be desired 
yas Es tees insect pes Magister Pal Apples were beautifull loured, especially the 
I fully ad um al Mr. Wareha phus erefordshire group sp ens, but Grapes were 
e 229. On. old trees of Scarlet No isappointing. Primulas and. Cyclamens, which 
pareil iL and King of the Pippin Apples I noticed were great features of the Birmingham shows 
г summer f la 3 5 ha 20 тин ago, have t dropped rw am 
woolly aphis was ground, as not a single s en either 
birds is, settled egi ‘that fh dk were дың Музы of on very aed winter-floweri lants was 
e vicam but on reading Mr. Wareham's article pes M in tee ar’s show. 
I examined the trees, and find there is no ^d past certain seedsmen offered 
trace of American Blight, except behind bark, Moral. y с ne vegetables, but on р 
where the ladybirds not gain acces I occasion these were icted to atos, wa 
am much interested іп the subject, and w uld the result that the garden-loving publie lost an 
like to know if any г сап state definitely opportunity of seeing the produce of so е 
Ph the ladybirds aly eat. the aphis.—John t skilful vegetable gro in the 
The newly-formed National Potato Society i is "d 
а" nore Lodye Gardens, Sunningdale, 
рс 
be congratulated upon getting together such a 
