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of a direct protest from the Belgian Govern- 
ад е ns > in authority in the Un ited States 
—Messrs. 
p ien M jw Paris, France, have been 
awarded f Bi! hite ies 1 of Honour for dis- 
tinguished rvices horticulture, by the 
гвинти Туи Tarte bra Society. This is 
the eleventh award of the White Medal, which 
is given annually in recognition of eminent 
services in horticulture.— The death of М. 
Robert Johns 4 
“А » 
gentleman in every sense of the word E 
John. ү: we те of 
ohns was а — cour A 
settled America 4 number of 
years vy was лге їп the P Um of Messrs. 
R. and ч J arquhar and Co., in their landscape 
departm 
Ga ren “Pict ctures at the “ Englishw 
Exhi n.—There was remarkably little pos gn 
Exhibition held this month (November) at the 
Central Hall, We: nnd rig to mark the love oi 
gardens and ‘of the e open air which is character- 
istic of the eee еы. although the 
exhibition took i om the jo ourna] which 
poh саа. А Englishwoman: The hall was 
'wded— so for the com- 
of amor bot "iie stalls were a 
exclusively devoted to two subj ress 
nd here . was a gardene: sug 
gestion abou e enclosure, which 
the rest of e 1 
arranged trails of autum: 
were imens of Solont. photograph Е э 
€ LE Ds g y M 
Vivian P. vis, Biggs oar n many of 
the most celebrated ga arden: "The vibe в were 
somewhat marred by the st strong. grain marks, 
novel yield | Чон tisfactory results in this 
iss Aumonier was wing 
d dain oy wai colour drawings grouped 
oe the eneral ques ot ardens in Sun 
Shade,” table. ior cards and 
WES a The ad Works; of | Teicester had 
a Apu full of Raffia garden baskets and Байа 
mats of all :shades; in: which the colours were 
very i prettily blended: M had. tv 
0! ee somewhat ‘‘impressionist ” drawings of 
ева Бооке, опе оѓ sie ag Idren leaning 
æ parapet, whic at 
lifelike, though the sar Ue is unusual. 
The Agriculture (Councils) 2n. —The main 
objects of this Bill, which has now passed the 
Committee:stage in the House of Commions and 
| ber ed as the first fruits of the re- 
organisation of agriculture, and its general re 
cognit by the public, are the ion o! 
entral visory Committees for the Board of 
m dumis an ministrative - 
mittees .fo ic n n Each 
self 
imulati nteres 
To these local Agricultural Committees all a agri- 
uu querio ns ЕХ coming before the County 
Councils. will -stan Verse and their sub-com- 
mittees will- deal with uestions as animal 
seases, small-holdings and а otments, the con- 
trol of cultivation and land drainage. In the 
two latter cases, they w will exercise the powers 
of pe instructions from There 
will be cetat linked, > —(1) An Agricul un- 
cil for l and an Agric al Council for 
Wales, each body having representatives of the 
Local Agricultural Committees a certain ele- 
t nominated the Board, which will in- 
clude resentatives of Labour, Women, 
‘Agricultural Education ан Re- 
search. Тћеге will also be representatives of the 
Agricultural Wages Board. These Councils. will 
meet at least те а учат ай ae agricul- 
tural questions of general in (2) A grad 
smaller body, called м, peces ната ory 
consisting of 12 members 
ing both England and Wales, 1 partly: пок 
the mue ane CA bore tr oS lan tv 
by t lea 
a s quarte r “and perhaps more ооо and io “he an 
vis 
sho 
hea 
meeting of the ‘Royal Horticultural Society. 
wis 
issue 
the Mr eer y Secchi аз usual, contain much i 
estin 
[NOVEMBER 29, 1919. 
genus appears in Hyalo alos Rol formed to 
nclude the pombe ‘Bulbophyllum grandi- 
аак and its ahan, whi ws are in 
cultivation. Over a doz Ай есте e known, 
sedi of New быы кже the adja бе is lands, 
The female flowers of the Chiriqui Cycnoc 
P hb. f., are ripae these havi Dum a ; 
last been obtained, by C. W. Powell, after 
a lapse of over ino. us An ol rchid 
Book, British Natural Hybrid Orchids, Orchids 
at Home, d mportant account of the 
discovery o at are now know as the Men- 
elian pher 10mena century ago, are also 
interesting features HN fase issues 
xodium and y d 
Li ‘ites that in his i Notes on Taxodium 
and Glyptostrobus,” two eet have эе 
transposed, e words “ see Fig. 118 (b),” d 
etc., in line 34, addle ош се 259, should 
come imm ediately a after the word ‘‘ imbricated,” 
in line 32. 
The Prickly Pear in Australia—A bulletin | 
issued by the Institu Science and Industry 
(Commo Ith of Australia) states that an area 
of over 20,000, acres is infes ith Prickly 
ear (Opuntia) in Bamix aes and an area of - 
over 2,200,000 acres in New South Wales. The 
rate of increase a ‘th pest is estimated at . 
‚000, те annum. Rich ntry is as 
endered u and value- 
less. The wie is з ры РНИИ na » eradicate 
and no satisfactory machine for destroying it - 
has yet been invented. 
Re- «кеча З 
т | 
notifie ble requirements Bri 
nurseries will be able to produce the в 
likely to be icio Another article by 
Alexander S. MacLarty insists on t rtan 
growing all с trees from properly 
selected seed. He s that more attention 
should be n to the oleis of trees i 
which шо eem is to be gathered, particularly | 
its strain. 
— to a Popular Specific.—‘‘ A Highly 
d b 
the Royal Horticultural Society, to Price ЖШ 
Patent Candle Company, Limited for Сїзһшз 
Compound, which was found, after trial, to” 
зе. entirely efficacious in the treatment of Rose 
M 
The Potato Crop.—According to the estimates 
of the Board of Agriculture. the ase in England - 
and Wales under Potatos in 1919 was 330,000 
фо The yield is expected to prove "somewhat 
below the ‘average, but generally free from 
disease. 
Publications Rece d.—Notes from thé 
Royal Botanic hare Hy MT 
1: і А 
9. 
the Roy al Botanic Garden, !dinb 
July, 1019. Price E cin gs His Majesty 
Stationery Office. The Orchid Rev 
for September— October. Frank Leslie * Co. К 
Lawn Crescent, Kew. Price ls. ustra- 
De 
H nsecticide. ра Journ 
tural Research. British каап, ТА 
Hugh Robert Mill. London: Edward Stanfo 
td., 12-14 i i pplie 
h 
Paynter. St. Margaret’s-on-Thames 
Dicks, Printers. 
