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THE GARDENERS’ 
to keep them 
sufficiently Supplied with bod if so Es wn. If 
is to TAE t Шоп 
order 
pots are used t plan 
with suitable песн 
nt additions of rich Boer 5 
be reme tha he ore 
wi is. 8 ied more quickly will 
ing material be hed. from th 
soil, consequently the e the first flowers 
re set on pot plants it will be necessary to 
ppl fertiliser to prevent a check to develop 
nure is objectionable becau 
it oce upies teo m 
than an occasional weak application of boca 
and whenever the roots can b 
position, will enable the риши to prod 
nra qun of frui ave € that 
the weight of the crop is sometimes do uble or 
even € the weight of the oil n which the 
plants 
Failing ets oF, uisi Tomato plants should be 
place nches and Ше roots 
d 
а pens 
less І am not satisfied unless I ob lb. 
of fruit tor ever f stem. 
r 
Although, bo "hath sn ЗГА 
given when the 
application of ate 
de weg unns a ol alpha ate of ammonia may be 
iven о: 
5 Dealing g R Sie RE ‚ to come into use 
just when. Broccoli are des Sr nd berge ros 
s ill poeme enti ar ied 
e. ae f the that 
me as à 
partial pias owing to drought and a light 
soil, for when t soil becomes reall: it is 
to i ter to 
ways now prepare for drought 
my Cauliflowers. een 
deep and 30 in. apart 
his, operat is repeated Dovel times, so that 
the cies are never exposed. The amount of 
water Cauliflowers absorb is astonishing; T 
frequently flood the trenches three or four 
a wi stunted spring boire is of v 
use all. y xum the moment of to 
growing steadily by "the applica- 
as soon as they 
al Y and, 
Meum Freely) frequent slight applications 
Hee yap? cem En E d be given. Where plenty 
manure can be obtained little else will 
Е even then an an occasional small 
application of sulphate of ammonia or nitrate 
of soda d ВӘ A aes io has го 
siderably 
cook, v who ee e had Broccoli to deal with, 
that freshly cut y Mee ойн grown in the way 
described require only 10 to 12 minutes boiling. 
Spring Cabbages are frequently planted close 
pat! Я ог firmly trodden po and even 
when пата in beds th 
placed 18 
there is a chance of drawi arth u 
the stems, oe the plants highly. appreciate: 
These Cabbages are Mua ted hallow 
drills with a liber: zw ount ‘of ке 
Quickly grown Sh ing Cabbag 
he cook's blessing, for Е еу пуа eka 20 
minutes to boil and retain their pong colour 
ithout the use of soda in the water, and, as 
we have recen tly learned, the greater portion of 
the vitamines are retained when soda not 
used or the boiling prolonged. Wm. Pastor. 
€——SMM 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Editors. ed not кыне, Че унн for the 
opini үө orresponden 
radici 
Ties. Violet Rays. m vas 9 of 
your issue Ae the 6th poh m mind 
y 
a rg cra 
"He Vw. so B Т can 
experim ried 
employer (at the titio). 
rem e idea, not from his gar- 
readi 
mber, obtained 
a 
was principally filled, made ext 
and the foliage became v 
and of an oad ual dark green colour, and they 
ripened and flowered beautifully. ihe 
Жар Шы t ot was when the sun was shinin 
досу the plants were well shaded from hea, 
still had the same colouration as the 
seeks again, when it was cloudy, thers was still 
the m MEO light, aa I felt at the time, 
а Іа ouse of т n, I should certai nly 
thi ОН т in pref мд to white. Un- 
fortunately n ee gare up the place à 
the experi rried on long eno 
wit! tht ay certainty on d 
A. a д ла, 
Autumnal Glories zzle which Novice 
states in his last letter, y shea utility to the 
tree of its colour, the glory о of autumn Me d ls 
difficult and probably impossible to solve 
the lines he is working. Is it, howev е саат 
to bring everything down to a utilitarian basis? 
f place in a 
ith 
utility; and also remin him of Browning’s 
lin nes, 
and every common bush afire with God, 
But only he who sr takes off his shoes.” 
. E. Pearson, F.L.S 
Bouvardia Sports freed Root Cuttings.—In the 
report of the meeting of the Royal Hom cultural 
Society, p. reference is made ouvardi 
Pink Perfection, d “a an ne of 
Merit. It is ther to have чү 
as а "hun President Menge 
bud or branch bari 
sport, and yet we have rein 
gs + a pe mem 
may show нса Му ү ан 
t matte: vy that, a ао] M 
cuttings, i the variety origin A к 
liable to revert to the „typical kind kind | when propa; 
gat үш gee way. 
that of dira have “been Frequent 
b E wa 
brought home in an impleasan to m 
i eig тое: of the 
when the ry ed variety 
Alfred Neuner came e е from the 
the fret" I happened e charge "t one of 
Fn 5' 
root 
иа, — set E ез propagating them 
as rapi as possible, for there was a great 
CHRONICLE, 
[December 13, 1919, 
demand for the plants and at a highly remunera- 
tive pri E Both top and root propagation was 
and that i 
ev 
was that a good many plants from root 
cuttings reverted to the single-flowered fo 
be quite true. Since then ave ‘ind others 
2 the same results. W. 7. 1 
ersus Sieves 1 for Marketing mm 
West pod (p. asks me what i e 
BS of a eres bask ks or sieve. e E 
e the a i baskets long pem. thas 
t : 
provide bask growers? 
Probably the custom arose Еа the sales- 
n liking to have uniform P eerie os with his 
аша оп Mon in жүгү supply fruit to the 
retailers, age = corn merchants supply sacks 
in the same way? In any case the question is 
hardly one 2 та the growers, so long as the 
salesmen are to continue ‘to supply 
empties. They be ot do it for love. Some make 
special charge for use of empties, whilst in 
other eases the commission is high enough te 
eanliness is con 
e can be no question that a new 
box is cleaner than an old ры; ош а is 
of ез. 
not of great importance in the pp 
as re but clean wood-wool ant | paper com 
in contac e fruit, and urchasers can 
ith lining. 
cannot be loyed, as it would become so: 
th Ts ver, the air baci gets throug 
do away with 
the baskets at present in use, and I do по 
y will be dissatisfied. Market Grower. 
ellii.—I was much interested 1 
rinum Pow 
the article on Crinum Powellii on p. P 
hybrid was an by father, the late C 
Hall, ) то 
875 
Powell, of the Old Southborough, he 
bridge Wells. In the year 1875 he ssed the 
a white 8 “sion / саре 
Amaryllis longifolia) with pollen o 
Mooreanum, th ин карма, 100 seed- 
lings of ше: ant Опори 
owellii. desc вестуна ре the plant, wi 
урш pate, э given in | 
ind 5.1 n aM Calverton 
ouse, - Stony eed. 
