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THE GARDENERS’ 
EDITORIAL NOTICE, 
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to the Me that all lettera elati to financial 
matters and to advertisements should be асан 
to the. PUsLISEER ; pee that p communications 
intended for publication or "ME to the Literary 
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unnecessary den. y and confusion arise when letters 
rec 
are misdi 
Local News. espondents will greatly oblige by 
ng to the Editors early онко of local 
events likely 2 be of interest to om. readers, or of 
bring under 
Í y v ticulturists. 
Special Notice to Correspondents.—The Editor 
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— s unused comm unications 
illus (1 терес ial arrangement. The 
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early in the At du DOA ilo, and duly в signed by 
the writer. Vi» DN the signature will not be 
printed, but arantee T good faith. 
THE LOGANBERRY AND SIMILAR 
; FRUITS. 
HE чеге vs pum plants о f the 
ап 
sily propagated by 
e ll pots, or in the 
1. Tf grown in the open ds à wired 
a * ало of 6 feet from plant to plant may be 
qe бет of the aint season meee to be 
ll cared for and. we 
: tok 
ET inm а": 
Rubus will pro- 
E fine and. sup. fruits fit for 
in mer and th 
vantage. lt is re or a Blackberry 
than any of those above eee and makes a 
а succession also. Certa eople consider it 
n p 
o be identical with the Californian Mammoth 
Biers I can recommend its culture in the 
way I have indicated. 
s gd dicun is the vui RC. 
the same time 
Pisis. Di t it 
and may be saie Da the most vigcrous 
which 
ceding, it may be grown wild fashion, or tied 
to stout ered It is cheat ihe. best Bramble to 
withstand late summer rains. 
I have not аНЫ a, so-called American 
berries, such as Kittatinny, Wilson Junior and 
res Thornless ; the t two, аы эла 
are of good repute: as early varieties, 
Tha pure Winebe: is, in my opinion, 
$ re 
uset 
fond of its fruits and might be al 
Whi 
em, е tewash Bramble (Rubus 
засоў is) i 
]ес 
ypes 
pr thriving a 
he ны к of all tih ve is similar to 
a: for the berry, but a liberal mulching 
of farmyard manure due be Ея early in the 
g season. James Hudso 
A SOLDIER'S EDUCATION IN 
| GARDENING. — — 
ux of civilians into .that old- 
: SN influ 
ditat" institution, Te Beh am Army, the 
notion—that yet hold among 
a certain ot iem 
AE soldi must bein be a one. 
ived a shock. Now, as at no oor 
om prion ei ery chance of becoming 
a ge educated citizen. As a recruit he ae 
a sound general education and ты һе 
i any trader or 
g these last five years we hav 
e al 
come = тр eem with the man who, "before, 
om demands of types 
the Sixth Division School, among others, started, 
last April, a class in i r » 
Kilworth, co. Cork. М ark, at one time | 
the home of the Mount-Cathel family, had then, 
the writer understands, quite a famous ы EE 
CHRONICLE. 
[DecemBer 20, 1919. 
but all t € of qu has long since disappeared 
except for a very few neglected fruit trees and 
оа shrubs. 
The class пе Heer аа оп а 
small area (om er re). Lectu 
ect :—Soils ls 5 
ables and fruits, pests and diseases, buying and 
selling, glass othe tonne propagation, 
packing, florist’s wor ае landscap 
work and book-keepin g E RE course being 
атаана Чан the E of helping a man to 
man mall ч lding on iness lines. 
ph ds ne so far as possible 
also given practical 
theoretital гасне in carpentry, glazing d 
rough plumbing. The whole of t rea at 
may be gauged by the fact tha was necessary 
during the sec e increase th 
der cultivation to o r acres 
add two instructo 
At present the course is martes on the his 
of a small- шашы. One acre is © 
handy trees and э The students receive 
en in jut: ihe Pind of work they desire - 
frames and before next 
eated € 
ommencement of the course over 130 poteri 
ave been instructed and o 00 of these have 
passed really stiff, written tions, 
The whole. of the produce is sold е 
fficers’ and men’s messes, and despite the fact 
is a big outlay on tools and educa 
r rove the value 3 properly 
managed small- ian holdings of this type to the com- 
QUALITY OF BASIC SLAG.* 
THERE an three distinct types of slag, UT 
must on no account be confused :— 
phosphoric acid 
i ың slag years reg 
uivalent. to 40 per ore of tricalcic 
phosphate eas zu is "2 er cent. «pu 
acid; usual Bo per cent. of the total is 
aranteed soluble 
2. Basic “о aag containing less 
pge prad; 15 to 31 on aba 
Auer (80 per 
first pourings 
ic ** open-hearth "DH e made by the us 
pod 
oi lime т, pee ү much fees 
phate as the е preceding 
ass, but only P lightly p ie per cent. 
e first of M Pow the ырш slag, 
is the ee, which for many years was well 
sown to urists as one of the most 
effective of Ке, for pasture land. 
second and third {ука уе to | 
minence in recent y Pe ecially during 
the war, as E resu ’ changes in the method 
is makin ae hat sight P hoy: are not V 
gs 
mising a i ese liy, but field 
fiis shown that the = "possess inct value. 
test 3 ber 
hey have been ed in code 1 y 
lchrist, x киз. b tt-Robertson, in Devon 
by Dutton, y Oldershaw. 
and a 
The second class pres ot элер substantially "e 
in fertiliser value to the old Bessem er slags when 
E on Manures for December. From the the Roth 
amsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.  - 
— i Se duh EM MA EB EX. RÀ ША 2 6. 
