GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



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in two only of tne fifteen maiviuucn iw/umis *v« iuc avad^c ^tccucu, 

 the droughts are due rather to persistent dryness month after month, 

 than to excessive drought in any one or two months. As the wells and 

 underground water supplies are largely dependent upon the percolation 

 of winter rains, it is obvious that such an extremely dry winter is of 



in the culture of which he had been engaged for ° n dnc W 

 dency. Mr. Gammie described the ^rU. . an . y y ears in the fc^. * 



of 



'-he 



the distribution or tne arug to the various fever strirt j- 

 how through extended cultivation its price has 1 C 

 wSt-Viin the reach of all. In consenner,^ „r een red uced 



serious i 



In consequence of the me-LT^* 1 50 * to brfT" 

 f r. Gam«t.>. P res sure on 0ur space ^ " 



London County Council, the Parts ^ r\ ~~ ,,rsi meedi* 



Trains, it ^ uuvu^ """""J - within the reach of all. in consequence of 



ac, . wua .mportance to the general body of cultivators, and to residents m compe n ed to hold over Mr. Gammie's paper, 

 the country who obtain their supplies of water from comparatively 



shallow wells. With a view to determine whether this dryness is local Tree Planting on Hampstead Heath. 



or general throughout the country, Mr. bymons has selected stations 

 well distributed over the country, and at each of which observations have 



been continuous for at least eighteen years. He then proceeds to give for whi(± had been d we 



ach of them the average rainfall for the five months October to February, preservation> and asked that their report be ™ ve d 



for the ten years, 1880-89, the actual fall in 1897-98, and the percentage as an amendment , that in the opinion of the Coundi 



which these last figures are of the above-mentioned average. For the pur- recently pk - ----- 



pose of showing how far the rainfall for the past winter differs from the Committee 



avpraorA if will Qnffirp tn crivft the DPrrpntaapc «rV»^Vi o*-.e» . •_ • j 



i 



Road and Spaniards Road, Hampstead Heath. * Th FldnUnB tJecs 



Witt* 



that 



average it will suffice to give the percentages, which are as follows : 

 Tenterden, Kent, 46 ; Camden -square, Middlesex, 51 ; Boston, Lincoln, 

 51 ; Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 52; Hitchin, Herts, 52 ; Hesley-hall, 

 Nottingham, 58 ; Addington, Buckingham, 58 ; Ross, Hereford, 62 ; 

 Alton, Hampshire, 62 5 Blandford, Dorset, 63 ; Woolstaston, Shropshire, 

 65 j Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, 65 ; Stroud, Gloucester, 65 ; 

 Hull, Yorkshire, E„ 72 ; Launceston, Cornwall, 72 ; Manchester, 

 Lancaster, 96 ; Skipton,|Yorkshire, W., 120 ; and Seathwaite, Cumber- 

 land, 127. From a careful examination of the figures here given the 

 facts come out quite clearly. They show that in the north-west of England 

 there has been a wet period, the excess being equal to 20 per cent, in West 

 Yorkshire, and to 27 per cent, in Cumberland. On the other hand in 



equested 



that the PaiW 

 reasons which render £J 



Protection Society, as expressed in the letter of Mr. Ernest LakeS* - Hc * 



seconded the amendment, but after a short discussion it wis a 



suggestion of Mr. Costelloe, that the report be referred back t» 1 ed, . 0D k 



Lu me commit^ 



Black Currant Mite.-An interesting letter has been received h,» Ut 

 Scientific Committee from Miss Ormerod giving an account of what h iL 7" 

 experimentally at the Duke of Bedford's fruit farm at Woburn under th7- 

 of Mr. Spencer Pickering, F.R.S. As to the possibility of obtaining « ra k i5l 

 black currants, the only result has been some plants received from b S 

 which she has distributed to the Toddington fruit grounds, to Mr Speir N ^ 

 farm, Glasgow, and to Woburn. Miss Ormerod has given 'as exhaustive « 



disease in a special appendix to her twenty-fim'S 



- * — - ^ ** iiaiiu ng a.j out wuiu luiui \ji nit uiotaoc iu a special appendix to her twent 



the south-east of England the rainfall has been very short. East of report, from the period of its first appearance until the present time a u 



a line drawn from Spurn Head to the Isle of Wight the amount of rain experiments are now being set on foot at Woburn directed to every DobTlII 



has been about half the average, the absolutely lowest value being at the is °P en for serviceable action, including chemical applications. These wfflt 



most south-easterly station. This is a striking example of a feature in folIowed by expert examinations of the contents of the galled buds treats . .2 



called attention, namely, an oscillation due presumably to differences * w/ treated chenllcalI y- These experiments will be found detailediuk 



in the distribution of atmospheric pressure, whereby wet periods in the a PP endix » PP- 141-158. A conclusion anticipated is that there should he »i 



south-east of England occur with droughts in the north-west of Scotland dlfference in broadscale method of growing." Mr. Gordon sent to the meet* 



and vice versa. The balance may be restored within the next few months' s P rays L of l he filbert infested b y Pbytoptus which he had received from K»TJ 



but there is no evidence that the drought has yet ceased and it is ^ k ^ T ' I 7^ * e DUt Cr ° P i§ threatened - The sprays are errooeo^ 



therefore, desirable cultivators should recognise the foct that over the " ^ ^ " SpedmenS ° f the ^ nUt ' 



greater part of England the soil contains considerably less than the Daffodil Prizes.— Since issuing the schedule of arrangements for 1898, tk 



average quantity of moisture, and also the necessity of conserving the soil RoyaI HorticuIturaI Society has received from Messrs. Earr and Sons, of Ka 



moisture to the fullest possible extent by the use of mulchine keeping Street ' C ° Vent Garden » the offer 01 a silver CU P for daffodils, to be competed fa 



the surface soil well stirred, and other means familiar to those experienced w the . societ y' s meetin g at the Driu Hall, James Street, Victoria Sm, 



in garden management Westminster, on Tuesday, April 12, open to all amateurs. Notice of entry shod 



— be addressed to the secretary, R.H.S. Office, 117, Victoria Street, S.W., ad 



Decline in Gardening-. -Mr. Bryant Sowerby, secretary of the Roval mUSt on or before Thursda y» A P"1 7- The particulars of cob- 



anirr.WiAf^ „:...- ... > petition for the cup, are " Collection of cut daffodils (polyanthus section exduWL 



p^,„ • to . . , . . . — 1 — ' octiciary or me K.oyai 



Botanic [Society, has been giving a correspondent of the Daily Graphic some 



contemporary 



ic f« ^ V f^«^ li_ ' — wiic*L Luuibc 01 instruction -n i . A 



l^Ztzr^r, vtj* ,he . tat ^ . ^ * <- wU ' ttktn mt0 account - 



each of the three groups— Magni-coronati, Medio-coronati, and Parvi-corOMb- 

 being represented, the ilowers to be arranged in bottles which will be proridd if 

 the R. H. Society. Not less than forty different varieties and not more than tte 

 bottles of any one sort to be staged. Correct naming and elegance c 



arrar.^eaflt 



srrniinrl nnproi;^,. i • ' - — ^ J ^ F u F iA3 wiu uc mstruccea m 



indoor work in the menhnu«>« V X ' 7~ ,vl ^" c " g*ruens, ana general Inner Temple Gardens have been preserved from the builder oc km 

 duties and knowledge exneTJ' f ^ T yeaf the pUpils wil1 be tau S ht the further ^osuxe by the rejection of the Bill, promoted by the Benchers 

 soils and ma n„~. 1 -.17 V . g °° P rofessional gardeners, from the nature of powers to extend their buildings in King's Bench Walk southwards. 



The 



growing 



ca 



•«Thk.»tn» *t j — * — * • v ~«" a«»«>.in-cvi ^racucai gardening. " wi 



has th S Z^Su^,,"? aPPCar . a VCry ambkiOUS P r °S ramme . but it the ^strict Karlway Company. ' 



find ZSTJ^Z^^ ^ PUpil Wh ° COnscientiousI y Allows it will that the preamble was not'pJved. 

 demand ^,J™ ^ » a ?° Sltl ? n to earn ^ wages, for the 



Railway Company 



Lond 



hearing evivisfl 



Orchid Roots with Fungus. 



information obtained from Mr. Sowerby, or upon 



the specimens Uoqp 

 Mr. Murray, of 



ported 



in a bad 



is from 



Wylai 



__ „ °o other cause than from the want of air, or, rather, circum *" «* 



way at present. There are only a limited number ^Mrd^Twho an do am ° ng the pIants '" In a P revious communication to Mr. Douglas, be a*** 



than rake over the mould ; and we could find places for as many competent a S reement with Mr. Veitch's interpretation, but not quite in the n*«B« 

 gardeners as we are likely to cultivate." It cannot be necessary that we should ex P kined > for he observes, « I ventilate the houses day and night with the «» 



discuss the a» es t;™ « ^ we shouId lators, ... but the air upon the stages, or, rather, above the stages, 



the plants are standing close together, travels very slowly, even with 



11 with that around the centre staging, as plants therect 



„ wc « c UKeiy to cuUlvate> „ It cannot be neces , 



gard U e ^» gttTc? * f " ^ * ^ becorae " a Com ^ 

 SiowhSL ? ! ° UrSC ° f thrCe years ; for ever y° ne who has any practical 



Z^*:^*??* wit V he fact that the time is not m " 



bim an Z^Z^a BuTth ^ ^ ^ l ° "*« 



number of gardened ^ wTo can do ^ that " there are only a limited 



that surely There must be sZ ^ fake ° Ver the mouId " is 80 abs ^ 



Mr. Sowerby *"* misa PP«hension as to the opinion expressed by 



National Chrysanthemum S<w** v n. ^ • j 



of members will take place at And. » ^'fty-— The adjourned annual meeting 

 March a, next, at A^^^r^i*^ ^ Street ' on Monday! 



statement of accounts, together J5, g ' ° ? CeiVe the commi "ee's revised 

 current year ; to elect a president viTe Z T\ T**' eXpeDS€S for the 

 year ensuing; to coiisider certain '- P ntS, ° ffiCerS ' and commi "ee for the 

 business as pertains to the annual 



open, in 



signs of fung 



sh.:r- 



leeting. 



and to transact 



from the Canterbury district to London. The packing and shipment wl 

 done under the supervision of New Zealand Government officials. 



The Wimbledon Horticultural Society recently presented iu ia«» rf 



secretary, Mr. W. Thomson, with a nearly life-size and quite life-like 

 himself, prepared by Messrs. Russell and Sons,:as a mark of the esteem j 11 ^^ 

 is held, and as some recognition of the valuable services he has rend 

 society for many years. The presentation was made by Mr. Crocker^ J*. ^ fc 

 We understand that the next summer show at Wimbledon will be 



0 House, Wimbledon Common, the residence 



Mitchell. 



Caniza 



