THE GARDENING WORLD 
November ' 21 , 1903. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
‘Ycient Remains of British Plants. 
On the borders of Berks and Wilts are the 
Inains of the old Roman town of Silchester, 
lich has been laid bare in portions for some 
. lrs past, and many ancient tools, buildings, 
• d even plants have been brought to light, 
irchaeologia,” Vol. LVIII., contain s some 
inflation about the remains of plants which 
1 ve been found there and identified by Mr. 
1 Jment Reid. The remains consisted of 
• ‘ds, flower heads, leaves, and other parts 
( p.ants. All represented plants that are 
■ 11 common in a wild state in this country, 
.-h the exception of one species. Many of 
| ' n h however, are quite common weeds, as 
( ^ad no doubt been in Roman times, 
ne of the very common ones are repre- 
; 'led by the Dandelion, the black Knap¬ 
weed, Goose Grass or Cleavers, and the 
common yellow Buttercup (Ranunculus 
acris). The most interesting plant, perhaps, 
was the Box (Buxus sempervirens), which was 
represented by -clippings associated with 
various other common plants. The Box has 
always been considered doubtfully British, 
and even in -Si’s case the clippings- might 
-have been taken from cultivated plants in¬ 
troduced by the Romans. Mr. Reid, how¬ 
ever, is of t-he opinion that the clippings be¬ 
longed to withered garlands taken from wild 
trees. It is well known that the Box grows 
wild o-n Box Hill, in Surrey, and t-he evidence 
o-f experts goes to show that the Box 
is truly a British plant. Mr. G. Murray re¬ 
cently discussed the question in relation to 
Surrey, and Mr. C. Buoknall, with regard to 
those ini Gloucestershire at a place called Box- 
well, near Alderley, and these writers are of 
the -opinion that the Box is truly a native 
plant. 
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The Squares of London in Danger. 
Hitherto we ‘have looked upon the 
numerous squares of London, and particu¬ 
larly those of the West-end, as perfectly 
immune from danger, and not at all likely 
to be built upon. The case of Edwardes- 
Square, Kensington, which was recently ad¬ 
vertised for sale, ha-s aroused t-he citizens of 
London to a new -danger which threaten® 
them. It seems that these have been left in 
the form -of squares or -open spaces by the 
owners of them, and that, however much 
they may be cherished by the- citizens of 
London, the owners have the power of selling 
them for building purposes. Several 
authorities interested in the matter are now 
discussing the question as to the best means 
to be adopted for securing the -squares from 
being built upon. The Kensington Borough 
Council are now negotiating with the trustees 
of Edwardes Square with this object in view. 
It -seems also that- great caution is required 
in -order that the most- proper proceedings 
may be taken; otherwise the landlords may 
be induced to demand excessively heavy com¬ 
pensation to buy out their rights. 
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The Mosquito Plant in India- 
Considerable attention has been drawn to 
the Mosquito plant® in different -parts of the 
world, and we note that Ocimum viride, soi 
recently introduced to this country, has- found 
its way t-o India, as Mr. K. L. Proudlock, the 
curator of the Government Botanical 
Gardens, Oot-acamund, exhibited a specimen 
of this at the Nilgiri Agri-hort-icultural 
Society’s show on October 3rd. It was raised 
from seeds at the Government station, Oo-ta.- 
camund, obtained from the botanical station 
at Sierra Leone in May hast- Many tropical 
and sub-tropical fruits were on exhibition a-t 
the same time, but an exhibition of Daffodils 
in October would have been somewhat of a 
novelty had it taken place in this country at 
that season. 
Essex Field Experiments. 
As evidence of the great provision which 
has been made to assist agriculture in Essex, 
we may -state that field experiments are 
established in at least two dozen places- in 
different parts o-f the co-unt-y with the object 
o-f -showing the farmers in the different dis¬ 
tricts what t-he land is capable of doing under 
certain conditions of cultivation and manur¬ 
ing. The results of the various experiments 
have been compiled in the form of a pamphlet 
by Mr. T. S. Dymo-nd, F.I.C., assisted by Mr. 
B. W. Bull, N.D.A. The trials on this occa¬ 
sion dealt with the manuria-1 treatment for 
Beans, Peas, and Clover, the best mammal 
treatment o-f -a. rotation beginning with Beans, 
the residual value of manures, and the green 
-manuring' of light lands, etc. One of the 
most important points attached to some of 
these experiments is the calculation of the 
profit- in the use o-f manures- This 'has been 
veiy thoroughly carried out on some of the 
stations s-et apart for -experiments, and, 
though it relates to farming, in tills instance 
it has a very important bearing upon the use 
of manures in the garden. It is quite suffi¬ 
cient for most gardeners to obtain a good 
crop, no matter what the cost of the manures, 
but if such were market gardeners it would 
be far more economical to calculate what cer¬ 
tain manures wo-uld give in the form o-f 
return. Deducting the additional expenses 
incurred in the purchase o-f manures, the cul¬ 
tivator would then be able to determine bis 
profits. Another point is that nitrogenous 
manures are mostly -always in request; but 
a point that should be settled is what par¬ 
ticular nitrogenous manure is the most suit¬ 
able to apply in the -case o-f any given cro-p. 
Some plants are -able to take up certain 
manures much better than they can others. 
This als-o is a point, which these experiments 
are being instituted to determine. 
Tree Planting at Ross. 
It- must have been annoying to the inhabit¬ 
ants of Ross when the -st-c-rm of wind in Sep¬ 
tember last destroyed the tree that was 
planted to- commemorate the fiftieth anni¬ 
versary of the late Most Gracious Sovereign 
tjuee-n Victoria. The tree was growing into 
-a handsome one', and would presently have 
been a great ornament to the Prospect, Ro-ss, 
but- it got so damaged by a hurricane that 
the Urban Council decided to remove it and 
replace it by another. On t-he 11th inst., Mr. 
F. W. Wintle, chairman of the Urban Council, 
and Mrs. Winningt-on Ingram, gathered to¬ 
gether about 800 school children t-o attend 
the ceremony while planting an Oak tree in 
commemoration of the King’s sixty-second 
birthday. All of the children were pre¬ 
sented with a small silver coin in memory of 
the occasion. 
