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Newspapers.-Correspondents sending newspapers should be careful to mark the paragraphs they wish the Editor to see. Local News.-Correspondents will greatly oblige by sending to the Editor early intelligence of local events likely to be of interest to our readers, or of any matters which it is desirable to bring under the notice of horticulturists. AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE for the ensuing week, deduced from observations during the last Fifty Years at Greenwich-40·1°. ACTUAL TEMPERATURES:- Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, SALES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, MONDAY Roses, Azaleas, Hardy Plants and Bulbs, at 67 & 68, Cheapside, E.C., by Protheroe & Morris, at 12. WEDNESDAY Liliums, Perennials, Border Plants, Hardy Bulbs. Plants, Roses, and Lilies, at Steven's Rooms, King Hardy Border Plants, Liliums and other Bulbs, Roses, Azaleas, &c., at 67 & 68, Cheapside, E.C., by Protheroe & Morris, at 12. Manures and their Use. The advisability of adding artificially to the supply of plant-food in the soil, by any process of manuring, is to be determined by the ultimate profit to be derived from it. There are few soils that may not be made more productive by the addition of manure in some form or other, and there can be little doubt that most soils demand manuring in order that profitable returns may be realised from them. Whether it will pay to manure with commercial fertilisers is a question for each gardener to determine for himself, according to the particular circumstances in which he is placed. In the celebrated experiments which have been carried out at Rothamsted, Herts., Wheat has been grown in one portion of a field for 62 years in succession on the same land, without an ounce of manure. In another field Barley has been similarly grown for 54 years in succession, and in yet another field Mangel Wurzul has been grown for 32 years without manure. In some experiments on permanent grass-land, two plots of the land have been left without manure of any kind for 50 years, and yet in the average of seasons they yield 1 ton of Hay per acre. Facts like these, which might be greatly multiplied, serve to show the vast resources of ordinary fertile soils in plant-food, and the inexhaustible supply of gaseous food from the atmosphere aided by the sunlight acting on the green matter of the plant. In recent years the word exhaustion, when used in connection with the soil, has been given an entirely different meaning to that originally given to it. Now, exhausted soils are understood to be those which no longer produce crops at a profit. The object of manuring is to recoup the soil for waste of all sorts-waste from excessive cropping; waste from drainage due to excessive waterings, either from heavy rainfalls or artificial supplies; waste from the incessant chemical and other changes going on in the soil. To increase the store of plant-food in naturally poor soils, and at the same time to compel them to yield profitable crops, is the problem set before every practical gardener. Fertile soils are rich in the elements of plant-food, and these foods are, through the agency and work of the soil germs or bacteria, being constantly changed and adapted for the use of growing crops. There is no doubt that many soils can be made to produce crops up to a certain standard, year after year, without the aid of manuring. This is demonstrated in the experiments at Rothamsted, to which we have already referred. This standard of production, however, will rarely meet the requirements of the modern gardener. He must compel the land to do more than it is naturally able to do. To accomplish this he must add to the resources of his soil by applying manure. Essential conditions for a plentiful supply of vigorous germ-life are a good store of humus or vegetable matter, a well aerated and a well drained and deeply cultivated soil. One of the important objects sought in ploughing, digging, hoeing, and tillage operations generally is to put the soil in such condition that weathering from frost, air, and moisture will go on most rapidly. The crop that follows this cultivation gets the benefit of the provision thus made for it in part only. Do what we will, we shall not be able to utilise all the plant-food that has been prepared for plants in the course of each season's cropping. Some of the nitrogen in the form of ammonia gas escapes from the soil; the nitrates which have combined with lime to form nitrate of lime, and smaller amounts of potash and phosphoric acid, are carried into the soil beyond the reach of the plant rootlets, or are lost in the drainage water. In a sense, then, cultivation may be said to be a source of waste to the soil, because it is the means of reducing the quantity of humus in the soil; this waste must be made good by manures. In order, therefore, to keep up the fertility of a garden it is necessary to apply new quantities of nitrogen, either in the form of farmyard or stable manure, peat-moss litter, or vegetable refuse, in order that the store of humus may be replenished. Artificial fertilisers, while they will supply the requisite nitrogen, potash, or phosphoric acid for a crop, will not supply the humus. At the same time, the Rothamsted experiments indicate very clearly that chemical fertilisers applied to suit the wants of soil and crop are not necessarily a source of injury to the soil, but may, indeed, be a lasting benefit to it. The profits growing out of the use of commercial manures are chiefly dependent upon the cost of the fertiliser and the price of the resultant crop. Like ploughing, digging, or draining, therefore, the use of purchased fertilisers is to be determined by practical economical considerations, and not by chemical or other theories concerning them. Artificial manures have an undoubted position in practical gardening in helping out and reinforcing the natural supply of stable dung, and, even where the home supply is ample, an addition to it of some concentrated manure may often be made of benefit in producing crops "out of season," or by giving some soluble plant-food in the requisite quantity, and at just the best moment to assist the needs of the plant. Exactly what the soil requires, and how much in the way of artificial fertilisers, cannot be determined by a chemical analysis only. The gardener's special resource is actual trial of the different fertilisers combining the three elements of value in manures-nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid. The differences of soils, in respect to fertility, and the vari able demands of the many crops in a garden, explain why no hard and fast rule can be laid down for manuring. The gardener who would know what his soil needs must resort to the same means he is accustomed to employ in learning the capacity of his garden in other respects: he must try by actual experi ment on a small area of soil the effects of small dressings of sulphate of ammonia, nitrate of soda, kainit, bone-meal, superphos phate, and mixtures of these in measured quantities, and carefully note the results. The information thus obtained will be found of great practical value. OUR SUPPLEMENTARY ILLUSTRATION is from a photograph of Cordyline Banksii in flower in the gardens of Dr. R. HAMILTON RAMSAY, Torquay. Although the species of Cordyline are largely used as sub-tropical bedding plants in summer time, they need, in most districts, the protection of a plant house in the winter. In a few favoured spots in our island, such as in Devon, at Torquay, the plants thrive in the open from year to year. An illustration of a seedling plant of Cordyline indivisa (vera), and of Cordyline Banksi growing in the gardens of Lord ANNESLEY, at Castlewellan, Co. Down, appeared in our issue for October 6, 1906, and is referred to in Dr. RAMSAY'S note, who writes as follows: "I was much interested in the fine illustration of Cordyline indivisa (vera), grown at Castlewellan, and of Cordyline Banksii from the same gardens. I have two fine specimens of Cordyline Banksii, grown from cuttings which I obtained in 1890 and which I at once planted out in different parts of my open garden. y flower in alternate years. The one of which end the photograph flowered first in 1902, n in 1904, when the photograph was taken, again last year. They are planted in sandy n and leaf mould. The plant illustrated has ched into several stems close to the ground, is 7 feet in height, with a circumference of 25 The leaves are green with a golden midrib. specimen has always been out-of-doors since is first planted in 1890. The plant shows six Is of bloom in the illustration, but last year it nine inflorescences. I have lately planted al New Zealand and Australian plants in my en and they are all thriving. They include a y tree Fern, Dicksonia antarctica. The garden ely now (January 1), with Roman Hyacinths, s, of which I have still a few, and paper white issus. Bamboos, eight varieties of Palms, ding 12 splendid Trachycarpus and a lovely Fern are in spring-like beauty, and several ties of Abutilon are in flower. Cordyline sii when in flower was a splendid sight." YAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-Exhibiare requested to notice that on Tuesday, h 5, only the smallest exhibits can be ted on account of the large amount of fruit, rom South Africa. A. Wilks, Secretary. E SURVEYORS INSTITUTION.-The next ary general meeting will be held on Monday, iary 25, 1907, when a paper will be read by UBREY J. SPENCER (barrister-at-law), on "The ultural Holdings Act (1906)." E NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY. - The 1 report for the past year has been issued, her with the Schedule of Prizes to be comfor at the great Exhibition of Dahlias at the al Palace on September 5 and 6. The finanatement shows a small balance on the right which would have been larger had the al Palace Company fulfilled its obligations. of the certificates and other awards made the year is given. The secretary is Mr. BROUSSON, Boyton, Foots Cray, Kent. CHID EXHIBITION AT HAARLEM. — The Orchid exhibition of the Dutch OrchidoClub will be held in the great hall of the niging Society of Haarlem, from Friday, O, to Sunday, May 12, inclusive. The secis Jonkheer L. J. QUARLES VAN UFFORD, de Spiegelstraat te 's-Gravenhage (The ), from whom further information may be ed. THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF the Birth of Linnaeus is to be held in May next at Upsala, when Mr. FRANK DARWIN will attend as a representative of the University of Cambridge. A Rock GARDEN.-A gigantic piece of artificial rockwork, certainly the highest in Great Britain and probably the highest in the world, is at present in course of construction at Dunfermline, Scotland, the birthplace of ANDREW CARNEGIE, the millionaire. It rises to a height of 100 feet above the stream in Pittencrieff Glen. JAMES BACKHOUSE & SON, Ltd., York, the wellknown landscape gardeners and rockwork builders have been engaged upon it over two years, to the order of the managers of the Carnegie trust, who have a large sum at their disposal, the gift of Mr. CARNEGIE, for the improvement of Dunfermline and its surroundings. Large sums are spent by the trust annually in promoting flower shows, extending parks and gardens, &c. American Florist. MONUMENT TO COUNT KERCHOVE DE DENTERGHEM. It is proposed to erect the monument to the memory of this indefatigable horticulturist and cordial friend, at Ghent, in the square between St. Bavon, the rue de Limbourg and the Banque Nationale. The inauguration will take place at the next quinquennial exhibition, in April, 1908. The centenary of the foundation of the Société Royale d'Agriculture et de Botanique will be celebrated on this occasion. The very handsome manner in which the Ghent society offered its congratulations on the occasion of the centenary of the R.H S. will not be forgotten. Donations towards the Kerchove memorial may be sent to Dr. MAXWELL MASTERS, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden. OUR KITCHEN GARDEN, &c., by TOM JERROLD. --A second and enlarged edition of this little book is published by Messrs. CHATTO & WINDUS. The several vegetables are dealt with in alphabetical sequence, but we find no mention of Celeriac, or the so-called Chinese Artichokes (Stachys). The chief feature of the book consists in its numerous culinary directions. Too little attention is, as a rule, paid to this branch of domestic cookery in small establishments, where Cauliflowers boiled to a smash, and partially-mashed Turnips are the rule rather than the exception. We would suggest, however, that Horseradish for sauce should be pounded as well as grated, until the sauce is made as smooth as the cream itself; that the vinegar for pickling Onions should be boiled with the spice before the jars are filled with it when it cools, and that in nearly all cases Onions are very much better scalded before they are cooked in any form, so as to remove the coarse, acrid flavour nearly all contain. ARBOR DAY.-We take the following extracts from a letter published in the Times from Mr. C. W. RADCLIFFE CCOKE:-Arbor Day originated in Nebraska at the instance of the late Hon. J. STERLING MORTON, who was a member of the State Legislature; and, although ridiculed at first, grew so quickly into favour that through its instrumentality Nebraska, once known, from its barrenness and bleakness, as the Great American Desert, became so well afforested as to justify the Legislature in passing a resolution to the effect that thenceforward it should be styled the "Tree Planters' State." Mr. MORTON, who afterwards became Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, lived to see the institution he founded encouraged by the Government and adopted and regarded as a general holiday in 40 States and territories. To plant trees in commemoration of public events, distinguished men, or the visits of crowned heads is a custom that goes back to the earliest times in the recorded history of man; and Arbor Day is but an extension of this custom. Thus, the institution was inaugurated in this country in the picturesque village of Eynsford, in Kent, mainly through the, efforts of an energetic resident (Mr. Till) in the year of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. In each succeeding year since 1897 Eynsford has had its Arbor Day celebration, in 1900 planting a row of trees in the village street to com-. memorate the defences of Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafeking. Although in some countries the observance of Arbor Day has conduced to afforestation on a great scale, in England, where, with trifling exceptions, all the land is privately owned, operations on Arbor Day must be mostly confined to the planting of trees in the streets of towns, in public parks, and by the road-sides. In order to enlarge the sphere of its influence it has been found essential in England, as, indeed, Mr. MORTON found to be the case in America, to rouse public sympathy and sentiment by making the occasion a public holiday, encouraging school children, as more likely than their elders to see the results of their labours, to take a principal part in the work of tree-planting, and enlivening the proceedings with processions, bands of music, patriotic songs, and social festivities. Conducted on this plan, it is found at Eynsford, and in other places which have followed the example set there, that the effect of the observance of Arbor Day extends beyond the mere occasion; that planting by private persons on their own land is stimulated; that even the school children are so taken with the subject that they will save up their pocket-money to buy a tree each or club together to buy one between them, and in after-life continue to take a keen interest in the preservation, and welfare of the trees they have themselves planted. At the first observance of the institution in this country, at Eynsford, I and Sir GEORGE BIRDWOOD were privileged to assist in the formation of a new orchard by planting a tree of that, noted Herefordshire cider Apple the Foxwhelp, and I have lately tasted a bottle of excellent cider made from the fruit of this very orchard; ̧ while, to show how after-generations may benefit from the tree-planting tastes of their ancestors, I have now on tap a hogshead of perry, as good of its kind as the cider, made last year from the fruit of Pear trees planted, as documents in my possession attest, in the reign of Queen Anne-giant trees whose gnarled trunks and spreading limbs are not the least attractive features of the landscape. The possibility through the instrumentality of Arbor Day of enlarging the area under fruit ought not to be lost sight of. In some parts of America the State pays to every one who plants and properly culti vates on not more than three acres of land so many rows of trees in the manner prescribed by law a certain sum per acre for the space of five years. Landowners in England often hesitate to supply fruit trees to their tenants on the ground that the latter are apt to neglect them after they are planted. Without wishing to decry the practice of offering prizes for the best collections of table fruit, I think it would be well if some of the prize money now awarded to monstrous Apples and Pears were given, after the American fashion, to the owners of the best planted and best kept orchards. The citizens of Hereford, the latest converts, if I may so style them, to the observance of Arbor Day, propose to beautify the approaches to their ancient city by the planting of avenues. They might, I think, go a step further, and through the influence and popularity of this institution stimu late the planting of fruit trees, for which no kinder soil exists, by private owners and occupiers, and so lead them to follow the "noble example" set in the 17th century, as old John Evelyn records in his Pomona, "by Lord Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, near Hereford, and ̧ other public-spirited gentlemen in those parts. whereby Herefordshire became in a manner but cne entire orchard." BOTHIES FOR YOUNG GARDENERS.—The following extract from the Estate Magazine has our entire sympathy, and is one of those matters which might advantageously be taken up by the British Gardeners' Association. "There are bothies of all kinds fixed in all sorts of places, and whereas in some establishments the comforts of young gardeners are amply catered for by providing them with comfortable and properly lighted and ventilated habitations to live in, the same unfortunately cannot be said about others. I know bothies which are little else than lean-to sheds situated on the north side of a wall and commanding a back-yard view over a coal-shoot or a rubbish heap. In other cases young gardeners are housed in cramped, stuffy dens over store houses, and in one pace I know the bothy is next door to a sulphurous stokehole. In fact, it is not too much to say that some of the places in which young gardeners are expected to live are unfit for human habitation, and if they were anywhere else besides where they are, they would be condemned as being unsanitary. This is hardly as it should be, and it is a surprising thing in these days that young men can be got to live in such places. Young gardeners do not ask for luxuries, but when apartments are provided for them in lieu of wages, they should be sanitary. and comfortable. It is not an exaggeration to say that in some private establishments in the country the horses in the stable are more comfortably housed than the young gardeners in the bothy." THE ARBORETUM at Tervueren.-This has been formed on land granted for the purpose by the King of the Belgians. It is designed to comprise representatives of the forest vegetation of the temperate zone. Over 200 species are cultivated, 90 being coniferous and 116 broad-leaved, deciduous species, the total number of specimens being about 6,000. Prof. BoMMER, a member of the staff of the Brussels Botanic Garden, has charge of the formation and maintenance of the Arboretum, and has published a descriptive list of the trees arranged first in geographical order and then according to their genera. It forms a useful catalogue, but it is to be regretted that more use was not made, in its compilation, of the report of the Conifer Conference of the Royal Horticultural Society, which is a veritable mine of information on these trees as cultivated in Europe. DEATH OF A GOOD CULTIVATOR.-In the Times appears a notice of the death of Mr. Walter STRICKLAND, at the age of 74, at his villa at Posilipo, Naples. He inherited the beautiful property upon which he lived and died from his father, and spent his life in cultivating the 22 acres of fruit farm which surround the mansion. By the judicious. selection of vines and fruit trees from France and Germany, and by the use of the best. modern methods, the property has been rendered the most prolific of any in the neighbourhood-so much so that Mr. STRICKLAND was never allowed to compete for any prize in local competitions on account of its acknowledged superiority. Its commanding site on the top of the point of Posilipo adds greatly to its charm. Mr. STRICKLAND leaves one son, Commander CHARLES STRICKLAND, R.N., now of his Majesty's ship “Implacable."' . LETTER FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA.-The following extracts are made from a private letter received from Mr. WILLIAM J. THOMPSON, who was employed in the 80's at Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, under the late ZADOK STEVENS, and after passing two years or so in the Royal Gardens, Kew, left Kew to go to a Government appointment in Jamaica, 1889:-"I expect you wonder if we were all killed in the earthquake of January 14th last. We are thankful that we have escaped as well as we have done. We lost our home, and my wife and little girl were injured, but I escaped. The rest of the people in our department all escaped without any personal injury, but have sustained a big loss in goods, &c. All the houses and stores in Kingston and suburbs are down; the Governor and friends are camping on the lawns under bamboo and cocoanut fronds. We are well off, as we have a wooden stable to shelter in. Owing to the earthquake and fire there have been about 1,000 people killed, thousands lamed for life, and about £5,000,000 lost. The crops of the country are still with us, unless we get a hurricane to blow them down. Kingston and district is a sad spectacle: churches, schools, houses, and stores all down. The poor people have not suffered much-it is those who were rich; but I am afraid they are now poor. This is a most unfortunate island: if it is not one thing, it is another. For the last two years we had had good seasons, and things were looking bright to all, and now comes this calamity to the island. The 14th January was the day that the West Indian Agricultural Conference opened. ing took place in Kingston at 11.30-the same day that the shock occurred at about 3.30 p.m.. This was the end of the conference, and all the people got off the island as quickly as they could. Sir DANIEL MORRIS and Sir ALFRED JONES escaped, but there were some fine men lost their lives. I was in Kingston at the conference, and only reached home about 15 minutes before the earthquake took place. I was in the garden at the time and saw the King's House buildings; fall to pieces-all the place gone. Our home is one of the most complete wrecks there are." The open THE SHREWSBURY SHOW.-Now that the Shropshire Horticultural Society's schedule is issued it is seen that not only are all the chief trade and society's classes for collections of vegetables put on a footing of equality, each being for nine dishes, but also that there can be no fewer than 10 first prize collections in the final competition for the champion extra purse of 10 guineas given by the society. The society's old class for 12 dishes is now just on a level with the trade classes, and will consist of nine dishes only, with a splendid first prize of £10. The local or county class is now also for nine dishes. It is stipulated that the champion prize competition shall be judged on a maximum of seven points to each dish basis. It is hoped that these point" awards will be placed on each competing collection. The work of judging, in this champion class, will be one of exceptional character, even at Shrewsbury. In other matters the schedule appears to be similar to that of last year. It offers the same liberal encouragement to exhibitors of fruit, and exhibitors of flowering and ornamental foliage plants, whilst the classes for cut flowers are very numerous. The total receipts of the society last year amounted to £5,638 15s. 3d., being £409 8s. 4d. in excess of the receipts in 1905. A report of the annual meeting is reproduced on p. 127. Publications Received.-Monmouthshire Education Committee, Report of the Director of Agricultural Education. October, 1906. Arrangements have been made for a course of lectures on agriculture and horticulture to be given at the Usk Higher Grade School, Little Mill Reformatory, Rumney, and Llanfrechfa Lower.-U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, 275. The Gipsy Moth, and how to control it, by L. O. Howard.-Bulletin No. 63. Papers on the Cotton Boll Weevil and Related and Associated Insects, by A. W. Morrill.-Lancaster County Council, Education Committee, Agricultural Department, Farmer's Bulletin No. 2.-Report on Experiment on Manuring Rye-grass and Clover, by Edward Porter and R. C. Gaut.-Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, January. Contents: Citrus in Albany and Bathurst, Rural Cape Colony (Wellington); Harvesting Competition, Khaki Bush, &c. THE CORDYLINES. (See fig. 54, also Supplementary Illustration.) CORDYLINE better known as AUSTRALIS, Dracæna australis, is a very common plant in the south-west. In every town in South Devon and Cornwall the plants are to be seen on every side, and in Torquay, alone, some thousands must be planted, as considerably over a hundred fine specimens are in evidence in the public gardens, and they are also present in almost all private grounds. In the summer they present a beau tiful sight, as almost every example blooms, and the great, branching flower-sprays, 3 feet or more in length, crowded with white blossoms. resemble huge plumes. They are sweetly-perfumed, and are all day visited by innumerable insects and butterflies. In the type the leaves are narrow, but the seedlings, which are raised in quantity in the south-west, vary greatly in their foliage, the leaves in some cases being fully 3 inches in breadth. These wide-leaved forms are far handsomer than the type. Cordyline australis is considered perfectly hardy in Devon and Cornwall, but two years ago 17 degrees of frost in November, followed by a day of brilliant sunshine, ruined some specimens in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. The tops of these plants were absolutely killed, but they eventually developed a number of new growths from the base. There are many splendid examples of Cordyline australis in the south-west, but the finest known to me is the one illustrated at fig. 54. It is growing in the gardens at Enys, and is 20 feet in height, with a trunk circumference of 6 feet, at 1 foot from the ground, A short distance above the ground level the plant divides into four main branches, which are sub-divided into about 30" heads," about 10 of which generally flower annually. This specimen is 47 years old, and was raised from seed sent from Australia. C. indivisa, shown in the foreground of fig. 54, is very distinct from C. australis, though often confounded with it, and illustrations of C. australis have repeatedly appeared above the title of C. indivisa, while in many gardens C. australis is still grown under the latter name. C. indivisa is a native of New Zealand, where it grows at a considerable altitude. The leaves are very handsome, being about 5 feet in length and 5 inches in breadth, blue-grey in colour, with a midrib of bright red. It has, I believe, only flowered once in the British Isles, this being in the Tresco Abbey gardens, Isles of Scilly, in 1895. The flower-shoot is pendent, and is composed of countless, minute blossoms, the spike, yellow and blue-black in colour, being more curious than beautiful. It is a rare plant, but there are a dozen or more specimens in Comwall, the finest of which is probably one at Enys (not the specimen shown in fig. 54), which is 10 feet in height. C. Banksii is also a native of New Zealand, and is easily distinguished from either of the above-named species. It is of moderate growth, and rarely attains a greater height than 6 feet, and is generally clothed; to the ground level, with arching leaves 4 inches in breadth. The branchlets of its flower-spikes are far fewer thas those of C. australis, so that the white-blossomed panicles are lighter in appearance. An excellent supplementary illustration of C. Banksii appeared in Vol. xxix., page 44, and a representa. tion of a specimen at Castlewellan on October 6, 1906. Cordyline Banksii erythrorhacis is a variety with bright red midribs to the leaves. This is to be found in at least one Cornish garden, and the type is fairly well represented in the county. C. Hookeri, C. Doucetti, and C. Prince Albert appear to be forms of C. indivisa. C. lentiginosa is of similar habit to C. indivisa, its leaves, when young, being yellowish, and subsequently turning to deep bronze-brown. S. W. Fitzherbert, Kingswear, Devon. |