The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Runners and Kidney Beans. Having no regis-tering thermometer, I cannot give the degrees offrost which did this amount of harm, but I mightadd that ice was observed on water in thegarden. After a long spell of cold east wind,the wind has to-day veered round to the ,and the atmosphere is much warmer. W. Miller,Berksu-ell, Coventry. We experienced strong, cold, north-wes-terly winds during the past fortnight in this partof the country, and on Sunday morning. June 21,7° of frost were registered, which
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Runners and Kidney Beans. Having no regis-tering thermometer, I cannot give the degrees offrost which did this amount of harm, but I mightadd that ice was observed on water in thegarden. After a long spell of cold east wind,the wind has to-day veered round to the ,and the atmosphere is much warmer. W. Miller,Berksu-ell, Coventry. We experienced strong, cold, north-wes-terly winds during the past fortnight in this partof the country, and on Sunday morning. June 21,7° of frost were registered, which blackenedPotatos in the garden and field; Dahlias, FrenchBeans, and many other tender things also sufferedseverely, and are partially crippled for the Ward, Longford Hall, Manchester. SOME THOUGHTS OF THE LATE TEMPLESH0W.—I trust we have seen the last of theTtinple Flower Shows upon the present site is all that can be desired; the draw-back is, that the hands of the Council arefettered by the Benchers. The narrow, stuffy June 27, THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 409. m a S5 a mazaao o P=4 410 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Jcne 27, 1903. tents, and the boarded pathways, put a severetax upon physical endurance. If the Councilwere free to utilise the gardens in their ownway, much of a highly desirable charactermight be attempted in the way of the very sameness of the display yearafter year is operating to destroy its arrangements of this years Show was apractical counterpart of last years. One comesto know exactly what things will be shown, bywhom, and where they are to be found. It iswhen an analysis of the exhibits is enteredupon that one perceives the defects. There is nodenned standard of quality set up; exhibitors appearanxious to crowd as much as they possibly caninto a given space, and dividing lines are oblite-rated. One-third of the hardy plants mighthave been left at home with advantage, thenthe good things would have stood a
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