The War Garden All war-time gardeners should take note of
certain results obtained in Lincolnshire and other places regarding the potato crop. Potato diseases are much more common and disastrous in gardens and allotments than elsewhere ; and it is found that if gardeners grow crops from their own seed the crop will be reduced by several tons to the acre. The procuring of seed from disease-free districts is absolutely essential. On the subject cf vegetables there is much to be said in favour of New Zealand spinach, which may be sown at once. The yield is very large ; and the point is stressed by the Gardeners' Chronicle, which is always a safe guide, that it flourishes especially in dry years when other sorts are apt to wilt. Species of spinach are botanically interesting. One sort was introduced some forty years ago that grew to a height of six feet, but expectations of its possible uses as a forage crop were not fulfilled.
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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