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made to Lord Ivoagli and Lady Avdilaiin. It 

 was decided that at the next meeting of the 

 council proliminai-y ai raiigcments be made for 

 the Fete to be hehl. for the benefit of the funds 

 of the Irish Brancli of the Vegetable Products 

 Committee in conjunction with the autumn show. 



The Vegetablk Products Committee for 

 SuppLYixG Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 

 to our Sailors. 

 The second annual general meeting of the Irisli 

 Branch will be held at 5 .Molesworth Street, 

 Dublin, (.n Aprd Itl), at 4 p.m., at which tlie 

 Marquis of lleadfort, President of the Irish 

 Brfiiicli, Ims kindly promised to presi<!e. 



The Horticultural Directory, 



Our old friend, so long issued from the Journal 

 of Horticidture office, has now reached us from the 

 ofifice of the Gardeners' Chronicle, and instead of 

 the familiar orange-coloured cover it now appears 

 in bright red garb. Within the covers all the use- 

 ful features, which have so long made this work 

 indispensable, are maintained and kept up to date. 

 As an address book, the Directory should be on 

 every tradesman's desk, and to the gardener the 

 lists of certificated plants are extremely useful. 

 A new feature is the Pro Patria list, in which are 

 given the names of gardeners who have fallen in 

 the great struggle. 



We heartily recommend the Du-ectory to all 

 engaged in horticulture, and from personal 

 experience we can testify to its value. The 

 price is one shilling. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Mixing Slaked Lime, Wood Ashes and Sul- 

 pHxVTE of Ammonia. — The gas formed was 



Ammonia, wliich is always set free from Sulphate 

 of Ammoiiia when this substance is mixed vvith 

 lime. Hence they shoidd on no account be mixed 

 together. Apart from any damage done, as in 

 this case, four'-fifths of the escaping ammonia is 

 nitrogen, the ingredient for which sulphate of 

 ammonia is bought, and to which it pwes its 

 fertilizing po\\;'r. 



Catalogues. 



Messrs. Blackmork <V: Langdon, whose fame 

 as Begonia Spi'cialists is well known, have issued 

 their new catalogue. Many beautiful illustrations 

 adorn the pages, which are full of intere.st from 

 cover to cover. Begonias are not the only plants 

 engaging the attention of this enterprising firm, 

 as their strains of Delphitiiums, Aquilegias. 

 Cyclamens, kc, are in the front rank. all 

 readers interested in the most beautiful florists' 

 flowers would do well to secure a copy of the 

 catalogue. 



Wisley Trials. 



The following further awards have been made 

 to Savoy Cabbages by the Council of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society after trial at Wisley :— 



Award of Merit. —No. 18 — Green Curled, sent 

 by Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh. No. 44 — 

 Late Drumhead, sent by Messrs. Nutting, 

 London. No. 25 — -New Year, sent by Messrs. 

 Sutton, Reading. No. 41 — Ormskirk Late Green, 

 sent by Messrs. Sydenham, Birminghanx. No 43 

 — Ormskirk Hawlmark Selection, sent by Messrs. 

 A. Dickson, Newtownards. No. 42 — ^Ormskirk, 

 sent bv Messrs. Nutting, London. 



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