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JRTSH GARDENING. 



Review, 

 Farming by Motor, 



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This is one of a scries of books issued by tlie 

 Temple Press and designed to urge the necessity 

 of greatly increasing our area of cultivated land 

 with the' object of producing far more of our 

 necessary foodstuffs within our own shores. No 

 matter what the future may liold in store — and 

 no one knows — there is little doubt that never 

 again shall we allow oiuselves to be menaced 

 with a food shortage. Laoour has in the past 

 been a limiting factor, but by the greater use of 

 machinery this obstacle will be overcome. With 

 more highly trained men on the land — technically 

 and scientifically — there will result a greater 

 production. Motor power has come to stay, and 

 the book under notice is a worthy attempt to 

 show what has already been accomplished in the 

 use of farm machinery \\ orked by motor. .Many 

 types of motors are illustrated and described, and 

 their adaptations to ploughing, harrowing, rolling 

 and sowing clearly shown, while their use at 

 harvest time is not omitted. No doubt motor 

 power will be most serviceable on large level 

 farms, and it is conceivable that the cost of 

 working will be most economical on such. 



In any case this is a matter which can no 

 longer be ignored by anyone engaged in farming, 

 and we heartily commend the booklet to all our 

 readers who are in anyway interested in farm 

 management and maximum T)roduction. 



The Shipping Shortage. 



Canadian Apple Growers want an Embakco 



ON Imports. 

 A DEr,p:(iATlON representing apple growers visited 

 Victoria and asked the Government to support 

 their appeal to the federal authorities at Ottawa 

 for an embargo against imported apples, to be 

 put in force so long as the British embargo due to 

 shipping dilliculties continues. British Columbia 

 growers are expecting a large apple crop this year, 

 and with a restricted market in sight will have 

 to meet greater competition than formerly, 

 unless the embargo requested is declared. The 

 Premier informed the delegation that the Govern- 

 ment would go into the question and do what 

 it covdd for their relief. The party is now on its 

 way East, holding conferences eii route with 

 representatives of farmers' instittites on the 

 prairies, and will confer with Ontario and mari 

 time province meii in Eastern Canada, after which 

 a united delegation will visit Ottawa and place 

 their request before the Government. — Canadian 

 News Items, July, 1917. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



The monthly meeting of the Council was held 

 at o Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 13th ult., 

 Mr. A. V. Montgomery presiding. Application 

 was received from the Kingstown Horticultural 

 Society for affiliation, which was granted ; judges 

 were nominated for the Autumn Show to be held 

 in Lord Iveagh's grounds on the 21st and 22nd 

 insts., and other preliminary arrangements made 



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in connection witli it. It was decided that 

 personal tickets of admission to the show, bearing 

 a stamp covering the Aniusements Tax, should 

 be issued to annual members, with the six 

 transferable tickets as heretofore marked " com- 

 plimentary. " Members Avho have not yet paid 

 their subscriptions for the current year are 

 requested to do so, so as to avoid delay in tbe 

 issue of these tickets covering the tax. " The 

 Adjvttant," a beautifvd seedling Delphinium wdth 

 solid massive spikes of sky-blue flowers flushed 

 wdth royal pvirple, sent by Mrs. D. O'Connell 

 Miley, Ailesbury Road, was granted the Society's 

 Award of Merit. 



Trials of Oriental Poppies and Tall 

 Bearded Irises at Wisley, 1917. 



The following awards have been made to 

 Oriental Poppies and Tall Bearded Irises by the 

 Council of the Royal Horticultural Society after 

 trial at Wisley. 



Oriental Poppies. — Highly Commended. — No. 

 6(>, Beauty of Livermere, sent by Messrs. Wallace. 

 No. 17, Bobs, sent and raised by Mr. Notcutt, 

 Woodbridge. No. 07, Boadicea, sent and raised 

 by Messrs. Barr. Taplow. No. 35, Cerise Beauty, 

 sent and raised by Messrs. Barr. No. 3. Elsie G. 

 Harkness, sent and raised by Messrs. Harkness. 

 No. 20, Felix, sent and raised by Mr. Notcutt. 

 No. 59, Hesperia, sent by Messrs. Bunyard. 

 No. 32, Mrs. J. Harkness, sent by Messrs. Hark- 

 ness. No. 26, Mrs. Perry, sent by Messrs. Barr, 

 raised by Mr. Perry. No. 48, Orange Globe, sent 

 and raised by Messrs. R. Veitch. No. 30, Rose 

 Queen, sent by Messrs. Wallace. No. 52, Royal 

 Scarlet, sent and raised by Messrs. Barr. No. 50, 

 Taplow Scarlet, sent and raised by Messrs Barr. 

 No. 33, V. L. Harkness, sent and i-aised by Messrs. 

 Harkness. Commended. — No. 44, Silverblick, 

 sent by jVIr. Notcutt. 



Tall Bearded Irises. — Award of INIeint. — No. 

 841, Dominion, sent and raised by Mr. A. J. 

 Bliss, of Tavistock. Nos. 58, 138, 139, 144, 035, 





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