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IRISH GARDElSriNG. 



Huge Order for Garden Seeds. 



The United >States (Jovernmeiit each year distri- 

 bute, by order of Oongress. enormous quantities of 

 seeds tlirougliont the I'nited States free of cost. 



The orders given are sonietiines very large, as 

 may be judged frinn tlio fact tliat Messrs. Kelway 

 A: Son. wlioiesak' seed growers and merchants, of 

 Langixnt. Somerset (who have for some years 

 been amongst th(! succ(>ssful competitors for a 

 (lortion of this order), have this year received 

 froni the United States Government from Wash- 

 ington an order for flower seeds and veget«ible 

 .seeds alone totalling in weight nearly 44 tons ! 



This is probably one of the largest orders for 

 flower and vegetable seeds ever received by one 

 firm from one customer, as it is not coniposed, 

 even in ■i)art, of agricultural seeds or of large seeds, 

 such as ])eas and beans. Many hundreds of acres 

 must have been under cultivati(m for the pro- 

 duction of the weight in question. How large 

 an area such an enormous quantity of seeds 

 would sow seems almost past human computation ! 



Of the four other European firms who (in 

 addition to the Langi)ort firm) are this year 

 favoured by the I'nited States Government with 

 their order for seeds, one is English. tw<^ French 

 iind one Dutch. 



Correspondence. 



Dear Sir, — I send you a few flowers of our 

 I^aionia officinalis var. "Sunbeam." which is at 

 liresent very good. It does not mind the cold, 

 and came through the 7 degrees of frost we had 



on <he morning of the 2.')1h May wilhoiil Inriiing 

 a hair. Not so oilier lliiiigs, for iiudgersias, 

 Astilbes, Ferns, such as Polystichums. Laslra>aas, 

 Athyriums. Osmunda rggalis, cut down in the 

 lower part, but safe u]) above. (). gracilis ami tlie 

 other N. A. American s]tp. esca])ed. although jusl 

 as forward. Japanese Maples were badi y damaged. 

 Many of the Abies — Azalea mollis, which were a 

 glorious sight on Sunday, the 21th, were not tit 

 to be seen 24 hours afterwards. Hhododendrons 

 — all the early-growing kinds — cut back and hav»! 

 to start again. The Hollies had their young ti])s 

 injured, also Laurels, with the exce])tion of Ser- 

 bica, which is far and away the hardiest of all 

 Laurels. This never begins to grow until the 

 middle or end of .June (to-day it has not yet 

 started), and so is very wise in its generation, 

 and is a useful kind for cold districts. The toi»s 

 of our beech hedges are all browned, but look 

 rather pretty at a distance. — Yours truly, 



Newrv. 9th .Tune, 1014. G. X. SMfTir. 



Boyal Horticultural Society of Ireland- 



The usn.al mnntlily nieeling of the council was held at the 

 society's offices, .5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 12th 

 ult., Mr. E. D'OJier ])residing. A letter was read from 

 the Royal Dublin Society, a unanimous vote of thanks 

 being accorded to the Royal Dublin Society for facilities 

 afforded for holding the last Spring Show in the large 

 central hail. Ballsbridge. On a draft of the 1915 spring 

 show schedule being submitted for approval. Sir Fredk. 

 Moore (Hon. Sec.) reported that Mrs. Greer, Curragh 

 Grange, had kindly intimated that she would present a 

 challenge cup for Alpine exhibits at the spring show to be 



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