IRISH GARDENING 



enough they are pricked out 3 inches apart each 

 way into boxes of good soil and these are put 

 into cold frames. I find no heat of any kind is 

 necessary, for if air is not given too freely the 

 plants make very good headway. By the end of 

 April more and more air must be given till the 

 lights are taken off night and morning. From 

 the middle of May to May Slst they may be planted 

 out into well-manured beds, placing most of them 

 six inches apart each way, and some of the Godetias 

 Clarkias and Convolvulus 9 to 12 inches apart. 

 If they are well watered they soon get established 

 and bloom very well indeed, most of them much 

 better than those sown out of doors. 



Crimson King, Douglasii, Godetiu, Bridesmaid, 

 The Bride, Sunset, Dutchess of Albany, Rosamund, 

 Lady Abermarle, Lord Roberts, Helichrysum, 

 tall double Crimson; Jacobia, double crim- 

 son and double purple; Larkspur, Hya- 

 cinth, Mignonette, large flowering sorts (trans- 

 planting carefully); Nemophila insignis, Nigella 

 hispanica atropurpurea, Haponaria calabrica rosea 

 and alba, Hclnzanfliu-'i pyramidalis, Silene pendula 

 compacta, crimson, white, pink; Sunflower, New 

 Dwarf, Compact, Zinnias double. 



Readers can experiment with other annuals for 

 themselves. But the above list includes some of 

 the very best. E. T. Ellis, F.R.H.S. 



A Government Horticultural School, Holl.\nd. 



We have liad recourse to this method .because 

 of the exposed nature of our garden. Many of the 

 annuals would not do anything like as well when- 

 ever trusted to out-door sowings. 



Those planted out should be kept well watered 

 during summer and tied up as they need it; and 

 will become covered with bloom. Not all annuals 

 by any means can bear transplanting in this 

 manner, but the amateur should grow cheifly 

 those that can. 



Some Good Sorts — Having tried a great many 

 annuals in my time I can recommend the amateur 

 to grow any of the following : — Calendula Meteor, 

 Grandiflora, Debbie's Orange, Prince of Orange, 

 Candytuft, White Rocket, Little Prince, Dark 

 Crimson, Chrysanthemum, Snowball, Coronarium, 

 Morning Star, Princess May, Clarkia elegans, Sal- 

 mon Queen, Orange King, Queen Mary, Clarl-ia 

 pvlfhella, Mrs. Langtry, CoJlinsia l>irolor. Conrol- 

 viilus minor, mixed; Esrhsrholfsia, Mandarin 



The Kitchen Garden. 



Value of Root Crops— I should like first to 

 say a word or two on the value of root crops, and 

 it must be considered from a monetary as well as a 

 food-value standpoint. There is no doubt that it 

 is much cheaper to plant a rod of ground with cab- 

 bages, cheaper as regards seed, soil, and labour, 

 but the food value of the crop when it is ready as 

 compared to the food value of root crops is very 

 small. So those gardeners who seek real economy 

 should grow plenty of root crops. 



The Potato — Tills is certainly by far the most 

 valuable root crop and is the easiest to grow. People 

 say that potatoes require a lot of manure, but 

 I have seen wonderful crops grown on soils which 

 are nothing but shifting sand, to whicli a little 

 garden refuse, mainire and some superphosphate 

 had been added. Much animal manure produces 

 supertuberation, and coarse gigantic tubers whif^h 



