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IRISH GARDENING 



Black's Gardening Dictionary.* 



The lu'fd for a {.'ood I^iitiomiry of Gardi-iiing, not 

 (ivtM-burdi'ned with Imtiiniful and other si-ioutific 

 trniis, has h)iig het'ii iA\. 



Ciard«*iiiii<i is now so universal aniung pouplc 

 who tlo not care about Itotanical definitions tliat 

 it was liitrhly necessary to provide iheui with a 

 reliahh- work of reference, and this tiie pul»Ushers. 

 tliroujili the Editor. Mr. K. T. EUis. luive sneicech-d 

 in doinj:. The wOrk is a real hook of reference for 

 all the operations of the trarden in t'very piiase. 

 The Editor has carefidly placed the work of writ- 

 in«; the artic-les on the manifold subjects con- 

 nected with gardening in the hands of conlril)U- 

 tors who have made a si)ecial study of I'ach snl>- 

 ject. Thus to mention only a few among the 

 manv, Mr. A. D. Cotton. F.li.S., writes on Plant 

 Di.seases: Dr. Albert Gilligan, D.Sc, li.Sc. tScc. on 

 Soils; C. V. C'hatwin, F.G.S., on Garden Geology; 

 C. Turner, on North Borders and Shady Borders; 

 Charles Wiikely On Increased Production on Allot- 

 ments; Ernest M. Bear, on Spraying Fruit Trees; 

 Edward White. Garden Design on Moderji Jiines; 

 Edwin Beckett. V.M.H.. on Exhibition Vegetables; 

 Dr. Frank Cavers. D.Sc. &c., on Plant Physiology; 

 Professor Thebl)ald on Insect Pests; and Professor 



* Published by Messrs. A. & C. Black, Soho 

 Square. r,ondon. W. Price 15s. net. 



Carpenter, ttf the Royal College of Science, Ireland, 

 ou Insect I'riends, and so <»n. Every practical 

 operation in the garden and every science under- 

 lying the j)ractice is dealt with" by an e.xj)ert. 

 Fruit. Flowers and Vegetaltles receive adequate 

 treatment in sim|)le. easily mulerstood language, 

 while full lists are given of the bt-st varieties of 

 hardy herbaceous plants, alpine i)lants. trees. 

 shrui)S, (Sec. Important iieufni are frequently 

 dealt with i)V one writer as for Irises, which are 

 treated of bv Mr, W. K. Dykes. M.A.. the greatest 

 living authority on the genus. 



Manures are more fully and comi)letely dealt 

 with than in any other ])nblicalion we have re- 

 ct'ntly seen, and by men of standing in the j)rac- 

 tical and scientific aspects. 



Mr. .F. T. Barker, one of the aitlest cultivators of 

 Orchids, discusses the management of the Orchid 

 House, and very properly disposes of the mytli 

 that there is sometliing mysterious and difficult in 

 the cidtivation of Orchids; ijotting and watering 

 are tn.dcd .,f l<y R. AInii Rolfr. V.M.TT.. A.L.S.. 

 trainet! as a cultivator, and latterly the best known 

 Ijotanical autliority on Orchids. Species and 

 varietii's are treated of in masterly manner by Mr. 

 (Jurney Wilson. F.f..S.. Editor of the Onhul 

 U'inhl. The articles on Arithmetic and Gardening 

 by Stanley Bennet Lucas. M.A.. Chairman of the 

 .Assistant Masters' Association, nnist be of the 

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