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IRISH GARDENING 



Royal Horticultural and Arboricultural 

 Society of Ireland. 



Spring Show at Stephen's Green. 



Hki,i> on the l^ith and 1-lth vi April in l.oiil Ivrngh's 

 yard, the Spring Show of the above Society came as 

 a ■welcome reminder that interest in horticulture 

 survives strongly in spite of the troublf<l times we 

 livo in. A surprising number of exhibits was staged, 

 .•ind in many cases the quality was of tlic highest. 

 The most noteworthy feature was the wonderful 

 show of flowering trees and shrubs, and rarely have 

 we seen more splendid masses of Uhododcndron 

 arborcum. Drinnjs ]\'i)itcTi, Sophora ictraptcra. 

 CijtisuK al}>ui>, ^laguolia slrUata, Erica nrborca, 

 SpiriVa aTQuta. flowering Chen-ios, Ilabrothamnus. 

 P\Tuses and many other things, than were staged 

 in the competitive classes for these subjects. 

 Alpines, which owing to their enoranous numbers 

 and ease of culture ought to be a feature no less 

 wonderful than the trees and shrubs. Mere 

 notoriously weak. In the class for 12 large pans 

 there was only one enti-y. and the judges awarded a 

 second prize on account of the lack of variety and 

 the fact that the pans in several instances were bv 



Weedy Walks. 



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 (giving prices) will be found in this issue. The 

 Irish Agent is Mr. 1). M. Watson, Chemist, 61 South 

 Great George's Street, Dublin, who specializes in 

 weed-killers, spraying and fumigating materials, 

 &c. It will be noticed that Mr. Watsf)n recom- 

 mends the use of Powder Weed Killer this season, 

 in view of the f;ict that recent railway regulations 

 regarding the transport of li(juid weod-killer have 

 added very considerably to the cost of the latter. 

 The Powder Weed Killer is in oveiy way as effective, 

 and Mr. Watson vouches for the fact that a majority 

 of his customers have for some years preferred the 

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no means full. In the class for five-inch pans two 

 competitors were forward, land in this case Ithe 

 quality was better, tho first prize lot containing such 

 Alpines as Morisia hypog-va, Gcntiana verna, Stachya 

 Corsica, Primula frondosa, &c. Nevertheless, con- 

 sidering the large number of beautiful, easily grown 



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