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IRISH GARDENING 



Royal College of Science, 1921-22. 



Aliltlt I I.TUKAL I'ALl LTV. 



ScHOLAUSHU' Examination : Kksii.ts. 

 As a ifsiilt of till- n'(.H'nt cxainiuatioii. tlic follow- 

 ing caiKlidatfS lui\^e been awanUd Si-liolarships at 

 the Koval ('i>ll.'ge of Sei.-nec :— Mr. I{. W. .) . Caivv. 

 .•;(>5 North Ciivular Koail. DiiMin; Mr. .1. Carroll, 

 n.iii.sne Kami. Howtli. Co. DiiMin. Mv. .1. K. 

 Clarke, hevallv, Tiiam. Co. (Jalwav. Mr. M. .!. 

 Kalloii. Carriek. Ciirr.iyliboy. Atliloiie. (\k Wrsi- 

 iinatli; Mr. K. MeGaiiran. Kiliiiore. Driiiii.-na. Co. 

 Leitrim: Mr. .1. O'Loaii. Kiuu-kaiially. Martin.^- 

 town. Co. Antrim (.Si-jiolar.'^liips in Afirieiiltiire) ; 

 Mr. M. .1. Keatiii':. Ro.^^.-ville. Vietoria Avenue, 

 Cork (Si-liolar.'^liil) in Creamery Management); Mr. 

 .\. Turner. Court •wn CJarcK-n.-;. Gorev, Co. Wex- 

 ford (Seliolarship in Hortieiilture). 



Tlie Seholar.-^Iiip.'^ entitle the holders to fr.'e in- 

 striietion at the Roval College of 8eieni'e, free 

 hoard and residem-e at the Alhert Agricultural 

 Collt'gc (or a maintenaiiei- allowance in lien there- 

 of), and third class fare for one journey to and 

 from their liomes in each session. 



Provided satisfai'tory i)rogress is made, the 

 Sdiolarships are tenal)Ie during tlie four y(>ars' 

 course for the Assoc-iateship of the College in tlie 

 Faculty of Agriculture. 



Catalogues. 



Mkssus. W.\tson & Sons, Ltd., Killiney Nurseries. 

 Killiney, Co. Dublin, have kindly sent us a set of 

 liieir current catalogues of Roses, Fruit Trees and 

 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Tliest- are publislied 

 separately, and each contains an excellent collec- 

 tion of the finest varieties under the several head- 

 ings. Messrs. Watson make a special study of 

 Eoses, Fruit Trees and ornamental subjects, "and 

 their large and increasing business is a testimony 

 to the excellence of the goods they supply. Our 

 readers could not do better than send for a set of 

 the catalogues nient inin^d. 



Bulb Gardening.* 



This is a comprehensive woilc by the aiitlioi- oi' 

 ■• Rose Gardening " and ' Town Gardening," 

 and is uniform in j)roduction with them, being 

 I'xcellently bound and well i)rinted on good paper. 

 All kinds of plants, popularly called bulbous, are 

 included, even such diverse subjects as Hyacinths 



♦Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 15 Bedford Street. 

 London, W.C.2. Price 7s. 6d. net. 



and Begonias; tlie 

 tile reason for this 



and Knii)hofias, Croeuse} 

 aiitlior, liowever, explains 

 satisfactorily. 



The work is dividt'd into ihi..- ])aits, thus: 

 i'art 1., Hardy Bulbs; I'art II., Glass-liouse 

 Bulbs; Part IN., Half-hardy Bulb.s— the three 

 I)arts comprising twenty chapters. 



(hi the whole, the cultural recommendations are 

 good, and might l)e taken as a guide by the 

 inexperienced, but the details for llii- jueparation 

 of beds for j)laiiting are often unnecessarily com- 

 plicated and elaborate; also, we believe, the 

 recommendation frequently given of supplying 

 manure either as a mulch or in the soil should 

 not be taken too literally, since bulbous plants 

 are very suscejitible in this connection, and a very 

 com])lete knowledge of local soil conditions is 

 necessary to avoid disaster. Wi" are told to i)ot 

 lip Hyacinths in November and Decemi)er, l)ut 

 most gardeners i)r(>fer to have this done two 

 months earlier, and we cannot see the necessity 

 for mulching hyacinth beds with cow iiumure in 

 February. 



We di.ssent from tin' recommeiulation to plant 

 garden varieties of Tulips and Daffodils on the 

 rock garden; the choice species of both may 

 fittingly find a place there, but the florist's 

 varieties are not in good taste. 



Mistakes in spelling are numerous. For in- 

 stance, Tulipa S))rru(if}i is spelt with an Ji before 

 the first /■, and T. iiKirrosijild ends with <I instead 

 of a, and T. KolpaL-oirskj/ti mi wants the /. Iris 

 olhieu.sis is repeatedly s])elt /. (ilbieiisls, and the 

 number of times a capital is used instead of the 

 lowei' case are too numerous to mention. We 

 would advise the author, when i)reparing a new 

 edition, to keej) a cO})y of the Kew Handlist of 

 Herbaceous IMaiits on hei' desk. Among Irises 

 recommended for cultivation is /. nldta, 

 notoriously one of the most ditticult to bloom. 



Native Orchids are recommended for introduc- 

 tion to the garden by removing them from their 

 native places and transplanting; we would like 

 to have a list of the author's successes in this 

 connection, for it is by no means successful in. 

 evi'ry cast'. 



Despite these few criticisms, we feel sure " Bull) 

 Gardening "' will be of consideral)le service to 

 many enthusiasts with little practical knowledge 

 of the enormous number of bulbous ])lants avail- 

 able, and as a work of reference it should find a 

 place in the library of every amateur gardener. 



There are coloured drawings of Narcissi. Tulips, 

 Dhalias, and Gladioli, and numerous other line 

 drawings. 



WINTER SPRAYING 



Of Fruit Trees to Remove Lichen, &c. 



For Full Information as to MATERIALS needed, etc. :: 



WRITE TO THE SPRAYING SPECIALIST 



D. M. WATSON, ^°cSr' 61 South Gt. George's St., DUBLIN 



iraying and Fumigating Materials of all kinds at lowest Cash Prices. 



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