s 



MAY, 1911 



TWOPENCE 



Irish 

 Gardening 



CONTENTS 



Black Stalk-Rot (Illustrated) . 65 



Flowering Shrubs .... 68 



Treatment of Collected Alpines . 70 



The Enemies of Trees . . . 12 



Roots and their Functions (Illustrated) 73 



Double Primroses .... 74 



Shrubs for Sunny Slopes and Dry Banks 76 



The Development of British Forestry , 

 The Month's Work in the— 



Flower Garden and Pleasure 

 Grounds 



Fruit Garden 



Vegetable Garden . 

 Notes 



76 



78 

 78 

 79 

 80 



LAWN MOWERS 



PENNSYIiYANIA 



are: the sest 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENTS . . 



MAGUIRB & GATCHBLL 



10 DAWSON STREET, DUBLIN ^'^"^^'^ 



THE POPULARITY OF 



—XL ALL— 



Specialities increases every year. 

 All gardeners proclaim that nothing 

 equals these celebrated preparations 



XI 



Y I All ■nsecticideWash 

 W iu l\ Lb la B {sine NiCO- 

 —————— TINE), best 



non • poisonous Wash on the 



XL ALL 



Nicotine Vaporising Compound, the 

 gardener's favourite Fumigant, 

 ~~~^"^"~~~-~~"~ both Liquid and Cake. 



XL ALL Nicotine Insecticide Wash, for syringing-, 

 dipping, and dressing Fruit Trees and Plants. Mealy 

 Bug, Scale, &c., cannot exist where this is used. 



ALL ^ - 



V \ ■■ ■■ to sell this. Other preparations 



of great renown, both poison- 

 ous and non-poisonous, are : — 

 XL ALL Weed Killer, XL ALL Fertiliser, Richards' 

 Arsenate of Lead Paste, Cucasa Powder (Fungicide), 

 &c. 



DON'T FORCET TO ASK YOUR N. S. OR FLORIST 

 FOR RICHARDS' SMALL PINK LIST 



G. H. RICHARDS, 



-MANUFACTURER- 



234 Borough High St., LONDON, S.E. 



Published by IRISH GARDENING, Ltd., 53 Upper Saekvllle Street, DUBLIN 



