XIV 



IRISH CARDEXING. 



F^allsbridye, ami an Aug-iisl s1um\, cmlii .uis a wiiilfi 

 (Vuit sliow. Tlu" valiio of a wiiiti-r fniil sliou, rolaiivi- 

 to \Uc Irish rmit-nrowiiiy iiuliistiy, is i;iiu'rall\- ailniillctl, 

 hut il is owini; to tlu" lack of piiblii- inti-nvst iii provioiis 

 nulilin fruit shows wliich ij^ivos thi- council more than a 

 lilllc anxiolw As the report states llicy "feci a serious 

 responsibility in rectMiiniiMulinj;; this show, ami only ilo 

 so relyini;- on the corilial support of members of the 

 Ixoyal Horticultural Society of Irelaiul anil others in 

 assislinj^; tlu" prize list." 



Lucan. Siigij;art and Cloinialkin 

 Horticultmal Society. 



The animal meeliiii; of the above societs was hckl 

 at the Spa Hotel. Lucan, on the 13th ult. Captain 

 X'esey. D.L., in the chair. The hon. secretary's report 

 was presented and adopted. Il showed that the 

 society was in a Hourisliiny condition with an increasint; 

 membership. The schedule for 191 1 was discussed, and 

 some attractive prizes were added to its pag-es. 

 particularly in ihe classes devoled to sweet peas and 

 veg^etables. Il is intended to iiold the society's next 



Destroy Wirewornis 



I lie n!0>l badly infc'_st(--il 

 I he use of V.-ipcritt:, the origin.il 

 i>LCiicicle. Vaporite is a powder 

 uiiicli requires to be worked evL'iily inio 

 tlij solid lb. to S sq. )ds.)be("ore planting, 

 entirciv destroy all trace of vnreworjus. 

 leatbeijackets, slugs. &c. .Sold by all seeds- 

 men. Our instructive booklet No. 48 tells 

 you how to us- X'aporite. Send a Post Card 

 f. T it ti-dri\ . Vaporite Strawsin Co., Ltd. 

 Dept. H, Spsncer House. South P. ace, EC. 



VAPORITE 



show (by kiiul permission of Capfiin \>sey, I"). I,.) in the 

 Cottage Garden;;, I.ucan Demesne, July .'Jiul, iqii. 

 Given line w»-alluM one lan sc.inily imaifine a fairei 

 selliuiL; foy .1 tlovwr show than l.ue.in's loveh ami 

 hist Olio demesne. 



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Poisons and I'iiakmai v .\i r, ic)o,S. 



Di AK Siu, On Wednesday, the i4tli insi., a iloubthil 

 point in conneclion with the above \o\ was seltleil by 

 the jiidgfes in the divisional coiul. Their ilecisiiMi was 

 as follows : — " Under (he .\ct of i.ShS only a ipialified 

 pharmacist ci'>ukl sell poisons, ami not an tmciualified 

 assistant; it therefore followed that tmder the amended 

 Act of igoS only a person licensed by the local authori- 

 ties could sell poisoiious compountls for horticultmc 

 and a_oriculture. Managers and assistants were \\o\ 

 entitled to sell imless they held a separate licence." It is 

 to be hoped that nurserymen and seedsmen holdinjf licen- 

 ces under this .\ct will now take special warning- from 

 this decision ;iiul not allow pharmaceutical spies to (rap 

 their assistants in the way they have been doinjf. Il is 

 i.[uito clear that all the pharmaceutical spies who li,.\i- 

 been able to make pinchases were strang-ers lo (he 

 employees who sold, and if onh- known persons had 

 bi-en supplied none of these vexatious and ritiiculoiis 

 prosecutions would have arisen. I am sorry to say thai 

 onlv within the last ten da^s several ag^ents have been 

 threatened with penalties for not affixing- their nanu 

 .•ind address on the bottles, and here ag-ain the 

 purchasers were strangers and certainly should not 

 have been supplied foi" this reason. The Traders in 

 Poisons Society are now g-oing- to approach His 

 Majesty's Privj- Council asking; for greater facilities foi 

 obtaining- licences antl at less expense, so that 

 assistants can obtain licences to sell (under the head 

 licencee) at a very nominal charge. — Youi-s faithfully. 



16th December, 1910. C.. H. Ru hards. 



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 IRISH GARDENING 



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 the course of the year. Every Irish gardener and 

 every owner of any sized garden in Ireland should 

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