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connoi-tion with this slunv a i;.iriliMUM s' pi izi- lias hvcn 

 inslitutoii by tho prailioal iiu'iiiIhts of tlie soi-ioly. to 

 which icoKl, silvor. aiul bron/.o medals will be added by 

 ihe eoiinoil, the slipiilaiion beiiiif thai the cash pii/es 

 are retaiiieil by the gfardeiiers wlniiiiiv;: them and the 

 medals by the employers. Mi", .\rtlnir Miirlayh, heail 

 i;ardener. .Meriloii -Siiuare. was eleeteil a praetieal 

 member of the soiielN. 



Irish Cnirdeners' Associatio 



TiiK annual general meeting of the above assoilalion. 

 to which we may tack on the other lialf of its well 

 deserved style and title '•anc^ benevolent society," 

 came o/f successfully al the D. B. C, Lower Sackville 

 Street, on the 25th ult. ; Mr. \V. H. Paine, manager of 

 the Tully Nursery, KilJare, giving a very attractive 

 paper on the flora of the Pyrenean Alps. Paper, we 

 say. bui, ;is a member remarked, "all out of his own 

 head," trolled out in that free and fluent style which 

 carried his audience with him as he scaled the Pyrenees 

 and filled his pockets with such good things as made 

 the stay-.-it-home hardy plant-lover's mouth water ; for 



Mr. I'aiiies graphic ilescripi ion. langing from grave to 

 gay, from lively to sevehe, " .ill out of his own iiead '" 

 left not a few wondering till, v limbing higher and wax- 

 ing warmer on his subject, "the woiiiler grew one 

 little head could carry all he knew." The financial 

 stale — all slates, in fact, of our worthy Irish Gardeners' 

 Assoiiatioii— shows steady progress, ihe hon. secretary's 

 (.Mr. J. J. .McDonough) report being considered highly 

 satisfactory and, we may add, highly creditable to the 

 hardest worked of the honorary officials, such criticism 

 as was evoked, by one member in particular, showing 

 the keen interest taken in the working. Mr. A. J. 

 Sinclair, the retiring president, was cordially thanked 

 for his courteous conduct in the chair over the last 

 year, Mr. K. Knowldiii being elecUil as president for 

 1911, the vice-presidents being Mr. J. I'olgan and 

 Mr. \y. S. Hall, Willi Mv. (i. Watson continuing in his 

 iinportrtnl_post as treasurer. On a ballot being taken 

 to fill four vacancies on the commiilee, .Messrs. Carroll, 

 Maslerson, Simmons and Walker were elected. Need- 

 less to Sr^y, no change was made in the onerous post of 

 lion, secretary, a post which carries much work and no 

 little anxiety to occupy it, hence Mr. J. J. .McDonough 

 retains what is hoped he may long continue to hou!. 



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