IRISH GARDENING. 



IX 



Weedy Walks 



EVERY one who has a garden— small or large- 

 must deal with the weedy walk problem, and 

 there is no doubt that the old-fashioned plan of 

 hoeing the walks has been deservedly superseded by 

 weed killers. Besides the great saving in labour there 

 is the fact that a good weed killer cleans the gravel. 



The months of May and June are the best for using 

 weed killer, so as to keep walks clean for remainder 

 of the season. 



There is a loose leaflet in this issue of Irish 

 Gardening giving particulars of Smith's "perfect" 

 weed killer, which is the original and still the premier 

 preparation of its kind. The Irish agent is Mr. D. M. 

 Watson, horticultural chemist, 6i South Great George's 

 Street, who will be glad to give all further particulars 

 on application. 



Shows 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



At a meeting of the council on the 12th ult. 

 correspondence dealing with a new class for Alpines 

 was dealt with, and a challenge cup offered by "Five 

 Lovers of Alpines " was accepted with the thanks 

 of the council. The wording of this class for competi- 

 tion at the Spring Show, 1912, is as follows, viz. : — 



" Alpine plants in flower, twelve pans, pans not to 

 exceed twelve inches or to be under eight inches in 

 diameter (outside measurement), each pan to contain 

 a diff"erent species, or only one variety of a species- 

 The word Alpine, as understood in this competition, 

 includes diminutive, deciduous, and evergreen hardy 

 plants, such as are generally cultivated in modern 

 Alpine gardening. The surface may be decorated with 

 stone between the plants, but no moss or other plants 

 for furnishing purposes. A challenge cup value five 

 guineas, and first prize presented by " Five Lovers of 

 Alpines," the cup to be won three times before 

 becoming the property of the winner, the money prizes 

 to be the property of the gardener — ist prize, 21s. ; 

 2nd prize, 15s. ; 3rd prize, los. A nice display of 

 flowers was contributed to the meeting, a cultural 

 certificate being awarded to Mrs. Butler, Priestown, 

 Meath, for a collection of fine seedling, St. Brigid 

 Anemones, who also sent in seedling aubrietias and 

 seedling Alpine auriculas. A vote of thanks was 

 accorded to Messrs Pennick, & Co., Delgany Nurseries, 

 for a nice lot of hardy flowering shrubs, a vote of 

 thanks and highly commended to Messrs. Chas. 

 Ramsay and Sons for eighteen bunches of regal 

 pelargoniums in eighteen varieties, from the Royal 

 Nurseries, Ballsbridge. Four new members were 

 elected, and arrangements were made for the schedule 

 committee to draw up the spring show programme for 

 1912 for confirmation of the council, the next meeting 

 of which will be on the gth inst. 



NATIVE IRISH ALPINES 



Collected from the Coast of Clare 



W. H. PAINE, I.R.H.S., TULLY NURSERY, KILDARE 



