IRISH GARDENING 



they are spoilt by awful drawbacks, such as all 

 sand, all rock, no* grass, no trees, no water. Its 

 always one thing, and mostly with signs that its 

 burnt to blazes with the sun three jjarts of the 

 year, and you might whistle for a drop of rain 

 to freshen things up. I'm beginning to think it 

 was a bit of a miracle old Moses getting water 

 out of the rock ! 



Scottish Appointment for an Irishman 



After due consideration the Glasgow Corporaticm 

 have a])])ointed Mr. James Rourke, foreman in 



a period of nearly three years at Kew, latterly as 

 assistant foreman, he was appointed foreman in 

 the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, succeeding Mr. 

 .T. J. Guttridge, now Superintendent of Parks and 

 Gardens in Liverpool. For the last eighteen 

 years Mr. Rourke has been in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Glasgow, and the many young men 

 who during that time have served there will 

 rejoice that the tact, geniality and skill which he 

 consistently displayed in the management of the 

 staff has been rewarded by the cori)oration in 

 his a])i)ointment to a larger and more imi)ortant 

 post. 



J. W. B. 



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A.M. Ill 



the Botanic Gardens, as Assistant Suporiutcndent 

 of Parks and Gardens in Glasgow. 



Mr. Rourke served his apprenticeship in the 

 gardens of Marmaduke C. Cramer, Esq., Rath- 

 more, Kinsale, where he remained two years 

 further as a journeyman gardener. He was 

 subsequently foreman in the gardens of Lady 

 Ashtown, Kilfinane, Co. I^inierick, for twelve 

 months, and from there entered the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, where he remained 

 tor two and a half years laying the foundation 

 of that experience in ])ublic gardening which has 

 now proved its value. From Glasnevin Mr. 

 Kourke went to the Royal (Jardens, Kew, where 

 lie found ample op])ortunities of adding to his 

 knowledge and ex])erience in the fine gardening 

 practised there, and in the lectures which are of 

 inestimable value to the young gardener. After 



Cornus Nuttallii. 



The above Cornel seems likely to be an even 

 liner thing than Cornus capitata when it becomes 

 better known and the i)lants have time to become 

 established. A small tree some 4 feet high, 

 l)lanted near the Lily pond in the Botanic 

 Gardens at CJlasnevin, has this year borne a 

 number of flowers. This species is a])i)arently 

 quite hardv, and. unlike C. cayiitata, does not 

 suffer from" frost at Glasnevin. The showy part 

 of the inflorescence is the bracts surroundmg 

 the true flowers, the bracts being almost white 

 and with a spread of ])robably 2 inches. The 

 leaves are about 3 or 4 inches long- and fall oft' 

 in autuum unlike those of C. capitata, which is 

 practically evergreen. Ciiven a rich moist soil 

 this handsome N. W. American si)ecies ought 

 to make a verv handsome tree after some years. 



