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IHISII (iAKI)i:MN(I 



Correspondence. 



SlK. -1 was llUlrh .•Mllplis.'d In IV.1,1 111,- ll\>- 



ti-i-ii-al oulhurst uiuI.t tlf litl.- • llint> I- 

 .\ovici'.s •• in yoiir S.-ptriiihcr issue. W'h.. .nv 

 111.' iiovici-s ■! 



V.uir (•..ntiil)nt..r f..iisi(lri's. .■vi.lnit 1 > . tlial 

 In- is (|iialiliril (i. sit in ju.l^iiiu'nl on llic acti.Mi^ 

 n{ tin- (•..uncil ..f tlu' I{oyai Horticultural So< irl> 

 of Ireland -altout wliicli. presuMiahlv, Iw knows 

 notliini.'. I>i<l Ik- civc anv consideration to the 

 iiienil)ers of the H.li.S.l. ? If theii' sul)script ions 

 \vre pai.l on tiie und.Tst andini; tiiat the S,Miet\ 

 pi-ovitfed llower sliows in return, are not the 

 council niorallv l)ouiid to provide shows V 



\'our correspondent knows litl!,' ,,i lii.' part 

 i,Mrd.'ners play in the (piestion of siiowinu ..r not 

 showing, the rule of the eniplo\cr heiiiLi. as a 

 rule, tiiat lu> may not touch lii.s own fruit or 

 (lowers for weeks before a show. " We cannot 

 have an> roses just now. .lones wants them for 

 the show" is often lieard wlien ^'oinsj; round a 

 uar<h'n when the gardener is kt'en on exhi})it inir. 



Tile comparison drawn with tiie ahand(inment 

 of the Hoval Dublin Society's Morse Sliow is not 

 accurate." With HallsJjrid.ue siiow yard in tiie 

 occupation of tlie military authorities since last 

 April witli liorses and n'lules frv)m North and 

 South America and Canada. Iioav coidd a sliow 

 be lield. and \yliat owner of a valual)le animal 

 would risk liis horse in a yard where so many 

 ■ foreigners " have l)een '! 



If 1 may j^ive a hint to your contributor, it 

 is — " Continue to tell us how to cidtivate our 

 caldia.fjes, loganberiies, and raspberries, and 

 drastically ])rime your own tendencies to rash 

 and uncalled for criticism." — Yonrs, A:c.. 



Membki; IMI.S.I. 



DiOAi: Siii, — -1 am at a loss to mulerstand liow 

 the diatribe called " Hints to Xovices," in the 

 Septeml)er nunil)er. in any way refers to its title, 

 i'lyidently the writer is a novice in such matters, 

 or lie would not have written sucli twaddle. It 

 would be well if he would confine his attention 

 to matters about which he does know something, 

 I have read wdth pleasure and profit his advice 

 about gardening matters, bitt if this gardening 

 advice is not more accurate than the statements 

 made in this article, I fear I will have to dis- 

 coTint it in futvire. It is difficult to conceive 

 the object of this venomous attack on a Society 

 w liicli has done so much to encourage gardening 

 and horticulture in Ireland. In England, where 

 the |)incli and stress of war is far more keenly 

 felt tjian in this country, there has been no com- 

 plaint about the Royal Horticultural Society 

 holding its usual fortnightly meetings. The 

 Chelsea and Holland House Shows were not 

 abandoned ; on the contrary, they wei'e most 

 successful. 



A reference is made to the Royal Dublin 

 Society not holding its Annual Horse Show 

 which is misleading, as many of the other re- 

 marks in the so-called " Hints to Novices " are. 

 Why cannot the writer be honest enough to 

 state the reason ? The Royal Dublin Society 

 have no grovmds availal)le in which to hold a 

 show, nor wovild a sufficient number of horses 

 l)e forthcoming to make a successful show. 

 Speaking as one who attended and enjoyed the 

 show in Lord Iveagh's grounds, I trust that the 

 Council of the R. H.S.I, will disregard these 

 spiteful and unnecessary criticisms. If your 

 contributor had seen the eagerness wliich the 



public dispiavcil at the .lurti,,,, .iller llle show 

 to p..ssess tlie plants .nid ll,.\v,i> ..f uhi( h he 

 >pe.lks so cont,llip(uou>l\, he ne,d ,|,,t h.lVe 



pitied them so much. 'I'lieN lliuu-ht inuiv ..f 

 llh- -iicMJ cause in which their money was spent, 

 an. I evidently they i.o.ssessed mon- '•charity" 

 than \(>ur contributor, who w<uild haye de- 

 pi-i\ed'lwo .■\,ell,.nl war funds .,f inncli n.'c'de.l 

 >upport. A l'i.i:\-~i:i) Ivv ii i lur. .i:. 



Horticultural Relief for Serbia. 



In accid.ime v\ith th.- recomniend.at ion of Mv. 

 Ilenin.in, the so<'iet,y\s si-ecial comnnssion<-r to 

 Serhi.-i, the Council "of tlu- Royal Horticultural 

 Society decided at its last meeting to send out 

 to Serbi.i seeds to the yalue of l-.-)(l(l. The order 

 for the seeds wa.s placed with .Messrs. Hurst, \- 

 S(in, and thanks to the personal interest which 

 .Mr. Edward Shervvood has taken in the s( hen.e 

 for relief, the total of seeds to be sent, as will be 

 seen from the following list, is a very consider- 

 able one. The seeds are to be sont out l)y a lioat 

 lietonging to the .lolmstone Line on .\ugiist S(h. 

 and are consigned to the President, of the Co- 

 operative I^ninn in Serbia. This gentleman has 

 given strict unih-rlaking to see that the shiji is 

 met by a trustworthy agent at Salonika, and tit 

 use the resources of the Co-operative Union for 

 the im,))a]tial and thorough distribution among 

 the small Serbian fa.rmers. Tt is largely owing 

 to the energetic action of Mr. Arthur Sutton, 

 the Secretary of tlie R.H.S.,and other members 

 of the sub-committee a])])ointed to deal with the 

 imniediate needs of Serbia, that the task of dis- 

 covering exactly what the needs were and of 

 contributing towards their satisfaction has beeii 

 discharged so pronijitly. When it is reniem- 

 bered that the needs of other of our allies, for 

 exam])le, Belgiinn, are even greater, there is 

 good ho])e that the appeal of the R.H.S. for 

 contributions to the Allies' War Relief Fund will 

 continue to meet with an increasing measure of 

 su])port. Subscriptions, large or sn^all, to this 

 fund may be sent to the Treasurer, R.H.S. , 

 Vhicent Square, S.W. 



List of Skeds sent to Sekbi.\. 

 20 cwts. Mangel, Long Red ; 10 cwts. Mangel, 

 Yellow Intermediate ; 10 cwt.=!. Mangel, Yellow 

 Globe: 10 bush. Pea, Bountiful; 10 bush. Pea, 

 Pilot: 10 Inish. Pea, Essex Star; 10 ])ush. Pea, 

 Eillbasket: 10 bush. Pea, Senator: 10 bush. Pea, 

 Alderman : 10 bush. Pea, i\e Plus I'ltra ; (HI llis. 

 Broccoli, Purple Sprouting ; 25 lbs. Broccoli, 

 Self Protecting; 15 lbs. Broccoli, Late Queen; 

 50 lbs. Brussels Sprouts, Co vent Garden ; 25 lbs. 

 Cabbage, Offenham ; 25 lbs. Cabbage, Rainhani ; 

 25 lbs. Cabbage, Leeds Market ; 25 lbs. Cabbage^ 

 Enfield Market ; 50 lbs. Cabbage, Small Drum- 

 head ; 50 lbs. Calibage, Large Drumhead ; 25 lbs. 

 Cauliflower, Walcheren ; 25 lbs. Cauliflower, 

 Autumn Giant ; 50 lbs. Carrot, Nantes ; 50 lbs. 

 Carrot, St. Valery ; 50 lbs. Kohl Rabi, Fine To]), 

 Green ; 2 cwts. S])inach, Longstanding Prickly : 

 2 cwts. Onion, ^^'hite Spanish ; 1 cwt. Onion, 

 Flat Wniite ^Iripoli: 1 cwt. Leek, Flag; 2 cwts. 

 Kale, Thousand -headed : 1 cwt. Beet, Turni])- 

 rooted ; 2 cwts. Turnii), Green Globe ; 1 cwt. 

 Turnip, Fosterton Hybrid ; I cwt. Onion, Giant 

 Rocca ; 13 qrs. Wheat ; qrs. Barley ; 10 qrs. 

 Oats ; 6 cwts. Red Clover ; 4 cwts. Liicerne ; 

 5 cwts. Ryegrass, Italian ; 6 cwts. Winter Tares ; 

 1 cwt. S]unach Beet : 6 cwts. Perennial Rye- 

 grass. 



