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Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



At !i si-.Tial m.-fUiiK' .-l tli.- ...ini.il I. .-1.1 al tl..- 

 s.Kicty's onic.'s. ."> .M..l.-s\\..itli Str.-.-l. Iiiil.liu. 

 D.T. "1st, jUTnUK'1'Juon.ts wrr.- uuuU- U<v li..l(liiiv; 

 till- .•iuuuivl p-ui'l-jvl iiUM-liu',' ..I" llif s.M-r.-ly <>m 

 D.M-. l.-.th.th.' lalt.T »..-iiiu' Ix'ltl iK.-..i«liii;,'l> , w it I. 

 Mr. .1. Iluiiu- l»ii.l;,'.-..ii. \i.-.-lMvsi.l.'iit. i.r.-si.hiiu'. 

 Ill .i|..'iuuir i.i-oir.-iliiiirs at llic K<'Ht'ial im-«'l int.' till- 

 <liairmaii sai.l li.- was sun- tli.is.- |.n"s.-ut \v..iil.l 

 v..i.-.- with liiiii ail .•xpn-ssi..!! ..!' iiiu.li if^,'r.-1 llial 

 iil-li.-altli i.r.'v.'iit.-.l tli.ir I'nsi.l.'iit . L<.rtl 

 Anlilaiiu. from ...•.ni.yiii^' tlir .iiair lliaf .lay. 

 witli tin- siiK-.-iv hi>\>t' that h.'(I-..r<l Aniilauui. 

 who liml always cviii.'.-.l su.h k.'.ii iiit.-r.'st in tli.' 

 soriftv's wrlfaiv. aiul n'vi'ii it liis lili.Ta.! supiMirt, 

 miK'ht' SO..U »)«' ivstor.'d t.. h.-alth. This was 

 svmpatlK'ti.allv .•n.lorscd hy those i.irscut. 

 The S.")th auiuial r.'i.oit, witli stati'iuoui ot 

 iw.-.muts for tlM- vt-ar .Muliu^' Doc. Isi. HU I. 

 lu-iiiu ill th.- iiaiuls ..f m.-mh.Ts pn-sont. and taken 

 jvs r.'iul. wa,s m..v.'.l f..r a.l.>i.ti..u hy Mr. .1. Hrown. 

 .^^.A., s»>.-..iulc.l hy Mi: 1). .^ral•!AM>.l. and \k\sso\\ 

 mm. coil. Aiu.tiiiX tlic corro-sitondentc dcall 

 with. Sir Fr.'d.-ri.k .M.m.iv, II. hi. Sotretary, iva.1 

 a r.-i)lv hi' had iv.t'ivod from tho T^)ya.l I)iil)lin 

 S.M-icty aut'iit the s].riu',' sli.>w. statiuii that tin 

 same arrangeniont as lunvtoforo was ai)iirovcd. 

 con-soquputlv it will ho lu'ld in (•..niiinction witli 

 the cattle aiid i]n]>lement show at BallshridK'' in 

 April (the particular date of the flower sh..w will 

 he Ajiril 14 and 15). In further outliuiuK the 

 remainder of the ])roM:rainmo forJDl;") — viz., tlie 

 hoklingof anautumn show in Aujjust (Horse Siiow 

 week) and a winter fruit show in Octolier — Sir 

 Frederick ,Moore stated that he had heard fron\ 

 the Dei.artment ..f A^'riculture that owing to tlie 

 lieavy demands on its limited funds it regretted 

 it w.nild not he i>ossible to render financial aid 

 in connect i. in with it. Sir Frederick Moore read 

 a letter he had received from the Vegetable 

 Pr.iducts' Comniittee, signed by Lord Charles 

 Beresford, a]>i)ealing for contriljutions of garden 

 liroduce for the fleet, and it was the unanimous 

 feeling of those iiresent that ste])s should be 

 taken to bring this matter before members of the 

 society, to which end it w^as decided to obtain 

 further information with tlie view of communicat- 

 intx witli n^embers who are garden owners. The 



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