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KiMi.M Mr. ('. II. 'Paiidcviu we li.iv.- r.-rci vtd ;i 

 lu-w .■.iliiluj.'u.'. tn^'t-nuTwitli a (ini.lr (.. I'.i|m1u;.I 

 ('arna(i«iii Culluri'. Mr. 1 a\ulcviii. n\1i<> was 

 foriuorly at ('liclU-hnam. is now .scKUmI a( tlic 

 |{al>y Flower Farm, Willaston, near nii'.slcr, 

 ami is there pursuing busine.ss as keenly as ever. 

 His new catalogue is re])lete witli all the best 

 and most modern varieties of ])eri»eivial Carna- 

 tions, in whieh Mr. Taudevin has speeialised, with 

 good results. Antirrhinums Irises, Tulips, and 

 (Jladioli also engage attentit)n, and will doubtless 

 he of the same high quality whielv we expect 

 from so eminent a trade grower. In the " Guide '' 

 full directions for the cultivation of Perpetuals 

 are given, commencing with a usefiil monthly 

 calendar of operations, followed by clearly set 

 out details as to propagation and after treatment. 

 Insect pests, diseases, hybridizing and bedding 

 out are other subjects dealt with, the whole 

 forming an admirable " Guide " for the beginner 

 and amateur. 



Notices* 



Proposed Park at Fairview. 



We desire to direct the attention of landscape 

 gardeners to the advertisement in our columns 

 this month of the Cleansing Committee of the 

 Dublin Corjioration. The ground which it is 

 ]iro posed to convert into a Public Park is the old 

 slobland at Fairview, running between Annesley 

 Bridge and the Howth Road, which has been 

 imdergoing reclamation for some years past. As 

 the designs imist reach the Committee by the 

 27tli of the ])resent month, a])plication for 



FOR PERPETUAL CARNATIONS 



OMrl915 ILI.rsTKATKI) Catalogue is now ready for rtiHtribiition, 

 an<l contJiinR a n\iiiilier of SEW anrt important Varieties. Cranil 

 liraltliy plant* now rea/ly fcr prompt delivery, or at onstoniers' own 

 dat*8. lStparat<- " BKDDING " List of selected and tested Variiti.-s. 

 " COM.KCTrON.S •■ at special prices for Cash with order. 



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TiiK trial i)f Ji.-anlcd Iris.-s will In- .(.ntinued in 

 ItnO. Of the varieties n<tw on trial in the 

 gardens those adjudged by th(^ Committee to Ix- 

 of suflicient merit will be grown and judged 

 during tlic coming year. Ni'w v.irictics sent in 

 befoiv .lulv ls( will be in.lud.-d in (h.- dial. 



Obituary. 



Mn. 



lOII.X .MOIMUSOX OK NA1{|{0\V 

 WATKH. 



On Saturday evening, the IHlh ult.. there parsed 

 away (me of the best known and most esteemed 

 members of the Gardening Profession in Ireland in 

 the person of Mr. .John Morrison, who for the 

 past thirty-nine years had been head gardener, 

 and for most of that period land steward as well, 

 of Narrow Water, the seat of the late Captain Hall. 

 He had spent the evening in the grounds of the 

 Warrenpoint Public Park, in which he 1x)ok a great 



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