IRISH (iAKDENING. 



DICKSON'S 



CHAM PION R OSES 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



free on application to 



Hugh Dickson, Ltd., 



ROYAL NURSERIES BELFAST 



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Planting Fruit Trees 



pi;<)l'.AHI.\' nu)iv fruit 'tree's aro'^plaiitcvl in l)iri-tiilR-r 

 than ill any otlicr immtli of tlic wiuti-r. Iftlic ^nuiiKl 

 is ill a tit state lintli Dcrcnilx-r and .lau'iary are exeelleiil 

 inontlis for plaiitiiiir. tlioti,t,'li on wet"soils the work is often 

 ili'laxed tilll'el>niar\ orJMareii.^ In'this oliangeable eliinnte 

 it' is wise to obtain tleliVery of tliejetiiiireil trees as early 

 as may be/so that the trees will be at hand on a suitable 

 (hjy when the gniuud is iiot'too wet. Trees'niay siifely be 

 heeK>d in on arrival fmni"the nursery pending permanent 

 plantinji;. J- 



The work of^tiie'l)e]uirtn»ent of lAgriculturu lias j,'iven a 

 j^reat lillii) to "'fruit planting' for commercial purposcs^iji 

 Ireland. Tliis has naturally 'led T^to a greatly^incrcascd 

 demand for sountl healthy trees, anil Messrs. Wm. AVatson 

 iV Sons. Ltd., have probably the largest stock in this 

 country. A visit to the extensive ]>lots offyoung fruit 

 trees at tiieir Killiney nurseries opens one's^eyes to the 

 extent of tiie demand, for tiiere are tens of thou.sands of 

 favourite a]>])les, sucii as Jiramlcy's Seedling, Beauty of 

 liiith, I* c, all the best kinds for Irish cultivation being 

 grown in proportionate quantity. It is a jileasure to see 

 such tine trees groAvn under up-to-date methods at home, 

 and the trained trees of all kinds of fruit for wall and 

 espalier are well ilone. In addition to full collections of the 

 larger fniits. such as Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 

 Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, i c, small fruits such as 

 RaspbeiTies, Currants, tJooseberries, Loganberries, and all 

 t>ther fniits in demand are well represented in the nurseries, 

 throwing in large quantities naturally enables Messrs. 

 Watson to quote moderate prices. Planters nowadays 

 obtain lemarkable value for their money, as a study of the 

 hrm's euiTent catalogue goes to show. A copy of this 

 ])ublioation inav be had post free from ^Messrs. Watson's 

 llca.l OIHic. Cloutarf Nurseries. Dul.liii, 



Dublin^s New Park. 



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TiiK^Duhliii ('..r|...r.i( 

 sidcralioii for Wu- \ :.> 

 specilirations .submit 1( 

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uL id^a Now l*ark/al h'air 

 i.sion wa.s r.f( ir. d U> Si 



Fivdcrick .M..<.r,.. ('ur,,t..r .,f.lh ■ H..laMi.' tia,r(|oii.s, 

 and Mr. ('. l\ .M.Cartliy. F.K.I. .\.. City .\i<liit<.<l,. 

 Tlu'sc i,'fiitb'iii<a havi-,'ii(.w awaidod l-'iisl I'laci 

 til Messrs. Win. \\>\\rv \. Co., the ((d.diralid 

 mirscryiiU'U and secdinc rclia,n(s, Watcrford. (<• 

 wlioni we olTcr i)ur (•«inKi"«>tulali(,us. 



The principal features in tlnj ivcccptcd plans 

 include sitnic nine acres lor atlilctic sports, also a 

 children's iihiy^aound, hockey and cricket yn.unti, 

 S'.'Ven tennis courts, and sulTicicnt area for football 

 to allow one full si/.( (1 Association K'l-nic.and about 

 two acres will hi' aUocatcil (o a Itoatinjj; lake and 

 model yacht pond. 



The main entrance will lie oppo.site Fairvicw 

 Avenue, and from this iioiiit a very beautiful 

 landsiape effect will be introduced showin<; band- 

 stand and Ixiatin^ lake with rustic boat-house in 

 the distance The total area when com|dete will 

 amount to lifty-live acres. A striking,' feature 

 will be tile main avenue, 10 feet wide, with four 

 rows of standard avenue trees running' lhroui;h 

 the park from Annesley Bridge t<. Ilowth K..ad. 



Wlien complete, Fairview Paik will (Mpial any 

 of its kind in the Kingdom, and we trust the 

 Corporation will lo.se no time in putting the work 

 in hands, and thus give a considerable amount 

 of emjiloyment. 



The Treatment of Peach Leaf'curl 

 (Exoascus deformans.) 



TiiK writ r reports experiments carried on for 

 several years in Northern Italy on protecthig 

 peaches from tlu> attacks of leaf-cur'. Fifteen 

 ungr; ft( d trees in the open were used, as well as 

 7 unyrafti d cor(l( ns on trellis and S more against 

 a S(.u1-h-wcst wall protected aliove bv an 18-in. 

 glass r<..,f. 



Oi the 15 trees in the open, U were covered in 

 Feljruary with a muslin net stretched to the to])s 

 of four ])o!es and su])]iorted by two cross canes ; 

 the remaining" 9 were left vmcovered and sjirayed 

 twice with Bordeaux mixture at the end of 



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