IRISH GARDENING. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Daffodils (" Tryo").— (i) We g-ave a note on this 

 subject last month. The article there referred to 

 ought to suit your purpose. We know of no book deal- 

 ing with that side of daffodil culture. (2) Preserving 

 Fruit. We published in early numbers of this journal 

 articles on this subject, written by an expert. Write to 

 manager at this office. 



Flowerikg Spr.wsof Tree(" Woodpark "). — Maple. 



DisE.\SED Br.\.sxh of .^pple (" W. H. B.").— Canker. 

 If the affected branches are small cut away ; if large cut 

 out diseased area down to healthy wood, and smear 

 wound with tar to protect from fresh infection. 



Market Informatio.v ("J. C"). — We are making 

 enquiries, and will communicate information by post, 

 .^s to prices, these vary so much that present rates 

 might be misleading. 



HORTICULTURAL SHOWS 



Important to Exhibitors 



The first instalment of a series of 

 Articles intended for the guidance 

 of Exhibitors at Irish Horticultural 

 Shows, and written by Experts, 

 appears in the present issue of 

 Irish Gardening. These Articles 

 will be continued during the 

 months of July and August. 



The Articles will explain clearly 

 the points of perfection to be aimed 

 at, both in 



Growing and in Showing 

 Horticultural Exhibits. 



jj*^ Secretaries of local Shozvs are requested to 

 make the subject of above notice known to their 

 members. The series is intended, to help forward 

 the work upon which local Societies are engaged, 

 and to give the best possible hints to intending 

 Exhibitors. 



Answers to Correspondents — continued. 



Klame Flower (•' T. G."). — (i) Yes. They love a 

 cool, moist situation with a north aspect. We are told 

 that they show splendidly on the face of a yew 

 hedge, and produce a grand effect when in flower. (2) 

 Cabbage, .^nj^ of the dwarf spring varieties of the 

 Ellam type may be sown. You are too late for parsnips. 

 (3) With respect to sowing the seeds of the trees named, 

 it is late, but send us particuLars as to soil, aspect, &c. , 

 and we will reply by post. 



'). — This specimen was overlooked. 



.\lacia [" Antr 

 .Apologies. 



Caterpillar ("Constant Reader"}.— The name of 

 caterpillar sent, discovered on rose foliage, is Crocailis 

 ellngnaria. Being uncommon, it has been handed over 

 to the natural history department of the National 

 Museum. 



Wild Garlic (" S. M. B. McL •).— With regard to the 

 eradication of this weed, we are afraid that the best we 

 can do is to give you, as advice, the instructions of an 

 old gardener to his apprentice under similar circum- 

 stances regarding a troublesome patch of another kind 

 of weed — " You are to go out, my boy, everj^ Saturday, 

 and, wet or fine, punctually at 11 o'clock, start cutting 

 down every shoot of that devil's own weed that has 

 shown itself above ground, but mind, j-ou young 

 rascal, be sure to start exactl}' one hour before noon 

 and on the day following Friday's fast." 



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