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Bedding Plants. 



THE weather having proved so exceptionally dry 

 during the first three weeks of June, it was a 

 difficult matter in many districts to make satis- 

 factory progress with the bedding-out. Rain has come 

 in abundance during these last days of the month, and 

 no better planting time could be found. The various 

 nurseries have had a busy time getting out their orders, 

 and at Messrs. Watson's, Clonlarf, a heavy rush for 

 bedding plants has prevailed all the month, and wonder- 

 ful quantities have been despatched all over the 

 provinces. However, the firm took last season's lesson 

 to heart, and propagated greatly increased quantities 

 of all summer plants, with the result that they can still 

 fill orders with satisfaction to those who have been 

 obliged to defer planting till now, and as Messrs. 

 Watson's plants are thoroughly well done excellent 

 results may quickly be obtained from present planting. 

 A feature of the season has been the receipt of unusually 

 numerous letters from satisfied purchasers, enclosing 

 repeat orders and also expressing gratification with 

 last season's supplies from the Clontarf Nurseries. 

 Especially worthy of note by those who live in the 

 country is the fact that nearly every client remarketl ou 

 the "beautiful packing," thereby justifying Messrs. 

 Watson'.S catalogue remarks on their ideas as to the 

 despatch of plants. 



A copy of the firm's booklet on Summer Bedding 

 Plants may be obtained free by post, on application to 

 Clonlarf. 



The Herbaceous Border, 



By Frank Hldso.n. 



JlLV is the best month for propagating perennial 

 plants from cuttings. Select nice young growths in 

 taking the cuttings. Violas, penstemons, carnations, 

 pinks, and Alpine plants, strike roots very quickly 

 at this time of the year if they are inserted in a cold 

 frame. .Select a northern aspect for the frame. Put 

 in about 3 or 4 inches of .sandy soil. Insert the cuttings 

 firmly; water them thoroughly. Put on the light, and 

 keep it close and shaded for about three weeks. The 

 cuttings will be, by that time, starting to grow. Give 

 air gradually, and after some time take off the light 

 altogether. 



Attend to the staking of planis, such as dahlias and 

 other tall-growing plants, in llie border. Use judgment 

 in staking them, and do the work as neatly as possible. 

 Never use a large slake when a small one will support 

 the plant. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



Till", monthly meeting of the Council was held at the 

 Society's Offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 

 ilth ult., members present being Messrs. F. Moore, 

 M.R.I. A., Rev. Canon Hayes, J. WcDonough, W. F. 

 V-unu, W. J. Mitchison, J. WylicHenderson, R. 

 .\nderson, G. Watson, Ernest Bewley, T.C., Jas. 



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