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IRISH GARDENING. 



RolH-rlson, J.l'., willi M<: G. M. Ross, M.A., pivsidiiiK. 

 Jutlyes weiv appoinli'il for tlio Summei' Sliow, and other 

 details arrans^oil lor, including; the engagement of a 

 niilitarv band. .\ letter was read from the Department 

 of Agriculture, presenting the prizes for the apple 

 classes, 16 to 52, inclusive, at the Winter Fruit .Show, 

 and it was directed that the best thanks of the Council 

 be sent to the Department for this esteemed aid. It 

 was also directed that the Fruit Show should be brought 

 under the notice of the Irish Industries Development 

 Association, in order that publicity and possibly more 

 public patronage should be obtained for what is calcula- 

 ted to promote and encourage the Irish fruit growing 

 Industry. Some nice vases of hardy flowers were 

 arranged on the table for inspection, including a bunch 

 of prettj' Hybrid aqnilcgias from Mr. Watson, for which 

 the thanks of the Council were accorded. Messrs. 

 Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, were elected to member- 

 ship, the Stillorgan and Foxrock Horticultural Society 

 and the North Kildare Horticultural Society being 

 affiliated. 



Competitors in ihe carnation classes at the coming 

 sliow will please note that class J4 is for twelve vases, 

 which, bv error, is not notified in the schedule. 



Sh 



ows. 



The Rov.\l Horticiltlral Sociiirv oi-- Ireland. — 

 The Grand Summer Show of this Society will be held 

 in Merrion Square, Dublin, on the 20th of the present 

 month. There are 77 classes, including plants in pots, 

 cut blooms, sweet peas, hot-house and hardy fruit, and 

 vegetables. There are offered for competition Challenge 

 Cups for roses, dahlias, carnations or picotees, and 

 sweet peas ; Medals for roses, and valuable prizes in all 

 the classes. 



The recently formed " Kingstown Horticulturrd 

 Society" has arranged to hold an exhibition of flowers, 

 fruit, and vegetables, on Wednesda)-, the nth of 

 August next. It will be held in the People's Park, Kings- 

 town. There is a schedule of 58 classes, including a 

 Cup for the best 12 bunches of sweet peas in distinct 

 varieties. We notice with great pleasure that there is 

 a special class for the pupils of the school garden in 

 connection with the Technical School. The society has 

 our best wishes in its spirited efforts to ad\'ance all-roimd 

 gardening in the Kingstown township. 



The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society's Horticultural 

 Show will be held at Balmoral, Belfast, on July 22nd 

 and 23rd inst. There are 32 classes with good prizes 

 attached, including two special prizes of plate for 

 dinner table decorations. 



The Ea.st W'icklow Hortici ltirai, Societv 

 holds its annual show at Greystones on the 2Sth of 

 the present month. .-\mong the prizes offered for 

 competitioEi arc two £-, 5s. Challenge Cups — one for 

 roses, and one for sweet peas (open to all Ireland). 

 Schedules and further particulars can be obtained from 

 the Hon. Secretaries, Greystones. 



Spraying. 



likely to be harassed with many troubles ihrougli 

 attacks of fungal and insect pests. But the work of 

 spraying must be well done. There is no use in half 

 measures, and more harm than good may follow careless 

 methods. Neither a whin bush nor a white-wash brush 

 is an eft'ective instrument for distributing the deadly 

 fluid, and a bad sprayer is only better than those and 

 still far short of the requirements of the case. Fineness 

 of spray is an absolute essential. A good sprayer is 

 a necessary garden appliance, and no\v-a-days tiiere 

 are so many different patterns of really good machines 

 with such a wide range in price that even a cottager 

 may find it within the limits of his purse to acquire one. 

 We have illustrated in these pages from month to 

 month a series of types manufactured by the "Four 

 Oaks " Company,andnowgiveanother, a very handy lit tie 



Sl'RAVlNt; is now recognised as; 

 date gardens, and the gardene 



who neglects 



dl up-lo- 



machine called the " Dairyman," the advertised price 

 of which is £,2 los. Such machines are very useful 

 during the summer months in distributing .soluble dis- 

 infectants. It should always be remembered that a 

 disinfectant can only act when it comes into actual 

 contact with the troublesome germs. It is useless 

 labour to put disinfectants about in saucers, or to splash 

 it about by random flings. Spraying is the best method 

 of distribution. It makes the solution go much further 

 and does its work immeasurably better. A good spray- 

 ing apparatus is a necessity in evciy home. 



Knapsack Sprayers. 



TH FRE have been frequent press references recently 

 to the efliciency of the " Four Oaks" Knapsack 

 and other Sprayers, and it is therefore interesting 

 to learn that at the recent Wisbech Trial of Spraying 

 Machines the " Four Oaks " Knapsack Sprayer was 

 given the Premier Award in competition with all other 



