IRISH GARDENING. 



Dickson's " Hawi.mark " Bulbs. Alex. Dickson & 

 Sons, Ltd. — .A veiy neal little descriptive catalogue 

 conveniently arranged, clearly printed, and very 

 hand\' for rerereiice. There are numerous illustrations 

 scattered throughout the text. It contains also lists of 

 hardy herbaceous plants, violets, strawberries and 

 sweet peas for autumn sowing. 



Bil-BS, &c. (Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle).— .A large- 

 paged descriptive catalogue, well illustrated, and with 

 useful cultural notes. Type clear, "get up " pleasing. 



Webb's Bilbs (Word.sley, Stourbridge). — This is a 

 ver\- handsome catalogue. The pages are large, 

 admitting of strikingl\' bold illustrations, such as 

 Gladioli on page 31. If, according to Lord Kosebery, 

 the literature of nurservmen's catalogues is "arid," 

 surelj' even his lordship would admit the abundance of 

 refreshing oases of illustration in such a production as 

 this. 



Notes. 



At a wild-flower competition held at Millisle, Co. 

 Down, on Tuesday, -Aug. 24, about 70 varieties were 

 collected by ren children during a three hours' ramble. 

 The following is a list of some of them : — Restharrow, 

 yarrow, meadow sweet, woodloose-strife, crane's bill, 

 purple veitch, calamint, feverfew, eye-bright, vervain, 

 bramble, hawkweed, bugle, cinquefoil, tormentil, 

 meadow vetchling, knot grass, persicaria, wild carrot, 

 convolvulus, nipplewort, dog's niercurj', burdock, bed- 

 straw, bugloss (small), heartsease, white oxeye, — 

 W.^LTER Smyth. Holywood, Co. Down. 



We have received the annual report of the Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnation Society, together with the sche- 

 dule of prizes to be competed for at the society's 

 seventh show in London on the 8th of December ne.xt. 

 The hon. sec. is Mr. Hayward Malhias, Lucerne, 

 Stubbington, Farehani, Hants. 



An Ii 



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The following lines were suggested on seeing a 

 fading geranium through the bars of a sunless window 

 in one of the suburbs of Carlow town : — 



Carry me home — to my dear home — 



Thousands of miles away. 

 O'er dancing foam where wild waves roar 



The endless mvstic sea. 



Parched willi thirst, smothered with dust, 



Wrappetl in a frigid gloom. 

 For e'er to dwell in my prison cell, 



.\ drear\' living tomb. 



To that fair land sublimely grand, 

 Where summer's ever bright ; 



The sun above with beams of love, 

 Sends down a flood of light. 



The banquet hall, for one and all, 

 Is full the live-long night, 



To sip divine of dewy wine 

 Like crystals pure and bright. 



The lovely sheen of emerald green 



That I would proudly wear 

 Would always shine like diamonds fine, 



So beautiful and rare. 



The balmy breeze thro' citron trees 



Is wafted far and nigh. 

 The songbirds sing on angel wing 



Like music from on high. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Roses for a South W.\ll (" .\rdeen "). — The six best 

 roses for your south wall are : — ( ■ ) Madame Jules 

 Gravereaux ; (2) Madam Wagram, ConitessedeTurenne ; 

 (3I Climbing Kaiserin A. Victoria ; (4) Climbing Mrs. 

 W. J. Grant ; (5) Climbing Caroline Testout ; (6) Climb- 

 ing Perle de Jardins. A wall, however, of only five feet 

 would do very well with the stronger Teas on it, planted 

 through or between the above climbers, therefore, try 

 both Maman and White Cochet. Souv. de P. Netting, 

 .Anna Olivier, Druschki, and .Ards Pillar will both do 

 well ; but the heat will make them and Mrs. Grant open 

 rather quickly. O'D. B. 



Name of Flower (" Reenellen "). The common name 

 is Venus's Navel-wort, and the scientific Oiiiphalodes 

 linifoUa. It is a native of Europe. 



[Other Correspondents have been answered by post,] 



My day-dreams bright from morn to night 



-Are fixed on that fair shore. 

 .Ah ! could I reach its Eden beach 



I'd droop or flag no nore. 



My sisters grand, in that fair land. 

 Have grown so big and gay, 



.An exile here, in bondage drear 

 I pine the years awaj'. 



From that sweet shore to part no more 



I ever fondly sigh, 

 To my own dear home o'er ocean's foam 



Oh bring me ! ere I die. 



Patrick McDonnell. 



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