IRISH GARDENING 



Propagation of Black Cirrants (" A. B. ").— The 

 process is very simple. Select clean, heallliy shoots 

 with short joints 

 and well-ripened 

 wood. As the pre- 

 paration for inser- 

 tion is different 

 in black currants 

 and red we give an 

 illustration to 

 make the matter 

 clear. The fig.s. 

 C and D repre- 

 sent the black 

 currant shoots, 

 which are pre- 

 pared by ( 1 ) re- 

 moving- (close by 

 but above a bud) 

 the unripened tip 

 (line a in C) and 

 (2) by making a 

 clean cut close to, 

 but below, a bud 

 at the base of a 

 shoot as indicated 

 in the figure. The 

 preparation of 

 red and white 

 currant cuttings 

 up to this point is 

 exactly the same. 

 But in black cur- 

 rants all the buds 

 are left on the 

 shoot, while in 

 red and white 

 currants all the 

 lower buds are 

 removed, leaving 

 only the upper 

 four or five. When prepared the cuttings are hiserted 

 in rows in ordinary soil, 18 inches apart, with 4 to 

 b inches between the cuttings. Vou can begin the 



work now as soon as the ripening of the wood 

 is completed, or wait until November if more con- 

 venient. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



*' The best laid schemes i^( mice and men gang aft 

 agley," said the secretary (in a whisper) on the loth ult., 

 the regular meeting day of the council, as with the offices 

 swept and garnished with a nice lot of cactus dahlias 

 sent in by Miss Ross of Dalkey, and all his variorum, he 

 watched and waited all in vain, and failed to get a 

 quorum. At a special council meeting on the 16th ult., 

 at which Messrs. R. T. Harris, W. F. Gunn, J. VVylie- 

 Henderson, J. L. McKellar, H. P. Goodbody, Capl. 

 Rial!, F. \V. Moore, Jas. McDonough, and Lady Albreda 

 Bourke attended, with Mr. Goodbody presiding, 

 preliminary arrangements were made for the Winter 

 Show, to be held at Ballsbridge on the 20th and 21st 

 inst. A whole bevy of judges were appointed for the 

 various sections ; each being an expert with several 

 legal luminaries for the fruit verdicts, and some, it may- 

 be added, have been invited from afar off, all in the in- 

 terests of King Apple w-ho, presumably, reigns over the 

 Irish fruit growing industry. The head and front of 

 this particular show, in fact, is directl)- or indirectly in 

 the interests of Irish grown fruit, to svhich end the 

 Department of Agriculture and the Royal Dublin Society 

 have co-operated with the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of Ireland by presenting prizes in special sections, all of 

 which are set forth in the schedule. To smooth the way 

 for country exhibitors, the council have not only cut 

 entry fees for non-members to is. for each entry up to 

 five — 5s. covering all entries from five up to five hundred, 

 but have ordered arrangements to be made for the stag- 

 ing of such exhibits of those who cannotattend personally, 

 such exhibits being duly entered a week previously, 

 and reaching Ballsbridge the day before the show. Pros- 

 pective exhibitors will bear in mind that entries cannot 

 be received after the morning of the 14th inst., and it 

 will much facilitate matters if sent in to 5 Molesworlh 

 Street a day or two before that, as the council anticipate 



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