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first ; Mrs. Fowler, second. Twelve asters, Mrs. D'Arcy 

 Thompson, first ; Lord Dunsany, second. Twelve 

 trusses of geraniums, Mrs. Fowler, first ; Mrs. D'Arc)' 

 Tliompson, second. Twelve blooms of beg-onias (single), 

 Mrs. D'Arcy Thompson, first and second ; J. S. Winter, 

 third. Mrs. D'Arcy Thompson also won premier 

 honours in the class for twelve double begonias with a 

 magnificent lot, J. S. Winter being second. For twelve 

 spikes of gladioli, Mrs. McVeagh, Drewstown (gardener, 

 Mr. Casserly), got first prize ; Mrs. Carew, second ; 

 Lord Dunsany, third. There was a large entry for 

 twelve herbaceous perennials, first prize going to 

 Mr. C. W. Parr's well staged exhibit ; J. S. Winter, 

 second ; Mrs. Fowler, third. Mr. Parr also won with 

 six varieties in the amateur section. 



J. S. Winter got first for an effective collection ot 

 table plants ; Lord Langford, second ; Lord Dunsany, 

 third. Mr. Winter also got first prizes for three gloxinias, 

 three begonias, and three ferns. 



Lord Dunsany and Mrs. D'Arcy Thompson were equal 

 for a collection of twelve varieties of vegetables, while 

 the former exhibitor was awarded first for six kinds of 

 fruit. Mrs. D'Arcy Thompson won in the classes for 

 cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, and vegetable marrows. 



There was a large increase of entries in the amateur 

 section, the principal prize winners being Mrs. Askin, 

 Miss O'Hagan, Mrs. Coghill, Mrs. Law, Mrs. Tier, 

 J. C. Hanbury, Thos. Askin, Dr. O'Reilly, C. W. Parr, 

 Christopher Morgan, and S. Allen. Mr. Hugh Dickson's 

 special prize for the most successful exhibitor of cut 

 flowers in this section was won by C. W. Parr. 



The prize for six sections of honey was won by C. W. 

 Parr ; C. H. Murphy, second ; and for one bottle of 

 fruit. Miss Murray, Triermore, first. 



The home industries and poultry sections were also 

 well filled. 



The judges in the horticultural sections were Canon 

 Haves and Wm. Burleigh, Esq., Bray. 



Catalogues. 



Watson's Carnations. — Everyone loves carnations, 

 and everj'one who can ought to grow them. We give 

 in the present number of Irish Garde.minc an article 

 written specially for the benefit of the amateur gardener 

 who is wishful to grow these charming flowers, and here 

 is a catalogue which gives descriptive lists of all the 

 popular sorts, or such as an amateur gardener wants. 

 The list is illustrated, and one of the illustrations from 

 the booklet is used in another part of the present issue. 



New Carnatio.vs. — Mr. Hay ward Mathias, the car- 

 nation specialist, sends us a special list of new carnations 

 raised by him at Medstead (Hants.). As Mr. Mathias's 

 name is so frequently appearing in the prize lists of 

 shows for different kinds of carnations, we have no 

 doubt as to the high quality of his ''creations." 



Lissadell Daffodils is the name of a particularly 

 neat little book sent out by this well-known Sligo 

 nursery. The arrangement is good, the printing clear, 

 and the illustrations beautifully shown on plate paper. 

 We are pleased to note that attention is being paid to 

 hybridising at Lissadell. A large mass of information 

 has been accumulated as to (among other things) the 

 seed-producing and pollinating power of many varieties 

 of daffodils, and the manager offers information and 

 advice on these matters to such of his customers as are 

 interested in daffodil breeding. 



C.\TALOGLE OF BlLBS AND RooTS (Jones, F.R.H.S., 

 Kilkenny). — This is a small but attractive lis; which 

 opens with the details of a " knock-out " collection of 

 hardy bulbs, and then proceeds to give the usual lists ot 

 bulbs and roots for autumn and spring planting. To 

 those wishing to grow bulbs in bowls or window boxes, 

 Mr. Jones offers advice to any enquirer. A page on 

 sweet peas ends the catalogue. The booklet was printed 

 in Wexford, and is put up in a brilliant green wrapper. 



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