IRISH GARDENING. 



dahlias and annuals, and competition was very close, 

 one very promising feature being that the exhibits of 

 the cottagers and amateurs compared very favourably 

 with those in the professional class ; in fact, one amateur, 

 Mrs. H. B. Crawford, staged six vases of sweet peas 

 which were undoubtedly superior to any others in the 

 show. 



In the vegetable section the exhibits were of a high 

 order of merit, one marked feature being carrots 

 exhibited by a cottager, C. Doyle, of a quality that 

 could hardh' be excelled at any show. Potatoes, 

 too, were of magnificent quality. "The Ashbourne 

 Company "* offered a valuable prize for " best collection 

 of vegetables, "which fell to H. B. Henn, Esq., Paradise, 

 Co. Clare, after very severe competition 



In the class for " decorated dinner tables " rivalr)- was 

 very keen, for Co. Clare ladies were determined that 

 the prize should not leave the county on this occasion, 

 the eventual winner being Mrs. G. U. Macnamara, of 

 Corofin, with Miss May Greene second, and Miss Hick- 

 man, of Fenloe, third, who all relied upon sweet peas, 

 the only variation in this class being a table decorated 

 by Miss M. V. G. Griffith with Clematis Jaokmanii and 

 yellow marguerites, which was very highly commended. 

 Lady Inchiquin and Mrs. H. S. Vandeleur kindly under- 

 took to make the awards in this class, and their 

 decisions met with the general approval of visitors. 



Messrs. Dobbie, of Rothesay, N'.B., offered a splen- 

 did silver-gilt medal to the exhibitor obtaining the 

 highest number of points at the show, which fell to that 

 well-known and skilful amateur. Rev. R. Scott, with a 

 total of sixty-nine points, the Rt. Hon. Lord Inchiquin 

 being runner-up with fifty-two points. 



Medals were also a warded to. Anketell-Jones, F.R.H.S., 



for a magnificent stand of cactus dahlias, gladioli 

 and double begonias, W'hich must have brought him a 

 fair share of business notwithstanding the bad weather, 

 for visitors were especially interested in his beautiful 

 cactus dahlias. Mr. \V. Bill, for a collection of a hun- 

 dred violas, which, unfortunately, did not last the day 

 out owing to want of water ; H. \". Phelps, Ksq., D.L., 

 of Castleconnell (gardener, Mr. J. Mcintosh), for a new 

 tomato (Waterpark Hybrid), which is certainly a decided 

 acquisition owing to its heavy fruiting qualities and 

 large size ; also Mr. Thos, Collins, of Kilnaboy, Co. 

 Clare, for several new varieties of potatoes raised by 

 himself, and said to have remarkable disease-resisting 

 qualities. 



There was a very fair display of fruit, an outstanding 

 feature being a bunch of black Hamburg grapes 

 exhibited by Lord Inchiquin (gardener, Mr. Carter). 



Mrs. E. \\'. Frost, Xewmarket-on-F"ergus, exhibited 

 half a dozen varieties of home-made wines, which were 

 of first-rate quality, and secured an award of merit. 



The judges were Major S. C. Hickman and Rev. R. 

 Scott (cottagers), Messrs. T. Barker and J M'Intosh, 

 gardeners to \V. A. Fitzgerald, Esq., and J. \"- Phelps, 

 Esq. (amateurs), and Messrs. C. Faulkiner and J. 

 Murphy, gardeners to Lord Dunalley and Sir Chas. 

 Barrington — in the professional class. The decisions 

 appeared to give general satisfaction 



Enniskillen. 



The third show of honey, fruit, flowers, vegetables, 

 and farm produce was held in connection with the 

 County Fermanagh Industrial Exhibition at Enniskillen 

 on i6th .September. Unfortunately for the show, rain 



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