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IRISH GARDENING. 



The 1'erpetval Flowering Carnation Society.— 

 The annual report and .schedule of prizes of this 

 society's sixth show is just issued. The show will be 

 held in London on Wednesday, 24th of March, inst. 

 There is a generous prize list, including^ a challengfe cup, 

 medals, plate and other special prizes. In lookinsj 

 over the list of members we fan only find one out of 

 the whole of Ireland. Copies of the report can be 

 obtained from the hon. sec, Mr. Hay ward Mathias, 

 Lucenie, Stubbing^ton, Fai'eham, Hants. 



Catalogues. 



Hartland's Flower and Vegetable Seeds is an 

 illustrated catalogue of garden seeds supplied from the 

 .Ard Cairn Nurseries. It includes Irish-grown potatoes 

 for "seed," seeds of greenhouse plants, hardy per- 

 ennials, &c. 



LOOK liERE ! 



Do you want beautiful trees for j-our Rock Garden, 

 V'illa Garden, or Cottage Garden ? We make 

 collections suitable for such purposes. Cheap, 

 good, hardy, well-grown thrifty trees- shrubs, or climbers. 

 .Any information gladly given on receipt of particulars 

 of garden. Sav kind of soil, and if an\' rockerw 

 Catalogues free from THE STANCLIFFE ESTATES CO., Ltd., 

 Nurserymen, Darley Dale, Derbyshire. 



YOUR GARDEN THIS SEASON 



THOMPSON'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT 



Ktiitfdhy W. \Vvr:>-N r.R II 

 iributed to by 26 of the tirst horii 



To explain adequately what so 

 pages of Irish Gakoening. '£he tol 

 hotvever, give some small idea of the c 

 .MeteOrology--l'Iant Structure ! 

 production — Hybridisation — C 

 Diseases— Soil 



xperts 



; much abridged List will, 

 content> of the 6 large volumes : 

 ition— Growth and Branching— Re- 

 fication —Insect and other Plant 

 [anures Tools and Instruments- 

 (jarden Structures — Heating — Propagation — Transp'anting — Pruning 

 - Flower Gardens-Ornamental Trses and Shrubs Herbaceous Pt-r- 

 ennials Aquatic and Bog Plants - Hardv and Half Hardy Annuals 

 Greenhouse and Conserv itorv -Stove and Tropical House Orchids- 

 Ferns Palms and Cycids Shrubs. Plants, and Bulbs for Forcing 

 Retarding Plants Spring, Summer, and Carport Usdding— Th= Sub- 

 tropical Giirden Orchards Spraying Fruit Trees Orchard Houses - 

 Preserving, Packing, and Storing Fruits — Vegetables - Index igiving 



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 t/* al 4S - net. 

 ' and hall 

 leather, 50 -. SciiJ 

 4 - with your order. 

 and we wilt send (In 

 work hound in iIk 

 style you prefer, car 

 riage paidfpitstcMr.i 

 abroad , the hulaiKL 

 of net price to he r^ 

 milled by mnnthK 

 sums of 4 •. 



THE GRESHAM 

 PUBLISHING Co. 



34-5a Southampton 

 Street, Strand, 

 LONDON W.C. 



By Royal Warrant 

 Horticultural 



.Manufacturer: 

 Machinery 



^■:>J£^ The K.nR. 



RANSOMES' 



LAWN MOWERS 



The Best in the War id 



Ruval R. 



01. n MED.^LS. 



U.A.S.t"., London, 1904. 



SILVER .MED.AL. 



Royal H<'rticultural Society. 1906-7-8. 



.SILVER MED.^LS. 





Hand-Power and "Horse and Pouy" Macliiuts ,„. .',..■ 

 Motor Lawn Mowers. 



The First and Foremost Petrol Motor Mowers. 



Over 200 h.ivc been supplied, including TWO to H.M.l he Kl.Vi; 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE. 



RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES, Ltd, 



IPSWICH. iSli'l'LIEU BV ALL IKO.VMONGEHS . 



lllustratei Prcjfectus Fre: 



SPECIAL CHEAP COLLECTIONS 



From \er\ .selected Nursery .Stock, \iz. ; — 



6 .Apple Trees, 6 Gooseberr\" Bushes, 12 Raspberries, 

 4 Rhubarb, 20 Strawberries, all for 7/6 ; half for 4/-. 

 Largfer Collections proportionally cheaper. .Also a larije 

 stock of Rhubarb, Grand Stools, 3/- and 5/- perdoz. : 

 20/ ■ and 30, per 100. Forest Trees, Hedsfing- Plants, 

 Ornamental Shrubs, all heallln', clean, transplanted. 

 /'r.-i-es -rry iinnieralf. L:s:s l-r„. 



W. HAMMOND, Paulbeg: Nurseries, Sliillelagh. 



POTASH MANURES 



.ALL CROPS REQUIRE POTASH.— 

 Especially Potatoes, Roots, Flax, Grass 

 Clovers, Peas, Beans and Onions 



The best way to supply Potash foi' Crops 

 IS to apply Kainit m Winter, or Muriate of 

 Potash, or Sulphate of Potash, m Spring 

 or at seed time to the soil 



.1/n 1' be Itati on applicaliuit lo- 



GEORGE RYCE, 



15 Parliament Street, and 



50 Essex Street, DUBLIN 



Potash -Manures may be had from all Manure Dealers 



