JANUARY 



IRISH GARDENING. 



II 



6 1 pages of brief 

 present day men 



WORKS OF REFERENCE FOR 1910.— Who's 

 Who. ios. Who's Who Year Book. is. English- 

 woman's Year Book. 2s. 6d The Writers' and 

 Artists' Year Book. is. London : Adam and Cliarles 

 Black. 



"Who's Who" consists of 2 

 biographies, addresses, &c., of 

 and women in 

 Great Britain and 

 Ireland. This well 

 known annual has 

 now become an 

 indispensable re- 

 ference book to 

 every one inter- 

 ested i n public 

 affairs. 



" Who's Who 

 Year Book" i■^ 

 not only supple- 

 mentary t o the 

 larger volume but 

 useful as an al 

 phabetical guide 

 to the official 

 positions occu- 

 pied by public 

 men. 



"The English- 

 woman's Year 

 Book " should 

 prove extremely 

 useful, containing 

 as it does a n 

 enormous mass of 

 information upon 

 subjects of pre- 

 sent day interest 

 to women. There 

 is an excellent 

 article on the sub- 

 ject of gardening 

 for women, and 

 sound advice 

 given to those 

 who wish to take 

 up horticulture as 

 a pursuit. Par- 

 ticulars are given 

 of fourteen gar- 

 dening schools 



for young women in England and one 

 The only place apparently in 

 woman at present can get 

 gardening is at the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, but 

 there the number is limited to two pupils. There is 

 some confusion as to the activities of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society of Ireland and the Department of 

 Agriculture that might be set right in future editions. 



"The Writers' and Artists' Year Book."— This 

 is a very valuable storehouse of information for in- 

 tending journalists. It gives a list of journals (English 



and American), with details as to the character of 

 their contents, rates of payment, and other particulars. 

 It also gives lists of publishers, literary agencies, 

 &c. A book both interesting and useful. 



Mac key' 



Catalogues. 



Garden Manual, 191 



One of Messr 



Webbs' 1910 Novelties, 

 Gem Eschscholtzia. 



, described as a 

 ■' Guide to the 

 Best Vegetables 

 and Flowers for 

 Irish Gardens." 

 is a large-paged 

 (demy quarto j 

 publication run- 

 ning to 80 pages. 

 It is most beauti- 

 fully printed in 

 large type in 

 double columns, 

 and lavishly illus- 

 trated with half- 

 tone blocks from 

 original photo- 

 graphs made 

 specially for this 

 catalogue. Every 

 genus is referred 

 to its botanical 

 natural family, is 

 briefly described, 

 and its cultural 

 peculiai-ities 

 noted. A speci- 

 men of one of the 

 smaller illustra- 

 tions is here re- 

 produced. The 

 interest of the 

 publication lies in 

 the fact that it is 

 an entirely Irish 

 production. The 

 engravings were 

 made by the Irish 

 Photo Engraving 

 Company, and the 

 printing done at 

 John Falconer's 

 printing - house. 

 The effort chall- 



in Scotland. 

 Ireland where a young 

 instruction in practical 



enges comparison 

 with any similar 

 trade catalogue published in the British Isles. Our 

 own opinion is that for quality of matter, simplicity of 

 arrangement, tj-pography, and general style of turn 

 out, it is the best and most pleasing garden catalogue 

 published. No one interested in a garden should fail 

 to obtain a copy of this up-to-date manual. 



Webbs' Catalogue of Garden Seeds for 1910. 

 Wordsley, Stourbridge.— This large-paged catalogue 

 runs to over 150 pages and deals with all classes of 

 seeds that are likely to be required by gardeners. 

 Brief cultural directions are freely given, while many 



