OCTOBER 



IRISH GARDENING, 



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flower shoots from the base of each plant, and all 

 loaded with flowers. It is a new fancy carnation with 

 bold, scarlet flakes on a light ground. Both the 

 two last named received awards of merit from the 

 Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. Amongst 

 the most satis- 

 factory }-ellows 

 this year was 

 Gwen, which is 

 of a very charm- 

 ing primrose 

 shade, and it 

 flowered well 

 despite rain and 

 wind. 



Mauve and 

 lavender kinds 

 are now numer- 

 ous, and this 

 season none 

 excelled Lad) 

 Cory, for al- 

 though the 

 blooms are not 

 over large the 

 stems, habit and 

 colour are ex- 

 cellent, and even 

 during the worst 

 of weather this 

 variety could be 

 cut in abundance 

 with the longest 

 of erect stems. 



Everything 

 promised well 

 here for the now 

 past flowering 

 season imtil the 

 weather broke 

 with a thunder, 

 storm in mid- 

 August, after 

 which heavy 

 rains and wind- 

 storms ruth- 

 lessly destroyeil 

 the finest 

 blooms. It can- 

 not, therefore, be 

 said to have been 

 a fortuitous 

 season for car- 

 nations during 

 t h e flowering 

 time, but such 



weather is rare in August, and one must hope for better 

 things next year. One of our principal exhibits was 

 staged at the Royal Horticultural Show at Westminster 

 on August i6th, and we must count ourselves fortunate 

 in having saved good flowers for that show, as no later 

 exhibition saw any really representative flowers from 

 our grounds owing to the dreadful weather. 



It is essential to layer and plant out a new stock of 



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Carnation Diblin 



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A new border carnation introduced by Atessrs. Wm, Watson and Sons (reduced to ratln 

 than half size). The flowers are comparatively large and numerous, with petals of a "lively 

 pink" colour, calyx showing no tendency to burst. Flower stalks long and stout; growth 

 vigorous ; flowers fragrant. 



young plants annually, as old plants are more subject 

 to loss from disease than healthy youngsters, and now 

 is the best time for planting rooted layers so that they 

 may become established before wintry weather comes 

 round. The ground should be well drained, as the 



greatest number 

 of failures result 

 from fungoid 

 disease engen- 

 dered by plant- 

 ing in wet, low- 

 1 }• i n g be d s. 

 Drainage can 

 be materially 

 assisted by 

 trenching and 

 raising the beds 

 during the 

 operation. so 

 that they maj- 

 have a good fall 

 towards the sun. 

 Gritty material, 

 such as old mor- 

 tar rubbish, 

 coarse sand, 

 road scrapings, 

 or burnt soil, 

 should be dug 

 in proportion- 

 ately to the 

 requirements of 

 the natural soil, 

 and a good top- 

 dressing' of fresh 

 loam over the 

 whole, or even 

 i m m e d i a t e 1 y 

 about each 

 plant, is well 

 worth supplying. 

 For manure 

 nothing c a ti 

 equal that from 

 an old hot-bed, 

 and even old 

 manure should 

 be placed below 

 the top spit. 

 Fresh manure 

 should never be 

 used. 



It is well to 

 keep a f e w 

 layers in small 

 pots, placed in 

 a frame, over the winter, as they will turn in to replace 

 any failures by springtime, and there is little use plant- 

 ing out layers in spring unless from pots, as the roots 

 of a carnation should never be disturbed after the new 

 year. In districts where autumn planting is found 

 inadvisable layers from pots should be planted out 

 during fine open weather, as early in spring as possible. 

 Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin. J. M. W.VTSON. 



Pink. 



[ Watsoii nud Sous. 



