IRISH (;\ki)i:m\(; 



Can Honest Nursery (Joods be i^ot 

 in Ireland? 



MAW pi-opU- still say " No I lluni^li iXluis who 

 havi- tru-il ill ri-ii-'nt vi-ars answi-r piThap-. mon- 

 wisi'ly. "It ili'piMiils on when" you i;o." 

 I'rohably in no husiiifss is tlio prrsonal i-li-nn-nl ol 

 moro i-om-iTii to tin- biiyt-r. Plants aiul tifi's i^n,>7i- aiul 

 t-aniiol ln> inadi' hy llu- ton liki- oiIut ijooils ami sold in 

 packi-ts all of oqiial quality; oft-linu's tin- pmchaM-r 

 i-annot men know lor a lon>f period if hi^^ piir«.liases are 

 true to name. No matter how skilled in ijardeninjf, one 

 is therefore, frequently, if not always, in the hands of 

 the nurseryman when buy ing^, and just in proportion \o 

 /lis intejfriiy and /eal will one he served. 



Hortieult'ure in Ireland has been steadily, if slowly, 

 advaneinjf, and thoujfh formerly most >,'ardens (perhaps 

 small blaine to their owners) were stocked from across 

 the water, thin.ijs ,ire better now, and one hears some 

 of the best ijardeners in Ireland say : " I like to J^<-*i" 

 what I'm jcettinjf. and I ijo to Watson's of Clontarf." It 

 is not a bijjf nursery as they .<o in lMi);laiid, but it is I he 

 largest, best kept, and best equipped in Dublin, ami has 

 steadily increased its borders and business of late years 

 There are still many who maybe kclad to know llieycaii 

 buy honest nursery vfoods so near home as Mi'ssrs. 

 Watson cV Sons" cioiilarf Nurseries ; and all the firm 

 asks of any such is that they would call and see the 

 ifrounds for themselves the next time they have any 

 planting- to do. The nurseries are but a short run by 

 Clontarf or Howth electric tram from Nelson's Pillar, 

 and there is a service every few minutes, but clients who 

 cannot conveniently call receive personal attention 

 through the post. Probably //n- ktyno/c of the Clontarf 

 firm's measuie oi success is the personal attention to 

 detail which tends to ensure satisfaction and rarel}- 

 leaves a client tiisappoiiited. {Advl. 



£600 PER ACRE 



is the gross return from an English 

 plot of land worked under the 

 French method of intensive culture, by the use of Cloches or Bell-glasses 

 FOR THE PROPAGATION OF EARLY VEGETABLES, &c. 



Pilkington's Glass Cloches 



SHOULD BE USED 



Of superior quality 

 and mad« either 

 with or without 

 knobs in sizes up to 

 20-in. diameter . . 



Pilkington Bros., Ltd., 



Carriage paid o n 

 lots of 50 or over 

 to Dublin or 

 Belfast . 



Of all Dealers in 

 Garden and Farm 

 Requisite's, or 

 direct from . . . 



Glass Works: 

 ST. HELENS 

 Lanes. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Irehind. 



Till-: iiK>ntlily meet ill!,' o\' tin- < ouiuil was lielil on 

 the 14II1 ull. ;it the si>ciety's olVices, 5 .Moles- 

 wiMth Stiei'l, nubliii, members pn-senl beinjf 

 M.-ssrs. Ke^'. v. Harris. M..1).; Jas. I.. McKellar. (\co. 

 W.ilson. W. j. .Mitchison. W. I'. C.unn. V . W . Moore. 

 .M.A.; Kolu-ri Amlerson. |. \\'ylie-l lenderson, .mil 

 Lieut. -tol. Sir John Ross o\' Hl.idensbur>;, with Mr. Kil. 

 nOlier presiilinjr. I.oril Aidilaun, the president, wroti- 

 ienewin< the pn-vious ili.illeniifi' cup for ilahlias whiih 

 was presented by him, .ind wliiih w.is won out last ye.ir 

 by C. M. Doyne,' Ksq., D.L.. further repeatiiijf the cash 

 prizes jfiven by him lor harily flowers, which was 

 icratefully acknowledj<-ed. .\ letter was read from .Mr. 

 S. .X.Jones, l-Mv. H..S., Forest Lodjje Nurseries, (iowran, 

 Kilkemn-. i>fl'eiinif prizes for a _<lailiolus class at the 

 .1.11 innn slunv. :.,unVoni Messrs. ni\hbi,- \ Co.. Rolhcs.iv. 





This "Apparatus" 

 has obtained repute 

 both in Large and 

 Small Gardens. 



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