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through the paper, but this hi no way detracts from its 

 vakie as a capital guide to growers. It is full and 

 informational. 



Ritchie's Bulbs, Trees and Plants. — A good and 

 well illustrated catalogue of this progressive Belfast 

 firm. It contains all the likely requirements of a 

 garden, and our northern readers, at all events, should 

 consult its attractive pages. 



Daffodils and other Bulbs is the title of a little book 

 issued by Miss F. W. Currey, the well-known specialist, 

 of the Warren Gardens, Lismore, Co. Waterford. 

 When we remember that Miss Currey's general col- 

 lection of daffodils at the Midland Daffodil Society's 

 great show at Birmingham in April of this year 

 secured the highest trade award — an only gold medal — 

 we maj' feel the utmost confidence as to the quality of 

 bulbs sent out by such an expert in daffodil culture. 

 The list contains many new and rare daffodils, as well 

 as a general list of standard varieties. 



Visit to Pennick's Nurseries, Delgany. 



PROFESSOR BURBIDGE aptly described these 

 nurseries as an " ideal plant home." This was 

 the universal opinion of expert niembers of the 

 Dublin Seed and Nurserymen's Association, who made 

 a special excursion on Saturday, August 6th, 1910, to 

 survey the interesting plant collection. It possesses 

 numerous unique examples of rare exotics that botanic 

 gardens should be eager to possess. 



Ten acres have been added for fruit culture, and the 

 rows of luxuriant apples, pears and other fruits, grown 

 regular and uniform, were much admired. The varie- 

 ties that the Department for Agriculture recommend 

 are thriving in vast quantity. 



The Ceratonia siliqua — this plant stands ten feet high, 

 and is known as the "Locust Tree," its habitat being 

 the Mediterranean. 



Very attractive is the Halesia tetraptera, the 

 " Silver Bell " or Snowdrop Tree. Likewise the Drimys 

 Winteri, standing thirty feet high in front of a cedar of 

 Lebanon, was inspected with much interest. 



The nurseries are situated at 400 to 500 feet 

 elevation with south eastern slope to sea, and possess 

 not onl}' scenic charm, but produce plants suited to 

 great range of climate in either northern or southern 

 hemispheres. 



The Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



DURING the past month the markets have been 

 in a very congested condition ; this was prob- 

 ably due to the large amount of produce avail- 

 able for market purposes in August. The Horse 

 Show being on induced many home and foreign 

 growers to send extra large supplies ; consequently 

 prices went down, though a clearing was effected in 

 most cases. 



Up to the present fruit continues to arrive in large 

 consignments. The following varieties of cooking 

 apples predominate: — viz., Early Victoria, Lord Gros- 

 venor, Stirling Castle, and Duchess Oldenburgh. 

 Dessert apples, like Beauty of Bath, Gladstone, and 

 Irish Peach, are plentiful, some of the best arriving 

 from Kent. The heavy winds that occurred on the 

 26th did great damage to orchards, consequently the 

 markets are crowded with "wind-falls." Small fruits 

 are scarce, and anybody able to keep back gooseberries 

 and currants to the end of the month would find it 



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 and standard varieties— and 

 are therefore in a position to 

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 famed for the production of 

 Exhibition blooms of good 

 substance, large size and 

 brilliant colour, our exhibits 

 having been awarded over 30 

 gold and silver medals at the 

 leading shows : : : : 



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