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JANUARY, 1912 



TWOPENCE 



Irish 

 Gardening 



CONTENTS 



Notes on Gardens and Orchard Work f^°* 

 in America (Illustrated) . 1 



The Improvement of Soils ... 4 

 Cypripedium spectabile in Co. Kildare 



(Illustrated) 6 



Candid Criticism and Notes on Her- 

 baceous Plants • • . . 7 

 Winter in the Alpine Garden (Illustrated) 8 

 Clerodendron Thomsonae ... 9 

 Coloured Conifers .10 



Amaryllis Belladonna (Illustrated) . 1 1 



Roses 



Columnea Gloriosa (Illustrated) 



Otto of Roses 13 



Month's Work — Flower, Fruit, and 



Vegetable Garden 

 International Exhibition, May, 1912 



Note ■ 



A Warning against Peat-Moss Litter 



Manure .... 16 



Obituary • -16 



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