IRiSII GARDENING 



Class 20. — Kinlitcoii dislliicl variolii'S dc'Cor;iti\c 

 Koses. — First pri/.o, John M.iUock, wiili iiiiu Iniiulios 

 of Irish I*'Ii*ijaiu*i', SimprK-ii\- anti I'ltiii Mf\cr ; sft-oiul 

 pri/.i\ lliii;h Diiksoii, wlm shmvi'il Mis.C'. K. All.iii viMV 

 line ; Ihii'il prize, Cicorijc I*rint'c, I,onj;\vt>rtli, IW-rUs. 



CUiSS JI. — Twelve distinel v:irielies ».lei'oi'ali\'e 

 Roses. — First prize, Rev. J. I'eiiiberloii, Romford ; 

 seooiul prize, II. \'. M.uhin, WoiUsop. 



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Cl.'iss JJ. iwerilv lour blooms, disliiu'l varieties, 

 hroiijflit Old eiylit eompelilors lor the .Am.ileiir 

 Ch;impioiiship Jubilee C'halleii^;e Tropliv and (iokl 

 Medal. First Prize was .nvarded to Mr. K. Deiniison, 

 Leaminjflon Sp.i. with ,i inin'iiilicent box ol blooms. 

 Some of his best were .Mrs. .Mvles Kennedy (which 

 took the med.ii lor best Tea in the amateur section), 

 Mrs. John Laing and J. H. Clark ; second prize, W 

 Hoyes, DrillieUl, who had tfood blooms of Mdme. Jides 

 Ciravereaiix Lyon Rose, liladys Ilarkness, and .Mrs. 

 Foley Hobbs ; third prize, .Mr. U'elch, I.ondonderry, 



Class Jj. — Thirty-six blooms, distinct varieties, — 

 First prize, Rev. J. I'emberlon, Romford, Essex ; 

 second prize, II. \'. Machin ; third prize. Win. Hoyes. 



Class J4. — Fight distinct varieties, three blooms of 

 each. — First prize, Mr. F. Dennison ; second prize. 

 Mr. H. \'. .Machin ; third prize, Mrs. Dunlop. 



Class 25 — Nine Blooms of any Rose except Tea or 

 Noisette ^Fir.st prize awarded to Dr. J Campbell Mali. 

 for a lovely lot of Duchess of Portland ; second prize, 

 Mr. II. \'. Machin ; third prize, Mr. V. Dcnnisoji, with 

 Fran Karl DruschUi. 



Class 26, — Eijfhteen blooms, distinct varieties. — 

 First prize, Mrs, Uunlop, Holy wood; second prize, 

 Mr. R, Thompson. Ballynahinch. 



Class 27. — Six distinct varieties, three blooms of 

 each. — First prize, Mrs. G. H. Brown, Helens Hay. 



Class 28. — Six blooms of any Rose except Tea or 

 Noisette. — First prize, Mrs.G. H. Brown, Helens Ba\ 



Class 29. — Twelve blooms, distinct \'arieties.— First 

 prize, Mr. Fred Hanison. l.'lverston ; second piize, J. 

 F. Crozier, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin ; third prize, Henry 

 Balfour. Oxford. 



Class 30. — Nine blooms, distinct varieties. — First 

 prize. Colonel Crawford. Crawfordsburn. 



Class 31. — Nine blooms, distinct varieties. - First 

 prize, Mr. Upton, Leicester; second prize, \\'.' J. 

 Richiirdson. Dunmurry; third prize, R. Thompson, 

 Ballynahinch. 



Class 32.-- Six blooms, distinct varieties. — First prize, 

 Mr. Welch, Londonderry ; second prize, E. Godfic\ 

 Brown, Penrith; third prize, J. A. Stewart. 



Class ;^j. — Four distinct varieties, three blooms ol 

 each. — F"irst prize, Mr. I'pton, Leicester; second prize, 

 Mr. Whittle, Leicester; third prize, Mr. .Slewait. 



Class 34. — Six blooms of an}' Rose except Tea ov 

 Noisette. — In this class there were twelve compel iters, 

 and great credit is due to Mr. J. H. Welch, London- 

 derry, who carried ofl" fir>t prize with fine blooms of 

 Fran Karl Druschki ; second prize, iMr. Crozier, Stil- 

 lorgan, Co. Dublin ; third prize, Mr. F. Harrison. 



Class 35. — Six blooms of New Roses, tlistinct 

 varieties. — First jirize, Mr. Bii\"es, Dritlield ; seconti 

 prize. Rev, J. Pemberton, Romford ; third prize, J. E, 

 Turner, (.lOurock. 



Class 36. - Twelve blooms, distinct varieties. - F'irsl 

 prize, Mr. J. F. ('rozier, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. 



Class 37. — Nine blooms of any one variety. — First 

 prize, Mr. H. \'. Machin ; second prize. Mr. F. Denni- 

 son. 



Class 38, — Nine blooms, distinct varieties. — First 

 prize. Mr. Hoyes ; second prize, Mr. Whittle. 



Class 39. — Six blooms, distinct varieties.— First prize, 

 Mr. Upton ; second prize. Mr. Harrison ; third prize, 

 Mrs. H. Balfour. 



Class 41. — .Six blooms of any one variety. — First 

 prize, .Mr. Upton; second prize, Mr. Harrison; third 

 prize, Mr. Whittle. 



Class 42. — Twelve distinct varieties decorative 

 Roses, First prize. Rev. J. Pemberton ; second prize, 

 ,Mr. II. \'. Machin; third prize. .\!r. Craig, Tyrallc. 



Class 43. Six dislinci varieties decorative Roses. - 

 First prize, Mr. F. .\. George ; second prize. Col. 

 Crawford ; third prize, Mr. W. J. Richardson. 



Class 45 —.\ Bowl of Cut Roses. -First prize, Mrs. 

 Burnett, Southampton ; second prize, .Mrs. U'illianison, 

 Canterbury; third prize, .Mrs. .Atkinson. Bvllasl. 



Class 4b -\'ase of Cut Roses. — First prize, .Mrs. 

 Williamson. Canterbury ; second prize. Miss P. John- 

 stone, Cireeiiislaiid, who staged Lyon Rose ; third prize, 

 .Mrs. J. Stewart. .Marine. Co. Down. 



Class 47. — Basket of Cut Roses. - F"irst prize, .Mrs. 

 Burnett. Southampton, with a lovely lot of Irish 

 Elegance; second prize, .Mrs. R. J. Porter, Green- 

 island, with a basket of Caroline Testout. W. S. 



The Month's Work. 



Flower Garden and Pleasure Grounds. 



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A. C \MPHi-:i.i., tlardt 

 St. Anne's, 



iier to Lord Artlilaiin, 

 Cloniarf. 



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AUG U.ST is, perhaps, the gayesl 

 month of the year in the Ho«er 

 garden, so many of the stalely 

 herbaceous plants are then at their best. 

 .\ulumn Clematis, Dahlias, Hollyhocks, 

 Tritomas, and Roses, especially the 

 Hybrid Teas, which have been liberally 

 treated after their first bloom, will again 

 be very gay. Sweet Pea, sown at the 

 end of May or early in June, will now be 

 ill full bloom. 



Bedding plants of sorts will have filled 

 their allotted spaces, and will now be 

 bright with flowers, so that the result of 

 our labours in the early summer can now 

 be realised. 



.All the rampant summer flowering 



Roses should now be attendetl to. Cut 



out the old shoots and remove all the 



weaker sprays which have flowered. 



Bv doing so the strong new growths are 



i'^ encouraged to devolop, and can be laid 

 in, exposed to the light, where they will 

 mature for next summer's display. Look 

 over borders, remove all decayed bloom, 

 and secure any tall plant likely to be 

 injured by heavy rain orstorm. Continue 

 to trim edges of beds and walks, mow 

 grass, clean and roll gravel paths and 

 roads, so that a tidy appearance is main- 

 tained. Box edgings and hedges can 

 now be clipped. Where shrubs are en- 

 croaching on each other or overhanging 

 walks, a judicious thinning should be given, so that air 

 and light is not excluded from any side of the specimen 

 plants. By the end of the month cuttings of any choice 

 shrub can' be inserted to make roots iti p. closed hand 

 light, or bell glass, and placed in a vm ' !i :>-peii. 



Seeds of manv plants can nov. -e hercvi. ,ind some 

 are best sown directly they are ripe. Cuttings ol the 

 usual summer bedding plants .should now be put in for 

 next vear's supply. Geraniums will root (reely in the 

 open,' where they can rem.un until stored before frost 

 sets in. Cuttings of Heliotrope, Verbenas, Fuchsias, 

 &c., should have slight bottom heat to induce them to 

 form roots. 



