IRISH GARDENING 



Royal Horticultural Society 

 of Ireland. 



THE Annual General Meeting was held at the 

 Society's offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, 

 December 14th, the chair being taken at 3 p.m. 

 by C. M. Doyne, Esq.. D. L., \'ice-l'resident. After the 

 opening business, letters were read from Lord Ardila\in, 

 President, and the Earl of Meath, Vice-President, re- 

 gretting inability to attend the meeting. Alderman 

 Bewley, with Messrs. R. T. Harris, E. G. Bell, and 

 R. Anderson, were appointed scrutineers of the ballot. 

 The 82nd Annual Report having been read by Sir 

 Frederick W. Moore, Hon. Secretary, it was moved by 

 Mr. D'Olierand seconded by Sir Frederick Shaw, Bart., 

 that the Report, with Statement of Accounts for the 

 year ending December 1st. 191 1, be adopted, and being 

 put to the meeting was carried nein, con. The accounts 

 show a credit balance of over ;£;5o on the year's working, 

 the balance of assets over liabilities being ;{j23i lis., 

 whilst £,Tpo odd, paid out in cash prizes during the year, 

 is considerably more than any prize list of recent years. 

 It was moved by Mr. D. L. Ramsay, J. P., seconded by 

 Mr J. Wylie-Henderson, and passed unanimously, thai 

 the last clause of Rule XV'. be amended to read, " but 

 those who have attended at least one quarter of meet- 

 ino's of Council shall be eligible for re-election without 

 nomination." Messrs. Ormsby and Rhodes, the Auditors, 

 were re-appointed for the ensuing year. Onthedeclara- 

 tion of the ballot it was found that the seven retiring 

 members of the Council — viz., G. Watson, J. Wylie- 

 Henderson, Lady Albreda Bourke, J. J. M'Donough, 



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E. D'Olier, Mrs. Greer, and the Rev. Canon Hayes — 

 had been duly re-elected members of the Council ; 

 Mr. W. Usher, Brenanstown Gardens, Cabinteely, Co., 

 Dublin, being elected to the practical member's seat, 

 vacant by the resignation of Mr. H. Crawford. 

 A unanimous vote of thanks to the Chairman for his 

 courtesy in presiding concluded the meeting. 



Books and Catalogues. 



Messrs H. Cannku, of .Swanley, Kent, send a very 

 complete list of Chrysanthemums. New varieties for 

 igi2, Singles, Pompons, the decorative varieties, and 

 outdoor early-flowering kinds are all described. 



Messrs Drummond send their Bulb List and Nursery 

 Catalogue. In the latter may be found short descrip- 

 tions of the \'arious kinds of fruit trees, roses, flowering 

 shrubs, and the more popular kinds of herbaceous 

 plants. The illustrations in both lists are extremely 

 good. 



Messrs W. & F. Poat, Tomato Growers, Guernsey, 

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 the small and the large growers, sending out young 

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