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IRISH GARDENING 



at shows held by the Royal Horticultural Society ot 

 Ireland, Dublin, and the Ulster Horticultural Society, 

 Belfast. 



Messrs. Thyne & Son, i8 Union Street, Dundee, send 

 a useful and select list of Sweet Peas. The seeds are 

 tjuaranteed English groun from selected stocks, all of 

 which have been carefully rogued in flower, so that 

 they can be depended upon to come as nearly true as 

 any strains on the marUet. 



Messrs. Dickson, the Royal Seed Warehouses, Ches- 

 ter, send their Catalogue of Garden Seeds for 1912. 

 This large firm is well known and has nurseries over 

 500 acres in extent. The present catalogue contains 

 a very good selection of the best vegetable and flower 

 seeds, and a good list of sundries at the end. The 

 illustrations are good, and the matter arranged in a 

 very handy form, and runs to 95 pages. 



Mr. W. E. Sands, F.R.H.S., Potato Specialist and 

 Merchant, Hillsborough, Co. Down, sends a list of Seed 

 Potatoes. In the new varieties we note Erin's Queen, 

 a new mid-season variety, raised by Mr. Sands, the 

 only Irish potato to receive an award of merit last 

 year after being tested for cropping power and cooking 

 qualities. Mr. Sands has proved that reallv good Irish 

 seed potatoes will more than equal the .Scotch in pro- 

 ductiveness. 



Under the title of "Pleasure and Beauty in Flora 

 Culture," a bulb catalogue comes from Mr. W. H. 

 Paine, manager of the Tully Nurseries, Kildare. It is 

 a very comprehensive list of 199 pages, including all 

 the best hardy bulbs for autumn and spring planting 

 which are grown, and gives a short description to each 



one and cuitiuMl details for each genus. Among the 

 new Gladioli we note Lady Moore, Sir Frederick 

 Moore, and \V. H. Paine, although the price of the 

 two latter is beyond the reach of most purses. The 

 list is of value for reference, and so should be kept. 



Blackmork & Langdon, Twerton Hill Nursery, 

 Bath — This firm is well known for the success it has 

 achieved in growing the tuberous-rooted Begonia. The 

 beautiful single-frilled Begonias are becoming very 

 popular, and are quite easy to grow. Beautiful illus- 

 trations are given in the catalogue of many of the best- 

 named double kinds showing varieties with good stiff 

 stems, for when the stems are weak the flowers hang 

 downwards, and their beauty is lost. Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnations, also Delphiniums, are largely 

 grown by this firm. Their exhibits at the leading 

 London shows are well known, twenty-seven gold 

 medals having been awarded to the firm. The satis- 

 faction of the firm's customers is shown by numerous 

 testimonials. 



Messrs. Wm. Powkr's Catalogue of " Powerful " Seeds 

 for 191 2 comes from a firm which has been established in 

 VVaterford for more than half a century. They claim 

 that better saved or choicer flower, vegetable, or farm 

 seeds are not to be bought, despite the fact that higher- 

 priced seeds are everywhere obtainable; "Powerful" 

 seeds are raised by specialists who devote their whole 

 time to this work. The catalogue is well illustrated 

 and well printed, and includes nearly all the seeds 

 which are required in a garden. The culture of vege- 

 tables is given and the varieties described, while 

 numerous kinds of flowers for sowing outside, and also 



SWEET PEAS 



Edmondson's Eblana Collections 



25 Varieties, 40 seeds each — 1 ,000 seeds for Is. 6d. 

 25 Varieties, 80 seeds each — 2,000 seeds for 2s. 6d. 

 The "Minor Eblana" Collection, 12 choice sorts, Is. 



The " Novelties " Collection 1 2 novelties, 5s. 



Eblana Mixture, 1 qt. 5s., 1 pt. 2/6, |-pt. 1/6, 1 oz. 3d. 

 Giant-flowered Mixture, 1 lb. 5s., i-lb. 2/6, I oz. 6d. 

 Spencer Mixture, 1 lb. 12/6, i-lb.6/6,i-lb.3/6, 1 oz.ls. 



EDMONDSON Brothers 



10 DAME STREET 



DUBLIN 



