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The moiiUily nieelinjf of the Council was lit'lcl al the 

 society's offices, 5 Mole.swoith Street, Dublin, on the 

 ]4th ult. The Spring' Show Schedule, 1913, as drafted 

 by the Schedule Committee, was considered, approved, 

 passed, and advance copies ordered to be printed. New 

 classes have been added, notabi) for Herbaceous 

 Calceolarias ; a minor class for Mignonette in small 

 pots, in addition to the usual class; also for winter 

 flowering Stocks, Dai win Tulips ; an additional larger 

 class for Single Tulips in vases ; and classes for French 

 Beans and New Potatoes. 



To obviate misunderstanding, it has been decided 

 that specified sizes of pots and pans shall be inside 

 measurement. Alpine exhibitors will also note in the 

 Tully Cup class that small Conifera; must not exceed 

 eighteen inches high, and that flowering shrubs and 

 foliae'e plants are to be Alpine species, whilst the size 

 of the tables has been extended to twelve feet by four 

 leet. Arrangements were completed for the Summer 

 Show, which, by kind permission of Viscount Iveagh. 

 K. P., will be held in the grounds of his Lordship's 

 Dublin residence, Stephen's Green (entrance off Har- 

 court Street), Thursday, July nth. Entries for this 

 show close on the 3rd inst.. and, in view of the demands 

 on tent space, trade exhibitors will oblige liy early 



application. It is generally considered that this par- 

 ticular show is well timed for Roses, which are catered 

 for in seventeen classes. Kine specimens of Mrs. W. J. 

 Grant and Krau Karl Druschki, shown at the meeting 

 by Dr. O'Donel Browne, were unanimously awarded a 

 cultural certificate, he also had a perfect bloom of the 

 new Tea, \V. R. .Smith. It is gratifying to find that 

 some Rose enthusiasts, who have borne all the ills the 

 rosarian is heir to, whose Teas (at one lime) w-ere "all 

 killed out" and were troubled with such minor afflic- 

 tions as Iraiii-tremens, Jkc, are displaying iil/ni vim 

 (if th;it is possible) in loyal*.}' to their queen. Mrs. G. 

 -M. Jones, Clifton Lodge. Athboy, was elected an 

 annual member of the society. A vote of thanks was 

 accorded to .Messrs. Charles Ramsa)* & Sons for 

 twelve vases of Regal Pehirgoniums in twelve distinct 

 varieties, sent in from the Royal Nurseries, Balls- 

 bridge, which were also highly commended. 



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