IRISH GARDENING 



awarded to Sir J. Clora-Bootli, LissHdell, Sligo, for an 

 excellent and choice collection of hardy herbaceous 

 plants, which included some choice Spirajns and 

 Campanulas. 



A silver medal was awarded to Messrs. Chas. 

 Ramsay & Son, liallshridge, Dublin, for an excellent 

 exhibit of Ferns, (.'arn.ilions. I'alms, Hydrang^eas and 

 floral desig'n. 



.\ silver medal was also awarded for a classic exhibit 

 of cut flowers of Carnations, Roses and floral design, 

 of Messrs. H^llis of tirafton Street, Dublin. The vases 

 and table design were very much admired. 



.Messrs. Watson it .Son, Clontarf, were awaided a 

 silver medal for a collection of plants which included 

 .some very fine specimens of .Statice .Suworowi, a dwarf 

 growing Begonia Lafayette, and a nice lot of their 

 new Geranium " Decorator." This is an acquisition. 



.Messrs. Pennick, Delgany, were awarded a bronze 

 medal for a nice collection of hardy flowering .nnd 

 ornamental shrubs and plants. 



.Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Ltd., 6t Dawson St., 

 Dublin, had a very interesting exhibit of pots and pans 

 of seedling plants showing germination. l''or this a 

 silver medal was reconniiended. 



Review. 



The -Alpine Fior.\.* By H. Correvon and P. 

 Robert.— This work has been translated into English and 

 enlarged, under the author's sanction, by E. W. Clay- 

 forth. It contains 180 reproductions of studies in water 

 colour of P. Robert. These studies clearly show that 

 the artist is in love with his work, and has taken 

 infinite care to give correct impressions. He himself 

 has written — " I felt thai it is not by violating the form 

 of a plant that one succeeds in making it reveal all that 

 it should tell from a decorative point of view. The 

 further I advanced in the deep study of the .Alpine 

 flora the more was I convinced that it is impossible to 

 produce anything of beauty, to deliver any new mes- 

 sage, except by getting as close as may be to nature, 

 in order to catch the silhouette of the plant in its most 

 characteristic aspect." 



Cyclamen ein'opceinn, with its marbled leaves and 

 iLiturally poised flowers; Carlina acaulis, the .Mpine 

 Thistle ( Eryngium alpinum) are beautiful and pleasing 

 studies picked from a host of attr;ictions ; but the foliage 



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.Monsieur Correvon is well known as an authority on 

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In a general introduction Mons. Correvon gives chap- 

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The author is not afflicted h\ any kind of British 

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Catalogues. 



Mr. T. Sm]TH, of Newry, sends his catalogue of 

 Hardy Bulbs. .As usual it is replete with a choice selec- 

 tion of all that is best in bulbs, tubers and rhizomes. 

 Of a handy pocket size, the Daisy Hill Catalogues are 

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 to a fine assortment of reliable goods affair prices. 



Mr. Christopher Boi rne. the well-known Daffodil 

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 spring flowers. In it will be found the latest novelties, 

 as well as the best of the older .sorts. Useful tables 

 are included, showing the best varieties for forcing, 

 varieties classified according to price, &c., while the 

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