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harvi ;«s coal. Ot> thai was a new surfaoo will) n-ee< 

 sjrv^winjr, auvl those havl been out with axes, leavinj-" a 

 stump ofa foot or Sv'" hisjh. On this another series of 

 K->sr "oi so haixi. anJ vwi that another surface where 

 trees ^rew, Ultimately the K^jr Jid "ot apjHv>r to be 

 sirvwiitir. for on the surface weru the usual Kjg: cotton. 

 cr<»nberries, anj other wilvl- plants. Some wise man 

 niav some dav explain why bo^-s s;ivw. anJ how they 

 orijjinate. *- - *•'- t->t>iv. 



.\ vVRRKStVM'KN r writes: "'One thing- that shonlJ 

 nc>t he countenauvVvl in the Irish Shows is that of 

 showinjr iniioor sorown apples ami pears ajjsvinst the 

 ontvioor piwluce. It ^ives the man with jrlass a Sfwit 

 avi vantage, tor the in Joor fruit, with their gwJ CvMour, 

 usually win in competition wSth the outdovM- province. 

 It seems desirable that the orchai-d house fr\>it shouM 

 be kept in a sepi«rale class fiv>m the outdoor apples 

 and pears as in the best Scotch and English Show!^" 



Roval Horticultural Societv. 



.\r the monthly meeiing of the cc>uncil held at ihc 

 ofSoes, 5 Molesworth Sti-e*'!! Dublin, on the t*th vilt.. the 

 following- i-esotntiv-m, which had been passevl at a meet- 

 ing: v<f the Irish Seed and Nursery Tnides Association, 

 was i-«ad, vix. .' "That the Irish Seed ami Nnrserx 

 Tr;>des Association is of opinii-wi that exhibits v~l' 



artificial or preservevl flowvrs should not be permittcvl .1 : 

 Irish horticultnral shows, and thai the CvMincil v»f iho 

 R.H.S-l. should Ih- respectfully ivquesied to discon- 

 tinue allowing; such exhibits at their shows," Thi> 

 comntunicaiion. being v~onsider<Hl, was unanimousl\ 

 adoptevl. rrelinjinarv arrangvmonis were made for 

 hoKling the annn.'vl general meeting during the second 

 we«"k in Oeoeniber, which, it is now decided, will be 

 hold in iho society's otHvv.s, 5 Molesworth Street, on 

 Thni-svlay, the t.;th insi.,at ^; p.m.. when l.oixl Frederick 

 KitiOorald, in the unavoidable absence of the Presideni 

 (l.oixl -XrdilaunK will pi-esido. The following compri.-, 

 one-thii\i of the C\Mnicil members who. accoixling to RnU 

 XIV,, retire this year. »nd ai-e eligible for reelection 

 vi«.. Sir Frederick \V, Mooiv (hon. sec), T. F. Croxiei . 

 G. M. Kvvss, M,.A.. H. T, O oodbvvly , K, .Andonsv>n, \\ 

 K, Gunu, O'Donel Bivwno, XI, O., and \V, J. Miichisoi 

 ( practicilX In pursuance ofa rvsolulion adopted b\ 

 lite cv>uncil, a return showing the attendance of eac! 

 ivtiring member at cc>uncil meeting's for the last thrt-, 

 years, with atiendancesat cv^mmittee meetings for igi .:. 

 has been sent (on the 15th ult.l to all ineml->ers of the 

 society. The Ktlance sheet of the Irish Cup presenta 

 tion to ihe Royal lntei-i\ational Horticultural Kxhibilio- 

 was (vceived, pv^st audit, fn>n> Sir Freilerick Moore 

 Hon, Sec. for IrcK-ind. and apprv>vevl, the results, show 

 ing that an additiv^ital piece c>f plate havi l>een given 10 

 Ihe above, as well j»s a substantial b;»lance being- pro 

 sentevl to the l"lster Rose ,ind Flors«l Society, beinv. 

 considerevl ennnenilv salisfav^U-^rv. 



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