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The second place was awarded to Mr. C. Parr, 

 for a splendidly staged lot of nice clear blooms 

 of good colour, but lacking in size. A promising 

 Leedsii seedling was put up here. 



C. M. Doyne, Wells, Gorey, was awarded the 

 3rd prize. 



The other classes were very fair, but I saw 

 nothing outstanding. I was rather surprised, 

 however, to find Albatross staged in the Parvi 

 class, and also a prize card on the exhibit. 



Narcissus, six pots, in six distinct varieties 

 (Polyanthus and Poetaz varieties excluded), pots 

 not exceeding 7 inches — 1st prize, Alderman 

 Bewley. 



Narcissus, Polyanthus, six pots, not less than 

 three varieties, pots not exceeding 7 inches — 

 1st prize, Alderman Bewley ; 2nd, R. T. Harris, 

 Saintbury. Killiney. 



Narcissus, twelve distinct varieties of true 

 Trumpet (Magni-Coronati) ; to be shown in 

 vases ; five blooms of each variety — 1st prize, 

 Mrs. MacVeagh, Drewstown, Kells ; 2nd, Mrs. 

 Hely-Hutchinson, Donabate. 



Narcissus, twelve distinct varieties of Medio- 

 Coronati ; to be shown in vases ; five blooms of 

 each variety — 1st prize, Mrs. Hely-Hutchinson, 

 Donabate; 2nd, Mrs. MacVeagh, Drewstown, Kells. 



Narcissus, Trumpet (Magni-Coronati) ; six vases, 

 distinct ? five blooms in each vase. — 1st prize, 

 Major S. C. Hickman, Newmarket-on-Fergus ; 2nd, 

 T. P. Brophy, Herbertstown. Athgarvan ; 3rd, 

 Mrs. Butler, Priestown ; reserved, Viscount de 

 Vesci, Abbeyleix. 



Narcissus, Parvi-Coronati ; six vases, distinct ; 

 live blooms in each vase. — 1st prize, T. L. 

 Richardson, Prospect House, Waterford : 2nd, 

 L. T. Studholmc, Ballyeighan, Birr ; 3rd, 0. W. 

 Parr, Parkstown, Ballivor ; reserved and highly 

 commended, Major Hickman, Newmarket-on- 

 Fergus. 



Narcissus, Cup and Saucer (Medio-Coronati) ; 

 twelve vases, not less than six varieties ; five 

 blooms of each — 1st prize, Major S. C. Hickman, 

 Newmarket-on-Fergus ; 2nd, R. T. Harris, 

 Saintbury, Killiney. 



Narcissus, single ; twelve vases of five blooms 

 each : at least six varieties — 1st prize, Major 

 S. 0. Hickman, Newmarket-on-Fergus : 2nd, 

 Mrs. Butler, Priestown ; 3rd, Mrs. MacVeagh, 

 Drewstown, Kells ; reserved and commended, 

 Sir F. Shaw, Bushy Park, Terenure. 



The Trade staged a large number of seedlings, 

 and Lissadell secured a well deserved Gold Medal, 

 the only one awarded, for one of the finest 

 displays I ever saw set up in Dublin. It con- 

 tained more than 50 per cent of home-grown 

 seedlings, many of which are real " Home Rulers." 

 It was a pity the seedlings are as yet only under 

 numbers — 



05/B. — A magnificent trumpet of Weardale type. 

 1000/B. — A large cream trumpet, with a nice 



expanding mouth. 

 510/A. — A very striking blood-edged Parvii. 

 456/A. — A very good Medio, with red edge cup, 

 with a very substantial overlapping 

 perianth. 

 533/B. — Was a giant King Alfred, but larger. 

 560/B. — An enormous Medio, but not coarse. 

 Incognita was very good ; Queen Maeve, a good 

 poeticus ; Rajah, a good deep yellow trumpet 

 just beyond the border line as a medio. A lot 

 of seedlings of Triandrus blood were very pretty. 



Messrs. Hogg & Robertson staged a very fine 

 group of Daffodils and Anemones, for which 



they received a Silver Medal ; there were about 

 forty Daffodil seedlings in single blooms also 

 under numbers — 

 One bloom was a magnified King Alfred, about 



one-third as large again. 

 150/207 was a giant White Queen. 

 170/144 had a very good perianth, with a nice 



large cup. 

 17(3/159 should make a good garden medio, if 



its habit of growth is satisfactory. 

 Messrs. Hartland & Son had also a nice lot of 

 seedlings, but the most of the blooms suffered 

 much from the late storm or travelled badly, 

 or, as the Cork climate is so much earlier than 

 our midland, the Show is too late for Arc! Cairn. 

 However, Czarina, a very giantess Leedsii, was 

 grand, as also Bernardino." On the lower row 

 were some lovely blooms of Triandrus blood. 



Some amateurs — namely, Mr. Beamish and 

 Major Hickman — staged seedlings, not for com- 

 petition, of the De Graaff blood, nice pendant 

 blooms, but on the small side. These may, 

 however, improve later on. At present, to be 

 up to date, we must get size, but it is to be hoped 

 coarseness will not come at the same time 



The staging of seedlings by amateurs this year 

 shows that we have a number of hybridists now 

 in Ireland, and I would suggest to the Schedule 

 Committee of the R. 41. Society to provide a 

 class for seedlings at their next Spring Show, and 

 if they do so, it is to be hoped it will be well 

 patronised. C. Douglas. 



Hardy Plants. 



The number of exhibitors in the two Alpine 

 classes is still very small, although the number 

 of devotees to the cult of Alpines grows yearly ; 

 the prizes are very generous, yet they do not 

 attract competition. 



The table of Alpines limits to a certain extent 

 the exhibitors to the neighbourhood of Dublin 

 by reason of the carriage of materials, time and 

 expense in staging • people do not like to despoil 

 their gardens of good plants for the sake of the 

 honour of winning a prize. 



Naturally, every true Alpine lover likes to see 

 his plants growing on the rock garden in prefer- 

 ence to pans, but in many gardens there is a 

 spare frame, or even a plunge bed, where Alpines 

 are propagated, and a certain number of plants are 

 grown in small pots until strong enough to be 

 planted out or given away. A suggestion was 

 put forward by a reader in Irish Gardening 

 last May, that there should be a class for these 

 spare plants — say " a dozen choice Alpines in 

 3-inch pots " — this would enable any one, even 

 from a distance or only possessing a small garden, 

 to compete with a fair prospect of success. 



It appears likely that the Tully Cup for the 

 table of Alpine plants will soon be won outright, 

 and we suggest that a class on the lines proposed 

 above should be instituted, then probably we 

 will see more choice plants exhibited and greater 

 interest taken in the competitive classes for these 

 beautiful little mountain plants. 



Mrs. Mitchell, Ardlui, Blackrock, was again 

 awarded the Tully Challenge Cup for the table 

 of Alpine plants, with conditions as follows : — 

 "To be shown as far as possible representing 

 natural conditions, small Coniferee not exceeding 

 18 inches high, Alpine flowering shrubs, and 

 foliage plants, all with roots being allowed, and 

 no cut stuff to be arranged in the groups. Tables 



