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IRISH GARDENING. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



The monthly meeting <>f the council was held at 

 the society's offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, 

 on the LOth ult., a good attendance of members 

 being presenl at the firsl meeting <>l' the year. 

 Alderman Bewley and Ed. D'Olier, Esq., were 

 re-ejected chairman and vice-chairman, respec- 

 tively, for the ensuing year. Finance, schedule 

 and advertising committees were also appointed. 

 A draft schedule of the winter fruil and flower 

 show, to be held at Ballsbridge, October 22nd 

 and 23rd, as prepared by the schedule committee, 

 was submitted by Sir Frederick Moore, hon. 

 secretary, who intimated the probable co- 

 operation of the Department of Agriculture in 

 various important and considerably augmented 

 classes trained in the interests of the Irish fruit 

 growing industry. An excellent sample of Mere 

 de Menage apples sent by Mr. G. Bower, gardener 

 to Lady Musgrave, Tourin, Cappoquin, Co. 

 Waterford, was awarded a cultural certificate. 

 Four new practical members were elected vi/... 

 Mr. W. .1. M'Cabe, Marino Gardens, Killiney ; 

 Mr. A. .1. Doyle, Castleforbes Gardens, Newtown- 

 forbes ; Mr. A. Morton. Woodbrook Gardens, 

 Bray; and Mr. \\ '. Williams. St. Michael's 

 Gardens, Merrion — the Co. Clare Horticultural 

 Society and the Terenure District Society being 



affiliated. The next i sting of the council will 



be on the llth inst.. at which new members 

 whose names have been since received will be 

 proposed for election, and for winch meeting 

 the secretary will he glad to receive further 

 nominal ions. 



Catalogues. 



Messrs. Edmondson Bros., iti Dame street. 

 Dublin, send their Seed Catalogue for L913. It 

 is issued in the form usually adopted by this well- 

 known firm, a handy size and easy of reference. 

 Vegetables take the premier place; good and 



select lists are given of peas. Iieans. seed potatoes. 



and in fact all the vegetables grown in the garden. 

 On pages 28 and 29 cultural directions will he 

 found. Then follow good descriptive lists of all 

 the popular annuals for the greenhouse and the 

 garden, and the Eblana Collect ions of Sweet Peas. 

 Towards the end will he found the tools and all 



sundries useful in a garden, and also bee-keeping 

 appliances, to which the linn pays special atten- 

 tion. The illustrations throughout are excellent, 

 and many of them are copyright. 



■■ Drummond's Garden Seeds for 1913" is a 

 very tastefully got up handsome catalogue issued 

 by this well known Dublin firm. It is conveni- 

 ently arranged in alphabetical order, and embel- 

 lished with excellent illustrations of vegetables 

 and How ers. In the Novelty Fist we note some 

 new Sweet I'eas. Petunias. Tomatoes. ,Vc. 



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