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IRISH GARDENING. 



square by -1A inches deep, and collapsible, -u thai 

 when it is qoI in use it ran be folded flat and 

 stored away in very little space. When in use 18 

 of these seed raisers fit into a box of aboul 13 

 inches by 10 inches, which is supplied with each 

 18, the entire cosl being only two shillings. One 

 can thus have 18 plants in a very small space 

 indeed, each one separate, the rootlets not inter- 

 twining, and ready to plant oul when the time 

 arrives, the seed raisers being packed close to- 

 gether conserve the moisture, and can be more 

 easily protected from frost. They can also be 

 preserved from slugs, woodlice, &c, and are so 

 portable thai they can be moved aboul without 

 trouble. We are informed thai such celebrated 

 growers and prize-winners as Mr. Cowdy, of 

 Loughgall, and Mr. Thomas Jones, of Ruabon, use 

 these seed raisers, and this is surely a guarantee 

 for their usefulness and convenience- 

 Mb. (_;. II. Mackebeth, Ulverston, sends us his 

 seed catalogue. All Sweel Pea enthusiasts know 

 that Mr. Mackereth specializes in Sweel Peas, and 



his list of the uewesl varieties is unique- there 



is no better judge of a good thing, and he secures 

 from the introducers the best that are to be had: 

 His li-t should be in the hands of everyone thai 

 intends to exhibit. Ii contains most minute 

 instructions for the " Intense Culture and Exhibit- 

 ing of Stoeet Peas " and his ••Special Sweet I '<•;» 

 Manure " is used by almost every exhibitor. 



Correspondence. 



DEAD SlK, I wonder if you know of anj one 

 in Ireland who wonld be willing to keep a rough 



record of the different insects and the proportion 



of each that visit the various hardyfruil flowers/ 

 I think it would be of interest, and even of 

 practical importance. 1 am a ureal believer in 

 keeping bees on a fruit farm. Some growers ami 

 others I meet think it a fad. and think wild bees 

 and other insects are sufficient. 1 believe in 

 many cases there would he more regular fruil 

 crops it bees were ke] >t . 



Cecil II. Hooper. 

 South-Eastern Agricultural College, 

 Wye, Kent. 



Popui.ah Seed Packets. 



Deak Si i; — In Miss Pollock's contribution to your 

 last issue there occurs a statement with reference 

 to Irish seed-houses which is somewhal mislead- 

 ing, if not in part inaccurate. We refer to a para- 

 graph where it is stated that " there is in Ireland 



no seed merchant who quotes in his seed catalogue 

 Id. packets of seeds." ••Some of them.'' the 

 writer further remarks. "will supply small 

 packets if asked to. hut they do noi quote for 

 them in their general seed catalogue." 



Now. we annually distribute a very Large 

 number of Id. packets of flower and vegetable 



seeds. We also issue a special list of such 



packets, our •• P.S-P." (popular seed packet) list. 

 We know from experience, if it were not other- 

 wise quite obvious, thai t he owners of the gardens 

 your contributor had in mind have no use what- 

 ever for much the greater port ion oft he 1 hings that 

 go to make our general list . and for us t o ul ilize t his 

 list (80 pp. itoi for the purpose suggested would 

 be aboul as nice a piece of economj as it would 

 he to employ traction engines in our local parcel 

 distribution. Sib James W- Mackby, Ltd. 



£o A w NT A BEAUTIFUL GIBSON BORDER 



FOR SUCCESSIONAL MASSES OF BLOOM. 



\2> 6" — — ■ *< 12* o" - - — £— - ta' o" — 



a' o- 



a June < July July 4 August August 4 September Sept. a Oct 



Flowering Flowering Flowering Flowering Flowering 



Tin- border is ■">»> ft. long, 8 ft. wide, and contains a total number of 240 plants, named, numbered, ami delivered 

 carriage paid for £5 10s. full particular- and Catalogue of Earcl\ Plants, fruit 'fid- and Yorkshire 

 grown Hoses sent free. Larger or smaller borders arranged and supplied at proportionate cost. 



GIBSON & CO. dept. a LEEMING BAR, BEDALE 



WINTER SPRAYING 



OF FRUIT TREES 

 to remove Lichen, &c. 



LIME-SULPHUR WASH 

 CAUSTIC SODA, 98 per cent. 

 PEARL ASH, 75/80 

 PURE SOFT SOAP 



SPRAYING AND FUMIGATING MATERIALS OF 



COPPER SULPHATE, 98 

 COOPER'S V I WINTER 

 SPRAY FLUID . . 



&c, &c. 



ALL KINDS AT LOWEST CASH PRICE. 



D. M. WATSON 



HORTICULTURAL CHEMIST 

 61 South Great George's Street, 



Dublin 



Telephone 1971. 



Telephone 1971 



