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IRISH GARDENING. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



The monthly meeting <>i' the council was Held at 

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

 on the 1 1 1 1 1 uli. following routine business : 

 Alderman Bewley (Chairman) moved thai a 

 journal of the society's proceedings, with items 

 of interests, be published and furnished to 

 members free, periodically, and the schedule 

 committee was instructed to furnish details of 

 same and report to ne\i council meeting. Should 

 the contemplated journal, it may be added, prove 

 an fail aecomvli its objective will be that of 

 bringing and keeping members more in touch 

 wil h the society's work, and will probably include 

 a record of the prize winners at the various shows. 

 formerly published with the annual report, hut 

 for some years suspended. It will, in fact, he 

 sol.-ly in the interests of that membership on 

 which the society practically depends for its 

 existence, and neither clash nor compete with any 

 existing gardening literature. In response to a 



request of the Royal Horticultural Society of 



England that two gentlemen should he nominated 

 as representatives on a parliamentary committee 

 being formed by that body in the interests of 

 horticulture, .las. Robertson, Esq., .1.1'.. and 

 D. L. Ramsay, Esq., .1.1'.. were unanimously 

 chosen. Sir Frederick .Moore, hon secretary. 

 reported that the Departmenl of Agriculture for 

 Ireland had notified the intention of presenting 

 prizes for •'>."> classes, including packing classes, at 

 the winter fruit show in the interests of 1 he Irish 

 fruit growing indust ry, also t he result of hisjappeal 

 to i he vice-presidents and members of^council of 



the society, which, in aiding the substantially 

 increased prize li.-t. was considered very satis- 

 factory. The same pleasing result was also noted 

 in the practical members' prize classes. It was 

 approved thai the large gold medal of the society, 



value £5, be allocated to the trade class table of 



fruit . In the compiling of this particular schedule, 

 with the endeavour to make it as comprehensive 

 as possible, a little unavoidable delay in its issue 



has occurred, which, how.ver. is not material 

 with ample time ahead, advance copies of the 

 schedule for the spring show. April Hi and IT. 

 having been for some time in the hands ol | 

 spective exhibitors, and available to any oni 

 application to the secretary. A cultural certi- 

 ficate was awarded t<> .Mr. <;. Bower, gardener to 

 Lady Musgrave, Tourin, Cappoquin, for nice 

 samples of Violets Marie Louise and Mrs. \V. \V. 

 Astor sent to the meeting. It is gratifying t<> 

 note thai the meeting, as with the last, did not 

 pass over without an addition to the membership 

 list, Lady Moore. Mrs. Beaumonl Nesbitt, and 

 Mr. E. Dallman Page being proposed and duly 

 elected. The next council meeting will he held 

 on the I llh inst. at the usual hour. 3 15 p.m. 



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Messrs. K. Wallace & Co., of Colchester, 

 send a catalogue of bulbs and plants for spring 

 planting. The winning of II. M. Queen 



Alexandra's Cup at the International Exhibition 

 for the hesl Stock and Water Garden was a great 

 honour for their Landscape Department, and 



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