-Will 



IRISH GARDENING. 



Notes. 



VlN( A MEDIA. 



This Periwinkle, perhaps more frequently met 

 with under the name of V. difformis, is deserving 

 of far more general culture than at present 

 accorded to it. Even if it flowered during the 

 summer months it would command attention. 

 Init flowering, as H doe-, throughout the dullest 

 period of the year, from Augus! to February, 

 when the number of outdoor flowering plants is 

 ext remely limited, it is a decided acquisit ion i o any 

 garden. V. media is in point of vigour and habil 

 intermedial e be! ween V. major and V. minor. The 

 leaves are ovate-elliptic in shape, glabrous, and 

 of a shining green colour. The (lowers, which are 

 of a pretty pinkish shade of white, aboul three- 

 quarters of an inch across, are borne freely on 

 stiff ered stems about I foot high. As in the i 

 of the common Periwinkle, the flowerless stems 

 trail along the -round, sometimes taking root. 

 Vinca media will .succeed in any of the positions 

 usually occupied by the commoner species, and 

 will spread just as rapidly. — R. 



MECONOPSIS ( 1 1 K 1 .1 1 ) 1 1 X 1 1 « ) 1 .1 1 • S . 



Ax addition to the Himalayan Poppies. 

 Apparently this new comer has a very ureal 

 advantage over most of it- brethren, in that it 



seems to he a good perennial, and may lie easilj 

 increased by division, and even by plantlets 

 forming on the flower stem.-. The plant is very 

 distinct and attractive, about 1! to l! feet high, 

 although the flowers are not showy, being yellow, 

 a bout I ' inches aero--. 



Show Fixtures for 1913 



March 6th Co. Louth Spring Show, 



April Kith hands, c, Clare Horticultural 



Society, Spring Show. 



31st 



Oct. 22nd. 23rd 



— K. II. S.. Dublin Spring Show. 

 Belfast Show. 



— Kilkenny Summer Show. 

 .Mallow Show. 



- .\ewr\ Show. 

 — Cork Summer Show 



Malahide. Pingal I lort icult ura I 



Societ v. 



I Miiiilriini. '. 'o. Dublin. 

 Stillore.au and Foxrock. 

 — Lucan, Saggart and Clondalkin. 

 lister Rose and Floral. 

 Terenure and District. 

 Kingstown I lort icult ural Show. 

 —Co. Clare Horticultural Society, 

 Summer Show at Knni-. 

 Fethard Flower Show. 



ad\ ert isement . page i.) 

 Xavnn Show. 

 Ballinasloe, < !o. Galway, 1 lort i- 



cult ural Societ y. 

 K illarney. 

 Naas District. 



I: U.S.. Dublin Autumn Show. 

 — County Kilkenny Horticultural 

 Show. 

 R.H.S. Dublin Winter show. 



Disease-Resisting Potatoes 



tiaguificent New Late V.u 



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