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IRISH GARDENING 



long, and only produces its flowers during the 

 summer months, whereas Mazus rugosus, as we 

 have before stated, flowers during the early 

 spring and summer months. 



\- !o the date of introduction we are nol 

 quite sure. 



Trusting our explanation will clear the existing 

 doubl . We are, yours fail hfully, 



The Wargr w e Plant Farm, Ltd. 



Irish Gardeners' Association and 

 Benefit Society. 



In presenting their reporl and statement of 

 accounts for the year ending :!lst December, 

 t912, the Committee have much pleasure in re- 

 cording the considerable progress attending the 

 activities of the society. The annual general 



n ting was held in the l>. I!. C. Rooms on 



January 31s1 the president, E. Knowldin, 

 F.R.H.S., in the chair when the annual reporl 



was read and adopted. The officers for 1913 miv 

 duly elected: Mr. .lames Oolgan being unani- 

 mously elected | > I'esi d el 1 1 . Tile 1 1 rOgra II I II IC IIS 



published in last report was carried out success- 

 fully, and t he I hanks of 1 he members are d\w and 

 hereby tendered to the various gentlemen who 

 kindly undertook to delivei t he differenl led ures, 

 viz.:- Sir Frederick Moore. Y.M.H.: ('. P. Ball, 

 Esq. : R. .1. Eoskin, Esq. : Messrs. .1. II. 

 Cumming, M . Byrne, &c. The annual dance and 



re-union was held in the l>. I!. ('. Rooms in 

 January, and proved highly successful, being 

 at tended by a large number of mem hers and t heir 

 friends. The outstanding feature of the year as 



it affects your society was the c ing into 



operation of the National Health Insurance Act. 

 At a general meeting of the society specially 

 summoned to consider the attitude to be adopted 

 it was unanimously decided that application be 

 made to the National Insurance Commissioners 

 f Ireland) to obtain their consent to the format ion 

 of an approved section for the administration of 

 the Act. Rules were drawn up and submitted. 

 A certificate of approval was duly granted on 

 2oth June. The section was pu1 into operation 

 without delay, and the success of its working up 

 to the present is a matter for sincere congratu- 

 lation. As was to be expected, one result of this 

 recognition by the [nsurance Commissioners was 

 to bring a considerable influx of new members 

 into the society. This accession of members not 

 only applied to the approved section, hut the 

 original society has also increased its membership 

 by 83 during the year. The balance sheet and 

 statement of accounts a - cert ilied by the auditors, 

 which accompanies this report, reveals a healthy 

 -tatc of affairs, with a substantially increased 

 balance on the credit side. The committee have 

 had under special consideration the better invest- 

 ment of the society's funds, and they decided to 

 withdraw from the G.P.O. Savings Bank a sum 

 of £300, which was earning only a small interest, 

 and have re-invested same in the (>. S. & \V. By. 

 and G. X. By. stocks, now earning a guaranteed 

 interest of I per cent, per annum. Your society 



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